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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-CSRS

 

 

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: October 31

 

 

Registrant is making a filing for 7 of its series:

Wells Fargo Asia Pacific Fund, Wells Fargo Diversified International Fund, Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Fund, Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Wells Fargo Global Small Cap Fund, Wells Fargo International Equity Fund, and Wells Fargo Intrinsic World Equity Fund.

Date of reporting period: April 30, 2019

 

 

 


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REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS

 


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Semi-Annual Report

April 30, 2019

 

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Wells Fargo Asia Pacific Fund

 

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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

    4  

Fund expenses

    6  

Portfolio of investments

    7  
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

    19  

Other information

    25  

 

The views expressed and any forward-looking statements are as of April 30, 2019, unless otherwise noted, and are those of the Fund managers and/or Wells Fargo Asset Management. 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 Asset Management 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 Asia Pacific Fund   Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

 

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Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

 

 

 

December’s S&P 500 Index performance was the worst since 1931.

 

 

Dear Shareholder:

We are pleased to offer you this semi-annual report for the Wells Fargo Asia Pacific Fund for the six-month period that ended April 30, 2019. In late 2018, investor concerns about U.S. interest rate policy, trade tensions, and geopolitical events drove equity losses and restrained bond returns. Thanks to a shift in U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) policy and positive economic and business growth metrics during the first four months of 2019, stock and bond markets globally enjoyed a consistent move higher.

For the period, U.S. stocks, as measured by the S&P 500 Index,1 gained 9.76% and international stocks, as measured by the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net),2 added 9.12%. Based on the MSCI EM Index (Net)3, emerging market stocks added 13.76%. For bond investors, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index4 added 5.49% while the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index5 added 3.25%. The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index6 added 5.68%, and the ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index7 gained 5.55%.

Conflicting data unsettled markets as 2018 ended.

November’s U.S. midterm elections shifted control of the House of Representatives from Republicans to Democrats, presaging potential partisan clashes. Third-quarter U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) was announced at an annualized 3.4% rate, lower than the second-quarter rate. Brexit efforts stalled ahead of the March 2019 deadline. The People’s Bank of China 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.

December’s S&P 500 Index performance was the worst since 1931. Globally, fixed-income investments fared better than stocks during the past two months of the year. The Fed increased the federal funds rate by 25 basis points (bps; 100 bps equal 1.00%) in December 2019 to a target range of between 2.25% and 2.50% and softened its outlook for 2019 rate increases.

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 2019. Investors expected high levels of stock market volatility to continue based on the VIX8.

 

 

 

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.

 

8

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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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Asia Pacific Fund     3  

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. The Fed indicated that it would pause its program of regular rate increases during 2019 as inflation remained low.

In February 2019, concerns over slowing global growth reemerged. The Bureau of Economic Analysis announced fourth-quarter 2018 GDP grew at an annualized 2.2% rate, down from the 4.2% annualized rate for the second quarter and the 3.4% annualized rate for the third quarter. Analysts attributed the lower growth rate to a slowing housing market and larger trade deficit. The U.S. Department of Labor said that the economy created just 20,000 jobs in February 2019. In a February 2019 report, the Bank of England forecast the slowest growth since the financial crisis for 2019. China and the U.S., while putting future tariffs on hold for the time being, continued to wrangle over trade issues.

By the end of March 2019, the combination of dovish Fed sentiment and consistent, if not spectacular, economic and business metrics reinforced investors’ enthusiasm for equity investing. Monthly job creation data regained its momentum. Corporate profits, while lower than 2018’s lofty levels, remained solid. China announced a roughly $300 billion stimulus package through tax and fee cuts intended to reinvigorate economic growth.

During April 2019, the several broad-based U.S. equity indices reached or approached highs as investors drew confidence from favorable economic projections, sustained low inflation, and solid employment data. As expected, the Fed chose not to increase rates at its April 2019 meeting. The initial estimate of the first-quarter GDP showed the economy grew at an annualized rate of 3.20%, reflecting growth in business investment and exports. The favorable sentiment appeared to extend to investors’ outlooks for foreign investments as the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) gained 2.64% and the MSCI EM Index (Net) added 2.11%.

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

 

 

January’s returns tended to support the investing adage that markets climb a wall of worry.

 

 

 

 

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


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4   Wells Fargo Asia Pacific Fund   Performance highlights (unaudited)

Investment objective

The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Subadviser

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

Portfolio managers

Alison Shimada

Elaine Tse

Average annual total returns (%) as of April 30, 2019

 

        Including sales charge     Excluding sales charge     Expense ratios1 (%)  
    Inception date   1 year     5 year     10 year     1 year     5 year     10 year     Gross     Net2  
 
Class A (WFAAX)   7-31-2007     -15.15       4.14       8.43       -9.95       5.38       9.08       1.69       1.60  
 
Class C (WFCAX)   7-31-2007     -11.60       4.61       8.26       -10.60       4.61       8.26       2.44       2.35  
 
Administrator Class (WFADX)3   7-30-2010                       -9.91       5.51       9.22       1.61       1.50  
 
Institutional Class (WFPIX)4   7-30-2010                       -9.64       5.75       9.41       1.36       1.25  
 
MSCI AC Asia Pacific Index (Net)5                         -4.42       5.92       8.58              

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 return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance shown without sales charges would be lower if sales charges were reflected. 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, wfam.com.

Index returns do not include transaction costs associated with buying and selling securities, any mutual fund fees or expenses, or any taxes. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

For Class A shares, the maximum front-end sales charge is 5.75%. 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. Administrator Class and Institutional Class shares are sold without a front-end sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge.

Stock values fluctuate in response to the activities of individual companies and general market and economic conditions. Foreign investments are especially volatile and can rise or fall dramatically due to differences in the political and economic conditions of the host country. These risks are generally intensified in emerging markets. The use of derivatives may reduce returns and/or increase volatility. Certain investment strategies tend to increase the total risk of an investment (relative to the broader market). The Fund is exposed to geographic risk and smaller-company securities risk. Consult the Fund’s prospectus for additional information on these and other risks.

 

 

Please see footnotes on page 5.


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Performance highlights (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Asia Pacific Fund     5  
Ten largest holdings (%) as of April 30, 20196  

Alibaba Group Holding Limited ADR

    3.44  

Tencent Holdings Limited

    3.18  

Samsung Electronics Company Limited

    2.59  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited

    2.57  

Toyota Motor Corporation

    2.17  

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Incorporated

    1.69  

Hitachi Limited

    1.63  

Ping An Insurance Group Company H Shares

    1.38  

SoftBank Group Corporation

    1.38  

China Construction Bank H Shares

    1.33  
Sector distribution as of April 30, 20197

 

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Country allocation as of April 30, 20197
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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 February 29, 2020, 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. 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 Class A shares, and includes the higher expenses applicable to Class A shares. If these expenses had not been included, returns for Administrator Class shares would be higher.

 

4 

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

 

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The Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) All Country (AC) Asia Pacific Index (Net) is a free-float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of the developed and emerging markets in the Pacific region. The MSCI AC Asia Pacific Index (Net) consists of the following 13 developed and emerging markets countries: Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand. 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.

 

6 

The ten largest holdings, excluding cash, cash equivalents and any money market funds, are calculated based on the value of the investments divided by total net assets of the Fund. Holdings are subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.

 

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


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6   Wells Fargo Asia Pacific Fund   Fund expenses (unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments and 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 November 1, 2018 to April 30, 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 sales charges (loads) and 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
11-1-2018
     Ending
account value
4-30-2019
     Expenses
paid during
the period¹
     Annualized net
expense ratio
 

Class A

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,068.63      $ 8.21        1.60

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,016.86      $ 8.00        1.60

Class C

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,065.10      $ 12.03        2.35

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,013.14      $ 11.73        2.35

Administrator Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,068.63      $ 7.69        1.50

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,017.36      $ 7.50        1.50

Institutional Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,070.70      $ 6.42        1.25

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,018.60      $ 6.26        1.25

 

 

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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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Portfolio of investments—April 30, 2019 (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Asia Pacific Fund     7  

    

 

 

Security name                 Shares      Value  

Common Stocks: 95.08%

 

Australia: 8.35%           

Aristocrat Leisure Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure)

          47,685      $ 876,694  

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Limited (Financials, Banks)

          52,572        1,008,049  

BHP Billiton Limited (Materials, Metals & Mining)

          45,979        1,212,243  

Goodman Group (Real Estate, Equity REITs)

          86,000        797,834  

Medibank Private Limited (Financials, Insurance)

          306,927        618,813  

Mirvac Group (Real Estate, Equity REITs)

          339,072        676,452  

Northern Star Resources Limited (Materials, Metals & Mining)

          156,286        902,324  

Qantas Airways Limited (Industrials, Airlines)

          220,163        870,694  

Rio Tinto Limited (Materials, Metals & Mining)

          22,520        1,514,044  

Suncorp Group Limited (Financials, Insurance)

          176,004        1,646,463  

Woodside Petroleum Limited (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

          25,252        629,992  
     10,753,602  
          

 

 

 
China: 28.54%           

Alibaba Group Holding Limited ADR (Consumer Discretionary, Internet & Direct Marketing Retail) †

          23,850        4,425,845  

Baidu Incorporated ADR (Communication Services, Interactive Media & Services) †

          7,451        1,238,580  

Bank of China Limited H Shares (Financials, Banks)

                  2,074,000        988,777  

Beijing Sinnet Technology Company Limited Class A (Information Technology, IT Services)

          220,500        567,877  

BTG Hotels Group Company Limited Class A (Consumer Discretionary, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure)

          287,117        863,039  

China Construction Bank H Shares (Financials, Banks)

          1,943,000        1,716,422  

China Eastern Airlines Company H Shares (Industrials, Airlines)

          1,022,000        725,645  

China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited (Consumer Staples, Food Products)

          170,000        628,442  

China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone Holdings Company Limited Class A (Real Estate, Real Estate Management & Development)

          191,896        626,664  

China Mobile Limited (Communication Services, Wireless Telecommunication Services)

          66,000        628,888  

China Overseas Land & Investment Limited (Real Estate, Real Estate Management & Development)

          426,000        1,593,807  

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation H Shares (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

          742,000        570,347  

China Vanke Company Limited H Shares (Real Estate, Real Estate Management & Development)

          151,700        586,898  

Chinasoft International Limited (Information Technology, IT Services)

          1,028,000        585,759  

CITIC Securities Company Limited H Shares (Financials, Capital Markets)

          331,000        715,603  

COSCO Shipping Ports Limited (Industrials, Transportation Infrastructure)

          638,635        636,616  

Ctrip.com International Limited ADR (Consumer Discretionary, Internet & Direct Marketing Retail) †

          29,400        1,295,070  

Dong-E-E-Jiao Company Limited A Shares (Health Care, Pharmaceuticals)

          95,900        623,361  

Geely Automobile Holdings Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Automobiles)

          328,000        658,107  

Guangzhou Automobile Group Company Limited H Shares (Consumer Discretionary, Automobiles)

          608,000        653,355  

Hengan International Group Company Limited (Consumer Staples, Personal Products)

          73,500        647,885  

Huaneng Renewables Corporation Limited H Shares (Utilities, Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers)

          2,448,000        705,242  

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Limited H Shares (Financials, Banks)

          1,673,000        1,256,115  

Lenovo Group Limited (Information Technology, Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals)

          1,070,000        991,600  

PetroChina Company Limited H Shares (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

          1,222,000        775,744  

PICC Property & Casualty Company Limited H Shares (Financials, Insurance)

          595,000        668,207  

Ping An Insurance Group Company H Shares (Financials, Insurance)

          148,000        1,781,894  

Qingdao Haier Company Limited Class A (Consumer Discretionary, Household Durables)

          377,496        962,680  

Sands China Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure)

          144,400        793,346  

Sany Heavy Industry Company Limited Class A (Industrials, Machinery)

          333,097        605,694  

Tencent Holdings Limited (Communication Services, Interactive Media & Services)

          82,800        4,095,248  

Wanhua Chemical Group Company Limited Class A (Materials, Chemicals) †

          91,400        613,648  

Xiaomi Corporation Class B (Information Technology, Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals) «144A†

          656,200        1,005,446  

 

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


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8   Wells Fargo Asia Pacific Fund   Portfolio of investments—April 30, 2019 (unaudited)

    

 

 

Security name                 Shares      Value  
China (continued)           

Yum China Holdings Incorporated (Consumer Discretionary, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure)

          14,800      $ 703,592  

Zijin Mining Group Company Limited H Shares (Materials, Metals & Mining)

                  2,036,000        794,177  
     36,729,620  
          

 

 

 
Hong Kong: 1.10%           

Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Company Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Specialty Retail)

          806,800        862,871  

Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Limited (Materials, Paper & Forest Products)

          599,000        553,583  
     1,416,454  
          

 

 

 
India: 5.24%           

HDFC Bank Limited (Financials, Banks)

          27,690        922,599  

Hindalco Industries Limited (Materials, Metals & Mining)

          209,109        619,476  

ICICI Bank Limited (Financials, Banks)

          259,963        1,523,066  

Indian Hotels Company Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure)

          324,539        720,200  

Infosys Limited ADR (Information Technology, IT Services)

          107,000        1,151,320  

Reliance Industries Limited (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

          58,490        1,171,251  

State Bank of India (Financials, Banks) †

          142,256        633,931  
     6,741,843  
          

 

 

 
Indonesia: 1.64%           

PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia Tbk (Financials, Banks) †

          4,047,000        1,241,080  

PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero Tbk (Communication Services, Diversified Telecommunication Services)

          3,282,000        872,897  
     2,113,977  
          

 

 

 
Japan: 30.39%           

Advantage Risk Management Company Limited (Health Care, Health Care Providers & Services)

          79,100        655,296  

Bandai Namco Holdings Incorporated (Consumer Discretionary, Leisure Products)

          14,000        671,172  

Dentsu Incorporated (Communication Services, Media)

          19,900        814,312  

Ezaki Glico Company Limited (Consumer Staples, Food Products)

          14,900        786,346  

FANUC Corporation (Industrials, Machinery)

          4,500        845,439  

Hitachi Limited (Information Technology, Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components)

          63,200        2,101,920  

Honda Motor Company Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Automobiles)

          26,100        728,267  

Inpex Holdings Incorporated (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

          87,000        846,407  

J.Front Retailing Company Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Multiline Retail)

          97,900        1,196,228  

Japan Airlines Company Limited (Industrials, Airlines)

          48,600        1,585,010  

Kao Corporation (Consumer Staples, Personal Products)

          13,500        1,042,165  

Keyence Corporation (Information Technology, Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components)

          2,500        1,561,984  

KOSE Corporation (Consumer Staples, Personal Products)

          5,200        974,094  

Kubota Corporation (Industrials, Machinery)

          49,800        758,217  

Kyoritsu Maintenance Company Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure)

          13,300        683,433  

Kyushu Railway Company (Industrials, Road & Rail)

          19,600        638,651  

Matsumotokiyoshi Holdings Company Limited (Consumer Staples, Food & Staples Retailing)

          37,700        1,248,273  

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Incorporated (Financials, Banks)

          438,900        2,177,613  

Mitsui Fudosan Company Limited (Real Estate, Real Estate Management & Development)

          52,400        1,213,685  

Nintendo Company Limited (Communication Services, Entertainment)

          3,800        1,308,779  

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation (Communication Services, Diversified Telecommunication Services)

          34,800        1,447,972  

Obayashi Corporation (Industrials, Construction & Engineering)

          76,000        747,126  

Open House Company Limited (Real Estate, Real Estate Management & Development)

          17,700        650,269  

ORIX Corporation (Financials, Diversified Financial Services)

          82,200        1,164,431  

 

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


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Security name                 Shares      Value  
Japan (continued)           

Otsuka Corporation (Information Technology, IT Services)

          29,300      $ 1,152,458  

Panasonic Corporation (Consumer Discretionary, Household Durables)

          149,200        1,373,862  

Recruit Holdings Company Limited (Industrials, Professional Services)

          24,300        731,767  

Ryohin Keikaku Company Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Multiline Retail)

          3,500        667,604  

Santen Pharmaceutical Company Limited (Health Care, Pharmaceuticals)

          84,200        1,286,214  

SoftBank Group Corporation (Communication Services, Wireless Telecommunication Services)

          16,800        1,781,326  

Sony Corporation (Consumer Discretionary, Household Durables)

          13,800        695,080  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Incorporated (Financials, Banks)

          33,100        1,154,897  

Tokyo Electron Limited (Information Technology, Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment)

          5,400        857,160  

Toyota Motor Corporation (Consumer Discretionary, Automobiles)

          45,100        2,792,161  

Tsukui Corporation (Health Care, Health Care Providers & Services)

          125,200        782,119  
     39,121,737  
          

 

 

 
Malaysia: 1.84%           

CIMB Group Holdings Bhd (Financials, Banks)

          546,800        696,973  

Genting Malaysia Bhd (Consumer Discretionary, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure)

          515,300        396,337  

Public Bank Bhd (Financials, Banks)

          103,700        564,337  

Sime Darby Bhd (Industrials, Industrial Conglomerates)

              1,268,200        711,628  
     2,369,275  
          

 

 

 
Philippines: 1.04%           

Ayala Land Incorporated (Real Estate, Real Estate Management & Development)

          747,000        701,668  

Bank of the Philippine Islands (Financials, Banks)

          390,863        636,406  
     1,338,074  
          

 

 

 
Singapore: 2.29%           

DBS Group Holdings Limited (Financials, Banks)

          47,100        978,292  

Genting Singapore Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure)

          739,200        535,337  

Keppel Corporation Limited (Industrials, Industrial Conglomerates)

          135,400        673,964  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited (Financials, Banks)

          85,700        762,422  
     2,950,015  
          

 

 

 
South Korea: 7.83%           

Hana Financial Group Incorporated (Financials, Banks)

          16,945        533,815  

Hyundai Motor Company (Consumer Discretionary, Automobiles)

          5,860        694,782  

KB Financial Group Incorporated (Financials, Banks)

          14,871        588,144  

Korea Zinc Company Limited (Materials, Metals & Mining)

          1,708        661,619  

LG Chem Limited (Materials, Chemicals)

          3,049        942,250  

NH Investment & Securities Company Limited (Financials, Capital Markets)

          57,673        678,854  

Samsung Electronics Company Limited (Information Technology, Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals)

          85,014        3,336,808  

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance (Financials, Insurance)

          2,574        669,859  

Samsung SDI Company Limited (Information Technology, Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components)

          3,389        686,126  

SK Hynix Incorporated (Information Technology, Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment)

          18,938        1,280,745  
     10,073,002  
          

 

 

 
Taiwan: 5.45%           

Cathay Financial Holding Company (Financials, Insurance)

          456,000        659,629  

Delta Electronics Incorporated (Information Technology, Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components)

          124,000        652,082  

 

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


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10   Wells Fargo Asia Pacific Fund   Portfolio of investments—April 30, 2019 (unaudited)

    

 

 

Security name                Shares      Value  
Taiwan (continued)

 

       

Ennoconn Corporation (Information Technology, Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals)

         73,000      $ 642,568  

Hon Hai Precision Industry (Information Technology, Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components)

         273,868        770,173  

Mediatek Incorporated (Information Technology, Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment)

         102,000        975,405  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (Information Technology, Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment)

         395,000        3,310,731  
     7,010,588  
         

 

 

 
Thailand: 1.37%          

Bangkok Bank PCL (Financials, Banks)

         152,200        996,392  

Kasikornbank PCL (Financials, Banks)

         129,400        772,144  
     1,768,536  
         

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks (Cost $108,701,667)

 

     122,386,723  
         

 

 

 
          Expiration date                
Participation Notes: 1.14%          
China: 1.14%          

HSBC Bank plc (Ningbo Joyson Electronic Corporation) (Consumer Discretionary, Auto Components) †(a)

      12-2-2019        169,874        671,949  

HSBC Bank plc (Songcheng Performance Development Company Limited Class A) (Consumer Discretionary, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure) †(a)

      10-12-2020        235,952        790,734  

Total Participation Notes (Cost $1,579,424)

 

     1,462,683  
         

 

 

 
    Yield        
Short-Term Investments: 3.95%          
Investment Companies: 3.95%          

Securities Lending Cash Investments LLC (l)(r)(u)

    2.55        811,719        811,800  

Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class (l)(u)

    2.36          4,270,431        4,270,431  

Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $5,082,231)

 

     5,082,231  
         

 

 

 

 

Total investments in securities (Cost $115,363,322)     100.17        128,931,637  

Other assets and liabilities, net

    (0.17        (212,562
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
Total net assets     100.00      $ 128,719,075  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

Non-income-earning security

 

«

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

 

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.

 

(a)

The security is fair valued in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees.

 

(l)

The issuer of the security is an affiliated person of the Fund as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

(r)

The investment is a non-registered investment company purchased with cash collateral received from securities on loan.

 

(u)

The rate represents the 7-day annualized yield at period end.

Abbreviations:

 

ADR

American depositary receipt

 

REIT

Real estate investment trust

 

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


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Investments in Affiliates

An affiliated investment is an investment in which the Fund owns at least 5% of the outstanding voting shares of the issuer or as a result of other relationships, such as the Fund and the issuer having the same investment manager. Transactions with issuers that were either affiliated persons of the Fund at the beginning of the period or the end of the period were as follows:

 

    Shares,
beginning of
period
    Shares
purchased
    Shares
sold
    Shares,
end of
period
    Net
realized
gains
(losses)
    Net
change in
unrealized
gains
(losses)
    Income
from
affiliated
securities
    Value,
end
of period
    % of
net
assets
 

Short-Term Investments

                 

Investment Companies

                 

Securities Lending Cash Investments LLC

    1,444,919       5,293,394       5,926,594       811,719     $ 0     $ 0     $ 13,835     $ 811,800    

Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class

    4,143,878       24,765,136       24,638,583       4,270,431       0       0       22,828       4,270,431    
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
          $ 0     $ 0     $ 36,663     $ 5,082,231       3.95
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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


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12   Wells Fargo Asia Pacific Fund   Statement of assets and liabilities—April 30, 2019 (unaudited)
         

Assets

 

Investments in unaffiliated securities (including $753,961 of securities loaned), at value (cost $110,281,091)

  $ 123,849,406  

Investments in affiliated securities, at value (cost $5,082,231)

    5,082,231  

Foreign currency, at value (cost $531,312)

    525,563  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

    36,142  

Receivable for dividends

    484,344  

Receivable for securities lending income

    485  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    21,879  
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    130,000,050  
 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

Payable upon receipt of securities loaned

    812,093  

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

    197,688  

Custodian and accounting fees payable

    113,433  

Management fee payable

    89,863  

Administration fees payable

    20,665  

Trustees’ fees and expenses payable

    5,284  

Distribution fee payable

    884  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

    41,065  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    1,280,975  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 128,719,075  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

 

Paid-in capital

  $ 117,398,580  

Total distributable earnings

    11,320,495  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 128,719,075  
 

 

 

 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE AND OFFERING PRICE PER SHARE

 

Net assets – Class A

  $ 100,287,853  

Shares outstanding – Class A1

    8,102,422  

Net asset value per share – Class A

    $12.38  

Maximum offering price per share – Class A2

    $13.14  

Net assets – Class C

  $ 1,399,101  

Shares outstanding – Class C1

    120,146  

Net asset value per share – Class C

    $11.65  

Net assets – Administrator Class

  $ 1,164,920  

Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1

    95,617  

Net asset value per share – Administrator Class

    $12.18  

Net assets – Institutional Class

  $ 25,867,201  

Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1

    2,141,451  

Net asset value per share – Institutional Class

    $12.08  

 

 

1 

The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares.

 

2 

Maximum offering price is computed as 100/94.25 of net asset value. On investments of $50,000 or more, the offering price is reduced.

 

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


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Statement of operations—six months ended April 30, 2019 (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Asia Pacific Fund     13  
         

Investment income

 

Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $98,569)

  $ 1,275,152  

Income from affiliated securities

    58,592  
 

 

 

 

Total investment income

    1,333,744  
 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fee

    630,791  

Administration fees

 

Class A

    102,694  

Class C

    1,651  

Administrator Class

    777  

Institutional Class

    16,631  

Shareholder servicing fees

 

Class A

    122,255  

Class C

    1,965  

Administrator Class

    1,495  

Distribution fee

 

Class C

    5,896  

Custody and accounting fees

    74,635  

Professional fees

    26,734  

Registration fees

    30,513  

Shareholder report expenses

    27,087  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    10,883  

Other fees and expenses

    23,609  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    1,077,616  

Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements

    (107,828
 

 

 

 

Net expenses

    969,788  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    363,956  
 

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) ON INVESTMENTS

 

Net realized losses on:

 

Unaffiliated securities

    (2,254,494

Forward foreign currency contracts

    (1,859
 

 

 

 

Net realized losses on investments

    (2,256,353

Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    10,278,343  
 

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    8,021,990  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 8,385,946  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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


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14   Wells Fargo Asia Pacific Fund   Statement of changes in net assets
    

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended
October 31, 2018
 

Operations

     

Net investment income

    $ 363,956       $ 1,312,596  

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

      (2,256,353       13,610,030  

Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments

      10,278,343         (33,372,381
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

      8,385,946         (18,449,755
 

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains

     

Class A

      (11,091,734       (536,729

Class C

      (190,016       0  

Administrator Class

      (142,990       (4,325

Institutional Class

      (3,159,341       (271,596
 

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

      (14,584,081       (812,650
 

 

 

 

Capital share transactions

    Shares         Shares    

Proceeds from shares sold

       

Class A

    244,006       2,950,462       417,591       6,403,383  

Class C

    3,964       43,651       8,393       121,862  

Administrator Class

    1,486       19,073       2,010       31,448  

Institutional Class

    237,162       2,774,775       670,855       10,138,476  
 

 

 

 
      5,787,961         16,695,169  
 

 

 

 

Reinvestment of distributions

       

Class A

    929,465       10,709,769       33,563       518,552  

Class C

    14,292       154,492       0       0  

Administrator Class

    10,866       123,247       251       3,829  

Institutional Class

    271,654       3,060,443       17,523       264,942  
 

 

 

 
      14,047,951         787,323  
 

 

 

 

Payment for shares redeemed

       

Class A

    (651,703     (7,872,295     (1,266,646     (19,208,805

Class C

    (39,496     (448,841     (29,154     (417,293

Administrator Class

    (16,819     (202,469     (37,442     (547,922

Institutional Class

    (462,463     (5,374,399     (899,101     (13,662,192
 

 

 

 
      (13,898,004       (33,836,212
 

 

 

 

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

      5,937,908         (16,353,720
 

 

 

 

Total decrease in net assets

      (260,227       (35,616,125
 

 

 

 

Net assets

   

Beginning of period

      128,979,302         164,595,427  
 

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 128,719,075       $ 128,979,302  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

   

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
CLASS A   2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $13.07       $15.04       $12.11       $11.92       $12.18       $11.72  

Net investment income

    0.02       0.11 1      0.08       0.11 1      0.04 1      0.09 1 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.76       (2.02     3.00       0.29       (0.16     0.67  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.78       (1.91     3.08       0.40       (0.12     0.76  

Distributions to shareholders from

           

Net investment income

    (0.09     (0.06     (0.15     (0.21     (0.14     (0.30

Net realized gains

    (1.38     0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (1.47     (0.06     (0.15     (0.21     (0.14     (0.30

Net asset value, end of period

    $12.38       $13.07       $15.04       $12.11       $11.92       $12.18  

Total return2

    6.86     (12.74 )%      25.84     3.47     (0.95 )%      6.61

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

           

Gross expenses

    1.77     1.69     1.66     1.69     1.72     1.71

Net expenses

    1.60     1.60     1.60     1.60     1.60     1.60

Net investment income

    0.52     0.76     0.58     0.97     0.34     0.80

Supplemental data

           

Portfolio turnover rate

    22     50     63     52     113     113

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $100,288       $99,078       $126,265       $120,108       $137,578       $6,755  

 

 

 

1 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

2 

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. 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)

 

   

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
CLASS C   2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $12.33       $14.24       $11.44       $11.29       $11.57       $11.15  

Net investment income (loss)

    (0.02 )1      (0.00 )1,2      (0.02 )1      0.02 1      (0.00 )1,2      0.01 1 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.72       (1.91     2.85       0.28       (0.20     0.63  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.70       (1.91     2.83       0.30       (0.20     0.64  

Distributions to shareholders from

           

Net investment income

    0.00       0.00       (0.03     (0.15     (0.08     (0.22

Net realized gains

    (1.38     0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (1.38     0.00       (0.03     (0.15     (0.08     (0.22

Net asset value, end of period

    $11.65       $12.33       $14.24       $11.44       $11.29       $11.57  

Total return3

    6.51     (13.41 )%      24.86     2.75     (1.71 )%      5.76

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

           

Gross expenses

    2.51     2.44     2.41     2.44     2.46     2.46

Net expenses

    2.35     2.35     2.35     2.35     2.35     2.35

Net investment income (loss)

    (0.29 )%      (0.01 )%      (0.17 )%      0.14     (0.01 )%      0.12

Supplemental data

           

Portfolio turnover rate

    22     50     63     52     113     113

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $1,399       $1,744       $2,309       $2,223       $3,495       $2,427  

 

 

 

1 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

2 

Amount is more than $(0.005).

 

3 

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. 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)

 

   

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS   2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $12.89       $14.79       $11.88       $11.72       $11.99       $11.54  

Net investment income

    0.04 1      0.12 1      0.04 1      0.12       0.11 1      0.12 1 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.73       (1.99     3.00       0.29       (0.21     0.65  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.77       (1.87     3.04       0.41       (0.10     0.77  

Distributions to shareholders from

           

Net investment income

    (0.10     (0.03     (0.13     (0.25     (0.17     (0.32

Net realized gains

    (1.38     0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (1.48     (0.03     (0.13     (0.25     (0.17     (0.32

Net asset value, end of period

    $12.18       $12.89       $14.79       $11.88       $11.72       $11.99  

Total return2

    6.86     (12.60 )%      25.83     3.60     (0.83 )%      6.86

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

           

Gross expenses

    1.69     1.60     1.58     1.61     1.56     1.52

Net expenses

    1.50     1.49     1.50     1.47     1.40     1.40

Net investment income

    0.60     0.83     0.36     1.07     0.87     1.04

Supplemental data

           

Portfolio turnover rate

    22     50     63     52     113     113

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $1,165       $1,290       $2,000       $11,357       $14,048       $13,956  

 

 

 

1 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

2 

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)

 

   

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS   2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $12.82       $14.75       $11.89       $11.73       $12.00       $11.55  

Net investment income

    0.05       0.16       0.21       0.13       0.15 1      0.14 1 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.73       (1.98     2.85       0.30       (0.23     0.65  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.78       (1.82     3.06       0.43       (0.08     0.79  

Distributions to shareholders from

           

Net investment income

    (0.14     (0.11     (0.20     (0.27     (0.19     (0.34

Net realized gains

    (1.38     0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (1.52     (0.11     (0.20     (0.27     (0.19     (0.34

Net asset value, end of period

    $12.08       $12.82       $14.75       $11.89       $11.73       $12.00  

Total return2

    7.07     (12.43 )%      26.25     3.83     (0.65 )%      6.99

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

           

Gross expenses

    1.44     1.36     1.33     1.36     1.36     1.27

Net expenses

    1.25     1.25     1.25     1.25     1.25     1.25

Net investment income

    0.86     1.12     1.11     1.28     1.27     1.15

Supplemental data

           

Portfolio turnover rate

    22     50     63     52     113     113

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $25,867       $26,868       $34,022       $10,237       $11,034       $502  

 

 

 

1 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

2 

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

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Asia Pacific Fund     19  

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 Asia Pacific 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

All investments are valued each business day as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m. Eastern Time), although the Fund may deviate from this calculation time under unusual or unexpected circumstances.

Equity securities that are listed on a foreign or domestic exchange or market are valued at the official closing price or, if none, the last sales price. If no sale occurs on the principal exchange or market that day, a fair value price will be determined in accordance with the Fund’s Valuation Procedures.

The values of securities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at rates provided by an independent foreign currency pricing source at a time each business day specified by the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee at Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”).

Many securities markets and exchanges outside the U.S. close prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange and therefore may not fully reflect trading or events that occur after the close of the principal exchange in which the foreign securities are traded, but before the close of the New York Stock Exchange. If such trading or events are expected to materially affect the value of such securities, then fair value pricing procedures approved by the Board of Trustees of the Fund are applied. These procedures take into account multiple factors including movements in U.S. securities markets after foreign exchanges close. Foreign securities that are fair valued under these procedures are categorized as Level 2 and the application of these procedures may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. Depending on market activity, such fair valuations may be frequent. Such fair value pricing may result in net asset values that are higher or lower than net asset values based on the last reported sales price or latest quoted bid price. On April 30, 2019, such fair value pricing was used in pricing certain foreign securities.

Investments in registered open-end investment companies are valued at net asset value. Interests in non-registered investment companies that are redeemable at net asset value are fair valued normally at net asset value.

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. 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. 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.

Foreign currency translation

The accounting records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. The values of other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at rates provided by an independent foreign currency pricing source at a time each business day specified by the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee. Purchases and sales of securities, and income and expenses are converted at the rate of exchange on the respective dates of such transactions. Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually paid or received. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the fair value of assets and liabilities


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20   Wells Fargo Asia Pacific Fund   Notes to financial statements (unaudited)

other than investments in securities resulting from changes in exchange rates. The changes in net assets arising from changes in exchange rates of securities and the changes in net assets resulting from changes in market prices of securities are not separately presented. Such changes are included in net realized and unrealized gains or losses from investments.

Participation notes

The Fund may invest in participation notes to gain exposure to securities in certain foreign markets. Participation notes are issued by banks or broker-dealers and are designed to offer a return linked to a particular underlying foreign security. Participation notes involve transaction costs, which may be higher than those applicable to the underlying foreign security. The holder of the participation note is entitled to receive from the bank or broker-dealer, an amount equal to the dividend paid by the issuer of the underlying foreign security; however, the holder is not entitled to the same rights (i.e. voting rights) as an owner of the underlying foreign security. Investments in participation notes involve risks beyond those normally associated with a direct investment in an underlying security. The Fund has no rights against the issuer of the underlying foreign security and participation notes expose the Fund to counterparty risk in the event the counterparty does not perform. There is also no assurance there will be a secondary trading market for the participation note or that the trading price of the participation note will equal the underlying value of the foreign security that it seeks to replicate.

Forward foreign currency contracts

The Fund is subject to foreign currency risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. A forward foreign currency contract is an agreement between two parties to purchase or sell a specific currency for an agreed-upon price at a future date. The Fund enters into forward foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities and to attempt to minimize the risk to the Fund from adverse changes in the relationship between currencies. Forward foreign currency contracts are recorded at the forward rate and marked-to-market daily. When the contracts are closed, realized gains and losses arising from such transactions are recorded as realized gains or losses on forward foreign currency contracts. The Fund could be exposed to risks if the counterparties to the contracts are unable to meet the terms of their contracts or if the value of the foreign currency changes unfavorably. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the unrealized gains on the contracts. This risk may be mitigated if there is a master netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty.

Securities lending

The Fund may lend its securities from time to time in order to earn additional income in the form of fees or interest on securities received as collateral or the investment of any cash received as collateral. The Fund continues to receive interest or dividends on the securities loaned. The Fund receives collateral in the form of cash or securities with a value at least equal to the value of the securities on loan. The value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. In a securities lending transaction, the net asset value of the Fund will be affected by an increase or decrease in the value of the securities loaned and by an increase or decrease in the value of the instrument in which collateral is invested. The amount of securities lending activity undertaken by the Fund fluctuates from time to time. In the event of default or bankruptcy by the borrower, the Fund may be prevented from recovering the loaned securities or gaining access to the collateral or may experience delays or costs in doing so. In addition, the investment of any cash collateral received may lose all or part of its value. The Fund has the right under the lending agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand.

The Fund lends its securities through an unaffiliated securities lending agent. Cash collateral received in connection with its securities lending transactions is invested in Securities Lending Cash Investments, LLC (the “Securities Lending Fund”). The Securities Lending Fund is exempt from registration under Section 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act and is managed by Funds Management and is subadvised by Wells Capital Management Incorporated (“WellsCap”), an affiliate of Funds Management and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”). Funds Management receives an advisory fee starting at 0.05% and declining to 0.01% as the average daily net assets of the Securities Lending Fund increase. All of the fees received by Funds Management are paid to WellsCap for its services as subadviser. The Securities Lending Fund seeks to provide a positive return compared to the daily Fed Funds Open Rate by investing in high-quality, U.S. dollar-denominated short-term money market instruments. Securities Lending Fund investments are valued at the evaluated bid price provided by an independent pricing service. Income earned from investment in the Securities Lending Fund (net of fees and rebates), if any, is included in income from affiliated securities on the Statement of Operations.


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Security transactions and income recognition

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

Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities, which are recorded as soon as the custodian verifies the ex-dividend date. Dividend income from foreign securities is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is not assured.

Distributions to shareholders

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and any net realized gains 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 April 30, 2019, the aggregate cost of all investments for federal income tax purposes was $115,437,234 and the unrealized gains (losses) consisted of:

 

Gross unrealized gains

   $ 19,293,005  

Gross unrealized losses

     (5,798,602

Net unrealized gains

   $ 13,494,403  

Class allocations

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

3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS

Fair value measurements of investments are determined within a framework that has established a fair value hierarchy based upon the various data inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The three-level hierarchy 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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The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities as of April 30, 2019:

 

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

Significant
unobservable inputs

(Level 3)

     Total  

Assets

           

Investments in:

           

Common stocks

           

Australia

   $ 10,753,602      $ 0      $ 0      $ 10,753,602  

China

     36,729,620        0        0        36,729,620  

Hong Kong

     1,416,454        0        0        1,416,454  

India

     6,741,843        0        0        6,741,843  

Indonesia

     2,113,977        0        0        2,113,977  

Japan

     0        39,121,737        0        39,121,737  

Malaysia

     2,369,275        0        0        2,369,275  

Philippines

     1,338,074        0        0        1,338,074  

Singapore

     2,950,015        0        0        2,950,015  

South Korea

     10,073,002        0        0        10,073,002  

Taiwan

     7,010,588        0        0        7,010,588  

Thailand

     1,768,536        0        0        1,768,536  

Participation notes

           

China

     0        1,462,683        0        1,462,683  

Short-term investments

           

Investment companies

     4,270,431        811,800        0        5,082,231  

Total assets

   $ 87,535,417      $ 41,396,220      $ 0      $ 128,931,637  

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

At April 30, 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, 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 a management fee at the following annual rate based on the Fund’s average daily net assets:

 

Average daily net assets    Management fee

First $500 million

   1.000%

Next $500 million

   0.950

Next $1 billion

   0.900

Next $2 billion

   0.875

Next $1 billion

   0.850

Next $5 billion

   0.840

Over $10 billion

   0.830

For the six months ended April 30, 2019, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 1.00% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.


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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. WellsCap is the subadviser to the Fund and is entitled to receive a fee from Funds Management at an annual rate starting at 0.65% and declining to 0.45% 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

     0.21

Administrator Class, Institutional Class

     0.13  

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. When only certain classes exceed their expense caps, waivers and/or reimbursements are applied against class specific expenses before fund level expenses. Funds Management has committed through February 29, 2020 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 1.60% for Class A shares, 2.35% for Class C shares, 1.50% for Administrator Class shares, and 1.25% for Institutional 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. 

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 entitled to receive the front-end sales charge from the purchase of Class A shares and a contingent deferred sales charge on the redemption of certain Class A shares. Funds Distributor is also entitled to receive the contingent deferred sales charges from redemptions of Class C shares. For the six months ended April 30, 2019, Funds Distributor received $1,122 from the sale of Class A shares. No contingent deferred sales charges were incurred by Class A and Class C shares for the six months ended April 30, 2019.

Shareholder servicing fees

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

Purchases and sales of investments, excluding U.S. government obligations (if any) and short-term securities, for the six months ended April 30, 2019 were $26,985,577 and $34,959,885, respectively.

6. DERIVATIVE TRANSACTIONS

During the six months ended April 30, 2019, the Fund entered into forward foreign currency contracts for hedging purposes. The Fund had average contract amounts of $14,611 in forward foreign currency contracts to buy during the six months ended April 30, 2019.


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The fair value, realized gains or losses and change in unrealized gains or losses, if any, on derivative instruments are reflected in the corresponding financial statement captions.

7. BANK BORROWINGS

The Trust (excluding the money market funds), Wells Fargo Master Trust and Wells Fargo Variable Trust are parties to a $280,000,000 revolving credit agreement whereby the Fund is permitted to use bank borrowings for temporary or emergency purposes, such as to fund shareholder redemption requests. Interest under the credit agreement is charged to the Fund based on a borrowing rate equal to the higher of the Federal Funds rate in effect on that day plus 1.25% or the overnight LIBOR rate in effect on that day plus 1.25%. In addition, an annual commitment fee equal to 0.25% of the unused balance is allocated to each participating fund.

For the six months ended April 30, 2019, there were no borrowings by the Fund under the agreement.

8. CONCENTRATION RISK

Concentration risk result from exposure to a limited number of geographic regions. A fund that invest a substantial portion of their assets in any geographic region may be more affected by changes in that geographic region than would be a fund whose investments are not heavily weighted in any geographic region.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. SUBSEQUENT EVENT

At a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees held on May 21-22, 2019, the Trustees of the Fund approved a Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”). Under the Plan, Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund will acquire the assets and assume the liabilities of the Fund in exchange for shares of Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund.

A Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund will be held on September 6, 2019 to consider and vote on the Plan. On or about June 27, 2019, materials for this meeting will be mailed to shareholders of record on July 19, 2019.

If approved, the merger will take place on or about September 20, 2019.


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TAX INFORMATION

Pursuant to Section 853 of the Internal Revenue Code, the following amounts have been designated as foreign taxes paid for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2018. These amounts may be less than the actual foreign taxes paid for financial statement purposes. Foreign taxes paid or withheld should be included in taxable income with an offsetting deduction from gross income or as a credit for taxes paid to foreign governments. None of the income was derived from ineligible foreign sources as defined under Section 901(j) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

Creditable

foreign taxes

paid

  

Per share

amount

  

Foreign

income as % of

ordinary income

distributions

$286,341    $0.0289    100%

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 wfam.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 wfam.com or by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov.

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

The complete portfolio holdings for the Fund are publicly available monthly on the Fund’s website (wfam.com), on a one-month delayed basis. In addition, top ten holdings information (excluding derivative positions) for the Fund is publicly available on the Fund’s website on a monthly, seven-day or more 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 151 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.

(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. Johnson

(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


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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

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

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   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   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   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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28   Wells Fargo Asia Pacific 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.    

Jeremy DePalma1

(Born 1974)

  Treasurer, since 2012   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.    

Alexander Kymn

(Born 1973)

  Secretary and 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.    

 

 

 

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Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 86 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 65 funds in the Fund Complex.

 

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Semi-Annual Report

April 30, 2019

 

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Wells Fargo Diversified International Fund

 

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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

    4  

Fund expenses

    6  

Portfolio of investments

    7  
Financial statements  

Statement of assets and liabilities

    16  

Statement of operations

    17  

Statement of changes in net assets

    18  

Financial highlights

    19  

Notes to financial statements

    24  

Other information

    31  

 

 

The views expressed and any forward-looking statements are as of April 30, 2019, unless otherwise noted, and are those of the Fund managers and/or Wells Fargo Asset Management. 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 Asset Management 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 Diversified International Fund   Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

 

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Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

 

 

December’s S&P 500 Index performance was the worst since 1931.

 

 

Dear Shareholder:

We are pleased to offer you this semi-annual report for the Wells Fargo Diversified International Fund for the six-month period that ended April 30, 2019. In late 2018, investor concerns about U.S. interest rate policy, trade tensions, and geopolitical events drove equity losses and restrained bond returns. Thanks to a shift in U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) policy and positive economic and business growth metrics during the first four months of 2019, stock and bond markets globally enjoyed a consistent move higher.

For the period, U.S. stocks, as measured by the S&P 500 Index,1 gained 9.76% and international stocks, as measured by the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net),2 added 9.12%. Based on the MSCI EM Index (Net)3, emerging market stocks added 13.76%. For bond investors, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index4 added 5.49% while the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index5 added 3.25%. The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index6 added 5.68%, and the ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index7 gained 5.55%.

Conflicting data unsettled markets as 2018 ended.

November’s U.S. midterm elections shifted control of the House of Representatives from Republicans to Democrats, presaging potential partisan clashes. Third-quarter U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) was announced at an annualized 3.4% rate, lower than the second-quarter rate. Brexit efforts stalled ahead of the March 2019 deadline. The People’s Bank of China 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.

December’s S&P 500 Index performance was the worst since 1931. Globally, fixed-income investments fared better than stocks during the past two months of the year. The Fed increased the federal funds rate by 25 basis points (bps; 100 bps equal 1.00%) in December 2018 to a target range of between 2.25% and 2.50% and softened its outlook for 2019 rate increases.

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 2019. Investors expected high levels of stock market volatility to continue based on the VIX8.

 

 

 

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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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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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Diversified International Fund     3  

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. The Fed indicated that it would pause its program of regular rate increases during 2019 as inflation remained low.

In February 2019, concerns over slowing global growth reemerged. The Bureau of Economic Analysis announced fourth-quarter 2018 GDP grew at an annualized 2.2% rate, down from the 4.2% annualized rate for the second quarter and the 3.4% annualized rate for the third quarter. Analysts attributed the lower growth rate to a slowing housing market and larger trade deficit. The U.S. Department of Labor said that the economy created just 20,000 jobs in February 2019. In a February 2019 report, the Bank of England forecast the slowest growth since the financial crisis for 2019. China and the U.S., while putting future tariffs on hold for the time being, continued to wrangle over trade issues.

By the end of March 2019, the combination of dovish Fed sentiment and consistent, if not spectacular, economic and business metrics reinforced investors’ enthusiasm for equity investing. Monthly job creation data regained its momentum. Corporate profits, while lower than 2018’s lofty levels, remained solid. China announced a roughly $300 billion stimulus package through tax and fee cuts intended to reinvigorate economic growth.

During April 2019, the several broad-based U.S. equity indices reached or approached highs as investors drew confidence from favorable economic projections, sustained low inflation, and solid employment data. As expected, the Fed chose not to increase rates at its April 2019 meeting. The initial estimate of the first-quarter GDP showed the economy grew at an annualized rate of 3.20%, reflecting growth in business investment and exports. The favorable sentiment appeared to extend to investors’ outlooks for foreign investments as the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) gained 2.64% and the MSCI EM Index (Net) added 2.11%.

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

 

 

January’s returns tended to support the investing adage that markets climb a wall of worry.

 

 

 

 

 

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4   Wells Fargo Diversified International Fund   Performance highlights (unaudited)

Investment objective

The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Subadvisers

Artisan Partners Limited Partnership

LSV Asset Management

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

Portfolio managers

Josef Lakonishok, Ph.D.

Venkateshwar (Venk) Lal

Puneet Mansharamani, CFA®

Menno Vermeulen, CFA®

Dale A. Winner, CFA®

Mark L. Yockey, CFA®

Average annual total returns (%) as of April 30, 2019

 

        Including sales charge     Excluding sales charge     Expense ratios1 (%)  
    Inception date   1 year     5 year     10 year     1 year     5 year     10 year     Gross     Net2  
 
Class A (SILAX)   9-24-1997     -10.64       1.30       7.26       -5.18       2.51       7.89       1.72       1.36  
 
Class C (WFECX)   4-1-1998     -6.89       1.73       7.11       -5.89       1.73       7.11       2.47       2.11  
 
Class R6 (WDIRX)3   9-30-2015                       -4.78       2.88       8.19       1.29       0.90  
 
Administrator Class (WFIEX)   11-8-1999                       -5.11       2.62       8.06       1.64       1.26  
 
Institutional Class (WFISX)   8-31-2006                       -4.85       2.90       8.29       1.39       1.00  
 
MSCI EAFE Index (Net)4                         -3.22       2.60       7.95              

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 return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance shown without sales charges would be lower if sales charges were reflected. 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, wfam.com.

Index returns do not include transaction costs associated with buying and selling securities, any mutual fund fees or expenses, or any taxes. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

For Class A shares, the maximum front-end sales charge is 5.75%. 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. Class R6, Administrator Class, and Institutional Class shares are sold without a front-end sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge.

Stock values fluctuate in response to the activities of individual companies and general market and economic conditions. Foreign investments are especially volatile and can rise or fall dramatically due to differences in the political and economic conditions of the host country. These risks are generally intensified in emerging markets. The use of derivatives may reduce returns and/or increase volatility. Certain investment strategies tend to increase the total risk of an investment (relative to the broader market). The Fund is exposed to smaller-company securities risk. Consult the Fund’s prospectus for additional information on these and other risks.

 

 

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Performance highlights (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Diversified International Fund     5  
Ten largest holdings (%) as of April 30, 20195  

Linde plc

     2.27  

Deutsche Boerse AG

     2.02  

BP plc

     1.74  

Wirecard AG

     1.71  

Airbus SE

     1.42  

AIA Group Limited

     1.39  

Allianz AG

     1.37  

Nestle SA

     1.34  

Deutsche Post AG

     1.23  

ING Groep NV

     1.23  
Sector distribution as of April 30, 20196

 

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Country allocation as of April 30, 20196
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Reflects the expense ratios as stated in the most recent prospectuses, which include the impact of 0.01% in acquired fund fees and expenses. The expense ratios shown are subject to change and may differ from the annualized expense ratios shown in the financial highlights of this report, which do not include acquired fund fees and expenses.

 

2 

The manager has contractually committed through February 29, 2020, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the expenses of each class after fee waivers at 1.35% for Class A, 2.10% for Class C, 0.89% for Class R6, 1.25% for Administrator Class, and 0.99% for Institutional 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. 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 R6 shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of the Administrator Class shares, and includes the higher expenses applicable to Administrator Class shares. If these expenses had not been included, returns for Class R6 shares would be higher.

 

4 

The Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Europe, Australasia, and Far East (EAFE) 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. The MSCI EAFE Index (Net) consists of the following 21 developed markets country indexes: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Source: MSCI. MSCI makes no express or implied warranties or representations and shall have no liability whatsoever with respect to any MSCI data contained herein. The MSCI data may not be further redistributed or used as a basis for other indexes or any securities or financial products. This report is not approved, reviewed, or produced by MSCI. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

5 

The ten largest holdings, excluding cash, cash equivalents and any money market funds, are calculated based on the value of the investments divided by total net assets of the Fund. Holdings are subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.

 

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


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6   Wells Fargo Diversified International Fund   Fund expenses (unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments and 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 November 1, 2018 to April 30, 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 sales charges (loads) and 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
11-1-2018
     Ending
account value
4-30-2019
     Expenses
paid during
the period¹
     Annualized net
expense ratio
 

Class A

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,059.05      $ 6.89        1.35

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,018.10      $ 6.76        1.35

Class C

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,054.50      $ 10.70        2.10

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,014.38      $ 10.49        2.10

Class R6

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,061.40      $ 4.55        0.89

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,020.38      $ 4.46        0.89

Administrator Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,059.30      $ 6.38        1.25

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,018.60      $ 6.26        1.25

Institutional Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,060.06      $ 5.06        0.99

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.89      $ 4.96        0.99

 

 

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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Security name                 Shares      Value  

Common Stocks: 96.38%

 

Australia: 1.35%           

AGL Energy Limited (Utilities, Multi-Utilities)

          8,500      $ 133,204  

Coca-Cola Amatil Limited (Consumer Staples, Beverages)

          29,100        180,524  

CSR Limited (Materials, Construction Materials)

          59,900        150,326  

Harvey Norman Holdings Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Multiline Retail) «

          43,900        129,050  

Lendlease Corporation Limited (Real Estate, Real Estate Management & Development)

          11,600        108,760  

Metcash Limited (Consumer Staples, Food & Staples Retailing)

          28,500        57,661  

Mineral Resources Limited (Materials, Metals & Mining)

          14,900        163,754  

Origin Energy Limited (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

          18,916        98,278  

Qantas Airways Limited (Industrials, Airlines)

          59,300        234,518  

Rio Tinto Limited (Materials, Metals & Mining)

          1,800        121,016  
     1,377,091  
          

 

 

 
Austria: 0.39%           

OMV AG (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

          4,800        257,071  

Voestalpine AG (Materials, Metals & Mining)

          4,300        138,079  
     395,150  
          

 

 

 
Belgium: 0.05%           

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV (Consumer Staples, Beverages)

          589        52,361  
          

 

 

 
Brazil: 2.00%           

B3 Brasil Bolsa Balcao SA (Financials, Capital Markets)

          15,405        135,345  

Banco de Brasil SA (Financials, Banks)

          14,500        183,714  

Companhia de Saneamento de Minas Gerais SA (Utilities, Water Utilities)

          5,300        93,265  

Cosan Limited Class A (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

          45,293        553,480  

JBS SA (Consumer Staples, Food Products)

          67,500        340,332  

Petroleo Brasileiro SA ADR (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

          48,115        732,791  
     2,038,927  
          

 

 

 
Canada: 2.68%           

Canadian National Railway Company (Industrials, Road & Rail)

          1,730        160,509  

Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (Industrials, Road & Rail)

          831        186,202  

Dollarama Incorporated (Consumer Discretionary, Multiline Retail)

          4,460        133,963  

Home Capital Group Incorporated (Financials, Thrifts & Mortgage Finance) †

          49,300        696,978  

Loblaw Companies Limited (Consumer Staples, Food & Staples Retailing)

          3,800        186,157  

Lundin Mining Corporation (Materials, Metals & Mining)

          154,708        830,298  

Magna International Incorporated (Consumer Discretionary, Auto Components)

          7,300        406,331  

WestJet Airlines Limited (Industrials, Airlines)

          9,200        129,859  
     2,730,297  
          

 

 

 
China: 3.16%           

ANTA Sports Products Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods)

          4,000        28,197  

China Mobile Limited (Communication Services, Wireless Telecommunication Services)

          94,000        895,689  

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation H Shares (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

          218,000        167,568  

China Railway Construction Corporation Limited H Shares (Industrials, Construction & Engineering)

          117,500        138,697  

China Resources Cement Holdings Limited (Materials, Construction Materials)

          168,000        168,111  

China Telecom Corporation Limited H Shares (Communication Services, Diversified Telecommunication Services)

          238,000        123,175  

 

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


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Security name                 Shares      Value  
China (continued)

 

Dongfeng Motor Group Company Limited H Shares (Consumer Discretionary, Automobiles)

          106,000      $ 102,827  

HollySys Automation Technologies Limited (Information Technology, Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components)

          19,771        413,807  

Midea Group Company Limited Class A (Consumer Discretionary, Household Durables)

          12,700        98,783  

PICC Property & Casualty Company Limited H Shares (Financials, Insurance)

          103,500        116,234  

Sands China Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure)

          6,400        35,162  

Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Company Limited H Shares (Health Care, Health Care Providers & Services)

          261,400        547,138  

Wynn Macau Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure)

          118,800        340,735  

Yantai Changyu Pioneer Wine Company Limited Class B (Consumer Staples, Beverages)

          23,400        50,381  
     3,226,504  
          

 

 

 
Denmark: 0.88%           

Danske Bank AS (Financials, Banks)

          9,300        164,936  

Genmab AS (Health Care, Biotechnology) †

          3,866        641,787  

Sydbank AS (Financials, Banks)

          4,000        86,354  
     893,077  
          

 

 

 
Finland: 0.34%           

Fortum Oyj (Utilities, Electric Utilities)

          10,931        230,982  

Nordea Bank AB (Financials, Banks)

          15,000        118,062  
     349,044  
          

 

 

 
France: 8.24%           

Air Liquide SA (Materials, Chemicals)

          6,623        880,632  

Amundi SA (Financials, Diversified Financial Services)

          1,773        127,370  

Arkema SA (Materials, Chemicals)

          910        93,349  

AXA SA (Financials, Insurance)

          9,200        245,018  

BNP Paribas SA (Financials, Banks)

          17,376        924,750  

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA (Industrials, Building Products)

          23,772        971,588  

Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (Consumer Discretionary, Auto Components)

          2,200        284,135  

Credit Agricole SA (Financials, Banks)

          13,900        190,669  

Eiffage SA (Industrials, Construction & Engineering)

          4,413        460,810  

Engie SA (Utilities, Multi-Utilities)

          13,300        196,983  

Groupe Danone SA (Consumer Staples, Food Products)

          1,811        146,410  

Natixis SA (Financials, Capital Markets)

          27,500        161,869  

Orange SA (Communication Services, Diversified Telecommunication Services)

          65,896        1,032,139  

Renault SA (Consumer Discretionary, Automobiles)

          3,100        211,469  

Safran SA (Industrials, Aerospace & Defense)

          2,099        305,816  

Sanofi SA (Health Care, Pharmaceuticals)

          8,600        747,450  

Schneider Electric SE (Industrials, Electrical Equipment)

          1,512        127,970  

SCOR SE (Financials, Insurance)

          2,400        97,875  

Societe Generale SA (Financials, Banks)

          3,700        117,111  

Total SA (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

          9,700        539,026  

Vinci SA (Industrials, Construction & Engineering)

          5,331        538,252  
     8,400,691  
          

 

 

 
Germany: 14.38%           

Adidas AG (Consumer Discretionary, Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods)

          980        251,820  

Allianz AG (Financials, Insurance)

          5,805        1,398,540  

Aurubis AG (Materials, Metals & Mining)

          1,600        77,920  

 

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


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Security name                 Shares      Value  
Germany (continued)

 

BASF SE (Materials, Chemicals)

          2,900      $ 235,784  

Bayer AG (Health Care, Pharmaceuticals)

          1,900        126,456  

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Consumer Discretionary, Automobiles)

          2,200        187,285  

Beiersdorf AG (Consumer Staples, Personal Products)

          1,950        213,113  

Covestro AG (Materials, Chemicals)

          2,700        147,631  

Daimler AG (Consumer Discretionary, Automobiles)

          5,300        346,801  

Deutsche Boerse AG (Financials, Capital Markets)

          15,449        2,060,252  

Deutsche Post AG (Industrials, Air Freight & Logistics)

          36,311        1,258,447  

Infineon Technologies AG (Information Technology, Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment)

          11,470        270,482  

Linde plc (Materials, Chemicals)

          12,863        2,314,115  

Metro AG (Consumer Staples, Food & Staples Retailing)

          41,234        698,346  

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs Gesellschaft AG (Financials, Insurance)

          3,250        812,880  

Rheinmetall AG (Industrials, Industrial Conglomerates)

          7,592        871,104  

SAP SE (Information Technology, Software)

          3,264        419,466  

Siemens AG (Industrials, Industrial Conglomerates)

          4,233        506,774  

Symrise AG (Materials, Chemicals)

          4,530        435,429  

Volkswagen AG (Consumer Discretionary, Automobiles)

          1,600        286,053  

Wirecard AG (Information Technology, IT Services) «

          11,609        1,740,862  
     14,659,560  
          

 

 

 
Hong Kong: 3.00%           

AIA Group Limited (Financials, Insurance)

          138,600        1,412,537  

China Everbright Limited (Financials, Capital Markets)

          180,000        327,657  

Kingboard Laminates Holdings Limited (Information Technology, Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components)

          109,500        114,877  

Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Limited (Materials, Paper & Forest Products)

          104,000        96,115  

Sinotruk Hong Kong Limited (Industrials, Machinery)

          59,500        128,787  

Skyworth Digital Holdings Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Household Durables)

          320,000        94,636  

Wheelock & Company Limited (Real Estate, Real Estate Management & Development)

          11,000        78,313  

Xinyi Glass Holdings Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Auto Components)

          586,000        669,305  

Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods)

          42,000        135,720  
     3,057,947  
          

 

 

 
Hungary: 0.07%           

Richter Gedeon (Health Care, Pharmaceuticals)

          3,500        69,257  
          

 

 

 
India: 0.68%           

Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited (Financials, Thrifts & Mortgage Finance)

          24,175        693,425  
          

 

 

 
Indonesia: 0.23%           

PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia Tbk (Financials, Banks) †

          750,900        230,276  
          

 

 

 
Ireland: 2.32%           

C&C Group plc (Consumer Staples, Beverages)

          18,600        70,617  

Greencore Group plc (Consumer Staples, Food Products)

          181,237        543,566  

Medtronic plc (Health Care, Health Care Equipment & Supplies)

          11,115        987,123  

Smurfit Kappa Group plc (Materials, Containers & Packaging)

          4,300        126,022  

Willis Towers Watson plc (Financials, Insurance)

          3,458        637,448  
     2,364,776  
          

 

 

 

 

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


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10   Wells Fargo Diversified International Fund   Portfolio of investments—April 30, 2019 (unaudited)

    

 

 

Security name                 Shares      Value  
Israel: 0.94%           

Bank Hapoalim Limited (Financials, Banks)

          24,000      $ 176,434  

Check Point Software Technologies Limited (Information Technology, Software) †

          5,979        722,024  

Nice Systems Limited ADR (Electronic & Other Electrical Equipment & Components, Except Computer Equipment ) †

          449        61,899  
     960,357  
          

 

 

 
Italy: 3.93%           

A2A SpA (Utilities, Multi-Utilities)

          104,600        174,806  

Assicurazioni Generali SpA (Financials, Insurance)

          19,584        380,002  

Enel SpA (Utilities, Electric Utilities)

          94,000        594,522  

Eni SpA (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

          54,008        921,836  

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (Financials, Banks)

          244,632        641,225  

Leonardo-Finmeccanica SpA (Industrials, Aerospace & Defense)

          9,300        107,386  

Mediobanca SpA (Financials, Banks)

          23,400        248,020  

Prysmian SpA (Industrials, Electrical Equipment)

          48,483        934,767  
     4,002,564  
          

 

 

 
Japan: 12.45%           

Adeka Corporation (Materials, Chemicals)

          13,000        195,305  

Aisin Seiki Company Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Auto Components)

          3,300        127,660  

Alps Electric Company Limited (Information Technology, Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components)

          21,500        454,699  

Asahi Glass Company Limited (Industrials, Building Products)

          4,900        167,177  

CALBEE Incorporated (Consumer Staples, Food Products)

          3,800        105,223  

Central Glass Company Limited (Industrials, Building Products)

          3,400        79,458  

Daiwa Securities Group Incorporated (Financials, Capital Markets)

          190,100        884,883  

Denka Company Limited (Materials, Chemicals)

          6,300        190,231  

DIC Incorporated (Materials, Chemicals)

          5,300        155,680  

Dowa Mining Company Limited (Materials, Metals & Mining)

          6,000        195,644  

FANUC Corporation (Industrials, Machinery)

          400        75,150  

Fujikura Limited (Industrials, Electrical Equipment)

          15,500        63,955  

Hitachi Limited (Information Technology, Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components)

          34,200        1,137,431  

Isuzu Motors Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Automobiles)

          16,500        237,645  

Itochu Corporation (Industrials, Trading Companies & Distributors)

          14,600        263,434  

Japan Airlines Company Limited (Industrials, Airlines)

          6,300        205,464  

Japan Exchange Group Incorporated (Financials, Capital Markets)

          14,700        240,045  

Kaken Pharmaceutical Company Limited (Health Care, Pharmaceuticals)

          1,200        51,404  

KDDI Corporation (Communication Services, Wireless Telecommunication Services)

          20,000        460,951  

Komatsu Limited (Industrials, Machinery)

          9,600        247,972  

Maeda Road Construction Company Limited (Industrials, Construction & Engineering)

          8,800        174,628  

Marubeni Corporation (Industrials, Trading Companies & Distributors)

          30,300        217,117  

Mazda Motor Corporation (Consumer Discretionary, Automobiles)

          12,000        142,019  

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company Incorporated (Materials, Chemicals)

          6,100        91,578  

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Incorporated (Financials, Banks)

          179,700        891,586  

Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company Limited (Financials, Diversified Financial Services)

          37,300        190,190  

Mitsui Chemicals Incorporated (Materials, Chemicals)

          9,500        233,528  

Mizuho Financial Group Incorporated (Financials, Banks)

          171,600        267,992  

Nippon Shinyaku Company Limited (Health Care, Pharmaceuticals)

          7,300        504,063  

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation (Communication Services, Diversified Telecommunication Services)

          12,500        520,105  

Nissan Motor Company Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Automobiles)

          32,200        258,503  

Nisshinbo Holdings Incorporated (Industrials, Industrial Conglomerates)

          6,700        59,813  

 

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


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Security name                 Shares      Value  
Japan (continued)

 

Nomura Holdings Incorporated (Financials, Capital Markets)

          63,000      $ 238,532  

ORIX Corporation (Financials, Diversified Financial Services)

          16,500        233,736  

Resona Holdings Incorporated (Financials, Banks)

          62,600        265,744  

Rohm Company Limited (Information Technology, Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment)

          1,900        140,107  

Sawai Pharmaceutical Company Limited (Health Care, Pharmaceuticals)

          2,100        112,833  

Sojitz Corporation (Industrials, Trading Companies & Distributors)

          77,400        266,469  

Sompo Holdings Incorporated (Financials, Insurance)

          3,200        120,778  

Sumitomo Heavy Industries Limited (Industrials, Machinery)

          6,000        213,344  

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Incorporated (Financials, Banks)

          8,000        290,770  

Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation (Materials, Chemicals)

          23,800        396,548  

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (Health Care, Pharmaceuticals)

          18,100        667,921  

Teijin Limited (Materials, Chemicals)

          5,700        98,052  

The Yokohama Rubber Company Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Auto Components)

          7,600        143,205  

Toyo Ink SC Holding Company Limited (Materials, Chemicals)

          7,360        176,355  

Toyo Tire & Rubber Company Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Auto Components)

          5,900        69,021  

UBE Industries Limited (Materials, Chemicals)

          7,900        169,026  
     12,692,974  
          

 

 

 
Malaysia: 0.46%           

CIMB Group Holdings Bhd (Financials, Banks)

          371,423        473,431  
          

 

 

 
Netherlands: 7.04%           

Adyen NV (Information Technology, IT Services) †

          444        361,342  

Aegon NV (Financials, Insurance)

          23,200        121,154  

Airbus SE (Industrials, Aerospace & Defense)

          10,597        1,448,617  

Akzo Nobel NV (Materials, Chemicals)

          1,196        101,547  

ASML Holding NV (Information Technology, Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment)

          796        165,649  

ING Groep NV (Financials, Banks)

          98,748        1,257,743  

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (Consumer Staples, Food & Staples Retailing)

          14,600        351,415  

Koninklijke DSM NV (Materials, Chemicals)

          4,657        531,992  

Koninklijke Philips NV (Industrials, Industrial Conglomerates)

          26,902        1,145,529  

NN Group NV (Financials, Insurance)

          19,134        833,105  

OCI NV (Materials, Chemicals) †

          28,895        837,764  

X5 Retail Group NV (Consumer Staples, Food & Staples Retailing)

          700        21,245  
     7,177,102  
          

 

 

 
Norway: 1.08%           

Den Norske Bank ASA (Financials, Banks) «

          53,341        1,024,165  

Mowi ASA (Consumer Staples, Food Products)

          3,500        75,822  
     1,099,987  
          

 

 

 
Russia: 1.56%           

Gazprom Neft Sponsored ADR (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

          10,500        297,150  

LUKOIL OAO ADR (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

          4,200        359,100  

MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC ADR (Materials, Metals & Mining)

          19,404        430,769  

Mobile TeleSystems PJSC ADR (Communication Services, Wireless Telecommunication Services)

          64,526        508,465  
     1,595,484  
          

 

 

 

 

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


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12   Wells Fargo Diversified International Fund   Portfolio of investments—April 30, 2019 (unaudited)

    

 

 

Security name                 Shares      Value  
Singapore: 1.14%           

DBS Group Holdings Limited (Financials, Banks)

          6,400      $ 132,931  

Keppel Corporation Limited (Industrials, Industrial Conglomerates)

          162,100        806,865  

United Overseas Bank Limited (Financials, Banks)

          10,700        218,941  
     1,158,737  
          

 

 

 
South Africa: 1.16%           

Absa Group Limited (Financials, Banks)

          12,600        144,682  

Imperial Holdings Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Distributors)

          5,500        23,992  

Motus Holdings Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Specialty Retail)

          5,500        34,123  

Old Mutual Limited (Financials, Insurance)

          59,600        95,221  

Omnia Holdings Limited (Materials, Chemicals)

          7,600        30,921  

Sasol Limited (Materials, Chemicals)

          25,646        850,666  
     1,179,605  
          

 

 

 
South Korea: 1.80%           

BNK Financial Group Incorporated (Financials, Banks)

          1,018        6,109  

Hana Financial Group Incorporated (Financials, Banks)

          6,710        211,384  

Industrial Bank of Korea (Financials, Banks)

          16,600        201,079  

JB Financial Group Company Limited (Financials, Banks)

          1,964        9,567  

KT&G Corporation (Consumer Staples, Tobacco)

          2,300        200,830  

LG Uplus Corporation (Communication Services, Diversified Telecommunication Services)

          9,600        117,519  

Samsung Electronics Company Limited GDR (Information Technology, Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals)

          233        229,738  

SK Telecom Company Limited (Communication Services, Wireless Telecommunication Services)

          3,496        740,710  

Woori Financial Group Incorporated (Financials, Banks)

          9,800        116,192  
     1,833,128  
          

 

 

 
Spain: 0.56%           

Banco Santander Central Hispano SA (Financials, Banks)

          29,500        149,273  

Distribuidora Internacional SA (Consumer Staples, Food & Staples Retailing)

          33,900        23,612  

International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (Industrials, Airlines)

          17,900        126,138  

Repsol YPF SA (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

          16,200        274,911  
     573,934  
          

 

 

 
Sweden: 0.65%           

Boliden AB (Materials, Metals & Mining)

          6,700        198,944  

Hennes & Mauritz AB Class B (Consumer Discretionary, Specialty Retail)

          4,876        85,012  

Volvo AB Class B (Industrials, Machinery)

          23,600        377,713  
     661,669  
          

 

 

 
Switzerland: 5.86%           

Alcon Incorporated (Health Care, Health Care Equipment & Supplies) †

          2,188        126,004  

Baloise Holding AG (Financials, Insurance)

          1,400        239,894  

Idorsia Limited (Health Care, Biotechnology) †

          6,824        134,879  

LafargeHolcim Limited (Materials, Construction Materials)

          15,574        800,595  

Lonza Group AG (Health Care, Life Sciences Tools & Services)

          1,655        511,142  

Nestle SA (Consumer Staples, Food Products)

          14,181        1,364,588  

Novartis AG (Health Care, Pharmaceuticals)

          8,173        667,427  

Roche Holding AG (Health Care, Pharmaceuticals)

          2,960        780,270  

 

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


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Security name                 Shares      Value  
Switzerland (continued)

 

Sonova Holding AG (Health Care, Health Care Equipment & Supplies)

          552      $ 111,326  

Swiss Life Holding AG (Financials, Insurance)

          1,100        517,209  

Swiss Reinsurance AG (Financials, Insurance)

          3,020        290,634  

UBS Group AG (Financials, Capital Markets)

          10,600        142,155  

Valiant Holding AG (Financials, Banks)

          600        67,246  

Zurich Insurance Group AG (Financials, Insurance)

          700        223,200  
     5,976,569  
          

 

 

 
Taiwan: 0.41%           

Pegatron Corporation (Information Technology, Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals)

          52,000        98,107  

Powertech Technology Incorporated (Information Technology, Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment)

          51,000        127,083  

Zhen Ding Technology Holding (Information Technology, Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components)

          55,000        196,676  
     421,866  
          

 

 

 
Thailand: 0.25%           

Bangchak Corporation PCL (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

          135,400        137,839  

Thai Oil PCL (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

          55,100        119,520  
     257,359  
          

 

 

 
United Kingdom: 15.23%           

3i Group plc (Financials, Capital Markets)

          21,200        295,938  

Anglo American plc (Materials, Metals & Mining)

          11,100        286,796  

Aon plc (Financials, Insurance)

          6,252        1,126,235  

AVEVA Group plc (Information Technology, Software)

          4,153        181,095  

Aviva plc (Financials, Insurance)

          22,000        123,215  

Babcock International Group plc (Industrials, Commercial Services & Supplies)

          16,035        109,776  

BAE Systems plc (Industrials, Aerospace & Defense)

          56,100        361,383  

Barratt Developments plc (Consumer Discretionary, Household Durables)

          23,400        183,631  

Bellway plc (Consumer Discretionary, Household Durables)

          4,200        170,438  

Bovis Homes Group plc (Consumer Discretionary, Household Durables)

          8,600        124,480  

BP plc (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

          243,084        1,771,927  

BT Group plc (Communication Services, Diversified Telecommunication Services)

          33,500        100,058  

Centrica plc (Utilities, Multi-Utilities)

          68,900        95,461  

Crest Nicholson Holdings plc (Consumer Discretionary, Household Durables)

          20,500        102,918  

Debenhams plc (Consumer Discretionary, Multiline Retail) (a)

          72,600        0  

Experian Group Limited plc (Industrials, Professional Services)

          15,496        449,601  

Ferguson plc (Industrials, Trading Companies & Distributors)

          6,985        495,499  

Fresnillo plc (Materials, Metals & Mining)

          45,439        443,682  

Galliford Try plc (Industrials, Construction & Engineering)

          8,666        61,249  

GlaxoSmithKline plc (Health Care, Pharmaceuticals)

          32,300        662,704  

Imperial Tobacco Group plc (Consumer Staples, Tobacco)

          3,700        117,532  

Inchcape plc (Consumer Discretionary, Distributors)

          19,900        159,460  

J Sainsbury plc (Consumer Staples, Food & Staples Retailing)

          37,300        108,222  

John Wood Group plc (Energy, Energy Equipment & Services)

          125,262        768,523  

Kingfisher plc (Consumer Discretionary, Specialty Retail)

          188,525        649,254  

Lloyds Banking Group plc (Financials, Banks)

          134,900        110,067  

London Stock Exchange Group plc (Financials, Capital Markets)

          9,363        612,177  

Man Group plc (Financials, Capital Markets)

          334,323        682,709  

Marks & Spencer Group plc (Consumer Discretionary, Multiline Retail)

          44,100        164,411  

 

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


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14   Wells Fargo Diversified International Fund   Portfolio of investments—April 30, 2019 (unaudited)

    

 

 

Security name                Shares      Value  
United Kingdom (continued)

 

Melrose Industries plc (Industrials, Electrical Equipment)

         199,627      $ 526,354  

QinetiQ Group plc (Industrials, Aerospace & Defense)

         47,700        187,473  

Redrow plc (Consumer Discretionary, Household Durables)

         23,047        185,128  

RELX plc (Industrials, Professional Services)

         7,006        160,699  

Rentokil Initial plc (Industrials, Commercial Services & Supplies)

         64,556        328,306  

Royal Dutch Shell plc Class B (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

         21,300        684,520  

Royal Mail plc (Industrials, Air Freight & Logistics)

         20,900        68,897  

Sensata Technologies Holding plc (Industrials, Electrical Equipment) †

         19,166        957,150  

Smiths Group plc (Industrials, Industrial Conglomerates)

         53,114        1,054,494  

Tate & Lyle plc (Consumer Staples, Food Products)

         15,700        157,149  

The Berkeley Group Holdings plc (Consumer Discretionary, Household Durables)

         3,600        176,322  

Vodafone Group plc (Communication Services, Wireless Telecommunication Services)

         281,101        520,509  
            15,525,442  
         

 

 

 
United States: 2.09%          

Alphabet Incorporated Class A (Communication Services, Interactive Media & Services) †

 

     310        371,678  

Alphabet Incorporated Class C (Communication Services, Interactive Media & Services) †

 

     312        370,806  

Amazon.com Incorporated (Consumer Discretionary, Internet & Direct Marketing Retail) †

 

     344        662,723  

Gentex Corporation (Consumer Discretionary, Auto Components)

         14,488        333,659  

Intercontinental Exchange Incorporated (Financials, Capital Markets)

         4,829        392,839  
            2,131,705  
         

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks (Cost $85,982,312)

            98,260,296  
         

 

 

 
          Expiration date                
Participation Notes: 0.71%          
Ireland: 0.71%          

HSBC Bank plc (Ryanair Holdings plc) (Industrials, Airlines) †(a)

      10-29-2019        53,787        720,073  
         

 

 

 

Total Participation Notes (Cost $742,259)

            720,073  
         

 

 

 
    Dividend yield                      
Preferred Stocks: 0.75%          
Brazil: 0.75%          

Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

    2.59        110,217        762,027  
         

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $670,101)

            762,027  
         

 

 

 
    Yield                      
Short-Term Investments: 3.91%          
Investment Companies: 3.91%          

Securities Lending Cash Investments LLC (l)(r)(u)

    2.55          2,723,048        2,723,320  

Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class (l)(u)

    2.36          1,262,675        1,262,675  

Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $3,985,993)

            3,985,995        
         

 

 

 

 

Total investments in securities (Cost $91,380,665)     101.75        103,728,391  

Other assets and liabilities, net

    (1.75        (1,779,848
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
Total net assets     100.00      $ 101,948,543  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

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


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«

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

 

Non-income-earning security

 

(a)

The security is fair valued in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees.

 

(l)

The issuer of the security is an affiliated person of the Fund as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

(r)

The investment is a non-registered investment company purchased with cash collateral received from securities on loan.

 

(u)

The rate represents the 7-day annualized yield at period end.

Abbreviations:

 

ADR

American depositary receipt

 

GDR

Global depositary receipt

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

 

Currency to be

received

    

Currency to be

delivered

     Counterparty      Settlement date     

Unrealized

gains

      

Unrealized

losses

 
16,900 USD      1,887,740 JPY      State Street Bank      5-9-2019      $ 0        $ (56
1,536,551 USD      1,344,200 EUR      Goldman Sachs      6-6-2019        24,454          0  
650,300 GBP      857,247 USD      Morgan Stanley      6-6-2019        0          (7,677
2,620,300 USD      1,973,800 GBP      Morgan Stanley      6-6-2019        41,673          0  
450,437 USD      346,000 GBP      Morgan Stanley      6-6-2019        0          (1,587
                   

 

 

      

 

 

 
                    $ 66,127        $ (9,320
                   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Investments in Affiliates

An affiliated investment is an investment in which the Fund owns at least 5% of the outstanding voting shares of the issuer or as a result of other relationships, such as the Fund and the issuer having the same investment manager. Transactions with issuers that were either affiliated persons of the Fund at the beginning of the period or the end of the period were as follows:

 

    Shares,
beginning of
period
    Shares
purchased
    Shares
sold
    Shares,
end of
period
   

Net
realized

gains
(losses)

   

Net
change in
unrealized

gains
(losses)

    Income
from
affiliated
securities
    Value,
end
of period
    % of
net
assets
 

Short-Term Investments

                 

Investment Companies

                 

Securities Lending Cash Investments LLC

    592,358       10,461,185       8,330,495       2,723,048     $ 0     $ (2   $ 21,408     $ 2,723,320    

Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class

    2,648,395       9,867,750       11,253,470       1,262,675       0       0       20,129       1,262,675    
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
          $ 0     $ (2   $ 41,537     $ 3,985,995       3.91
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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


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16   Wells Fargo Diversified International Fund   Statement of assets and liabilities—April 30, 2019 (unaudited)
         

Assets

 

Investments in unaffiliated securities (including $2,591,427 of securities loaned), at value (cost $87,394,672)

  $ 99,742,396  

Investments in affiliated securities, at value (cost $3,985,993)

    3,985,995  

Foreign currency, at value (cost $360,187)

    354,407  

Receivable for investments sold

    568,046  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

    45,141  

Receivable for dividends

    626,302  

Receivable for securities lending income

    2,676  

Unrealized gains on forward foreign currency contracts

    66,127  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    34,039  
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    105,425,129  
 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

Payable upon receipt of securities loaned

    2,722,671  

Custodian and accounting fees payable

    226,843  

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

    207,340  

Payable for investments purchased

    151,809  

Due to custodian bank

    43,698  

Management fee payable

    36,510  

Administration fees payable

    12,282  

Unrealized losses on forward foreign currency contracts

    9,320  

Trustees’ fees and expenses payable

    5,281  

Distribution fee payable

    1,119  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

    59,713  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    3,476,586  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 101,948,543  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

 

Paid-in capital

  $ 98,378,026  

Total distributable earnings

    3,570,517  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 101,948,543  
 

 

 

 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE AND OFFERING PRICE PER SHARE

 

Net assets – Class A

  $ 54,792,281  

Shares outstanding – Class A1

    4,356,979  

Net asset value per share – Class A

    $12.58  

Maximum offering price per share – Class A2

    $13.35  

Net assets – Class C

  $ 1,745,432  

Shares outstanding – Class C1

    150,544  

Net asset value per share – Class C

    $11.59  

Net assets – Class R6

  $ 28,046,438  

Shares outstanding – Class R61

    2,178,864  

Net asset value per share – Class R6

    $12.87  

Net assets – Administrator Class

  $ 12,916,338  

Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1

    1,008,126  

Net asset value per share – Administrator Class

    $12.81  

Net assets – Institutional Class

  $ 4,448,054  

Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1

    373,350  

Net asset value per share – Institutional Class

    $11.91  

 

 

1 

The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares.

 

2 

Maximum offering price is computed as 100/94.25 of net asset value. On investments of $50,000 or more, the offering price is reduced.

 

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


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Statement of operations—six months ended April 30, 2019 (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Diversified International Fund     17  
         

Investment income

 

Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $137,208)

  $ 1,252,255  

Income from affiliated securities

    34,794  
 

 

 

 

Total investment income

    1,287,049  
 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fee

    419,948  

Administration fees

 

Class A

    55,633  

Class C

    2,084  

Class R6

    4,043  

Administrator Class

    8,014  

Institutional Class

    2,964  

Shareholder servicing fees

 

Class A

    66,230  

Class C

    2,481  

Administrator Class

    15,411  

Distribution fee

 

Class C

    7,443  

Custody and accounting fees

    96,631  

Professional fees

    23,397  

Registration fees

    33,438  

Shareholder report expenses

    24,891  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    10,914  

Other fees and expenses

    34,669  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    808,191  

Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements

    (210,137
 

 

 

 

Net expenses

    598,054  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    688,995  
 

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) ON INVESTMENTS

 

Net realized gains (losses) on:

 

Unaffiliated securities

    (806,660

Forward foreign currency contracts

    27,905  
 

 

 

 

Net realized losses on investments

    (778,755
 

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on:

 

Unaffiliated securities

    5,888,381  

Affiliated securities

    (2

Forward foreign currency contracts

    (29,218
 

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    5,859,161  
 

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    5,080,406  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 5,769,401  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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


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18   Wells Fargo Diversified International Fund   Statement of changes in net assets
     Six months ended
April 30, 2019
(unaudited)
    Year ended
October 31, 2018
 

Operations

     

Net investment income

    $ 688,995       $ 2,122,309  

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

      (778,755       5,554,096  

Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments

      5,859,161         (15,065,182
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

      5,769,401         (7,388,777
 

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains

       

Class A

      (1,117,631       (1,577,710

Class C

      (23,783       (73,033

Class R6

      (716,722       (864,807

Administrator Class

      (270,088       (347,079

Institutional Class

      (126,725       (286,387
 

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

      (2,254,949       (3,149,016
 

 

 

 

Capital share transactions

    Shares         Shares    

Proceeds from shares sold

       

Class A

    63,324       759,627       108,681       1,454,360  

Class C

    6,518       70,620       31,556       401,935  

Class R6

    29,098       339,400       322,912       4,341,223  

Administrator Class

    92,450       1,131,041       204,027       2,787,392  

Institutional Class

    52,599       599,494       48,181       616,951  
 

 

 

 
      2,900,182         9,601,861  
 

 

 

 

Reinvestment of distributions

       

Class A

    99,537       1,100,884       115,936       1,551,227  

Class C

    2,096       21,423       5,516       67,961  

Class R6

    17,878       202,018       63,155       863,957  

Administrator Class

    23,957       269,756       25,476       346,979  

Institutional Class

    11,996       125,479       22,284       283,005  
 

 

 

 
      1,719,560         3,113,129  
 

 

 

 

Payment for shares redeemed

       

Class A

    (280,360     (3,363,453     (555,196     (7,393,677

Class C

    (68,551     (762,539     (157,841     (1,925,792

Class R

    N/A       N/A       (2,309 )1      (31,119 )1 

Class R6

    (88,111     (1,083,600     (623,428     (8,441,251

Administrator Class

    (122,514     (1,498,196     (220,724     (2,992,288

Institutional Class

    (89,251     (1,029,220     (306,981     (3,843,466
 

 

 

 
      (7,737,008       (24,627,593
 

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

      (3,117,266       (11,912,603
 

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

      397,186         (22,450,396
 

 

 

 

Net assets

   

Beginning of period

      101,551,357         124,001,753  
 

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 101,948,543       $ 101,551,357  
 

 

 

 

 

 

1 

For the period from November 1, 2017 to November 13, 2017. Effective at the close of business on November 13, 2017, Class R shares were liquidated and the class was subsequently closed. Class R shares are no longer offered by the Fund.

 

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


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

   

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
CLASS A   2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $12.15       $13.39       $11.08       $11.65       $12.01       $12.25  

Net investment income

    0.08       0.21       0.19       0.17       0.13 1      0.24 1 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.60       (1.12     2.34       (0.63     (0.21     (0.29
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.68       (0.91     2.53       (0.46     (0.08     (0.05

Distributions to shareholders from

           

Net investment income

    (0.25     (0.33     (0.22     (0.11     (0.28     (0.19

Net asset value, end of period

    $12.58       $12.15       $13.39       $11.08       $11.65       $12.01  

Total return2

    5.91     (7.00 )%      23.27     (3.96 )%      (0.66 )%      (0.49 )% 

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

           

Gross expenses

    1.76     1.71     1.80     1.79     1.85     1.76

Net expenses

    1.35     1.35     1.35     1.35     1.40     1.41

Net investment income

    1.26     1.61     1.64     1.67     1.07     1.93

Supplemental data

           

Portfolio turnover rate

    14     39     42     50     31     33

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $54,792       $54,358       $64,347       $61,031       $73,891       $24,921  

 

 

 

 

 

1 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

2 

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. 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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20   Wells Fargo Diversified International Fund   Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

   

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
CLASS C   2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $11.12       $12.27       $10.16       $10.74       $11.08       $11.35  

Net investment income

    0.02 1      0.10 1      0.10 1      0.10 1      0.04 1      0.13 1 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.57       (1.02     2.15       (0.60     (0.20     (0.27
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.59       (0.92     2.25       (0.50     (0.16     (0.14

Distributions to shareholders from

           

Net investment income

    (0.12     (0.23     (0.14     (0.08     (0.18     (0.13

Net asset value, end of period

    $11.59       $11.12       $12.27       $10.16       $10.74       $11.08  

Total return2

    5.45     (7.76 )%      22.51     (4.72 )%      (1.44 )%      (1.24 )% 

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

           

Gross expenses

    2.51     2.46     2.55     2.54     2.60     2.51

Net expenses

    2.10     2.10     2.10     2.10     2.15     2.16

Net investment income

    0.41     0.81     0.92     1.01     0.33     1.15

Supplemental data

           

Portfolio turnover rate

    14     39     42     50     31     33

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $1,745       $2,340       $4,066       $4,351       $3,573       $1,616  

 

 

 

 

 

1 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

2 

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. 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)

 

   

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
CLASS R6   2018     2017     2016     20151  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $12.47       $13.71       $11.33       $11.87       $11.13  

Net investment income

    0.10       0.31       0.30 2      0.26 2      0.00 3 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.62       (1.18     2.34       (0.68     0.74  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.72       (0.87     2.64       (0.42     0.74  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.32     (0.37     (0.26     (0.12     0.00  

Net asset value, end of period

    $12.87       $12.47       $13.71       $11.33       $11.87  

Total return4

    6.14     (6.61 )%      23.88     (3.55 )%      6.65

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    1.33     1.28     1.34     1.36     1.46

Net expenses

    0.89     0.89     0.89     0.89     0.89

Net investment income

    1.72     2.11     2.37     2.30     0.05

Supplemental data

         

Portfolio turnover rate

    14     39     42     50     31

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $28,046       $27,692       $33,698       $5,523       $27  

 

 

 

 

1 

For the period from September 30, 2015 (commencement of class operations) to October 31, 2015

 

2 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

3 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

4 

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

 

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


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

   

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS   2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $12.38       $13.64       $11.28       $11.87       $12.23       $12.47  

Net investment income

    0.08 1      0.23 1      0.22 1      0.20 1      0.16 1      0.26 1 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.62       (1.15     2.37       (0.66     (0.22     (0.30
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.70       (0.92     2.59       (0.46     (0.06     (0.04

Distributions to shareholders from

           

Net investment income

    (0.27     (0.34     (0.23     (0.13     (0.30     (0.20

Net asset value, end of period

    $12.81       $12.38       $13.64       $11.28       $11.87       $12.23  

Total return2

    5.93     (6.94 )%      23.46     (3.90 )%      (0.46 )%      (0.39 )% 

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

           

Gross expenses

    1.68     1.63     1.72     1.71     1.72     1.60

Net expenses

    1.25     1.25     1.25     1.25     1.25     1.25

Net investment income

    1.36     1.73     1.79     1.83     1.31     2.10

Supplemental data

           

Portfolio turnover rate

    14     39     42     50     31     33

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $12,916       $12,557       $13,714       $12,334       $10,540       $7,283  

 

 

 

 

 

1 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

2 

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)

 

   

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS   2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $11.57       $12.84       $10.61       $11.14       $11.50       $11.79  

Net investment income

    0.09 1      0.25 1      0.23 1      0.23 1      0.17 1      0.26 1 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.56       (1.07     2.25       (0.63     (0.20     (0.27
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.65       (0.82     2.48       (0.40     (0.03     (0.01

Distributions to shareholders from

           

Net investment income

    (0.31     (0.45     (0.25     (0.13     (0.33     (0.28

Net asset value, end of period

    $11.91       $11.57       $12.84       $10.61       $11.14       $11.50  

Total return2

    6.01     (6.68 )%      23.91     (3.63 )%      (0.23 )%      (0.18 )% 

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

           

Gross expenses

    1.43     1.38     1.49     1.46     1.47     1.33

Net expenses

    0.99     0.99     0.99     0.99     0.99     0.99

Net investment income

    1.57     1.97     2.02     2.16     1.45     2.23

Supplemental data

           

Portfolio turnover rate

    14     39     42     50     31     33

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $4,448       $4,604       $8,146       $24,328       $7,106       $2,683  

 

 

 

 

 

1 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

2 

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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24   Wells Fargo Diversified International Fund   Notes to financial statements (unaudited)

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 Diversified International Fund (the “Fund”) which is a diversified series of the Trust.

Effective at the close of business on November 13, 2017, Class R shares were liquidated and the class was subsequently closed. Class R shares are no longer offered by the Fund. Information for Class R shares reflected in the financial statements represents activity through November 13, 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

All investments are valued each business day as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m. Eastern Time), although the Fund may deviate from this calculation time under unusual or unexpected circumstances.

Equity securities that are listed on a foreign or domestic exchange or market are valued at the official closing price or, if none, the last sales price. If no sale occurs on the principal exchange or market that day, a fair value price will be determined in accordance with the Fund’s Valuation Procedures.

The values of securities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at rates provided by an independent foreign currency pricing source at a time each business day specified by the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee at Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”).

Many securities markets and exchanges outside the U.S. close prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange and therefore may not fully reflect trading or events that occur after the close of the principal exchange in which the foreign securities are traded, but before the close of the New York Stock Exchange. If such trading or events are expected to materially affect the value of such securities, then fair value pricing procedures approved by the Board of Trustees of the Fund are applied. These procedures take into account multiple factors including movements in U.S. securities markets after foreign exchanges close. Foreign securities that are fair valued under these procedures are categorized as Level 2 and the application of these procedures may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. Depending on market activity, such fair valuations may be frequent. Such fair value pricing may result in net asset values that are higher or lower than net asset values based on the last reported sales price or latest quoted bid price. On April 30, 2019, such fair value pricing was used in pricing certain foreign securities.

Investments in registered open-end investment companies are valued at net asset value. Interests in non-registered investment companies that are redeemable at net asset value are fair valued normally at net asset value.

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. 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. 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.

Foreign currency translation

The accounting records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. The values of other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at rates provided by an independent foreign currency pricing source at a time each business day specified by the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee. Purchases and sales of securities, and income and expenses are converted at the rate of exchange on the respective dates of such transactions. Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized


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between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually paid or received. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the fair value of assets and liabilities other than investments in securities resulting from changes in exchange rates. The changes in net assets arising from changes in exchange rates of securities and the changes in net assets resulting from changes in market prices of securities are not separately presented. Such changes are included in net realized and unrealized gains or losses from investments.

Participation notes

The Fund may invest in participation notes to gain exposure to securities in certain foreign markets. Participation notes are issued by banks or broker-dealers and are designed to offer a return linked to a particular underlying foreign security. Participation notes involve transaction costs, which may be higher than those applicable to the underlying foreign security. The holder of the participation note is entitled to receive from the bank or broker-dealer, an amount equal to the dividend paid by the issuer of the underlying foreign security; however, the holder is not entitled to the same rights (i.e. voting rights) as an owner of the underlying foreign security. Investments in participation notes involve risks beyond those normally associated with a direct investment in an underlying security. The Fund has no rights against the issuer of the underlying foreign security and participation notes expose the Fund to counterparty risk in the event the counterparty does not perform. There is also no assurance there will be a secondary trading market for the participation note or that the trading price of the participation note will equal the underlying value of the foreign security that it seeks to replicate.

Forward foreign currency contracts

The Fund is subject to foreign currency risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. A forward foreign currency contract is an agreement between two parties to purchase or sell a specific currency for an agreed-upon price at a future date. The Fund enters into forward foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities and to attempt to minimize the risk to the Fund from adverse changes in the relationship between currencies. Forward foreign currency contracts are recorded at the forward rate and marked-to-market daily. When the contracts are closed, realized gains and losses arising from such transactions are recorded as realized gains or losses on forward foreign currency contracts. The Fund could be exposed to risks if the counterparties to the contracts are unable to meet the terms of their contracts or if the value of the foreign currency changes unfavorably. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the unrealized gains on the contracts. This risk may be mitigated if there is a master netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty.

Securities lending

The Fund may lend its securities from time to time in order to earn additional income in the form of fees or interest on securities received as collateral or the investment of any cash received as collateral. The Fund continues to receive interest or dividends on the securities loaned. The Fund receives collateral in the form of cash or securities with a value at least equal to the value of the securities on loan. The value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. In a securities lending transaction, the net asset value of the Fund will be affected by an increase or decrease in the value of the securities loaned and by an increase or decrease in the value of the instrument in which collateral is invested. The amount of securities lending activity undertaken by the Fund fluctuates from time to time. In the event of default or bankruptcy by the borrower, the Fund may be prevented from recovering the loaned securities or gaining access to the collateral or may experience delays or costs in doing so. In addition, the investment of any cash collateral received may lose all or part of its value. The Fund has the right under the lending agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand.

The Fund lends its securities through an unaffiliated securities lending agent. Cash collateral received in connection with its securities lending transactions is invested in Securities Lending Cash Investments, LLC (the “Securities Lending Fund”). The Securities Lending Fund is exempt from registration under Section 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act and is managed by Funds Management and is subadvised by Wells Capital Management Incorporated (“WellsCap”), an affiliate of Funds Management and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”). Funds Management receives an advisory fee starting at 0.05% and declining to 0.01% as the average daily net assets of the Securities Lending Fund increase. All of the fees received by Funds Management are paid to WellsCap for its services as subadviser. The Securities Lending Fund seeks to provide a positive return compared to the daily Fed Funds Open Rate by investing in high-quality, U.S. dollar-denominated short-term money market instruments. Securities Lending Fund investments are valued at the evaluated bid price provided by an independent pricing service. Income earned from investment in the Securities Lending Fund (net of fees and rebates), if any, is included in income from affiliated securities on the Statement of Operations.


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Security transactions and income recognition

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

Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities, which are recorded as soon as the custodian verifies the ex-dividend date. Dividend income from foreign securities is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is not assured.

Distributions to shareholders

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and any net realized gains 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 April 30, 2019, the aggregate cost of all investments for federal income tax purposes was $91,998,895 and the unrealized gains (losses) consisted of:

 

Gross unrealized gains

   $ 21,170,020  

Gross unrealized losses

     (9,383,717

Net unrealized gains

   $ 11,786,303  

As of October 31, 2018, the Fund had capital loss carryforwards which consisted of $6,769,927 in short-term capital losses.

Class allocations

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

3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS

Fair value measurements of investments are determined within a framework that has established a fair value hierarchy based upon the various data inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The three-level hierarchy 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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The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities as of April 30, 2019:

 

    

Quoted prices

(Level 1)

    

Other significant
observable inputs

(Level 2)

    

Significant
unobservable inputs

(Level 3)

     Total  

Assets

           

Investments in:

           

Common stocks

           

Australia

   $ 1,377,091      $ 0      $ 0      $ 1,377,091  

Austria

     395,150        0        0        395,150  

Belgium

     52,361        0        0        52,361  

Brazil

     2,038,927        0        0        2,038,927  

Canada

     2,730,297        0        0        2,730,297  

China

     3,226,504        0        0        3,226,504  

Denmark

     893,077        0        0        893,077  

Finland

     349,044        0        0        349,044  

France

     8,400,691        0        0        8,400,691  

Germany

     14,659,560        0        0        14,659,560  

Hong Kong

     3,057,947        0        0        3,057,947  

Hungary

     69,257        0        0        69,257  

India

     693,425        0        0        693,425  

Indonesia

     230,276        0        0        230,276  

Ireland

     2,364,776        0        0        2,364,776  

Israel

     960,357        0        0        960,357  

Italy

     4,002,564        0        0        4,002,564  

Japan

     0        12,692,974        0        12,692,974  

Malaysia

     473,431        0        0        473,431  

Netherlands

     7,177,102        0        0        7,177,102  

Norway

     1,099,987        0        0        1,099,987  

Russia

     1,595,484        0        0        1,595,484  

Singapore

     1,158,737        0        0        1,158,737  

South Africa

     1,179,605        0        0        1,179,605  

South Korea

     1,833,128        0        0        1,833,128  

Spain

     573,934        0        0        573,934  

Sweden

     661,669        0        0        661,669  

Switzerland

     5,976,569        0        0        5,976,569  

Taiwan

     421,866        0        0        421,866  

Thailand

     257,359        0        0        257,359  

United Kingdom

     15,525,442        0        0        15,525,442  

United States

     2,131,705        0        0        2,131,705  

Participation notes

     0        720,073        0        720,073  

Ireland

Preferred stocks

           

Brazil

     762,027        0        0        762,027  

Short-term investments

           

Investment companies

     1,262,675        2,723,320        0        3,985,995  
     87,592,024        16,136,367        0        103,728,391  

Forward foreign currency contracts

     0        66,127        0        66,127  

Total assets

   $ 87,592,024      $ 16,202,494      $ 0      $ 103,794,518  

Liabilities

           

Forward foreign currency contracts

   $ 0      $ 9,320      $ 0      $ 9,320  

Total liabilities

   $ 0      $ 9,320      $ 0      $ 9,320  

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


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28   Wells Fargo Diversified International Fund   Notes to financial statements (unaudited)

Forward foreign currency contracts are reported at their cumulative unrealized gains (losses) at measurement date as reported in the table following the Portfolio of Investments. All other assets and liabilities are reported at their market value at measurement date.

At April 30, 2019, the Fund did not have any transfers into/out of Level 3.

4. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES AND OTHER EXPENSES

Management fee

Funds Management, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of 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 applicable 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 a management fee at the following annual rate based on the Fund’s average daily net assets:

 

Average daily net assets    Management fee  

First $500 million

     0.850

Next $500 million

     0.800  

Next $1 billion

     0.750  

Next $2 billion

     0.725  

Next $1 billion

     0.700  

Next $5 billion

     0.690  

Over $10 billion

     0.680  

For the six months ended April 30, 2019, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.85% 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. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, LSV Asset Management, and WellsCap are the subadvisers to the Fund and are each entitled to receive a fee from Funds Management which is calculated based on the average daily net assets of the Fund as follows. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership and LSV Asset Management are not affiliates of Funds Management.

 

       Subadvisory fee  
       starting at        declining to  

Artisan Partners Limited Partnership

       0.80        0.50

LSV Asset Management

       0.35          0.30  

WellsCap

       0.45          0.40  

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

     0.21

Class R6

     0.03  

Administrator Class, Institutional Class

     0.13  

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


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from class specific expenses. When only certain classes exceed their expense caps, waivers and/or reimbursements are applied against class specific expenses before fund level expenses. Funds Management has committed through February 29, 2020 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 1.35% for Class A shares, 2.10% for Class C shares, 0.89% for Class R6 shares, 1.25% for Administrator Class shares, and 0.99% for Institutional 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.

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 entitled to receive the front-end sales charge from the purchase of Class A shares and a contingent deferred sales charge on the redemption of certain Class A shares. Funds Distributor is also entitled to receive the contingent deferred sales charges from redemptions of Class C shares. For the six months ended April 30, 2019, Funds Distributor received $90 from the sale of Class A shares. No contingent deferred sales charges were incurred by Class A and Class C shares for the six months ended April 30, 2019.

Shareholder servicing fees

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

Purchases and sales of investments, excluding U.S. government obligations (if any) and short-term securities, for the six months ended April 30, 2019 were $14,049,856 and $17,318,365, respectively.

6. DERIVATIVE TRANSACTIONS

During the six months ended April 30, 2019, the Fund entered into forward foreign currency contracts for economic hedging purposes. The Fund had average contract amounts of $345,629 and $4,616,599 in forward foreign currency contracts to buy and forward foreign currency contracts to sell, respectively, during the six months ended April 30, 2019.

The fair value, realized gains or losses and change in unrealized gains or losses, if any, on derivative instruments are reflected in the corresponding financial statement captions.

For certain types of derivative transactions, the Fund has entered into International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. master agreements (“ISDA Master Agreements”) or similar agreements with approved counterparties. The ISDA Master Agreements or similar agreements may have requirements to deliver/deposit securities or cash to/with an exchange or broker-dealer as collateral and allows the Fund to offset, with each counterparty, certain derivative financial instrument’s assets and/or liabilities with collateral held or pledged. Collateral requirements differ by type of derivative. Collateral or margin requirements are set by the broker or exchange clearinghouse for exchange traded derivatives while collateral terms are contract specific for over-the-counter traded derivatives. Cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Fund under ISDA Master Agreements or similar agreements, if any, are reported separately in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Securities pledged as collateral, if any, are noted in the Portfolio of Investments. With respect to balance sheet offsetting, absent an event of default by the counterparty or a termination of the agreement, the reported amounts of financial assets and financial liabilities in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities are not offset across transactions between the Fund and the applicable counterparty. A reconciliation of the gross amounts on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities to the net amounts by counterparty, including any collateral exposure is as follows:

 

Counterparty      Gross amounts
of assets in the
Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
       Amounts
subject to
netting
agreements
       Collateral
received
       Net amount
of assets
 

Goldman Sachs

     $ 24,454        $ 0        $ 0        $ 24,454  

Morgan Stanley

       41,673          (9,264        0          32,409  


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Counterparty      Gross amounts
of liabilities in the
Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
       Amounts
subject to
netting
agreements
       Collateral
pledged
       Net amount
of liabilities
 

Morgan Stanley

     $ 9,264        $ (9,264      $ 0        $ 0  

State Street

       56          0          0          56  

7. BANK BORROWINGS

The Trust (excluding the money market funds), Wells Fargo Master Trust and Wells Fargo Variable Trust are parties to a $280,000,000 revolving credit agreement whereby the Fund is permitted to use bank borrowings for temporary or emergency purposes, such as to fund shareholder redemption requests. Interest under the credit agreement is charged to the Fund based on a borrowing rate equal to the higher of the Federal Funds rate in effect on that day plus 1.25% or the overnight LIBOR rate in effect on that day plus 1.25%. In addition, an annual commitment fee equal to 0.25% of the unused balance is allocated to each participating fund.

For the six months ended April 30, 2019, there were no borrowings by the Fund under the agreement.

8. CONCENTRATION RISK

Concentration risk result from exposure to a limited number of sectors. A fund that invests a substantial portion of its assets in any sector may be more affected by changes in that sector than would be a fund whose investments are not heavily weighted in any sector.

9. 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.

10. 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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TAX INFORMATION

Pursuant to Section 853 of the Internal Revenue Code, the following amounts have been designated as foreign taxes paid for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2018. These amounts may be less than the actual foreign taxes paid for financial statement purposes. Foreign taxes paid or withheld should be included in taxable income with an offsetting deduction from gross income or as a credit for taxes paid to foreign governments. None of the income was derived from ineligible foreign sources as defined under Section 901(j) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

Creditable

foreign taxes

paid

  

Per share

amount

  

Foreign

income as % of

ordinary income

distributions

$311,004    $0.0374    94.41%

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 wfam.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 wfam.com or by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov.

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

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


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32   Wells Fargo Diversified International 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 151 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.

(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. Johnson

(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


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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

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

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   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   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   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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34   Wells Fargo Diversified International 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.    

Jeremy DePalma1

(Born 1974)

  Treasurer, since 2012   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.    

Alexander Kymn

(Born 1973)

  Secretary and 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.    

 

 

 

 

 

1

Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 86 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 65 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 wfam.com.


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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: wfam.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 wfam.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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Semi-Annual Report

April 30, 2019

 

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Wells Fargo

Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund

 

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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

    4  

Fund expenses

    6  

Portfolio of investments

    7  
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

    21  

Other information

    27  

 

The views expressed and any forward-looking statements are as of April 30, 2019, unless otherwise noted, and are those of the Fund managers and/or Wells Fargo Asset Management. 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 Asset Management 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 Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund   Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

 

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Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

 

 

December’s S&P 500 Index performance was the worst since 1931.

 

 

Dear Shareholder:

We are pleased to offer you this semi-annual report for the Wells Fargo Emerging Market Equity Income Fund for the six-month period that ended April 30, 2019. In late 2018, investor concerns about U.S. interest rate policy, trade tensions, and geopolitical events drove equity losses and restrained bond returns. Thanks to a shift in U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) policy and positive economic and business growth metrics during the first four months of 2019, stock and bond markets globally enjoyed a consistent move higher.

For the period, U.S. stocks, as measured by the S&P 500 Index,1 gained 9.76% and international stocks, as measured by the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net),2 added 9.12%. Based on the MSCI EM Index (Net)3, emerging market stocks added 13.76%. For bond investors, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index4 added 5.49% while the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index5 added 3.25%. The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index6 added 5.68%, and the ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index7 gained 5.55%.

Conflicting data unsettled markets as 2018 ended.

November’s U.S. midterm elections shifted control of the House of Representatives from Republicans to Democrats, presaging potential partisan clashes. Third-quarter U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) was announced at an annualized 3.4% rate, lower than the second-quarter rate. Brexit efforts stalled ahead of the March 2019 deadline. The People’s Bank of China 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.

December’s S&P 500 Index performance was the worst since 1931. Globally, fixed-income investments fared better than stocks during the past two months of the year. The Fed increased the federal funds rate by 25 basis points (bps; 100 bps equal 1.00%) in December 2018 to a target range of between 2.25% and 2.50% and softened its outlook for 2019 rate increases.

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 2019. Investors expected high levels of stock market volatility to continue based on the VIX8.

 

 

 

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.

 

8

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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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund     3  

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. The Fed indicated that it would pause its program of regular rate increases during 2019 as inflation remained low.

In February 2019, concerns over slowing global growth reemerged. The Bureau of Economic Analysis announced fourth-quarter 2018 GDP grew at an annualized 2.2% rate, down from the 4.2% annualized rate for the second quarter and the 3.4% annualized rate for the third quarter. Analysts attributed the lower growth rate to a slowing housing market and larger trade deficit. The U.S. Department of Labor said that the economy created just 20,000 jobs in February 2019. In a February 2019 report, the Bank of England forecast the slowest growth since the financial crisis for 2019. China and the U.S., while putting future tariffs on hold for the time being, continued to wrangle over trade issues.

By the end of March 2019, the combination of dovish Fed sentiment and consistent, if not spectacular, economic and business metrics reinforced investors’ enthusiasm for equity investing. Monthly job creation data regained its momentum. Corporate profits, while lower than 2018’s lofty levels, remained solid. China announced a roughly $300 billion stimulus package through tax and fee cuts intended to reinvigorate economic growth.

During April 2019, the several broad-based U.S. equity indices reached or approached highs as investors drew confidence from favorable economic projections, sustained low inflation, and solid employment data. As expected, the Fed chose not to increase rates at its April 2019 meeting. The initial estimate of the first-quarter GDP showed the economy grew at an annualized rate of 3.20%, reflecting growth in business investment and exports. The favorable sentiment appeared to extend to investors’ outlooks for foreign investments as the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) gained 2.64% and the MSCI EM Index (Net) added 2.11%.

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

 

 

January’s returns tended to support the investing adage that markets climb a wall of worry.

 

 

 

 

 

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


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4   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund   Performance highlights (unaudited)

Investment objective

The Fund seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation and current income.

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Subadviser

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

Portfolio managers

Alison Shimada

Elaine Tse

Average annual total returns (%) as of April 30, 2019

 

        Including sales charge     Excluding sales charge     Expense ratios1 (%)  
    Inception date   1 year     5 year     Since
inception
    1 year     5 year     Since
inception
    Gross     Net2  
 
Class A (EQIAX)   5-31-2012     -10.91       1.66       3.98       -5.46       2.86       4.88       1.67       1.62  
 
Class C (EQICX)   5-31-2012     -7.12       2.11       4.11       -6.12       2.11       4.11       2.42       2.37  
 
Class R (EQIHX)3   9-30-2015                       -5.66       2.63       4.63       1.92       1.87  
 
Class R6 (EQIRX)4   9-30-2015                       -4.96       3.32       5.34       1.24       1.17  
 
Administrator Class (EQIDX)   5-31-2012                       -5.23       3.11       5.11       1.59       1.45  
 
Institutional Class (EQIIX)   5-31-2012                       -5.03       3.28       5.31       1.34       1.22  
 
MSCI EM Index (Net)5                         -5.04       4.04       5.00            
*   Return is based on the inception date of the oldest class of the Fund.

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 return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance shown without sales charges would be lower if sales charges were reflected. 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, wfam.com.

Index returns do not include transaction costs associated with buying and selling securities, any mutual fund fees or expenses, or any taxes. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

For Class A shares, the maximum front-end sales charge is 5.75%. 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. Class R, Class R6, Administrator Class, and Institutional Class shares are sold without a front-end sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge.

Stock values fluctuate in response to the activities of individual companies and general market and economic conditions. Foreign investments are especially volatile and can rise or fall dramatically due to differences in the political and economic conditions of the host country. These risks are generally intensified in emerging markets. The use of derivatives may reduce returns and/or increase volatility. Certain investment strategies tend to increase the total risk of investment (relative to the broader market). The Fund is exposed to smaller-company securities risk. Consult the Fund’s prospectus for additional information on these and other risks.

 

 

Please see footnotes on page 5.


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Performance highlights (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund     5  
Ten largest holdings (%) as of April 30, 20196  

Samsung Electronics Company Limited

    4.48  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited

    4.41  

Ping An Insurance Group Company H Shares

    2.24  

China Construction Bank H Shares

    2.23  

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Limited H Shares

    1.77  

B3 SA Brasil Bolsa Balcao

    1.39  

Bangkok Bank PCL

    1.38  

PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero Tbk

    1.33  

Sberbank of Russia ADR

    1.29  

China Resources Land Limited

    1.28  
Sector distribution as of April 30, 20197

 

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Country allocation as of April 30, 20197
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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 February 29, 2020, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to cap the expenses of each class after fee waivers at the amount 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. 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 Class R shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of the Administrator Class shares, adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to Class R shares.

 

4 

Historical performance shown for the Class R6 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 Class R6 shares would be higher.

 

5 

The Morgan Stanley Capital International (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 markets country indexes: 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 United Arab Emirates. Source: MSCI. MSCI makes no express or implied warranties or representations and shall have no liability whatsoever with respect to any MSCI data contained herein. The MSCI data may not be further redistributed or used as a basis for other indexes or any securities or financial products. This report is not approved, reviewed, or produced by MSCI. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

6 

The ten largest holdings, excluding cash, cash equivalents and any money market funds, are calculated based on the value of the investments divided by total net assets of the Fund. Holdings are subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.

 

7 

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


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6   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund   Fund expenses (unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments and 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 November 1, 2018 to April 30, 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 sales charges (loads) and 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
11-1-2018
     Ending
account value
4-30-2019
     Expenses
paid during
the period¹
     Annualized net
expense ratio
 

Class A

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,099.90      $ 8.43        1.62

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,016.76      $ 8.10        1.62

Class C

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,096.40      $ 12.32        2.37

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,013.04      $ 11.83        2.37

Class R

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,099.40      $ 9.73        1.87

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,015.52      $ 9.35        1.87

Class R6

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,103.00      $ 6.10        1.17

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,018.99      $ 5.86        1.17

Administrator Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,101.80      $ 7.56        1.45

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,017.60      $ 7.25        1.45

Institutional Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,102.60      $ 6.36        1.22

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,018.74      $ 6.11        1.22

 

 

1

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


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Portfolio of investments—April 30, 2019 (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund     7  

    

 

 

Security name                 Shares      Value  

Common Stocks: 91.89%

 

Brazil: 5.28%

 

B3 SA Brasil Bolsa Balcao (Financials, Capital Markets)

          976,600      $ 8,580,212  

Banco BTG Pactual SA (Financials, Capital Markets)

          510,900        5,391,610  

Banco de Brasil SA (Financials, Banks)

          340,300        4,311,572  

Banco Santander Brasil SA (Financials, Banks)

          385,600        4,426,272  

BB Seguridade Participacoes SA (Financials, Insurance)

          388,296        2,798,512  

Petrobras Distribuidora SA (Consumer Discretionary, Specialty Retail)

          416,000        2,514,396  

Vale SA (Materials, Metals & Mining)

          365,274        4,667,116  
             32,689,690  
          

 

 

 
Chile: 0.64%

 

Enel Americas SA ADR (Utilities, Electric Utilities)

          452,422        3,954,168  
          

 

 

 
China: 28.75%

 

Agricultural Bank of China Limited H Shares (Financials, Banks)

          5,792,000        2,672,731  

Bank of China Limited H Shares (Financials, Banks)

          13,423,000        6,399,401  

Beijing Enterprises Water Group Limited (Utilities, Water Utilities)

          5,802,000        3,601,843  

China Communications Construction Company Limited H Shares (Industrials, Construction & Engineering)

          5,168,000        4,973,792  

China Communications Services Corporation Limited H Shares (Communication Services, Diversified Telecommunication Services)

          5,138,000        4,139,323  

China Construction Bank H Shares (Financials, Banks)

          15,661,000        13,834,735  

China Life Insurance Company H Shares (Financials, Insurance)

          1,646,000        4,658,015  

China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone Holdings Company Limited Class A (Real Estate, Real Estate Management & Development)

          1,360,873        4,444,129  

China Mobile Limited (Communication Services, Wireless Telecommunication Services)

          728,000        6,936,824  

China Overseas Land & Investment Limited (Real Estate, Real Estate Management & Development)

          2,078,000        7,774,488  

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation H Shares (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

          4,829,600        3,712,330  

China Resources Land Limited (Real Estate, Real Estate Management & Development)

          1,816,000        7,905,415  

China State Construction Engineering Corporation Limited Class A (Industrials, Construction & Engineering)

          4,520,800        4,113,600  

China State Construction International Holdings (Industrials, Construction & Engineering)

          5,806,000        6,017,079  

China Telecom Corporation Limited H Shares (Communication Services, Diversified Telecommunication Services)

          5,510,000        2,851,647  

China Vanke Company Limited Class A (Real Estate, Real Estate Management & Development)

          996,564        4,272,172  

CITIC Securities Company Limited H Shares (Financials, Capital Markets)

          2,108,000        4,557,373  

Geely Automobile Holdings Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Automobiles)

          1,577,000        3,164,132  

Guangzhou Automobile Group Company Limited H Shares (Consumer Discretionary, Automobiles)

          5,154,000        5,538,474  

Hengan International Group Company Limited (Consumer Staples, Personal Products)

          514,500        4,535,192  

Huaneng Renewables Corporation Limited H Shares (Utilities, Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers)

          16,450,000        4,739,063  

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Limited H Shares (Financials, Banks)

          14,617,000        10,974,675  

Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Company Limited Class A (Consumer Staples, Food Products)

          1,384,588        6,371,308  

Lenovo Group Limited (Information Technology, Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals)

          3,960,000        3,669,845  

Midea Group Company Limited Class A (Consumer Discretionary, Household Durables)

          850,460        6,615,025  

PetroChina Company Limited H Shares (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

          7,938,000        5,039,165  

PICC Property & Casualty Company Limited H Shares (Financials, Insurance)

          4,405,000        4,946,978  

Ping An Insurance Group Company H Shares (Financials, Insurance)

          1,150,500        13,851,816  

Qingdao Haier Company Limited Class A (Consumer Discretionary, Household Durables)

          2,443,121        6,230,379  

Sands China Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure)

          681,600        3,744,769  

Sany Heavy Industry Company Limited Class A (Industrials, Machinery)

          1,596,782        2,903,542  

Wanhua Chemical Group Company Limited Class A (Materials, Chemicals) †

          427,300        2,868,837  
             178,058,097  
          

 

 

 

 

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


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8   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund   Portfolio of investments—April 30, 2019 (unaudited)

    

 

 

Security name                 Shares      Value  
Colombia: 0.54%

 

Bancolombia SA ADR (Financials, Banks)

          65,610      $ 3,327,739  
          

 

 

 
Hong Kong: 2.46%

 

China Merchants Port Holdings Company Limited (Industrials, Transportation Infrastructure)

          2,406,000        4,858,128  

Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Company Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Specialty Retail)

          3,132,200        3,349,882  

Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Limited (Materials, Paper & Forest Products)

          4,293,000        3,967,501  

Xinyi Glass Holdings Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Auto Components)

          2,690,000        3,072,405  
             15,247,916  
          

 

 

 
India: 6.59%

 

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

          938,239        5,123,952  

Bharti Infratel Limited (Communication Services, Diversified Telecommunication Services)

          1,111,775        4,196,704  

Embassy Office Parks REIT (Real Estate, Equity REITs) †

          1,055,200        4,861,092  

Gail India Limited (Utilities, Gas Utilities)

          877,533        4,490,885  

Hero Honda Motors Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Automobiles)

          87,648        3,165,302  

Infosys Limited (Information Technology, IT Services)

          729,619        7,881,663  

NTPC Limited (Utilities, Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers)

          2,336,336        4,502,789  

Tech Mahindra Limited (Information Technology, IT Services)

          550,348        6,615,689  
             40,838,076  
          

 

 

 
Indonesia: 2.30%

 

PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia Tbk (Financials, Banks) †

          19,517,500        5,985,367  

PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero Tbk (Communication Services, Diversified Telecommunication Services)

          30,951,000        8,231,880  
             14,217,247  
          

 

 

 
Luxembourg: 0.56%

 

Ternium SA (Materials, Metals & Mining)

          141,536        3,488,862  
          

 

 

 
Malaysia: 1.99%

 

Bursa Malaysia Bhd (Financials, Capital Markets)

          440,700        719,488  

CIMB Group Holdings Bhd (Financials, Banks)

          3,090,900        3,939,785  

Public Bank Bhd (Financials, Banks)

          678,200        3,690,773  

Sime Darby Bhd (Industrials, Industrial Conglomerates)

          7,122,800        3,996,831  
             12,346,877  
          

 

 

 
Mexico: 2.29%

 

Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de CV Class B (Industrials, Transportation Infrastructure)

          509,094        5,158,680  

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV (Financials, Banks)

          483,434        3,063,132  

Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV (Consumer Staples, Food & Staples Retailing)

          2,037,228        5,985,605  
             14,207,417  
          

 

 

 
Peru: 0.48%

 

Credicorp Limited (Financials, Banks)

          12,495        2,960,065  
          

 

 

 
Poland: 1.16%

 

Bank Pekao SA (Financials, Banks)

          149,207        4,439,371  

Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (Financials, Insurance)

          251,507        2,764,211  
             7,203,582  
          

 

 

 

 

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


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Security name                 Shares      Value  
Qatar: 0.52%

 

Qatar National Bank (Financials, Banks)

          60,073      $ 3,233,869  
          

 

 

 
Russia: 2.76%

 

LUKOIL PJSC ADR (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

          74,617        6,326,029  

Moscow Exchange (Financials, Capital Markets)

          1,966,702        2,767,413  

Sberbank of Russia ADR (Financials, Banks)

          559,631        7,999,925  
             17,093,367  
          

 

 

 
South Africa: 6.06%

 

Absa Group Limited (Financials, Banks)

          578,931        6,647,690  

Growthpoint Properties Limited (Real Estate, Equity REITs)

          2,367,959        4,118,477  

Mr Price Group Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Specialty Retail)

          352,195        5,333,520  

MTN Group Limited (Communication Services, Wireless Telecommunication Services)

          640,783        4,630,391  

Sanlam Limited (Financials, Insurance)

          954,187        5,102,783  

Standard Bank Group Limited (Financials, Banks)

          359,438        5,000,221  

The Bidvest Group Limited (Industrials, Industrial Conglomerates)

          441,409        6,699,049  
             37,532,131  
          

 

 

 
South Korea: 12.62%

 

Coway Company Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Household Durables)

          37,198        2,795,860  

Hana Financial Group Incorporated (Financials, Banks)

          96,108        3,027,671  

Hyundai Motor Company (Consumer Discretionary, Automobiles)

          28,328        3,358,668  

Hyundai Robotics Company Limited (Industrials, Machinery)

          10,262        3,004,412  

KB Financial Group Incorporated (Financials, Banks)

          130,885        5,176,464  

Korea Zinc Company Limited (Materials, Metals & Mining)

          10,882        4,215,302  

NH Investment & Securities Company Limited (Financials, Capital Markets)

          293,666        3,456,669  

POSCO (Materials, Metals & Mining)

          12,868        2,809,006  

S-Oil Corporation (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

          36,407        2,873,540  

Samsung Electronics Company Limited (Information Technology, Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals)

          706,245        27,720,184  

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance (Financials, Insurance)

          14,342        3,732,370  

SK Hynix Incorporated (Information Technology, Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment)

          113,561        7,679,937  

SK Innovation Company Limited (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

          35,676        5,573,659  

SK Telecom Company Limited (Communication Services, Wireless Telecommunication Services)

          12,954        2,744,609  
             78,168,351  
          

 

 

 
Taiwan: 11.94%

 

Advantech Company Limited (Information Technology, Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals)

          373,000        3,017,702  

Asustek Computer Incorporated (Information Technology, Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals)

          402,000        3,070,192  

Cathay Financial Holding Company (Financials, Insurance)

          2,648,000        3,830,478  

Chicony Electronics Company Limited (Information Technology, Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals)

          1,256,603        3,094,641  

CTBC Financial Holding Company Limited (Financials, Banks)

          5,490,130        3,757,686  

Delta Electronics Incorporated (Information Technology, Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components)

          1,073,000        5,642,617  

Ennoconn Corporation (Information Technology, Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals)

          349,000        3,072,004  

Giant Manufacturing Company Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Leisure Products)

          452,000        3,444,743  

Hon Hai Precision Industry Company Limited (Information Technology, Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components)

          1,632,704        4,591,501  

Makalot Industrial Company Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods)

          491,000        3,384,454  

Mediatek Incorporated (Information Technology, Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment)

          612,000        5,852,432  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (Information Technology, Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment)

          3,259,000        27,315,653  

 

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


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10   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund   Portfolio of investments—April 30, 2019 (unaudited)

    

 

 

Security name                Shares      Value  
Taiwan (continued)

 

Uni-President Enterprises Corporation (Consumer Staples, Food Products)

         1,627,000      $ 3,864,658  
            73,938,761  
         

 

 

 
Thailand: 2.09%

 

Bangkok Bank PCL (Financials, Banks)

         1,307,800        8,561,635  

Kasikornbank PCL (Financials, Banks)

         732,000        4,367,925  
            12,929,560  
         

 

 

 
Turkey: 0.39%

 

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS (Communication Services, Wireless Telecommunication Services)

         1,165,894        2,442,420  
         

 

 

 
United Arab Emirates: 0.49%

 

First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC (Financials, Banks)

         693,732        3,021,851  
         

 

 

 
United Kingdom: 1.98%

 

Anglo American plc (Materials, Metals & Mining)

 

       224,490        5,800,252  

Mondi plc (Materials, Paper & Forest Products)

 

       162,815        3,567,883  

Polymetal International plc (Materials, Metals & Mining)

 

       274,666        2,888,955  
            12,257,090  
         

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks (Cost $527,806,833)

 

     569,157,136  
         

 

 

 
    Dividend yield                      
Preferred Stocks: 4.94%

 

Brazil: 4.00%

 

Banco Bradesco SA (Financials, Banks)

    1.70        786,199        7,133,957  

Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais SA (Utilities, Electric Utilities)

    3.77          1,193,300        4,485,793  

Itaúsa Investimentos Itaú SA (Financials, Banks)

    6.88          2,306,319        7,005,243  

Petroleo Brasil SP ADR (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

    0.58          443,944        6,126,427  
            24,751,420  
         

 

 

 
Chile: 0.46%

 

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA Class B (Materials, Chemicals)

    2.32          79,604        2,838,265  
         

 

 

 
South Korea: 0.48%

 

Samsung Electronics Company Limited (Information Technology, Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals)

    3.26          94,180        2,999,183  
         

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $21,765,488)

 

     30,588,868  
         

 

 

 
    Yield        
Short-Term Investments: 3.34%          
Investment Companies: 3.34%          

Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class (l)(u)

    2.36          20,712,137        20,712,137  
         

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $20,712,137)

 

     20,712,137  
         

 

 

 

 

Total investments in securities (Cost $570,284,458)     100.17        620,458,141  

Other assets and liabilities, net

    (0.17        (1,051,571
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
Total net assets     100.00      $ 619,406,570  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

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


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Portfolio of investments—April 30, 2019 (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund     11  

    

 

 

 

Non-income-earning security

 

(l)

The issuer of the security is an affiliated person of the Fund as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

(u)

The rate represents the 7-day annualized yield at period end.

Abbreviations:

 

ADR

American depositary receipt

 

REIT

Real estate investment trust

Investments in Affiliates

An affiliated investment is an investment in which the Fund owns at least 5% of the outstanding voting shares of the issuer or as a result of other relationships, such as the Fund and the issuer having the same investment manager. Transactions with issuers that were either affiliated persons of the Fund at the beginning of the period or the end of the period were as follows:

 

    Shares,
beginning of
period
    Shares
purchased
    Shares
sold
    Shares,
end of
period
    Net
realized
gains
(losses)
    Net
change in
unrealized
gains
(losses)
    Income
from
affiliated
securities
    Value,
end
of period
    % of
net
assets
 

Short-Term Investments

                 

Investment Companies

                 

Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class

    9,497,532       168,850,216       157,635,611       20,712,137     $ 0     $ 0     $ 143,607     $ 20,712,137       3.34

 

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


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12   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund   Statement of assets and liabilities—April 30, 2019 (unaudited)
         

Assets

 

Investments in unaffiliated securities, at value (cost $549,572,321)

  $ 599,746,004  

Investments in affiliated securities, at value (cost $20,712,137)

    20,712,137  

Foreign currency, at value (cost $1,983,212)

    1,982,573  

Receivable for investments sold

    3,618,884  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

    1,414,410  

Receivable for dividends

    1,091,833  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    44,935  
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    628,610,776  
 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

Payable for investments purchased

    7,262,030  

Contingent tax liability

    504,789  

Management fee payable

    467,098  

Custodian and accounting fees payable

    450,071  

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

    401,458  

Administration fees payable

    61,151  

Distribution fees payable

    8,487  

Trustees’ fees and expenses payable

    5,412  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

    43,710  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    9,204,206  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 619,406,570  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

 

Paid-in capital

  $ 582,841,699  

Total distributable earnings

    36,564,871  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 619,406,570  
 

 

 

 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE AND OFFERING PRICE PER SHARE

 

Net assets – Class A

  $ 21,798,130  

Shares outstanding – Class A¹

    1,926,933  

Net asset value per share – Class A

    $11.31  

Maximum offering price per share – Class A²

    $12.00  

Net assets – Class C

  $ 13,465,597  

Shares outstanding – Class C¹

    1,196,743  

Net asset value per share – Class C

    $11.25  

Net assets – Class R

  $ 111,561  

Shares outstanding – Class R¹

    9,850  

Net asset value per share – Class R

    $11.33  

Net assets – Class R6

  $ 85,475,984  

Shares outstanding – Class R6¹

    7,543,833  

Net asset value per share – Class R6

    $11.33  

Net assets – Administrator Class

  $ 4,791,918  

Shares outstanding – Administrator Class¹

    420,109  

Net asset value per share – Administrator Class

    $11.41  

Net assets – Institutional Class

  $ 493,763,380  

Shares outstanding – Institutional Class¹

    43,536,258  

Net asset value per share – Institutional Class

    $11.34  

 

 

1 

The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares.

 

2 

Maximum offering price is computed as 100/94.25 of net asset value. On investments of $50,000 or more, the offering price is reduced.

 

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


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Investment income

 

Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $704,206)

  $ 6,588,314  

Income from affiliated securities

    143,607  
 

 

 

 

Total investment income

    6,731,921  
 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fee

    2,974,924  

Administration fees

 

Class A

    21,847  

Class C

    14,257  

Class R

    107  

Class R6

    9,560  

Administrator Class

    3,111  

Institutional Class

    301,371  

Shareholder servicing fees

 

Class A

    26,008  

Class C

    16,972  

Class R

    127  

Administrator Class

    5,712  

Distribution fees

 

Class C

    50,916  

Class R

    127  

Custody and accounting fees

    362,498  

Professional fees

    24,437  

Registration fees

    51,001  

Shareholder report expenses

    48,308  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    10,910  

Other fees and expenses

    22,305  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    3,944,498  

Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements

    (378,334
 

 

 

 

Net expenses

    3,566,164  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    3,165,757  
 

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) ON INVESTMENTS

 

Net realized losses on:

 

Unaffiliated securities

    (4,484,466

Forward foreign currency contracts

    (12,948
 

 

 

 

Net realized losses on investments

    (4,497,414

Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    56,804,529  
 

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    52,307,115  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 55,472,872  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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


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14   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund   Statement of changes in net assets
    

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended
October 31, 2018
 

Operations

     

Net investment income

    $ 3,165,757       $ 16,423,762  

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

      (4,497,414       14,541,219  

Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments

      56,804,529         (86,709,764
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

      55,472,872         (55,744,783
 

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains

     

Class A

      (96,092       (525,457

Class C

      (11,889       (266,035

Class R

      (352       (1,773

Class R6

      (428,460       (1,110,103

Administrator Class

      (24,828       (176,274

Institutional Class

      (2,950,179       (13,821,796
 

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

      (3,511,800       (15,901,438
 

 

 

 

Capital share transactions

    Shares         Shares    

Proceeds from shares sold

       

Class A

    496,019       5,348,344       1,055,482       12,458,892  

Class C

    121,324       1,297,989       290,851       3,426,780  

Class R

    1,281       14,024       6,119       72,995  

Class R6

    4,426,692       46,878,444       544,426       5,989,376  

Administrator Class

    27,303       298,320       365,539       4,353,033  

Institutional Class

    7,453,362       81,968,742       15,709,830       185,993,163  
 

 

 

 
      135,805,863         212,294,239  
 

 

 

 

Reinvestment of distributions

       

Class A

    8,388       91,520       45,302       509,928  

Class C

    938       10,495       20,786       230,960  

Class R

    23       250       100       1,107  

Class R6

    31,276       347,398       71,439       811,863  

Administrator Class

    2,160       23,815       14,654       170,162  

Institutional Class

    250,886       2,747,264       1,130,762       12,805,195  
 

 

 

 
      3,220,742         14,529,215  
 

 

 

 

Payment for shares redeemed

       

Class A

    (483,341     (5,230,543     (1,144,886     (13,380,105

Class C

    (278,130     (2,994,632     (412,291     (4,734,240

Class R

    (375     (4,093     (36     (414

Class R6

    (452,660     (4,985,919     (2,016,811     (23,813,908

Administrator Class

    (66,364     (722,382     (1,108,398     (13,334,749

Institutional Class

    (7,888,665     (85,321,517     (17,094,623     (198,267,648
 

 

 

 
      (99,259,086       (253,531,064
 

 

 

 

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

      39,767,519         (26,707,610
 

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

      91,728,591         (98,353,831
 

 

 

 

Net assets

   

Beginning of period

      527,677,979         626,031,810  
 

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 619,406,570       $ 527,677,979  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

   

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
CLASS A   2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $10.33       $11.68       $10.27       $9.97       $11.33       $11.79  

Net investment income

    0.04       0.27       0.18 1      0.23 1      0.20       0.33  

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.99       (1.36     1.43       0.29       (1.36     (0.11
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    1.03       (1.09     1.61       0.52       (1.16     0.22  

Distributions to shareholders from

           

Net investment income

    (0.05     (0.26     (0.20     (0.22     (0.20     (0.31

Net realized gains

    0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       (0.37
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.05     (0.26     (0.20     (0.22     (0.20     (0.68

Net asset value, end of period

    $11.31       $10.33       $11.68       $10.27       $9.97       $11.33  

Total return2

    9.99     (9.47 )%      15.79     5.29     (10.34 )%      2.05

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

           

Gross expenses

    1.69     1.67     1.68     1.79     1.89     2.09

Net expenses

    1.62     1.62     1.63     1.65     1.65     1.65

Net investment income

    0.75     2.30     1.72     2.34     2.22     3.12

Supplemental data

           

Portfolio turnover rate

    42     69     80     64     84     91

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $21,798       $19,684       $22,774       $26,459       $22,866       $14,010  

 

 

 

 

1 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

2 

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. 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)

 

   

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
CLASS C   2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $10.27       $11.63       $10.23       $9.94       $11.32       $11.79  

Net investment income (loss)

    (0.00 )1,2      0.18       0.13       0.16 1      0.14       0.23  

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.99       (1.35     1.39       0.28       (1.38     (0.08
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.99       (1.17     1.52       0.44       (1.24     0.15  

Distributions to shareholders from

           

Net investment income

    (0.01     (0.19     (0.12     (0.15     (0.14     (0.25

Net realized gains

    0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       (0.37
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.01     (0.19     (0.12     (0.15     (0.14     (0.62

Net asset value, end of period

    $11.25       $10.27       $11.63       $10.23       $9.94       $11.32  

Total return3

    9.64     (10.20 )%      14.91     4.53     (10.95 )%      1.27

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

           

Gross expenses

    2.44     2.42     2.42     2.54     2.64     2.83

Net expenses

    2.37     2.37     2.38     2.40     2.40     2.40

Net investment income (loss)

    (0.03 )%      1.53     1.18     1.62     1.45     2.17

Supplemental data

           

Portfolio turnover rate

    42     69     80     64     84     91

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $13,466       $13,896       $16,898       $13,327       $10,190       $6,390  

 

 

 

 

1 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

2 

Amount is more than $(0.005).

 

3 

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. 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)

 

   

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
CLASS R   2018     2017     2016     20151  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $10.34       $11.71       $10.30       $9.99       $9.44  

Net investment income (loss)

    0.03       0.24       0.18       0.20 2      (0.01 )2 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    1.00       (1.37     1.40       0.30       0.56  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    1.03       (1.13     1.58       0.50       0.55  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.04     (0.24     (0.17     (0.19     (0.00 )3 

Net asset value, end of period

    $11.33       $10.34       $11.71       $10.30       $9.99  

Total return4

    9.94     (9.70 )%      15.39     5.13     5.87

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    1.94     1.94     1.91     2.04     2.10

Net expenses

    1.87     1.87     1.87     1.90     1.90

Net investment income (loss)

    0.52     2.64     1.69     2.08     (0.90 )% 

Supplemental data

         

Portfolio turnover rate

    42     69     80     64     84

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $112       $92       $32       $28       $26  

 

 

 

 

1 

For the period from September 30, 2015 (commencement of class operations) to October 31, 2015

 

2 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

3 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

4 

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

 

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


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

   

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
CLASS R6   2018     2017     2016     20151  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $10.34       $11.69       $10.29       $9.97       $9.42  

Net investment income (loss)

    0.07       0.32       0.33 2      0.30 2      (0.00 )2,3 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.99       (1.35     1.32       0.27       0.56  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    1.06       (1.03     1.65       0.57       0.56  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.07     (0.32     (0.25     (0.25     (0.01

Net asset value, end of period

    $11.33       $10.34       $11.69       $10.29       $9.97  

Total return4

    10.30     (9.05 )%      16.25     5.90     5.91

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    1.26     1.24     1.20     1.36     1.40

Net expenses

    1.17     1.17     1.17     1.20     1.20

Net investment income (loss)

    1.30     2.58     2.96     3.03     (0.19 )% 

Supplemental data

         

Portfolio turnover rate

    42     69     80     64     84

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $85,476       $36,597       $57,765       $2,592       $26  

 

 

 

 

1 

For the period from September 30, 2015 (commencement of class operations) to October 31, 2015

 

2 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

3 

Amount is more than $(0.005).

 

4 

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

 

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


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

   

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS   2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $10.41       $11.76       $10.32       $10.00       $11.35       $11.80  

Net investment income

    0.05 1      0.22 1      0.18 1      0.25 1      0.23       0.33 1 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    1.01       (1.29     1.46       0.29       (1.37     (0.08
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    1.06       (1.07     1.64       0.54       (1.14     0.25  

Distributions to shareholders from

           

Net investment income

    (0.06     (0.28     (0.20     (0.22     (0.21     (0.33

Net realized gains

    0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       (0.37
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.06     (0.28     (0.20     (0.22     (0.21     (0.70

Net asset value, end of period

    $11.41       $10.41       $11.76       $10.32       $10.00       $11.35  

Total return2

    10.18     (9.29 )%      15.99     5.56     (10.12 )%      2.30

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

           

Gross expenses

    1.60     1.57     1.58     1.71     1.76     1.91

Net expenses

    1.45     1.45     1.45     1.45     1.45     1.45

Net investment income

    0.90     1.86     1.73     2.54     2.38     2.89

Supplemental data

           

Portfolio turnover rate

    42     69     80     64     84     91

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $4,792       $4,758       $13,940       $50,970       $43,928       $52,896  

 

 

 

 

1 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

2 

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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20   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund   Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

   

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS   2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $10.35       $11.70       $10.30       $9.98       $11.34       $11.79  

Net investment income

    0.06       0.32       0.25       0.27 1      0.25 1      0.35  

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    1.00       (1.36     1.39       0.30       (1.36     (0.07
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    1.06       (1.04     1.64       0.57       (1.11     0.28  

Distributions to shareholders from

           

Net investment income

    (0.07     (0.31     (0.24     (0.25     (0.25     (0.36

Net realized gains

    0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       (0.37
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.07     (0.31     (0.24     (0.25     (0.25     (0.73

Net asset value, end of period

    $11.34       $10.35       $11.70       $10.30       $9.98       $11.34  

Total return2

    10.26     (9.11 )%      16.11     5.84     (9.95 )%      2.52

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

           

Gross expenses

    1.36     1.34     1.33     1.45     1.51     1.62

Net expenses

    1.22     1.22     1.23     1.25     1.25     1.25

Net investment income

    1.14     2.73     2.32     2.75     2.41     3.69

Supplemental data

           

Portfolio turnover rate

    42     69     80     64     84     91

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $493,763       $452,650       $514,624       $426,801       $132,918       $35,114  

 

 

 

 

1 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

2 

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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Notes to financial statements (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund     21  

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 Emerging Markets Equity Income 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

All investments are valued each business day as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m. Eastern Time), although the Fund may deviate from this calculation time under unusual or unexpected circumstances.

Equity securities that are listed on a foreign or domestic exchange or market are valued at the official closing price or, if none, the last sales price. If no sale occurs on the principal exchange or market that day, a fair value price will be determined in accordance with the Fund’s Valuation Procedures.

The values of securities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at rates provided by an independent foreign currency pricing source at a time each business day specified by the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee at Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”).

Many securities markets and exchanges outside the U.S. close prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange and therefore may not fully reflect trading or events that occur after the close of the principal exchange in which the foreign securities are traded, but before the close of the New York Stock Exchange. If such trading or events are expected to materially affect the value of such securities, then fair value pricing procedures approved by the Board of Trustees of the Fund are applied. These procedures take into account multiple factors including movements in U.S. securities markets after foreign exchanges close. Foreign securities that are fair valued under these procedures are categorized as Level 2 and the application of these procedures may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. Depending on market activity, such fair valuations may be frequent. Such fair value pricing may result in net asset values that are higher or lower than net asset values based on the last reported sales price or latest quoted bid price. On April 30, 2019, such fair value pricing was not used in pricing foreign securities.

Investments in registered open-end investment companies are valued at net asset value.

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. 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. 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.

Foreign currency translation

The accounting records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. The values of other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at rates provided by an independent foreign currency pricing source at a time each business day specified by the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee. Purchases and sales of securities, and income and expenses are converted at the rate of exchange on the respective dates of such transactions. Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually paid or received. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the fair value of assets and liabilities


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22   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund   Notes to financial statements (unaudited)

other than investments in securities resulting from changes in exchange rates. The changes in net assets arising from changes in exchange rates of securities and the changes in net assets resulting from changes in market prices of securities are not separately presented. Such changes are included in net realized and unrealized gains or losses from investments.

Participation notes

The Fund may invest in participation notes to gain exposure to securities in certain foreign markets. Participation notes are issued by banks or broker-dealers and are designed to offer a return linked to a particular underlying foreign security. Participation notes involve transaction costs, which may be higher than those applicable to the underlying foreign security. The holder of the participation note is entitled to receive from the bank or broker-dealer, an amount equal to the dividend paid by the issuer of the underlying foreign security; however, the holder is not entitled to the same rights (i.e. voting rights) as an owner of the underlying foreign security. Investments in participation notes involve risks beyond those normally associated with a direct investment in an underlying security. The Fund has no rights against the issuer of the underlying foreign security and participation notes expose the Fund to counterparty risk in the event the counterparty does not perform. There is also no assurance there will be a secondary trading market for the participation note or that the trading price of the participation note will equal the underlying value of the foreign security that it seeks to replicate.

Forward foreign currency contracts

The Fund is subject to foreign currency risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. A forward foreign currency contract is an agreement between two parties to purchase or sell a specific currency for an agreed-upon price at a future date. The Fund enters into forward foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities and to attempt to minimize the risk to the Fund from adverse changes in the relationship between currencies. Forward foreign currency contracts are recorded at the forward rate and marked-to-market daily. When the contracts are closed, realized gains and losses arising from such transactions are recorded as realized gains or losses on forward foreign currency contracts. The Fund could be exposed to risks if the counterparties to the contracts are unable to meet the terms of their contracts or if the value of the foreign currency changes unfavorably. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the unrealized gains on the contracts. This risk may be mitigated if there is a master netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty.

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.

Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities, which are recorded as soon as the custodian verifies the ex-dividend date. Dividend income from foreign securities is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is not assured.

Distributions to shareholders

Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date and paid from net investment income monthly and any net realized gains are 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.


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Notes to financial statements (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund     23  

As of April 30, 2019, the aggregate cost of all investments for federal income tax purposes was $570,424,310 and the unrealized gains (losses) consisted of:

 

Gross unrealized gains

   $ 68,750,881  

Gross unrealized losses

     (18,717,050

Net unrealized gains

   $ 50,033,831  

As of October 31, 2018, the Fund had capital loss carryforwards which consisted of $5,125,846 in short-term capital losses and $2,449,878 in long-term capital losses.

Class allocations

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

3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS

Fair value measurements of investments are determined within a framework that has established a fair value hierarchy based upon the various data inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The three-level hierarchy 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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24   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund   Notes to financial statements (unaudited)

The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities as of April 30, 2019:

 

    

Quoted prices

(Level 1)

    

Other significant
observable inputs

(Level 2)

    

Significant
unobservable inputs

(Level 3)

     Total  

Assets

           

Investments in:

           

Common stocks

           

Brazil

   $ 32,689,690      $ 0      $ 0        32,689,690  

Chile

     3,954,168        0        0        3,954,168  

China

     178,058,097        0        0        178,058,097  

Colombia

     3,327,739        0        0        3,327,739  

Hong Kong

     15,247,916        0        0        15,247,916  

India

     40,838,076        0        0        40,838,076  

Indonesia

     14,217,247        0        0        14,217,247  

Luxembourg

     3,488,862        0        0        3,488,862  

Malaysia

     12,346,877        0        0        12,346,877  

Mexico

     14,207,417        0        0        14,207,417  

Peru

     2,960,065        0        0        2,960,065  

Poland

     7,203,582        0        0        7,203,582  

Qatar

     3,233,869        0        0        3,233,869  

Russia

     17,093,367        0        0        17,093,367  

South Africa

     37,532,131        0        0        37,532,131  

South Korea

     78,168,351        0        0        78,168,351  

Taiwan

     73,938,761        0        0        73,938,761  

Thailand

     12,929,560        0        0        12,929,560  

Turkey

     2,442,420        0        0        2,442,420  

United Arab Emirates

     3,021,851        0        0        3,021,851  

United Kingdom

     12,257,090        0        0        12,257,090  

Preferred stocks

           

Brazil

     24,751,420        0        0        24,751,420  

Chile

     2,838,265        0        0        2,838,265  

South Korea

     2,999,183        0        0        2,999,183  

Short-term investments

           

Investment companies

     20,712,137        0        0        20,712,137  

Total assets

   $ 620,458,141      $ 0      $ 0      $ 620,458,141  

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

At April 30, 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


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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 a management fee at the following annual rate based on the Fund’s average daily net assets:

 

Average daily net assets    Management fee  

First $1 billion

     1.050

Next $1 billion

     1.025  

Next $2 billion

     1.000  

Next $1 billion

     0.975  

Next $3 billion

     0.965  

Next $2 billion

     0.955  

Over $10 billion

     0.945  

For the six months ended April 30, 2019, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 1.05% 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 0.65% and declining to 0.45% 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, Class R

     0.21

Class R6

     0.03  

Administrator Class, Institutional Class

     0.13  

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. When only certain classes exceed their expense caps, waivers and/or reimbursements are applied against class specific expenses before fund level expenses. Funds Management has committed through February 29, 2020 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 1.62% for Class A shares, 2.37% for Class C shares, 1.87% for Class R shares, 1.17% for Class R6 shares, 1.45% for Administrator Class shares, and 1.22% for Institutional 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.

Distribution fees

The Trust has adopted a distribution plan for Class C and Class R shares of the Fund pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Distribution fees are charged to Class C and Class R 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 and 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Class R shares.

In addition, Funds Distributor is entitled to receive the front-end sales charge from the purchase of Class A shares and a contingent deferred sales charge on the redemption of certain Class A shares. Funds Distributor is also entitled to receive the contingent deferred sales charges from redemptions of Class C shares. For the six months ended April 30, 2019, Funds


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Distributor received $6,115 from the sale of Class A shares. No contingent deferred sales charges were incurred by Class A and Class C shares for the six months ended April 30, 2019.

Shareholder servicing fees

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

Purchases and sales of investments, excluding U.S. government obligations (if any) and short-term securities, for the six months ended April 30, 2019 were $266,908,431 and $230,823,238, respectively.

6. DERIVATIVE TRANSACTIONS

During the six months ended April 30, 2019, the Fund entered into forward foreign currency contracts for economic hedging purposes. The Fund had average contract amounts of $102,313 in forward foreign currency contracts to buy during the six months ended April 30, 2019.

The fair value, realized gains or losses and change in unrealized gains or losses, if any, on derivative instruments are reflected in the corresponding financial statement captions.

7. BANK BORROWINGS

The Trust (excluding the money market funds), Wells Fargo Master Trust and Wells Fargo Variable Trust are parties to a $280,000,000 revolving credit agreement whereby the Fund is permitted to use bank borrowings for temporary or emergency purposes, such as to fund shareholder redemption requests. Interest under the credit agreement is charged to the Fund based on a borrowing rate equal to the higher of the Federal Funds rate in effect on that day plus 1.25% or the overnight LIBOR rate in effect on that day plus 1.25%. In addition, an annual commitment fee equal to 0.25% of the unused balance is allocated to each participating fund.

For the six months ended April 30, 2019, there were no borrowings by the Fund under the agreement.

8. CONCENTRATION RISKS

Concentration risks result from exposure to a limited number of sectors or geographic regions. A fund that invest a substantial portion of their assets in any sector or geographic region may be more affected by changes in that sector or geographic region than would be a fund whose investments are not heavily weighted in any sector or geographic region.

9. 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.

10. 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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TAX INFORMATION

Pursuant to Section 853 of the Internal Revenue Code, the following amounts have been designated as foreign taxes paid for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2018. These amounts may be less than the actual foreign taxes paid for financial statement purposes. Foreign taxes paid or withheld should be included in taxable income with an offsetting deduction from gross income or as a credit for taxes paid to foreign governments. None of the income was derived from ineligible foreign sources as defined under Section 901(j) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

Creditable

foreign taxes

paid

  

Per share

amount

  

Foreign

income as % of

ordinary income

distributions

$2,195,930    $0.0431    99.83%

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 wfam.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 wfam.com or by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov.

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

The complete portfolio holdings for the Fund are publicly available monthly on the Fund’s website (wfam.com), on a one-month delayed basis. In addition, top ten holdings information (excluding derivative positions) for the Fund is publicly available on the Fund’s website on a monthly, seven-day or more 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 151 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. (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. Johnson (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


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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

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
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   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   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   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 Emerging Markets Equity Income 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.    

Jeremy DePalma1

(Born 1974)

  Treasurer, since 2012   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.    

Alexander Kymn

(Born 1973)

  Secretary and 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.    

 

 

 

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Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 86 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 65 funds in the Fund Complex.

 

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Semi-Annual Report

April 30, 2019

 

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Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Fund

 

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Contents

 

 

 

Letter to shareholders

    2  

Performance highlights

    4  

Fund expenses

    6  

Portfolio of investments

    7  
Financial statements  

Statement of assets and liabilities

    13  

Statement of operations

    14  

Statement of changes in net assets

    15  

Financial highlights

    16  

Notes to financial statements

    21  

Other information

    27  

 

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2   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Fund   Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

 

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Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

 

 

December’s S&P 500 Index performance was the worst since 1931.

 

 

Dear Shareholder:

We are pleased to offer you this semi-annual report for the Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Fund for the six-month period that ended April 30, 2019. In late 2018, investor concerns about U.S. interest rate policy, trade tensions, and geopolitical events drove equity losses and restrained bond returns. Thanks to a shift in U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) policy and positive economic and business growth metrics during the first four months of 2019, stock and bond markets globally enjoyed a consistent move higher.

For the period, U.S. stocks, as measured by the S&P 500 Index,1 gained 9.76% and international stocks, as measured by the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net),2 added 9.12%. Based on the MSCI EM Index (Net)3, emerging market stocks added 13.76%. For bond investors, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index4 added 5.49% while the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index5 added 3.25%. The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index6 added 5.68%, and the ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index7 gained 5.55%.

Conflicting data unsettled markets as 2018 ended.

November’s U.S. midterm elections shifted control of the House of Representatives from Republicans to Democrats, presaging potential partisan clashes. Third-quarter U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) was announced at an annualized 3.4% rate, lower than the second-quarter rate. Brexit efforts stalled ahead of the March 2019 deadline. The People’s Bank of China 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.

December’s S&P 500 Index performance was the worst since 1931. Globally, fixed-income investments fared better than stocks during the past two months of the year. The Fed increased the federal funds rate by 25 basis points (bps; 100 bps equal 1.00%) in December 2018 to a target range of between 2.25% and 2.50% and softened its outlook for 2019 rate increases.

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 2019. Investors expected high levels of stock market volatility to continue based on the VIX8.

 

 

 

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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.

 

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.

 

8

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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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Fund     3  

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. The Fed indicated that it would pause its program of regular rate increases during 2019 as inflation remained low.

In February 2019, concerns over slowing global growth reemerged. The Bureau of Economic Analysis announced fourth-quarter 2018 GDP grew at an annualized 2.2% rate, down from the 4.2% annualized rate for the second quarter and the 3.4% annualized rate for the third quarter. Analysts attributed the lower growth rate to a slowing housing market and larger trade deficit. The U.S. Department of Labor said that the economy created just 20,000 jobs in February 2019. In a February 2019 report, the Bank of England forecast the slowest growth since the financial crisis for 2019. China and the U.S., while putting future tariffs on hold for the time being, continued to wrangle over trade issues.

By the end of March 2019, the combination of dovish Fed sentiment and consistent, if not spectacular, economic and business metrics reinforced investors’ enthusiasm for equity investing. Monthly job creation data regained its momentum. Corporate profits, while lower than 2018’s lofty levels, remained solid. China announced a roughly $300 billion stimulus package through tax and fee cuts intended to reinvigorate economic growth.

During April 2019, the several broad-based U.S. equity indices reached or approached highs as investors drew confidence from favorable economic projections, sustained low inflation, and solid employment data. As expected, the Fed chose not to increase rates at its April 2019 meeting. The initial estimate of the first-quarter GDP showed the economy grew at an annualized rate of 3.20%, reflecting growth in business investment and exports. The favorable sentiment appeared to extend to investors’ outlooks for foreign investments as the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) gained 2.64% and the MSCI EM Index (Net) added 2.11%.

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

 

 

January’s returns tended to support the investing adage that markets climb a wall of worry.

 

 

 

 

 

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


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4   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Fund   Performance highlights (unaudited)

Investment objective

The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Subadviser

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

Portfolio managers

Derrick Irwin, CFA®

Richard Peck, CFA®

Yi (Jerry) Zhang, Ph.D., CFA®

Average annual total returns (%) as of April 30, 2019

 

        Including sales charge     Excluding sales charge     Expense ratios1 (%)  
    Inception date   1 year     5 year     10 year     1 year     5 year     10 year     Gross     Net2  
 
Class A (EMGAX)3   9-6-1994     -8.01       2.73       6.83       -2.40       3.95       7.47       1.60       1.59  
 
Class C (EMGCX)3   9-6-1994     -4.09       3.17       6.66       -3.09       3.17       6.66       2.35       2.34  
 
Class R6 (EMGDX)4   6-28-2013                       -1.98       4.40       7.93       1.17       1.16  
 
Administrator Class (EMGYX)3   9-6-1994                       -2.28       4.07       7.63       1.52       1.47  
 
Institutional Class (EMGNX)5   7-30-2010                       -1.95       4.36       7.90       1.27       1.20  
 
MSCI EM Index (Net)6                         -5.04       4.04       7.50              

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 return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance shown without sales charges would be lower if sales charges were reflected. 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, wfam.com.

Index returns do not include transaction costs associated with buying and selling securities, any mutual fund fees or expenses, or any taxes. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

For Class A shares, the maximum front-end sales charge is 5.75%. 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. Class R6, Administrator Class, and Institutional Class shares are sold without a front-end sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge.

Stock values fluctuate in response to the activities of individual companies and general market and economic conditions. Foreign investments are especially volatile and can rise or fall dramatically due to differences in the political and economic conditions of the host country. These risks are generally intensified in emerging markets. The use of derivatives may reduce returns and/or increase volatility. Certain investment strategies tend to increase the total risk of an investment (relative to the broader market). The Fund is exposed to smaller-company securities risk. Consult the Fund’s prospectus for additional information on these and other risks.

 

 

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Performance highlights (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Fund     5  
Ten largest holdings (%) as of April 30, 20197  

Samsung Electronics Company Limited

     4.52  

Tencent Holdings Limited

     3.38  

China Mobile Limited

     2.98  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited ADR

     2.94  

WH Group Limited

     2.43  

Alibaba Group Holding Limited ADR

     2.43  

Reliance Industries Limited GDR

     2.39  

AIA Group Limited

     2.33  

China Life Insurance Company H Shares

     2.07  

New Oriental Education & Technology Group Incorporated ADR

     1.88  
Sector distribution as of April 30, 20198

 

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Country allocation as of April 30, 20198
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Reflects the expense ratios as stated in the most recent prospectuses, which include the impact of 0.01% in acquired fund fees and expenses. The expense ratios shown are subject to change and may differ from the annualized expense ratios shown in the financial highlights of this report, which do not include acquired fund fees and expenses.

 

2 

The manager has contractually committed through February 29, 2020, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the expenses of each class after fee waivers at 1.58% for Class A, 2.33% for Class C, 1.15% for Class R6, 1.46% for Administrator Class, and 1.19% for Institutional 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. 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 prior to July 19, 2010, is based on the performance of the Fund’s predecessor, Evergreen Emerging Markets Growth Fund.

 

4 

Historical performance shown for Class R6 shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Institutional Class shares and includes the higher expenses applicable to Institutional Class shares. If these expenses had not been included, returns for Class R6 shares would have been higher. Historical performance shown prior to July 19, 2010, is based on the performance of the Fund’s predecessor, Evergreen Emerging Markets Growth Fund.

 

5 

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. Historical performance shown prior to July 19, 2010, is based on the performance of the Fund’s predecessor, Evergreen Emerging Markets Growth Fund.

 

6 

The Morgan Stanley Capital International (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 markets country indexes: 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 United Arab Emirates. Source: MSCI. MSCI makes no express or implied warranties or representations and shall have no liability whatsoever with respect to any MSCI data contained herein. The MSCI data may not be further redistributed or used as a basis for other indexes or any securities or financial products. This report is not approved, reviewed, or produced by MSCI. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

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The ten largest holdings, excluding cash, cash equivalents and any money market funds, are calculated based on the value of the investments divided by total net assets of the Fund. Holdings are subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.

 

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


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6   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Fund   Fund expenses (unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments and 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 November 1, 2018 to April 30, 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 sales charges (loads) and 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
11-1-2018
     Ending
account value
4-30-2019
     Expenses
paid during
the period¹
     Annualized net
expense ratio
 

Class A

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,172.48      $ 8.51        1.58

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,016.96      $ 7.90        1.58

Class C

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,168.83      $ 12.53        2.33

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,013.24      $ 11.63        2.33

Class R6

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,175.33      $ 6.20        1.15

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.09      $ 5.76        1.15

Administrator Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,173.29      $ 7.87        1.46

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,017.55      $ 7.30        1.46

Institutional Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,175.30      $ 6.42        1.19

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,018.89      $ 5.96        1.19

 

 

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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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Portfolio of investments—April 30, 2019 (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Fund     7  

    

 

 

Security name                 Shares      Value  

Common Stocks: 95.34%

 

Argentina: 0.47%           

MercadoLibre Incorporated (Consumer Discretionary, Internet & Direct Marketing Retail) †

          38,716      $ 18,743,964  
          

 

 

 
Brazil: 7.84%           

Ambev SA ADR (Consumer Staples, Beverages)

          4,477,000        21,086,670  

Atacadao Distribuicao Comercio e Industria Limitada (Consumer Staples, Food & Staples Retailing)

          5,570,000        30,115,019  

B2W Companhia Digital (Consumer Discretionary, Internet & Direct Marketing Retail) †

          3,510,733        34,246,905  

B3 SA Brasil Bolsa Balcao (Financials, Capital Markets)

          6,068,005        53,312,278  

Banco Bradesco SA ADR (Financials, Banks)

          3,925,494        35,564,976  

BK Brasil Operacao e Assessoria a Restaurantes SA (Consumer Discretionary, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure)

          2,425,794        14,037,200  

BRF Brazil Foods SA ADR (Consumer Staples, Food Products) †«

          5,318,092        41,640,660  

Hapvida Participacoes e Investimentos SA (Health Care, Health Care Providers & Services) 144A

          1,243,107        9,593,333  

IRB-Brasil Resseguros SA (Financials, Insurance)

          606,669        14,528,122  

Lojas Renner SA (Consumer Discretionary, Multiline Retail)

          2,859,250        34,184,703  

Multiplan Empreendimentos Imobiliarios SA (Real Estate, Real Estate Management & Development)

          2,051,906        12,538,234  

Raia Drogasil SA (Consumer Staples, Food & Staples Retailing)

          791,600        13,958,130  
     314,806,230  
          

 

 

 
Chile: 1.43%           

Banco Santander Chile SA ADR (Financials, Banks)

          1,068,392        29,914,976  

SACI Falabella (Consumer Discretionary, Multiline Retail)

          3,737,228        27,588,611  
     57,503,587  
          

 

 

 
China: 33.57%           

51job Incorporated ADR (Industrials, Professional Services) †

          544,441        50,273,682  

Alibaba Group Holding Limited ADR (Consumer Discretionary, Internet & Direct Marketing Retail) †

          526,037        97,616,686  

Baidu Incorporated ADR (Communication Services, Interactive Media & Services) †

          131,540        21,865,894  

Best Incorporated ADR (Industrials, Air Freight & Logistics) †«

          4,139,527        24,547,395  

Bilibili Incorporated ADR (Communication Services, Entertainment) †«

          1,757,845        31,289,641  

China Distance Education ADR (Consumer Discretionary, Diversified Consumer Services) †

          973,710        6,309,641  

China Life Insurance Company H Shares (Financials, Insurance)

          29,418,290        83,250,821  

China Literature Limited (Communication Services, Media) †«

          1,435,168        6,512,847  

China MeiDong Auto Holdings Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Specialty Retail)

          17,644,000        10,211,065  

China Mobile Limited (Communication Services, Wireless Telecommunication Services)

          12,550,165        119,585,564  

China Rapid Finance Limited ADR (Financials, Consumer Finance) †«

          1,326,299        1,007,987  

CNOOC Limited (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

          26,974,000        48,757,307  

Ctrip.com International Limited ADR (Consumer Discretionary, Internet & Direct Marketing Retail) †

          1,313,632        57,865,490  

Greentree Hospitality Group Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure)

          1,224,841        19,009,532  

Hengan International Group Company Limited (Consumer Staples, Personal Products)

          4,377,000        38,582,188  

Hua Medicine Limited (Health Care, Pharmaceuticals) †

          8,798,236        7,906,838  

Huami Corporation ADR (Information Technology, Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components) †«

          2,074,991        20,874,409  

iQIYI Incorporated ADR (Communication Services, Entertainment) †«

          985,239        21,783,634  

Jianpu Technology Incorporated ADR (Financials, Consumer Finance) †

          3,093,390        14,941,074  

Koolearn Technology Holding Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Diversified Consumer Services) †

          7,287,115        10,236,591  

Li Ning Company Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods) †

          30,984,207        56,321,996  

Meituan Dianping (Consumer Discretionary, Internet & Direct Marketing Retail) †«

          4,417,900        32,100,283  

New Oriental Education & Technology Group Incorporated ADR (Consumer Discretionary, Diversified Consumer Services) †

          792,213        75,624,653  

Pinduoduo Incorporated ADR (Consumer Discretionary, Internet & Direct Marketing Retail) †«

          203,141        4,515,824  

 

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


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8   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Fund   Portfolio of investments—April 30, 2019 (unaudited)

    

 

 

Security name                 Shares      Value  
China (continued)           

PPDAI Group Incorporated ADR (Financials, Consumer Finance)

          4,082,185      $ 21,309,006  

Shandong Weigao Group Medical Polymer Company Limited H Shares (Health Care, Health Care Equipment & Supplies)

          18,024,000        17,691,311  

Shanghai Junshi Bioscience H Shares (Health Care, Biotechnology) 144A†

          1,544,569        6,300,506  

SINA Corporation (Communication Services, Interactive Media & Services) †

          895,807        56,382,093  

Tencent Holdings Limited (Communication Services, Interactive Media & Services)

          2,743,800        135,707,016  

Tsingtao Brewery Company Limited H Shares (Consumer Staples, Beverages)

          7,600,000        48,439,731  

Vipshop Holdings Limited ADR (Consumer Discretionary, Internet & Direct Marketing Retail) †

          6,194,738        53,336,694  

Want Want China Holdings Limited (Consumer Staples, Food Products)

          50,604,000        40,122,996  

Weibo Corporation ADR (Communication Services, Interactive Media & Services) †«

          825,140        56,522,090  

Wise Talent Information Technology Company Limited (Communication Services, Interactive Media & Services) †«

          1,648,460        4,318,256  

Xiaomi Corporation Class B (Information Technology, Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals) †«

          20,989,400        32,160,487  

Zhou Hei Ya International Holding Company Limited (Consumer Staples, Food Products) «

          25,803,626        13,617,557  
     1,346,898,785  
          

 

 

 
Colombia: 0.56%           

Bancolombia SA ADR (Financials, Banks)

          442,400        22,438,528  
          

 

 

 
Germany: 0.19%           

Jumia Technologies AG ADR (Consumer Discretionary, Multiline Retail) †«

          180,954        7,775,593  
          

 

 

 
Hong Kong: 5.56%           

AIA Group Limited (Financials, Insurance)

          9,156,400        93,317,125  

Johnson Electric Holdings Limited (Industrials, Electrical Equipment)

          4,214,250        9,906,023  

Sun Art Retail Group Limited (Consumer Staples, Food & Staples Retailing)

          25,390,500        22,170,728  

WH Group Limited (Consumer Staples, Food Products)

          82,355,500        97,632,336  
     223,026,212  
          

 

 

 
India: 8.70%           

AU Small Finance Bank Limited (Financials, Banks) 144A

          451,041        4,180,416  

Bajaj Finance Limited (Financials, Consumer Finance)

          420,281        18,707,388  

Bandhan Bank Limited (Financials, Banks) 144A

          1,416,131        12,204,946  

Bharti Airtel Limited (Communication Services, Wireless Telecommunication Services)

          2,618,728        12,059,430  

Bharti Infratel Limited (Communication Services, Diversified Telecommunication Services)

          2,873,851        10,848,151  

Fortis Healthcare Limited (Health Care, Health Care Providers & Services) †

          5,634,970        11,224,774  

HDFC Bank Limited ADR (Financials, Banks)

          126,826        14,540,601  

Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited (Financials, Thrifts & Mortgage Finance)

          1,115,700        32,002,261  

Indusind Bank Limited (Financials, Banks)

          817,217        18,875,461  

ITC Limited (Consumer Staples, Tobacco)

          9,678,960        41,935,260  

Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited (Financials, Banks)

          1,057,262        21,076,457  

Laurus Labs Limited (Health Care, Pharmaceuticals) 144A

          305,595        1,679,693  

Max Financial Services Limited (Financials, Insurance) †

          925,389        5,556,691  

Oberoi Realty Limited (Real Estate, Real Estate Management & Development)

          1,064,750        7,765,903  

Odisha Cement Limited (Materials, Construction Materials)

          624,658        10,313,262  

Reliance Industries Limited GDR (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

          2,393,174        95,846,619  

SBI Life Insurance Company Limited (Financials, Insurance) 144A

          914,273        8,410,727  

SH Kelkar & Company Limited (Materials, Chemicals)

          1,314,144        2,828,422  

Ultra Tech Cement Limited (Materials, Construction Materials)

          286,000        18,983,948  
     349,040,410  
          

 

 

 

 

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


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Portfolio of investments—April 30, 2019 (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Fund     9  

    

 

 

Security name                 Shares      Value  
Indonesia: 1.93%           

PT Astra International Tbk (Consumer Discretionary, Automobiles)

          19,151,000      $ 10,247,465  

PT Bank Central Asia Tbk (Financials, Banks)

          11,349,500        22,898,114  

PT Blue Bird Tbk (Industrials, Road & Rail)

          13,605,309        3,141,156  

PT Link Net Tbk (Communication Services, Diversified Telecommunication Services)

          38,278,161        11,684,912  

PT Matahari Department Store Tbk (Consumer Discretionary, Multiline Retail)

          10,474,600        2,991,693  

PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero Tbk ADR (Communication Services, Diversified Telecommunication Services) «

          997,754        26,689,920  
     77,653,260  
          

 

 

 
Luxembourg: 0.06%           

Biotoscana Investments SA (Health Care, Biotechnology) †

          1,156,551        2,271,159  
          

 

 

 
Malaysia: 0.65%           

Genting Bhd (Consumer Discretionary, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure)

          8,780,900        14,951,635  

Genting Malaysia Bhd (Consumer Discretionary, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure)

          14,496,300        11,149,651  
     26,101,286  
          

 

 

 
Mexico: 5.93%           

America Movil SAB de CV ADR (Communication Services, Wireless Telecommunication Services)

          1,537,320        22,706,216  

Banco Santander Mexico ADR (Financials, Banks) «

          2,175,333        18,338,057  

Becle SAB de CV ADR (Consumer Staples, Beverages)

          12,913,925        19,931,766  

Cemex SAB de CV ADR (Materials, Construction Materials) †

          3,021,848        13,900,501  

Fibra Uno Administracion SAB de CV (Real Estate, Equity REITs)

          37,447,864        55,506,850  

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV ADR (Consumer Staples, Beverages)

          722,120        70,471,691  

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV (Financials, Banks)

          3,073,188        19,472,318  

Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV (Consumer Staples, Food & Staples Retailing)

          5,967,100        17,532,010  
     237,859,409  
          

 

 

 
Peru: 0.43%           

Compania de Minas Buenaventura SA ADR (Materials, Metals & Mining)

          1,054,495        17,093,364  
          

 

 

 
Philippines: 0.88%           

Ayala Corporation (Financials, Diversified Financial Services)

          727,624        12,622,156  

San Miguel Food and Beverage Incorporated (Consumer Staples, Food Products)

          3,495,810        7,781,510  

SM Investments Corporation (Industrials, Industrial Conglomerates)

          812,873        14,818,505  
     35,222,171  
          

 

 

 
Russia: 2.81%           

LUKOIL PJSC ADR (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

          425,249        36,052,610  

Magnit PJSC (Consumer Staples, Food & Staples Retailing) (a)

          150,816        8,662,043  

Sberbank of Russia ADR (Financials, Banks)

          1,461,195        20,887,783  

Yandex NV Class A (Communication Services, Interactive Media & Services) †

          1,265,106        47,352,918  
     112,955,354  
          

 

 

 
Singapore: 0.29%           

Sea Limited ADR (Communication Services, Entertainment) †

          468,967        11,672,589  
          

 

 

 
South Africa: 2.84%           

AngloGold Ashanti Limited ADR (Materials, Metals & Mining)

          958,071        11,305,238  

MTN Group Limited (Communication Services, Wireless Telecommunication Services)

          3,062,643        22,131,102  

 

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


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10   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Fund   Portfolio of investments—April 30, 2019 (unaudited)

    

 

 

Security name                 Shares      Value  
South Africa (continued)           

Oceana Group Limited (Consumer Staples, Food Products)

          363,549      $ 1,778,988  

Shoprite Holdings Limited (Consumer Staples, Food & Staples Retailing)

          2,598,100        31,300,703  

Standard Bank Group Limited (Financials, Banks)

          1,660,190        23,095,268  

Tiger Brands Limited (Consumer Staples, Food Products)

          1,405,333        24,407,898  
     114,019,197  
          

 

 

 
South Korea: 9.59%           

KT Corporation ADR (Communication Services, Diversified Telecommunication Services)

          3,874,813        46,614,000  

KT&G Corporation (Consumer Staples, Tobacco)

          234,091        20,440,253  

Naver Corporation (Communication Services, Interactive Media & Services)

          509,000        52,069,940  

Samsung Electronics Company Limited (Information Technology, Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals)

          4,621,800        181,406,095  

Samsung Life Insurance Company Limited (Financials, Insurance)

          627,337        45,594,240  

SK Hynix Incorporated (Information Technology, Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment)

          573,500        38,784,831  
     384,909,359  
          

 

 

 
Taiwan: 8.37%           

104 Corporation (Industrials, Professional Services)

          1,655,000        9,131,662  

Mediatek Incorporated (Information Technology, Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment)

          4,479,881        42,840,194  

President Chain Store Corporation (Consumer Staples, Food & Staples Retailing)

          2,400,000        22,368,208  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (Information Technology, Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment)

          8,285,224        69,443,481  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited ADR (Information Technology, Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment)

          2,693,852        118,044,595  

Uni-President Enterprises Corporation (Consumer Staples, Food Products)

          31,212,368        74,139,601  
     335,967,741  
          

 

 

 
Thailand: 2.48%           

PTT Exploration & Production PCL (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

          2,533,139        10,592,766  

PTT PCL (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

          14,459,000        22,079,131  

Siam Commercial Bank PCL (Financials, Banks)

          7,805,100        31,660,468  

Thai Beverage PCL (Consumer Staples, Beverages)

          56,927,000        35,158,209  
     99,490,574  
          

 

 

 
Turkey: 0.08%           

Avivasa Emeklilik Ve Hayat AS (Financials, Insurance)

          1,901,979        3,021,797  
          

 

 

 
United Arab Emirates: 0.04%           

Emaar Malls Group (Real Estate, Real Estate Management & Development)

          3,773,147        1,787,369  
          

 

 

 
United Kingdom: 0.64%           

Standard Chartered plc (Financials, Banks)

          2,805,244        25,606,273  
          

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks (Cost $2,936,404,654)

 

     3,825,864,211  
          

 

 

 

 

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


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Portfolio of investments—April 30, 2019 (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Fund     11  

    

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Convertible Debentures: 0.00%

         
Brazil: 0.00%          

Lupatech SA (Energy, Energy Equipment & Services) †(a)

    6.50     4-15-2018      $ 303,000      $ 0  
         

 

 

 

Total Convertible Debentures (Cost $160,691)

            0  
         

 

 

 
    Dividend yield            Shares         
Preferred Stocks: 1.12%

 

Brazil: 1.12%          

Lojas Americanas SA (Consumer Discretionary, Multiline Retail)

    0.40              11,220,093        44,982,240  
         

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $44,981,776)

 

     44,982,240  
         

 

 

 
          Expiration date                
Rights: 0.03%

 

India: 0.03%          

Bharti Airtel Limited (Communication Services, Wireless Telecommunication Services) †(a)

      5-17-2019        742,624        1,070,901  
         

 

 

 

Total Rights (Cost $0)

 

     1,070,901  
         

 

 

 
    Yield                      
Short-Term Investments: 8.47%

 

Investment Companies: 8.47%          

Securities Lending Cash Investments LLC (l)(r)(u)

    2.55          193,558,855        193,578,211  

Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class (l)(u)

    2.36          146,147,502        146,147,502  

Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $339,725,713)

            339,725,713        
         

 

 

 

 

Total investments in securities (Cost $3,321,272,834)     104.96        4,211,643,065  

Other assets and liabilities, net

    (4.96        (198,887,410
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
Total net assets     100.00      $ 4,012,755,655  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

Non-income-earning security

 

«

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

 

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.

(a)

The security is fair valued in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees.

 

(l)

The issuer of the security is an affiliated person of the Fund as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

(r)

The investment is a non-registered investment company purchased with cash collateral received from securities on loan.

(u)

The rate represents the 7-day annualized yield at period end.

Abbreviations:

 

ADR

American depositary receipt

 

GDR

Global depositary receipt

 

REIT

Real estate investment trust

 

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


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12   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Fund   Portfolio of investments—April 30, 2019 (unaudited)

    

 

 

Investments in Affiliates

An affiliated investment is an investment in which the Fund owns at least 5% of the outstanding voting shares of the issuer or as a result of other relationships, such as the Fund and the issuer having the same investment manager. Transactions with issuers that were either affiliated persons of the Fund at the beginning of the period or the end of the period were as follows:

 

    Shares,
beginning of
period
    Shares
purchased
    Shares
sold
    Shares,
end of
period
    Net
realized
gains
(losses)
    Net
change in
unrealized
gains
(losses)
    Income
from
affiliated
securities
    Value,
end
of period
    % of
net
assets
 

Short-Term Investments

                 

Investment Companies

                 

Securities Lending Cash Investments LLC

    175,500,204       515,041,975       496,983,324       193,558,855     $ 0     $ 0     $ 2,312,822     $ 193,578,211    

Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class

    163,110,726       222,119,595       239,082,819       146,147,502       0       0       1,898,120       146,147,502    
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
          $ 0     $ 0     $ 4,210,942     $ 339,725,713       8.47
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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


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Statement of assets and liabilities—April 30, 2019 (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Fund     13  
         

Assets

 

Investments in unaffiliated securities (including $187,309,429 of securities loaned), at value (cost $2,981,547,121)

  $ 3,871,917,352  

Investments in affiliated securities, at value (cost $339,725,713)

    339,725,713  

Foreign currency, at value (cost $7,454,361)

    6,389,518  

Cash

    1,396,852  

Receivable for investments sold

    5,369,307  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

    4,267,595  

Receivable for dividends

    3,786,615  

Receivable for securities lending income

    225,327  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    84,672  
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    4,233,162,951  
 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

Payable upon receipt of securities loaned

    193,569,137  

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

    17,906,488  

Management fee payable

    3,218,315  

Contingent tax liability

    1,698,623  

Payable for investments purchased

    724,159  

Administration fees payable

    412,332  

Distribution fee payable

    26,133  

Trustees’ fees and expenses payable

    5,298  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

    2,846,811  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    220,407,296  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 4,012,755,655  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

 

Paid-in capital

  $ 3,337,768,569  

Total distributable earnings

    674,987,086  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 4,012,755,655  
 

 

 

 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE AND OFFERING PRICE PER SHARE

 

Net assets – Class A

  $ 232,116,705  

Shares outstanding – Class A1

    9,388,048  

Net asset value per share – Class A

    $24.72  

Maximum offering price per share – Class A2

    $26.23  

Net assets – Class C

  $ 42,246,781  

Shares outstanding – Class C1

    2,041,062  

Net asset value per share – Class C

    $20.70  

Net assets – Class R6

  $ 411,096,809  

Shares outstanding – Class R61

    15,967,867  

Net asset value per share – Class R6

    $25.75  

Net assets – Administrator Class

  $ 116,839,247  

Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1

    4,512,057  

Net asset value per share – Administrator Class

    $25.89  

Net assets – Institutional Class

  $ 3,210,456,113  

Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1

    124,699,094  

Net asset value per share – Institutional Class

    $25.75  

 

 

1 

The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares.

 

2 

Maximum offering price is computed as 100/94.25 of net asset value. On investments of $50,000 or more, the offering price is reduced.

 

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


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14   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Fund   Statement of operations—six months ended April 30, 2019 (unaudited)
         

Investment income

 

Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $3,179,766)

  $ 21,222,669  

Securities lending income from affiliates, net

    2,783,805  

Income from affiliated securities

    1,898,120  
 

 

 

 

Total investment income

    25,904,594  
 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fee

    19,062,445  

Administration fees

 

Class A

    224,695  

Class C

    48,222  

Class R6

    55,294  

Administrator Class

    70,703  

Institutional Class

    1,950,546  

Shareholder servicing fees

 

Class A

    267,495  

Class C

    57,407  

Administrator Class

    135,620  

Distribution fee

 

Class C

    172,221  

Custody and accounting fees

    1,335,516  

Professional fees

    32,121  

Registration fees

    69,700  

Shareholder report expenses

    347,270  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    10,909  

Other fees and expenses

    56,869  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    23,897,033  

Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements

    (916,758
 

 

 

 

Net expenses

    22,980,275  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    2,924,319  
 

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) ON INVESTMENTS

 

Net realized gains on:

 

Unaffiliated securities

    34,666,818  

Forward foreign currency contracts

    56,377  
 

 

 

 

Net realized gains on investments

    34,723,195  

Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    574,246,850  
 

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    608,970,045  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 611,894,364  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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


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     Six months ended
April 30, 2019
(unaudited)
    Year ended
October 31, 2018
 

Operations

       

Net investment income

    $ 2,924,319       $ 28,424,101  

Net realized gains on investments

      34,723,195         133,904,115  

Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments

      574,246,850         (726,816,743
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

      611,894,364         (564,488,527
 

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains

       

Class A

      (710,399       (404,835

Class R6

      (2,908,247       (1,790,475

Administrator Class

      (528,015       (661,746

Institutional Class

      (24,412,544       (25,196,461
 

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

      (28,559,205       (28,053,517
 

 

 

 

Capital share transactions

    Shares         Shares    

Proceeds from shares sold

       

Class A

    1,092,589       25,207,243       1,350,584       33,600,538  

Class C

    123,450       2,332,287       291,733       6,178,273  

Class R6

    3,068,431       70,443,168       10,252,838       266,424,444  

Administrator Class

    324,641       7,718,651       1,081,213       28,234,197  

Institutional Class

    15,066,698       350,987,706       34,959,495       889,495,518  
 

 

 

 
      456,689,055         1,223,932,970  
 

 

 

 

Reinvestment of distributions

       

Class A

    30,235       636,746       14,491       366,464  

Class R6

    88,834       1,945,455       67,570       1,778,432  

Administrator Class

    23,214       511,866       24,247       642,315  

Institutional Class

    1,100,826       24,108,081       911,147       23,990,497  
 

 

 

 
      27,202,148         26,777,708  
 

 

 

 

Payment for shares redeemed

       

Class A

    (1,259,784     (28,670,948     (2,647,031     (64,505,596

Class C

    (854,516     (16,678,872     (858,659     (17,586,266

Class R6

    (1,944,509     (46,253,485     (2,986,490     (77,195,964

Administrator Class

    (513,279     (12,171,540     (1,964,822     (50,914,883

Institutional Class

    (17,726,312     (421,256,086     (41,331,810     (1,076,350,034
 

 

 

 
      (525,030,931       (1,286,552,743
 

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

      (41,139,728       (35,842,065
 

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

      542,195,431         (628,384,109
 

 

 

 

Net assets

       

Beginning of period

      3,470,560,224         4,098,944,333  
 

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 4,012,755,655       $ 3,470,560,224  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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


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16   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Fund   Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

   

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
CLASS A   2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $21.16       $24.83       $20.49       $18.09       $21.44       $21.77  

Net investment income (loss)

    (0.02     0.07       (0.03 )1      0.12       0.08       0.07  

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    3.66       (3.70     4.50       2.38       (3.29     (0.40
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    3.64       (3.63     4.47       2.50       (3.21     (0.33

Distributions to shareholders from

           

Net investment income

    (0.08     (0.04     (0.13     (0.10     (0.14     0.00  

Net asset value, end of period

    $24.72       $21.16       $24.83       $20.49       $18.09       $21.44  

Total return2

    17.25     (14.65 )%      21.99     13.93     (15.02 )%      (1.52 )% 

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

           

Gross expenses

    1.58     1.58     1.58     1.64     1.64     1.64

Net expenses

    1.58     1.57     1.58     1.60     1.64     1.64

Net investment income (loss)

    (0.05 )%      0.38     (0.13 )%      0.64     0.37     0.36

Supplemental data

           

Portfolio turnover rate

    3     11     13     8     8     7

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $232,117       $201,515       $268,384       $874,625       $873,992       $1,502,597  

 

 

1 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

2 

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. 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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Financial highlights   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Fund     17  

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

   

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
CLASS C   2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $17.71       $20.92       $17.28       $15.28       $18.11       $18.53  

Net investment loss

    (0.09 )1      (0.08 )1      (0.08 )1      (0.02 )1      (0.06 )1      (0.08 )1 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    3.08       (3.13     3.72       2.02       (2.77     (0.34
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    2.99       (3.21     3.64       2.00       (2.83     (0.42

Net asset value, end of period

    $20.70       $17.71       $20.92       $17.28       $15.28       $18.11  

Total return2

    16.88     (15.34 )%      21.06     13.09     (15.63 )%      (2.27 )% 

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

           

Gross expenses

    2.33     2.33     2.31     2.39     2.39     2.39

Net expenses

    2.33     2.32     2.31     2.35     2.39     2.39

Net investment loss

    (0.23 )%      (0.38 )%      (0.43 )%      (0.12 )%      (0.39 )%      (0.42 )% 

Supplemental data

           

Portfolio turnover rate

    3     11     13     8     8     7

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $42,247       $49,103       $69,845       $71,900       $84,004       $138,169  

 

 

1 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

2 

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

 

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


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18   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Fund   Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

   

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
CLASS R6   2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $22.10       $26.00       $21.46       $19.00       $22.53       $22.86  

Net investment income

    0.04       0.23 1      0.17 1      0.23 1      0.19       0.21  

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    3.81       (3.92     4.59       2.46       (3.46     (0.44
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    3.85       (3.69     4.76       2.69       (3.27     (0.23

Distributions to shareholders from

           

Net investment income

    (0.20     (0.21     (0.22     (0.23     (0.26     (0.10

Net asset value, end of period

    $25.75       $22.10       $26.00       $21.46       $19.00       $22.53  

Total return2

    17.53     (14.33 )%      22.53     14.43     (14.61 )%      (1.01 )% 

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

           

Gross expenses

    1.15     1.16     1.14     1.20     1.19     1.17

Net expenses

    1.15     1.15     1.14     1.17     1.18     1.17

Net investment income

    0.06     0.90     0.76     1.16     0.84     0.88

Supplemental data

           

Portfolio turnover rate

    3     11     13     8     8     7

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $411,097       $326,131       $192,929       $191,250       $95,190       $35,967  

 

 

1 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

2 

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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Financial highlights   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Fund     19  

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

   

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS   2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $22.18       $26.08       $21.53       $18.99       $22.44       $22.79  

Net investment income (loss)

    (0.01 )1      0.12 1      0.10 1      0.15 1      0.12 1      0.13 1 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    3.83       (3.90     4.61       2.50       (3.46     (0.44
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    3.82       (3.78     4.71       2.65       (3.34     (0.31

Distributions to shareholders from

           

Net investment income

    (0.11     (0.12     (0.16     (0.11     (0.11     (0.04

Net asset value, end of period

    $25.89       $22.18       $26.08       $21.53       $18.99       $22.44  

Total return2

    17.33     (14.57 )%      22.10     14.07     (14.91 )%      (1.36 )% 

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

           

Gross expenses

    1.50     1.50     1.48     1.56     1.49     1.48

Net expenses

    1.46     1.46     1.46     1.49     1.48     1.48

Net investment income (loss)

    (0.02 )%      0.48     0.42     0.76     0.58     0.57

Supplemental data

           

Portfolio turnover rate

    3     11     13     8     8     7

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $116,839       $103,740       $144,421       $160,657       $181,224       $464,135  

 

 

1 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

2 

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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20   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Fund   Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

   

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS   2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $22.10       $25.99       $21.46       $18.99       $22.52       $22.86  

Net investment income

    0.02       0.19       0.19 1      0.20 1      0.17       0.15  

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    3.82       (3.89     4.55       2.49       (3.45     (0.40
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    3.84       (3.70     4.74       2.69       (3.28     (0.25

Distributions to shareholders from

           

Net investment income

    (0.19     (0.19     (0.21     (0.22     (0.25     (0.09

Net asset value, end of period

    $25.75       $22.10       $25.99       $21.46       $18.99       $22.52  

Total return2

    17.53     (14.35 )%      22.42     14.40     (14.66 )%      (1.09 )% 

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

           

Gross expenses

    1.25     1.25     1.23     1.31     1.24     1.21

Net expenses

    1.19     1.19     1.20     1.22     1.22     1.21

Net investment income

    0.05     0.75     0.82     1.04     0.82     0.77

Supplemental data

           

Portfolio turnover rate

    3     11     13     8     8     7

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $3,210,456       $2,790,071       $3,423,366       $1,826,097       $2,146,675       $2,900,353  

 

 

1 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

2 

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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Notes to financial statements (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Fund     21  

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 Emerging Markets Equity 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

All investments are valued each business day as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m. Eastern Time), although the Fund may deviate from this calculation time under unusual or unexpected circumstances.

Equity securities that are listed on a foreign or domestic exchange or market are valued at the official closing price or, if none, the last sales price. If no sale occurs on the principal exchange or market that day, a fair value price will be determined in accordance with the Fund’s Valuation Procedures.

The values of securities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at rates provided by an independent foreign currency pricing source at a time each business day specified by the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee at Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”).

Many securities markets and exchanges outside the U.S. close prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange and therefore may not fully reflect trading or events that occur after the close of the principal exchange in which the foreign securities are traded, but before the close of the New York Stock Exchange. If such trading or events are expected to materially affect the value of such securities, then fair value pricing procedures approved by the Board of Trustees of the Fund are applied. These procedures take into account multiple factors including movements in U.S. securities markets after foreign exchanges close. Foreign securities that are fair valued under these procedures are categorized as Level 2 and the application of these procedures may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. Depending on market activity, such fair valuations may be frequent. Such fair value pricing may result in net asset values that are higher or lower than net asset values based on the last reported sales price or latest quoted bid price. On April 30, 2019, such fair value pricing was not used in pricing foreign securities.

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 in registered open-end investment companies are valued at net asset value. Interests in non-registered investment companies that are redeemable at net asset value are fair valued normally at net asset value.

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. 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. 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.

Foreign currency translation

The accounting records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. The values of other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at rates provided by an independent foreign currency pricing source at a time each business day specified by the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee. Purchases and sales of securities, and income and expenses are converted at the rate of exchange on the respective dates of such transactions.


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22   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Fund   Notes to financial statements (unaudited)

Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually paid or received. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the fair value of assets and liabilities other than investments in securities resulting from changes in exchange rates. The changes in net assets arising from changes in exchange rates of securities and the changes in net assets resulting from changes in market prices of securities are not separately presented. Such changes are included in net realized and unrealized gains or losses from investments.

Securities lending

The Fund may lend its securities from time to time in order to earn additional income in the form of fees or interest on securities received as collateral or the investment of any cash received as collateral. The Fund continues to receive interest or dividends on the securities loaned. The Fund receives collateral in the form of cash or securities with a value at least equal to the value of the securities on loan. The value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. In a securities lending transaction, the net asset value of the Fund will be affected by an increase or decrease in the value of the securities loaned and by an increase or decrease in the value of the instrument in which collateral is invested. The amount of securities lending activity undertaken by the Fund fluctuates from time to time. In the event of default or bankruptcy by the borrower, the Fund may be prevented from recovering the loaned securities or gaining access to the collateral or may experience delays or costs in doing so. In addition, the investment of any cash collateral received may lose all or part of its value. The Fund has the right under the lending agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand.

The Fund lends its securities through an unaffiliated securities lending agent. Cash collateral received in connection with its securities lending transactions is invested in Securities Lending Cash Investments, LLC (the “Securities Lending Fund”). The Securities Lending Fund is exempt from registration under Section 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act and is managed by Funds Management and is subadvised by Wells Capital Management Incorporated (“WellsCap”), an affiliate of Funds Management and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”). Funds Management receives an advisory fee starting at 0.05% and declining to 0.01% as the average daily net assets of the Securities Lending Fund increase. All of the fees received by Funds Management are paid to WellsCap for its services as subadviser. The Securities Lending Fund seeks to provide a positive return compared to the daily Fed Funds Open Rate by investing in high-quality, U.S. dollar-denominated short-term money market instruments. Securities Lending Fund investments are valued at the evaluated bid price provided by an independent pricing service. Income earned from investment in the Securities Lending Fund, if any, is included in securities lending income from affiliates (net of fees and rebates) on the Statement of Operations.

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.

Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities, which are recorded as soon as the custodian verifies the ex-dividend date. Dividend income from foreign securities is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is not assured.

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 and any net realized gains 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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Notes to financial statements (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity 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 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 April 30, 2019, the aggregate cost of all investments for federal income tax purposes was $3,348,720,010 and the unrealized gains (losses) consisted of:

 

Gross unrealized gains

   $ 1,250,395,880  

Gross unrealized losses

     (387,472,825

Net unrealized gains

   $ 862,923,055  

As of October 31, 2018 the Fund had capital loss carryforwards which consisted of $4,461,268 in short-term capital losses and $218,660,038 in long-term losses.

Class allocations

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

3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS

Fair value measurements of investments are determined within a framework that has established a fair value hierarchy based upon the various data inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The three-level hierarchy 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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24   Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Fund   Notes to financial statements (unaudited)

The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities as of April 30, 2019:

 

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

Significant
unobservable inputs

(Level 3)

     Total  

Assets

           

Investments in:

           

Common stocks

           

Argentina

   $ 18,743,964      $ 0      $ 0      $ 18,743,964  

Brazil

     314,806,230        0        0        314,806,230  

Chile

     57,503,587        0        0        57,503,587  

China

     1,346,898,785        0        0        1,346,898,785  

Colombia

     22,438,528        0        0        22,438,528  

Germany

     7,775,593        0        0        7,775,593  

Hong Kong

     223,026,212        0        0        223,026,212  

India

     349,040,410        0        0        349,040,410  

Indonesia

     77,653,260        0        0        77,653,260  

Luxembourg

     2,271,159        0        0        2,271,159  

Malaysia

     26,101,286        0        0        26,101,286  

Mexico

     237,859,409        0        0        237,859,409  

Peru

     17,093,364        0        0        17,093,364  

Philippines

     35,222,171        0        0        35,222,171  

Russia

     112,955,354        0        0        112,955,354  

Singapore

     11,672,589        0        0        11,672,589  

South Africa

     114,019,197        0        0        114,019,197  

South Korea

     384,909,359        0        0        384,909,359  

Taiwan

     335,967,741        0        0        335,967,741  

Thailand

     99,490,574        0        0        99,490,574  

Turkey

     3,021,797        0        0        3,021,797  

United Arab Emirates

     1,787,369        0        0        1,787,369  

United Kingdom

     25,606,273        0        0        25,606,273  

Convertible debentures

     0        0        0        0  

Preferred stocks

           

Brazil

     44,982,240        0        0        44,982,240  

Rights

           

India

     0        1,070,901        0        1,070,901  

Short-term investments

           

Investment companies

     146,147,502        193,578,211        0        339,725,713  

Total assets

   $ 4,016,993,953      $ 194,649,112      $ 0      $ 4,211,643,065  

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

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4. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Management fee

Funds Management, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of 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 a management fee at the following annual rate based on the Fund’s average daily net assets:

 

Average daily net assets    Management fee  

First $1 billion

     1.050

Next $1 billion

     1.025  

Next $2 billion

     1.000  

Next $1 billion

     0.975  

Next $3 billion

     0.965  

Next $2 billion

     0.955  

Over $10 billion

     0.945  

For the six months ended April 30, 2019, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 1.02% 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. WellsCap is the subadviser to the Fund and is entitled to receive a fee from Funds Management at an annual rate starting at 0.65% and declining to 0.45% 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

     0.21

Class R6

     0.03  

Administrator Class, Institutional Class

     0.13  

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. When only certain classes exceed their expense caps, waivers and/or reimbursements are applied against class specific expenses before fund level expenses. Funds Management has committed through February 29, 2020 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 1.58% for Class A shares, 2.33% for Class C shares, 1.15% for Class R6 shares 1.46% for Administrator Class shares, and 1.19% for Institutional 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. 

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.


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In addition, Funds Distributor is entitled to receive the front-end sales charge from the purchase of Class A shares and a contingent deferred sales charge on the redemption of certain Class A shares. Funds Distributor is also entitled to receive the contingent deferred sales charges from redemptions of Class C shares. For the six months ended April 30, 2019, Funds Distributor received $6,253 from the sale of Class A shares. No contingent deferred sales charges were incurred by Class A and Class C shares for the six months ended April 30, 2019.

Shareholder servicing fees

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

Purchases and sales of investments, excluding U.S. government obligations (if any) and short-term securities, for the six months ended April 30, 2019 were $119,335,207 and $170,053,796, respectively.

6. BANK BORROWINGS

The Trust (excluding the money market funds), Wells Fargo Master Trust and Wells Fargo Variable Trust are parties to a $280,000,000 revolving credit agreement whereby the Fund is permitted to use bank borrowings for temporary or emergency purposes, such as to fund shareholder redemption requests. Interest under the credit agreement is charged to the Fund based on a borrowing rate equal to the higher of the Federal Funds rate in effect on that day plus 1.25% or the overnight LIBOR rate in effect on that day plus 1.25%. In addition, an annual commitment fee equal to 0.25% of the unused balance is allocated to each participating fund.

For the six months ended April 30, 2019, there were no borrowings by the Fund under the agreement.

7. CONCENTRATION RISK

Concentration risk result from exposure to a limited number of geographic regions. A fund that invest a substantial portion of their assets in any geographic region may be more affected by changes in that geographic region than would be a fund whose investments are not heavily weighted in any geographic region.

8. 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.

9. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

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.

In March 2017, FASB issued ASU No. 2017-08, Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities. ASU 2017-08 shortens the amortization period for certain callable debt securities held at a premium. The amendments require the premium to be amortized to the earliest call date. The amendments do not require an accounting change for securities held at a discount; the discount continues to be amortized to maturity. ASU 2017-08 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 and for interim periods within those fiscal years. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of this new guidance to the financial statements.


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TAX INFORMATION

Pursuant to Section 853 of the Internal Revenue Code, the following amounts have been designated as foreign taxes paid for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2018. These amounts may be less than the actual foreign taxes paid for financial statement purposes. Foreign taxes paid or withheld should be included in taxable income with an offsetting deduction from gross income or as a credit for taxes paid to foreign governments. None of the income was derived from ineligible foreign sources as defined under Section 901(j) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

Creditable

foreign taxes

paid

  

Per share

amount

  

Foreign

income as % of

ordinary income

distributions

$9,640,410    $0.0610    90.72%

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 wfam.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 wfam.com or by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov.

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

The complete portfolio holdings for the Fund are publicly available monthly on the Fund’s website (wfam.com), on a one-month delayed basis. In addition, top ten holdings information (excluding derivative positions) for the Fund is publicly available on the Fund’s website on a monthly, seven-day or more 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 151 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.

(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. Johnson

(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


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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

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

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   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   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   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.    

Jeremy DePalma1

(Born 1974)

  Treasurer, since 2012   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.    

Alexander Kymn

(Born 1973)

  Secretary and 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.    

 

 

1

Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 86 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 65 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 wfam.com.


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Semi-Annual Report

April 30, 2019

 

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Wells Fargo Global Small Cap Fund

 

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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.

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Letter to shareholders

    2  

Performance highlights

    4  

Fund expenses

    6  

Portfolio of investments

    7  
Financial statements  

Statement of assets and liabilities

    11  

Statement of operations

    12  

Statement of changes in net assets

    13  

Financial highlights

    14  

Notes to financial statements

    18  

Other information

    23  

 

 

The views expressed and any forward-looking statements are as of April 30, 2019, unless otherwise noted, and are those of the Fund managers and/or Wells Fargo Asset Management. 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 Asset Management 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 Global Small Cap Fund   Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

 

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Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

 

 

December’s S&P 500 Index performance was the worst since 1931.

 

 

Dear Shareholder:

We are pleased to offer you this semi-annual report for the Wells Fargo Global Small Cap Fund for the six-month period that ended April 30, 2019. In late 2018, investor concerns about U.S. interest rate policy, trade tensions, and geopolitical events drove equity losses and restrained bond returns. Thanks to a shift in U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) policy and positive economic and business growth metrics during the first four months of 2019, stock and bond markets globally enjoyed a consistent move higher.

For the period, U.S. stocks, as measured by the S&P 500 Index,1 gained 9.76% and international stocks, as measured by the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net),2 added 9.12%. Based on the MSCI EM Index (Net)3, emerging market stocks added 13.76%. For bond investors, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index4 added 5.49% while the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index5 added 3.25%. The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index6 added 5.68%, and the ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index7 gained 5.55%.

Conflicting data unsettled markets as 2018 ended.

November’s U.S. midterm elections shifted control of the House of Representatives from Republicans to Democrats, presaging potential partisan clashes. Third-quarter U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) was announced at an annualized 3.4% rate, lower than the second-quarter rate. Brexit efforts stalled ahead of the March 2019 deadline. The People’s Bank of China 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.

December’s S&P 500 Index performance was the worst since 1931. Globally, fixed-income investments fared better than stocks during the past two months of the year. The Fed increased the federal funds rate by 25 basis points (bps; 100 bps equal 1.00%) in December 2018 to a target range of between 2.25% and 2.50% and softened its outlook for 2019 rate increases.

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 2019. Investors expected high levels of stock market volatility to continue based on the VIX8.

 

 

 

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.

 

8 

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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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Global Small Cap Fund     3  

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. The Fed indicated that it would pause its program of regular rate increases during 2019 as inflation remained low.

In February 2019, concerns over slowing global growth reemerged. The Bureau of Economic Analysis announced fourth-quarter 2018 GDP grew at an annualized 2.2% rate, down from the 4.2% annualized rate for the second quarter and the 3.4% annualized rate for the third quarter. Analysts attributed the lower growth rate to a slowing housing market and larger trade deficit. The U.S. Department of Labor said that the economy created just 20,000 jobs in February 2019. In a February 2019 report, the Bank of England forecast the slowest growth since the financial crisis for 2019. China and the U.S., while putting future tariffs on hold for the time being, continued to wrangle over trade issues.

By the end of March 2019, the combination of dovish Fed sentiment and consistent, if not spectacular, economic and business metrics reinforced investors’ enthusiasm for equity investing. Monthly job creation data regained its momentum. Corporate profits, while lower than 2018’s lofty levels, remained solid. China announced a roughly $300 billion stimulus package through tax and fee cuts intended to reinvigorate economic growth.

During April 2019, the several broad-based U.S. equity indices reached or approached highs as investors drew confidence from favorable economic projections, sustained low inflation, and solid employment data. As expected, the Fed chose not to increase rates at its April 2019 meeting. The initial estimate of the first-quarter GDP showed the economy grew at an annualized rate of 3.20%, reflecting growth in business investment and exports. The favorable sentiment appeared to extend to investors’ outlooks for foreign investments as the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) gained 2.64% and the MSCI EM Index (Net) added 2.11%.

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

 

 

January’s returns tended to support the investing adage that markets climb a wall of worry.

 

 

 

 

 

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


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4   Wells Fargo Global Small Cap Fund   Performance highlights (unaudited)

Investment objective

The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Subadviser

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

Portfolio managers

Oleg Makhorine

Robert Rifkin, CFA®

James M. Tringas, CFA®

Bryant VanCronkhite, CFA®, CPA

Average annual total returns (%) as of April 30, 2019

 

        Including sales charge     Excluding sales charge     Expense ratios1 (%)  
    Inception date   1 year     5 year     10 year     1 year     5 year     10 year     Gross     Net2  
 
Class A (EKGAX)3   3-16-1988     -2.97       6.73       12.06       2.95       8.00       12.72       1.55       1.55  
 
Class C (EKGCX)3   2-1-1993     1.18       7.19       11.88       2.18       7.19       11.88       2.30       2.30  
 
Administrator Class (EKGYX)3   1-13-1997                       3.08       8.16       12.91       1.47       1.41  
 
Institutional Class (EKGIX)4   7-30-2010                       3.33       8.43       13.16       1.22       1.16  
 
S&P Developed SmallCap Index5                         0.80       7.06       13.21              

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 return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance shown without sales charges would be lower if sales charges were reflected. 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, wfam.com.

Index returns do not include transaction costs associated with buying and selling securities, any mutual fund fees or expenses, or any taxes. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

For Class A shares, the maximum front-end sales charge is 5.75%. 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. Administrator Class and Institutional Class shares are sold without a front-end sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge.

Stock values fluctuate in response to the activities of individual companies and general market and economic conditions. Foreign investments are especially volatile and can rise or fall dramatically due to differences in the political and economic conditions of the host country. These risks are generally intensified in emerging markets. The use of derivatives may reduce returns and/or increase volatility. Certain investment strategies tend to increase the total risk of an investment (relative to the broader market). The Fund is exposed to geographic risk and smaller-company securities risk. Consult the Fund’s prospectus for additional information on these and other risks.

 

 

Please see footnotes on page 5.


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Performance highlights (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Global Small Cap Fund     5  
Ten largest holdings (%) as of April 30, 20196  

Nomad Foods Limited

     2.29  

CSW Industrials Incorporated

     2.10  

Atkore International Incorporated

     2.06  

BMC Stock Holdings Incorporated

     1.99  

ACI Worldwide Incorporated

     1.94  

Dine Brands Global Incorporated

     1.94  

Novanta Incorporated

     1.86  

Hostess Brands Incorporated

     1.86  

MGE Energy Incorporated

     1.81  

Innoviva Incorporated

     1.80  

 

Sector distribution as of April 30, 20197
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Country allocation as of April 30, 20197
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CFA® and Chartered Financial Analyst® are trademarks owned by CFA Institute.

 

1 

Reflects the expense ratios as stated in the most recent prospectuses, which include the impact of 0.01% in acquired fund fees and expenses. The expense ratios shown are subject to change and may differ from the annualized expense ratios shown in the financial highlights of this report, which do not include acquired fund fees and expenses.

 

2 

The manager has contractually committed through February 29, 2020 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the expenses of each class after fee waivers at 1.55% for Class A, 2.30% for Class C, 1.40% for Administrator Class, and 1.15% for Institutional 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. 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 prior to July 19, 2010, is based on the performance of the Fund’s predecessor, Evergreen Global Opportunities Fund.

 

4 

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. Historical performance shown prior to July 19, 2010, is based on the performance of the Fund’s predecessor, Evergreen Global Opportunities Fund.

 

5 

The S&P Developed SmallCap Index is a free-float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted index designed to measure the equity market performance of small-capitalization companies located in developed markets. The index is composed of companies within the bottom 15% of the cumulative market capitalization in developed markets. The index covers all publicly listed equities with float-adjusted market values of U.S. $100 million or more and annual dollar value traded of at least U.S. $50 million in all included countries. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

6 

The ten largest holdings, excluding cash, cash equivalents and any money market funds, are calculated based on the value of the investments divided by total net assets of the Fund. Holdings are subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.

 

7 

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


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6   Wells Fargo Global Small Cap Fund   Fund expenses (unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments and 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 November 1, 2018 to April 30, 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 sales charges (loads) and 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

11-1-2018

     Ending
account value
4-30-2019
     Expenses
paid during
the period¹
     Annualized net
expense ratio
 

Class A

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,088.70      $ 7.92        1.53

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,017.21      $ 7.65        1.53

Class C

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,084.54      $ 11.78        2.28

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,013.49      $ 11.38        2.28

Administrator Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,089.31      $ 7.25        1.40

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,017.85      $ 7.00        1.40

Institutional Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,090.60      $ 5.96        1.15

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.09      $ 5.76        1.15

 

 

1

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


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Portfolio of investments—April 30, 2019 (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Global Small Cap Fund     7  

    

 

 

Security name                 Shares      Value  

Common Stocks: 91.31%

          
Australia: 2.82%           

Ansell Limited (Health Care, Health Care Equipment & Supplies)

          258,973      $ 4,929,203  

Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure) «

          117,381        3,558,153  
             8,487,356  
          

 

 

 
Austria: 0.54%           

Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG (Materials, Containers & Packaging)

          12,651        1,637,453  
          

 

 

 
Bermuda: 0.95%           

Third Point Reinsurance Limited (Financials, Insurance) †

          246,696        2,864,141  
          

 

 

 
Canada: 6.08%           

Cott Corporation (Consumer Staples, Beverages)

          192,335        2,980,424  

Maple Leaf Foods Incorporated (Consumer Staples, Food Products)

          131,825        3,075,949  

MTY Food Group Incorporated (Consumer Discretionary, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure)

          22,100        913,066  

Mullen Group Limited (Energy, Energy Equipment & Services)

          167,891        1,255,705  

Novanta Incorporated (Information Technology, Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components) †

          64,419        5,605,741  

Source Energy Services Limited (Energy, Energy Equipment & Services) Ǡ

          109,700        124,464  

Stantec Incorporated (Industrials, Professional Services)

          109,700        2,747,208  

Western Forest Products Incorporated (Materials, Paper & Forest Products)

          1,122,417        1,575,087  
             18,277,644  
          

 

 

 
France: 4.11%           

ALTEN SA (Information Technology, IT Services)

          42,590        4,647,921  

M6 Métropole Télévision SA (Communication Services, Media)

          225,521        4,474,588  

Mersen SA (Industrials, Electrical Equipment)

          45,167        1,605,901  

Vicat SA (Materials, Construction Materials)

          30,749        1,624,389  
             12,352,799  
          

 

 

 
Germany: 5.29%           

Cancom SE (Information Technology, IT Services)

          43,635        2,200,389  

Gerresheimer AG (Health Care, Life Sciences Tools & Services)

          40,804        3,066,308  

Krones AG (Industrials, Machinery)

          22,693        2,111,283  

Nemetschek SE (Information Technology, Software)

          8,014        1,478,609  

Norma Group SE (Industrials, Machinery)

          12,235        578,278  

SMA Solar Technology AG (Information Technology, Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment) «

          56,216        1,278,692  

TAG Immobilien AG (Real Estate, Real Estate Management & Development)

          120,576        2,710,172  

TLG Immobilien AG (Real Estate, Real Estate Management & Development)

          84,431        2,485,819  
             15,909,550  
          

 

 

 
Hong Kong: 1.19%           

Sunlight REIT (Real Estate, Equity REITs)

          4,856,000        3,571,681  
          

 

 

 
Ireland: 0.56%           

Irish Residential Properties REIT plc (Real Estate, Equity REITs)

          948,745        1,681,298  
          

 

 

 
Italy: 0.47%           

Autogrill SpA (Consumer Discretionary, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure)

          76,210        740,660  

De’Longhi SpA (Consumer Discretionary, Household Durables)

          26,180        670,662  
             1,411,322  
          

 

 

 

 

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


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8   Wells Fargo Global Small Cap Fund   Portfolio of investments—April 30, 2019 (unaudited)

    

 

 

Security name                 Shares      Value  
Japan: 13.86%           

Aeon Delight Company Limited (Industrials, Commercial Services & Supplies)

          115,400      $ 3,885,414  

Daiseki Company Limited (Industrials, Commercial Services & Supplies)

          93,000        2,554,903  

DTS Corporation (Information Technology, IT Services)

          95,300        3,375,304  

Fuji Seal International Incorporated (Materials, Containers & Packaging)

          112,400        3,930,775  

Horiba Limited (Information Technology, Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components)

          45,300        2,743,693  

Meitec Corporation (Industrials, Professional Services)

          96,800        4,504,992  

Nihon Parkerizing Company Limited (Materials, Chemicals)

          303,700        3,964,451  

ORIX JREIT Incorporated (Real Estate, Equity REITs)

          2,534        4,448,967  

OSG Corporation (Industrials, Machinery)

          91,900        1,850,068  

Paramount Bed Holdings Company Limited (Health Care, Health Care Equipment & Supplies)

          34,300        1,611,814  

San-A Company Limited (Consumer Staples, Food & Staples Retailing)

          56,900        2,233,148  

Sumitomo Warehouse Company Limited (Industrials, Transportation Infrastructure)

          204,700        2,625,489  

Taikisha Limited (Industrials, Construction & Engineering)

          90,200        2,725,980  

Toyo Suisan Kaisha Limited (Consumer Staples, Food Products)

          32,000        1,221,899  
             41,676,897  
          

 

 

 
Netherlands: 1.07%           

BE Semiconductor Industries NV (Information Technology, Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment)

          45,257        1,300,478  

Brunel International NV (Industrials, Professional Services)

          117,536        1,903,603  
             3,204,081  
          

 

 

 
Spain: 1.02%           

Viscofan SA (Consumer Staples, Food Products)

          51,182        3,074,078  
          

 

 

 
Sweden: 0.64%           

Hexpol AB (Materials, Chemicals)

          247,017        1,924,710  
          

 

 

 
Switzerland: 0.84%           

Bucher Industries AG (Industrials, Machinery)

          6,045        2,053,858  

OC Oerlikon Corporation AG (Information Technology, Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components)

          36,836        480,808  
             2,534,666  
          

 

 

 
United Kingdom: 9.84%           

Britvic plc (Consumer Staples, Beverages)

          308,837        3,678,880  

Domino’s Pizza Group plc (Consumer Discretionary, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure)

          912,443        3,182,784  

Elementis plc (Materials, Chemicals)

          862,981        1,828,657  

Hunting plc (Energy, Energy Equipment & Services)

          167,478        1,286,325  

IMI plc (Industrials, Machinery)

          147,189        2,016,272  

Leo Holdings Corporation Class A (Financials, Capital Markets) †

          232,700        2,392,156  

Mears Group plc (Industrials, Commercial Services & Supplies)

          222,932        697,688  

Morgan Advanced Materials plc (Industrials, Machinery)

          517,524        1,885,535  

NCC Group plc (Information Technology, IT Services)

          880,674        2,005,105  

Nomad Foods Limited (Consumer Staples, Food Products) †

          331,075        6,886,360  

Savills plc (Real Estate, Real Estate Management & Development)

          144,477        1,699,350  

Spectris plc (Information Technology, Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components)

          56,725        2,032,680  
             29,591,792  
          

 

 

 
United States: 42.03%           

ACI Worldwide Incorporated (Information Technology, Software) †

          164,500        5,843,040  

ALLETE Incorporated (Utilities, Electric Utilities)

          54,900        4,471,605  

 

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


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Portfolio of investments—April 30, 2019 (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Global Small Cap Fund     9  

    

 

 

Security name                Shares      Value  
United States (continued)          

AptarGroup Incorporated (Materials, Containers & Packaging)

         47,200      $ 5,250,528  

Atkore International Incorporated (Industrials, Electrical Equipment) †

         250,000        6,190,000  

BMC Stock Holdings Incorporated (Industrials, Trading Companies & Distributors) †

         291,300        5,994,954  

Bottomline Technologies (de) Incorporated (Information Technology, Software) †

         54,700        2,766,179  

CBIZ Incorporated (Industrials, Professional Services) †

         94,847        1,831,496  

Central Garden & Pet Company Class A (Consumer Staples, Household Products) †

         213,200        5,219,136  

Continental Building Product (Industrials, Building Products) †

         100,385        2,574,875  

CSW Industrials Incorporated (Industrials, Building Products) †

         105,215        6,307,639  

Dine Brands Global Incorporated (Consumer Discretionary, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure)

         65,850        5,838,261  

Euronet Worldwide Incorporated (Information Technology, IT Services) †

         13,500        2,023,515  

Forward Air Corporation (Industrials, Air Freight & Logistics)

         64,600        4,090,472  

Gardner Denver Holdings Incorporated (Industrials, Machinery) †

         56,800        1,917,000  

Gibraltar Industries Incorporated (Industrials, Building Products) †

         132,700        5,264,209  

Healthcare Services Group Incorporated (Industrials, Commercial Services & Supplies) «

         59,600        2,017,460  

Horace Mann Educators Corporation (Financials, Insurance)

         91,100        3,514,638  

Hostess Brands Incorporated (Consumer Staples, Food Products) †

         416,600        5,582,440  

ICU Medical Incorporated (Health Care, Health Care Equipment & Supplies) †

         11,100        2,525,250  

Innoviva Incorporated (Health Care, Pharmaceuticals) †

         385,087        5,402,771  

Jack in the Box Incorporated (Consumer Discretionary, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure)

         63,070        4,862,697  

Kimball International Incorporated Class B (Industrials, Commercial Services & Supplies)

         31,728        496,860  

LogMeIn Incorporated (Information Technology, Software)

         26,000        2,142,400  

Meridian Bioscience Incorporated (Health Care, Health Care Equipment & Supplies)

         89,826        1,033,897  

MGE Energy Incorporated (Utilities, Electric Utilities)

         80,192        5,436,216  

MKS Instruments Incorporated (Information Technology, Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment)

         27,600        2,511,876  

Movado Group Incorporated (Consumer Discretionary, Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods)

         72,600        2,588,190  

Natus Medical Incorporated (Health Care, Health Care Equipment & Supplies) †

         121,700        3,256,692  

Retail Value Incorporated (Real Estate, Equity REITs) †

         121,584        4,073,064  

Spectrum Brands Holdings Incorporated (Consumer Staples, Household Products) «

         38,800        2,388,916  

Standex International Corporation (Industrials, Machinery)

         30,851        2,038,326  

WD-40 Company (Consumer Staples, Household Products) «

         16,400        2,759,300  

Weingarten Realty Investors (Real Estate, Equity REITs)

         111,300        3,221,022  

Westwood Holdings Group Incorporated (Financials, Capital Markets)

         62,826        1,965,826  

WPX Energy Incorporated (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels) †

         212,800        2,955,792  
            126,356,542  
         

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks (Cost $241,555,454)

            274,556,010  
         

 

 

 
    Yield                                         
Short-Term Investments: 11.06%          
Investment Companies: 11.06%          

Securities Lending Cash Investments LLC (l)(r)(u)

    2.55        7,263,259        7,263,985  

Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class (l)(u)

    2.36          25,976,121        25,976,121  

Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $33,240,106)

            33,240,106        
         

 

 

 

 

Total investments in securities (Cost $274,795,560)     102.37        307,796,116  

Other assets and liabilities, net

    (2.37        (7,123,862
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
Total net assets     100.00      $ 300,672,254  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

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


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10   Wells Fargo Global Small Cap Fund   Portfolio of investments—April 30, 2019 (unaudited)

    

 

 

«

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

 

Non-income-earning security

 

(l)

The issuer of the security is an affiliated person of the Fund as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

(r)

The investment is a non-registered investment company purchased with cash collateral received from securities on loan.

 

(u)

The rate represents the 7-day annualized yield at period end.

Abbreviations:

 

REIT

Real estate investment trust

Investments in Affiliates

An affiliated investment is an investment in which the Fund owns at least 5% of the outstanding voting shares of the issuer or as a result of other relationships, such as the Fund and the issuer having the same investment manager. Transactions with issuers that were either affiliated persons of the Fund at the beginning of the period or the end of the period were as follows:

 

    Shares,
beginning of
period
    Shares
purchased
    Shares
sold
    Shares,
end of
period
    Net
realized
gains
(losses)
   

Net
change in

unrealized

gains
(losses)

   

Income

from

affiliated

securities

    Value,
end
of period
   

% of

net

assets

 

Short-Term Investments

                 

Investment Companies

                 

Securities Lending Cash Investments LLC

    2,683,969       73,219,652       68,640,362       7,263,259     $ 0     $ 0     $ 83,759     $ 7,263,985    

Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class

    16,091,244       78,160,801       68,275,924       25,976,121       0       0       201,779       25,976,121    
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
          $ 0     $ 0     $ 285,538     $ 33,240,106       11.06
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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


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Statement of assets and liabilities—April 30, 2019 (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Global Small Cap Fund     11  
         

Assets

 

Investments in unaffiliated securities (including $7,018,549 of securities loaned), at value (cost $241,555,454)

  $ 274,556,010  

Investments in affiliated securities, at value (cost $33,240,106)

    33,240,106  

Foreign currency, at value (cost $216,545)

    217,483  

Receivable for investments sold

    1,955,767  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

    122,042  

Receivable for dividends

    833,387  

Receivable for securities lending income

    8,056  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    43,224  
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    310,976,075  
 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

Payable upon receipt of securities loaned

    7,260,264  

Payable for investments purchased

    2,159,759  

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

    400,445  

Management fee payable

    228,805  

Administration fees payable

    42,497  

Trustees’ fees and expenses payable

    6,070  

Distribution fee payable

    5,531  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

    200,450  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    10,303,821  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 300,672,254  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

 

Paid-in capital

  $ 265,822,711  

Total distributable earnings

    34,849,543  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 300,672,254  
 

 

 

 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE AND OFFERING PRICE PER SHARE

 

Net assets – Class A

  $ 150,014,803  

Shares outstanding – Class A1

    3,783,322  

Net asset value per share – Class A

    $39.65  

Maximum offering price per share – Class A2

    $42.07  

Net assets – Class C

  $ 9,007,183  

Shares outstanding – Class C1

    338,995  

Net asset value per share – Class C

    $26.57  

Net assets – Administrator Class

  $ 29,378,081  

Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1

    704,577  

Net asset value per share – Administrator Class

    $41.70  

Net assets – Institutional Class

  $ 112,272,187  

Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1

    2,704,793  

Net asset value per share – Institutional Class

    $41.51  

 

 

1 

The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares.

 

2 

Maximum offering price is computed as 100/94.25 of net asset value. On investments of $50,000 or more, the offering price is reduced.

 

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


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12   Wells Fargo Global Small Cap Fund   Statement of operations—six months ended April 30, 2019 (unaudited)
         

Investment income

 

Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $146,682)

  $ 3,122,537  

Income from affiliated securities

    270,944  
 

 

 

 

Total investment income

    3,393,481  
 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fee

    1,387,382  

Administration fees

 

Class A

    142,826  

Class C

    18,343  

Administrator Class

    18,250  

Institutional Class

    71,831  

Shareholder servicing fees

 

Class A

    170,031  

Class C

    21,837  

Administrator Class

    35,096  

Distribution fee

 

Class C

    65,510  

Custody and accounting fees

    53,702  

Professional fees

    26,445  

Registration fees

    41,553  

Shareholder report expenses

    28,165  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    10,929  

Other fees and expenses

    13,202  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    2,105,102  

Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements

    (33,775
 

 

 

 

Net expenses

    2,071,327  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1,322,154  
 

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) ON INVESTMENTS

 

Net realized gains on investments

    2,520,490  

Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    21,078,441  
 

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    23,598,931  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 24,921,085  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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


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Statement of changes in net assets   Wells Fargo Global Small Cap Fund     13  
     Six months ended
April 30, 2019
(unaudited)
    Year ended
October 31, 2018
 

Operations

       

Net investment income

    $ 1,322,154       $ 619,416  

Net realized gains on investments

      2,520,490         26,019,319  

Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments

      21,078,441         (35,532,667
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

      24,921,085         (8,893,932
 

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains

       

Class A

      (11,274,268       (17,602,533

Class C

      (3,147,113       (4,638,012

Administrator Class

      (2,341,670       (3,376,252

Institutional Class

      (9,652,016       (4,852,851
 

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

      (26,415,067       (30,469,648
 

 

 

 

Capital share transactions

    Shares         Shares    

Proceeds from shares sold

       

Class A

    515,575       19,353,803       233,179       10,125,839  

Class C

    40,888       1,002,800       90,405       2,760,784  

Administrator Class

    59,951       2,350,859       126,648       5,751,220  

Institutional Class

    385,688       14,884,994       2,462,395       110,967,613  
 

 

 

 
      37,592,456         129,605,456  
 

 

 

 

Reinvestment of distributions

       

Class A

    292,824       10,332,359       383,761       16,051,908  

Class C

    129,340       3,066,652       151,690       4,452,102  

Administrator Class

    62,335       2,314,119       75,455       3,309,823  

Institutional Class

    244,000       9,022,788       103,060       4,511,956  
 

 

 

 
      24,735,918         28,325,789  
 

 

 

 

Payment for shares redeemed

       

Class A

    (350,156     (13,117,686     (693,625     (29,950,836

Class C

    (765,101     (19,215,656     (243,976     (7,443,741

Administrator Class

    (85,098     (3,401,954     (169,400     (7,661,211

Institutional Class

    (762,532     (30,090,409     (589,541     (26,577,364
 

 

 

 
      (65,825,705       (71,633,152
 

 

 

 

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

      (3,497,331       86,298,093  
 

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

      (4,991,313       46,934,513  
 

 

 

 

Net assets

       

Beginning of period

      305,663,567         258,729,054  
 

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 300,672,254       $ 305,663,567  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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


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14   Wells Fargo Global Small Cap Fund   Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

   

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
CLASS A   2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $39.97       $45.81       $38.61       $37.23       $43.26       $42.68  

Net investment income

    0.15 1      0.10       0.21 1      0.26 1      0.10 1      0.03 1 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    2.97       (0.72     9.68       2.92       0.64       0.86  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    3.12       (0.62     9.89       3.18       0.74       0.89  

Distributions to shareholders from

           

Net investment income

    (0.03     (0.22     (0.34     (0.21     (0.03     (0.31

Net realized gains

    (3.41     (5.00     (2.35     (1.59     (6.74     0.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (3.44     (5.22     (2.69     (1.80     (6.77     (0.31

Net asset value, end of period

    $39.65       $39.97       $45.81       $38.61       $37.23       $43.26  

Total return2

    8.87     (1.82 )%      26.90     9.12     2.12     2.07

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

           

Gross expenses

    1.53     1.54     1.54     1.55     1.57     1.57

Net expenses

    1.53     1.54     1.54     1.55     1.55     1.55

Net investment income

    0.82     0.16     0.52     0.73     0.27     0.06

Supplemental data

           

Portfolio turnover rate

    34     51     70     70     42     66

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $150,015       $132,906       $155,828       $138,805       $151,740       $167,166  

 

 

 

 

1 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

2 

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. 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)

 

   

Six months ended

April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
CLASS C   2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $28.02       $33.65       $28.98       $28.39       $34.80       $34.36  

Net investment loss

    (0.01 )1      (0.20     (0.06 )1      (0.01 )1      (0.14 )1      (0.24 )1 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    1.97       (0.43     7.15       2.19       0.47       0.69  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    1.96       (0.63     7.09       2.18       0.33       0.45  

Distributions to shareholders from

           

Net investment income

    0.00       0.00       (0.07     0.00       0.00       (0.01

Net realized gains

    (3.41     (5.00     (2.35     (1.59     (6.74     0.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (3.41     (5.00     (2.42     (1.59     (6.74     (0.01

Net asset value, end of period

    $26.57       $28.02       $33.65       $28.98       $28.39       $34.80  

Total return2

    8.45     (2.56 )%      25.95     8.31     1.34     1.32

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

           

Gross expenses

    2.28     2.29     2.29     2.30     2.32     2.32

Net expenses

    2.28     2.29     2.29     2.30     2.30     2.30

Net investment loss

    (0.12 )%      (0.59 )%      (0.20 )%      (0.02 )%      (0.48 )%      (0.69 )% 

Supplemental data

           

Portfolio turnover rate

    34     51     70     70     42     66

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $9,007       $26,167       $31,487       $32,863       $36,215       $41,792  

 

 

 

 

1 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

2 

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. 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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16   Wells Fargo Global Small Cap Fund   Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

   

Six months ended

April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS   2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $41.90       $47.78       $40.15       $38.65       $44.60       $44.00  

Net investment income

    0.18 1      0.14 1      0.29 1      0.41       0.16 1      0.09  

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    3.13       (0.73     10.07       2.95       0.66       0.90  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    3.31       (0.59     10.36       3.36       0.82       0.99  

Distributions to shareholders from

           

Net investment income

    (0.10     (0.29     (0.38     (0.27     (0.03     (0.39

Net realized gains

    (3.41     (5.00     (2.35     (1.59     (6.74     0.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (3.51     (5.29     (2.73     (1.86     (6.77     (0.39

Net asset value, end of period

    $41.70       $41.90       $47.78       $40.15       $38.65       $44.60  

Total return2

    8.93     (1.68 )%      27.04     9.30     2.27     2.22

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

           

Gross expenses

    1.45     1.46     1.46     1.47     1.43     1.41

Net expenses

    1.40     1.40     1.40     1.40     1.40     1.40

Net investment income

    0.92     0.30     0.68     0.90     0.41     0.22

Supplemental data

           

Portfolio turnover rate

    34     51     70     70     42     66

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $29,378       $27,965       $30,327       $30,832       $31,765       $53,966  

 

 

 

 

1 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

2 

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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Financial highlights   Wells Fargo Global Small Cap Fund     17  

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

   

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS   2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $41.80       $47.68       $40.08       $38.63       $44.67       $44.05  

Net investment income

    0.23       0.25       0.38       0.45       0.20       0.15  

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    3.11       (0.74     10.06       3.00       0.72       0.96  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    3.34       (0.49     10.44       3.45       0.92       1.11  

Distributions to shareholders from

           

Net investment income

    (0.22     (0.39     (0.49     (0.41     (0.22     (0.49

Net realized gains

    (3.41     (5.00     (2.35     (1.59     (6.74     0.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (3.63     (5.39     (2.84     (2.00     (6.96     (0.49

Net asset value, end of period

    $41.51       $41.80       $47.68       $40.08       $38.63       $44.67  

Total return1

    9.06     (1.45 )%      27.38     9.56     2.53     2.48

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

           

Gross expenses

    1.20     1.21     1.21     1.22     1.18     1.14

Net expenses

    1.15     1.15     1.15     1.15     1.15     1.14

Net investment income

    1.17     0.54     1.01     1.20     0.66     0.47

Supplemental data

           

Portfolio turnover rate

    34     51     70     70     42     66

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $112,272       $118,625       $41,087       $12,531       $10,369       $5,284  

 

 

 

 

1 

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

 

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18   Wells Fargo Global Small Cap Fund   Notes to financial statements (unaudited)

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 Global Small Cap 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

All investments are valued each business day as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m. Eastern Time), although the Fund may deviate from this calculation time under unusual or unexpected circumstances.

Equity securities that are listed on a foreign or domestic exchange or market are valued at the official closing price or, if none, the last sales price. If no sale occurs on the principal exchange or market that day, a fair value price will be determined in accordance with the Fund’s Valuation Procedures.

The values of securities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at rates provided by an independent foreign currency pricing source at a time each business day specified by the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee at Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”).

Many securities markets and exchanges outside the U.S. close prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange and therefore may not fully reflect trading or events that occur after the close of the principal exchange in which the foreign securities are traded, but before the close of the New York Stock Exchange. If such trading or events are expected to materially affect the value of such securities, then fair value pricing procedures approved by the Board of Trustees of the Fund are applied. These procedures take into account multiple factors including movements in U.S. securities markets after foreign exchanges close. Foreign securities that are fair valued under these procedures are categorized as Level 2 and the application of these procedures may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. Depending on market activity, such fair valuations may be frequent. Such fair value pricing may result in net asset values that are higher or lower than net asset values based on the last reported sales price or latest quoted bid price. On April 30, 2019, such fair value pricing was used in pricing certain foreign securities.

Investments in registered open-end investment companies are valued at net asset value. Interests in non-registered investment companies that are redeemable at net asset value are fair valued normally at net asset value.

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. 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. 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.

Foreign currency translation

The accounting records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. The values of other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at rates provided by an independent foreign currency pricing source at a time each business day specified by the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee. Purchases and sales of securities, and income and expenses are converted at the rate of exchange on the respective dates of such transactions. Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually paid or received. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the fair value of assets and liabilities


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Notes to financial statements (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Global Small Cap Fund     19  

other than investments in securities resulting from changes in exchange rates. The changes in net assets arising from changes in exchange rates of securities and the changes in net assets resulting from changes in market prices of securities are not separately presented. Such changes are included in net realized and unrealized gains or losses from investments.

Securities lending

The Fund may lend its securities from time to time in order to earn additional income in the form of fees or interest on securities received as collateral or the investment of any cash received as collateral. The Fund continues to receive interest or dividends on the securities loaned. The Fund receives collateral in the form of cash or securities with a value at least equal to the value of the securities on loan. The value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. In a securities lending transaction, the net asset value of the Fund will be affected by an increase or decrease in the value of the securities loaned and by an increase or decrease in the value of the instrument in which collateral is invested. The amount of securities lending activity undertaken by the Fund fluctuates from time to time. In the event of default or bankruptcy by the borrower, the Fund may be prevented from recovering the loaned securities or gaining access to the collateral or may experience delays or costs in doing so. In addition, the investment of any cash collateral received may lose all or part of its value. The Fund has the right under the lending agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand.

The Fund lends its securities through an unaffiliated securities lending agent. Cash collateral received in connection with its securities lending transactions is invested in Securities Lending Cash Investments, LLC (the “Securities Lending Fund”). The Securities Lending Fund is exempt from registration under Section 3(c) (7) of the 1940 Act and is managed by Funds Management and is subadvised by Wells Capital Management Incorporated (“WellsCap”), an affiliate of Funds Management and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”). Funds Management receives an advisory fee starting at 0.05% and declining to 0.01% as the average daily net assets of the Securities Lending Fund increase. All of the fees received by Funds Management are paid to WellsCap for its services as subadviser. The Securities Lending Fund seeks to provide a positive return compared to the daily Fed Funds Open Rate by investing in high-quality, U.S. dollar-denominated short-term money market instruments. Securities Lending Fund investments are valued at the evaluated bid price provided by an independent pricing service. Income earned from investment in the Securities Lending Fund (net of fees and rebates), if any, is included in income from affiliated securities on the Statement of Operations.

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.

Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities, which are recorded as soon as the custodian verifies the ex-dividend date. Dividend income from foreign securities is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is not assured.

Distributions to shareholders

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and any net realized gains 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.


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20   Wells Fargo Global Small Cap Fund   Notes to financial statements (unaudited)

As of April 30, 2019, the aggregate cost of all investments for federal income tax purposes was $275,968,957 and the unrealized gains (losses) consisted of:

 

Gross unrealized gains

   $ 42,787,261  

Gross unrealized losses

     (10,960,102

Net unrealized gains

   $ 31,827,159  

Class allocations

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

3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS

Fair value measurements of investments are determined within a framework that has established a fair value hierarchy based upon the various data inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The three-level hierarchy 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 April 30, 2019:

 

    

Quoted prices

(Level 1)

    

Other significant
observable inputs

(Level 2)

    

Significant
unobservable inputs

(Level 3)

     Total  

Assets

           

Investments in:

           

Australia

   $ 8,487,356      $ 0      $ 0      $ 8,487,356  

Austria

     1,637,453        0        0        1,637,453  

Bermuda

     2,864,141        0        0        2,864,141  

Canada

     18,277,644        0        0        18,277,644  

France

     12,352,799        0        0        12,352,799  

Germany

     15,909,550        0        0        15,909,550  

Hong Kong

     3,571,681        0        0        3,571,681  

Ireland

     1,681,298        0        0        1,681,298  

Italy

     1,411,322        0        0        1,411,322  

Japan

     0        41,676,897        0        41,676,897  

Netherlands

     3,204,081        0        0        3,204,081  

Spain

     3,074,078        0        0        3,074,078  

Sweden

     1,924,710        0        0        1,924,710  

Switzerland

     2,534,666        0        0        2,534,666  

United Kingdom

     29,591,792        0        0        29,591,792  

United States

     126,356,542        0        0        126,356,542  

Short-term investments

           

Investment companies

     25,976,121        7,263,985        0        33,240,106  

Total assets

   $ 258,855,234      $ 48,940,882      $ 0      $ 307,796,116  


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Notes to financial statements (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Global Small Cap Fund     21  

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

At April 30, 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, 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 a management fee at the following annual rate based on the Fund’s average daily net assets:

 

Average daily net assets    Management fee  

First $500 million

     0.950

Next $500 million

     0.925  

Next $1 billion

     0.900  

Next $2 billion

     0.875  

Next $1 billion

     0.850  

Next $5 billion

     0.840  

Over $10 billion

     0.830  

For the six months ended April 30, 2019, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.95% 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. WellsCap is the subadviser to the Fund and is entitled to receive a fee from Funds Management at an annual rate starting at 0.55% and declining to 0.40% 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

     0.21

Administrator Class, Institutional Class

     0.13  

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. When only certain classes exceed their expense caps, waivers and/or reimbursements are applied against class specific expenses before fund level expenses. Funds Management has committed through February 29, 2020 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 1.55% for Class A shares, 2.30% for Class C shares, and 1.40% for Administrator Class shares, and 1.15% for Institutional 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. 

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.


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22   Wells Fargo Global Small Cap Fund   Notes to financial statements (unaudited)

In addition, Funds Distributor is entitled to receive the front-end sales charge from the purchase of Class A shares and a contingent deferred sales charge on the redemption of certain Class A shares. Funds Distributor is also entitled to receive the contingent deferred sales charges from redemptions of Class C shares. For the six months ended April 30, 2019, Funds Distributor received $3,482 from the sale of Class A shares and $153, in contingent deferred sales charges from redemptions of Class C shares. No contingent deferred sales charges were incurred by Class A for the six months ended April 30, 2019.

Shareholder servicing fees

The Trust has entered into contracts with one or more shareholder servicing agents, whereby Class A, Class C, and Administrator Class of the Fund are charged a fee at an annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each respective 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. Pursuant to these procedures, the Fund had $0 and $14,434,297 in interfund purchases and sales, respectively, during the six months ended April 30, 2019.

5. INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS

Purchases and sales of investments, excluding U.S. government obligations (if any) and short-term securities, for the six months ended April 30, 2019 were $93,738,287 and $119,563,360, respectively.

6. BANK BORROWINGS

The Trust (excluding the money market funds), Wells Fargo Master Trust and Wells Fargo Variable Trust are parties to a $280,000,000 revolving credit agreement whereby the Fund is permitted to use bank borrowings for temporary or emergency purposes, such as to fund shareholder redemption requests. Interest under the credit agreement is charged to the Fund based on a borrowing rate equal to the higher of the Federal Funds rate in effect on that day plus 1.25% or the overnight LIBOR rate in effect on that day plus 1.25%. In addition, an annual commitment fee equal to 0.25% of the unused balance is allocated to each participating fund.

For the six months ended April 30, 2019, there were no borrowings by the Fund under the agreement.

7. INDEMNIFICATION

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

8. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT

In 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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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 wfam.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 wfam.com or by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov.

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

The complete portfolio holdings for the Fund are publicly available monthly on the Fund’s website (wfam.com), on a one-month delayed basis. In addition, top ten holdings information (excluding derivative positions) for the Fund is publicly available on the Fund’s website on a monthly, seven-day or more 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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24   Wells Fargo Global Small Cap 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 151 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.

(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. Johnson

(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


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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

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

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   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   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   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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26   Wells Fargo Global Small Cap 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.    

Jeremy DePalma1

(Born 1974)

  Treasurer, since 2012   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.    

Alexander Kymn

(Born 1973)

  Secretary and 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.    

 

 

 

 

1

Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 86 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 65 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 wfam.com.


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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: wfam.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 wfam.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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Semi-Annual Report

April 30, 2019

 

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Wells Fargo International Equity Fund

 

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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

    4  

Fund expenses

    6  

Portfolio of investments

    7  
Financial statements  

Statement of assets and liabilities

    11  

Statement of operations

    12  

Statement of changes in net assets

    13  

Financial highlights

    14  

Notes to financial statements

    20  

Other information

    27  

 

The views expressed and any forward-looking statements are as of April 30, 2019, unless otherwise noted, and are those of the Fund managers and/or Wells Fargo Asset Management. 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 Asset Management 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 International Equity Fund   Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

 

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President

Wells Fargo Funds

 

 

December’s S&P 500 Index performance was the worst since 1931.

 

 

Dear Shareholder:

We are pleased to offer you this semi-annual report for the Wells Fargo International Equity Fund for the six-month period that ended April 30, 2019. In late 2018, investor concerns about U.S. interest rate policy, trade tensions, and geopolitical events drove equity losses and restrained bond returns. Thanks to a shift in U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) policy and positive economic and business growth metrics during the first four months of 2019, stock and bond markets globally enjoyed a consistent move higher.

For the period, U.S. stocks, as measured by the S&P 500 Index,1 gained 9.76% and international stocks, as measured by the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net),2 added 9.12%. Based on the MSCI EM Index (Net)3, emerging market stocks added 13.76%. For bond investors, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index4 added 5.49% while the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index5 added 3.25%. The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index6 added 5.68%, and the ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index7 gained 5.55%.

Conflicting data unsettled markets as 2018 ended.

November’s U.S. midterm elections shifted control of the House of Representatives from Republicans to Democrats, presaging potential partisan clashes. Third-quarter U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) was announced at an annualized 3.4% rate, lower than the second-quarter rate. Brexit efforts stalled ahead of the March 2019 deadline. The People’s Bank of China 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.

December’s S&P 500 Index performance was the worst since 1931. Globally, fixed-income investments fared better than stocks during the past two months of the year. The Fed increased the federal funds rate by 25 basis points (bps; 100 bps equal 1.00%) in December 2018 to a target range of between 2.25% and 2.50% and softened its outlook for 2019 rate increases.

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 2019. Investors expected high levels of stock market volatility to continue based on the VIX8.

 

 

 

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.

 

8

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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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)   Wells Fargo International Equity Fund     3  

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. The Fed indicated that it would pause its program of regular rate increases during 2019 as inflation remained low.

In February 2019, concerns over slowing global growth reemerged. The Bureau of Economic Analysis announced fourth-quarter 2018 GDP grew at an annualized 2.2% rate, down from the 4.2% annualized rate for the second quarter and the 3.4% annualized rate for the third quarter. Analysts attributed the lower growth rate to a slowing housing market and larger trade deficit. The U.S. Department of Labor said that the economy created just 20,000 jobs in February 2019. In a February 2019 report, the Bank of England forecast the slowest growth since the financial crisis for 2019. China and the U.S., while putting future tariffs on hold for the time being, continued to wrangle over trade issues.

By the end of March 2019, the combination of dovish Fed sentiment and consistent, if not spectacular, economic and business metrics reinforced investors’ enthusiasm for equity investing. Monthly job creation data regained its momentum. Corporate profits, while lower than 2018’s lofty levels, remained solid. China announced a roughly $300 billion stimulus package through tax and fee cuts intended to reinvigorate economic growth.

During April 2019, the several broad-based U.S. equity indices reached or approached highs as investors drew confidence from favorable economic projections, sustained low inflation, and solid employment data. As expected, the Fed chose not to increase rates at its April 2019 meeting. The initial estimate of the first-quarter GDP showed the economy grew at an annualized rate of 3.20%, reflecting growth in business investment and exports. The favorable sentiment appeared to extend to investors’ outlooks for foreign investments as the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) gained 2.64% and the MSCI EM Index (Net) added 2.11%.

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

 

 

January’s returns tended to support the investing adage that markets climb a wall of worry.

 

 

 

 

 

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


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4   Wells Fargo International Equity Fund   Performance highlights (unaudited)

Investment objective

The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Subadviser

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

Portfolio managers

Dale A. Winner, CFA®

Venkateshwar (Venk) Lal

Average annual total returns (%) as of April 30, 2019

 

        Including sales charge     Excluding sales charge     Expense ratios1 (%)  
    Inception date   1 year     5 year     10 year     1 year     5 year     10 year     Gross     Net2  
 
Class A (WFEAX)3   1-20-1998     -13.58       2.60       6.76       -8.32       3.81       7.39       1.40       1.15  
 
Class C (WFEFX)3   3-6-1998     -10.00       3.05       6.58       -9.00       3.05       6.58       2.15       1.90  
 
Class R (WFERX)3   10-10-2003                       -8.59       3.55       7.10       1.65       1.40  
 
Class R6 (WFEHX)4   9-30-2015                       -8.09       4.09       7.63       0.97       0.80  
 
Administrator Class (WFEDX)5   7-16-2010                       -8.36       3.83       7.42       1.32       1.15  
 
Institutional Class (WFENX)3   3-9-1998                       -8.12       4.08       7.66       1.07       0.85  
 
MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net)6                         -3.23       2.83       7.75              

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 return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance shown without sales charges would be lower if sales charges were reflected. 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, wfam.com.

Index returns do not include transaction costs associated with buying and selling securities, any mutual fund fees or expenses, or any taxes. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

For Class A shares, the maximum front-end sales charge is 5.75%. 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. Class R, Class R6, Administrator Class, and Institutional Class shares are sold without a front-end sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge.

Stock values fluctuate in response to the activities of individual companies and general market and economic conditions. Foreign investments are especially volatile and can rise or fall dramatically due to differences in the political and economic conditions of the host country. These risks are generally intensified in emerging markets. The use of derivatives may reduce returns and/or increase volatility. Certain investment strategies tend to increase the total risk of an investment (relative to the broader market). The Fund is exposed to smaller-company securities risk. Consult the Fund’s prospectus for additional information on these and other risks.

 

 

Please see footnotes on page 5.


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Performance highlights (unaudited)   Wells Fargo International Equity Fund     5  
Ten largest holdings (%) as of April 30, 20196  

Hitachi Limited

     3.47  

Smiths Group plc

     3.25  

BP plc

     3.23  

Koninklijke Philips NV

     3.16  

China Mobile Limited

     2.79  

Eni SpA

     2.77  

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA

     2.74  

Prysmian SpA

     2.70  

Den Norske Bank ASA

     2.59  

Sensata Technologies Holding plc

     2.57  

 

Sector distribution as of April 30, 20197
LOGO
 

 

Country allocation as of April 30, 20197
LOGO

    

 

 

 

 

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

 

1 

Reflects the expense ratios as stated in the most recent prospectuses, which include the impact of 0.01% in acquired fund fees and expenses. The expense ratios shown are subject to change and may differ from the annualized expense ratios shown in the financial highlights of this report, which do not include acquired fund fees and expenses.

 

2 

The manager has contractually committed through February 29, 2020 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the expenses of each class after fee waivers at 1.14% for Class A, 1.89% for Class C, 1.39% for Class R, 0.79% for Class R6, 1.14% for Administrator Class, and 0.84% for Institutional 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. 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 prior to July 19, 2010 is based on the performance of the Fund’s predecessor, Evergreen International Equity Fund.

 

4 

Historical performance shown for Class R6 shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Institutional Class shares and includes the higher expenses applicable to Institutional Class shares. If these expenses had not been included, returns for Class R6 shares would be higher. Historical performance shown prior to July 19, 2010, is based on the performance of the Fund’s predecessor, Evergreen International Equity Fund.

 

5 

Historical performance shown for Administrator Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Institutional Class shares and has been adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to Administrator Class shares. Historical performance shown prior to July 19, 2010, is based on the performance of the Fund’s predecessor, Evergreen International Equity Fund.

 

6 

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 Unites States and Canada. Source: MSCI. MSCI makes no express or implied warranties or representations and shall have no liability whatsoever with respect to any MSCI data contained herein. The MSCI data may not be further redistributed or used as a basis for other indexes or any securities or financial products. This report is not approved, reviewed, or produced by MSCI. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

7 

The ten largest holdings, excluding cash, cash equivalents and any money market funds, are calculated based on the value of the investments divided by total net assets of the Fund. Holdings are subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.

 

8 

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


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6   Wells Fargo International Equity Fund   Fund expenses (unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments and 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 November 1, 2018 to April 30, 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 sales charges (loads) and 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

11-1-2018

    

Ending

account value

4-30-2019

    

Expenses

paid during

the period¹

     Annualized net
expense ratio
 

Class A

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,042.16      $ 5.77        1.14

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.14      $ 5.71        1.14

Class C

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,038.18      $ 9.55        1.89

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,015.42      $ 9.44        1.89

Class R

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,040.75      $ 6.78        1.34

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,018.15      $ 6.71        1.34

Class R6

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,043.70      $ 4.21        0.83

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,020.68      $ 4.16        0.83

Administrator Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,041.80      $ 5.77        1.14

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.14      $ 5.71        1.14

Institutional Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,043.31      $ 4.46        0.88

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,020.43      $ 4.41        0.88

 

 

1

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


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Portfolio of investments—April 30, 2019 (unaudited)   Wells Fargo International Equity Fund     7  

    

 

 

Security name                 Shares      Value  

Common Stocks: 96.79%

          
Australia: 0.33%           

Origin Energy Limited (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels) †

          216,436      $ 1,124,489  
          

 

 

 
Brazil: 1.26%           

Cosan Limited Class A (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

          346,872        4,238,776  
          

 

 

 
Canada: 4.51%           

Home Capital Group Incorporated (Financials, Thrifts & Mortgage Finance) †«

          480,100        6,787,411  

Lundin Mining Corporation (Materials, Metals & Mining)

          1,560,645        8,375,784  
             15,163,195  
          

 

 

 
China: 9.32%           

China Everbright Limited (Financials, Capital Markets)

          3,652,000        6,647,787  

China Mobile Limited (Communication Services, Wireless Telecommunication Services)

          984,000        9,376,147  

HollySys Automation Technologies Limited (Information Technology, Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components)

          385,253        8,063,345  

Midea Group Company Limited Class A (Consumer Discretionary, Household Durables)

          128,001        995,614  

Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Company Limited H Shares (Health Care, Health Care Providers & Services)

          2,992,800        6,264,248  
             31,347,141  
          

 

 

 
France: 5.19%           

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA (Industrials, Building Products)

          225,820        9,229,517  

Orange SA (Communication Services, Diversified Telecommunication Services)

          525,475        8,230,595  
             17,460,112  
          

 

 

 
Germany: 6.99%           

Metro AG (Consumer Staples, Food & Staples Retailing)

          280,536        4,751,205  

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs Gesellschaft AG (Financials, Insurance)

          17,661        4,417,315  

Rheinmetall AG (Industrials, Industrial Conglomerates)

          71,410        8,193,565  

SAP SE (Information Technology, Software)

          32,972        4,237,330  

Siemens AG (Industrials, Industrial Conglomerates)

          15,955        1,910,127  
             23,509,542  
          

 

 

 
Hong Kong: 2.05%           

Xinyi Glass Holdings Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Auto Components)

          6,024,000        6,880,359  
          

 

 

 
Ireland: 1.63%           

Greencore Group plc (Consumer Staples, Food Products)

          1,830,222        5,489,203  
          

 

 

 
Israel: 1.30%           

Check Point Software Technologies Limited (Information Technology, Software) †

          36,270        4,379,965  
          

 

 

 
Italy: 5.47%           

Eni SpA (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

          546,375        9,325,811  

Prysmian SpA (Industrials, Electrical Equipment)

          471,336        9,087,506  
             18,413,317  
          

 

 

 

 

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


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8   Wells Fargo International Equity Fund   Portfolio of investments—April 30, 2019 (unaudited)

    

 

 

Security name                 Shares      Value  
Japan: 11.88%           

Alps Electric Company Limited (Information Technology, Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components)

          217,800      $ 4,606,202  

Daiwa Securities Group Incorporated (Financials, Capital Markets)

          1,779,700        8,284,203  

Hitachi Limited (Information Technology, Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components)

          351,200        11,680,289  

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Incorporated (Financials, Banks)

          1,257,000        6,236,637  

Nomura Holdings Incorporated (Financials, Capital Markets)

          637,000        2,411,821  

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (Health Care, Pharmaceuticals)

          182,400        6,730,875  
             39,950,027  
          

 

 

 
Malaysia: 1.72%           

CIMB Group Holdings Bhd (Financials, Banks)

          4,552,642        5,802,981  
          

 

 

 
Netherlands: 8.16%           

Koninklijke Philips NV (Industrials, Industrial Conglomerates)

          249,616        10,629,040  

NN Group NV (Financials, Insurance)

          192,190        8,368,055  

OCI NV (Materials, Chemicals) †

          291,959        8,464,877  
             27,461,972  
          

 

 

 
Norway: 2.59%           

Den Norske Bank ASA (Financials, Banks) «

          454,388        8,724,406  
          

 

 

 
Russia: 2.08%           

Mobile TeleSystems PJSC ADR (Communication Services, Wireless Telecommunication Services)

          888,730        7,003,192  
          

 

 

 
Singapore: 2.37%           

Keppel Corporation Limited (Industrials, Industrial Conglomerates)

          1,602,500        7,976,564  
          

 

 

 
South Africa: 2.43%           

Sasol Limited (Materials, Chemicals)

          246,118        8,163,616  
          

 

 

 
South Korea: 2.82%           

Hana Financial Group Incorporated (Financials, Banks)

          74,440        2,345,069  

Samsung Electronics Company Limited GDR (Information Technology, Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals) 144A

          2,228        2,196,808  

SK Telecom Company Limited (Communication Services, Wireless Telecommunication Services)

          23,347        4,946,610  
             9,488,487  
          

 

 

 
Switzerland: 4.47%           

Alcon Incorporated (Health Care, Health Care Equipment & Supplies) †

          16,617        956,951  

LafargeHolcim Limited (Materials, Construction Materials)

          157,450        8,093,853  

Novartis AG (Health Care, Pharmaceuticals)

          73,355        5,990,352  
             15,041,156  
          

 

 

 
Thailand: 0.94%           

Siam Commercial Bank plc (Financials, Banks)

          776,200        3,148,564  
          

 

 

 
United Kingdom: 18.28%           

Babcock International Group plc (Industrials, Commercial Services & Supplies)

          140,266        960,261  

BP plc (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

          1,492,655        10,880,502  

Fresnillo plc (Materials, Metals & Mining)

          459,964        4,491,251  

John Wood Group plc (Energy, Energy Equipment & Services)

          1,268,723        7,784,023  

 

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


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Portfolio of investments—April 30, 2019 (unaudited)   Wells Fargo International Equity Fund     9  

    

 

 

Security name                Shares      Value  
United Kingdom (continued)          

Kingfisher plc (Consumer Discretionary, Specialty Retail)

         1,347,151      $ 4,639,406  

Man Group plc (Financials, Capital Markets)

         2,752,247        5,620,266  

Melrose Industries plc (Industrials, Electrical Equipment)

         2,016,339        5,316,458  

Sensata Technologies Holding plc (Industrials, Electrical Equipment) †

         173,253        8,652,255  

Smiths Group plc (Industrials, Industrial Conglomerates)

         550,141        10,922,172  

Vodafone Group plc (Communication Services, Wireless Telecommunication Services)

         1,195,858        2,214,347  
            61,480,941  
         

 

 

 
United States: 1.00%          

Gentex Corporation (Consumer Discretionary, Auto Components)

         146,179        3,366,502  
         

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks (Cost $292,849,322)

            325,614,507  
         

 

 

 
    Yield                                         
Short-Term Investments: 5.49%          
Investment Companies: 5.49%          

Securities Lending Cash Investments LLC (l)(r)(u)

    2.55        12,846,115        12,847,400  

Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class (l)(u)

    2.36          5,616,920        5,616,920  

Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $18,464,305)

 

     18,464,320        
         

 

 

 

 

Total investments in securities (Cost $311,313,627)     102.28        344,078,827  

Other assets and liabilities, net

    (2.28        (7,661,876
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
Total net assets     100.00      $ 336,416,951  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

Non-income-earning security

 

«

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

 

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.

 

(l)

The issuer of the security is an affiliated person of the Fund as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

(r)

The investment is a non-registered investment company purchased with cash collateral received from securities on loan.

 

(u)

The rate represents the 7-day annualized yield at period end.

Abbreviations:

 

ADR

American depositary receipt

 

GDR

Global depositary receipt

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

 

Currency to be
received
    

Currency to be

delivered

     Counterparty      Settlement date     

Unrealized

gains

      

Unrealized

losses

 
14,361,299 USD      12,563,500 EUR      Goldman Sachs      6-6-2019      $ 228,557        $ 0  
22,045,408 USD      16,606,200 GBP      Morgan Stanley      6-6-2019        350,605          0  
5,480,000 GBP      7,223,916 USD      Morgan Stanley      6-6-2019        0          (64,691
5,346,657 USD      4,107,000 GBP      Morgan Stanley      6-6-2019        0          (18,843
                   

 

 

      

 

 

 
                    $ 579,162        $ (83,534
                   

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

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


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10   Wells Fargo International Equity Fund   Portfolio of investments—April 30, 2019 (unaudited)

    

 

 

Investments in Affiliates

An affiliated investment is an investment in which the Fund owns at least 5% of the outstanding voting shares of the issuer or as a result of other relationships, such as the Fund and the issuer having the same investment manager. Transactions with issuers that were either affiliated persons of the Fund at the beginning of the period or the end of the period were as follows:

 

    Shares,
beginning of
period
    Shares
purchased
    Shares
sold
    Shares,
end of
period
   

Net
realized

gains
(losses)

   

Net
change in
unrealized

gains
(losses)

    Income
from
affiliated
securities
    Value,
end
of period
    % of
net
assets
 

Short-Term Investments

                 

Investment Companies

                 

Securities Lending Cash Investments LLC

    20,988,148       110,410,158       118,552,191       12,846,115     $ 0     $ 0     $ 178,751     $ 12,847,400    

Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class

    10,009,651       89,522,862       93,915,593       5,616,920       0       0       53,425       5,616,920    
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
          $ 0     $ 0     $ 232,176     $ 18,464,320       5.49
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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


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Statement of assets and liabilities—April 30, 2019 (unaudited)   Wells Fargo International Equity Fund     11  
         

Assets

 

Investments in unaffiliated securities (including $12,197,421 of securities loaned), at value (cost $292,849,322)

  $ 325,614,507  

Investments in affiliated securities, at value (cost $18,464,305)

    18,464,320  

Foreign currency, at value (cost $1,637,740)

    1,623,824  

Receivable for investments sold

    2,090,436  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

    264,095  

Receivable for dividends

    2,282,704  

Receivable for securities lending income

    3,759  

Unrealized gains on forward foreign currency contracts

    579,162  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    9,824  
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    350,932,631  
 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

Payable upon receipt of securities loaned

    12,833,540  

Cash collateral due to broker

    630,000  

Overdraft due to custodian bank

    253,625  

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

    242,824  

Management fee payable

    161,498  

Unrealized losses on forward foreign currency contracts

    83,534  

Administration fees payable

    40,068  

Distribution fees payable

    8,966  

Trustees’ fees and expenses payable

    5,021  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

    256,604  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    14,515,680  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 336,416,951  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

 

Paid-in capital

  $ 316,382,218  

Total distributable earnings

    20,034,733  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 336,416,951  
 

 

 

 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE AND OFFERING PRICE PER SHARE

 

Net assets – Class A

  $ 91,695,984  

Shares outstanding – Class A1

    7,675,327  

Net asset value per share – Class A

    $11.95  

Maximum offering price per share – Class A2

    $12.68  

Net assets – Class C

  $ 14,037,480  

Shares outstanding – Class C1

    1,190,998  

Net asset value per share – Class C

    $11.79  

Net assets – Class R

  $ 1,401,258  

Shares outstanding – Class R1

    115,186  

Net asset value per share – Class R

    $12.17  

Net assets – Class R6

  $ 37,874,635  

Shares outstanding – Class R61

    3,184,857  

Net asset value per share – Class R6

    $11.89  

Net assets – Administrator Class

  $ 4,191,927  

Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1

    356,180  

Net asset value per share – Administrator Class

    $11.77  

Net assets – Institutional Class

  $ 187,215,667  

Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1

    15,774,851  

Net asset value per share – Institutional Class

    $11.87  

 

 

1 

The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares.

 

2 

Maximum offering price is computed as 100/94.25 of net asset value. On investments of $50,000 or more, the offering price is reduced.

 

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


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12   Wells Fargo International Equity Fund   Statement of operations—six months ended April 30, 2019 (unaudited)
         

Investment income

 

Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $327,003)

  $ 3,633,148  

Income from affiliated securities

    150,990  
 

 

 

 

Total investment income

    3,784,138  
 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fee

    1,525,721  

Administration fees

 

Class A

    92,888  

Class C

    18,847  

Class R

    1,426  

Class R6

    6,616  

Administrator Class

    2,753  

Institutional Class

    131,872  

Shareholder servicing fees

 

Class A

    110,581  

Class C

    22,437  

Class R

    1,024  

Administrator Class

    5,294  

Distribution fees

 

Class C

    67,312  

Class R

    1,698  

Custody and accounting fees

    72,133  

Professional fees

    33,325  

Registration fees

    44,317  

Shareholder report expenses

    36,933  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    10,909  

Interest expense

    15,777  

Other fees and expenses

    9,432  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    2,211,295  

Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements

    (423,948
 

 

 

 

Net expenses

    1,787,347  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1,996,791  
 

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) ON INVESTMENTS

 

Net realized gains (losses) on:

 

Unaffiliated securities

    (7,803,834

Forward foreign currency contracts

    287,356  
 

 

 

 

Net realized losses on investments

    (7,516,478
 

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on:

 

Unaffiliated securities

    15,723,959  

Forward foreign currency contracts

    (475,581
 

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    15,248,378  
 

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    7,731,900  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 9,728,691  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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


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Statement of changes in net assets   Wells Fargo International Equity Fund     13  
    

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended
October 31, 2018
 

Operations

       

Net investment income

    $ 1,996,791       $ 10,640,487  

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

      (7,516,478       10,779,848  

Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments

      15,248,378         (65,802,116
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

      9,728,691         (44,381,781
 

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains

       

Class A

      (2,379,075       (3,952,000

Class C

      (362,405       (814,322

Class R

      (31,976       (59,089

Class R6

      (1,182,755       (2,906,201

Administrator Class

      (123,449       (602,675

Institutional Class

      (6,402,990       (10,478,098
 

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

      (10,482,650       (18,812,385
 

 

 

 

Capital share transactions

    Shares         Shares    

Proceeds from shares sold

       

Class A

    922,022       10,688,885       1,152,774       15,432,689  

Class C

    69,315       762,202       341,521       4,529,729  

Class R

    12,485       143,856       20,290       272,361  

Class R6

    8,317       94,122       706,610       9,064,153  

Administrator Class

    78,633       886,304       84,981       1,114,286  

Institutional Class

    2,144,408       24,475,581       9,238,916       123,655,558  
 

 

 

 
      37,050,950         154,068,776  
 

 

 

 

Reinvestment of distributions

       

Class A

    205,666       2,180,061       271,234       3,601,626  

Class C

    31,396       329,030       57,378       751,083  

Class R

    703       7,595       889       12,001  

Class R6

    53,355       562,364       209,719       2,777,828  

Administrator Class

    11,694       122,082       45,884       600,531  

Institutional Class

    469,933       4,943,696       609,296       8,034,503  
 

 

 

 
      8,144,828         15,777,572  
 

 

 

 

Payment for shares redeemed

       

Class A

    (1,174,939     (13,511,968     (1,867,405     (24,377,062

Class C

    (894,555     (10,148,522     (616,504     (7,877,466

Class R

    (15,142     (179,814     (50,948     (658,133

Class R6

    (2,253,720     (24,767,939     (1,076,925     (14,183,411

Administrator Class

    (177,619     (1,957,002     (1,064,217     (14,013,356

Institutional Class

    (7,524,072     (84,833,674     (6,845,893     (88,264,185
 

 

 

 
      (135,398,919       (149,373,613
 

 

 

 

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

      (90,203,141       20,472,735  
 

 

 

 

Total decrease in net assets

      (90,957,100       (42,721,431
 

 

 

 

Net assets

       

Beginning of period

      427,374,051         470,095,482  
 

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 336,416,951       $ 427,374,051  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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


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14   Wells Fargo International Equity Fund   Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

   

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
CLASS A   2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $11.81       $13.43       $11.07       $11.53       $11.28       $11.98  

Net investment income

    0.06 1      0.27       0.22       0.22       0.18 1      0.37 1 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.40       (1.40     2.47       (0.54     0.57       (0.81
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.46       (1.13     2.69       (0.32     0.75       (0.44

Distributions to shareholders from

           

Net investment income

    (0.32     (0.49     (0.33     (0.14     (0.50     (0.26

Net asset value, end of period

    $11.95       $11.81       $13.43       $11.07       $11.53       $11.28  

Total return2

    4.22     (8.81 )%      24.91     (2.76 )%      6.85     (3.77 )% 

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

           

Gross expenses

    1.43     1.39     1.47     1.47     1.53     1.53

Net expenses

    1.14     1.14     1.14     1.12     1.09     1.09

Net investment income

    1.08     1.97     1.82     2.04     1.50     3.14

Supplemental data

           

Portfolio turnover rate

    27     62     59     65     27     32

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $91,696       $91,206       $109,655       $122,248       $145,654       $97,640  

 

 

 

 

 

1 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

2 

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. 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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Financial highlights   Wells Fargo International Equity Fund     15  

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

   

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
CLASS C   2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $11.57       $13.13       $10.82       $11.30       $11.06       $11.75  

Net investment income

    0.00 1      0.15       0.14       0.14       0.08 2      0.27 2 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.42       (1.35     2.40       (0.53     0.57       (0.79
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.42       (1.20     2.54       (0.39     0.65       (0.52

Distributions to shareholders from

           

Net investment income

    (0.20     (0.36     (0.23     (0.09     (0.41     (0.17

Net asset value, end of period

    $11.79       $11.57       $13.13       $10.82       $11.30       $11.06  

Total return3

    3.82     (9.47 )%      23.91     (3.43 )%      6.03     (4.49 )% 

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

           

Gross expenses

    2.18     2.14     2.22     2.22     2.28     2.28

Net expenses

    1.89     1.89     1.89     1.87     1.84     1.84

Net investment income

    0.09     1.22     1.26     1.33     0.72     2.37

Supplemental data

           

Portfolio turnover rate

    27     62     59     65     27     32

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $14,037       $22,963       $28,919       $27,508       $29,080       $16,346  

 

 

 

 

 

1 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

2 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

3 

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. 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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16   Wells Fargo International Equity Fund   Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

   

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
CLASS R   2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $11.98       $13.58       $11.20       $11.66       $11.40       $11.96  

Net investment income

    0.05 1      0.23 1      0.20 1      0.19 1      0.15 1      0.32 1 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.41       (1.41     2.48       (0.53     0.57       (0.79
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.46       (1.18     2.68       (0.34     0.72       (0.47

Distributions to shareholders from

           

Net investment income

    (0.27     (0.42     (0.30     (0.12     (0.46     (0.09

Net asset value, end of period

    $12.17       $11.98       $13.58       $11.20       $11.66       $11.40  

Total return2

    4.08     (9.03 )%      24.47     (2.94 )%      6.53     (4.00 )% 

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

           

Gross expenses

    1.59     1.64     1.72     1.72     1.78     1.78

Net expenses

    1.34     1.39     1.39     1.37     1.34     1.34

Net investment income

    0.85     1.72     1.66     1.77     1.23     2.71

Supplemental data

           

Portfolio turnover rate

    27     62     59     65     27     32

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $1,401       $1,404       $1,996       $2,029       $2,147       $1,576  

 

 

 

 

 

1 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

2 

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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Financial highlights   Wells Fargo International Equity Fund     17  

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

   

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
CLASS R6   2018     2017     2016     20151  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $11.79       $13.44       $11.06       $11.49       $10.89  

Net investment income

    0.15       0.31       0.45 2      0.24       0.00 3 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.32       (1.40     2.27       (0.52     0.60  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.47       (1.09     2.72       (0.28     0.60  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.37     (0.56     (0.34     (0.15     0.00  

Net asset value, end of period

    $11.89       $11.79       $13.44       $11.06       $11.49  

Total return4

    4.37     (8.57 )%      25.30     (2.46 )%      5.51

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    1.00     0.96     1.03     1.04     1.05

Net expenses

    0.83     0.84     0.84     0.85     0.88

Net investment income

    1.13     2.23     3.55     2.31     0.23

Supplemental data

         

Portfolio turnover rate

    27     62     59     65     27

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $37,875       $63,414       $74,405       $26       $26  

 

 

 

 

1 

For the period from September 30, 2015 (commencement of class operations) to October 31, 2015

 

2 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

3 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

4 

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

 

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


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18   Wells Fargo International Equity Fund   Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

   

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS   2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $11.62       $13.20       $10.88       $11.33       $11.09       $11.79  

Net investment income

    0.05 1      0.20 1      0.21 1      0.22       0.17 1      0.37 1 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.40       (1.31     2.43       (0.53     0.57       (0.80
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.45       (1.11     2.64       (0.31     0.74       (0.43

Distributions to shareholders from

           

Net investment income

    (0.30     (0.47     (0.32     (0.14     (0.50     (0.27

Net asset value, end of period

    $11.77       $11.62       $13.20       $10.88       $11.33       $11.09  

Total return2

    4.18     (8.79 )%      24.84     (2.71 )%      6.89     (3.82 )% 

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

           

Gross expenses

    1.35     1.31     1.39     1.38     1.40     1.37

Net expenses

    1.14     1.14     1.14     1.12     1.09     1.09

Net investment income

    0.94     1.53     1.79     1.93     1.44     3.21

Supplemental data

           

Portfolio turnover rate

    27     62     59     65     27     32

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $4,192       $5,152       $18,174       $36,032       $52,469       $12,962  

 

 

 

 

 

1 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

2 

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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Financial highlights   Wells Fargo International Equity Fund     19  

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

   

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS   2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $11.76       $13.40       $11.05       $11.49       $11.25       $11.96  

Net investment income

    0.12       0.30 1      0.28 1      0.23       0.19 1      0.37 1 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.34       (1.39     2.43       (0.52     0.58       (0.77
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.46       (1.09     2.71       (0.29     0.77       (0.40

Distributions to shareholders from

           

Net investment income

    (0.35     (0.55     (0.36     (0.15     (0.53     (0.31

Net asset value, end of period

    $11.87       $11.76       $13.40       $11.05       $11.49       $11.25  

Total return2

    4.33     (8.56 )%      25.21     (2.48 )%      7.07     (3.53 )% 

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

           

Gross expenses

    1.10     1.06     1.14     1.14     1.15     1.10

Net expenses

    0.88     0.89     0.89     0.87     0.84     0.84

Net investment income

    1.22     2.31     2.28     2.27     1.67     3.18

Supplemental data

           

Portfolio turnover rate

    27     62     59     65     27     32

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $187,216       $243,225       $236,946       $182,639       $192,799       $63,766  

 

 

 

 

 

1 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

2 

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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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 International Equity 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

All investments are valued each business day as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m. Eastern Time), although the Fund may deviate from this calculation time under unusual or unexpected circumstances.

Equity securities that are listed on a foreign or domestic exchange or market are valued at the official closing price or, if none, the last sales price. If no sale occurs on the principal exchange or market that day, a fair value price will be determined in accordance with the Fund’s Valuation Procedures.

The values of securities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at rates provided by an independent foreign currency pricing source at a time each business day specified by the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee at Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”).

Many securities markets and exchanges outside the U.S. close prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange and therefore may not fully reflect trading or events that occur after the close of the principal exchange in which the foreign securities are traded, but before the close of the New York Stock Exchange. If such trading or events are expected to materially affect the value of such securities, then fair value pricing procedures approved by the Board of Trustees of the Fund are applied. These procedures take into account multiple factors including movements in U.S. securities markets after foreign exchanges close. Foreign securities that are fair valued under these procedures are categorized as Level 2 and the application of these procedures may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. Depending on market activity, such fair valuations may be frequent. Such fair value pricing may result in net asset values that are higher or lower than net asset values based on the last reported sales price or latest quoted bid price. On April 30, 2019, such fair value pricing was used in pricing certain foreign securities.

Investments in registered open-end investment companies are valued at net asset value. Interests in non-registered investment companies that are redeemable at net asset value are fair valued normally at net asset value.

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. 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. 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.

Foreign currency translation

The accounting records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. The values of other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at rates provided by an independent foreign currency pricing source at a time each business day specified by the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee. Purchases and sales of securities, and income and expenses are converted at the rate of exchange on the respective dates of such transactions. Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually paid or received. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the fair value of assets and liabilities other than investments in


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securities resulting from changes in exchange rates. The changes in net assets arising from changes in exchange rates of securities and the changes in net assets resulting from changes in market prices of securities are not separately presented. Such changes are included in net realized and unrealized gains or losses from investments.

Forward foreign currency contracts

The Fund is subject to foreign currency risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. A forward foreign currency contract is an agreement between two parties to purchase or sell a specific currency for an agreed-upon price at a future date. The Fund enters into forward foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities and to attempt to minimize the risk to the Fund from adverse changes in the relationship between currencies. Forward foreign currency contracts are recorded at the forward rate and marked-to-market daily. When the contracts are closed, realized gains and losses arising from such transactions are recorded as realized gains or losses on forward foreign currency contracts. The Fund could be exposed to risks if the counterparties to the contracts are unable to meet the terms of their contracts or if the value of the foreign currency changes unfavorably. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the unrealized gains on the contracts. This risk may be mitigated if there is a master netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty.

Securities lending

The Fund may lend its securities from time to time in order to earn additional income in the form of fees or interest on securities received as collateral or the investment of any cash received as collateral. The Fund continues to receive interest or dividends on the securities loaned. The Fund receives collateral in the form of cash or securities with a value at least equal to the value of the securities on loan. The value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. In a securities lending transaction, the net asset value of the Fund will be affected by an increase or decrease in the value of the securities loaned and by an increase or decrease in the value of the instrument in which collateral is invested. The amount of securities lending activity undertaken by the Fund fluctuates from time to time. In the event of default or bankruptcy by the borrower, the Fund may be prevented from recovering the loaned securities or gaining access to the collateral or may experience delays or costs in doing so. In addition, the investment of any cash collateral received may lose all or part of its value. The Fund has the right under the lending agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand.

The Fund lends its securities through an unaffiliated securities lending agent. Cash collateral received in connection with its securities lending transactions is invested in Securities Lending Cash Investments, LLC (the “Securities Lending Fund”). The Securities Lending Fund is exempt from registration under Section 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act and is managed by Funds Management and is subadvised by Wells Capital Management Incorporated (“WellsCap”), an affiliate of Funds Management and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”). Funds Management receives an advisory fee starting at 0.05% and declining to 0.01% as the average daily net assets of the Securities Lending Fund increase. All of the fees received by Funds Management are paid to WellsCap for its services as subadviser. The Securities Lending Fund seeks to provide a positive return compared to the daily Fed Funds Open Rate by investing in high-quality, U.S. dollar-denominated short-term money market instruments. Securities Lending Fund investments are valued at the evaluated bid price provided by an independent pricing service. Income earned from investment in the Securities Lending Fund (net of fees and rebates), if any, is included in income from affiliated securities on the Statement of Operations.

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.

Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities, which are recorded as soon as the custodian verifies the ex-dividend date. Dividend income from foreign securities is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is not assured.

Distributions to shareholders

Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date and paid from net investment income quarterly and any net realized gains are 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 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 April 30, 2019, the aggregate cost of all investments for federal income tax purposes was $315,917,701 and the unrealized gains (losses) consisted of:

 

Gross unrealized gains

   $ 47,853,429  

Gross unrealized losses

     (19,196,675

Net unrealized gains

   $ 28,656,754  

As of October 31, 2018, the Fund had capital loss carryforwards which consisted of $1,038,637 in short-term capital losses.

Class allocations

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

3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS

Fair value measurements of investments are determined within a framework that has established a fair value hierarchy based upon the various data inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The three-level hierarchy 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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The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities as of April 30, 2019:

 

     Quoted prices
(Level 1)
    

Other significant

observable inputs

(Level 2)

    

Significant
unobservable inputs

(Level 3)

     Total  

Assets

           

Investments in:

           

Common stocks

           

Australia

   $ 1,124,489      $ 0      $ 0      $ 1,124,489  

Brazil

     4,238,776        0        0        4,238,776  

Canada

     15,163,195        0        0        15,163,195  

China

     31,347,141        0        0        31,347,141  

France

     17,460,112        0        0        17,460,112  

Germany

     23,509,542        0        0        23,509,542  

Hong Kong

     6,880,359        0        0        6,880,359  

Ireland

     5,489,203        0        0        5,489,203  

Israel

     4,379,965        0        0        4,379,965  

Italy

     18,413,317        0        0        18,413,317  

Japan

     0        39,950,027        0        39,950,027  

Malaysia

     5,802,981        0        0        5,802,981  

Netherlands

     27,461,972        0        0        27,461,972  

Norway

     8,724,406        0        0        8,724,406  

Russia

     7,003,192        0        0        7,003,192  

Singapore

     7,976,564        0        0        7,976,564  

South Africa

     8,163,616        0        0        8,163,616  

South Korea

     9,488,487        0        0        9,488,487  

Switzerland

     15,041,156        0        0        15,041,156  

Thailand

     3,148,564        0        0        3,148,564  

United Kingdom

     61,480,941        0        0        61,480,941  

United States

     3,366,502        0        0        3,366,502  

Short-term investments

           

Investment companies

     5,616,920        12,847,400        0        18,464,320  
     291,281,400        52,797,427        0        344,078,827  

Forward foreign currency contracts

     0        579,162        0        579,162  

Total assets

   $ 291,281,400      $ 53,376,589      $ 0      $ 344,657,989  

Liabilities

           

Forward foreign currency contracts

   $ 0      $ 83,534      $ 0      $ 83,534  

Total liabilities

   $ 0      $ 83,534      $ 0      $ 83,534  

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

Forward foreign currency contracts are reported at their cumulative unrealized gains (losses) at measurement date as reported in the table following the Portfolio of Investments. All other assets and liabilities are reported at their market value at measurement date.

At April 30, 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, 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


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Fund’s operations. As compensation for its services under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive a management fee at the following annual rate based on the Fund’s average daily net assets:

 

Average daily net assets    Management fee  

First $500 million

     0.850

Next $500 million

     0.800  

Next $1 billion

     0.750  

Next $2 billion

     0.725  

Next $1 billion

     0.700  

Next $5 billion

     0.690  

Over $10 billion

     0.680  

For the six months ended April 30, 2019, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.85% 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. WellsCap is the subadviser to the Fund and is entitled to receive a fee from Funds Management at an annual rate starting at 0.45% and declining to 0.40% 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, Class R

     0.21

Class R6

     0.03  

Administrator Class, Institutional Class

     0.13  

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. When only certain classes exceed their expense caps, waivers and/or reimbursements are applied against class specific expenses before fund level expenses. Funds Management has committed through February 29, 2020 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 1.14% for Class A shares, 1.89% for Class C shares, 1.39% for Class R shares, 0.79% for Class R6 shares, 1.14% for Administrator Class shares, and 0.84% for Institutional 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 March 1, 2019, the Fund’s expenses were capped at 0.84% for Class R6 shares and 0.89% for Institutional Class shares.

Distribution fees

The Trust has adopted a distribution plan for Class C and Class R shares of the Fund pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Distribution fees are charged to Class C and Class R 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 and 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Class R shares.

In addition, Funds Distributor is entitled to receive the front-end sales charge from the purchase of Class A shares and a contingent deferred sales charge on the redemption of certain Class A shares. Funds Distributor is also entitled to receive the contingent deferred sales charges from redemptions of Class C shares. For the six months ended April 30, 2019, Funds Distributor received $1,623 from the sale of Class A shares. No contingent deferred sales charges were incurred by Class A and Class C shares for the six months ended April 30, 2019.


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Shareholder servicing fees

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

Purchases and sales of investments, excluding U.S. government obligations (if any) and short-term securities, for the six months ended April 30, 2019 were $94,172,772 and $184,571,707, respectively.

6. DERIVATIVE TRANSACTIONS

During the six months ended April 30, 2019, the Fund entered into forward foreign currency contracts for economic hedging purposes. The Fund had average contract amounts of $4,988,805 and $42,002,898 in forward foreign currency contracts to buy and forward foreign currency contracts to sell, respectively, during the six months ended April 30, 2019.

The fair value, realized gains or losses and change in unrealized gains or losses, if any, on derivative instruments are reflected in the corresponding financial statement captions.

For certain types of derivative transactions, the Fund has entered into International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. master agreements (“ISDA Master Agreements”) or similar agreements with approved counterparties. The ISDA Master Agreements or similar agreements may have requirements to deliver/deposit securities or cash to/with an exchange or broker-dealer as collateral and allows the Fund to offset, with each counterparty, certain derivative financial instrument’s assets and/or liabilities with collateral held or pledged. Collateral requirements differ by type of derivative. Collateral or margin requirements are set by the broker or exchange clearinghouse for exchange traded derivatives while collateral terms are contract specific for over-the-counter traded derivatives. Cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Fund under ISDA Master Agreements or similar agreements, if any, are reported separately in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Securities pledged as collateral, if any, are noted in the Portfolio of Investments. With respect to balance sheet offsetting, absent an event of default by the counterparty or a termination of the agreement, the reported amounts of financial assets and financial liabilities in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities are not offset across transactions between the Fund and the applicable counterparty. A reconciliation of the gross amounts on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities to the net amounts by counterparty, including any collateral exposure, is as follows:

 

Counterparty      Gross amounts
of assets in the
Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
      

Amounts
subject to

netting

agreements

       Collateral
received
       Net amount
of assets
 

Goldman Sachs

     $ 228,557        $ 0        $ (228,557      $ 0  

Morgan Stanley

       350,605          (83,534        (267,071        0  

 

Counterparty      Gross amounts
of assets in the
Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
       Amounts
subject to
netting
agreements
       Collateral
pledged
       Net amount
of assets
 

Morgan Stanley

     $ 83,534        $ (83,534      $ 0        $ 0  

7. BANK BORROWINGS

The Trust (excluding the money market funds), Wells Fargo Master Trust and Wells Fargo Variable Trust are parties to a $280,000,000 revolving credit agreement whereby the Fund is permitted to use bank borrowings for temporary or emergency purposes, such as to fund shareholder redemption requests. Interest under the credit agreement is charged to the Fund based on a borrowing rate equal to the higher of the Federal Funds rate in effect on that day plus 1.25% or the overnight LIBOR rate in effect on that day plus 1.25%. In addition, an annual commitment fee equal to 0.25% of the unused balance is allocated to each participating fund.


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During the six months ended April 30, 2019, the Fund had average borrowings outstanding of $423,003 (on an annualized basis) at an average annual interest rate of 3.73% and paid interest in the amount of $15,777.

8. 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.

9. 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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TAX INFORMATION

Pursuant to Section 853 of the Internal Revenue Code, the following amounts have been designated as foreign taxes paid for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2018. These amounts may be less than the actual foreign taxes paid for financial statement purposes. Foreign taxes paid or withheld should be included in taxable income with an offsetting deduction from gross income or as a credit for taxes paid to foreign governments. None of the income was derived from ineligible foreign sources as defined under Section 901(j) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

Creditable
foreign taxes

paid

  

Per share
amount

  

Foreign

income as % of
ordinary income
distributions

$1,203,470    $0.0331    83.43%

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 wfam.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 wfam.com or by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov.

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

The complete portfolio holdings for the Fund are publicly available monthly on the Fund’s website (wfam.com), on a one-month delayed basis. In addition, top ten holdings information (excluding derivative positions) for the Fund is publicly available on the Fund’s website on a monthly, seven-day or more 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 151 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.

(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. Johnson

(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


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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

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

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   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   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   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 International Equity 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.    

Jeremy DePalma1

(Born 1974)

  Treasurer, since 2012   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.    

Alexander Kymn

(Born 1973)

  Secretary and 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.    

 

 

 

 

1

Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 86 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 65 funds in the Fund Complex.

 

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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 wfam.com.


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Semi-Annual Report

April 30, 2019

 

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Wells Fargo Intrinsic World Equity Fund

 

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Contents

 

 

 

Letter to shareholders

    2  

Performance highlights

    4  

Fund expenses

    6  

Portfolio of investments

    7  
Financial statements  

Statement of assets and liabilities

    10  

Statement of operations

    11  

Statement of changes in net assets

    12  

Financial highlights

    13  

Notes to financial statements

    17  

Other information

    22  

 

The views expressed and any forward-looking statements are as of April 30, 2019, unless otherwise noted, and are those of the Fund managers and/or Wells Fargo Asset Management. 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 Asset Management 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 Intrinsic World Equity Fund   Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

 

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Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

 

 

December’s S&P 500 Index performance was the worst since 1931.

 

 

Dear Shareholder:

We are pleased to offer you this semi-annual report for the Wells Fargo Intrinsic World Equity Fund for the six-month period that ended April 30, 2019. In late 2018, investor concerns about U.S. interest rate policy, trade tensions, and geopolitical events drove equity losses and restrained bond returns. Thanks to a shift in U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) policy and positive economic and business growth metrics during the first four months of 2019, stock and bond markets globally enjoyed a consistent move higher.

For the period, U.S. stocks, as measured by the S&P 500 Index,1 gained 9.76% and international stocks, as measured by the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net),2 added 9.12%. Based on the MSCI EM Index (Net)3, emerging market stocks added 13.76%. For bond investors, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index4 added 5.49% while the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index5 added 3.25%. The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index6 added 5.68%, and the ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index7 gained 5.55%.

Conflicting data unsettled markets as 2018 ended.

November’s U.S. midterm elections shifted control of the House of Representatives from Republicans to Democrats, presaging potential partisan clashes. Third-quarter U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) was announced at an annualized 3.4% rate, lower than the second-quarter rate. Brexit efforts stalled ahead of the March 2019 deadline. The People’s Bank of China 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.

December’s S&P 500 Index performance was the worst since 1931. Globally, fixed-income investments fared better than stocks during the past two months of the year. The Fed increased the federal funds rate by 25 basis points (bps; 100 bps equal 1.00%) in December 2018 to a target range of between 2.25% and 2.50% and softened its outlook for 2019 rate increases.

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 2019. Investors expected high levels of stock market volatility to continue based on the VIX8.

 

 

 

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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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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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Intrinsic World Equity Fund     3  

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. The Fed indicated that it would pause its program of regular rate increases during 2019 as inflation remained low.

In February 2019, concerns over slowing global growth reemerged. The Bureau of Economic Analysis announced fourth-quarter 2018 GDP grew at an annualized 2.2% rate, down from the 4.2% annualized rate for the second quarter and the 3.4% annualized rate for the third quarter. Analysts attributed the lower growth rate to a slowing housing market and larger trade deficit. The U.S. Department of Labor said that the economy created just 20,000 jobs in February 2019. In a February 2019 report, the Bank of England forecast the slowest growth since the financial crisis for 2019. China and the U.S., while putting future tariffs on hold for the time being, continued to wrangle over trade issues.

By the end of March 2019, the combination of dovish Fed sentiment and consistent, if not spectacular, economic and business metrics reinforced investors’ enthusiasm for equity investing. Monthly job creation data regained its momentum. Corporate profits, while lower than 2018’s lofty levels, remained solid. China announced a roughly $300 billion stimulus package through tax and fee cuts intended to reinvigorate economic growth.

During April 2019, the several broad-based U.S. equity indices reached or approached highs as investors drew confidence from favorable economic projections, sustained low inflation, and solid employment data. As expected, the Fed chose not to increase rates at its April 2019 meeting. The initial estimate of the first-quarter GDP showed the economy grew at an annualized rate of 3.20%, reflecting growth in business investment and exports. The favorable sentiment appeared to extend to investors’ outlooks for foreign investments as the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) gained 2.64% and the MSCI EM Index (Net) added 2.11%.

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

 

 

January’s returns tended to support the investing adage that markets climb a wall of worry.

 

 

 

 

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


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4   Wells Fargo Intrinsic World Equity Fund   Performance highlights (unaudited)

Investment objective

The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Subadviser

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

Portfolio managers

Amit Kumar

Jean-Baptiste Nadal, CFA®

Jen Robertson, CFA®

Average annual total returns (%) as of April 30, 2019

 

        Including sales charge     Excluding sales charge     Expense ratios1 (%)  
    Inception date   1 year     5 year     10 year     1 year     5 year     10 year     Gross     Net2  
 
Class A (EWEAX)3   4-30-1996     -1.32       5.44       11.52       4.68       6.70       12.19       1.47       1.35  
 
Class C (EWECX)3   5-18-2007     2.90       5.89       11.35       3.90       5.89       11.35       2.22       2.10  
 
Administrator Class (EWEIX)3   5-18-2007                       4.75       6.86       12.41       1.39       1.25  
 
Institutional Class (EWENX)4   7-30-2010                       5.05       7.13       12.63       1.14       0.95  
 
MSCI World Index (Net)5                         6.48       7.31       11.58              

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 return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance shown without sales charges would be lower if sales charges were reflected. 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, wfam.com.

Index returns do not include transaction costs associated with buying and selling securities, any mutual fund fees or expenses, or any taxes. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

For Class A shares, the maximum front-end sales charge is 5.75%. 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. Administrator Class and Institutional Class shares are sold without a front-end sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge.

Stock values fluctuate in response to the activities of individual companies and general market and economic conditions. Foreign investments are especially volatile and can rise or fall dramatically due to differences in the political and economic conditions of the host country. These risks are generally intensified in emerging markets. The use of derivatives may reduce returns and/or increase volatility. Certain investment strategies tend to increase the total risk of an investment (relative to the broader market). The Fund is exposed to focused portfolio risk, geographic risk, and smaller-company securities risk. Consult the Fund’s prospectus for additional information on these and other risks.

 

 

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Performance highlights (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Intrinsic World Equity Fund     5  
Ten largest holdings (%) as of April 30, 20196  

Visa Incorporated Class A

     3.32  

Microsoft Corporation

     3.28  

Motorola Solutions Incorporated

     2.76  

Alphabet Incorporated Class C

     2.67  

Dollar Tree Incorporated

     2.57  

Vulcan Materials Company

     2.53  

Comcast Corporation Class A

     2.50  

Advance Auto Parts Incorporated

     2.48  

Merck & Company Incorporated

     2.47  

Capgemini SA

     2.38  
Sector distribution as of April 30, 20197

 

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Country allocation as of April 30, 20197
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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 February 29, 2020, 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. 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 prior to July 19, 2010, is based on the performance of the Fund’s predecessor, Evergreen Intrinsic World Equity Fund.

 

4

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. Historical performance shown prior to July 19, 2010, is based on the performance of the Fund’s predecessor, Evergreen Intrinsic World Equity Fund.

 

5

The Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) World Index (Net) is a free-float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets. The MSCI World Index (Net) consists of the following 23 developed markets country indexes: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Source: MSCI. MSCI makes no express or implied warranties or representations and shall have no liability whatsoever with respect to any MSCI data contained herein. The MSCI data may not be further redistributed or used as a basis for other indexes or any securities or financial products. This report is not approved, reviewed, or produced by MSCI. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

6

The ten largest holdings, excluding cash, cash equivalents and any money market funds, are calculated based on the value of the investments divided by total net assets of the Fund. Holdings are subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.

 

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


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6   Wells Fargo Intrinsic World Equity Fund   Fund expenses (unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments and 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 November 1, 2018 to April 30, 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 sales charges (loads) and 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
11-1-2018
     Ending
account value
4-30-2019
     Expenses
paid during
the period¹
     Annualized net
expense ratio
 

Class A

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,078.65      $ 6.96        1.35

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,018.10      $ 6.76        1.35

Class C

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,074.58      $ 10.80        2.10

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,014.38      $ 10.49        2.10

Administrator Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,078.53      $ 6.44        1.25

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,018.60      $ 6.26        1.25

Institutional Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,080.50      $ 4.90        0.95

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,020.08      $ 4.76        0.95

 

 

 

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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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Portfolio of investments—April 30, 2019 (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Intrinsic World Equity Fund     7  

    

 

 

Security name                 Shares      Value  

Common Stocks: 99.54%

 

        
Belgium: 1.86%           

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV ADR (Consumer Staples, Beverages) «

          31,400      $ 2,792,716  
          

 

 

 
France: 6.19%

 

        

Air Liquide SA (Materials, Chemicals)

          26,700        3,550,185  

Capgemini SA (Information Technology, IT Services)

          29,500        3,576,728  

Societe Generale SA (Financials, Banks)

          68,600        2,171,298  
             9,298,211  
          

 

 

 
Germany: 1.86%

 

        

Deutsche Telekom AG (Communication Services, Diversified Telecommunication Services)

          166,800        2,790,155  
          

 

 

 
Hong Kong: 4.14%

 

        

AIA Group Limited (Financials, Insurance)

          322,000        3,281,652  

Samsonite International SA (Consumer Discretionary, Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods)

          1,022,190        2,931,786  
             6,213,438  
          

 

 

 
Ireland: 2.13%

 

        

Medtronic plc (Health Care, Health Care Equipment & Supplies)

          36,000        3,197,160  
          

 

 

 
Japan: 7.99%

 

        

Nidec Corporation (Industrials, Electrical Equipment)

          23,700        3,385,274  

ORIX Corporation (Financials, Diversified Financial Services)

          164,100        2,324,613  

Renesas Electronics Corporation (Information Technology, Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment) †

          581,900        3,116,473  

Sony Corporation (Consumer Discretionary, Household Durables)

          63,140        3,180,242  
             12,006,602  
          

 

 

 
Netherlands: 5.54%

 

        

AerCap Holdings NV (Industrials, Trading Companies & Distributors) †

          61,300        3,042,932  

Airbus SE (Industrials, Aerospace & Defense)

          15,400        2,105,190  

Unilever NV (Consumer Staples, Personal Products)

          52,400        3,170,724  
             8,318,846  
          

 

 

 
Switzerland: 6.86%

 

        

Nestle SA (Consumer Staples, Food Products)

          30,000        2,886,795  

Novartis AG ADR (Health Care, Pharmaceuticals)

          31,900        2,623,137  

Roche Holding AG (Health Care, Pharmaceuticals)

          8,900        2,346,082  

UBS Group AG (Financials, Capital Markets)

          182,900        2,452,847  
             10,308,861  
          

 

 

 
United Kingdom: 5.51%

 

        

Aon plc (Financials, Insurance)

          17,200        3,098,408  

Royal Dutch Shell plc Class A (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

          93,100        2,973,910  

Vodafone Group plc (Communication Services, Wireless Telecommunication Services)

          1,191,500        2,206,277  
             8,278,595  
          

 

 

 
United States: 57.46%

 

        

Abbott Laboratories (Health Care, Health Care Equipment & Supplies)

          25,900        2,060,604  

Advance Auto Parts Incorporated (Consumer Discretionary, Specialty Retail)

          22,400        3,725,568  

 

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


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8   Wells Fargo Intrinsic World Equity Fund   Portfolio of investments—April 30, 2019 (unaudited)

    

 

 

Security name                Shares      Value  
United States (continued)          

Affiliated Managers Group Incorporated (Financials, Capital Markets)

         16,700      $ 1,852,364  

Alphabet Incorporated Class C (Communication Services, Interactive Media & Services) †

         3,370        4,005,178  

American International Group Incorporated (Financials, Insurance)

         67,700        3,220,489  

Apple Incorporated (Information Technology, Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals)

         6,700        1,344,489  

BB&T Corporation (Financials, Banks)

         55,700        2,851,840  

Chevron Corporation (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

         24,400        2,929,464  

Cigna Corporation (Health Care, Health Care Providers & Services)

         21,300        3,383,292  

CIT Group Incorporated (Financials, Banks)

         63,800        3,398,626  

Comcast Corporation Class A (Communication Services, Media)

         86,300        3,756,639  

Dollar Tree Incorporated (Consumer Discretionary, Multiline Retail) †

         34,700        3,861,416  

Eli Lilly & Company (Health Care, Pharmaceuticals)

         17,600        2,059,904  

EOG Resources Incorporated (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

         28,500        2,737,425  

General Dynamics Corporation (Industrials, Aerospace & Defense)

         16,900        3,020,368  

Gilead Sciences Incorporated (Health Care, Biotechnology)

         30,200        1,964,208  

Honeywell International Incorporated (Industrials, Industrial Conglomerates)

         19,300        3,351,059  

Intercontinental Exchange Incorporated (Financials, Capital Markets)

         34,500        2,806,575  

Merck & Company Incorporated (Health Care, Pharmaceuticals)

         47,200        3,715,112  

Microsoft Corporation (Information Technology, Software)

         37,700        4,923,620  

Mondelez International Incorporated Class A (Consumer Staples, Food Products)

         65,300        3,320,505  

Motorola Solutions Incorporated (Information Technology, Communications Equipment)

         28,600        4,144,426  

Schlumberger Limited (Energy, Energy Equipment & Services)

         43,900        1,873,652  

The Walt Disney Company (Communication Services, Entertainment)

         22,000        3,013,340  

United Parcel Service Incorporated Class B (Industrials, Air Freight & Logistics)

         15,800        1,678,276  

Verizon Communications Incorporated (Communication Services, Diversified Telecommunication Services)

 

     44,600        2,550,674  

Visa Incorporated Class A (Information Technology, IT Services)

         30,300        4,982,230  

Vulcan Materials Company (Materials, Construction Materials)

         30,100        3,795,911  
            86,327,254  
         

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks (Cost $116,374,878)

 

          149,531,838  
         

 

 

 
    Yield                                         
Short-Term Investments: 2.12%

 

       
Investment Companies: 2.12%

 

Securities Lending Cash Investments LLC (l)(r)(u)

    2.55        2,654,735        2,655,000  

Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class (l)(u)

    2.36          529,882        529,882  

Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $3,184,882)

 

          3,184,882  
         

 

 

 

 

Total investments in securities (Cost $119,559,760)     101.66        152,716,720  

Other assets and liabilities, net

    (1.66        (2,492,157
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
Total net assets     100.00      $ 150,224,563  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

«

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

 

Non-income-earning security

 

(l)

The issuer of the security is an affiliated person of the Fund as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

(r)

The investment is a non-registered investment company purchased with cash collateral received from securities on loan.

 

(u)

The rate represents the 7-day annualized yield at period end.

Abbreviations:

 

ADR

American depositary receipt

 

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


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Investments in Affiliates

An affiliated investment is an investment in which the Fund owns at least 5% of the outstanding voting shares of the issuer or as a result of other relationships, such as the Fund and the issuer having the same investment manager. Transactions with issuers that were either affiliated persons of the Fund at the beginning of the period or the end of the period were as follows:

 

    Shares,
beginning of
period
    Shares
purchased
    Shares
sold
    Shares,
end of
period
    Net
realized
gains
(losses)
    Net
change in
unrealized
gains
(losses)
    Income
from
affiliated
securities
    Value,
end
of period
    % of
net
assets
 

Short-Term Investments

                 

Investment Companies

                 

Securities Lending Cash Investments LLC

    2,363,341       19,991,781       19,700,387       2,654,735     $ 0     $ 0     $ 33,139     $ 2,655,000    

Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class

    564,878       9,778,832       9,813,828       529,882       0       0       8,390       529,882    
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
          $ 0     $ 0     $ 41,529     $ 3,184,882       2.12
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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


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10   Wells Fargo Intrinsic World Equity Fund   Statement of assets and liabilities—April 30, 2019 (unaudited)
         

Assets

 

Investments in unaffiliated securities (including $2,596,295 of securities loaned), at value (cost $116,374,878)

  $ 149,531,838  

Investments in affiliated securities, at value (cost $3,184,882)

    3,184,882  

Foreign currency, at value (cost $71,833)

    71,161  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

    49,864  

Receivable for dividends

    308,666  

Receivable for securities lending income

    1,407  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    21,403  
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    153,169,221  
 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

Payable upon receipt of securities loaned

    2,655,023  

Management fee payable

    89,036  

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

    41,012  

Administration fees payable

    25,024  

Trustees’ fees and expenses payable

    5,302  

Distribution fee payable

    996  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

    128,265  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    2,944,658  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 150,224,563  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

 

Paid-in capital

  $ 114,557,956  

Total distributable earnings

    35,666,607  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 150,224,563  
 

 

 

 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE AND OFFERING PRICE PER SHARE

 

Net assets – Class A

  $ 138,779,642  

Shares outstanding – Class A1

    6,683,334  

Net asset value per share – Class A

    $20.77  

Maximum offering price per share – Class A2

    $22.04  

Net assets – Class C

  $ 1,614,798  

Shares outstanding – Class C1

    81,306  

Net asset value per share – Class C

    $19.86  

Net assets – Administrator Class

  $ 1,583,512  

Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1

    76,636  

Net asset value per share – Administrator Class

    $20.66  

Net assets – Institutional Class

  $ 8,246,611  

Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1

    398,309  

Net asset value per share – Institutional Class

    $20.70  

 

 

1 

The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares.

 

2 

Maximum offering price is computed as 100/94.25 of net asset value. On investments of $50,000 or more, the offering price is reduced.

 

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


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Investment income

 

Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $74,557)

  $ 1,459,487  

Income from affiliated securities

    34,906  
 

 

 

 

Total investment income

    1,494,393  
 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fee

    607,750  

Administration fees

 

Class A

    136,921  

Class C

    3,786  

Administrator Class

    990  

Institutional Class

    4,855  

Shareholder servicing fees

 

Class A

    163,002  

Class C

    4,507  

Administrator Class

    1,829  

Distribution fee

 

Class C

    13,522  

Custody and accounting fees

    19,502  

Professional fees

    25,212  

Registration fees

    33,767  

Shareholder report expenses

    20,154  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    10,909  

Other fees and expenses

    9,331  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    1,056,037  

Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements

    (92,987
 

 

 

 

Net expenses

    963,050  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    531,343  
 

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) ON INVESTMENTS

 

Net realized gains on investments

    3,005,613  

Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    7,417,087  
 

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    10,422,700  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 10,954,043  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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


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12   Wells Fargo Intrinsic World Equity Fund   Statement of changes in net assets
    

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended
October 31, 2018
 

Operations

     

Net investment income

    $ 531,343       $ 1,147,480  

Net realized gains on investments

      3,005,613         14,917,116  

Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments

      7,417,087         (12,122,849
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

      10,954,043         3,941,747  
 

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains

     

Class A

      (14,576,126       (11,590,920

Class C

      (592,441       (529,503

Administrator Class

      (175,917       (407,346

Institutional Class

      (858,807       (567,484
 

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

      (16,203,291       (13,095,253
 

 

 

 

Capital share transactions

    Shares         Shares    

Proceeds from shares sold

       

Class A

    234,332       4,537,880       97,619       2,206,319  

Class C

    11,056       220,515       8,983       196,235  

Administrator Class

    1,768       36,870       27,473       617,360  

Institutional Class

    53,219       1,033,639       109,895       2,482,208  
 

 

 

 
      5,828,904         5,502,122  
 

 

 

 

Reinvestment of distributions

       

Class A

    748,085       14,204,308       506,636       11,262,955  

Class C

    30,481       552,615       23,586       501,242  

Administrator Class

    8,882       167,765       17,906       396,209  

Institutional Class

    33,977       643,675       21,129       469,058  
 

 

 

 
      15,568,363         12,629,464  
 

 

 

 

Payment for shares redeemed

       

Class A

    (391,325     (7,713,196     (657,430     (14,893,411

Class C

    (228,131     (4,239,519     (81,421     (1,774,406

Administrator Class

    (9,388     (190,217     (175,686     (3,971,356

Institutional Class

    (32,588     (627,967     (77,116     (1,745,497
 

 

 

 
      (12,770,899       (22,384,670
 

 

 

 

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

      8,626,368         (4,253,084
 

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

      3,377,120         (13,406,590
 

 

 

 

Net assets

   

Beginning of period

      146,847,443         160,254,033  
 

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 150,224,563       $ 146,847,443  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

   

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
CLASS A   2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $21.70       $23.08       $19.53       $22.82       $22.39       $21.88  

Net investment income

    0.06       0.16       0.19       0.20       0.19       0.17  

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    1.40       0.35       4.54       (0.83     0.73       0.59  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    1.46       0.51       4.73       (0.63     0.92       0.76  

Distributions to shareholders from

           

Net investment income

    (0.18     (0.20     (0.23     (0.20     (0.12     (0.25

Net realized gains

    (2.21     (1.69     (0.95     (2.46     (0.37     0.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (2.39     (1.89     (1.18     (2.66     (0.49     (0.25

Net asset value, end of period

    $20.77       $21.70       $23.08       $19.53       $22.82       $22.39  

Total return1

    7.87     2.10     25.44     (2.54 )%      4.23     3.45

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

           

Gross expenses

    1.48     1.47     1.47     1.46     1.48     1.47

Net expenses

    1.35     1.35     1.35     1.37     1.40     1.40

Net investment income

    0.75     0.73     0.88     1.09     0.79     0.70

Supplemental data

           

Portfolio turnover rate

    6     20     21     23     32     23

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $138,780       $132,207       $141,831       $127,428       $149,492       $157,061  

 

 

1 

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. 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)

 

   

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
CLASS C   2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $20.74       $22.15       $18.77       $21.99       $21.64       $21.19  

Net investment income (loss)

    (0.03 )1      (0.00 )1,2      0.03 1      0.05       0.01 1      (0.02

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    1.36       0.33       4.38       (0.80     0.71       0.58  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    1.33       0.33       4.41       (0.75     0.72       0.56  

Distributions to shareholders from

           

Net investment income

    (0.00 )3      (0.05     (0.08     (0.01     0.00       (0.11

Net realized gains

    (2.21     (1.69     (0.95     (2.46     (0.37     0.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (2.21     (1.74     (1.03     (2.47     (0.37     (0.11

Net asset value, end of period

    $19.86       $20.74       $22.15       $18.77       $21.99       $21.64  

Total return4

    7.46     1.33     24.54     (3.26 )%      3.41     2.65

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

           

Gross expenses

    2.23     2.22     2.22     2.21     2.23     2.22

Net expenses

    2.10     2.10     2.10     2.12     2.15     2.15

Net investment income (loss)

    (0.34 )%      (0.01 )%      0.13     0.32     0.05     (0.06 )% 

Supplemental data

           

Portfolio turnover rate

    6     20     21     23     32     23

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $1,615       $5,556       $7,015       $7,252       $8,958       $9,788  

 

 

1 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

2 

Amount is more than $(0.005).

 

3 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

4 

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. 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)

 

   

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS   2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $21.60       $22.98       $19.43       $22.76       $22.33       $21.81  

Net investment income

    0.08 1      0.15 1      0.20 1      0.24 1      0.23 1      0.22 1 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    1.37       0.39       4.54       (0.84     0.75       0.59  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    1.45       0.54       4.74       (0.60     0.98       0.81  

Distributions to shareholders from

           

Net investment income

    (0.18     (0.23     (0.24     (0.27     (0.18     (0.29

Net realized gains

    (2.21     (1.69     (0.95     (2.46     (0.37     0.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (2.39     (1.92     (1.19     (2.73     (0.55     (0.29

Net asset value, end of period

    $20.66       $21.60       $22.98       $19.43       $22.76       $22.33  

Total return2

    7.85     2.22     25.60     (2.43 )%      4.51     3.70

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

           

Gross expenses

    1.39     1.38     1.38     1.37     1.34     1.29

Net expenses

    1.25     1.25     1.25     1.22     1.15     1.15

Net investment income

    0.84     0.65     0.95     1.27     1.01     0.96

Supplemental data

           

Portfolio turnover rate

    6     20     21     23     32     23

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $1,584       $1,628       $4,727       $4,735       $6,239       $7,327  

 

 

1 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

2 

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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16   Wells Fargo Intrinsic World Equity Fund   Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

   

Six months ended
April 30, 2019

(unaudited)

    Year ended October 31  
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS   2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $21.69       $23.05       $19.51       $22.83       $22.40       $21.87  

Net investment income

    0.13       0.25 1      0.27       0.26       0.28       0.25 1 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    1.35       0.35       4.53       (0.80     0.75       0.60  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    1.48       0.60       4.80       (0.54     1.03       0.85  

Distributions to shareholders from

           

Net investment income

    (0.26     (0.27     (0.31     (0.32     (0.23     (0.32

Net realized gains

    (2.21     (1.69     (0.95     (2.46     (0.37     0.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (2.47     (1.96     (1.26     (2.78     (0.60     (0.32

Net asset value, end of period

    $20.70       $21.69       $23.05       $19.51       $22.83       $22.40  

Total return2

    8.05     2.52     25.92     (2.13 )%      4.72     3.90

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

           

Gross expenses

    1.15     1.14     1.14     1.13     1.09     1.04

Net expenses

    0.95     0.95     0.95     0.95     0.95     0.95

Net investment income

    1.16     1.10     1.28     1.47     1.23     1.11

Supplemental data

           

Portfolio turnover rate

    6     20     21     23     32     23

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $8,247       $7,456       $6,681       $4,357       $5,058       $3,179  

 

 

1 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

2 

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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Notes to financial statements (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Intrinsic World Equity Fund     17  

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 Intrinsic World Equity 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

All investments are valued each business day as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m. Eastern Time), although the Fund may deviate from this calculation time under unusual or unexpected circumstances.

Equity securities that are listed on a foreign or domestic exchange or market are valued at the official closing price or, if none, the last sales price. If no sale occurs on the principal exchange or market that day, a fair value price will be determined in accordance with the Fund’s Valuation Procedures.

The values of securities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at rates provided by an independent foreign currency pricing source at a time each business day specified by the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee at Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”).

Many securities markets and exchanges outside the U.S. close prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange and therefore may not fully reflect trading or events that occur after the close of the principal exchange in which the foreign securities are traded, but before the close of the New York Stock Exchange. If such trading or events are expected to materially affect the value of such securities, then fair value pricing procedures approved by the Board of Trustees of the Fund are applied. These procedures take into account multiple factors including movements in U.S. securities markets after foreign exchanges close. Foreign securities that are fair valued under these procedures are categorized as Level 2 and the application of these procedures may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. Depending on market activity, such fair valuations may be frequent. Such fair value pricing may result in net asset values that are higher or lower than net asset values based on the last reported sales price or latest quoted bid price. On April 30, 2019, such fair value pricing was used in pricing certain foreign securities.

Investments in registered open-end investment companies are valued at net asset value. Interests in non-registered investment companies that are redeemable at net asset value are fair valued normally at net asset value.

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. 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. 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.

Foreign currency translation

The accounting records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. The values of other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at rates provided by an independent foreign currency pricing source at a time each business day specified by the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee. Purchases and sales of securities, and income and expenses are converted at the rate of exchange on the respective dates of such transactions. Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually paid or


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received. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the fair value of assets and liabilities other than investments in securities resulting from changes in exchange rates. The changes in net assets arising from changes in exchange rates of securities and the changes in net assets resulting from changes in market prices of securities are not separately presented. Such changes are included in net realized and unrealized gains or losses from investments.

Securities lending

The Fund may lend its securities from time to time in order to earn additional income in the form of fees or interest on securities received as collateral or the investment of any cash received as collateral. The Fund continues to receive interest or dividends on the securities loaned. The Fund receives collateral in the form of cash or securities with a value at least equal to the value of the securities on loan. The value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. In a securities lending transaction, the net asset value of the Fund will be affected by an increase or decrease in the value of the securities loaned and by an increase or decrease in the value of the instrument in which collateral is invested. The amount of securities lending activity undertaken by the Fund fluctuates from time to time. In the event of default or bankruptcy by the borrower, the Fund may be prevented from recovering the loaned securities or gaining access to the collateral or may experience delays or costs in doing so. In addition, the investment of any cash collateral received may lose all or part of its value. The Fund has the right under the lending agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand.

The Fund lends its securities through an unaffiliated securities lending agent. Cash collateral received in connection with its securities lending transactions is invested in Securities Lending Cash Investments, LLC (the “Securities Lending Fund”). The Securities Lending Fund is exempt from registration under Section 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act and is managed by Funds Management and is subadvised by Wells Capital Management Incorporated (“WellsCap”), an affiliate of Funds Management and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”). Funds Management receives an advisory fee starting at 0.05% and declining to 0.01% as the average daily net assets of the Securities Lending Fund increase. All of the fees received by Funds Management are paid to WellsCap for its services as subadviser. The Securities Lending Fund seeks to provide a positive return compared to the daily Fed Funds Open Rate by investing in high-quality, U.S. dollar-denominated short-term money market instruments. Securities Lending Fund investments are valued at the evaluated bid price provided by an independent pricing service. Income earned from investment in the Securities Lending Fund (net of fees and rebates), if any, is included in income from affiliated securities on the Statement of Operations.

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.

Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities, which are recorded as soon as the custodian verifies the ex-dividend date. Dividend income from foreign securities is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is not assured.

Distributions to shareholders

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and any net realized gains 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.


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As of April 30, 2019, the aggregate cost of all investments for federal income tax purposes was $120,168,008 and the unrealized gains (losses) consisted of:

 

Gross unrealized gains

   $ 40,637,973  

Gross unrealized losses

     (8,089,261

Net unrealized gains

   $ 32,548,712  

Class allocations

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

3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS

Fair value measurements of investments are determined within a framework that has established a fair value hierarchy based upon the various data inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The three-level hierarchy 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 April 30, 2019:

 

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

Significant
unobservable inputs

(Level 3)

     Total  

Assets

           

Investments in:

           

Common stocks

           

Belgium

   $ 2,792,716      $ 0      $ 0      $ 2,792,716  

France

     9,298,211        0        0        9,298,211  

Germany

     2,790,155        0        0        2,790,155  

Hong Kong

     6,213,438        0        0        6,213,438  

Ireland

     3,197,160        0        0        3,197,160  

Japan

     0        12,006,602        0        12,006,602  

Netherlands

     8,318,846        0        0        8,318,846  

Switzerland

     10,308,861        0        0        10,308,861  

United Kingdom

     8,278,595        0        0        8,278,595  

United States

     86,327,254        0        0        86,327,254  

Short-term investments

           

Investment companies

     529,882        2,655,000        0        3,184,882  

Total assets

   $ 138,055,118      $ 14,661,602      $ 0      $ 152,716,720  

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

At April 30, 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, 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 a management fee at the following annual rate based on the Fund’s average daily net assets:

 

Average daily net assets    Management fee

First $500 million

   0.850%

Next $500 million

   0.800

Next $1 billion

   0.750

Next $2 billion

   0.725

Next $1 billion

   0.700

Next $5 billion

   0.690

Over $10 billion

   0.680

For the six months ended April 30, 2019, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.85% 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. WellsCap is the subadviser to the Fund and is entitled to receive a fee from Funds Management at an annual rate starting at 0.35% and declining to 0.20% 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

     0.21

Administrator Class, Institutional Class

     0.13  

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. When only certain classes exceed their expense caps, waivers and/or reimbursements are applied against class specific expenses before fund level expenses. Funds Management has committed through February 29, 2020 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 1.35% for Class A shares, 2.10% for Class C shares, 1.25% for Administrator Class shares and 0.95% for Institutional 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.

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.


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In addition, Funds Distributor is entitled to receive the front-end sales charge from the purchase of Class A shares and a contingent deferred sales charge on the redemption of certain Class A shares. Funds Distributor is also entitled to receive the contingent deferred sales charges from redemptions of Class C shares. For the six months ended April 30, 2019, Funds Distributor received $651 from the sale of Class A shares. No contingent deferred sales charges were incurred by Class A and Class C shares for the six months ended April 30, 2019.

Shareholder servicing fees

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

Purchases and sales of investments, excluding U.S. government obligations (if any) and short-term securities, for the six months ended April 30, 2019 were $9,159,917 and $16,357,471, respectively.

6. BANK BORROWINGS

The Trust (excluding the money market funds), Wells Fargo Master Trust and Wells Fargo Variable Trust are parties to a $280,000,000 revolving credit agreement whereby the Fund is permitted to use bank borrowings for temporary or emergency purposes, such as to fund shareholder redemption requests. Interest under the credit agreement is charged to the Fund based on a borrowing rate equal to the higher of the Federal Funds rate in effect on that day plus 1.25% or the overnight LIBOR rate in effect on that day plus 1.25%. In addition, an annual commitment fee equal to 0.25% of the unused balance is allocated to each participating fund.

For the six months ended April 30, 2019, there were no borrowings by the Fund under the agreement.

7. INDEMNIFICATION

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

8. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT

In 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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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 wfam.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 wfam.com or by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov.

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

The complete portfolio holdings for the Fund are publicly available monthly on the Fund’s website (wfam.com), on a one-month delayed basis. In addition, top ten holdings information (excluding derivative positions) for the Fund is publicly available on the Fund’s website on a monthly, seven-day or more 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 151 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.
(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. Johnson (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


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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
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
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   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   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   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.    
Jeremy DePalma1
(Born 1974)
  Treasurer, since 2012   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.    
Alexander Kymn
(Born 1973)
  Secretary and 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.    

 

 

1

Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 86 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 65 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 wfam.com.


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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: wfam.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 wfam.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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ITEM 2.

CODE OF ETHICS

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 3.

AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 4.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

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.


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ITEM 9.

PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMEENT 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 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 registrant 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 registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the most recent 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) Not applicable.

(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.

(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:   June 26, 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:   June 26, 2019

By:

 

/s/ Jeremy DePalma

 

Jeremy DePalma

 

Treasurer

Date:

 

June 26, 2019