N-CSR

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-09253

Wells Fargo Funds Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

525 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94105

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Catherine Kennedy

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: September 30

Registrant is making a filing for 12 of its series:

Wells Fargo Diversified Capital Builder Fund, Wells Fargo Diversified Income Builder Fund, Wells Fargo Index Asset Allocation Fund, Wells Fargo International Bond Fund, Wells Fargo Strategic Income Fund, Wells Fargo Global Investment Grade Credit Fund, Wells Fargo C&B Mid Cap Value Fund, Wells Fargo Common Stock Fund, Wells Fargo Discovery Fund, Wells Fargo Enterprise Fund, Wells Fargo Opportunity Fund, and Wells Fargo Special Mid Cap Value Fund.

Date of reporting period: September 30, 2019

ITEM 1. REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS

Annual Report

September 30, 2019

Wells Fargo

Diversified Capital Builder Fund

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

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

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Contents

Letter to shareholders	2
Performance highlights	6
Fund expenses	10
Portfolio of investments	11
Financial statements
Statement of assets and liabilities	17
Statement of operations	18
Statement of changes in net assets	19
Financial highlights	20
Notes to financial statements	24
Report of independent registered public accounting firm	30
Other information	31

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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

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 annual report for the Wells Fargo Diversified Capital Builder Fund for the 12-month period that ended September 30, 2019. After the first half of the period yielded either low-single-digit or negative investment returns, U.S. stock and global bond investors generally saw markets recover during the second half amid intensifying market volatility, global economic growth concerns, international trade stare downs, and simmering geopolitical tensions.

Overall, fixed-income investors enjoyed a distinct advantage over stock investors. For the period, U.S. stocks, based on the S&P 500 Index,¹ gained 4.25% and international stocks, as measured by the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net),² fell 1.23%. The MSCI EM Index (Net)³ slipped 2.02%. Among fixed income investors, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index⁴ added 10.30%, the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index⁵ added 5.34%, the Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index⁶ gained 8.55%, and the ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index⁷ added 6.30%.

Investors confronted unsettling events during the fourth quarter of 2018.

During the fourth quarter of 2018, investors grew concerned about the pace and sustainability of the global economic expansion. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported third-quarter U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) was 3.4% on an annualized basis, which was down from the second-quarter rate. A partial U.S. government shutdown occurred, which extended into January 2019. Brexit efforts stalled, causing uncertainty for the eurozone. The value of the renminbi declined even as the People’s Bank of China cut reserve requirement ratios, accelerated infrastructure spending, and cut taxes in efforts to spur economic activity.

The combination of news in the U.S. and generally weak economic indicators outside of the U.S. caused investors to seek safe havens. December’s S&P 500 Index performance was the worst since 1931. Globally, fixed-income investments fared better than stocks during the last two months of the year. Even as indicators suggested growth was restrained, the U.S. Federal Reserve (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%. Many observers expressed concerns that higher rates could slow the economy further.

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 and emerging markets, excluding the U.S. 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 the equity market performance of emerging markets. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁴ The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment-grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage pass-throughs), asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁵  The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index is an unmanaged index that provides a broad-based measure of the global investment-grade fixed-income markets excluding the U.S. dollar-denominated debt market. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁶  The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of long-term tax-exempt bonds with a minimum credit rating of Baa. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁷ The ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index is a market-capitalization-weighted index of domestic and Yankee high-yield bonds. The index tracks the performance of high-yield securities traded in the U.S. bond market. You cannot invest directly in an index. Copyright 2019. ICE Data Indices, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

The market climbs a wall of worry.

Investment returns early in 2019 appeared to reaffirm the adage that markets climb a wall of worry as the new year began. The S&P 500 Index gained 8.01% for the month of January, the 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.

In February 2019, signs of slowing global growth grew more ominous. The Bureau of Economic Analysis announced fourth-quarter 2018 GDP grew at an annualized 2.2% rate, a slower rate than reported for the prior two quarters. In a February report, the Bank of England forecast the slowest growth for 2019 since the financial crisis. China and the U.S. continued to wrangle over trade issues. By the end of the first quarter of 2019, more accommodative Fed sentiment and steady, if not spectacular, U.S. economic and business metrics encouraged domestic investors.

Early second-quarter 2019 enthusiasm among investors faded.

During April 2019, favorable sentiment found additional support in reports of sustained low inflation, solid employment data, and first-quarter U.S. GDP of an annualized rate of 3.2%. During May, markets tumbled on mixed investment signals. In the U.S., partisan wrangling ramped up as Democrats and Republicans set their sights on 2020 presidential politics. The U.K.’s Brexit disagreements caused Prime Minister Theresa May to resign. Boris Johnson succeeded her only to exacerbate uncertainty about Brexit’s resolution ahead of an October 2019 deadline. The European Commission downgraded the 2019 growth forecast to 1.2%. The U.S. increased tariffs on products from China, China responded, and then talks broke down. President Donald Trump threatened to turn his foreign policy tariff tool to Mexico over immigration issues.

During the third quarter of 2019, investors regrouped. Just as the investment horizon appeared to darken, sentiment turned and U.S. equity markets gained during June and July. The gains, primarily driven by geopolitical and monetary policy events, pushed equity markets to new highs. European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said that if the outlook doesn’t improve, the bank would cut rates or buy more assets to prop up inflation. President Trump backed off of tariff threats against Mexico and China. In the U.S., the Fed implemented a 0.25% federal funds rate cut in July.

Later in July 2019, the U.S. reversed course and threatened to impose higher tariffs on China’s exports after talks failed. China responded with tariff threats of its own and devalued the renminbi, a move that roiled global markets. Major U.S. stock market indices closed July with the worst weekly results of the year. Bond prices gained as Treasury yields fell to levels not seen since November 2016 and the yield curve inverted at multiple points along the 30-year arc.

In a microcosm, August 2019 encapsulated many of the unnerving events that plagued investors during the prior 11 months. The U.S.-China trade relationship swung from antagonistic to hopeful and back again with no evident compromise on the horizon. Evidence of a continued global economic slowdown mounted. Central banks in China, New Zealand, and Thailand cut interest rates. Industrial and manufacturing data declined in China, Canada, Japan, and Germany. Adding to the uncertain environment, Italy’s prime minister resigned, many feared a crackdown in Hong Kong as protesters sustained their calls for reform throughout the month, and Boris Johnson planned to suspend Parliament as Brexit’s deadline neared.

In the U.S., September saw the Fed join other central banks in cutting interest rates. Manufacturing data in the U.S., as reported by the Institute for Supply Management, disappointed investors. The U.S. Congress announced it would pursue an impeachment investigation of President Trump. Meanwhile, the Brexit impasse showed no signs of

“The S&P 500 Index gained 8.01% for the month of January, the best monthly performance in 30 years.”

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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

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.

resolution. Officials in China said that hitting the country’s economic growth goals for the year would be difficult considering the weight of tariffs and trade restrictions. So while the S&P 500 Index finished the third quarter with year-to-date returns that were the best in more than 20 years, amid signs of equity investors taking money out of the stock market, concerns about future returns remained.

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 potentially 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,

Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

Investment objective

The Fund seeks long-term total return, consisting of capital appreciation and current income.

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Subadviser

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

Portfolio managers

Robert Junkin^‡

Margaret Patel

Average annual total returns (%) as of September 30, 2019¹

		Including sales charge						Excluding sales charge						Expense ratios2 (%)
	Inception date	1 year		5 year		10 year		1 year		5 year		10 year		Gross		Net3
Class A (EKBAX)	1-20-1998		-0.44		8.95		11.05		5.60		10.26		11.70		1.12		1.12
Class C (EKBCX)	1-22-1998		3.81		9.43		10.87		4.81		9.43		10.87		1.87		1.87
Administrator Class (EKBDX)4	7-30-2010		–		–		–		5.67		10.38		11.89		1.04		1.04
Institutional Class (EKBYX)	1-26-1998		–		–		–		5.98		10.64		12.13		0.79		0.78
Diversified Capital Builder Blended Index5	–		–		–		–		4.65		9.36		11.95		–		–
ICE BofAML U.S. Cash Pay High Yield Index6	–		–		–		–		6.34		5.36		7.82		–		–
Russell 1000® Index7	–		–		–		–		3.87		10.62		13.23		–		–

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.

Balanced funds may invest in stocks and bonds. Stock values fluctuate in response to the activities of individual companies and general market and economic conditions. Bond values fluctuate in response to the financial condition of individual issuers, general market and economic conditions, and changes in interest rates. Changes in market conditions and government policies may lead to periods of heightened volatility in the bond market and reduced liquidity for certain bonds held by the Fund. In general, when interest rates rise, bond values fall and investors may lose principal value. Interest rate changes and their impact on the Fund and its share price can be sudden and unpredictable. Certain investment strategies tend to increase the total risk of an investment (relative to the broader market). The Fund is exposed to foreign investment risk, high-yield securities risk, and smaller-company securities risk. Consult the Fund’s prospectus for additional information on these and other risks.

Please see footnotes on page 7.

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

Growth of $10,000 investment as of September 30, 2019⁸

^‡  Mr. Junkin became a portfolio manager of the Fund on April 1, 2019.

¹  Historical performance prior to July 12, 2010, is based on the performance of the Fund’s predecessor, Evergreen Diversified Capital Builder Fund.

²  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.

³  The manager has contractually committed through January 31, 2020, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the expenses of each class after fee waivers at 1.20% for Class A, 1.95% for Class C, 1.05% for Administrator Class, and 0.78% 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.

⁴  Historical performance 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.

⁵  Source: Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. The Diversified Capital Builder Blended Index is composed 75% of the Russell 1000^® Index and 25% of the ICE BofAML U.S. Cash Pay High Yield Index. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁶  The ICE BofAML U.S. Cash Pay High Yield Index is an unmanaged market index that provides a broad-based performance measure of the non-investment grade U.S. domestic bond index. You cannot invest directly in an index. Copyright 2019. ICE Data Indices, LLC. All rights reserved.

⁷  The Russell 1000^® Index measures the performance of the 1,000 largest companies in the Russell 3000^® Index, which represents approximately 92% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000^® Index. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁸  The chart compares the performance of Class A shares for the most recent ten years with the Diversified Capital Builder Blended Index, the ICE BofAML U.S. Cash Pay High Yield Index, and the Russell 1000^® Index. The chart assumes a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Class A shares and reflects all operating expenses and assumes the maximum initial sales charge of 5.75%.

⁹  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.

¹⁰  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.

* This security was no longer held at the end of the reporting period.

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

MANAGER’S DISCUSSION

Fund highlights

∎ The Fund outperformed its benchmark, the Diversified Capital Builder Blended Index, for the 12-month period that ended September 30, 2019.

∎ The Fund outperformed the benchmark because of outperformance in the consumer discretionary, industrials, and utilities sectors.

∎ Information technology (IT) holdings also contributed. Although our holdings somewhat underperformed the sector’s performance in the Russell 1000^® Index, IT outperformed other sectors of the market.

∎ Our health care holdings had performance about equal to the index’s overall performance, but the performance of Fund holdings in the health care sector significantly outperformed the stocks in the index’s health care sector.

∎ Underperforming sectors were the communication services and real estate sectors.

∎ In the Fund’s bond portfolio, holdings moderately outperformed the ICE BofAML U.S. Cash Pay High Yield Index due to our above-average-quality holdings. Better-quality below-investment-grade bonds outperformed lower-quality high-yield issues.

In the first quarter of the Fund’s fiscal year, which ended December 31, 2018, stock prices fell sharply as a result of the Federal Reserve’s (Fed’s) strategy of gradually raising short-term interest rates. The lower prices reflected market participants’ concern that higher rates, even from low levels, would tighten financial conditions and slow the economy, precipitating a recession. However, in January, the Fed reversed course, indicating a policy more sensitive to financial and market conditions in the formulation of future monetary policy. The stock market reacted positively and reached record levels in the fourth and final quarter of the Fund’s fiscal year that ended September 30, 2019.

Reflecting the change in outlook toward the Fed policy of gradually raising rates over the fiscal year, rates on intermediate-maturity Treasury bonds fell steadily during the period. Bond performance in the corporate market also was generally positive, with interest rates declining alongside the drops in Treasury yields, resulting in price increases for most corporate bonds.

Ten largest holdings (%) as of September 30, 20199
Broadcom Incorporated	3.75
Vistra Energy Corporation	3.66
American Electric Power Company Incorporated	3.31
Amphenol Corporation Class A	3.24
DTE Energy Company	3.13
CMS Energy Corporation	3.07
Atmos Energy Corporation	2.99
Adobe Systems Incorporated	2.88
Akamai Technologies Incorporated	2.82
Leidos Holdings Incorporated	2.57

Stocks gained in value during the period

After an initial setback in equity performance, most stocks gained in value during the fiscal year. Companies continued to report rising sales and profits. In addition, most companies maintained the historically high profit margins that have been characteristic of the market advance since the financial crisis in 2008. By the last quarter of the fiscal year, however, market levels flattened out as investors became concerned about slowing economic growth not only in the U.S. but also in the rest of the world, where economic conditions are not as robust as in the U.S. Additional concerns about tariffs and restrictions on international trade possibly causing slower growth globally also contributed to market caution at the end of the fiscal year.

Please see footnotes on page 7.

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

Portfolio composition as of September 30, 2019¹⁰

The Fund outperformed relative to its benchmark despite being overweight stocks, which trailed bonds over the 12-month period. Within the equity portfolio, its holdings in the health care, utilities, industrials, and consumer discretionary sectors outperformed the return of the equity benchmark. In addition, the Fund’s IT sector holdings, while slightly lagging the sector return of the benchmark, substantially outpaced the average market gain and thus substantially added to incremental returns. Sectors detracting from performance were holdings in the communication services, real estate, materials, and consumer staples sectors.

Equity outperformers in health care included Danaher Corporation and Thermo Fisher Scientific Incorporated. In the utilities sector, American Electric Power Company, Incorporated; CMS Energy Corporation; and DTE Energy Company added to performance. In the IT sector, Akamai Technologies, Incorporated, added value, as did Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, which gained substantially in price after it accepted an acquisition offer from Infineon Technologies AG.

Detractors included energy sector holdings Andeavor Logistics LP* and Centennial Resource Development Incorporated*; materials sector holding Berry Global Group, Incorporated; and IT holdings Salesforce.com, Incorporated, and Corning Incorporated.

U.S. Treasury rates moved lower

In the bond market, interest rates for U.S. Treasury securities, after moving up in the first quarter of the fiscal year, steadily declined over the period’s last three quarters. To illustrate, Treasury issues maturing in 10 years fell from 3.06% at the beginning of the fiscal year to 1.67% by month-end September 2019.

High-yield bonds, which historically have been more sensitive to prospects of future economic growth than investment-grade bonds, had price trends that reflected both their equity-like and fixed-income characteristics. In the first quarter of the fiscal year, prices of high-yield bonds dropped, reflecting sharp price corrections in the equity market. However, as the Fed reversed course on monetary policy at the beginning of 2019, prices of high-yield bonds rose as Treasury rates fell. These fluctuations resulted in double-digit total returns for most high-yield bonds based on interest income combined with capital appreciation as yields fell. To illustrate, at the end of September 2018, the average yield to maturity of the index of high-yield bonds was 6.28%, with a yield advantage over similar-maturity U.S. Treasury bonds of 366 basis points (bps; 100 bps equal 1.00%). But at the end of the fiscal year that ended September 30, 2019, the yield to maturity had fallen to 5.87%, with a yield advantage over similar-maturity Treasuries of 420 bps.

In general, lower-quality high-yield bonds underperformed higher-quality high-yield bonds because investors became more concerned with the prospects of poor-credit-quality companies should future economic growth slow materially.

Relative outperformers in the bond portfolio included health care sector holdings AMN Healthcare Services, Incorporated, and DaVita HealthCare Partners Incorporated. In the industrials sector, Resideo Funding Incorporated and SPX FLOW, Incorporated, contributed to performance. Technology sector bonds of Gartner, Incorporated; Seagate Technology plc; and TTM Technologies, Incorporated, outperformed other holdings in the sector. Bond detractors included pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt plc*; materials sector holding Rayonier Advanced Materials Incorporated; and industrials sector investment CommScope Holding Company, Incorporated.

Our outlook remains one of cautious optimism

The Fund’s positioning reflects our expectation for continued economic growth over the next year, although at levels probably around 1.5% to 2.0%, or somewhat lower than recent economic growth rates. We find stock prices reasonable compared with the earnings growth potential of many stocks. Thus, we are optimistic that equities may provide returns well above those available on the very low yields of risk-free alternatives. In addition, with yields of Treasuries likely to be at low levels for the foreseeable future, we feel stock dividend yields are attractive alternatives to yields offered on short-term fixed-income securities. Within the fixed-income assets of the Fund, virtually all of the bond holdings are of companies with U.S. public equity outstanding, which we think provides a more flexible capital structure and more transparent reporting of financial results. We expect these high-yield bonds to provide a competitive return to that available on lower-yielding, higher-rated bonds.

Please see footnotes on page 7.

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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 April 1, 2019 to September 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 4-1-2019		Ending account value 9-30-2019		Expenses paid during the period¹		Annualized net expense ratio
Class A
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,062.68	$	5.76		1.11	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,019.49	$	5.64		1.11	%
Class C
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,058.99	$	9.63		1.86	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,015.71	$	9.43		1.86	%
Administrator Class
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,062.93	$	5.35		1.03	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,019.89	$	5.23		1.03	%
Institutional Class
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,064.79	$	4.05		0.78	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,021.15	$	3.96		0.78	%

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—September 30, 2019

	Shares		Value
Common Stocks: 84.04%
Communication Services: 1.35%
Media: 1.35%
Comcast Corporation Class A		330,000	$	14,876,400
Consumer Discretionary: 0.53%
Specialty Retail: 0.53%
The Home Depot Incorporated		25,000		5,800,500
Consumer Staples: 0.33%
Food Products: 0.33%
Lamb Weston Holdings Incorporated		50,001		3,636,073
Energy: 1.11%
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels: 1.11%
Kinder Morgan Incorporated		10,000		206,100
ONEOK Incorporated		160,000		11,790,400
Plains All American Pipeline LP		15,000		311,250
				12,307,750
Financials: 1.30%
Insurance: 1.30%
Chubb Limited		35,000		5,650,400
The Allstate Corporation		80,000		8,694,400
				14,344,800
Health Care: 8.21%
Health Care Equipment & Supplies: 3.63%
Abbott Laboratories		100,000		8,367,000
Becton Dickinson & Company		45,000		11,383,200
Danaher Corporation		140,000		20,220,200
ElectroCore LLC Ǡ		30,000		65,700
				40,036,100
Health Care Providers & Services: 0.11%
HCA Healthcare Incorporated		10,000		1,204,200
Life Sciences Tools & Services: 2.91%
Agilent Technologies Incorporated		80,000		6,130,400
Bio-Rad Laboratories Incorporated Class A †		15,000		4,991,100
Illumina Incorporated †		2,000		608,440
Thermo Fisher Scientific Incorporated		70,000		20,388,900
				32,118,840
Pharmaceuticals: 1.56%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company		110,000		5,578,100
Horizon Therapeutics plc †		100,000		2,723,000
Merck KGaA ADR		400,000		8,992,000
				17,293,100
Industrials: 12.15%
Aerospace & Defense: 5.37%
Curtiss-Wright Corporation		165,000		21,346,050
Huntington Ingalls Industries Incorporated		65,000		13,766,350

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	Shares		Value
Aerospace & Defense (continued)
L3Harris Technologies Incorporated		50,000	$	10,432,000
Lockheed Martin Corporation		20,000		7,801,200
Raytheon Company		30,000		5,885,700
				59,231,300
Building Products: 0.21%
Apogee Enterprises Incorporated		60,000		2,339,400
Electrical Equipment: 1.37%
AMETEK Incorporated		165,000		15,150,300
Industrial Conglomerates: 0.65%
Honeywell International Incorporated		15,000		2,538,000
Roper Technologies Incorporated		13,000		4,635,800
				7,173,800
Machinery: 4.55%
Crane Company		100,000		8,063,000
IDEX Corporation		120,000		19,665,600
John Bean Technologies Corporation		180,000		17,897,400
Oshkosh Corporation		60,000		4,548,000
				50,174,000
Information Technology: 30.97%
Communications Equipment: 1.26%
Cisco Systems Incorporated		280,000		13,834,800
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components: 6.91%
Amphenol Corporation Class A		370,000		35,705,000
Corning Incorporated		670,000		19,108,400
FLIR Systems Incorporated		345,000		18,143,550
MTS Systems Corporation		60,000		3,315,000
				76,271,950
IT Services: 5.38%
Akamai Technologies Incorporated †		340,000		31,069,200
Leidos Holdings Incorporated		330,000		28,340,400
				59,409,600
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment: 8.90%
Advanced Micro Devices Incorporated †		610,000		17,683,900
Broadcom Incorporated		150,000		41,410,500
Microchip Technology Incorporated		235,000		21,833,850
Micron Technology Incorporated †		35,000		1,499,750
Texas Instruments Incorporated		70,000		9,046,800
Xilinx Incorporated		70,000		6,713,000
				98,187,800
Software: 7.71%
Adobe Systems Incorporated †		115,000		31,768,750
ANSYS Incorporated †		45,000		9,961,200
Nutanix Incorporated Class A †		50,000		1,312,500
Palo Alto Networks Incorporated †		55,000		11,210,650
Salesforce.com Incorporated †		80,000		11,875,200

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	Shares		Value
Software (continued)
ServiceNow Incorporated †		37,000	$	9,392,450
Synopsys Incorporated †		70,000		9,607,500
				85,128,250
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals: 0.81%
Pure Storage Incorporated Class A †		175,000		2,964,500
Western Digital Corporation		100,000		5,964,000
				8,928,500
Materials: 7.99%
Chemicals: 6.26%
Celanese Corporation Series A		75,000		9,171,750
Eastman Chemical Company		80,000		5,906,400
Huntsman Corporation		630,000		14,653,800
LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A		280,000		25,051,600
Olin Corporation		60,000		1,123,200
The Sherwin-Williams Company		17,000		9,347,790
Tronox Holdings plc Class A		150,000		1,245,000
Westlake Chemical Corporation		40,000		2,620,800
				69,120,340
Containers & Packaging: 1.73%
AptarGroup Incorporated		81,500		9,653,675
Berry Global Group Incorporated †		240,000		9,424,800
				19,078,475
Real Estate: 2.38%
Equity REITs: 2.38%
Crown Castle International Corporation		150,000		20,851,500
Iron Mountain Incorporated		50,000		1,619,500
Saul Centers Incorporated		70,000		3,815,700
				26,286,700
Utilities: 17.72%
Electric Utilities: 4.76%
American Electric Power Company Incorporated		390,000		36,539,100
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation		165,000		16,016,550
				52,555,650
Gas Utilities: 2.99%
Atmos Energy Corporation		290,000		33,028,100
Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers: 3.66%
Vistra Energy Corporation		1,510,000		40,362,300
Multi-Utilities: 6.31%
CMS Energy Corporation		530,000		33,893,500
DTE Energy Company		260,000		34,569,600
NiSource Incorporated		40,000		1,196,800
				69,659,900
Total Common Stocks (Cost $766,056,388)				927,538,928

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	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Corporate Bonds and Notes: 13.17%
Communication Services: 0.23%
Media: 0.23%
McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings LLC 144A«		7.88	%		5-15-2024	$	3,000,000	$	2,595,000
Consumer Discretionary: 0.44%
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure: 0.19%
Speedway Motorsports Incorporated		5.13			2-1-2023		2,000,000		2,030,000
Household Durables: 0.25%
Installed Building Company 144A		5.75			2-1-2028		2,700,000		2,784,374
Consumer Staples: 0.19%
Food Products: 0.19%
Lamb Weston Holdings Incorporated 144A		4.88			11-1-2026		2,000,000		2,095,000
Health Care: 3.38%
Health Care Equipment & Supplies: 0.68%
Teleflex Incorporated		4.88			6-1-2026		7,175,000		7,479,938
Health Care Providers & Services: 2.61%
AMN Healthcare Incorporated 144A		5.13			10-1-2024		13,512,000		14,018,700
DaVita Incorporated		5.00			5-1-2025		7,000,000		6,973,750
DaVita Incorporated		5.13			7-15-2024		1,000,000		1,016,250
West Street Merger Subordinate Bond Incorporated 144A		6.38			9-1-2025		7,400,000		6,808,000
									28,816,700
Pharmaceuticals: 0.09%
Catalent Pharma Solutions Incorporated 144A		4.88			1-15-2026		1,000,000		1,028,750
Industrials: 3.57%
Aerospace & Defense: 0.81%
TransDigm Group Incorporated		6.38			6-15-2026		7,000,000		7,358,750
TransDigm Group Incorporated		6.50			5-15-2025		1,500,000		1,556,250
									8,915,000
Commercial Services & Supplies: 0.14%
ACCO Brands Corporation 144A		5.25			12-15-2024		1,500,000		1,552,500
Electrical Equipment: 1.25%
Resideo Funding Incorporated 144A		6.13			11-1-2026		13,112,000		13,833,160
Machinery: 1.00%
SPX FLOW Incorporated 144A		5.88			8-15-2026		10,500,000		10,972,500
Trading Companies & Distributors: 0.37%
WESCO Distribution Incorporated		5.38			6-15-2024		4,000,000		4,130,000
Information Technology: 3.41%
Communications Equipment: 0.51%
CommScope Incorporated 144A		5.50			6-15-2024		6,000,000		5,638,080

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	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components: 1.50%
MTS Systems Corporation 144A		5.75	%		8-15-2027	$	3,000,000	$	3,120,000
TTM Technologies Incorporated 144A«		5.63			10-1-2025		13,505,000		13,505,000
									16,625,000
IT Services: 0.93%
Gartner Incorporated 144A		5.13			4-1-2025		9,779,000		10,231,279
Software: 0.28%
Nuance Communications Company		6.00			7-1-2024		3,000,000		3,135,000
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals: 0.19%
Western Digital Corporation		4.75			2-15-2026		2,000,000		2,057,500
Materials: 1.76%
Chemicals: 1.58%
Koppers Incorporated 144A		6.00			2-15-2025		8,190,000		8,195,160
Olin Corporation		5.50			8-15-2022		1,000,000		1,055,000
Platform Specialty Products Corporation 144A		5.88			12-1-2025		3,000,000		3,139,800
Rayonier Advanced Materials Products Incorporated 144A		5.50			6-1-2024		4,130,000		3,017,481
Valvoline Incorporated		4.38			8-15-2025		2,000,000		2,035,000
									17,442,441
Containers & Packaging: 0.18%
Berry Global Incorporated 144A		4.50			2-15-2026		2,000,000		1,972,500
Real Estate: 0.19%
Equity REITs: 0.19%
Iron Mountain Incorporated 144A		5.38			6-1-2026		2,000,000		2,060,000
Total Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost $143,012,081)									145,394,722
Yankee Corporate Bonds and Notes: 1.93%
Financials: 0.43%
Diversified Financial Services: 0.43%
Tronox Finance plc 144A		5.75			10-1-2025		5,000,000		4,728,750
Information Technology: 1.50%
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals: 1.50%
Seagate HDD		4.75			6-1-2023		9,500,000		9,937,684
Seagate HDD		4.88			6-1-2027		6,396,000		6,604,561
									16,542,245
Total Yankee Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost $20,013,880)									21,270,995
	Yield					Shares
Short-Term Investments: 1.04%
Investment Companies: 1.04%
Securities Lending Cash Investments LLC (l)(r)(u)		2.11					5,714,900		5,715,472
Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class (l)(u)		1.88					5,712,610		5,712,610
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $11,428,082)									11,428,082

Total investments in securities (Cost $940,510,431)	100.18	%		1,105,632,727
Other assets and liabilities, net	(0.18	)		(2,003,789	)
Total net assets	100.00	%	$	1,103,628,938

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« All or a portion of this security is on loan.

† Non-income-earning security

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

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		14,415,390		146,589,697		155,290,187		5,714,900	$	(670	)	$	0	$	390,629	#	$	5,715,472
Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class		22,600,022		416,436,441		433,323,853		5,712,610		0			0		353,260			5,712,610
									$	(670	)	$	0	$	743,889		$	11,428,082		1.04	%

# Amount shown represents income before fees and rebates

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

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Statement of assets and liabilities—September 30, 2019

Assets
Investments in unaffiliated securities, (including $5,528,453 of securities on loan) at value (cost $929,082,349)	$	1,094,204,645
Investments in affiliated securities, at value (cost $11,428,082)		11,428,082
Receivable for Fund shares sold		1,405,406
Receivable for dividends and interest		3,935,775
Receivable for securities lending income, net		3,434
Prepaid expenses and other assets		175,321
Total assets		1,111,152,663
Liabilities
Payable upon receipt of securities loaned		5,716,509
Payable for Fund shares redeemed		829,750
Management fee payable		557,828
Administration fees payable		165,472
Distribution fee payable		72,181
Trustees’ fees and expenses payable		2,246
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		179,739
Total liabilities		7,523,725
Total net assets	$	1,103,628,938
Net assets consist of
Paid-in capital	$	890,051,184
Total distributable earnings		213,577,754
Total net assets	$	1,103,628,938
Computation of net asset value and offering price per share
Net assets – Class A	$	616,345,852
Shares outstanding – Class A1		57,528,842
Net asset value per share – Class A		$10.71
Maximum offering price per share – Class A2		$11.36
Net assets – Class C	$	118,296,693
Shares outstanding – Class C1		11,066,066
Net asset value per share – Class C		$10.69
Net assets – Administrator Class	$	9,707,918
Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1		905,183
Net asset value per share – Administrator Class		$10.72
Net assets – Institutional Class	$	359,278,475
Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1		33,771,722
Net asset value per share – Institutional Class		$10.64

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—year ended September 30, 2019

Investment income
Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $15,223)	$	14,061,326
Interest		11,364,415
Income from affiliated securities		405,545
Total investment income		25,831,286
Expenses
Management fee		6,415,796
Administration fees
Class A		1,203,693
Class C		241,778
Administrator Class		14,593
Institutional Class		431,848
Shareholder servicing fees
Class A		1,432,968
Class C		287,831
Administrator Class		28,063
Distribution fee
Class C		863,471
Custody and accounting fees		49,001
Professional fees		46,111
Registration fees		104,733
Shareholder report expenses		104,733
Trustees’ fees and expenses		21,652
Other fees and expenses		33,789
Total expenses		11,280,060
Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements
Administrator Class		(101	)
Institutional Class		(23,260	)
Net expenses		11,256,699
Net investment income		14,574,587
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments
Net realized gains (losses) on
Unaffiliated securities		53,802,578
Affiliated securities		(670	)
Net realized gains on investments		53,801,908
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments		(8,891,274	)
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		44,910,634
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations	$	59,485,221

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

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Statement of changes in net assets

	Year ended September 30, 2019						Year ended September 30, 2018
Operations
Net investment income				$	14,574,587					$	9,550,632
Net realized gains on investments					53,801,908						45,547,043
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments					(8,891,274	)					53,496,076
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations					59,485,221						108,593,751
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains
Class A					(36,253,338	)					(31,088,631	)
Class C					(7,460,798	)					(5,826,986	)
Administrator Class					(764,433	)					(638,260	)
Institutional Class					(21,977,654	)					(16,658,344	)
Total distributions to shareholders					(66,456,223	)					(54,212,221	)
Capital share transactions		Shares						Shares
Proceeds from shares sold
Class A		9,391,056			93,260,195			4,168,569			43,865,273
Class C		4,595,019			46,061,402			3,054,283			32,032,658
Administrator Class		227,726			2,281,752			507,748			5,354,505
Institutional Class		15,448,752			154,786,786			10,093,186			106,245,129
					296,390,135						187,497,565
Reinvestment of distributions
Class A		3,667,392			34,796,863			2,909,042			29,709,824
Class C		774,676			7,255,587			555,563			5,639,821
Administrator Class		79,989			758,159			60,161			615,499
Institutional Class		2,124,090			20,080,474			1,566,794			15,933,541
					62,891,083						51,898,685
Payment for shares redeemed
Class A		(8,342,798	)		(83,876,599	)		(7,765,843	)		(81,546,998	)
Class C		(6,420,901	)		(63,323,374	)		(2,906,268	)		(30,438,895	)
Administrator Class		(671,418	)		(7,048,173	)		(290,129	)		(3,037,359	)
Institutional Class		(13,982,283	)		(140,897,557	)		(7,121,216	)		(73,887,823	)
					(295,145,703	)					(188,911,075	)
Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share transactions					64,135,515						50,485,175
Total increase in net assets					57,164,513						104,866,705
Net assets
Beginning of period					1,046,464,425						941,597,720
End of period				$	1,103,628,938					$	1,046,464,425

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
CLASS A	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$10.88			$10.30			$9.96			$9.12			$9.31
Net investment income		0.14			0.10			0.14	1		0.17			0.11
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		0.37			1.06			1.12			1.71			(0.20	)
Total from investment operations		0.51			1.16			1.26			1.88			(0.09	)
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		(0.14	)		(0.09	)		(0.14	)		(0.15	)		(0.10	)
Net realized gains		(0.54	)		(0.49	)		(0.78	)		(0.89	)		0.00
Total distributions to shareholders		(0.68	)		(0.58	)		(0.92	)		(1.04	)		(0.10	)
Net asset value, end of period		$10.71			$10.88			$10.30			$9.96			$9.12
Total return2		5.60	%		11.72	%		13.62	%		22.85	%		(1.05	)%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		1.12	%		1.11	%		1.12	%		1.14	%		1.19	%
Net expenses		1.12	%		1.11	%		1.12	%		1.14	%		1.19	%
Net investment income		1.38	%		0.96	%		1.43	%		1.77	%		1.17	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		61	%		31	%		54	%		73	%		69	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$616,346			$574,760			$551,272			$467,503			$402,303

¹  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

²  Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
CLASS C	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$10.86			$10.28			$9.96			$9.12			$9.32
Net investment income		0.06			0.02			0.08			0.10			0.05
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		0.37			1.06			1.11			1.72			(0.22	)
Total from investment operations		0.43			1.08			1.19			1.82			(0.17	)
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		(0.06	)		(0.01	)		(0.09	)		(0.09	)		(0.03	)
Net realized gains		(0.54	)		(0.49	)		(0.78	)		(0.89	)		0.00
Total distributions to shareholders		(0.60	)		(0.50	)		(0.87	)		(0.98	)		(0.03	)
Net asset value, end of period		$10.69			$10.86			$10.28			$9.96			$9.12
Total return1		4.81	%		10.88	%		12.85	%		21.96	%		(1.88	)%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		1.87	%		1.87	%		1.87	%		1.89	%		1.94	%
Net expenses		1.87	%		1.87	%		1.87	%		1.89	%		1.94	%
Net investment income		0.65	%		0.21	%		0.65	%		1.03	%		0.41	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		61	%		31	%		54	%		73	%		69	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$118,297			$131,601			$117,346			$67,630			$53,373

¹  Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$10.89			$10.32			$9.97			$9.12			$9.32
Net investment income		0.15	1		0.11	1		0.16	1		0.18	1		0.14	1
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		0.37			1.06			1.12			1.73			(0.22	)
Total from investment operations		0.52			1.17			1.28			1.91			(0.08	)
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		(0.15	)		(0.11	)		(0.15	)		(0.17	)		(0.12	)
Net realized gains		(0.54	)		(0.49	)		(0.78	)		(0.89	)		0.00
Total distributions to shareholders		(0.69	)		(0.60	)		(0.93	)		(1.06	)		(0.12	)
Net asset value, end of period		$10.72			$10.89			$10.32			$9.97			$9.12
Total return		5.67	%		11.73	%		13.75	%		23.14	%		(0.92	)%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		1.04	%		1.03	%		1.04	%		1.06	%		1.05	%
Net expenses		1.04	%		1.03	%		1.04	%		1.03	%		0.95	%
Net investment income		1.47	%		1.04	%		1.58	%		1.89	%		1.41	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		61	%		31	%		54	%		73	%		69	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$9,708			$13,821			$10,225			$21,398			$7,898

¹  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$10.81			$10.25			$9.90			$9.07			$9.27
Net investment income		0.18			0.14			0.19			0.20			0.15
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		0.36			1.05			1.11			1.71			(0.21	)
Total from investment operations		0.54			1.19			1.30			1.91			(0.06	)
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		(0.17	)		(0.14	)		(0.17	)		(0.19	)		(0.14	)
Net realized gains		(0.54	)		(0.49	)		(0.78	)		(0.89	)		0.00
Total distributions to shareholders		(0.71	)		(0.63	)		(0.95	)		(1.08	)		(0.14	)
Net asset value, end of period		$10.64			$10.81			$10.25			$9.90			$9.07
Total return		5.98	%		12.04	%		14.11	%		23.28	%		(0.75	)%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		0.79	%		0.79	%		0.79	%		0.81	%		0.79	%
Net expenses		0.78	%		0.78	%		0.78	%		0.78	%		0.77	%
Net investment income		1.73	%		1.30	%		1.71	%		2.14	%		1.58	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		61	%		31	%		54	%		73	%		69	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$359,278			$326,283			$262,754			$122,769			$97,251

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

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Notes to financial statements

1. ORGANIZATION

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

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 of the Fund. The Board of Trustees has established a Valuation Committee comprised of the Trustees and has delegated to it the authority to take any actions regarding the valuation of portfolio securities that the Valuation Committee deems necessary or appropriate, including determining the fair value of portfolio securities, unless the determination has been delegated to the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee at Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”). The Board of Trustees retains the authority to make or ratify any valuation decisions or approve any changes to the Valuation Procedures as it deems appropriate. On a quarterly basis, the Board of Trustees receives reports on any valuation actions taken by the Valuation Committee or the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee which may include items for ratification.

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. When securities are on loan, the Fund receives interest or dividends on those securities. Cash collateral received in connection with its securities lending transactions is invested in Securities Lending Cash Investments, LLC (the “Securities Lending Fund”). Investments in Securities Lending Fund 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.

In a securities lending transaction, the net asset value of the Fund is 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. The Fund has the right under the lending agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand. 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 such an event, the terms of the agreement allows the unaffiliated securities lending agent to use the collateral to purchase replacement securities on behalf of the Fund or pay the Fund the market value of the loaned securities. The Fund bears the risk of loss with respect to depreciation of its investment of the cash collateral.

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.

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Notes to financial statements

Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date. Dividend income is record 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 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.

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 September 30, 2019, the aggregate cost of all investments for federal income tax purposes was $940,484,688 and the unrealized gains (losses) consisted of:

Gross unrealized gains	$	190,008,181
Gross unrealized losses		(24,860,142	)
Net unrealized gains	$	165,148,039

Reclassifications are made to the Fund’s capital accounts for permanent tax differences to reflect income and gains available for distribution (or available capital loss carryforwards) under federal income tax regulations. U.S. generally accepted accounting principles require that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share. At September 30, 2019, as a result of permanent book-to-tax differences, the following reclassification adjustments were made on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities:

Paid-in capital	Total distributable earnings
$(11,830)	$11,830

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 fund-level 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

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Notes to financial statements

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 September 30, 2019:

	Quoted prices (Level 1)		Other significant observable inputs (Level 2)		Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)		Total
Assets
Investments in:
Common stocks
Communication services	$	14,876,400	$	0	$	0	$	14,876,400
Consumer discretionary		5,800,500		0		0		5,800,500
Consumer staples		3,636,073		0		0		3,636,073
Energy		12,307,750		0		0		12,307,750
Financials		14,344,800		0		0		14,344,800
Health care		90,652,240		0		0		90,652,240
Industrials		134,068,800		0		0		134,068,800
Information technology		341,760,900		0		0		341,760,900
Materials		88,198,815		0		0		88,198,815
Real estate		26,286,700		0		0		26,286,700
Utilities		195,605,950		0		0		195,605,950
Corporate bonds and notes		0		145,394,722		0		145,394,722
Yankee corporate bonds and notes		0		21,270,995		0		21,270,995
Short-term investments
Investment companies		11,428,082		0		0		11,428,082
Total assets	$	938,967,010	$	166,665,717	$	0	$	1,105,632,727

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

For the year ended September 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 administrative services in connection with the Fund’s

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Notes to financial statements

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	0.650%
Next $500 million	0.600
Next $2 billion	0.550
Next $2 billion	0.525
Next $5 billion	0.490
Over $10 billion	0.480

For the year ended September 30, 2019, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.62% 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 (“WellsCap”), 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 0.35% 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

Waivers and/or expense reimbursements

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 January 31, 2020 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 1.20% for Class A shares, 1.95% for Class C shares, 1.05% for Administrator Class shares, and 0.78% 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 year ended September 30, 2019, Funds Distributor received $71,907 from the sale of Class A shares and $496, in contingent deferred sales charges from redemptions Class C shares. No contingent deferred sales charges were incurred by Class A shares for the year ended September 30, 2019.

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Notes to financial statements

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 $49,948,125 and $8,145,000 in interfund purchases and sales, respectively, during the year ended September 30, 2019.

5. INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS

Purchases and sales of investments, excluding U.S. government obligations (if any) and short-term securities, for the year ended September 30, 2019 were $642,159,124 and $618,990,792, respectively.

6. SECURITIES LENDING TRANSACTIONS

The Fund lends its securities through an unaffiliated securities lending agent and 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 increases or decreases in the required collateral are exchanged between the Fund and the counterparty on the next business day. Cash collateral received is invested in the Securities Lending Fund which 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 and is exempt from registration under Section 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act. Securities Lending Fund is managed by Funds Management and is subadvised by WellsCap. 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.

In the event of counterparty default or the failure of a borrower to return a loaned security, the Fund has the right to use the collateral to offset any losses incurred. As of September 30, 2019 the Fund had securities lending transactions with the following counterparties which are subject to offset:

Counterparty	Value of securities on loan		Collateral received1			Net amount
Barclays Capital Inc.	$	62,415	$	(62,415	)	$	0
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.		2,550,038		(2,550,038	)		0
JPMorgan Securities LLC		2,916,000		(2,916,000	)		0

¹  Collateral received within this table is limited to the collateral for the net transaction with the counterparty.

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 year ended September 30, 2019, there were no borrowings by the Fund under the agreement.

8. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended September 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018 were as follows:

	Year ended September 30
	2019		2018
Ordinary income	$	14,455,943	$	25,392,045
Long-term capital gain		52,000,280		28,820,176

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Notes to financial statements

As of September 30, 2019, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income	Undistributed long-term gain	Unrealized gains
$5,229,614	$43,305,460	$165,148,039

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 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 and requires the premium to be amortized to the earliest call date. The amendments do not require an accounting change for securities held at a discount and discounts will continue to be accreted to the maturity date of the security. ASU 2017-08 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 and for interim periods within those fiscal years. During the current reporting period, management of the Fund adopted the change in accounting policy which did not have a material impact to the Fund’s financial statements.

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Report of independent registered public accounting firm

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

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Wells Fargo Diversified Capital Builder Fund (the Fund), one of the funds constituting Wells Fargo Funds Trust, including the portfolio of investments, as of September 30, 2019, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the financial statements) and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of September 30, 2019, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

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

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of September 30, 2019, by correspondence with the custodian and transfer agent. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

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

Boston, Massachusetts

November 25, 2019

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Other information (unaudited)

TAX INFORMATION

For corporate shareholders, pursuant to Section 854 of the Internal Revenue Code, 63.16% of ordinary income dividends qualify for the corporate dividends-received deduction for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019.

Pursuant to Section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, $52,000,280 was designated as a 20% rate gain distribution for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019.

Pursuant to Section 854 of the Internal Revenue Code, $10,071,413 of income dividends paid during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019 has been designated as qualified dividend income (QDI).

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, $5,979,385 has been designated as interest-related dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

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

QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

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 or Form N-PORT, which is available by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. Those forms may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

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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 150 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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Other information (unaudited)

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

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

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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.
Michelle Rhee3 (Born 1966)	Chief Legal Officer, since 2019	Secretary of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, Chief Legal Counsel of Wells Fargo Asset Management and Assistant General Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2018. Associate General Counsel and Managing Director of Bank of America Corporation from 2004 to 2018.
Catherine Kennedy4 (Born 1969)	Secretary, since 2019	Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and Senior Counsel of the Wells Fargo Legal Department since 2010. Vice President and Senior Counsel of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 1998 to 2010.
Michael H. Whitaker (Born 1967)	Chief Compliance Officer, since 2016	Chief Compliance Officer of Wells Fargo Asset Management 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 64 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.

³  Michelle Rhee became Chief Legal Officer effective October 22, 2019.

⁴  Catherine Kennedy became Secretary effective October 22, 2019.

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Other information (unaudited)

BOARD CONSIDERATION OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS:

Wells Fargo Diversified Capital Builder Fund

Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”) must determine annually whether to approve the continuation of the Trust’s investment management and sub-advisory agreements. In this regard, at an in-person meeting held on May 21-22, 2019 (the “Meeting”), the Board, all the members of which have no direct or indirect interest in the investment management and sub-advisory agreements and are not “interested persons” of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act (the “Independent Trustees”), reviewed and approved for Wells Fargo Diversified Capital Builder Fund (the “Fund”): (i) an investment management agreement (the “Management Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”); and (ii) an investment sub-advisory agreement (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement”) with Wells Capital Management Incorporated (the “Sub-Adviser”), an affiliate of Funds Management. The Management Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement are collectively referred to as the “Advisory Agreements.”

At the Meeting, the Board considered the factors and reached the conclusions described below relating to the selection of Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser and the approval of the Advisory Agreements. Prior to the Meeting, including at an in-person meeting in April 2019, the Trustees conferred extensively among themselves and with representatives of Funds Management about these matters. Also, the Board has adopted a team-based approach, with each team consisting of a sub-set of Trustees, to assist the full Board in the discharge of its duties in reviewing investment performance and other matters throughout the year. The Independent Trustees were assisted in their evaluation of the Advisory Agreements by independent legal counsel, from whom they received separate legal advice and with whom they met separately.

In providing information to the Board, Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser were guided by a detailed set of requests for information submitted to them by independent legal counsel on behalf of the Independent Trustees at the start of the Board’s annual contract renewal process earlier in 2019. In considering and approving the Advisory Agreements, the Trustees considered the information they believed relevant, including but not limited to the information discussed below. The Board considered not only the specific information presented in connection with the Meeting, but also the knowledge gained over time through interaction with Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser about various topics. In this regard, the Board reviewed reports of Funds Management at each of its quarterly meetings, which included, among other things, portfolio reviews and investment performance reports. In addition, the Board and the teams mentioned above confer with portfolio managers at various times throughout the year. The Board did not identify any particular information or consideration that was all-important or controlling, and each individual Trustee may have attributed different weights to various factors.

After its deliberations, the Board unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreements for a one-year term and determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser under each of the Advisory Agreements was reasonable. The Board considered the approval of the Advisory Agreements for the Fund as part of its consideration of agreements for funds across the complex, but its approvals were made on a fund-by-fund basis. The following summarizes a number of important, but not necessarily all, factors considered by the Board in support of its approvals.

Nature, extent and quality of services

The Board received and considered various information regarding the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund by Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser under the Advisory Agreements. This information included a description of the investment advisory services and Fund-level administrative services covered by the Management Agreement, as well as, among other things, a summary of the background and experience of senior management of Wells Fargo Asset Management (“WFAM”), of which Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser are a part, a summary of investments made in the business of WFAM, a summary of certain organizational and personnel changes involving Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser, and a description of Funds Management’s and the Sub-Adviser’s business continuity planning programs and of their approaches to data privacy and cybersecurity. The Board received and reviewed information about Funds Management’s role as administrator of the Fund’s liquidity risk management program. The Board also considered the qualifications, background, tenure and responsibilities of each of the portfolio managers primarily responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund.

The Board evaluated the ability of Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser to attract and retain qualified investment professionals, including research, advisory and supervisory personnel. The Board further considered the compliance programs and compliance records of Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser. In addition, the Board took into account the full range of services provided to the Fund by Funds Management and its affiliates.

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Other information (unaudited)

Fund investment performance and expenses

The Board considered the investment performance results for the Fund over various time periods ended December 31, 2018. The Board considered these results in comparison to the investment performance of funds in a universe that was determined by Broadridge Inc. (“Broadridge”) to be similar to the Fund (the “Universe”), and in comparison to the Fund’s benchmark index and to other comparative data. Broadridge is an independent provider of investment company data. The Board received a description of the methodology used by Broadridge to select the mutual funds in the performance Universe. The Board noted that the investment performance of the Fund (Class A) was higher than the average investment performance of the Universe for all periods under review. The Board also noted that the investment performance of the Fund was lower than its benchmark index, the Diversified Capital Builder Blended Index, for the one-year period under review, but higher than its benchmark for the three-, five- and ten-year periods under review.

The Board also received and considered information regarding the Fund’s net operating expense ratios and their various components, including actual management fees, custodian and other non-management fees, and Rule 12b-1 and non-Rule 12b-1 shareholder service fees. The Board considered these ratios in comparison to the median ratios of funds in class-specific expense groups that were determined by Broadridge to be similar to the Fund (the “Groups”). The Board received a description of the methodology used by Broadridge to select the mutual funds in the expense Groups and an explanation of how funds comprising expense groups and their expense ratios may vary from year-to-year. Based on the Broadridge reports, the Board noted that the net operating expense ratios of the Fund were lower than or in range of the median net operating expense ratios of the expense Groups for each share class.

The Board took into account the Fund’s investment performance and expense information provided to it among the factors considered in deciding to re-approve the Advisory Agreements.

Investment management and sub-advisory fee rates

The Board reviewed and considered the contractual fee rates payable by the Fund to Funds Management under the Management Agreement, as well as the contractual fee rates payable by the Fund to Funds Management for class-level administrative services under a Class-Level Administration Agreement, which include, among other things, class-level transfer agency and sub-transfer agency costs (collectively, the “Management Rates”). The Board also reviewed and considered the contractual investment sub-advisory fee rates that are payable by Funds Management to the Sub-Adviser for investment sub-advisory services.

Among other information reviewed by the Board was a comparison of the Fund’s Management Rates with the average contractual investment management fee rates of funds in the expense Groups at a common asset level as well as transfer agency costs of the funds in the expense Groups. The Board noted that the Management Rates of the Fund were in range of the sum of these average rates for the Fund’s expense Groups for all share classes. The Board also noted that the net operating expense ratio cap for Class A would be reduced.

The Board also received and considered information about the portion of the total management fee that was retained by Funds Management after payment of the fee to the Sub-Adviser for sub-advisory services. In assessing the reasonableness of this amount, the Board received and evaluated information about the nature and extent of responsibilities retained and risks assumed by Funds Management and not delegated to or assumed by the Sub-Adviser, and about Funds Management’s on-going oversight services. Given the affiliation between Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser, the Board ascribed limited relevance to the allocation of fees between them.

Based on its consideration of the factors and information it deemed relevant, including those described here, the Board determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management under the Management Agreement and to the Sub-Adviser under the Sub-Advisory Agreement was reasonable.

Profitability

The Board received and considered information concerning the profitability of Funds Management, as well as the profitability of both WFAM and Wells Fargo & Co. (“Wells Fargo”) from providing services to the fund family as a whole. The Board noted that the Sub-Adviser’s profitability information with respect to providing services to the Fund and other funds in the family was subsumed in the WFAM and Wells Fargo profitability analysis.

Funds Management reported on the methodologies and estimates used in calculating profitability, including a description of the methodology used to allocate certain expenses. Among other things, the Board noted that the levels of profitability reported on a fund-by-fund basis varied widely, depending on factors such as the size, type and age of fund. Based on its review, the Board did not deem the profits reported by Funds Management, WFAM or Wells Fargo from services provided to the Fund to be at a level that would prevent it from approving the continuation of the Advisory Agreements.

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Other information (unaudited)

Economies of scale

The Board received and considered information about the potential for Funds Management to experience economies of scale in the provision of management services to the Fund, the difficulties of calculating economies of scale at an individual fund level, and the extent to which potential scale benefits are shared with shareholders. The Board noted the existence of breakpoints in the Fund’s management fee structure, which operate generally to reduce the Fund’s expense ratios as the Fund grows in size. The Board considered that in addition to management fee breakpoints, Funds Management shares potential economies of scale from its management business in a variety of ways, including through fee waiver and expense reimbursement arrangements, services that benefit shareholders, competitive management fee rates set at the outset without regard to breakpoints, and investments in the business intended to enhance services available to shareholders.

The Board concluded that Funds Management’s arrangements with respect to the Fund, including contractual breakpoints, constituted a reasonable approach to sharing potential economies of scale with the Fund and its shareholders.

Other benefits to Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser

The Board received and considered information regarding potential “fall-out” or ancillary benefits received by Funds Management and its affiliates, including the Sub-Adviser, as a result of their relationships with the Fund. Ancillary benefits could include, among others, benefits directly attributable to other relationships with the Fund and benefits potentially derived from an increase in Funds Management’s and the Sub-Adviser’s business as a result of their relationships with the Fund. The Board noted that various affiliates of Funds Management may receive distribution-related fees, shareholder servicing payments and sub-transfer agency fees in respect of shares sold or held through them and services provided.

The Board also reviewed information about soft dollar credits earned and utilized by the Sub-Adviser, fees earned by Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser from managing a private investment vehicle for the fund family’s securities lending collateral, and commissions earned by an affiliated broker from portfolio transactions.

Based on its consideration of the factors and information it deemed relevant, including those described here, the Board did not find that any ancillary benefits received by Funds Management and its affiliates, including the Sub-Adviser, were unreasonable.

Conclusion

At the Meeting, after considering the above-described factors and based on its deliberations and its evaluation of the information described above, the Board unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreements for a one-year term and determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser under each of the Advisory Agreements was reasonable.

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406800 11-19

A225/AR225 09-19

Annual Report

September 30, 2019

Wells Fargo

Diversified Income Builder Fund

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

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

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Contents

Letter to shareholders	2
Performance highlights	6
Fund expenses	10
Portfolio of investments	11
Financial statements
Statement of assets and liabilities	27
Statement of operations	28
Statement of changes in net assets	29
Financial highlights	30
Notes to financial statements	35
Report of independent registered public accounting firm	43
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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

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 annual report for the Wells Fargo Diversified Income Builder Fund for the 12-month period that ended September 30, 2019. After the first half of the period yielded either low-single-digit or negative investment returns, U.S. stock and global bond investors generally saw markets recover during the second half amid intensifying market volatility, global economic growth concerns, international trade stare downs, and simmering geopolitical tensions.

Overall, fixed-income investors enjoyed a distinct advantage over stock investors. For the period, U.S. stocks, based on the S&P 500 Index,¹ gained 4.25% and international stocks, as measured by the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net),² fell 1.23%. The MSCI EM Index (Net)³ slipped 2.02%. Among fixed income investors, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index⁴ added 10.30%, the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index⁵ added 5.34%, the Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index⁶ gained 8.55%, and the ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index⁷ added 6.30%.

Investors confronted unsettling events during the fourth quarter of 2018.

During the fourth quarter of 2018, investors grew concerned about the pace and sustainability of the global economic expansion. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported third-quarter U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) was 3.4% on an annualized basis, which was down from the second-quarter rate. A partial U.S. government shutdown occurred, which extended into January 2019. Brexit efforts stalled, causing uncertainty for the eurozone. The value of the renminbi declined even as the People’s Bank of China cut reserve requirement ratios, accelerated infrastructure spending, and cut taxes in efforts to spur economic activity.

The combination of news in the U.S. and generally weak economic indicators outside of the U.S. caused investors to seek safe havens. December’s S&P 500 Index performance was the worst since 1931. Globally, fixed-income investments fared better than stocks during the last two months of the year. Even as indicators suggested growth was restrained, the U.S. Federal Reserve (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%. Many observers expressed concerns that higher rates could slow the economy further.

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 and emerging markets, excluding the U.S. 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 the equity market performance of emerging markets. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁴ The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment-grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage pass-throughs), asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁵  The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index is an unmanaged index that provides a broad-based measure of the global investment-grade fixed-income markets excluding the U.S. dollar-denominated debt market. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁶  The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of long-term tax-exempt bonds with a minimum credit rating of Baa. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁷ The ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index is a market-capitalization-weighted index of domestic and Yankee high-yield bonds. The index tracks the performance of high-yield securities traded in the U.S. bond market. You cannot invest directly in an index. Copyright 2019. ICE Data Indices, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

The market climbs a wall of worry.

Investment returns early in 2019 appeared to reaffirm the adage that markets climb a wall of worry as the new year began. The S&P 500 Index gained 8.01% for the month of January, the 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.

In February 2019, signs of slowing global growth grew more ominous. The Bureau of Economic Analysis announced fourth-quarter 2018 GDP grew at an annualized 2.2% rate, a slower rate than reported for the prior two quarters. In a February report, the Bank of England forecast the slowest growth for 2019 since the financial crisis. China and the U.S. continued to wrangle over trade issues. By the end of the first quarter of 2019, more accommodative Fed sentiment and steady, if not spectacular, U.S. economic and business metrics encouraged domestic investors.

Early second-quarter 2019 enthusiasm among investors faded.

During April 2019, favorable sentiment found additional support in reports of sustained low inflation, solid employment data, and first-quarter U.S. GDP of an annualized rate of 3.2%. During May, markets tumbled on mixed investment signals. In the U.S., partisan wrangling ramped up as Democrats and Republicans set their sights on 2020 presidential politics. The U.K.’s Brexit disagreements caused Prime Minister Theresa May to resign. Boris Johnson succeeded her only to exacerbate uncertainty about Brexit’s resolution ahead of an October 2019 deadline. The European Commission downgraded the 2019 growth forecast to 1.2%. The U.S. increased tariffs on products from China, China responded, and then talks broke down. President Donald Trump threatened to turn his foreign policy tariff tool to Mexico over immigration issues.

During the third quarter of 2019, investors regrouped. Just as the investment horizon appeared to darken, sentiment turned and U.S. equity markets gained during June and July. The gains, primarily driven by geopolitical and monetary policy events, pushed equity markets to new highs. European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said that if the outlook doesn’t improve, the bank would cut rates or buy more assets to prop up inflation. President Trump backed off of tariff threats against Mexico and China. In the U.S., the Fed implemented a 0.25% federal funds rate cut in July.

Later in July 2019, the U.S. reversed course and threatened to impose higher tariffs on China’s exports after talks failed. China responded with tariff threats of its own and devalued the renminbi, a move that roiled global markets. Major U.S. stock market indices closed July with the worst weekly results of the year. Bond prices gained as Treasury yields fell to levels not seen since November 2016 and the yield curve inverted at multiple points along the 30-year arc.

In a microcosm, August 2019 encapsulated many of the unnerving events that plagued investors during the prior 11 months. The U.S.-China trade relationship swung from antagonistic to hopeful and back again with no evident compromise on the horizon. Evidence of a continued global economic slowdown mounted. Central banks in China, New Zealand, and Thailand cut interest rates. Industrial and manufacturing data declined in China, Canada, Japan, and Germany. Adding to the uncertain environment, Italy’s prime minister resigned, many feared a crackdown in Hong Kong as protesters sustained their calls for reform throughout the month, and Boris Johnson planned to suspend Parliament as Brexit’s deadline neared.

In the U.S., September saw the Fed join other central banks in cutting interest rates. Manufacturing data in the U.S., as reported by the Institute for Supply Management, disappointed investors. The U.S. Congress announced it would pursue an impeachment investigation of President Trump. Meanwhile, the Brexit impasse showed no signs of

“The S&P 500 Index gained 8.01% for the month of January, the best monthly performance in 30 years.”

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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

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.

resolution. Officials in China said that hitting the country’s economic growth goals for the year would be difficult considering the weight of tariffs and trade restrictions. So while the S&P 500 Index finished the third quarter with year-to-date returns that were the best in more than 20 years, amid signs of equity investors taking money out of the stock market, concerns about future returns remained.

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 potentially 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,

Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

Investment objective

The Fund seeks long-term total return, consisting of current income and capital appreciation.

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Subadviser

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

Portfolio managers

Kandarp R. Acharya, CFA^®‡, FRM

Margaret Patel

Average annual total returns (%) as of September 30, 2019¹

		Including sales charge						Excluding sales charge						Expense ratios2 (%)
	Inception date	1 year		5 year		10 year		1 year		5 year		10 year		Gross		Net3
Class A (EKSAX)	4-14-1987		-1.55		4.66		7.15		4.51		5.92		7.79		1.04		0.85
Class C (EKSCX)	2-1-1993		2.71		5.09		6.98		3.71		5.09		6.98		1.79		1.60
Class R6 (EKSRX)4	7-31-2018		–		–		–		5.07		6.29		8.19		0.61		0.42
Administrator Class (EKSDX)5	7-30-2010		–		–		–		4.52		6.03		7.95		0.96		0.77
Institutional Class (EKSYX)	1-13-1997		–		–		–		4.80		6.26		8.18		0.71		0.52
Diversified Income Builder Blended Index6	–		–		–		–		5.67		6.85		9.30		–		–
ICE BofAML U.S. Cash Pay High Yield Index7	–		–		–		–		6.34		5.36		7.82		–		–
Russell 1000® Index8	–		–		–		–		3.87		10.62		13.23		–		–

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.

Balanced funds may invest in stocks and bonds. Stock values fluctuate in response to the activities of individual companies and general market and economic conditions. Bond values fluctuate in response to the financial condition of individual issuers, general market and economic conditions, and changes in interest rates. Changes in market conditions and government policies may lead to periods of heightened volatility in the bond market and reduced liquidity for certain bonds held by the Fund. In general, when interest rates rise, bond values fall and investors may lose principal value. Interest rate changes and their impact on the Fund and its share price can be sudden and unpredictable. Certain investment strategies tend to increase the total risk of an investment (relative to the broader market). The Fund is exposed to foreign investment risk, high-yield securities risk, and smaller-company securities risk. Consult the Fund’s prospectus for additional information on these and other risks.

Please see footnotes on page 7.

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

Growth of $10,000 investment as of September 30, 2019⁹

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

¹  Historical performance shown prior to July 12, 2010, is based on the performance of Fund’s predecessor, Evergreen Diversified Income Builder Fund.

²  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.

³  The manager has contractually committed through January 31, 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.

⁴  Historical performance shown for the Class R6 shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of the Institutional Class shares, and is not adjusted to reflect Class R6 expenses. If these expenses had been included, returns for Class R6 would be higher.

⁵  Historical performance shown for the Administrator Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of the Institutional Class shares, adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to the Administrator Class shares.

⁶  Source: Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. The Diversified Income Builder Blended Index is composed 65% of the ICE BofAML U.S. Cash Pay High Yield Index and 35% of the Russell 1000^® Index. Prior to January 2, 2018, the Diversified Income Builder Blended Index was composed 75% of the ICE BofAML U.S. Cash Pay High Yield Index and 25% of the Russell 1000^® Index. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁷  The ICE BofAML U.S. Cash Pay High Yield Index is an unmanaged market index that provides a broad-based performance measure of the noninvestment grade U.S. domestic bond index. You cannot invest directly in an index. Copyright 2019. ICE Data Indices, LLC. All rights reserved.

⁸  The Russell 1000^® Index measures the performance of the 1,000 largest companies in the Russell 3000^® Index, which represents approximately 92% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000^® Index. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁹  The chart compares the performance of Class A shares for the most recent ten years with the Diversified Income Builder Blended Index, ICE BofAML U.S. Cash Pay High Yield Index, and the Russell 1000^® Index. The chart assumes a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Class A shares and reflects all operating expenses and assumes the maximum initial sales charge of 5.75%.

¹⁰  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.

¹¹  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.

¹²  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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Performance highlights (unaudited)

MANAGER’S DISCUSSION

Fund highlights

∎ The Fund underperformed its benchmark, the Diversified Income Builder Blended Index, for the 12-month period that ended September 30, 2019.

∎ The Fund’s equity sector allocation was the main detractor from performance due to an overweight to the energy sector and allocation to non-U.S. equities.

∎ The Fund’s high-yield allocation outperformed the bond index on strong performance of industrials companies.

An increase in market volatility and a decrease in rates.

Following a tumultuous fourth quarter in 2018 in which the S&P 500 Index¹⁰ nearly entered correction territory, markets rebounded in the first quarter of 2019. Over the final three months of the period, global equity prices moved up and down but produced little in the way of returns. In the U.S., equity returns ended the period slightly positive. At the same time, interest rates declined markedly, resulting in strong returns on rate-sensitive assets, particularly U.S. Treasuries.

Perhaps the disparity can be explained, in part, by concerns over future economic growth coupled with dovish sentiments from the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed). Perhaps it is partly attributable to the strong 2019 year-to-date equity returns as the markets recovered from the December 2018 shock sell-off. Perhaps the inverted yield curve contributed to the disparity, increasing financial market uncertainty. The third quarter of 2019 certainly saw its share of volatility. The powerful whipsaw effect observed would have certainly left even the best of lumberjacks impressed.

Earnings report and companies did not disappoint during the final quarter of the period. Inflation remains at bay. Looking back, we feel it is fair to say that most of 2019 has been a story of the Fed remaining patient, stocks accruing value, and eyes peering at other nations. The world’s eyes are fixed on two major geopolitical events that have significant potential to rile markets or push them higher if resolved benignly: Brexit and U.S. trade squabbles. The market needs some level of certainty for risk assets to climb over the wall of worry.

Ten largest holdings (%) as of September 30, 201911
TTM Technologies Incorporated, 5.63%, 10-1-2025	2.30
Lamb Weston Holdings Incorporated, 4.63%, 11-1-2024	1.91
Koppers Incorporated, 6.00%, 2-15-2025	1.84
Installed Building Company, 5.75 %, 2-1-2028	1.75
Iron Mountain Incorporated, 4.88%, 9-15-2027	1.71
Valvoline Incorporated, 4.38%, 8-15-2025	1.70
Tronox Finance plc, 5.75%, 10-1-2025	1.58
Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC, 5.13%, 6-30-2027	1.45
HCA Incorporated, 5.38%, 2-1-2025	1.45
AMN Healthcare Incorporated, 5.13%, 10-1-2024	1.35

Diversification continued to deliver.

The Fund diversified its holdings in the second quarter of 2019 to provide more varied sources of income. Specifically, the Fund introduced dedicated allocations to dividend-focused global equities and U.S. industries, including real estate investment partnerships and master limited partnerships. The Fund also diversified its high-yield exposure to include taxable municipal high-yield bonds. The allocation changes helped increase the portfolio’s overall yield while providing greater diversification. U.S. high yield, high-yield municipal bonds, and contingent convertible bonds all had positive performance for the trailing one year. High-yield holdings were additive to performance as higher-quality companies outperformed the lower-quality firms in the portfolio.

Please see footnotes on page 7.

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

Portfolio composition as of September 30, 2019¹²

Within equities, the global equity allocation detracted from Fund performance as it tilted toward value stocks during a period of outperformance for growth stocks. Emerging market holdings also detracted from performance on global trade fears and a stronger dollar. We continue to believe that equity exposure to non-U.S. dividend-focused companies with strong balance sheets should provide diversification benefits to the Fund.

Our outlook remains cautious.

We are concerned about slowing U.S. growth, continued trade disputes, and global geopolitical uncertainty. Over the past year, we have taken various actions to ensure the portfolio is defensively positioned. Based upon growth concerns in Europe, in July we established a short position in the euro. In August, a multi-leg defensive trade was initiated; we simultaneously established a short position in the S&P 500 Index and a long position in the U.S. 10-year Treasury.

Please see footnotes on page 7.

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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 April 1, 2019 to September 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 4-1-2019		Ending account value 9-30-2019		Expenses paid during the period¹		Annualized net expense ratio
Class A
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,028.13	$	4.34		0.85	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,020.79	$	4.32		0.85	%
Class C
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,024.24	$	8.14		1.60	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,017.02	$	8.12		1.60	%
Class R6
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,031.03	$	2.15		0.42	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,022.95	$	2.15		0.42	%
Administrator Class
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,027.51	$	3.93		0.77	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,021.19	$	3.92		0.77	%
Institutional Class
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,028.81	$	2.66		0.52	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,022.45	$	2.65		0.52	%

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—September 30, 2019

	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Asset-Backed Securities: 1.06%
Avis Budget Rental Car Funding Series 2019-2A Class C 144A		4.24	%		9-22-2025	$	2,000,000	$	2,099,407
Chesapeake Funding II LLC Series 2018-1A Class D 144A		3.92			4-15-2030		1,980,000		2,030,397
Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC Series 2019-1A Class B 144A		4.10			3-25-2023		1,380,000		1,421,471
Santander Retail Auto Lease Trust Series 2019-A Class D 144A		3.66			5-20-2024		2,000,000		2,029,398
Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost $7,396,996)									7,580,673
						Shares
Common Stocks: 26.97%
Communication Services: 0.83%
Diversified Telecommunication Services: 0.45%
AT&T Incorporated							43,274		1,637,488
PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero Tbk							1,149,500		349,020
Verizon Communications Incorporated							20,017		1,208,226
									3,194,734
Media: 0.13%
Comcast Corporation Class A							21,325		961,331
Wireless Telecommunication Services: 0.25%
China Mobile Limited							27,500		227,538
KDDI Corporation							32,066		837,794
Mobile TeleSystems PJSC ADR							27,131		219,761
MTN Group Limited							31,862		202,596
SK Telecom Company Limited							1,436		289,925
									1,777,614
Consumer Discretionary: 1.39%
Automobiles: 0.39%
Geely Automobile Holdings Limited							77,000		130,663
General Motors Company							28,578		1,071,103
Guangzhou Automobile Group Company Limited H Shares							156,000		149,278
Hyundai Motor Company							1,405		157,397
Peugeot SA							50,738		1,265,307
									2,773,748
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure: 0.41%
Sands China Limited							301,654		1,366,308
Starbucks Corporation							9,191		812,668
Wyndham Worldwide Corporation							16,875		776,588
									2,955,564
Household Durables: 0.27%
Coway Company Limited							2,960		209,352
Haier Smart Home Company Limited Class A							123,399		264,486
Midea Group Company Limited Class A							42,999		307,807
Persimmon plc							42,426		1,131,978
									1,913,623
Multiline Retail: 0.13%
Target Corporation							8,619		921,457

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

	Shares		Value
Specialty Retail: 0.06%
Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Company Limited		241,000	$	198,945
Petrobras Distribuidora SA		31,600		209,376
				408,321
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods: 0.13%
Eclat Textile Company Limited		9,000		120,856
Kering SA		1,667		849,514
				970,370
Consumer Staples: 1.07%
Food & Staples Retailing: 0.32%
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV		31,472		787,423
Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV		76,000		225,258
Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated		10,911		1,294,917
				2,307,598
Food Products: 0.50%
Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Company Limited Class A		68,799		274,872
Lamb Weston Holdings Incorporated		20,000		1,454,400
Nestle SA		11,902		1,291,267
Uni-President China Holdings Limited		152,000		164,069
Uni-President Enterprises Corporation		58,000		139,962
WH Group Limited 144A		317,500		284,376
				3,608,946
Household Products: 0.22%
The Procter & Gamble Company		12,507		1,555,621
Personal Products: 0.03%
Hengan International Group Company Limited		28,600		187,560
Energy: 4.50%
Energy Equipment & Services: 0.02%
USA Compression Partners LP		6,994		120,786
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels: 4.48%
Alliance Resource Partners LP		14,570		233,266
Black Stone Minerals LP		23,603		336,107
BP Midstream Partners LP		6,741		98,419
Buckeye Partners LP		21,748		893,625
Calumet Specialty Products LP †		8,590		31,268
Capital Product Partners LP		1,979		21,175
Cheniere Energy Partners LP		5,892		267,968
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation H Shares		472,000		280,633
CNOOC Limited		522,297		797,003
CNX Midstream Partners LP		5,908		83,303
ConocoPhillips		16,500		940,170
Consol Coal Resources LP		728		9,828
Crestwood Equity Partners LP		6,864		250,605
CrossAmerica Partners LP		1,517		25,880
DCP Midstream LP		12,786		335,121
Delek Logistics Partners LP		1,256		39,300
Dorchester Minerals LP		4,090		76,279
Enable Midstream Partners LP		7,954		95,687
Energy Transfer Equity LP		319,325		4,176,771

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

	Shares		Value
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)
Enterprise Products Partners		210,651	$	6,020,406
Enviva Partners LP		2,985		95,371
EQT Midstream Partners LP		11,646		380,824
Gazprom PAO ADR		33,474		231,105
Genesis Energy LP		15,602		334,975
Global Partners LP		3,912		76,714
Golar LNG Partners LP		6,788		65,029
Green Plains Partners LP		1,615		21,447
Hess Midstream Partners LP		2,357		45,396
Holly Energy Partners LP		6,447		162,916
Kimbell Royalty Partners LP		3,095		45,527
Kinder Morgan Incorporated		20,000		412,200
KNOT Offshore Partners LP		3,077		58,740
LUKOIL PJSC ADR		3,629		300,263
Magellan Midstream Partners LP		32,284		2,139,461
MPLX LP		53,612		1,501,672
Natural Resource Partners LP		1,158		29,355
NGL Energy Partners LP		17,832		248,043
Noble Midstream Partners LP		3,091		74,555
NuStar Energy LP		13,924		394,328
Oasis Midstream Partners LP		1,528		24,402
ONEOK Incorporated		24,000		1,768,560
PBF Logistics LP		3,815		80,687
Pembina Pipeline Corporation		21,224		786,739
PetroChina Company Limited H Shares		380,000		195,389
Phillips 66 Partners LP		14,034		794,605
Plains All American Pipeline LP		81,713		1,695,545
PTT Exploration & Production plc		38,200		151,126
Reliance Industries Limited GDR 144A		15,987		596,315
S-Oil Corporation		2,308		191,795
Shell Midstream Partners LP		18,043		368,979
SK Innovation Company Limited		1,773		246,054
Sprague Resources LP		1,428		25,276
Summit Midstream Partners LP		5,880		28,577
Sunoco LP		7,635		240,121
Tatneft ADR		2,241		142,304
TC Pipelines LP		7,648		311,044
Teekay LNG Partners LP		7,523		102,689
Teekay Offshore Partners LP		15,739		18,257
Tupras Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS		5,672		144,135
USD Partners LP		1,395		14,578
Valero Energy Corporation		12,571		1,071,552
Viper Energy Partners LP		8,829		244,298
Western Midstream Partners LP		28,118		699,857
Whitehaven Coal Limited		266,673		559,772
				32,133,391
Financials: 3.99%
Banks: 1.09%
Absa Group Limited		13,518		136,447
Banco de Brasil SA		16,700		182,838
Banco Santander Brasil SA		14,000		152,738
Bancolombia SA ADR		3,290		162,691
Bangkok Bank PCL		25,000		143,861
Bank of the Philippine Islands		89,210		160,072
China Construction Bank H Shares		770,000		587,494

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

	Shares		Value
Banks (continued)
CIMB Group Holdings Bhd		146,800	$	176,356
Citigroup Incorporated		13,375		923,945
Credicorp Limited		695		144,866
CTBC Financial Holding Company Limited		35,000		23,233
Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV		30,720		165,571
Hana Financial Group Incorporated		6,499		191,523
HDFC Bank Limited ADR		5,908		337,051
ICICI Bank Limited ADR		25,227		307,265
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Limited H Shares		719,000		481,615
ING Groep NV		90,800		950,484
JPMorgan Chase & Company		11,947		1,406,042
KB Financial Group Incorporated		6,066		216,543
PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia Tbk		988,900		287,021
Qatar National Bank		30,440		161,238
Sberbank of Russia ADR		20,866		295,776
Standard Bank Group Limited		17,634		203,399
				7,798,069
Capital Markets: 0.62%
3i Group plc		62,073		890,294
Ares Capital Corporation		87,753		1,635,277
B3 Brasil Bolsa Balcao SA		42,600		447,331
Banco BTG Pactual SA		17,200		242,376
CITIC Securities Company Limited H Shares		116,000		217,268
Intermediate Capital Group		46,988		840,613
NH Investment & Securities Company Limited		14,720		156,288
				4,429,447
Consumer Finance: 0.21%
Discover Financial Services		9,138		741,000
Navient Corporation		61,975		793,280
				1,534,280
Diversified Financial Services: 0.12%
Metro Pacific Investments Corporation		1,643,000		157,865
ORIX Corporation		47,800		712,192
				870,057
Insurance: 1.38%
Allianz AG		3,373		786,199
China Life Insurance Company H Shares		61,000		141,337
Chubb Limited		20,000		3,228,800
Legal & General Group plc		317,284		969,049
PICC Property & Casualty Company Limited H Shares		146,000		170,445
Ping An Insurance Group Company H Shares		136,900		1,572,891
Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA		20,114		187,492
Sanlam Limited		27,821		137,002
The Allstate Corporation		25,000		2,717,000
				9,910,215
Mortgage REITs: 0.57%
Ladder Capital Corporation		67,560		1,166,761
MFA Financial Incorporated		151,228		1,113,038
New Residential Investment Corporation		55,640		872,435
Redwood Trust Incorporated		55,115		904,437
				4,056,671

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

	Shares		Value
Health Care: 2.40%
Biotechnology: 0.32%
Amgen Incorporated		6,572	$	1,271,748
Gilead Sciences Incorporated		16,760		1,062,249
				2,333,997
Health Care Equipment & Supplies: 0.61%
Abbott Laboratories		25,000		2,091,750
Becton Dickinson & Company		5,000		1,264,800
Danaher Corporation		7,000		1,011,010
				4,367,560
Health Care Providers & Services: 0.26%
Anthem Incorporated		2,898		695,810
Sinopharm Group Company Limited H Shares		68,400		214,249
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated		4,342		943,603
				1,853,662
Life Sciences Tools & Services: 0.26%
Agilent Technologies Incorporated		5,000		383,150
Thermo Fisher Scientific Incorporated		5,000		1,456,350
				1,839,500
Pharmaceuticals: 0.95%
Astellas Pharma Incorporated		73,762		1,049,552
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company		20,589		1,044,068
GlaxoSmithKline plc		42,492		911,484
Johnson & Johnson		12,125		1,568,733
Roche Holding AG		3,719		1,082,294
Sanofi SA		12,100		1,121,805
				6,777,936
Industrials: 2.87%
Aerospace & Defense: 0.74%
Curtiss-Wright Corporation		14,000		1,811,180
Huntington Ingalls Industries Incorporated		8,000		1,694,320
Raytheon Company		9,000		1,765,710
				5,271,210
Airlines: 0.14%
Aeroflot PJSC		93,360		149,278
Air China H Shares		166,000		146,140
Delta Air Lines Incorporated		12,047		693,907
				989,325
Construction & Engineering: 0.11%
China Communications Construction Company Limited H Shares		272,000		212,736
China Communications Services Corporation Limited H Shares		256,000		145,022
China State Construction Engineering Corporation Limited Class A		228,400		173,738
China State Construction International Holdings		286,000		268,933
				800,429
Electrical Equipment: 0.35%
AMETEK Incorporated		15,000		1,377,300
Schneider Electric SE		13,105		1,149,846
				2,527,146

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

	Shares		Value
Industrial Conglomerates: 0.47%
Honeywell International Incorporated		17,025	$	2,880,630
Sime Darby Bhd		413,700		222,313
The Bidvest Group Limited		21,714		273,572
				3,376,515
Machinery: 0.83%
Hyundai Robotics Company Limited		632		184,662
IDEX Corporation		9,000		1,474,920
Ingersoll-Rand plc		9,225		1,136,612
John Bean Technologies Corporation		20,000		1,988,600
Sany Heavy Industry Company Limited Class A		80,700		161,436
Volvo AB Class B		58,974		828,232
Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Company Limited		104,600		203,679
				5,978,141
Trading Companies & Distributors: 0.15%
Itochu Corporation		52,753		1,088,480
Transportation Infrastructure: 0.08%
Beijing Capital International Airport Company Limited H Shares		256,000		218,513
China Merchants Port Holdings Company Limited		120,000		180,665
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de CV Class B		15,240		147,087
				546,265
Information Technology: 5.61%
Communications Equipment: 0.41%
Accton Technology Corporation		35,000		184,361
Cisco Systems Incorporated		55,380		2,736,326
				2,920,687
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components: 0.92%
Amphenol Corporation Class A		25,000		2,412,500
Corning Incorporated		85,000		2,424,200
Delta Electronics Incorporated		53,000		226,438
FLIR Systems Incorporated		22,000		1,156,980
Hon Hai Precision Industry Company Limited		80,600		190,185
Largan Precision Company Limited		1,200		171,649
				6,581,952
IT Services: 0.84%
Infosys Limited ADR		58,053		660,063
International Business Machines Corporation		9,475		1,377,855
Leidos Holdings Incorporated		30,000		2,576,400
Visa Incorporated Class A		8,314		1,430,091
				6,044,409
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment: 1.48%
ASE Industrial Holding Company Limited		77,000		175,314
Broadcom Incorporated		10,000		2,760,700
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation		100,000		2,334,000
Mediatek Incorporated		45,600		542,535
Microchip Technology Incorporated		9,000		836,190
SK Hynix Incorporated		5,647		388,065
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited		175,000		1,554,267
Texas Instruments Incorporated		15,810		2,043,284
				10,634,355

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	Shares		Value
Software: 1.05%
Adobe Systems Incorporated †		7,000	$	1,933,750
Microsoft Corporation		19,166		2,664,649
SAP SE		7,418		872,237
Synopsys Incorporated †		15,000		2,058,750
				7,529,386
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals: 0.91%
Advantech Company Limited		18,000		158,331
Apple Incorporated		5,990		1,341,580
Ennoconn Corporation		17,000		120,185
Lenovo Group Limited		1,582,000		1,055,649
Samsung Electronics Company Limited		37,561		1,540,248
Western Digital Corporation		20,000		1,192,800
Wiwynn Corporation		21,000		298,834
Xerox Holdings Corporation		26,430		790,521
				6,498,148
Materials: 1.10%
Chemicals: 0.50%
Celanese Corporation Series A		6,000		733,740
Ciner Resources LP		721		13,310
CVR Partners LP		10,817		41,970
LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A		29,150		2,608,051
Wanhua Chemical Group Company Limited Class A		21,600		133,593
Westlake Chemical Partners LP		2,773		64,445
				3,595,109
Metals & Mining: 0.57%
Anglo American plc		57,686		1,327,200
Barrick Gold Corporation		50,357		871,180
Fortescue Metals Group Limited		187,370		1,112,896
Korea Zinc Company Limited		536		200,751
Polymetal International plc		15,850		222,167
POSCO		822		155,995
Vale SA †		18,200		209,160
				4,099,349
Paper & Forest Products: 0.03%
Mondi plc		8,101		155,186
Pope Resources LP		455		32,087
				187,273
Real Estate: 1.16%
Equity REITs: 0.84%
Crown Castle International Corporation		20,000		2,780,200
Growthpoint Properties Limited		94,613		144,309
Saul Centers Incorporated		35,000		1,907,850
VEREIT Incorporated		115,709		1,131,634
				5,963,993
Real Estate Management & Development: 0.32%
Ascendas India Trust		211,400		238,602
China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone Holdings Company Limited Class A		68,700		182,760
China Overseas Land & Investment Limited		83,400		262,298

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						Shares		Value
Real Estate Management & Development (continued)
China Resources Land Limited							69,350	$	290,665
China Vanke Company Limited Class A							50,294		182,480
Logan Property Holdings Company Limited							662,442		943,243
Shimao Property Holding Limited							72,000		210,368
									2,310,416
Utilities: 2.05%
Electric Utilities: 0.62%
American Electric Power Company Incorporated							34,000		3,185,460
Enel Americas SA ADR							22,510		205,066
Neoenergia SA							60,486		299,449
Red Eléctrica de Espana SA							38,197		775,828
									4,465,803
Gas Utilities: 0.37%
Atmos Energy Corporation							20,000		2,277,800
Infraestructura Energetica Nova SAB de CV †							52,200		207,726
Suburban Propane Partners LP							8,739		206,503
									2,692,029
Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers: 0.26%
Brookfield Renewable Partner LP							12,449		505,678
Drax Group plc							239,949		814,871
Vistra Energy Corporation							20,000		534,600
									1,855,149
Multi-Utilities: 0.77%
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP							20,367		1,010,407
CMS Energy Corporation							37,000		2,366,150
DTE Energy Company							16,000		2,127,360
									5,503,917
Water Utilities: 0.03%
Beijing Enterprises Water Group Limited							380,000		194,419
Total Common Stocks (Cost $170,714,890)									193,215,963
	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal
Corporate Bonds and Notes: 49.27%
Communication Services: 0.92%
Media: 0.92%
McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings LLC 144A		7.88	%		5-15-2024	$	7,598,000		6,572,270
Consumer Discretionary: 4.10%
Auto Components: 1.38%
Dana Holding Corporation		5.50			12-15-2024		3,925,000		3,993,688
Tenneco Incorporated		5.00			7-15-2026		7,250,000		5,945,000
									9,938,688
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure: 0.34%
1929 Fieldhouse LLC / West Ward Street Development Corporation 144A		5.25			6-1-2020		2,410,000		2,428,960

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	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Household Durables: 1.75%
Installed Building Company 144A		5.75	%		2-1-2028	$	12,140,000	$	12,519,375
Specialty Retail: 0.63%
Group 1 Automotive Incorporated		5.00			6-1-2022		4,453,000		4,497,530
Consumer Staples: 2.20%
Food Products: 2.20%
Lamb Weston Holdings Incorporated 144A		4.63			11-1-2024		13,000,000		13,681,200
Post Holdings Incorporated 144A		5.00			8-15-2026		2,000,000		2,074,200
									15,755,400
Energy: 1.45%
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels: 1.45%
Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC		5.13			6-30-2027		9,500,000		10,402,500
Financials: 0.65%
Banks: 0.49%
Allied Irish Banks plc		7.38			12-29-2049		3,000,000		3,469,639
Diversified Financial Services: 0.16%
Toll Road Investors Partnership II 144A¤		0.00			2-15-2030		2,000,000		1,161,852
Health Care: 9.90%
Health Care Equipment & Supplies: 2.46%
Hologic Incorporated 144A		4.38			10-15-2025		7,000,000		7,175,000
Teleflex Incorporated		4.63			11-15-2027		1,984,000		2,070,800
Teleflex Incorporated		4.88			6-1-2026		8,000,000		8,340,000
									17,585,800
Health Care Providers & Services: 5.35%
AMN Healthcare Incorporated 144A		5.13			10-1-2024		9,335,000		9,685,063
Davita Incorporated		5.00			5-1-2025		9,000,000		8,966,250
HCA Incorporated		5.38			2-1-2025		9,500,000		10,378,750
HealthSouth Corporation		5.13			3-15-2023		2,000,000		2,035,000
St. Joseph’s Hospital & Medical Center		3.93			7-1-2022		2,000,000		2,052,568
West Street Merger Subordinate Bond Incorporated 144A		6.38			9-1-2025		5,700,000		5,244,000
									38,361,631
Health Care Technology: 0.15%
Quintiles IMS Holdings Incorporated 144A		5.00			10-15-2026		1,000,000		1,047,500
Life Sciences Tools & Services: 0.75%
Charles River Laboratories Incorporated 144A		5.50			4-1-2026		5,075,000		5,398,430
Pharmaceuticals: 1.19%
Catalent Pharma Solutions Incorporated 144A		4.88			1-15-2026		8,300,000		8,538,625
Industrials: 9.18%
Aerospace & Defense: 2.07%
Moog Incorporated 144A		5.25			12-1-2022		5,500,000		5,589,375
TransDigm Group Incorporated		6.38			6-15-2026		8,800,000		9,251,000
									14,840,375

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	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Commercial Services & Supplies: 1.32%
ACCO Brands Corporation 144A		5.25	%		12-15-2024	$	5,000,000	$	5,175,000
Northern Light Health		5.02			7-1-2036		1,000,000		1,039,165
South Nassau Communities Hospital Incorporated		4.65			8-1-2048		2,000,000		2,213,562
Stericycle Incorporated 144A		5.38			7-15-2024		1,000,000		1,027,500
									9,455,227
Construction & Engineering: 0.29%
Aecom Company		5.13			3-15-2027		2,000,000		2,100,000
Electrical Equipment: 0.89%
Resideo Funding Incorporated 144A		6.13			11-1-2026		6,000,000		6,330,000
Machinery: 3.32%
Actuant Corporation		5.63			6-15-2022		1,165,000		1,175,194
HD Supply Incorporated 144A		5.38			10-15-2026		8,100,000		8,575,875
Oshkosh Corporation		5.38			3-1-2025		3,675,000		3,817,406
SPX FLOW Incorporated 144A		5.63			8-15-2024		4,500,000		4,646,250
SPX FLOW Incorporated 144A		5.88			8-15-2026		5,328,000		5,567,760
									23,782,485
Trading Companies & Distributors: 1.29%
WESCO Distribution Incorporated		5.38			6-15-2024		8,974,000		9,265,655
Information Technology: 7.96%
Communications Equipment: 0.75%
CommScope Technologies Finance LLC 144A		5.00			3-15-2027		6,500,000		5,362,500
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components: 3.23%
Anixter International Incorporated		5.13			10-1-2021		3,000,000		3,120,000
MTS Systems Corporation 144A		5.75			8-15-2027		3,400,000		3,536,000
TTM Technologies Incorporated 144A		5.63			10-1-2025		16,495,000		16,495,000
									23,151,000
IT Services: 0.29%
Gartner Incorporated 144A		5.13			4-1-2025		2,000,000		2,092,500
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment: 2.28%
Micron Technology Incorporated		5.50			2-1-2025		6,750,000		6,936,815
Versum Materials Incorporated 144A		5.50			9-30-2024		8,834,000		9,408,210
									16,345,025
Software: 0.29%
Nuance Communications Company		6.00			7-1-2024		2,000,000		2,090,000
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals: 1.12%
Diebold Nixdorf Incorporated		8.50			4-15-2024		8,500,000		7,990,000
Materials: 10.23%
Chemicals: 7.41%
Koppers Incorporated 144A		6.00			2-15-2025		13,150,000		13,158,285
Olin Corporation		5.13			9-15-2027		5,000,000		5,112,500
Olin Corporation		5.50			8-15-2022		5,500,000		5,802,500
Rayonier Advanced Materials Products Incorporated 144A		5.50			6-1-2024		8,000,000		5,845,000
Scotts Miracle-Gro Company		5.25			12-15-2026		4,000,000		4,200,000
Scotts Miracle-Gro Company		6.00			10-15-2023		6,000,000		6,189,000

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	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Chemicals (continued)
Valvoline Incorporated		4.38	%		8-15-2025	$	12,000,000	$	12,210,000
Valvoline Incorporated		5.50			7-15-2024		500,000		520,000
									53,037,285
Containers & Packaging: 2.51%
Ball Corporation		4.00			11-15-2023		1,000,000		1,046,250
Ball Corporation		5.00			3-15-2022		2,500,000		2,638,150
Berry Global Incorporated		5.13			7-15-2023		6,500,000		6,670,625
Sealed Air Corporation 144A		5.25			4-1-2023		4,650,000		4,952,250
Sealed Air Corporation 144A		5.50			9-15-2025		2,500,000		2,693,750
									18,001,025
Metals & Mining: 0.31%
Commercial Metals Company		4.88			5-15-2023		2,150,000		2,230,625
Real Estate: 2.68%
Equity REITs: 2.68%
Equinix Incorporated		5.38			5-15-2027		5,000,000		5,390,625
Equinix Incorporated		5.75			1-1-2025		1,500,000		1,561,950
Iron Mountain Incorporated 144A		4.88			9-15-2027		12,000,000		12,272,160
									19,224,735
Total Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost $350,404,877)									352,976,637
						Shares
Exchange-Traded Funds: 0.03%
iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF							6,985		212,903
Total Exchange-Traded Funds (Cost $227,598)									212,903
						Principal
Foreign Corporate Bonds and Notes: 2.80%
Financials: 2.80%
Banks: 2.80%
ABN AMRO Bank NV		4.75			12-31-2099	EUR	3,000,000		3,410,899
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA		6.75			12-29-2049	EUR	3,000,000		3,329,689
Bankia SA		6.38			12-31-2099	EUR	3,000,000		3,456,429
Cooperatieve Rabobank UA		6.63			12-29-2049	EUR	2,800,000		3,325,741
Governor & Company of The Bank of Ireland		7.38			12-29-2049	EUR	3,000,000		3,395,479
Nykredit Realkredit AS		6.25			12-29-2049	EUR	2,800,000		3,189,195
Total Foreign Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost $20,340,944)									20,107,432
Municipal Obligations: 4.29%
Colorado: 0.32%
Health Revenue: 0.32%
Denver CO Health & Hospital Authority Series B		4.65			12-1-2023	$	1,205,000		1,275,938
Denver CO Health & Hospital Authority Series B		4.90			12-1-2024		250,000		265,833
Denver CO Health & Hospital Authority Series B		5.00			12-1-2025		275,000		292,047
Denver CO Health & Hospital Authority Series B		5.15			12-1-2026		445,000		473,378
									2,307,196

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	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Florida: 0.36%
Education Revenue: 0.23%
Capital Trust Agency Renaissance Charter School Project Series B 144A		5.63	%		6-15-2023	$	590,000	$	591,953
Florida HEFAR Jacksonville University Project Series A2 144A		5.43			6-1-2027		1,000,000		1,036,060
									1,628,013
Transportation Revenue: 0.13%
Florida Development Finance Corporation Virgin Trains USA Passenger Rail Project Series A 144A		6.25			1-1-2049		1,000,000		931,830
									2,559,843
Guam: 0.09%
Airport Revenue: 0.09%
Guam Port Authority Series C		3.78			7-1-2021		635,000		646,303
Illinois: 0.82%
GO Revenue: 0.35%
Chicago IL Project Series C1		7.78			1-1-2035		2,000,000		2,507,860
Miscellaneous Revenue: 0.47%
Chicago IL Board of Education Taxable Build America Bonds Series E		6.04			12-1-2029		1,255,000		1,360,897
Chicago IL Certificate of Participation River Point Plaza Redevelopment Project Series A 144A		4.84			4-15-2028		2,000,000		2,031,460
									3,392,357
									5,900,217
Indiana: 0.07%
Health Revenue: 0.07%
Knox County IN Good Samaritian Hospital Project Industry Economic Development Series B		5.90			4-1-2034		480,000		495,898
Iowa: 0.17%
GO Revenue: 0.17%
Coralville IA Series C		5.00			5-1-2030		1,200,000		1,187,784
Michigan: 0.45%
Miscellaneous Revenue: 0.45%
Wayne County MI Recovery Zone Economic Development Build America Bonds		10.00			12-1-2040		3,000,000		3,244,890
New Jersey: 0.30%
Education Revenue: 0.14%
New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority Georgian Court University Series H		4.25			7-1-2028		1,000,000		1,028,650
Utilities Revenue: 0.16%
Newark NJ Redevelopment Area Public Service Electric & Gas Project 144A		4.49			12-1-2047		1,000,000		1,124,570
									2,153,220
New York: 0.14%
Health Revenue: 0.05%
Jefferson County NY Civic Facility Development Corporation Refunding Bond Series B Samaritan Medical Center Obligated Group		4.25			11-1-2028		330,000		340,725

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	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Utilities Revenue: 0.09%
New York Energy R&D Authority Green Bond Series A		4.81	%		4-1-2034	$	600,000	$	670,116
									1,010,841
Oklahoma: 0.27%
Health Revenue: 0.08%
Oklahoma Development Finance Authority		5.45			8-15-2028		500,000		581,600
Miscellaneous Revenue: 0.19%
Woodward County OK Educational Facilities Authority Mooreland Public Schools Project Series B		4.63			9-15-2025		1,310,000		1,359,597
									1,941,197
Oregon: 0.08%
Health Revenue: 0.08%
Clackamas County OR Hospital Facility Authority Series C		4.00			11-15-2022		550,000		550,473
Pennsylvania: 0.28%
Housing Revenue: 0.28%
Philadelphia PA IDA MFHR University Square Apartments Low Income Housing Project 144A		5.00			12-1-2020		2,000,000		2,003,560
Tennessee: 0.29%
Tax Revenue: 0.29%
Bristol TN Industrial Development Board The Pinnacle Project Series A 144A		5.13			12-1-2042		2,000,000		2,051,480
Texas: 0.07%
Education Revenue: 0.07%
Clifton TX Higher Education Finance Corporation International Leadership Texas		6.13			8-15-2023		500,000		509,570
Virginia: 0.29%
Tax Revenue: 0.29%
Mosaic District VA CDA Series A-T		7.25			3-1-2036		2,000,000		2,112,920
Wisconsin: 0.29%
Education Revenue: 0.29%
PFA Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine Project 144A		5.13			6-1-2028		1,360,000		1,486,262
Public Finance Authority WI Educational Facility Ikaho College 144A		6.75			6-1-2031		500,000		568,230
									2,054,492
Total Municipal Obligations (Cost $29,730,624)									30,729,884
Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities: 1.94%
AFN LLC Series 2019-1A Class A2 144A‡		4.46			5-20-2049		1,000,000		1,042,332
Aqua Finance Trust Series 2019-A Class A 144A		3.14			7-16-2040		600,000		600,776
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2015-GC27 Class B		3.77			2-10-2048		2,524,616		2,637,537
CLI Funding LLC Series 2018-1A Class A 144A		4.03			4-18-2043		638,633		644,729
CLI Funding LLC Series 2019-1A Class A 144A		3.71			5-18-2044		963,573		982,270
CLI Funding LLC Series 2019-1A Class B 144A		4.64			5-18-2044		528,045		539,668
Conn Funding II LP Series A Class A 144A		3.40			10-16-2023		1,182,339		1,189,805
Driven Brands Funding LLC Series 2019-2A Class A2 144A		3.98			10-20-2049		800,000		803,765
JPMorgan Mortgage Trust Series 2019-2 Class A3 144A±±		4.00			8-25-2049		1,067,630		1,085,854
Longtrain Leasing III LLC Series 2015-1A Class A2 144A		4.06			1-15-2045		1,000,000		1,035,769

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	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities (continued)
Sequoia Mortgage Trust Series 2018-6 Class A19 144A±±		4.00	%		7-25-2048	$	1,254,967	$	1,279,913
SoFi Consumer Loan Program Trust Series 2019-2 Class C 144A		3.46			4-25-2028		2,000,000		2,046,548
Total Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $13,622,652)									13,888,966
	Dividend yield					Shares
Preferred Stocks: 0.19%
Energy: 0.04%
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels: 0.04%
Petroleo Brasil SP ADR		3.44					20,454		268,766
Financials: 0.08%
Banks: 0.08%
Banco Bradesco SA		2.69					28,340		231,361
Itaúsa Investimentos Itaú SA		9.45					122,700		389,219
									620,580
Information Technology: 0.04%
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals: 0.04%
Samsung Electronics Company Limited		2.83					8,851		292,283
Utilities: 0.03%
Electric Utilities: 0.03%
Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais SA		4.21					58,600		202,105
Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $1,111,881)									1,383,734
	Interest rate					Principal
Yankee Corporate Bonds and Notes: 8.74%
Financials: 7.18%
Banks: 4.57%
Barclays plc		7.75			12-31-2099	$	3,660,000		3,808,852
BNP Paribas SA		7.63			12-29-2049		3,460,000		3,645,975
Credit Agricole SA 144A		7.88			12-29-2049		1,750,000		1,951,250
Credit Agricole SA 144A		8.13			12-29-2049		1,750,000		2,058,438
Danske Bank AS		7.00			12-31-2099		2,300,000		2,377,625
DNB Bank ASA		6.50			12-29-2049		3,690,000		3,860,663
HSBC Holdings plc		6.38			12-29-2049		3,690,000		3,911,400
ING Groep NV		6.75			12-31-2099		2,000,000		2,099,508
Lloyds Banking Group plc		7.50			4-30-2049		3,665,000		3,929,247
Societe Generale SA 144A		8.00			12-29-2049		3,535,000		3,981,294
Standard Chartered plc 144A		7.75			12-29-2049		1,000,000		1,080,620
									32,704,872
Capital Markets: 0.52%
Credit Suisse Group AG 144A		7.50			12-29-2049		3,395,000		3,751,471
Diversified Financial Services: 2.09%
Tronox Finance plc 144A		5.75			10-1-2025		12,000,000		11,349,000
UBS Group Funding Switzerland AG		7.00			12-29-2049		3,330,000		3,651,745
									15,000,745

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Industrials: 1.56%
Electrical Equipment: 1.56%
Sensata Technologies BV 144A		4.88	%		10-15-2023	$	6,700,000	$	7,060,125
Sensata Technologies BV 144A		5.63			11-1-2024		3,750,000		4,078,125
									11,138,250
Total Yankee Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost $60,309,607)									62,595,338
	Yield					Shares
Short-Term Investments: 3.01%
Investment Companies: 2.77%
Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class (l)(u)		1.88					19,875,845		19,875,845
						Principal
U.S. Treasury Securities: 0.24%
U.S. Treasury Bill (z)#		1.90			11-7-2019	$	1,685,000		1,682,024
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $21,557,479)									21,557,869

Total investments in securities (Cost $675,417,548)	98.30	%		704,249,399
Other assets and liabilities, net	1.70			12,178,292
Total net assets	100.00	%	$	716,427,691

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.

† Non-income-earning security

¤ The security is issued in zero coupon form with no periodic interest payments.

‡ Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs.

±± The coupon of the security is adjusted based on the principal and interest payments received from the underlying pool of mortgages as well as the credit quality and the actual prepayment speed of the underlying mortgages.

(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.

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

# All or a portion of this security is segregated as collateral for investments in derivative instruments.

Abbreviations:

ADR American depositary receipt

CDA Community Development Authority

EUR Euro

GDR Global depositary receipt

GO General obligation

HEFAR Higher Education Facilities Authority Revenue

IDA Industrial Development Authority

MFHR Multifamily housing revenue

R&D Research & development

REIT Real estate investment trust

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

Futures Contracts

Description	Number of contracts			Expiration date		Notional cost			Notional value			Unrealized gains		Unrealized losses
Long
10-Year U.S. Treasury Notes		486			12-19-2019	$	63,828,149		$	63,331,875		$	0	$	(496,274	)
Short
Euro FX Futures		(255	)		12-16-2019		(35,410,505	)		(34,942,969	)		467,536		0
S&P 500 E-Mini Index		(72	)		12-20-2019		(10,850,029	)		(10,722,600	)		127,429		0
												$	594,965	$	(496,274	)

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

Currency to be received	Currency to be delivered	Counterparty	Settlement date	Unrealized gains		Unrealized losses
26,652,324 USD	23,900,000 EUR	Citibank	12-31-2019	$	412,984	$	0

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		71,872,762		190,365,099		242,362,016		19,875,845	$	0	$	0	$	568,972	$	19,875,845		2.77	%

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

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Statement of assets and liabilities—September 30, 2019

Assets
Investments in unaffiliated securities, at value (cost $655,541,703)	$	684,373,554
Investments in affiliated securities, at value (cost $19,875,845)		19,875,845
Cash		677,418
Foreign currency, at value (cost $2,603,808)		2,601,877
Receivable for investments sold		250,871
Receivable for Fund shares sold		2,938,916
Receivable for dividends and interest		7,479,833
Receivable for daily variation margin on open futures contracts		31,832
Unrealized gains on forward foreign currency contracts		412,984
Prepaid expenses and other assets		219,884
Total assets		718,863,014
Liabilities
Payable for investments purchased		207,637
Payable for Fund shares redeemed		1,015,453
Cash collateral due to broker for forward foreign currency contracts		740,000
Management fee payable		199,595
Distribution fee payable		86,198
Administration fees payable		101,574
Trustees’ fees and expenses payable		2,221
Shareholder servicing fees payable		82,645
Total liabilities		2,435,323
Total net assets	$	716,427,691
Net assets consist of
Paid-in capital	$	711,215,365
Total distributable earnings		5,212,326
Total net assets	$	716,427,691
Computation of net asset value and offering price per share
Net assets – Class A	$	251,673,334
Shares outstanding – Class A1		41,552,510
Net asset value per share – Class A		$6.06
Maximum offering price per share – Class A2		$6.43
Net assets – Class C	$	140,721,704
Shares outstanding – Class C1		23,179,224
Net asset value per share – Class C		$6.07
Net assets – Class R6	$	23,928
Shares outstanding – Class R61		4,052
Net asset value per share – Class R6		$5.91
Net assets – Administrator Class	$	11,916,181
Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1		2,016,536
Net asset value per share – Administrator Class		$5.91
Net assets – Institutional Class	$	312,092,544
Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1		52,815,280
Net asset value per share – Institutional Class		$5.91

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—year ended September 30, 2019

Investment income
Interest	$	25,429,590
Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $296,147)		5,920,108
Income from affiliated securities		568,972
Total investment income		31,918,670
Expenses
Management fee		3,772,623
Administration fees
Class A		492,570
Class C		303,359
Class R6		7
Administrator Class		21,231
Institutional Class		389,241
Shareholder servicing fees
Class A		586,393
Class C		361,142
Administrator Class		40,598
Distribution fee
Class C		1,083,277
Custody and accounting fees		36,599
Professional fees		65,266
Registration fees		102,033
Shareholder report expenses		104,733
Trustees’ fees and expenses		22,510
Other fees and expenses		18,630
Total expenses		7,400,212
Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements
Fund-level		(1,341,342	)
Class A		(24,385	)
Class C		(14,955	)
Administrator Class		(1,487	)
Institutional Class		(30,678	)
Net expenses		5,987,365
Net investment income		25,931,305
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments
Net realized gains (losses) on
Unaffiliated securities		(22,870,873	)
Futures contracts		(1,776,753	)
Forward foreign currency contracts		1,319,216
Net realized losses on investments		(23,328,410	)
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on
Unaffiliated securities		22,424,383
Futures contracts		73,677
Forward foreign currency contracts		412,984
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments		22,911,044
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		(417,366	)
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations	$	25,513,939

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

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Statement of changes in net assets

	Year ended September 30, 2019						Year ended September 30, 2018
Operations
Net investment income				$	25,931,305					$	25,677,784
Net realized gains (losses) on investments					(23,328,410	)					31,343,912
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments					22,911,044						(33,794,120	)
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations					25,513,939						23,227,576
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains
Class A					(19,291,628	)					(10,518,893	)
Class C					(11,757,683	)					(6,577,828	)
Class R6					(2,192	)					(138	)1
Administrator Class					(2,015,528	)					(1,793,521	)
Institutional Class					(26,837,985	)					(16,782,186	)
Total distributions to shareholders					(59,905,016	)					(35,672,566	)
Capital share transactions		Shares						Shares
Proceeds from shares sold
Class A		15,741,839			94,086,277			11,145,149			70,956,206
Class C		6,522,568			38,947,259			6,785,413			43,270,788
Class R6		0			0			4,052	1		25,000	1
Administrator Class		729,093			4,244,341			1,384,053			8,606,856
Institutional Class		22,831,336			132,583,652			22,967,858			142,978,608
					269,861,529						265,837,458
Reinvestment of distributions
Class A		3,135,334			18,209,570			1,561,264			9,891,159
Class C		1,853,575			10,728,732			946,882			6,011,290
Administrator Class		322,489			1,815,085			263,760			1,637,316
Institutional Class		3,849,831			21,832,218			2,194,831			13,596,513
					52,585,605						31,136,278
Payment for shares redeemed
Class A		(13,852,338	)		(82,279,885	)		(10,590,623	)		(67,150,218	)
Class C		(11,490,423	)		(68,292,199	)		(7,154,705	)		(45,403,714	)
Administrator Class		(4,353,482	)		(24,635,205	)		(3,003,395	)		(18,651,958	)
Institutional Class		(28,099,288	)		(162,899,174	)		(21,127,558	)		(130,722,169	)
					(338,106,463	)					(261,928,059	)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions					(15,659,329	)					35,045,677
Total increase (decrease) in net assets					(50,050,406	)					22,600,687
Net assets
Beginning of period					766,478,097						743,877,410
End of period				$	716,427,691					$	766,478,097

¹  For the period from July 31, 2018 (commencement of class operations) to September 30, 2018

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
CLASS A	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$6.33			$6.42			$6.13			$5.71			$6.37
Net investment income		0.22			0.21			0.20			0.20			0.21
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		0.02			(0.01	)		0.35			0.64			(0.31	)
Total from investment operations		0.24			0.20			0.55			0.84			(0.10	)
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		(0.23	)		(0.19	)		(0.22	)		(0.21	)		(0.21	)
Net realized gains		(0.28	)		(0.10	)		(0.04	)		(0.21	)		(0.35	)
Total distributions to shareholders		(0.51	)		(0.29	)		(0.26	)		(0.42	)		(0.56	)
Net asset value, end of period		$6.06			$6.33			$6.42			$6.13			$5.71
Total return1		4.51	%		3.23	%		9.16	%		15.39	%		(1.92	)%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		1.05	%		1.04	%		1.05	%		1.08	%		1.11	%
Net expenses		0.85	%		0.90	%		1.05	%		1.08	%		1.08	%
Net investment income		3.75	%		3.34	%		3.29	%		3.55	%		3.38	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		43	%		50	%		29	%		38	%		63	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$251,673			$231,176			$220,977			$154,496			$127,242

¹  Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
CLASS C	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$6.34			$6.44			$6.14			$5.72			$6.39
Net investment income		0.18			0.17			0.16			0.16	1		0.16	1
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		0.02			(0.02	)		0.35			0.63			(0.32	)
Total from investment operations		0.20			0.15			0.51			0.79			(0.16	)
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		(0.19	)		(0.15	)		(0.17	)		(0.16	)		(0.16	)
Net realized gains		(0.28	)		(0.10	)		(0.04	)		(0.21	)		(0.35	)
Total distributions to shareholders		(0.47	)		(0.25	)		(0.21	)		(0.37	)		(0.51	)
Net asset value, end of period		$6.07			$6.34			$6.44			$6.14			$5.72
Total return2		3.71	%		2.32	%		8.51	%		14.51	%		(2.81	)%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		1.80	%		1.79	%		1.80	%		1.83	%		1.86	%
Net expenses		1.60	%		1.65	%		1.80	%		1.83	%		1.83	%
Net investment income		2.99	%		2.59	%		2.54	%		2.80	%		2.62	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		43	%		50	%		29	%		38	%		63	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$140,722			$166,750			$165,513			$129,856			$110,457

¹  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

²  Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
CLASS R6	2019			20181
Net asset value, beginning of period		$6.18			$6.17
Net investment income		0.24	2		0.02	2
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		0.03			0.02
Total from investment operations		0.27			0.04
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		(0.26	)		(0.03	)
Net realized gains		(0.28	)		0.00
Total distributions to shareholders		(0.54	)		(0.03	)
Net asset value, end of period		$5.91			$6.18
Total return3		5.07	%		0.71	%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		0.61	%		0.64	%
Net expenses		0.42	%		0.41	%
Net investment income		4.17	%		2.31	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		43	%		50	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$24			$25

¹  For the period from July 31, 2018 (commencement of class operations) to September 30, 2018

²  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

³  Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$6.19			$6.29			$6.00			$5.60			$6.25
Net investment income		0.22	1		0.21	1		0.21	1		0.21	1		0.21	1
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		0.02			(0.01	)		0.34			0.61			(0.30	)
Total from investment operations		0.24			0.20			0.55			0.82			(0.09	)
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		(0.24	)		(0.20	)		(0.22	)		(0.21	)		(0.21	)
Net realized gains		(0.28	)		(0.10	)		(0.04	)		(0.21	)		(0.35	)
Total distributions to shareholders		(0.52	)		(0.30	)		(0.26	)		(0.42	)		(0.56	)
Net asset value, end of period		$5.91			$6.19			$6.29			$6.00			$5.60
Total return		4.52	%		3.21	%		9.45	%		15.45	%		(1.69	)%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		0.97	%		0.96	%		0.97	%		1.00	%		0.97	%
Net expenses		0.77	%		0.81	%		0.90	%		0.90	%		0.90	%
Net investment income		3.77	%		3.40	%		3.51	%		3.72	%		3.56	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		43	%		50	%		29	%		38	%		63	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$11,916			$32,938			$41,975			$70,051			$31,367

¹  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$6.19			$6.28			$6.00			$5.59			$6.25
Net investment income		0.24			0.23			0.24			0.23			0.24
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		0.01			(0.01	)		0.31			0.61			(0.32	)
Total from investment operations		0.25			0.22			0.55			0.84			(0.08	)
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		(0.25	)		(0.21	)		(0.23	)		(0.22	)		(0.23	)
Net realized gains		(0.28	)		(0.10	)		(0.04	)		(0.21	)		(0.35	)
Total distributions to shareholders		(0.53	)		(0.31	)		(0.27	)		(0.43	)		(0.58	)
Net asset value, end of period		$5.91			$6.19			$6.28			$6.00			$5.59
Total return		4.80	%		3.62	%		9.49	%		15.88	%		(1.65	)%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		0.72	%		0.71	%		0.72	%		0.75	%		0.71	%
Net expenses		0.52	%		0.57	%		0.71	%		0.71	%		0.69	%
Net investment income		4.07	%		3.67	%		3.60	%		3.92	%		3.76	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		43	%		50	%		29	%		38	%		63	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$312,093			$335,589			$315,413			$124,116			$77,558

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

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Notes to financial statements

1. ORGANIZATION

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

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.

Equity securities and futures contracts 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 September 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.

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

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Notes to financial statements

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.

Forward foreign currency contracts

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 is subject to foreign currency risk and may 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. When securities are on loan, the Fund receives interest or dividends on those securities. Cash collateral received in connection with its securities lending transactions is invested in Securities Lending Cash Investments, LLC (the “Securities Lending Fund”). Investments in Securities Lending Fund 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.

In a securities lending transaction, the net asset value of the Fund is 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. The Fund has the right under the lending agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand. 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 such an event, the terms of the agreement allows the unaffiliated securities lending agent to use the collateral to purchase replacement securities on behalf of the Fund or pay the Fund the market value of the loaned securities. The Fund bears the risk of loss with respect to depreciation of its investment of the cash collateral.

When-issued transactions

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

Futures contracts

Futures contracts are agreements between the Fund and a counterparty to buy or sell a specific amount of a commodity, financial instrument or currency at a specified price and on a specified date. The Fund may buy and sell futures contracts in order to gain exposure to, or protect against, changes in interest rates, security values, and foreign exchange rates and is subject to interest rate risk, equity price risk, and foreign currency risk. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are the imperfect correlation between changes in market values of securities held by the Fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market. Futures contracts are generally entered into on a regulated futures exchange and cleared through a clearinghouse associated with the exchange. With futures contracts, there is minimal counterparty risk to the Fund since futures contracts are exchange traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as the counterparty to all exchange traded futures, guarantees the futures contracts against default.

Upon entering into a futures contracts, the Fund is required to deposit either cash or securities (initial margin) with the broker in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the contract value. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are paid to or from the broker each day equal to the daily changes in the contract value. Such payments are recorded as unrealized gains or losses and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable (payable) in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Should the Fund fail to make requested variation margin payments, the broker can gain access to the initial margin to satisfy the Fund’s payment obligations. When the contracts are closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statement of Operations.

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Notes to financial statements

Security transactions and income recognition

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

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

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.

Income dividends and capital gain distributions from investment companies are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Capital gain distributions from investment companies are treated as realized gains.

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.

As of September 30, 2019, the aggregate cost of all investments for federal income tax purposes was $677,961,845 and the unrealized gains (losses) consisted of:

Gross unrealized gains	$	43,102,452
Gross unrealized losses		(16,303,223	)
Net unrealized gains	$	26,799,229

Reclassifications are made to the Fund’s capital accounts for permanent tax differences to reflect income and gains available for distribution (or available capital loss carryforwards) under federal income tax regulations. U.S. generally accepted accounting principles require that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share. At September 30, 2019, as a result of permanent book-to-tax differences, the following reclassification adjustments were made on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities:

Paid-in capital	Total distributable earnings
$(14,932)	$14,932

As of September 30, 2019, the Fund had capital loss carryforwards which consist of $8,937,939 in short-term capital losses and $15,236,081 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 fund-level 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

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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 September 30, 2019:

	Quoted prices (Level 1)		Other significant observable inputs (Level 2)		Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)		Total
Assets
Investments in:
Asset-backed securities	$	0	$	7,580,673	$	0	$	7,580,673
Common stocks
Communication services		5,933,679		0		0		5,933,679
Consumer discretionary		9,822,227		120,856		0		9,943,083
Consumer staples		7,519,763		139,962		0		7,659,725
Energy		32,254,177		0		0		32,254,177
Financials		28,575,506		23,233		0		28,598,739
Health care		17,172,655		0		0		17,172,655
Industrials		20,577,511		0		0		20,577,511
Information technology		36,586,838		3,622,099		0		40,208,937
Materials		7,881,731		0		0		7,881,731
Real estate		8,274,409		0		0		8,274,409
Utilities		14,711,317		0		0		14,711,317
Corporate bonds and notes		0		352,976,637		0		352,976,637
Exchange-traded funds		212,903		0		0		212,903
Foreign corporate bonds and notes		0		20,107,432		0		20,107,432
Municipal obligations		0		30,729,884		0		30,729,884
Non-agency mortgage-backed securities		0		12,846,634		1,042,332		13,888,966
Preferred stocks
Energy		268,766		0		0		268,766
Financials		620,580		0		0		620,580
Information technology		292,283		0		0		292,283
Utilities		202,105		0		0		202,105
Yankee corporate bonds and notes		0		62,595,338		0		62,595,338
Short-term investments
Investment companies		19,875,845		0		0		19,875,845
U.S. Treasury securities		1,682,024		0		0		1,682,024
		212,464,319		490,742,748		1,042,332		704,249,399
Futures contracts		594,965		0		0		594,965
Forward foreign currency contracts		0		412,984		0		412,984
Total assets	$	213,059,284	$	491,155,732	$	1,042,332	$	705,257,348
Liabilities
Futures contracts	$	496,274	$	0	$	0	$	496,274
Total liabilities	$	496,274	$	0	$	0	$	496,274

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Notes to financial statements

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

Futures contracts and forward foreign currency contracts are reported at their cumulative unrealized gains (losses) at measurement date as reported in the tables following the Portfolio of Investments. For futures contracts, the current day’s variation margin is reported on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. All other assets and liabilities are reported at their market value at measurement date.

For the year ended September 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 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	0.550%
Next $500 million	0.525
Next $2 billion	0.500
Next $2 billion	0.475
Next $5 billion	0.440
Over $10 billion	0.430

For the year ended September 30, 2019, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.54% 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 (“WellsCap”), 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 0.35% 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%
Class R6	0.03
Administrator Class, Institutional Class	0.13

Waivers and/or expense reimbursements

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 January 31, 2020 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 0.85% for Class A shares, 1.60% for Class C shares, 0.42% for Class R6 shares, 0.77% for Administrator Class shares, and 0.52% 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.

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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 year ended September 30, 2019, Funds Distributor received $50,056 from the sale of Class A shares and $1,474 in contingent deferred sales charges from redemptions of Class C shares. No contingent deferred sales charges were incurred by Class A for the year ended September 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 $4,185,000 and $0 in interfund purchases and sales, respectively, during the year ended September 30, 2019.

5. INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS

Purchases and sales of investments, excluding U.S. government obligations (if any) and short-term securities, for the year ended September 30, 2019 were $287,507,028 and $282,230,174, respectively.

6. SECURITIES LENDING TRANSACTIONS

The Fund lends its securities through an unaffiliated securities lending agent and 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 increases or decreases in the required collateral are exchanged between the Fund and the counterparty on the next business day. Cash collateral received is invested in the Securities Lending Fund which 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 and is exempt from registration under Section 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act. Securities Lending Fund is managed by Funds Management and is subadvised by WellsCap. 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.

In the event of counterparty default or the failure of a borrower to return a loaned security, the Fund has the right to use the collateral to offset any losses incurred. As of September 30, 2019, the Fund did not have any securities on loan.

7. DERIVATIVE TRANSACTIONS

During the year ended September 30, 2019, the Fund entered into futures contracts and forward foreign currency contracts for economic hedging purposes.

The volume of the Fund’s futures contracts and forward foreign currency contracts during the year ended September 30, 2019 was as follows:

Futures contracts
Average notional balance on long futures	$	11,913,070
Average notional balance on short futures		14,195,171
Forward foreign currency contracts
Average contract amounts to buy		3,789,341
Average contract amounts to sell		25,854,964

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Notes to financial statements

A summary of the location of derivative instruments on the financial statements by risk is outlined in the following tables.

The fair value of derivative instruments as of September 30, 2019 by risk type was as follows for the Fund:

	Asset derivatives				Liability derivatives
	Statement of Assets and Liabilities location	Fair value			Statement of Assets and Liabilities location	Fair value
Interest rate risk	Unrealized gains on futures contracts	$	0	*	Unrealized losses on futures contracts	$	496,274	*
Equity risk	Unrealized gains on futures contracts		127,429	*	Unrealized losses on futures contracts		0	*
Foreign currency risk	Unrealized gains on futures contracts		467,536	*	Unrealized losses on futures contracts		0	*
Foreign currency risk	Unrealized gains on forward foreign currency contracts		412,984		Unrealized losses on forward foreign currency contracts		0
		$	1,007,949			$	496,274

* Amount represents cumulative unrealized gains (losses) as reported in the tables following the Portfolio of Investments. Only the current day’s variation margin as of September 30, 2019 is reported separately on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the year ended September 30, 2019 was as follows for the Fund:

	Amount of realized gains (losses) on derivatives
	Futures contracts			Forward foreign currency contracts		Total
Interest rate risk	$	(544,548	)	$	0	$	(544,548	)
Equity risk		(1,777,244	)		0		(1,777,244	)
Foreign currency risk		545,039			1,319,216		1,864,255
	$	(1,776,753	)	$	1,319,216	$	(457,537	)
	Change in unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives
	Futures contracts			Forward foreign currency contracts		Total
Interest rate risk	$	(496,274	)	$	0	$	(496,274	)
Equity risk		102,415			0		102,415
Foreign currency risk		467,536			412,984		880,520
	$	73,677		$	412,984	$	486,661

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

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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
Citibank	$412,984	$0	$	0	$	412,984

8. 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 year ended September 30, 2019, there were no borrowings by the Fund under the agreement.

9. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended September 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018 were as follows:

	Year ended September 30
	2019		2018
Ordinary income	$	33,578,334	$	27,884,669
Long-term capital gain		26,326,682		7,787,897

As of September 30, 2019, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income	Unrealized gains	Capital loss carryforward
$2,608,219	$26,790,901	$(24,174,020)

10. 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.

11. 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 and requires the premium to be amortized to the earliest call date. The amendments do not require an accounting change for securities held at a discount and discounts will continue to be accreted to the maturity date of the security. ASU 2017-08 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 and for interim periods within those fiscal years. During the current reporting period, management of the Fund adopted the change in accounting policy which did not have a material impact to the Fund’s financial statements.

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Report of independent registered public accounting firm

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

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Wells Fargo Diversified Income Builder Fund (the Fund), one of the funds constituting Wells Fargo Funds Trust, including the portfolio of investments, as of September 30, 2019, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the financial statements) and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five-year period then ended. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of September 30, 2019, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

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

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of September 30, 2019, by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

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

Boston, Massachusetts

November 25, 2019

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Other information (unaudited)

TAX INFORMATION

For corporate shareholders, pursuant to Section 854 of the Internal Revenue Code, 8.14% of ordinary income dividends qualify for the corporate dividends-received deduction for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019.

Pursuant to Section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, $26,326,682 was designated as a 20% rate gain distribution for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019.

Pursuant to Section 854 of the Internal Revenue Code, $4,988,730 of income dividends paid during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019 has been designated as qualified dividend income (QDI).

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, $16,922,217 has been designated as interest-related dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, $6,280,067 has been designated as short-term capital gain dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

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

QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

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 or Form N-PORT, which is available by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. Those forms may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of 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 150 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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Other information (unaudited)

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

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

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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.
Michelle Rhee3 (Born 1966)	Chief Legal Officer, since 2019	Secretary of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, Chief Legal Counsel of Wells Fargo Asset Management and Assistant General Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2018. Associate General Counsel and Managing Director of Bank of America Corporation from 2004 to 2018.
Catherine Kennedy4 (Born 1969)	Secretary, since 2019	Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and Senior Counsel of the Wells Fargo Legal Department since 2010. Vice President and Senior Counsel of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 1998 to 2010.
Michael H. Whitaker (Born 1967)	Chief Compliance Officer, since 2016	Chief Compliance Officer of Wells Fargo Asset Management 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 64 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.

³  Michelle Rhee became Chief Legal Officer effective October 22, 2019.

⁴  Catherine Kennedy became Secretary effective October 22, 2019.

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Other information (unaudited)

BOARD CONSIDERATION OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS:

Wells Fargo Diversified Income Builder Fund

Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”) must determine annually whether to approve the continuation of the Trust’s investment management and sub-advisory agreements. In this regard, at an in-person meeting held on May 21-22, 2019 (the “Meeting”), the Board, all the members of which have no direct or indirect interest in the investment management and sub-advisory agreements and are not “interested persons” of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act (the “Independent Trustees”), reviewed and approved for Wells Fargo Diversified Income Builder Fund (the “Fund”): (i) an investment management agreement (the “Management Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”); and (ii) an investment sub-advisory agreement (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement”) with Wells Capital Management Incorporated (the “Sub-Adviser”), an affiliate of Funds Management. The Management Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement are collectively referred to as the “Advisory Agreements.”

At the Meeting, the Board considered the factors and reached the conclusions described below relating to the selection of Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser and the approval of the Advisory Agreements. Prior to the Meeting, including at an in-person meeting in April 2019, the Trustees conferred extensively among themselves and with representatives of Funds Management about these matters. Also, the Board has adopted a team-based approach, with each team consisting of a sub-set of Trustees, to assist the full Board in the discharge of its duties in reviewing investment performance and other matters throughout the year. The Independent Trustees were assisted in their evaluation of the Advisory Agreements by independent legal counsel, from whom they received separate legal advice and with whom they met separately.

In providing information to the Board, Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser were guided by a detailed set of requests for information submitted to them by independent legal counsel on behalf of the Independent Trustees at the start of the Board’s annual contract renewal process earlier in 2019. In considering and approving the Advisory Agreements, the Trustees considered the information they believed relevant, including but not limited to the information discussed below. The Board considered not only the specific information presented in connection with the Meeting, but also the knowledge gained over time through interaction with Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser about various topics. In this regard, the Board reviewed reports of Funds Management at each of its quarterly meetings, which included, among other things, portfolio reviews and investment performance reports. In addition, the Board and the teams mentioned above confer with portfolio managers at various times throughout the year. The Board did not identify any particular information or consideration that was all-important or controlling, and each individual Trustee may have attributed different weights to various factors.

After its deliberations, the Board unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreements for a one-year term and determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser under each of the Advisory Agreements was reasonable. The Board considered the approval of the Advisory Agreements for the Fund as part of its consideration of agreements for funds across the complex, but its approvals were made on a fund-by-fund basis. The following summarizes a number of important, but not necessarily all, factors considered by the Board in support of its approvals.

Nature, extent and quality of services

The Board received and considered various information regarding the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund by Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser under the Advisory Agreements. This information included a description of the investment advisory services and Fund-level administrative services covered by the Management Agreement, as well as, among other things, a summary of the background and experience of senior management of Wells Fargo Asset Management (“WFAM”), of which Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser are a part, a summary of investments made in the business of WFAM, a summary of certain organizational and personnel changes involving Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser, and a description of Funds Management’s and the Sub-Adviser’s business continuity planning programs and of their approaches to data privacy and cybersecurity. The Board received and reviewed information about Funds Management’s role as administrator of the Fund’s liquidity risk management program. The Board also considered the qualifications, background, tenure and responsibilities of each of the portfolio managers primarily responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund.

The Board evaluated the ability of Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser to attract and retain qualified investment professionals, including research, advisory and supervisory personnel. The Board further considered the compliance programs and compliance records of Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser. In addition, the Board took into account the full range of services provided to the Fund by Funds Management and its affiliates.

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Other information (unaudited)

Fund investment performance and expenses

The Board considered the investment performance results for the Fund over various time periods ended December 31, 2018. The Board considered these results in comparison to the investment performance of funds in a universe that was determined by Broadridge Inc. (“Broadridge”) to be similar to the Fund (the “Universe”), and in comparison to the Fund’s benchmark index and to other comparative data. Broadridge is an independent provider of investment company data. The Board received a description of the methodology used by Broadridge to select the mutual funds in the performance Universe. The Board noted that the investment performance of the Fund (Class A) was higher than the average investment performance of the Universe for the three-, five- and ten-year periods under review, and lower than the average investment performance of the Universe for the one-year period under review. The Board also noted that the investment performance of the Fund was lower than its benchmark index, the Diversified Income Builder Blended Index, for all periods under review.

The Board received information concerning, and discussed factors contributing to, the underperformance of the Fund relative to the Universe and benchmark for the periods identified above. The Board took note of the explanations for the relative underperformance during these periods, including with respect to investment decisions and market factors that affected the Fund’s investment performance. The Board also took note of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the Universe and benchmark over the longer time periods under review.

The Board also received and considered information regarding the Fund’s net operating expense ratios and their various components, including actual management fees, custodian and other non-management fees, and Rule 12b-1 and non-Rule 12b-1 shareholder service fees. The Board considered these ratios in comparison to the median ratios of funds in class-specific expense groups that were determined by Broadridge to be similar to the Fund (the “Groups”). The Board received a description of the methodology used by Broadridge to select the mutual funds in the expense Groups and an explanation of how funds comprising expense groups and their expense ratios may vary from year-to-year. Based on the Broadridge reports, the Board noted that the net operating expense ratios of the Fund were lower than the median net operating expense ratios of the expense Groups for each share class.

The Board took into account the Fund’s investment performance and expense information provided to it among the factors considered in deciding to re-approve the Advisory Agreements.

Investment management and sub-advisory fee rates

The Board reviewed and considered the contractual fee rates payable by the Fund to Funds Management under the Management Agreement, as well as the contractual fee rates payable by the Fund to Funds Management for class-level administrative services under a Class-Level Administration Agreement, which include, among other things, class-level transfer agency and sub-transfer agency costs (collectively, the “Management Rates”). The Board also reviewed and considered the contractual investment sub-advisory fee rates that are payable by Funds Management to the Sub-Adviser for investment sub-advisory services.

Among other information reviewed by the Board was a comparison of the Fund’s Management Rates with the average contractual investment management fee rates of funds in the expense Groups at a common asset level as well as transfer agency costs of the funds in the expense Groups. The Board noted that the Management Rates of the Fund were lower than, equal to or in range of the sum of these average rates for the Fund’s expense Groups for all share classes.

The Board also received and considered information about the portion of the total management fee that was retained by Funds Management after payment of the fee to the Sub-Adviser for sub-advisory services. In assessing the reasonableness of this amount, the Board received and evaluated information about the nature and extent of responsibilities retained and risks assumed by Funds Management and not delegated to or assumed by the Sub-Adviser, and about Funds Management’s on-going oversight services. Given the affiliation between Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser, the Board ascribed limited relevance to the allocation of fees between them.

The Board also received and considered information about the nature and extent of services offered and fee rates charged by Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser to other types of clients with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund. In this regard, the Board received information about the significantly greater scope of services, and compliance, reporting and other legal burdens and risks of managing proprietary mutual funds compared with those associated with managing assets of other types of clients, including third-party sub-advised fund clients and non-mutual fund clients such as institutional separate accounts.

Based on its consideration of the factors and information it deemed relevant, including those described here, the Board determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management under the Management Agreement and to the Sub-Adviser under the Sub-Advisory Agreement was reasonable.

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Other information (unaudited)

Profitability

The Board received and considered information concerning the profitability of Funds Management, as well as the profitability of both WFAM and Wells Fargo & Co. (“Wells Fargo”) from providing services to the fund family as a whole. The Board noted that the Sub-Adviser’s profitability information with respect to providing services to the Fund and other funds in the family was subsumed in the WFAM and Wells Fargo profitability analysis.

Funds Management reported on the methodologies and estimates used in calculating profitability, including a description of the methodology used to allocate certain expenses. Among other things, the Board noted that the levels of profitability reported on a fund-by-fund basis varied widely, depending on factors such as the size, type and age of fund. Based on its review, the Board did not deem the profits reported by Funds Management, WFAM or Wells Fargo from services provided to the Fund to be at a level that would prevent it from approving the continuation of the Advisory Agreements.

Economies of scale

The Board received and considered information about the potential for Funds Management to experience economies of scale in the provision of management services to the Fund, the difficulties of calculating economies of scale at an individual fund level, and the extent to which potential scale benefits are shared with shareholders. The Board noted the existence of breakpoints in the Fund’s management fee structure, which operate generally to reduce the Fund’s expense ratios as the Fund grows in size. The Board considered that in addition to management fee breakpoints, Funds Management shares potential economies of scale from its management business in a variety of ways, including through fee waiver and expense reimbursement arrangements, services that benefit shareholders, competitive management fee rates set at the outset without regard to breakpoints, and investments in the business intended to enhance services available to shareholders.

The Board concluded that Funds Management’s arrangements with respect to the Fund, including contractual breakpoints, constituted a reasonable approach to sharing potential economies of scale with the Fund and its shareholders.

Other benefits to Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser

The Board received and considered information regarding potential “fall-out” or ancillary benefits received by Funds Management and its affiliates, including the Sub-Adviser, as a result of their relationships with the Fund. Ancillary benefits could include, among others, benefits directly attributable to other relationships with the Fund and benefits potentially derived from an increase in Funds Management’s and the Sub-Adviser’s business as a result of their relationships with the Fund. The Board noted that various affiliates of Funds Management may receive distribution-related fees, shareholder servicing payments and sub-transfer agency fees in respect of shares sold or held through them and services provided.

The Board also reviewed information about soft dollar credits earned and utilized by the Sub-Adviser, fees earned by Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser from managing a private investment vehicle for the fund family’s securities lending collateral, and commissions earned by an affiliated broker from portfolio transactions.

Based on its consideration of the factors and information it deemed relevant, including those described here, the Board did not find that any ancillary benefits received by Funds Management and its affiliates, including the Sub-Adviser, were unreasonable.

Conclusion

At the Meeting, after considering the above-described factors and based on its deliberations and its evaluation of the information described above, the Board unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreements for a one-year term and determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser under each of the Advisory Agreements was reasonable.

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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

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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

© 2019 Wells Fargo & Company. All rights reserved.

406806 11-19

A226/AR226 09-19

Annual Report

September 30, 2019

Wells Fargo

Index Asset Allocation Fund

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

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

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

Contents

Letter to shareholders	2
Performance highlights	6
Fund expenses	10
Portfolio of investments	11
Financial statements
Statement of assets and liabilities	30
Statement of operations	31
Statement of changes in net assets	32
Financial highlights	33
Notes to financial statements	37
Report of independent registered public accounting firm	44
Other information	45

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The views expressed and any forward-looking statements are as of September 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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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

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 annual report for the Wells Fargo Index Asset Allocation Fund for the 12-month period that ended September 30, 2019. After the first half of the period yielded either low-single-digit or negative investment returns, U.S. stock and global bond investors generally saw markets recover during the second half amid intensifying market volatility, global economic growth concerns, international trade stare downs, and simmering geopolitical tensions.

Overall, fixed-income investors enjoyed a distinct advantage over stock investors. For the period, U.S. stocks, based on the S&P 500 Index,¹ gained 4.25% and international stocks, as measured by the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net),² fell 1.23%. The MSCI EM Index (Net)³ slipped 2.02%. Among fixed income investors, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index⁴ added 10.30%, the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index⁵ added 5.34%, the Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index⁶ gained 8.55%, and the ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index⁷ added 6.30%.

Investors confronted unsettling events during the fourth quarter of 2018.

During the fourth quarter of 2018, investors grew concerned about the pace and sustainability of the global economic expansion. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported third-quarter U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) was 3.4% on an annualized basis, which was down from the second-quarter rate. A partial U.S. government shutdown occurred, which extended into January 2019. Brexit efforts stalled, causing uncertainty for the eurozone. The value of the renminbi declined even as the People’s Bank of China cut reserve requirement ratios, accelerated infrastructure spending, and cut taxes in efforts to spur economic activity.

The combination of news in the U.S. and generally weak economic indicators outside of the U.S. caused investors to seek safe havens. December’s S&P 500 Index performance was the worst since 1931. Globally, fixed-income investments fared better than stocks during the last two months of the year. Even as indicators suggested growth was restrained, the U.S. Federal Reserve (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%. Many observers expressed concerns that higher rates could slow the economy further.

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 and emerging markets, excluding the U.S. 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 the equity market performance of emerging markets. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁴ The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment-grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage pass-throughs), asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁵  The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index is an unmanaged index that provides a broad-based measure of the global investment-grade fixed-income markets excluding the U.S. dollar-denominated debt market. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁶  The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of long-term tax-exempt bonds with a minimum credit rating of Baa. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁷ The ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index is a market-capitalization-weighted index of domestic and Yankee high-yield bonds. The index tracks the performance of high-yield securities traded in the U.S. bond market. You cannot invest directly in an index. Copyright 2019. ICE Data Indices, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

The market climbs a wall of worry.

Investment returns early in 2019 appeared to reaffirm the adage that markets climb a wall of worry as the new year began. The S&P 500 Index gained 8.01% for the month of January, the 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.

In February 2019, signs of slowing global growth grew more ominous. The Bureau of Economic Analysis announced fourth-quarter 2018 GDP grew at an annualized 2.2% rate, a slower rate than reported for the prior two quarters. In a February report, the Bank of England forecast the slowest growth for 2019 since the financial crisis. China and the U.S. continued to wrangle over trade issues. By the end of the first quarter of 2019, more accommodative Fed sentiment and steady, if not spectacular, U.S. economic and business metrics encouraged domestic investors.

Early second-quarter 2019 enthusiasm among investors faded.

During April 2019, favorable sentiment found additional support in reports of sustained low inflation, solid employment data, and first-quarter U.S. GDP of an annualized rate of 3.2%. During May, markets tumbled on mixed investment signals. In the U.S., partisan wrangling ramped up as Democrats and Republicans set their sights on 2020 presidential politics. The U.K.’s Brexit disagreements caused Prime Minister Theresa May to resign. Boris Johnson succeeded her only to exacerbate uncertainty about Brexit’s resolution ahead of an October 2019 deadline. The European Commission downgraded the 2019 growth forecast to 1.2%. The U.S. increased tariffs on products from China, China responded, and then talks broke down. President Donald Trump threatened to turn his foreign policy tariff tool to Mexico over immigration issues.

During the third quarter of 2019, investors regrouped. Just as the investment horizon appeared to darken, sentiment turned and U.S. equity markets gained during June and July. The gains, primarily driven by geopolitical and monetary policy events, pushed equity markets to new highs. European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said that if the outlook doesn’t improve, the bank would cut rates or buy more assets to prop up inflation. President Trump backed off of tariff threats against Mexico and China. In the U.S., the Fed implemented a 0.25% federal funds rate cut in July.

Later in July 2019, the U.S. reversed course and threatened to impose higher tariffs on China’s exports after talks failed. China responded with tariff threats of its own and devalued the renminbi, a move that roiled global markets. Major U.S. stock market indices closed July with the worst weekly results of the year. Bond prices gained as Treasury yields fell to levels not seen since November 2016 and the yield curve inverted at multiple points along the 30-year arc.

In a microcosm, August 2019 encapsulated many of the unnerving events that plagued investors during the prior 11 months. The U.S.-China trade relationship swung from antagonistic to hopeful and back again with no evident compromise on the horizon. Evidence of a continued global economic slowdown mounted. Central banks in China, New Zealand, and Thailand cut interest rates. Industrial and manufacturing data declined in China, Canada, Japan, and Germany. Adding to the uncertain environment, Italy’s prime minister resigned, many feared a crackdown in Hong Kong as protesters sustained their calls for reform throughout the month, and Boris Johnson planned to suspend Parliament as Brexit’s deadline neared.

In the U.S., September saw the Fed join other central banks in cutting interest rates. Manufacturing data in the U.S., as reported by the Institute for Supply Management, disappointed investors. The U.S. Congress announced it would pursue an impeachment investigation of President Trump. Meanwhile, the Brexit impasse showed no signs of

“The S&P 500 Index gained 8.01% for the month of January, the best monthly performance in 30 years.”

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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

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.

resolution. Officials in China said that hitting the country’s economic growth goals for the year would be difficult considering the weight of tariffs and trade restrictions. So while the S&P 500 Index finished the third quarter with year-to-date returns that were the best in more than 20 years, amid signs of equity investors taking money out of the stock market, concerns about future returns remained.

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 potentially 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,

Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

Investment objective

The Fund seeks long-term total return, consisting of capital appreciation and current income.

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Subadviser

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

Portfolio managers

Kandarp R. Acharya, CFA^®‡, FRM

Petros N. Bocray, CFA^®‡, FRM

Christian L. Chan, CFA^®‡

Average annual total returns (%) as of September 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 (SFAAX)	11-13-1986		-0.52		6.42		9.71		5.54		7.69		10.36		1.08		1.08
Class C (WFALX)	4-1-1998		3.75		6.89		9.54		4.75		6.89		9.54		1.83		1.83
Administrator Class (WFAIX)	11-8-1999		–		–		–		5.73		7.90		10.61		1.00		0.90
Institutional Class (WFATX)3	10-31-2016		–		–		–		5.89		8.00		10.66		0.75		0.75
Index Asset Allocation Blended Index4	–		–		–		–		7.23		8.71		10.79		–		–
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Index5	–		–		–		–		10.48		2.91		3.08		–		–
S&P 500 Index6	–		–		–		–		4.25		10.84		13.24		–		–

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.

Balanced funds may invest in stocks and bonds. Stock values fluctuate in response to the activities of individual companies and general market and economic conditions. Bond values fluctuate in response to the financial condition of individual issuers, general market and economic conditions, and changes in interest rates. Changes in market conditions and government policies may lead to periods of heightened volatility in the bond market and reduced liquidity for certain bonds held by the Fund. In general, when interest rates rise, bond values fall and investors may lose principal value. Interest rate changes and their impact on the Fund and its share price can be sudden and unpredictable. The use of derivatives may reduce returns and/or increase volatility. Consult the Fund’s prospectus for additional information on these and other risks.

Please see footnotes on page 7.

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

Growth of $10,000 investment as of September 30, 2019⁷

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

¹  Reflects the expense ratios as stated in the most recent prospectuses. The expense ratios shown are subject to change and may differ from the annualized expense ratios shown in the financial highlights of this report.

²  The manager has contractually committed through January 31, 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 the Institutional Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of the Administrator Class shares, and is not adjusted to reflect the expenses of the Institutional Class shares. If these expenses had been included, returns for Institutional Class shares would be higher.

⁴  Source: Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. Index Asset Allocation Blended Index is composed 60% of the S&P 500 Index and 40% of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Index. Prior to April 1, 2015, the Index Asset Allocation Blended Index was composed 60% of the S&P 500 Index and 40% of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury 20+ Year Index. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁵  The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Index is an unmanaged index of prices of U.S. Treasury bonds with maturities of 1 to 30 years. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁶ 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.

⁷ The chart compares the performance of Class A shares for the most recent ten years with the Index Asset Allocation Blended Index, Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Index, and the S&P 500 Index. The chart assumes a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Class A shares and reflects all operating expenses and assumes the maximum initial sales charge of 5.75%.

⁸  The Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Europe, Australasia, 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. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁹  The MSCI Emerging Markets (EM) Index (Net) is a free-float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of emerging markets. You cannot invest directly in an index.

¹⁰  The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury 20+ Year Index is an unmanaged index composed of securities in the U.S. Treasury Index with maturities of 20 years or greater. You cannot invest directly in an index.

¹¹  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.

¹²  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.

¹³  The effective allocation includes the effect of any tactical futures overlay that may be in place. These amounts are subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

MANAGER’S DISCUSSION

Fund highlights

∎ The Fund underperformed its benchmark, the Index Asset Allocation Blended Index, for the 12-month period that ended September 30, 2019.

∎ The Fund’s tactical asset allocation overlay, which is implemented with liquid futures contracts, detracted from performance during the 12-month period.

∎ The Fund’s stock allocation performed in line with its respective benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, while the Fund’s bond allocation underperformed its respective benchmark, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Index.

∎ Relative to its benchmark, the Fund’s slightly lower duration detracted from performance.

Equity markets ended the 12-month period in positive territory despite mounting concerns about trade and a global slowdown. It was by no means a smooth ride, however, as risk assets sold off in the final three months of 2018 only to stage a sharp rebound in the first half of 2019. Volatility—which remained quite high during the fourth quarter of 2018—hovered below historical levels during the first nine months of the year.

Negative sentiment among investors gave way to renewed optimism as the Federal Reserve (the Fed) adopted a more dovish tone in the new year and then proceeded to lower rates for the first time in a decade. U.S. equity markets rallied, while U.S. bond yields fell to historical lows. For the period, the S&P 500 Index posted a return of 4.25%, while developed non-U.S. markets, as measured by the MSCI EAFE Index (Net)⁸, returned -1.34%. Meanwhile, emerging market stocks, as measured by the MSCI EM Index (Net)⁹, posted a return of -2.02%.

Longer-duration U.S. government bond prices rose sharply amid a precipitous decline in yields. For the 12-month period, the yield on 30-year U.S. Treasury bonds fell by 1.10%, from 3.21% to 2.11%, while yields on 10-year U.S. Treasury notes fell by 1.39%, from 3.06% to 1.67%. The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Index, a broad measure of U.S. Treasury notes and bonds, gained 10.48% during the 12-month period, while the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury 20+ Year Index¹⁰ returned 25.21%.

Ten largest holdings (%) as of September 30, 201911
Microsoft Corporation	2.58
Apple Incorporated	2.31
Amazon.com Incorporated	1.75
Facebook Incorporated Class A	1.04
Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated Class B	0.99
JPMorgan Chase & Company	0.91
Alphabet Incorporated Class C	0.89
Alphabet Incorporated Class A	0.89
Johnson & Johnson	0.83
The Procter & Gamble Company	0.76

Tactical asset allocation shifts detracted from performance during the 12-month period.

The Fund’s stock holdings seek to replicate the holdings of the S&P 500 Index. Its bond holdings seek to replicate the holdings of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Index. The Fund’s neutral target allocation is 60% stocks and 40% bonds. As of fiscal year-end, the Fund had an effective target allocation of 58% stocks, 53% bonds, and -11% effective cash.

Please see footnotes on page 7.

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

Sector distribution as of September 30, 2019¹²

Allocations (%) as of September 30, 2019
	Effective allocation13		Neutral allocation
Bonds		53		40
Stocks		58		60
Effective Cash		-11		0

During the period, the portfolio management team implemented tactical shifts between stocks and bonds in order to adjust the Fund’s effective allocations based on the relative attractiveness of the two asset classes. The Fund began the period with a long position in S&P 500 futures, which we increased as markets sold off in the fourth quarter of 2018. We subsequently closed out the long position in early February after a sharp rebound in risk markets. As markets continued to climb higher during the spring of 2019, setting several record highs along the way, we established a short position in S&P 500 futures. In early June, we covered the short position after the Fed presented its modified dovish stance. In mid-August, amid growing concerns about trade and weaker global growth, we reestablished the short position.

On the fixed-income side, the Fund started the period with a short position in U.S. 10-year Treasury futures, which we covered in the first couple of days of October 2018 and then reestablished toward the end of 2018. We covered the entire position in March 2019. In early June, we initiated another short position in U.S. 10-year Treasury futures on our belief that the market had too aggressively priced in future rate cuts. We closed out the short position in early July. In mid-August and early September, we established a long position in U.S. 10-year Treasury futures amid growing concerns about trade and weaker global growth.

The Fund’s effective allocation is determined by a combination of inputs from multiple quantitative and qualitative factors. As of the close of the period, relative to its benchmark, the Fund maintained an underweight to stocks and an overweight to bonds. All of the changes to the effective asset allocation were implemented with liquid futures contracts.

The portfolio management team has adopted a more cautious stance

Slowing growth, trade disputes, negative yields, Brexit, oil-field bombings, and impeachment form a firm foundation for the wall of worry that markets are forced to climb each day. We are particularly focused on Brexit and U.S. trade disputes as they both have significant potential to either rock markets or push them higher if resolved benignly. The market needs some level of certainty for risk assets to climb over the wall of worry. We take some comfort in the Fed as it appears ready to cut rates further if it sees weakness.

We continue to look across all markets to discover investment opportunities. While attractive investment options are not overabundant now, we remain dedicated and vigilant in seeking these risk and return opportunities in the Fund. We stand ready to adjust exposures as needed.

Please see footnotes on page 7.

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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 April 1, 2019 to September 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 4-1-2019		Ending account value 9-30-2019		Expenses paid during the period¹		Annualized net expense ratio
Class A
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,050.97	$	5.57		1.08	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,019.64	$	5.48		1.08	%
Class C
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,046.92	$	9.42		1.83	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,015.87	$	9.27		1.83	%
Administrator Class
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,051.91	$	4.64		0.90	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,020.54	$	4.57		0.90	%
Institutional Class
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,052.43	$	3.87		0.75	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,021.30	$	3.81		0.75	%

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—September 30, 2019

	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Agency Securities: 0.00%
FNMA Series 2002-T1 Class A4		9.50	%		11-25-2031	$	34,946	$	41,766
Total Agency Securities (Cost $34,946)									41,766
						Shares
Common Stocks: 59.94%
Communication Services: 6.21%
Diversified Telecommunication Services: 1.30%
AT&T Incorporated							236,041		8,931,791
CenturyLink Incorporated							31,711		395,753
Verizon Communications Incorporated							133,606		8,064,458
									17,392,002
Entertainment: 1.08%
Activision Blizzard Incorporated							24,777		1,311,199
Electronic Arts Incorporated †							9,519		931,149
Netflix Incorporated †							14,143		3,784,950
Take-Two Interactive Software Incorporated †							3,655		458,118
The Walt Disney Company							58,190		7,583,321
Viacom Incorporated Class B							11,434		274,759
									14,343,496
Interactive Media & Services: 2.91%
Alphabet Incorporated Class A †							9,676		11,815,751
Alphabet Incorporated Class C †							9,762		11,899,878
Facebook Incorporated Class A †							77,712		13,838,953
TripAdvisor Incorporated †							3,391		131,164
Twitter Incorporated †							24,971		1,028,805
									38,714,551
Media: 0.86%
CBS Corporation Class B							10,571		426,751
Charter Communications Incorporated Class A †							5,222		2,152,091
Comcast Corporation Class A							146,513		6,604,806
Discovery Communications Incorporated Class A †							5,104		135,920
Discovery Communications Incorporated Class C †							11,208		275,941
DISH Network Corporation Class A †							7,771		264,758
Fox Corporation Class A							11,449		361,044
Fox Corporation Class B							5,244		165,396
Interpublic Group of Companies Incorporated							12,509		269,694
News Corporation Class A							12,458		173,415
News Corporation Class B							3,933		56,222
Omnicom Group Incorporated							7,026		550,136
									11,436,174
Wireless Telecommunication Services: 0.06%
T-Mobile US Incorporated †							10,213		804,478
Consumer Discretionary: 6.06%
Auto Components: 0.07%
Aptiv plc							8,275		723,401
BorgWarner Incorporated							6,670		244,656
									968,057

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

	Shares		Value
Automobiles: 0.22%
Ford Motor Company		126,596	$	1,159,619
General Motors Company		40,586		1,521,163
Harley-Davidson Incorporated		5,062		182,080
				2,862,862
Distributors: 0.06%
Genuine Parts Company		4,718		469,866
LKQ Corporation †		9,956		313,116
				782,982
Diversified Consumer Services: 0.01%
H&R Block Incorporated		6,483		153,128
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure: 1.15%
Carnival Corporation		12,934		565,345
Chipotle Mexican Grill Incorporated †		823		691,707
Darden Restaurants Incorporated		3,967		468,979
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Incorporated		9,266		862,757
Marriott International Incorporated Class A		8,830		1,098,187
McDonald’s Corporation		24,532		5,267,266
MGM Resorts International		16,844		466,916
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Limited †		6,964		360,526
Royal Caribbean Cruises Limited		5,550		601,232
Starbucks Corporation		38,667		3,418,936
Wynn Resorts Limited		3,128		340,076
Yum! Brands Incorporated		9,830		1,115,017
				15,256,944
Household Durables: 0.24%
D.R. Horton Incorporated		10,871		573,010
Garmin Limited		4,666		395,164
Leggett & Platt Incorporated		4,246		173,831
Lennar Corporation Class A		9,186		513,038
Mohawk Industries Incorporated †		1,934		239,951
Newell Rubbermaid Incorporated		12,310		230,443
NVR Incorporated †		110		408,909
Pulte Group Incorporated		8,326		304,315
Whirlpool Corporation		2,052		324,955
				3,163,616
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail: 2.07%
Amazon.com Incorporated †		13,422		23,299,384
Booking Holdings Incorporated †		1,373		2,694,664
eBay Incorporated		25,469		992,782
Expedia Group Incorporated		4,517		607,130
				27,593,960
Leisure Products: 0.03%
Hasbro Incorporated		3,791		449,954
Multiline Retail: 0.34%
Dollar General Corporation		8,303		1,319,679
Dollar Tree Incorporated †		7,643		872,525
Kohl’s Corporation		5,140		255,252
Macy’s Incorporated		9,979		155,074

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

	Shares		Value
Multiline Retail (continued)
Nordstrom Incorporated «		3,452	$	116,229
Target Corporation		16,505		1,764,550
				4,483,309
Specialty Retail: 1.43%
Advance Auto Parts Incorporated		2,305		381,247
AutoZone Incorporated †		792		859,019
Best Buy Company Incorporated		7,492		516,873
CarMax Incorporated †		5,348		470,624
L Brands Incorporated		7,499		146,905
Lowe’s Companies Incorporated		24,931		2,741,413
O’Reilly Automotive Incorporated †		2,471		984,718
Ross Stores Incorporated		11,781		1,294,143
The Gap Incorporated		6,919		120,114
The Home Depot Incorporated		35,376		8,207,940
The TJX Companies Incorporated		39,053		2,176,814
Tiffany & Company		3,511		325,224
Tractor Supply Company		3,852		348,375
ULTA Beauty Incorporated †		1,900		476,235
				19,049,644
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods: 0.44%
Capri Holdings Limited †		4,896		162,351
HanesBrands Incorporated		11,679		178,922
Nike Incorporated Class B		40,439		3,798,031
PVH Corporation		2,395		211,311
Ralph Lauren Corporation		1,674		159,817
Tapestry Incorporated		9,265		241,353
Under Armour Incorporated Class A †		6,077		121,175
Under Armour Incorporated Class C †		6,278		113,820
VF Corporation		10,547		938,578
				5,925,358
Consumer Staples: 4.55%
Beverages: 1.16%
Brown-Forman Corporation Class B		5,879		369,084
Constellation Brands Incorporated Class A		5,402		1,119,727
Molson Coors Brewing Company Class B		6,067		348,853
Monster Beverage Corporation †		12,497		725,576
PepsiCo Incorporated		45,165		6,192,122
The Coca-Cola Company		124,316		6,767,763
				15,523,125
Food & Staples Retailing: 0.97%
Costco Wholesale Corporation		14,207		4,093,179
Sysco Corporation		16,577		1,316,214
The Kroger Company		25,803		665,201
Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated		45,940		5,452,159
Walgreens Boots Alliance Incorporated		24,506		1,355,427
				12,882,180
Food Products: 0.72%
Archer Daniels Midland Company		17,992		738,931
Campbell Soup Company		5,447		255,573

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

	Shares		Value
Food Products (continued)
ConAgra Foods Incorporated		15,719	$	482,259
General Mills Incorporated		19,494		1,074,509
Hormel Foods Corporation		8,969		392,214
Kellogg Company		8,032		516,859
Lamb Weston Holdings Incorporated		4,705		342,148
McCormick & Company Incorporated		3,974		621,136
Mondelez International Incorporated Class A		46,586		2,577,138
The Hershey Company		4,811		745,657
The J.M. Smucker Company		3,683		405,204
The Kraft Heinz Company		20,099		561,466
Tyson Foods Incorporated Class A		9,518		819,881
				9,532,975
Household Products: 1.12%
Church & Dwight Company Incorporated		7,981		600,490
Colgate-Palmolive Company		27,716		2,037,403
Kimberly-Clark Corporation		11,119		1,579,454
The Clorox Company		4,061		616,744
The Procter & Gamble Company		80,843		10,055,252
				14,889,343
Personal Products: 0.11%
Coty Incorporated Class A		9,502		99,866
The Estee Lauder Companies Incorporated Class A		7,145		1,421,498
				1,521,364
Tobacco: 0.47%
Altria Group Incorporated		60,345		2,468,111
Philip Morris International Incorporated		50,258		3,816,090
				6,284,201
Energy: 2.71%
Energy Equipment & Services: 0.24%
Baker Hughes Incorporated		16,680		386,976
Halliburton Company		28,295		533,361
Helmerich & Payne Incorporated		3,534		141,607
National Oilwell Varco Incorporated		12,466		264,279
Schlumberger Limited		44,675		1,526,545
TechnipFMC plc		13,557		327,266
				3,180,034
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels: 2.47%
Apache Corporation		12,145		310,912
Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation		13,515		237,459
Chevron Corporation		61,325		7,273,145
Cimarex Energy Company		3,277		157,099
Concho Resources Incorporated		6,495		441,011
ConocoPhillips		35,860		2,043,303
Devon Energy Corporation		13,057		314,151
Diamondback Energy Incorporated		5,266		473,466
EOG Resources Incorporated		18,747		1,391,402
Exxon Mobil Corporation		136,679		9,650,904
Hess Corporation		8,360		505,613
HollyFrontier Corporation		4,890		262,300

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

	Shares		Value
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)
Kinder Morgan Incorporated		62,890	$	1,296,163
Marathon Oil Corporation		25,973		318,689
Marathon Petroleum Corporation		21,266		1,291,910
Noble Energy Incorporated		15,449		346,985
Occidental Petroleum Corporation		28,894		1,284,916
ONEOK Incorporated		13,340		983,025
Phillips 66		14,489		1,483,674
Pioneer Natural Resources Company		5,399		679,032
The Williams Companies Incorporated		39,152		941,997
Valero Energy Corporation		13,387		1,141,108
				32,828,264
Financials: 7.76%
Banks: 3.27%
Bank of America Corporation		270,620		7,893,985
BB&T Corporation		24,749		1,320,854
Citigroup Incorporated		72,975		5,041,113
Citizens Financial Group Incorporated		14,442		510,814
Comerica Incorporated		4,824		318,336
Fifth Third Bancorp		23,597		646,086
First Republic Bank		5,433		525,371
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated		33,525		478,402
JPMorgan Chase & Company		103,289		12,156,082
KeyCorp		32,408		578,159
M&T Bank Corporation		4,317		681,956
People’s United Financial Incorporated		12,881		201,394
PNC Financial Services Group Incorporated		14,383		2,015,921
Regions Financial Corporation		32,231		509,894
SunTrust Banks Incorporated		14,341		986,661
SVB Financial Group †		1,664		347,693
US Bancorp		46,323		2,563,515
Wells Fargo & Company (l)		129,521		6,533,039
Zions Bancorporation		5,716		254,476
				43,563,751
Capital Markets: 1.61%
Affiliated Managers Group Incorporated		1,635		136,277
Ameriprise Financial Incorporated		4,227		621,792
Bank of New York Mellon Corporation		27,710		1,252,769
BlackRock Incorporated		3,794		1,690,758
CBOE Holdings Incorporated		3,607		414,480
CME Group Incorporated		11,568		2,444,781
E*TRADE Financial Corporation		7,746		338,423
Franklin Resources Incorporated		9,110		262,915
Intercontinental Exchange Incorporated		18,103		1,670,364
Invesco Limited		12,444		210,801
MarketAxess Holdings Incorporated		1,219		399,223
Moody’s Corporation		5,255		1,076,382
Morgan Stanley		40,576		1,731,378
MSCI Incorporated		2,735		595,546
Northern Trust Corporation		6,941		647,734
Raymond James Financial Incorporated		3,991		329,098
S&P Global Incorporated		7,955		1,948,816
State Street Corporation		12,036		712,411
T. Rowe Price Group Incorporated		7,609		869,328

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	Shares		Value
Capital Markets (continued)
The Charles Schwab Corporation		37,581	$	1,572,013
The Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated		10,454		2,166,382
The NASDAQ OMX Group Incorporated		3,723		369,880
				21,461,551
Consumer Finance: 0.42%
American Express Company		21,977		2,599,440
Capital One Financial Corporation		15,193		1,382,259
Discover Financial Services		10,280		833,605
Synchrony Financial		19,717		672,153
				5,487,457
Diversified Financial Services: 0.99%
Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated Class B †		63,342		13,176,403
Insurance: 1.47%
AFLAC Incorporated		23,916		1,251,285
American International Group Incorporated		28,100		1,565,170
Aon plc		7,618		1,474,616
Arthur J. Gallagher & Company		6,010		538,316
Assurant Incorporated		1,974		248,369
Chubb Limited		14,722		2,376,720
Cincinnati Financial Corporation		4,906		572,383
Everest Reinsurance Group Limited		1,315		349,908
Globe Life Incorporated		3,242		310,454
Lincoln National Corporation		6,466		390,029
Loews Corporation		8,400		432,432
Marsh & McLennan Companies Incorporated		16,355		1,636,318
MetLife Incorporated		25,712		1,212,578
Principal Financial Group Incorporated		8,375		478,548
Prudential Financial Incorporated		12,986		1,168,091
The Allstate Corporation		10,634		1,155,703
The Hartford Financial Services Group Incorporated		11,680		707,925
The Progressive Corporation		18,886		1,458,944
The Travelers Companies Incorporated		8,410		1,250,483
Unum Group		6,739		200,283
Willis Towers Watson plc		4,166		803,913
				19,582,468
Health Care: 8.18%
Biotechnology: 1.27%
AbbVie Incorporated		47,760		3,616,387
Alexion Pharmaceuticals Incorporated †		7,242		709,281
Amgen Incorporated		19,372		3,748,676
Biogen Incorporated †		5,958		1,387,142
Celgene Corporation †		22,894		2,273,374
Gilead Sciences Incorporated		40,911		2,592,939
Incyte Corporation †		5,766		428,010
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Incorporated †		2,581		715,969
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated †		8,302		1,406,525
				16,878,303
Health Care Equipment & Supplies: 2.16%
Abbott Laboratories		57,092		4,776,888
ABIOMED Incorporated †		1,465		260,609

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	Shares		Value
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)
Align Technology Incorporated †		2,347	$	424,619
Baxter International Incorporated		16,493		1,442,643
Becton Dickinson & Company		8,720		2,205,811
Boston Scientific Corporation †		44,997		1,830,928
Danaher Corporation		20,624		2,978,724
Dentsply Sirona Incorporated		7,241		386,018
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation †		6,717		1,477,135
Hologic Incorporated †		8,634		435,931
IDEXX Laboratories Incorporated †		2,780		755,965
Intuitive Surgical Incorporated †		3,722		2,009,619
Medtronic plc		43,340		4,707,591
ResMed Incorporated		4,640		626,910
Stryker Corporation		10,365		2,241,950
Teleflex Incorporated		1,493		507,247
The Cooper Companies Incorporated		1,601		475,497
Varian Medical Systems Incorporated †		2,941		350,244
Zimmer Biomet Holdings Incorporated		6,632		910,375
				28,804,704
Health Care Providers & Services: 1.49%
AmerisourceBergen Corporation		4,912		404,405
Anthem Incorporated		8,263		1,983,946
Cardinal Health Incorporated		9,631		454,487
Centene Corporation †		13,361		577,997
Cigna Corporation		12,198		1,851,534
CVS Health Corporation		42,010		2,649,571
DaVita HealthCare Partners Incorporated †		3,127		178,458
HCA Holdings Incorporated		8,591		1,034,528
Henry Schein Incorporated		4,789		304,102
Humana Incorporated		4,363		1,115,488
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings †		3,155		530,040
McKesson Corporation		5,972		816,134
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated		4,350		465,581
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated		30,613		6,652,817
Universal Health Services Incorporated Class B		2,623		390,171
WellCare Health Plans Incorporated †		1,625		421,151
				19,830,410
Health Care Technology: 0.05%
Cerner Corporation		10,285		701,128
Life Sciences Tools & Services: 0.62%
Agilent Technologies Incorporated		9,997		766,070
Illumina Incorporated †		4,748		1,444,437
IQVIA Holdings Incorporated †		5,884		878,952
Mettler-Toledo International Incorporated †		794		559,294
PerkinElmer Incorporated		3,587		305,505
Thermo Fisher Scientific Incorporated		12,937		3,768,160
Waters Corporation †		2,156		481,284
				8,203,702
Pharmaceuticals: 2.59%
Allergan plc		10,597		1,783,369
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company		52,840		2,679,516
Eli Lilly & Company		27,444		3,069,063
Johnson & Johnson		85,254		11,030,163

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	Shares		Value
Pharmaceuticals (continued)
Merck & Company Incorporated		82,708	$	6,962,359
Mylan NV †		16,664		329,614
Nektar Therapeutics †		5,661		103,115
Perrigo Company plc		4,394		245,581
Pfizer Incorporated		178,671		6,419,649
Zoetis Incorporated		15,427		1,922,050
				34,544,479
Industrials: 5.60%
Aerospace & Defense: 1.63%
Arconic Incorporated		12,513		325,338
General Dynamics Corporation		7,557		1,380,891
Huntington Ingalls Industries Incorporated		1,335		282,740
L3Harris Technologies Incorporated		7,212		1,504,712
Lockheed Martin Corporation		8,027		3,131,012
Northrop Grumman Corporation		5,082		1,904,683
Raytheon Company		8,995		1,764,729
Textron Incorporated		7,433		363,920
The Boeing Company		17,268		6,569,956
TransDigm Group Incorporated		1,603		834,634
United Technologies Corporation		26,202		3,577,097
				21,639,712
Air Freight & Logistics: 0.35%
C.H. Robinson Worldwide Incorporated		4,372		370,658
Expeditors International of Washington Incorporated		5,514		409,635
FedEx Corporation		7,752		1,128,459
United Parcel Service Incorporated Class B		22,558		2,702,900
				4,611,652
Airlines: 0.24%
Alaska Air Group Incorporated		3,981		258,407
American Airlines Group Incorporated		12,802		345,270
Delta Air Lines Incorporated		18,693		1,076,717
Southwest Airlines Company		15,627		844,014
United Continental Holdings Incorporated †		7,137		630,982
				3,155,390
Building Products: 0.17%
A.O. Smith Corporation		4,468		213,168
Allegion plc		3,016		312,608
Fortune Brands Home & Security Incorporated		4,518		247,135
Johnson Controls International plc		25,703		1,128,105
Masco Corporation		9,350		389,708
				2,290,724
Commercial Services & Supplies: 0.26%
Cintas Corporation		2,681		718,776
Copart Incorporated †		6,512		523,109
Republic Services Incorporated		6,838		591,829
Rollins Incorporated		4,548		154,950
Waste Management Incorporated		12,608		1,449,920
				3,438,584

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	Shares		Value
Construction & Engineering: 0.04%
Jacobs Engineering Group Incorporated		4,376	$	400,404
Quanta Services Incorporated		4,592		173,578
				573,982
Electrical Equipment: 0.28%
AMETEK Incorporated		7,376		677,264
Eaton Corporation plc		13,567		1,128,096
Emerson Electric Company		19,870		1,328,508
Rockwell Automation Incorporated		3,779		622,779
				3,756,647
Industrial Conglomerates: 0.80%
3M Company		18,583		3,055,045
General Electric Company		281,914		2,520,311
Honeywell International Incorporated		23,242		3,932,546
Roper Technologies Incorporated		3,359		1,197,819
				10,705,721
Machinery: 0.95%
Caterpillar Incorporated		18,173		2,295,432
Cummins Incorporated		5,096		828,966
Deere & Company		10,172		1,715,813
Dover Corporation		4,697		467,633
Flowserve Corporation		4,237		197,910
Fortive Corporation		9,537		653,857
IDEX Corporation		2,450		401,506
Illinois Tool Works Incorporated		9,508		1,487,907
Ingersoll-Rand plc		7,803		961,408
PACCAR Incorporated		11,189		783,342
Parker-Hannifin Corporation		4,148		749,170
Pentair plc		5,428		205,178
Snap-on Incorporated		1,783		279,111
Stanley Black & Decker Incorporated		4,901		707,753
Wabtec Corporation		5,882		422,681
Xylem Incorporated		5,815		462,990
				12,620,657
Professional Services: 0.20%
Equifax Incorporated		3,904		549,176
IHS Markit Limited †		12,957		866,564
Nielsen Holdings plc		11,489		244,141
Robert Half International Incorporated		3,797		211,341
Verisk Analytics Incorporated		5,281		835,137
				2,706,359
Road & Rail: 0.58%
CSX Corporation		25,783		1,785,988
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Incorporated		2,759		305,283
Kansas City Southern		3,249		432,149
Norfolk Southern Corporation		8,508		1,528,547
Union Pacific Corporation		22,758		3,686,341
				7,738,308

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	Shares		Value
Trading Companies & Distributors: 0.10%
Fastenal Company		18,523	$	605,146
United Rentals Incorporated †		2,492		310,603
W.W. Grainger Incorporated		1,427		424,033
				1,339,782
Information Technology: 13.15%
Communications Equipment: 0.65%
Arista Networks Incorporated †		1,757		419,782
Cisco Systems Incorporated		137,137		6,775,939
F5 Networks Incorporated †		1,942		272,696
Juniper Networks Incorporated		11,171		276,482
Motorola Solutions Incorporated		5,347		911,182
				8,656,081
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components: 0.32%
Amphenol Corporation Class A		9,608		927,172
CDW Corporation of Delaware		4,674		576,024
Corning Incorporated		25,224		719,388
FLIR Systems Incorporated		4,380		230,344
IPG Photonics Corporation †		1,151		156,076
Keysight Technologies Incorporated †		6,059		589,238
TE Connectivity Limited		10,852		1,011,189
				4,209,431
IT Services: 3.31%
Accenture plc Class A		20,581		3,958,755
Akamai Technologies Incorporated †		5,329		486,964
Alliance Data Systems Corporation		1,323		169,516
Automatic Data Processing Incorporated		14,018		2,262,786
Broadridge Financial Solutions Incorporated		3,691		459,271
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation Class A		17,841		1,075,188
DXC Technology Company		8,461		249,600
Fidelity National Information Services Incorporated		19,816		2,630,772
Fiserv Incorporated †		18,439		1,910,096
FleetCor Technologies Incorporated †		2,796		801,837
Gartner Incorporated †		2,911		416,244
Global Payments Incorporated		9,692		1,541,028
International Business Machines Corporation		28,616		4,161,339
Jack Henry & Associates Incorporated		2,487		363,027
Leidos Holdings Incorporated		4,366		374,952
MasterCard Incorporated Class A		28,839		7,831,807
Paychex Incorporated		10,331		855,097
PayPal Holdings Incorporated †		38,011		3,937,559
The Western Union Company		13,693		317,267
VeriSign Incorporated †		3,364		634,551
Visa Incorporated Class A		55,786		9,595,750
				44,033,406
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment: 2.35%
Advanced Micro Devices Incorporated †		35,066		1,016,563
Analog Devices Incorporated		11,933		1,333,274
Applied Materials Incorporated		29,840		1,489,016
Broadcom Incorporated		12,859		3,549,984
Intel Corporation		143,104		7,374,149

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	Shares		Value
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (continued)
KLA-Tencor Corporation		5,144	$	820,211
Lam Research Corporation		4,668		1,078,821
Maxim Integrated Products Incorporated		8,762		507,407
Microchip Technology Incorporated		7,689		714,385
Micron Technology Incorporated †		35,656		1,527,860
NVIDIA Corporation		19,672		3,424,305
Qorvo Incorporated †		3,804		282,029
QUALCOMM Incorporated		39,270		2,995,516
Skyworks Solutions Incorporated		5,546		439,521
Texas Instruments Incorporated		30,158		3,897,620
Xilinx Incorporated		8,159		782,448
				31,233,109
Software: 3.98%
Adobe Systems Incorporated †		15,681		4,331,876
Ansys Incorporated †		2,716		601,214
Autodesk Incorporated †		7,093		1,047,636
Cadence Design Systems Incorporated †		9,049		597,958
Citrix Systems Incorporated		3,974		383,570
Fortinet Incorporated †		4,584		351,868
Intuit Incorporated		8,400		2,233,896
Microsoft Corporation		246,649		34,291,601
Oracle Corporation		71,120		3,913,734
Salesforce.com Incorporated †		28,329		4,205,157
Symantec Corporation		18,367		434,012
Synopsys Incorporated †		4,854		666,212
				53,058,734
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals: 2.54%
Apple Incorporated		137,225		30,734,283
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company		42,175		639,795
HP Incorporated		47,870		905,700
NetApp Incorporated		7,685		403,539
Seagate Technology plc		7,647		411,332
Western Digital Corporation		9,562		570,278
Xerox Holdings Corporation		6,147		183,857
				33,848,784
Materials: 1.64%
Chemicals: 1.18%
Air Products & Chemicals Incorporated		7,117		1,578,978
Albemarle Corporation «		3,423		237,967
Celanese Corporation Series A		3,997		488,793
CF Industries Holdings Incorporated		7,052		346,958
Corteva Incorporated		24,191		677,348
Dow Incorporated		24,008		1,143,981
Dupont de Nemours Incorporated		24,081		1,717,216
Eastman Chemical Company		4,425		326,698
Ecolab Incorporated		8,086		1,601,351
FMC Corporation		4,213		369,396
International Flavors & Fragrances Incorporated «		3,449		423,158
Linde plc		17,463		3,382,932
LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A		8,338		746,001
PPG Industries Incorporated		7,632		904,468

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	Shares		Value
Chemicals (continued)
The Mosaic Company		11,468	$	235,094
The Sherwin-Williams Company		2,652		1,458,255
				15,638,594
Construction Materials: 0.09%
Martin Marietta Materials Incorporated		2,016		552,586
Vulcan Materials Company		4,273		646,249
				1,198,835
Containers & Packaging: 0.22%
Amcor plc		52,477		511,651
Avery Dennison Corporation		2,719		308,797
Ball Corporation		10,725		780,887
International Paper Company		12,690		530,696
Packaging Corporation of America		3,057		324,348
Sealed Air Corporation		4,991		207,176
WestRock Company		8,312		302,972
				2,966,527
Metals & Mining: 0.15%
Freeport-McMoRan Incorporated		46,868		448,527
Newmont Goldcorp Corporation		26,485		1,004,311
Nucor Corporation		9,793		498,562
				1,951,400
Real Estate: 1.93%
Equity REITs: 1.89%
Alexandria Real Estate Equities Incorporated		3,663		564,249
American Tower Corporation		14,300		3,162,159
Apartment Investment & Management Company Class A		4,809		250,741
AvalonBay Communities Incorporated		4,511		971,354
Boston Properties Incorporated		4,643		602,011
Crown Castle International Corporation		13,430		1,866,904
Digital Realty Trust Incorporated		6,729		873,491
Duke Realty Corporation		11,676		396,634
Equinix Incorporated		2,739		1,579,855
Equity Residential		11,261		971,374
Essex Property Trust Incorporated		2,123		693,478
Extra Space Storage Incorporated		4,151		484,920
Federal Realty Investment Trust		2,251		306,451
HCP Incorporated		15,864		565,234
Host Hotels & Resorts Incorporated		23,578		407,664
Iron Mountain Incorporated		9,274		300,385
Kimco Realty Corporation		13,635		284,699
Mid-America Apartment Communities Incorporated		3,683		478,827
Prologis Incorporated		20,387		1,737,380
Public Storage Incorporated		4,850		1,189,560
Realty Income Corporation		10,280		788,270
Regency Centers Corporation		5,412		376,080
SBA Communications Corporation		3,653		880,921
Simon Property Group Incorporated		9,950		1,548,718
SL Green Realty Corporation		2,662		217,619
The Macerich Company «		3,559		112,429
UDR Incorporated		9,459		458,572

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	Shares		Value
Equity REITs (continued)
Ventas Incorporated		12,036	$	878,989
Vornado Realty Trust		5,115		325,672
Welltower Incorporated		13,091		1,186,699
Weyerhaeuser Company		24,063		666,545
				25,127,884
Real Estate Management & Development: 0.04%
CBRE Group Incorporated Class A †		10,865		575,954
Utilities: 2.15%
Electric Utilities: 1.31%
Alliant Energy Corporation		7,672		413,751
American Electric Power Company Incorporated		15,951		1,494,449
Duke Energy Corporation		23,536		2,256,161
Edison International		11,568		872,459
Entergy Corporation		6,422		753,686
Evergy Incorporated		7,606		506,255
Eversource Energy		10,454		893,503
Exelon Corporation		31,385		1,516,209
FirstEnergy Corporation		17,443		841,276
NextEra Energy Incorporated		15,788		3,678,446
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation		3,627		352,073
PPL Corporation		23,331		734,693
The Southern Company		33,764		2,085,602
Xcel Energy Incorporated		16,939		1,099,172
				17,497,735
Gas Utilities: 0.03%
Atmos Energy Corporation		3,818		434,832
Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers: 0.05%
AES Corporation		21,444		350,395
NRG Energy Incorporated		8,172		323,611
				674,006
Multi-Utilities: 0.70%
Ameren Corporation		7,939		635,517
CenterPoint Energy Incorporated		16,223		489,610
CMS Energy Corporation		9,166		586,166
Consolidated Edison Incorporated		10,729		1,013,569
Dominion Energy Incorporated		26,550		2,151,612
DTE Energy Company		5,921		787,256
NiSource Incorporated		12,060		360,835
Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated		16,334		1,014,015
Sempra Energy		8,868		1,309,005
WEC Energy Group Incorporated		10,190		969,069
				9,316,654
Water Utilities: 0.06%
American Water Works Company Incorporated		5,835		724,882
Total Common Stocks (Cost $341,783,865)				797,980,723

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	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities: 0.00%
Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Incorporated Series 2004-HYB4 Class AA (1 Month LIBOR +0.33 %) ±		2.35	%		12-25-2034	$	7,150	$	6,973
Total Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $7,150)									6,973
U.S. Treasury Securities: 38.67%
U.S. Treasury Bond		1.63			8-15-2029		2,854,000		2,841,625
U.S. Treasury Bond		2.13			9-30-2024		1,844,000		1,892,837
U.S. Treasury Bond		2.13			11-30-2024		1,852,000		1,902,279
U.S. Treasury Bond		2.25			8-15-2046		2,681,000		2,751,376
U.S. Treasury Bond		2.25			8-15-2049		1,955,000		2,012,657
U.S. Treasury Bond		2.50			2-15-2045		2,860,000		3,079,863
U.S. Treasury Bond		2.50			2-15-2046		2,659,000		2,864,969
U.S. Treasury Bond		2.50			5-15-2046		2,643,000		2,848,658
U.S. Treasury Bond		2.75			8-15-2042		1,340,000		1,505,773
U.S. Treasury Bond		2.75			11-15-2042		1,781,000		1,999,938
U.S. Treasury Bond		2.75			8-15-2047		2,582,000		2,924,720
U.S. Treasury Bond		2.75			11-15-2047		2,602,000		2,949,509
U.S. Treasury Bond		2.88			5-15-2028		4,464,000		4,900,286
U.S. Treasury Bond		2.88			5-15-2043		2,534,000		2,907,270
U.S. Treasury Bond		2.88			8-15-2045		2,862,000		3,300,467
U.S. Treasury Bond		2.88			11-15-2046		2,645,000		3,062,827
U.S. Treasury Bond		2.88			5-15-2049		2,856,000		3,333,711
U.S. Treasury Bond		3.00			5-15-2042		904,000		1,057,821
U.S. Treasury Bond		3.00			11-15-2044		2,772,000		3,258,291
U.S. Treasury Bond		3.00			5-15-2045		2,864,000		3,374,486
U.S. Treasury Bond		3.00			11-15-2045		2,835,000		3,346,407
U.S. Treasury Bond		3.00			2-15-2047		2,651,000		3,144,956
U.S. Treasury Bond		3.00			5-15-2047		2,626,000		3,114,067
U.S. Treasury Bond		3.00			2-15-2048		2,812,000		3,341,447
U.S. Treasury Bond		3.00			8-15-2048		2,099,000		2,498,138
U.S. Treasury Bond		3.00			2-15-2049		3,006,000		3,587,003
U.S. Treasury Bond		3.13			11-15-2041		846,000		1,008,921
U.S. Treasury Bond		3.13			2-15-2042		1,066,000		1,271,788
U.S. Treasury Bond		3.13			2-15-2043		1,783,000		2,127,969
U.S. Treasury Bond		3.13			8-15-2044		2,827,000		3,389,750
U.S. Treasury Bond		3.13			5-15-2048		2,895,000		3,521,609
U.S. Treasury Bond		3.38			5-15-2044		2,936,000		3,659,793
U.S. Treasury Bond		3.38			11-15-2048		3,002,000		3,828,019
U.S. Treasury Bond		3.50			2-15-2039		731,000		916,291
U.S. Treasury Bond		3.63			8-15-2043		2,200,000		2,839,375
U.S. Treasury Bond		3.63			2-15-2044		2,898,000		3,749,061
U.S. Treasury Bond		3.75			8-15-2041		929,000		1,211,510
U.S. Treasury Bond		3.75			11-15-2043		2,870,000		3,777,750
U.S. Treasury Bond		3.88			8-15-2040		946,000		1,251,418
U.S. Treasury Bond		4.25			5-15-2039		681,000		938,583
U.S. Treasury Bond		4.25			11-15-2040		977,000		1,356,809
U.S. Treasury Bond		4.38			2-15-2038		381,000		528,697
U.S. Treasury Bond		4.38			11-15-2039		757,000		1,062,609
U.S. Treasury Bond		4.38			5-15-2040		1,078,000		1,517,201
U.S. Treasury Bond		4.38			5-15-2041		842,000		1,190,970
U.S. Treasury Bond		4.50			2-15-2036		837,000		1,154,275
U.S. Treasury Bond		4.50			5-15-2038		428,000		603,647
U.S. Treasury Bond		4.50			8-15-2039		721,000		1,026,101
U.S. Treasury Bond		4.63			2-15-2040		1,276,000		1,848,156
U.S. Treasury Bond		4.75			2-15-2037		264,000		378,541

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	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
U.S. Treasury Securities (continued)
U.S. Treasury Bond		4.75	%		2-15-2041	$	1,084,000	$	1,603,643
U.S. Treasury Bond		5.00			5-15-2037		375,000		553,389
U.S. Treasury Bond		5.25			11-15-2028		479,000		624,066
U.S. Treasury Bond		5.25			2-15-2029		349,000		457,326
U.S. Treasury Bond		5.38			2-15-2031		752,000		1,036,908
U.S. Treasury Bond		5.50			8-15-2028		369,000		485,898
U.S. Treasury Bond		6.13			11-15-2027		525,000		703,808
U.S. Treasury Bond		6.13			8-15-2029		293,000		411,242
U.S. Treasury Bond		6.25			5-15-2030		478,000		689,608
U.S. Treasury Bond		6.38			8-15-2027		224,000		302,330
U.S. Treasury Bond		6.88			8-15-2025		224,000		290,080
U.S. Treasury Note		1.88			6-30-2026		1,825,000		1,855,084
U.S. Treasury Note		2.38			3-15-2022		2,243,000		2,285,845
U.S. Treasury Note		2.38			4-30-2026		1,812,000		1,897,433
U.S. Treasury Note		2.63			12-15-2021		2,277,000		2,327,076
U.S. Treasury Note		2.63			12-31-2025		1,914,000		2,028,765
U.S. Treasury Note		2.88			9-30-2023		2,444,000		2,567,059
U.S. Treasury Note		2.88			11-30-2025		1,880,000		2,018,944
U.S. Treasury Note		1.13			2-28-2021		3,264,000		3,235,185
U.S. Treasury Note		1.13			6-30-2021		3,343,000		3,309,831
U.S. Treasury Note		1.13			7-31-2021		2,232,000		2,209,767
U.S. Treasury Note		1.13			8-31-2021		2,233,000		2,210,321
U.S. Treasury Note		1.13			9-30-2021		2,188,000		2,165,351
U.S. Treasury Note		1.25			3-31-2021		3,250,000		3,226,641
U.S. Treasury Note		1.25			10-31-2021		2,188,000		2,170,137
U.S. Treasury Note		1.25			7-31-2023		1,829,000		1,807,066
U.S. Treasury Note		1.25			8-31-2024		1,400,000		1,380,586
U.S. Treasury Note		1.38			9-15-2020		1,598,000		1,592,070
U.S. Treasury Note		1.38			9-30-2020		3,356,000		3,341,449
U.S. Treasury Note		1.38			10-31-2020		3,178,000		3,163,227
U.S. Treasury Note		1.38			1-31-2021		3,192,000		3,175,292
U.S. Treasury Note		1.38			4-30-2021		3,245,000		3,227,254
U.S. Treasury Note		1.38			5-31-2021		3,248,000		3,229,730
U.S. Treasury Note		1.38			6-30-2023		1,733,000		1,720,409
U.S. Treasury Note		1.38			8-31-2023		1,817,000		1,803,940
U.S. Treasury Note		1.38			9-30-2023		1,778,000		1,765,082
U.S. Treasury Note		1.38			8-31-2026		1,787,000		1,758,310
U.S. Treasury Note		1.50			1-31-2022		1,625,000		1,620,620
U.S. Treasury Note		1.50			2-28-2023		1,635,000		1,630,849
U.S. Treasury Note		1.50			3-31-2023		1,679,000		1,675,262
U.S. Treasury Note		1.50			8-15-2026		4,143,000		4,109,985
U.S. Treasury Note		1.63			10-15-2020		1,591,000		1,587,893
U.S. Treasury Note		1.63			11-30-2020		2,166,000		2,161,431
U.S. Treasury Note		1.63			8-15-2022		1,250,000		1,251,709
U.S. Treasury Note		1.63			8-31-2022		2,373,000		2,375,132
U.S. Treasury Note		1.63			11-15-2022		2,108,000		2,111,129
U.S. Treasury Note		1.63			4-30-2023		1,711,000		1,713,473
U.S. Treasury Note		1.63			5-31-2023		1,714,000		1,717,482
U.S. Treasury Note		1.63			10-31-2023		1,824,000		1,828,204
U.S. Treasury Note		1.63			2-15-2026		4,269,000		4,270,834
U.S. Treasury Note		1.63			5-15-2026		4,111,000		4,113,088
U.S. Treasury Note		1.75			10-31-2020		1,585,000		1,583,947
U.S. Treasury Note		1.75			11-15-2020		1,588,000		1,586,883
U.S. Treasury Note		1.75			12-31-2020		3,353,000		3,350,904
U.S. Treasury Note		1.75			11-30-2021		2,003,000		2,007,460

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	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
U.S. Treasury Securities (continued)
U.S. Treasury Note		1.75	%		2-28-2022	$	1,637,000	$	1,642,180
U.S. Treasury Note		1.75			3-31-2022		1,640,000		1,646,214
U.S. Treasury Note		1.75			4-30-2022		1,612,000		1,618,234
U.S. Treasury Note		1.75			5-15-2022		1,448,000		1,453,939
U.S. Treasury Note		1.75			5-31-2022		2,343,000		2,351,969
U.S. Treasury Note		1.75			6-30-2022		2,347,000		2,357,635
U.S. Treasury Note		1.75			9-30-2022		1,771,000		1,779,993
U.S. Treasury Note		1.75			1-31-2023		1,684,000		1,693,012
U.S. Treasury Note		1.75			5-15-2023		3,117,000		3,135,385
U.S. Treasury Note		1.88			12-15-2020		1,619,000		1,620,455
U.S. Treasury Note		1.88			11-30-2021		1,649,000		1,657,631
U.S. Treasury Note		1.88			1-31-2022		2,358,000		2,370,987
U.S. Treasury Note		1.88			2-28-2022		2,348,000		2,361,758
U.S. Treasury Note		1.88			3-31-2022		2,371,000		2,387,208
U.S. Treasury Note		1.88			4-30-2022		2,376,000		2,392,057
U.S. Treasury Note		1.88			5-31-2022		1,795,000		1,808,252
U.S. Treasury Note		1.88			7-31-2022		2,337,000		2,354,710
U.S. Treasury Note		1.88			8-31-2022		1,754,000		1,768,799
U.S. Treasury Note		1.88			9-30-2022		2,248,000		2,268,021
U.S. Treasury Note		1.88			10-31-2022		1,650,000		1,664,631
U.S. Treasury Note		1.88			8-31-2024		1,968,000		1,997,213
U.S. Treasury Note		1.88			7-31-2026		1,828,000		1,858,133
U.S. Treasury Note		2.00			9-30-2020		2,093,000		2,096,761
U.S. Treasury Note		2.00			11-30-2020		2,266,000		2,270,868
U.S. Treasury Note		2.00			1-15-2021		1,617,000		1,621,358
U.S. Treasury Note		2.00			2-28-2021		2,421,000		2,429,417
U.S. Treasury Note		2.00			5-31-2021		1,559,000		1,566,186
U.S. Treasury Note		2.00			8-31-2021		1,641,000		1,651,128
U.S. Treasury Note		2.00			10-31-2021		1,649,000		1,660,530
U.S. Treasury Note		2.00			11-15-2021		2,485,000		2,503,735
U.S. Treasury Note		2.00			12-31-2021		2,300,000		2,318,688
U.S. Treasury Note		2.00			2-15-2022		1,679,000		1,694,413
U.S. Treasury Note		2.00			7-31-2022		1,778,000		1,798,697
U.S. Treasury Note		2.00			10-31-2022		2,238,000		2,265,713
U.S. Treasury Note		2.00			11-30-2022		4,261,000		4,315,095
U.S. Treasury Note		2.00			2-15-2023		3,077,000		3,119,309
U.S. Treasury Note		2.00			4-30-2024		1,930,000		1,967,017
U.S. Treasury Note		2.00			5-31-2024		1,934,000		1,972,907
U.S. Treasury Note		2.00			6-30-2024		1,939,000		1,976,871
U.S. Treasury Note		2.00			2-15-2025		4,486,000		4,580,977
U.S. Treasury Note		2.00			8-15-2025		4,495,000		4,595,084
U.S. Treasury Note		2.00			11-15-2026		4,255,000		4,363,536
U.S. Treasury Note		2.13			1-31-2021		1,409,000		1,415,385
U.S. Treasury Note		2.13			6-30-2021		1,516,000		1,527,192
U.S. Treasury Note		2.13			8-15-2021		2,440,000		2,459,634
U.S. Treasury Note		2.13			9-30-2021		1,633,000		1,647,990
U.S. Treasury Note		2.13			12-31-2021		1,626,000		1,643,721
U.S. Treasury Note		2.13			6-30-2022		1,615,000		1,638,468
U.S. Treasury Note		2.13			12-31-2022		4,298,000		4,371,872
U.S. Treasury Note		2.13			11-30-2023		1,638,000		1,674,087
U.S. Treasury Note		2.13			2-29-2024		1,960,000		2,006,703
U.S. Treasury Note		2.13			3-31-2024		1,961,000		2,008,646
U.S. Treasury Note		2.13			7-31-2024		1,927,000		1,976,680
U.S. Treasury Note		2.13			5-15-2025		4,466,000		4,592,827
U.S. Treasury Note		2.13			5-31-2026		1,793,000		1,850,082

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	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
U.S. Treasury Securities (continued)
U.S. Treasury Note		2.25	%		2-15-2021	$	1,767,000	$	1,778,458
U.S. Treasury Note		2.25			3-31-2021		1,440,000		1,450,575
U.S. Treasury Note		2.25			4-30-2021		1,514,000		1,526,124
U.S. Treasury Note		2.25			7-31-2021		2,618,000		2,644,282
U.S. Treasury Note		2.25			12-31-2023		1,886,000		1,938,454
U.S. Treasury Note		2.25			1-31-2024		1,914,000		1,968,429
U.S. Treasury Note		2.25			10-31-2024		1,882,000		1,943,974
U.S. Treasury Note		2.25			11-15-2024		4,492,000		4,640,096
U.S. Treasury Note		2.25			12-31-2024		1,911,000		1,975,571
U.S. Treasury Note		2.25			11-15-2025		4,512,000		4,679,438
U.S. Treasury Note		2.25			3-31-2026		1,872,000		1,945,198
U.S. Treasury Note		2.25			2-15-2027		4,295,000		4,481,061
U.S. Treasury Note		2.25			8-15-2027		4,252,000		4,445,333
U.S. Treasury Note		2.25			11-15-2027		4,284,000		4,481,633
U.S. Treasury Note		2.38			12-31-2020		1,317,000		1,326,363
U.S. Treasury Note		2.38			1-31-2023		2,325,000		2,384,124
U.S. Treasury Note		2.38			2-29-2024		2,440,000		2,524,733
U.S. Treasury Note		2.38			8-15-2024		4,465,000		4,632,438
U.S. Treasury Note		2.38			5-15-2027		4,355,000		4,588,911
U.S. Treasury Note		2.38			5-15-2029		4,253,000		4,517,650
U.S. Treasury Note		2.50			1-15-2022		2,241,000		2,284,419
U.S. Treasury Note		2.50			2-15-2022		2,245,000		2,290,514
U.S. Treasury Note		2.50			3-31-2023		2,278,000		2,349,899
U.S. Treasury Note		2.50			8-15-2023		2,662,000		2,754,754
U.S. Treasury Note		2.50			1-31-2024		2,422,000		2,515,947
U.S. Treasury Note		2.50			5-15-2024		4,360,000		4,540,191
U.S. Treasury Note		2.50			1-31-2025		1,936,000		2,027,053
U.S. Treasury Note		2.50			2-28-2026		1,888,000		1,989,406
U.S. Treasury Note		2.63			11-15-2020		5,315,000		5,362,337
U.S. Treasury Note		2.63			6-15-2021		1,885,000		1,913,790
U.S. Treasury Note		2.63			2-28-2023		2,359,000		2,440,644
U.S. Treasury Note		2.63			6-30-2023		2,304,000		2,392,020
U.S. Treasury Note		2.63			12-31-2023		2,404,000		2,507,954
U.S. Treasury Note		2.63			3-31-2025		1,884,000		1,986,148
U.S. Treasury Note		2.63			1-31-2026		1,869,000		1,982,308
U.S. Treasury Note		2.63			2-15-2029		4,451,000		4,818,555
U.S. Treasury Note		2.75			4-30-2023		2,279,000		2,371,584
U.S. Treasury Note		2.75			5-31-2023		2,334,000		2,431,098
U.S. Treasury Note		2.75			7-31-2023		2,347,000		2,449,131
U.S. Treasury Note		2.75			8-31-2023		2,402,000		2,509,339
U.S. Treasury Note		2.75			11-15-2023		3,936,000		4,120,193
U.S. Treasury Note		2.75			2-15-2024		3,410,000		3,579,701
U.S. Treasury Note		2.75			2-28-2025		1,955,000		2,072,911
U.S. Treasury Note		2.75			6-30-2025		1,959,000		2,082,203
U.S. Treasury Note		2.75			8-31-2025		2,020,000		2,150,038
U.S. Treasury Note		2.75			2-15-2028		3,068,000		3,331,417
U.S. Treasury Note		2.88			10-31-2023		2,318,000		2,437,160
U.S. Treasury Note		2.88			11-30-2023		2,370,000		2,494,240
U.S. Treasury Note		2.88			4-30-2025		1,884,000		2,012,642
U.S. Treasury Note		2.88			5-31-2025		1,939,000		2,072,761
U.S. Treasury Note		2.88			7-31-2025		1,949,000		2,086,800
U.S. Treasury Note		2.88			8-15-2028		3,133,000		3,445,443
U.S. Treasury Note		3.00			9-30-2025		1,994,000		2,152,196
U.S. Treasury Note		3.00			10-31-2025		1,814,000		1,959,758
U.S. Treasury Note		3.13			5-15-2021		1,657,000		1,693,506
U.S. Treasury Note		3.13			11-15-2028		4,425,000		4,969,137

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
U.S. Treasury Securities (continued)
U.S. Treasury Note		3.63	%		2-15-2021	$	2,765,000	$	2,834,773
U.S. Treasury Note		6.00			2-15-2026		445,000		563,116
U.S. Treasury Note		6.25			8-15-2023		378,000		444,283
U.S. Treasury Note		6.50			11-15-2026		296,000		393,033
U.S. Treasury Note		6.63			2-15-2027		215,000		289,435
U.S. Treasury Note		6.75			8-15-2026		221,000		294,767
U.S. Treasury Note		7.13			2-15-2023		260,000		307,206
U.S. Treasury Note		7.25			8-15-2022		261,000		302,250
U.S. Treasury Note		7.50			11-15-2024		240,000		309,928
U.S. Treasury Note		7.63			11-15-2022		140,000		165,665
U.S. Treasury Note		7.63			2-15-2025		216,000		283,002
U.S. Treasury Note		7.88			2-15-2021		180,000		194,822
U.S. Treasury Note		8.00			11-15-2021		511,000		578,069
U.S. Treasury Note		8.13			5-15-2021		181,000		199,425
U.S. Treasury Note		8.13			8-15-2021		175,000		195,624
Total U.S. Treasury Securities (Cost $487,865,001)									514,862,094
	Yield					Shares
Short-Term Investments: 1.28%
Investment Companies: 0.99%
Securities Lending Cash Investments LLC (l)(r)(u)		2.11					819,291		819,373
Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class (l)(u)		1.88					12,325,531		12,325,531
									13,144,904
						Principal
U.S. Treasury Securities: 0.29%
U.S. Treasury Bill (z)#		1.87			11-7-2019	$	3,937,000		3,930,047
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $17,074,153)									17,074,951

Total investments in securities (Cost $846,765,115)	99.89	%		1,329,966,507
Other assets and liabilities, net	0.11			1,480,612
Total net assets	100.00	%	$	1,331,447,119

† Non-income-earning security

« All or a portion of this security is on loan.

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

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

(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.

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

# All or a portion of this security is segregated as collateral for investments in derivative instruments.

Abbreviations:

FNMA Federal National Mortgage Association

LIBOR London Interbank Offered Rate

REIT Real estate investment trust

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

Futures Contracts

Description	Number of contracts		Expiration date		Notional cost			Notional value			Unrealized gains		Unrealized losses
Long
10-Year U.S. Treasury Notes		1,370		12-19-2019	$	179,927,786		$	178,528,125		$	0	$	(1,399,661	)
5-Year U.S. Treasury Notes		103		12-31-2019		12,264,678			12,272,289			7,611		0
Short
S&P 500 E-Mini Index		(203)		12-20-2019		(30,591,055	)		(30,231,775	)		359,280		0
											$	366,891	$	(1,399,661	)

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
Common Stocks
Financials
Banks
Wells Fargo & Company		140,237		8,628		19,344		129,521	$	17,122	$	(322,401	)	$	248,333		$	6,533,039		0.49	%
Short-Term Investments
Investment Companies
Securities Lending Cash Investments LLC		1,344,731		26,894,824		27,420,264		819,291		265		(98	)		30,068	#		819,373
Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class		15,043,298		170,563,792		173,281,559		12,325,531		0		0			353,216			12,325,531		0.99
									$	17,387	$	(322,499	)	$	631,617		$	19,677,943		1.48	%

^#  Amount shown represents income before fees and rebates.

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

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Statement of assets and liabilities—September 30, 2019

Assets
Investments in unaffiliated securities (including $811,635 of securities loaned), at value (cost $829,817,926)	$	1,310,288,564
Investments in affiliated securities, at value (cost $16,947,189)		19,677,943
Cash		13,538
Receivable for investments sold		23,456,546
Receivable for Fund shares sold		621,172
Receivable for dividends and interest		3,426,696
Receivable for securities lending income, net		334
Prepaid expenses and other assets		497,387
Total assets		1,357,982,180
Liabilities
Payable for investments purchased		23,445,446
Payable for daily variation margin on open futures contracts		260,773
Payable for Fund shares redeemed		875,355
Payable upon receipt of securities loaned		818,875
Management fee payable		616,443
Administration fees payable		206,755
Distribution fee payable		88,851
Trustees’ fees and expenses payable		2,083
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		220,480
Total liabilities		26,535,061
Total net assets	$	1,331,447,119
Net assets consist of
Paid-in capital	$	860,142,438
Total distributable earnings		471,304,681
Total net assets	$	1,331,447,119
Computation of net asset value and offering price per share
Net assets – Class A	$	834,288,684
Shares outstanding – Class A1		23,748,400
Net asset value per share – Class A		$35.13
Maximum offering price per share – Class A2		$37.27
Net assets – Class C	$	144,264,086
Shares outstanding – Class C1		6,754,289
Net asset value per share – Class C		$21.36
Net assets – Administrator Class	$	229,390,014
Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1		6,528,464
Net asset value per share – Administrator Class		$35.14
Net assets – Institutional Class	$	123,504,335
Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1		3,519,376
Net asset value per share – Institutional Class		$35.09

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—year ended September 30, 2019

Investment income
Dividends	$	15,280,190
Interest		10,607,057
Income from affiliated securities		633,609
Total investment income		26,520,856
Expenses
Management fee		7,795,905
Administration fees
Class A		1,694,986
Class C		301,187
Administrator Class		280,555
Institutional Class		149,115
Shareholder servicing fees
Class A		2,017,841
Class C		358,555
Administrator Class		538,762
Distribution fee
Class C		1,075,565
Custody and accounting fees		99,999
Professional fees		51,001
Registration fees		106,533
Shareholder report expenses		119,365
Trustees’ fees and expenses		21,652
Other fees and expenses		141,004
Total expenses		14,752,025
Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements
Fund-level		(392,658	)
Class C		(158	)
Administrator Class		(215,206	)
Institutional Class		(182	)
Net expenses		14,143,821
Net investment income		12,377,035
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments
Net realized gains (losses) on
Unaffiliated securities		14,769,744
Affiliated securities		17,387
Futures contracts		(1,894,119	)
Net realized gains on investments		12,893,012
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on
Unaffiliated securities		45,941,777
Affiiliated securities		(322,499	)
Futures contracts		(1,714,198	)
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments		43,905,080
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		56,798,092
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations	$	69,175,127

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

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Statement of changes in net assets

	Year ended September 30, 2019						Year ended September 30, 2018
Operations
Net investment income				$	12,377,035					$	9,894,627
Net realized gains on investments					12,893,012						39,659,948
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments					43,905,080						71,110,422
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations					69,175,127						120,664,997
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains
Class A					(30,578,240	)					(11,409,252	)
Class C					(4,678,185	)					(919,168	)
Administrator Class					(8,535,707	)					(3,520,207	)
Institutional Class					(4,671,806	)					(1,662,226	)
Total distributions to shareholders					(48,463,938	)					(17,510,853	)
Capital share transactions		Shares						Shares
Proceeds from shares sold
Class A		1,611,898			53,557,954			868,341			29,002,760
Class C		1,502,173			30,141,540			1,103,845			22,374,800
Administrator Class		1,697,812			56,951,283			1,794,727			59,667,463
Institutional Class		1,028,853			34,231,892			2,309,266			76,336,619
					174,882,669						187,381,642
Reinvestment of distributions
Class A		923,477			29,806,219			335,827			11,110,101
Class C		218,202			4,231,633			41,176			823,476
Administrator Class		262,175			8,483,181			105,701			3,497,234
Institutional Class		94,639			3,065,617			33,425			1,106,808
					45,586,650						16,537,619
Payment for shares redeemed
Class A		(2,768,227	)		(92,564,816	)		(2,943,621	)		(97,771,815	)
Class C		(2,243,406	)		(45,218,687	)		(1,723,765	)		(34,885,653	)
Administrator Class		(1,685,138	)		(56,224,079	)		(4,039,923	)		(133,486,696	)
Institutional Class		(800,255	)		(26,710,901	)		(1,057,098	)		(35,104,912	)
					(220,718,483	)					(301,249,076	)
Net decrease in net assets resulting from capital share transactions					(249,164	)					(97,329,815	)
Total increase in net assets					20,462,025						5,824,329
Net assets
Beginning of period					1,310,985,094						1,305,160,765
End of period				$	1,331,447,119					$	1,310,985,094

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
CLASS A	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$34.63			$31.99			$29.61			$28.72			$28.20
Net investment income		0.33			0.27			0.25			0.22			0.27
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		1.46			2.83			2.67			2.45			0.76
Total from investment operations		1.79			3.10			2.92			2.67			1.03
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		(0.33	)		(0.27	)		(0.27	)		(0.21	)		(0.22	)
Net realized gains		(0.96	)		(0.19	)		(0.27	)		(1.57	)		(0.29	)
Total distributions to shareholders		(1.29	)		(0.46	)		(0.54	)		(1.78	)		(0.51	)
Net asset value, end of period		$35.13			$34.63			$31.99			$29.61			$28.72
Total return1		5.54	%		9.76	%		9.99	%		9.68	%		3.62	%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		1.11	%		1.08	%		1.09	%		1.10	%		1.22	%
Net expenses		1.08	%		1.07	%		1.09	%		1.10	%		1.15	%
Net investment income		0.99	%		0.80	%		0.79	%		0.79	%		0.90	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		14	%		9	%		9	%		8	%		43	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$834,289			$830,487			$822,769			$828,421			$736,276

¹  Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
CLASS C	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$21.07			$19.45			$17.99			$17.47			$17.20
Net investment income		0.05			0.01			0.01			0.01	1		0.05
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		0.88			1.73			1.62			1.48			0.45
Total from investment operations		0.93			1.74			1.63			1.49			0.50
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		(0.06	)		(0.00	)2		(0.01	)		(0.02	)		(0.05	)
Net realized gains		(0.58	)		(0.12	)		(0.16	)		(0.95	)		(0.18	)
Total distributions to shareholders		(0.64	)		(0.12	)		(0.17	)		(0.97	)		(0.23	)
Net asset value, end of period		$21.36			$21.07			$19.45			$17.99			$17.47
Total return3		4.75	%		8.97	%		9.14	%		8.86	%		2.86	%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		1.86	%		1.83	%		1.84	%		1.85	%		1.98	%
Net expenses		1.83	%		1.82	%		1.84	%		1.85	%		1.90	%
Net investment income		0.24	%		0.05	%		0.04	%		0.03	%		0.10	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		14	%		9	%		9	%		8	%		43	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$144,264			$153,322			$152,820			$136,881			$62,019

¹  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

²  Amount is less than $0.005.

³  Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$34.64			$31.99			$29.63			$28.75			$28.21
Net investment income		0.39			0.32			0.30			0.28			0.35
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		1.46			2.84			2.68			2.45			0.76
Total from investment operations		1.85			3.16			2.98			2.73			1.11
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		(0.39	)		(0.32	)		(0.35	)		(0.28	)		(0.28	)
Net realized gains		(0.96	)		(0.19	)		(0.27	)		(1.57	)		(0.29	)
Total distributions to shareholders		(1.35	)		(0.51	)		(0.62	)		(1.85	)		(0.57	)
Net asset value, end of period		$35.14			$34.64			$31.99			$29.63			$28.75
Total return		5.73	%		9.94	%		10.20	%		9.91	%		3.89	%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		1.03	%		1.00	%		0.99	%		1.02	%		1.09	%
Net expenses		0.90	%		0.90	%		0.90	%		0.90	%		0.90	%
Net investment income		1.17	%		0.97	%		0.96	%		0.98	%		1.12	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		14	%		9	%		9	%		8	%		43	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$229,390			$216,611			$268,512			$206,908			$85,380

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS	2019			2018			20171
Net asset value, beginning of period		$34.59			$31.96			$29.27
Net investment income		0.44			0.39			0.35
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		1.46			2.81			3.03
Total from investment operations		1.90			3.20			3.38
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		(0.44	)		(0.38	)		(0.42	)
Net realized gains		(0.96	)		(0.19	)		(0.27	)
Total distributions to shareholders		(1.40	)		(0.57	)		(0.69	)
Net asset value, end of period		$35.09			$34.59			$31.96
Total return2		5.89	%		10.11	%		11.70	%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		0.78	%		0.75	%		0.74	%
Net expenses		0.75	%		0.74	%		0.74	%
Net investment income		1.32	%		1.13	%		1.08	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		14	%		9	%		9	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$123,504			$110,566			$61,060

¹  For the period from October 31, 2016 (commencement of class operations) to September 30, 2017

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

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 Index Asset Allocation 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 and futures contracts 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.

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 of the Fund. The Board of Trustees has established a Valuation Committee comprised of the Trustees and has delegated to it the authority to take any actions regarding the valuation of portfolio securities that the Valuation Committee deems necessary or appropriate, including determining the fair value of portfolio securities, unless the determination has been delegated to the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee at Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”). The Board of Trustees retains the authority to make or ratify any valuation decisions or approve any changes to the Valuation Procedures as it deems appropriate. On a quarterly basis, the Board of Trustees receives reports on any valuation actions taken by the Valuation Committee or the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee which may include items for ratification.

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. When securities are on loan, the Fund receives interest or dividends on those securities. Cash collateral received in connection with its securities lending transactions is invested in Securities Lending Cash Investments, LLC (the “Securities Lending Fund”). Investments in Securities Lending Fund 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.

In a securities lending transaction, the net asset value of the Fund is 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. The Fund has the right under the lending agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand. 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 such an event, the terms of the agreement allows the unaffiliated securities lending agent to use the collateral to purchase replacement securities on behalf of the Fund or pay the Fund the market value of the loaned securities. The Fund bears the risk of loss with respect to depreciation of its investment of the cash collateral.

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Notes to financial statements

Futures contracts

Futures contracts are agreements between the Fund and a counterparty to buy or sell a specific amount of a commodity, financial instrument or currency at a specified price and on a specified date. The Fund may buy and sell futures contracts in order to gain exposure to, or protect against, changes in interest rates and security values and is subject to interest rate risk and equity price risk. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are the imperfect correlation between changes in market values of securities held by the Fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market. Futures contracts are generally entered into on a regulated futures exchange and cleared through a clearinghouse associated with the exchange. With futures contracts, there is minimal counterparty risk to the Fund since futures contracts are exchange traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as the counterparty to all exchange traded futures, guarantees the futures contracts against default.

Upon entering into a futures contracts, the Fund is required to deposit either cash or securities (initial margin) with the broker in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the contract value. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are paid to or from the broker each day equal to the daily changes in the contract value. Such payments are recorded as unrealized gains or losses and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable (payable) in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Should the Fund fail to make requested variation margin payments, the broker can gain access to the initial margin to satisfy the Fund’s payment obligations. When the contracts are closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in 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.

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 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.

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 September 30, 2019, the aggregate cost of all investments for federal income tax purposes was $870,064,436 and the unrealized gains (losses) consisted of:

Gross unrealized gains	$	474,432,962
Gross unrealized losses		(15,563,661	)
Net unrealized gains	$	458,869,301

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 fund-level 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.

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Notes to financial statements

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 September 30, 2019:

	Quoted prices (Level 1)		Other significant observable inputs (Level 2)		Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)		Total
Assets
Investments in:
Agency securities	$	0	$	41,766	$	0	$	41,766
Common stocks
Communication services		82,690,701		0		0		82,690,701
Consumer discretionary		80,689,814		0		0		80,689,814
Consumer staples		60,633,188		0		0		60,633,188
Energy		36,008,298		0		0		36,008,298
Financials		103,271,630		0		0		103,271,630
Health care		108,962,726		0		0		108,962,726
Industrials		74,577,518		0		0		74,577,518
Information technology		175,039,545		0		0		175,039,545
Materials		21,755,356						21,755,356
Real estate		25,703,838		0		0		25,703,838
Utilities		28,648,109		0		0		28,648,109
Non-agency mortgage-backed securities		0		6,973		0		6,973
U.S. Treasury securities		514,862,094		0		0		514,862,094
Short-term investments
Investment companies		13,144,904		0		0		13,144,904
U.S. Treasury securities		3,930,047		0				3,930,047
		1,329,917,768		48,739		0		1,329,966,507
Futures contracts		366,891		0		0		366,891
Total assets	$	1,330,284,659	$	48,739	$	0	$	1,330,333,398
Liabilities
Futures contracts	$	1,399,661	$	0	$	0	$	1,399,661
Total liabilities	$	1,399,661	$	0	$	0	$	1,399,661

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

Futures contracts are reported at their cumulative unrealized gains (losses) at measurement date as reported in the table following the Portfolio of Investments. For futures contracts, the current day’s variation margin is reported on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. All other assets and liabilities are reported at their market value at measurement date.

For the year ended September 30, 2019, the Fund did not have any transfers into/out of Level 3.

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Notes to financial statements

4. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Management fee

Funds Management, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”), is the manager of the Fund and provides advisory and fund-level administrative services under an investment management agreement. Under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is responsible for, among other services, implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Fund, supervising the subadviser and providing fund-level administrative services in connection with the Fund’s operations. As compensation for its services under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive 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	0.650%
Next $500 million	0.600
Next $2 billion	0.550
Next $2 billion	0.525
Next $5 billion	0.490
Over $10 billion	0.480

For the year ended September 30, 2019, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.61% 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 (“WellsCap”), 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 0.15% and declining to 0.10% 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

Waivers and/or expense reimbursements

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 January 31, 2020 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 1.08% for Class A shares, 1.83% for Class C shares, 0.90% for Administrator Class shares and 0.75% 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 year ended September 30, 2019, Funds

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Notes to financial statements

Distributor received $53,209 from the sale of Class A shares and $130 in contingent deferred sales charges from redemptions of Class C shares. No contingent deferred sales charges were incurred by Class A shares for the year ended September 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 short-term securities, for the year ended September 30, 2019 were as follows:

Purchases at cost		Sales proceeds
U.S. government	Non-U.S. government	U.S. government	Non-U.S. government
$115,117,268	$63,469,384	$131,144,931	$73,834,176

6. SECURITIES LENDING TRANSACTIONS

The Fund lends its securities through an unaffiliated securities lending agent and 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 increases or decreases in the required collateral are exchanged between the Fund and the counterparty on the next business day. Cash collateral received is invested in the Securities Lending Fund which 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 and is exempt from registration under Section 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act. Securities Lending Fund is managed by Funds Management and is subadvised by WellsCap. 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.

In the event of counterparty default or the failure of a borrower to return a loaned security, the Fund has the right to use the collateral to offset any losses incurred. As of September 30, 2019, the Fund had securities lending transactions with the following counterparties which are subject to offset:

Counterparty	Value of securities on loan		Collateral received1			Net amount
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC	$	107,744	$	(107,744	)	$	0
JPMorgan Securities LLC		602,803		(602,803	)		0
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC		101,088		(101,088	)		0

¹  Collateral received within this table is limited to the collateral for the net transaction with the counterparty.

7. DERIVATIVE TRANSACTIONS

During the year ended September 30, 2019, the Fund entered into futures contracts to manage the duration of the portfolio and to gain market exposure to certain asset classes by implementing tactical asset allocation shifts. The Fund had an average notional amount of $66,079,518 in long futures contracts and $34,813,911 in short futures contracts during the year ended September 30, 2019.

A summary of the location of derivative instruments on the financial statements by primary risk exposure is outlined following tables.

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Notes to financial statements

The fair value of derivative instruments as of September 30, 2019 by risk type was as follows for the Fund:

	Asset derivatives				Liability derivatives
	Statement of Assets and Liabilities location	Fair value			Statement of Assets and Liabilities location	Fair value
Equity risk	Unrealized gains on futures contracts	$	359,280	*	Unrealized losses on futures contracts	$	0	*
Interest rate risk	Unrealized gains on futures contracts		7,611	*	Unrealized losses on futures contracts		1,399,661	*
		$	366,891			$	1,399,661

* Amount represents cumulative unrealized gains (losses) as reported in the table following the Portfolio of Investments. Only the current day’s variation margin as of September 30, 2019 is reported separately on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the year ended September 30, 2019 was as follows for the Fund:

	Amount of realized losses on derivatives			Change in unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives
Equity risk	$	(303,323	)	$	228,311
Interest rate risk		(1,590,796	)		(1,942,509	)
	$	(1,894,119	)	$	(1,714,198	)

8. 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 year ended September 30, 2019, there were no borrowings by the Fund under the agreement.

9. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended September 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018 were as follows:

	Year ended September 30
	2019		2018
Ordinary income	$	16,601,787	$	12,497,380
Long-term capital gain		31,862,151		5,013,473

As of September 30, 2019, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income	Undistributed long-term gain	Unrealized gains
$1,827,431	$13,210,979	$458,869,301

10. INDEMNIFICATION

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

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Notes to financial statements

11. 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 and requires the premium to be amortized to the earliest call date. The amendments do not require an accounting change for securities held at a discount and discounts will continue to be accreted to the maturity date of the security. ASU 2017-08 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 and for interim periods within those fiscal years. During the current reporting period, management of the Fund adopted the change in accounting policy which did not have a material impact to the Fund’s financial statements.

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Report of independent registered public accounting firm

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

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Wells Fargo Index Asset Allocation Fund (the Fund), one of the funds constituting Wells Fargo Funds Trust, including the portfolio of investments, as of September 30, 2019, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the financial statements) and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five-year period then ended. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of September 30, 2019, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

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

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of September 30, 2019, by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

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

Boston, Massachusetts

November 25, 2019

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Other information (unaudited)

TAX INFORMATION

For corporate shareholders, pursuant to Section 854 of the Internal Revenue Code, 98.92% of ordinary income dividends qualify for the corporate dividends-received deduction for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019.

Pursuant to Section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, $31,862,151 was designated as a 20% rate gain distribution for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019.

Pursuant to Section 854 of the Internal Revenue Code, $16,601,787 of income dividends paid during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019 has been designated as qualified dividend income (QDI).

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, $5,158,895 has been designated as interest-related dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, $4,106,372 has been designated as short-term capital gain dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, 96.85% of the ordinary income distributed was derived from interest on U.S. government securities.

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

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

QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

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 or Form N-PORT, which is available by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. Those forms may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of 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 150 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

* 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.
Michelle Rhee3 (Born 1966)	Chief Legal Officer, since 2019	Secretary of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, Chief Legal Counsel of Wells Fargo Asset Management and Assistant General Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2018. Associate General Counsel and Managing Director of Bank of America Corporation from 2004 to 2018.
Catherine Kennedy4 (Born 1969)	Secretary, since 2019	Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and Senior Counsel of the Wells Fargo Legal Department since 2010. Vice President and Senior Counsel of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 1998 to 2010.
Michael H. Whitaker (Born 1967)	Chief Compliance Officer, since 2016	Chief Compliance Officer of Wells Fargo Asset Management 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 64 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.

³  Michelle Rhee became Chief Legal Officer effective October 22, 2019.

⁴  Catherine Kennedy became Secretary effective October 22, 2019.

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BOARD CONSIDERATION OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS:

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Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”) must determine annually whether to approve the continuation of the Trust’s investment management and sub-advisory agreements. In this regard, at an in-person meeting held on May 21-22, 2019 (the “Meeting”), the Board, all the members of which have no direct or indirect interest in the investment management and sub-advisory agreements and are not “interested persons” of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act (the “Independent Trustees”), reviewed and approved for Wells Fargo Index Asset Allocation Fund (the “Fund”): (i) an investment management agreement (the “Management Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”); and (ii) an investment sub-advisory agreement (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement”) with Wells Capital Management Incorporated (the “Sub-Adviser”), an affiliate of Funds Management. The Management Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement are collectively referred to as the “Advisory Agreements.”

At the Meeting, the Board considered the factors and reached the conclusions described below relating to the selection of Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser and the approval of the Advisory Agreements. Prior to the Meeting, including at an in-person meeting in April 2019, the Trustees conferred extensively among themselves and with representatives of Funds Management about these matters. Also, the Board has adopted a team-based approach, with each team consisting of a sub-set of Trustees, to assist the full Board in the discharge of its duties in reviewing investment performance and other matters throughout the year. The Independent Trustees were assisted in their evaluation of the Advisory Agreements by independent legal counsel, from whom they received separate legal advice and with whom they met separately.

In providing information to the Board, Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser were guided by a detailed set of requests for information submitted to them by independent legal counsel on behalf of the Independent Trustees at the start of the Board’s annual contract renewal process earlier in 2019. In considering and approving the Advisory Agreements, the Trustees considered the information they believed relevant, including but not limited to the information discussed below. The Board considered not only the specific information presented in connection with the Meeting, but also the knowledge gained over time through interaction with Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser about various topics. In this regard, the Board reviewed reports of Funds Management at each of its quarterly meetings, which included, among other things, portfolio reviews and investment performance reports. In addition, the Board and the teams mentioned above confer with portfolio managers at various times throughout the year. The Board did not identify any particular information or consideration that was all-important or controlling, and each individual Trustee may have attributed different weights to various factors.

After its deliberations, the Board unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreements for a one-year term and determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser under each of the Advisory Agreements was reasonable. The Board considered the approval of the Advisory Agreements for the Fund as part of its consideration of agreements for funds across the complex, but its approvals were made on a fund-by-fund basis. The following summarizes a number of important, but not necessarily all, factors considered by the Board in support of its approvals.

Nature, extent and quality of services

The Board received and considered various information regarding the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund by Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser under the Advisory Agreements. This information included a description of the investment advisory services and Fund-level administrative services covered by the Management Agreement, as well as, among other things, a summary of the background and experience of senior management of Wells Fargo Asset Management (“WFAM”), of which Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser are a part, a summary of investments made in the business of WFAM, a summary of certain organizational and personnel changes involving Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser, and a description of Funds Management’s and the Sub-Adviser’s business continuity planning programs and of their approaches to data privacy and cybersecurity. The Board received and reviewed information about Funds Management’s role as administrator of the Fund’s liquidity risk management program. The Board also considered the qualifications, background, tenure and responsibilities of each of the portfolio managers primarily responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund.

The Board evaluated the ability of Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser to attract and retain qualified investment professionals, including research, advisory and supervisory personnel. The Board further considered the compliance programs and compliance records of Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser. In addition, the Board took into account the full range of services provided to the Fund by Funds Management and its affiliates.

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Fund investment performance and expenses

The Board considered the investment performance results for the Fund over various time periods ended December 31, 2018. The Board considered these results in comparison to the investment performance of funds in a universe that was determined by Broadridge Inc. (“Broadridge”) to be similar to the Fund (the “Universe”), and in comparison to the Fund’s benchmark index and to other comparative data. Broadridge is an independent provider of investment company data. The Board received a description of the methodology used by Broadridge to select the mutual funds in the performance Universe. The Board noted that the investment performance of the Fund (Administrator Class) was higher than the average investment performance of the Universe for all periods under review. The Board also noted that the investment performance of the Fund was lower than its benchmark index, the Index Asset Allocation Blended Index, for the one-, three- and five-year periods under review, but higher than its benchmark for the ten-year period under review.

The Board also received and considered information regarding the Fund’s net operating expense ratios and their various components, including actual management fees, custodian and other non-management fees, and Rule 12b-1 and non-Rule 12b-1 shareholder service fees. The Board considered these ratios in comparison to the median ratios of funds in class-specific expense groups that were determined by Broadridge to be similar to the Fund (the “Groups”). The Board received a description of the methodology used by Broadridge to select the mutual funds in the expense Groups and an explanation of how funds comprising expense groups and their expense ratios may vary from year-to-year. Based on the Broadridge reports, the Board noted that the net operating expense ratios of the Fund were lower than or equal to the median net operating expense ratios of the expense Groups for each share class.

The Board took into account the Fund’s investment performance and expense information provided to it among the factors considered in deciding to re-approve the Advisory Agreements.

Investment management and sub-advisory fee rates

The Board reviewed and considered the contractual fee rates payable by the Fund to Funds Management under the Management Agreement, as well as the contractual fee rates payable by the Fund to Funds Management for class-level administrative services under a Class-Level Administration Agreement, which include, among other things, class-level transfer agency and sub-transfer agency costs (collectively, the “Management Rates”). The Board also reviewed and considered the contractual investment sub-advisory fee rates that are payable by Funds Management to the Sub-Adviser for investment sub-advisory services.

Among other information reviewed by the Board was a comparison of the Fund’s Management Rates with the average contractual investment management fee rates of funds in the expense Groups at a common asset level as well as transfer agency costs of the funds in the expense Groups. The Board noted that the Management Rates of the Fund were lower than or in range of the sum of these average rates for the Fund’s expense Groups for all share classes.

The Board also received and considered information about the portion of the total management fee that was retained by Funds Management after payment of the fee to the Sub-Adviser for sub-advisory services. In assessing the reasonableness of this amount, the Board received and evaluated information about the nature and extent of responsibilities retained and risks assumed by Funds Management and not delegated to or assumed by the Sub-Adviser, and about Funds Management’s on-going oversight services. Given the affiliation between Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser, the Board ascribed limited relevance to the allocation of fees between them.

The Board also received and considered information about the nature and extent of services offered and fee rates charged by Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser to other types of clients with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund. In this regard, the Board received information about the significantly greater scope of services, and compliance, reporting and other legal burdens and risks of managing proprietary mutual funds compared with those associated with managing assets of other types of clients, including third-party sub-advised fund clients and non-mutual fund clients such as institutional separate accounts.

Based on its consideration of the factors and information it deemed relevant, including those described here, the Board determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management under the Management Agreement and to the Sub-Adviser under the Sub-Advisory Agreement was reasonable.

Profitability

The Board received and considered information concerning the profitability of Funds Management, as well as the profitability of both WFAM and Wells Fargo & Co. (“Wells Fargo”) from providing services to the fund family as a whole. The Board noted that the Sub-Adviser’s profitability information with respect to providing services to the Fund and other funds in the family was subsumed in the WFAM and Wells Fargo profitability analysis.

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Other information (unaudited)

Funds Management reported on the methodologies and estimates used in calculating profitability, including a description of the methodology used to allocate certain expenses. Among other things, the Board noted that the levels of profitability reported on a fund-by-fund basis varied widely, depending on factors such as the size, type and age of fund. Based on its review, the Board did not deem the profits reported by Funds Management, WFAM or Wells Fargo from services provided to the Fund to be at a level that would prevent it from approving the continuation of the Advisory Agreements.

Economies of scale

The Board received and considered information about the potential for Funds Management to experience economies of scale in the provision of management services to the Fund, the difficulties of calculating economies of scale at an individual fund level, and the extent to which potential scale benefits are shared with shareholders. The Board noted the existence of breakpoints in the Fund’s management fee structure, which operate generally to reduce the Fund’s expense ratios as the Fund grows in size. The Board considered that in addition to management fee breakpoints, Funds Management shares potential economies of scale from its management business in a variety of ways, including through fee waiver and expense reimbursement arrangements, services that benefit shareholders, competitive management fee rates set at the outset without regard to breakpoints, and investments in the business intended to enhance services available to shareholders.

The Board concluded that Funds Management’s arrangements with respect to the Fund, including contractual breakpoints, constituted a reasonable approach to sharing potential economies of scale with the Fund and its shareholders.

Other benefits to Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser

The Board received and considered information regarding potential “fall-out” or ancillary benefits received by Funds Management and its affiliates, including the Sub-Adviser, as a result of their relationships with the Fund. Ancillary benefits could include, among others, benefits directly attributable to other relationships with the Fund and benefits potentially derived from an increase in Funds Management’s and the Sub-Adviser’s business as a result of their relationships with the Fund. The Board noted that various affiliates of Funds Management may receive distribution-related fees, shareholder servicing payments and sub-transfer agency fees in respect of shares sold or held through them and services provided.

The Board also reviewed information about soft dollar credits earned and utilized by the Sub-Adviser, fees earned by Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser from managing a private investment vehicle for the fund family’s securities lending collateral, and commissions earned by an affiliated broker from portfolio transactions.

Based on its consideration of the factors and information it deemed relevant, including those described here, the Board did not find that any ancillary benefits received by Funds Management and its affiliates, including the Sub-Adviser, were unreasonable.

Conclusion

At the Meeting, after considering the above-described factors and based on its deliberations and its evaluation of the information described above, the Board unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreements for a one-year term and determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser under each of the Advisory Agreements was reasonable.

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406807 11-19

A227/AR227 09-19

Annual Report

September 30, 2019

Wells Fargo International Bond Fund

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Contents

Letter to shareholders	2
Performance highlights	6
Fund expenses	10
Portfolio of investments	11
Financial statements
Statement of assets and liabilities	17
Statement of operations	18
Statement of changes in net assets	19
Financial highlights	20
Notes to financial statements	25
Report of independent registered public accounting firm	31
Other information	32

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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

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 annual report for the Wells Fargo International Bond Fund for the 12-month period that ended September 30, 2019. After the first half of the period yielded either low-single-digit or negative investment returns, U.S. stock and global bond investors generally saw markets recover during the second half amid intensifying market volatility, global economic growth concerns, international trade stare downs, and simmering geopolitical tensions.

Overall, fixed-income investors enjoyed a distinct advantage over stock investors. For the period, U.S. stocks, based on the S&P 500 Index,¹ gained 4.25% and international stocks, as measured by the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net),² fell 1.23%. The MSCI EM Index (Net)³ slipped 2.02%. Among fixed income investors, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index⁴ added 10.30%, the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index⁵ added 5.34%, the Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index⁶ gained 8.55%, and the ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index⁷ added 6.30%.

Investors confronted unsettling events during the fourth quarter of 2018.

During the fourth quarter of 2018, investors grew concerned about the pace and sustainability of the global economic expansion. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported third-quarter U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) was 3.4% on an annualized basis, which was down from the second-quarter rate. A partial U.S. government shutdown occurred, which extended into January 2019. Brexit efforts stalled, causing uncertainty for the eurozone. The value of the renminbi declined even as the People’s Bank of China cut reserve requirement ratios, accelerated infrastructure spending, and cut taxes in efforts to spur economic activity.

The combination of news in the U.S. and generally weak economic indicators outside of the U.S. caused investors to seek safe havens. December’s S&P 500 Index performance was the worst since 1931. Globally, fixed-income investments fared better than stocks during the last two months of the year. Even as indicators suggested growth was restrained, the U.S. Federal Reserve (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%. Many observers expressed concerns that higher rates could slow the economy further.

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 and emerging markets, excluding the U.S. 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 the equity market performance of emerging markets. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁴ The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment-grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage pass-throughs), asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁵  The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index is an unmanaged index that provides a broad-based measure of the global investment-grade fixed-income markets excluding the U.S. dollar-denominated debt market. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁶  The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of long-term tax-exempt bonds with a minimum credit rating of Baa. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁷ The ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index is a market-capitalization-weighted index of domestic and Yankee high-yield bonds. The index tracks the performance of high-yield securities traded in the U.S. bond market. You cannot invest directly in an index. Copyright 2019. ICE Data Indices, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

The market climbs a wall of worry.

Investment returns early in 2019 appeared to reaffirm the adage that markets climb a wall of worry as the new year began. The S&P 500 Index gained 8.01% for the month of January, the 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.

In February 2019, signs of slowing global growth grew more ominous. The Bureau of Economic Analysis announced fourth-quarter 2018 GDP grew at an annualized 2.2% rate, a slower rate than reported for the prior two quarters. In a February report, the Bank of England forecast the slowest growth for 2019 since the financial crisis. China and the U.S. continued to wrangle over trade issues. By the end of the first quarter of 2019, more accommodative Fed sentiment and steady, if not spectacular, U.S. economic and business metrics encouraged domestic investors.

Early second-quarter 2019 enthusiasm among investors faded.

During April 2019, favorable sentiment found additional support in reports of sustained low inflation, solid employment data, and first-quarter U.S. GDP of an annualized rate of 3.2%. During May, markets tumbled on mixed investment signals. In the U.S., partisan wrangling ramped up as Democrats and Republicans set their sights on 2020 presidential politics. The U.K.’s Brexit disagreements caused Prime Minister Theresa May to resign. Boris Johnson succeeded her only to exacerbate uncertainty about Brexit’s resolution ahead of an October 2019 deadline. The European Commission downgraded the 2019 growth forecast to 1.2%. The U.S. increased tariffs on products from China, China responded, and then talks broke down. President Donald Trump threatened to turn his foreign policy tariff tool to Mexico over immigration issues.

During the third quarter of 2019, investors regrouped. Just as the investment horizon appeared to darken, sentiment turned and U.S. equity markets gained during June and July. The gains, primarily driven by geopolitical and monetary policy events, pushed equity markets to new highs. European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said that if the outlook doesn’t improve, the bank would cut rates or buy more assets to prop up inflation. President Trump backed off of tariff threats against Mexico and China. In the U.S., the Fed implemented a 0.25% federal funds rate cut in July.

Later in July 2019, the U.S. reversed course and threatened to impose higher tariffs on China’s exports after talks failed. China responded with tariff threats of its own and devalued the renminbi, a move that roiled global markets. Major U.S. stock market indices closed July with the worst weekly results of the year. Bond prices gained as Treasury yields fell to levels not seen since November 2016 and the yield curve inverted at multiple points along the 30-year arc.

In a microcosm, August 2019 encapsulated many of the unnerving events that plagued investors during the prior 11 months. The U.S.-China trade relationship swung from antagonistic to hopeful and back again with no evident compromise on the horizon. Evidence of a continued global economic slowdown mounted. Central banks in China, New Zealand, and Thailand cut interest rates. Industrial and manufacturing data declined in China, Canada, Japan, and Germany. Adding to the uncertain environment, Italy’s prime minister resigned, many feared a crackdown in Hong Kong as protesters sustained their calls for reform throughout the month, and Boris Johnson planned to suspend Parliament as Brexit’s deadline neared.

In the U.S., September saw the Fed join other central banks in cutting interest rates. Manufacturing data in the U.S., as reported by the Institute for Supply Management, disappointed investors. The U.S. Congress announced it would pursue an impeachment investigation of President Trump. Meanwhile, the Brexit impasse showed no signs of

“The S&P 500 Index gained 8.01% for the month of January, the best monthly performance in 30 years.”

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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

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.

resolution. Officials in China said that hitting the country’s economic growth goals for the year would be difficult considering the weight of tariffs and trade restrictions. So while the S&P 500 Index finished the third quarter with year-to-date returns that were the best in more than 20 years, amid signs of equity investors taking money out of the stock market, concerns about future returns remained.

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 potentially 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,

Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

Investment objective

The Fund seeks total return, consisting of income and capital appreciation.

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Subadviser

Wells Fargo Asset Management (International) Limited

Portfolio managers

Michael Lee

Alex Perrin

Lauren van Biljon, CFA^®‡

Peter Wilson

Average annual total returns (%) as of September 30, 2019¹

		Including sales charge						Excluding sales charge						Expense ratios2 (%)
	Inception date	1 year		5 year		10 year		1 year		5 year		10 year		Gross		Net3
Class A (ESIYX)	9-30-2003		2.96		-1.11		0.64		7.84		-0.20		1.10		1.08		1.03
Class C (ESIVX)	9-30-2003		6.08		-0.95		0.34		7.08		-0.95		0.34		1.83		1.78
Class R6 (ESIRX)4	11-30-2012		–		–		–		8.32		0.18		1.47		0.70		0.65
Administrator Class (ESIDX)5	7-30-2010		–		–		–		8.00		-0.04		1.27		1.02		0.85
Institutional Class (ESICX)	12-15-1993		–		–		–		8.24		0.12		1.43		0.75		0.70
Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index6	–		–		–		–		5.34		0.87		1.27		–		–

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 4.50%. 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.

Bond values fluctuate in response to the financial condition of individual issuers, general market and economic conditions, and changes in interest rates. Changes in market conditions and government policies may lead to periods of heightened volatility in the bond market and reduced liquidity for certain bonds held by the Fund. In general, when interest rates rise, bond values fall and investors may lose principal value. Interest rate changes and their impact on the fund and its share price can be sudden and unpredictable. 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. Securities issued by U.S. government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury. Certain investment strategies tend to increase the total risk of an investment (relative to the broader market). The Fund is exposed to high-yield securities risk and geographic risk. Consult the Fund’s prospectus for additional information on these and other risks.

Please see footnotes on page 7.

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

Growth of $10,000 investment as of September 30, 2019⁷

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

¹  Historical performance prior to July 12, 2010, is based on the performance of the Fund’s predecessor, Evergreen International Bond Fund.

²  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.

³  The manager has contractually committed through January 31, 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.

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.

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.

⁶  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.

⁷  The chart compares the performance of Class A shares for the most recent ten years with the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index. The chart assumes a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Class A shares and reflects all operating expenses and assumes the maximum initial sales charge of 4.50%.

⁸  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.

⁹  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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Performance highlights (unaudited)

MANAGER’S DISCUSSION

Fund highlights

∎ The Fund outperformed its benchmark, the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index, for the 12-month period that ended September 30, 2019.

∎ Country positioning was the main value-add over the reporting period, led by an underweight to the Japanese interest rate environment and an overweight to Italy and the United States. Underweights to the euro and U.K. pound were positives. Duration positioning was a net contributor to performance.

∎ Currency hedge costs detracted from performance, as did exposure to smaller currencies, including the Colombian peso, Norwegian krone, and Romanian leu. Underweights to the Spanish and U.K. bond markets weighed on relative results.

What a difference a year can make.

The past 12 months spanned a pivotal time for the global economy, marking the move from cautious recovery to modest deterioration. This is reflected by the shift in U.S. monetary policy. The Federal Reserve (Fed) raised interest rates by 25 basis points (bps; 100 bps equal 1.00%) at its December 2018 meeting, and a scant seven months later, it moved to an easing bias. Concerns about global trade and supply chains have worked to keep investment spending low, and central bankers the world over are flagging downside economic risks. Manufacturing data has weakened, although services and household consumption has held up well. Bond yields have trended materially lower over the reporting period, which has worked to deliver strong returns. Core currencies have traded in tight ranges, with the Japanese yen and the U.S. dollar the best performers. For the most part, emerging market currencies have struggled.

Ten largest holdings (%) as of September 30, 20198
Italy Buoni Poliennali del Tesoro, 0.35%, 2-1-2025	7.14
Italy Buoni Poliennali del Tesoro, 3.00%, 8-1-2029	5.80
Japan, 0.10%, 6-20-2029	5.41
Poland, 2.50%, 1-25-2023	4.84
Mexico, 8.50%, 5-31-2029	4.70
Norway, 2.00%, 4-26-2028	4.56
Realkredit Danmark AS, 1.50%, 10-1-2050	4.32
Nykredit Realkredit AS, 1.50%, 10-1-2050	3.64
U.S. Treasury Note, 1.38%, 8-31-2023	3.61
Hungary, 1.50%, 8-24-2022	2.82

The Fund pared risk at a time of stress.

Global bond markets have traded with a remarkable degree of cohesion, with the general trend for lower yields boosting returns. Early in the reporting period, the Fund moved to overweight Italian government bonds. Positions in the domestic bonds of Australia, Canada, and New Zealand were trimmed after a period of strong gains in the second quarter of 2019. Exposure to Russia was added in the third quarter, while positions in Colombia, Malaysia, and India were reduced to zero. Toward period-end, a position in Japanese government bonds was funded by reducing core European exposure. The degree of active currency risk the Fund is running was reduced over the period. An underweight to the euro was used to fund exposure to a number of smaller currencies, but this was taken to neutral in the third quarter in response to a period of intense market stress.

Portfolio composition as of September 30, 2019⁹

Country positioning was the key contributor to Fund performance. The Fund’s underweight to Japan and overweight to Italy and the U.S. added the most value, but exposure to Australia, Brazil, Mexico, and India were also good performers. Underweights to the euro and the U.K. pound were value-adds. Overweights to the New Zealand dollar, Brazilian real, and Indian rupee also added to performance. At the sector level, exposure to Danish mortgages, high-yield corporate bonds, and emerging market sovereigns all added value. Duration was a net positive, with positioning in the 3- to 10-year area of the curve adding the most value.

Please see footnotes on page 7.

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

The most obvious drag on performance over the reporting period came from currency hedge costs. Underweights to the bond markets of Spain and the U.K. were modest negatives. Exposure to a number of smaller currencies was a negative, with positions in the Colombian peso, Norwegian krone, Romanian leu, and Mexican peso weighing on performance. At the sector level, positioning in investment-grade corporate bonds detracted. Positioning at the very long end of the curve—15 years and over—was also a modest negative.

Slowing growth and tepid inflation supports global fixed income.

Themes of slowing growth and tepid inflation remain firmly entrenched at the macro level, and this backdrop has proved highly beneficial for global fixed income. This is despite the lack of resolution to trade tensions between the U.S. and its trading partners, as well as the generally higher level of geopolitical risk. Increased accommodation from central banks has played a key role in the strong gains we’ve seen in fixed income and could continue to offer support in the quarters to come. Currency volatility could be on the verge of ticking higher, which suggests that higher hedge ratios could be valuable until the picture clears. The Fund benefited from its underweight to the bond markets of Japan and core Europe (particularly Germany and France) and overweight to higher-yielding developed and emerging markets. This tilt could continue to add value.

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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 April 1, 2019 to September 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 4-1-2019		Ending account value 9-30-2019		Expenses paid during the period¹		Annualized net expense ratio
Class A
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,035.68	$	5.27		1.03	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,019.89	$	5.23		1.03	%
Class C
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,032.06	$	9.09		1.78	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,016.12	$	9.02		1.78	%
Class R6
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,037.90	$	3.33		0.65	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,021.80	$	3.30		0.65	%
Administrator Class
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,036.42	$	4.35		0.85	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,020.80	$	4.31		0.85	%
Institutional Class
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,038.05	$	3.58		0.70	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,021.55	$	3.55		0.70	%

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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	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Corporate Bonds and Notes: 6.98%
United States: 6.98%
Amazon.com Incorporated (Consumer Discretionary, Internet & Direct Marketing Retail)		3.15	%		8-22-2027	$	500,000	$	531,398
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Incorporated (Consumer Staples, Beverages) %%		4.15			1-23-2025		400,000		437,016
Apple Incorporated (Information Technology, Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals)		2.90			9-12-2027		500,000		521,084
AT&T Incorporated (Communication Services, Diversified Telecommunication Services)		4.35			3-1-2029		250,000		276,283
Bank of America Corporation (3 Month LIBOR +1.21%) (Financials, Banks) ±		3.97			2-7-2030		500,000		547,377
BP Capital Markets America Incorporated (Energy, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)		3.22			4-14-2024		425,000		442,643
Broadcom Incorporated (Information Technology, Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment) 144A		4.25			4-15-2026		300,000		309,935
Campbell Soup Company (Consumer Staples, Food Products)		3.65			3-15-2023		250,000		260,088
Comcast Corporation (Communication Services, Media)		3.70			4-15-2024		400,000		426,488
CVS Health Corporation (Health Care, Health Care Providers & Services)		4.10			3-25-2025		600,000		640,677
Discovery Communications LLC (Communication Services, Media)		3.95			3-20-2028		300,000		312,628
Global Payments Incorporated (Information Technology, IT Services)		3.20			8-15-2029		350,000		354,507
IBM Corporation (Information Technology, IT Services)		3.30			5-15-2026		400,000		422,126
JPMorgan Chase & Company (Financials, Banks)		3.30			4-1-2026		500,000		523,764
Mastercard Incorporated (Information Technology, IT Services)		2.95			6-1-2029		400,000		419,725
Microsoft Corporation (Information Technology, Software)		2.40			8-8-2026		500,000		510,071
Morgan Stanley (Financials, Capital Markets)		3.88			4-29-2024		450,000		478,773
Verizon Communications Incorporated (Communication Services, Diversified Telecommunication Services)		4.33			9-21-2028		250,000		283,579
Walmart Incorporated (Consumer Staples, Food & Staples Retailing)		3.70			6-26-2028		500,000		554,649
Total Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost $7,860,348)									8,252,811
Foreign Corporate Bonds and Notes: 12.20%
Denmark: 9.82%
Nordea Kredit Realkredit AS (Financials, Thrifts & Mortgage Finance)		1.50			10-1-2050	DKK	14,704,303		2,200,295
Nykredit Realkredit AS (Financials, Thrifts & Mortgage Finance)		1.50			10-1-2050	DKK	28,786,127		4,307,445
Realkredit Danmark AS (Financials, Thrifts & Mortgage Finance) 144A		1.50			10-1-2050	DKK	34,111,690		5,104,341
									11,612,081
Luxembourg: 0.26%
LSF10 Wolverine Investment SCA (Financials, Diversified Financial Services)		5.00			3-15-2024	EUR	275,000		307,158
Netherlands: 0.56%
Selecta Group BV (Consumer Discretionary, Internet & Direct Marketing Retail)		5.88			2-1-2024	EUR	300,000		339,299
Sigma Holdco BV (Consumer Staples, Food Products)		5.75			5-15-2026	EUR	300,000		323,257
									662,556
United Kingdom: 1.56%
CPUK Finance Limited (Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Finance)		4.25			2-28-2047	GBP	250,000		310,915
Galaxy Bidco Limited (Financials, Insurance) 144A		6.50			7-31-2026	GBP	200,000		246,362
Ocado Group plc (Consumer Discretionary, Internet & Direct Marketing Retail)		4.00			6-15-2024	GBP	270,000		343,116
Pinewood Finance Company Limited (Financials, Diversified Financial Services) 144A		3.25			9-30-2025	GBP	100,000		125,568

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	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
United Kingdom (continued)
Pinnacle Bidco plc (Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Finance)		6.38	%		2-15-2025	GBP	200,000	$	261,574
RAC Bond Company plc (Consumer Discretionary, Automobiles)		5.00			11-6-2022	GBP	400,000		442,962
Victoria plc (Consumer Discretionary, Household Durables)		5.25			7-15-2024	EUR	100,000		111,982
									1,842,479
Total Foreign Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost $14,692,897)									14,424,274
Foreign Government Bonds: 70.74%
Brazil		10.00			1-1-2021	BRL	7,775,000		1,977,806
Brazil		10.00			1-1-2023	BRL	2,675,000		715,924
Brazil		10.00			1-1-2025	BRL	3,685,000		1,016,551
Canada		1.50			3-1-2020	CAD	3,285,000		2,477,443
Canada 144A##		2.65			12-15-2028	CAD	3,300,000		2,675,594
Colombia		6.00			4-28-2028	COP	4,535,000,000		1,318,742
Czech Republic		0.95			5-15-2030	CZK	77,400,000		3,119,753
Hungary ††		1.50			8-24-2022	HUF	995,000,000		3,336,446
Indonesia		7.50			8-15-2032	IDR	37,200,000,000		2,594,566
Indonesia %%		8.25			5-15-2029	IDR	11,000,000,000		827,096
Indonesia		8.38			9-15-2026	IDR	13,550,000,000		1,022,641
Italy Buoni Poliennali del Tesoro %%		0.35			2-1-2025	EUR	7,725,000		8,443,307
Italy Buoni Poliennali del Tesoro		3.00			8-1-2029	EUR	5,225,000		6,863,716
Japan		0.10			6-20-2029	JPY	670,000,000		6,394,759
Korea Treasury Bond		2.00			3-10-2020	KRW	1,635,000,000		1,371,267
Korea Treasury Bond		2.38			3-10-2023	KRW	1,600,000,000		1,382,027
Malaysia		3.90			11-30-2026	MYR	1,100,000		269,486
Malaysia		3.96			9-15-2025	MYR	2,250,000		554,813
Mexico		5.75			3-5-2026	MXN	7,850,000		376,497
Mexico		8.00			11-7-2047	MXN	14,300,000		779,783
Mexico		8.50			5-31-2029	MXN	98,480,000		5,555,332
New South Wales		5.00			8-20-2024	AUD	750,000		601,203
Norway Government Bond Series 480 144A		2.00			4-26-2028	NOK	46,200,000		5,392,273
Poland		2.50			1-25-2023	PLN	22,350,000		5,728,110
Queensland Treasury Corporation 144A		4.75			7-21-2025	AUD	2,650,000		2,147,498
Republic of Peru		5.70			8-12-2024	PEN	850,000		280,969
Republic of South Africa		8.75			2-28-2048	ZAR	500,000		29,202
Republic of South Africa		8.75			2-28-2048	ZAR	37,800,000		2,207,642
Republic of South Africa		10.50			12-21-2026	ZAR	27,700,000		2,040,783
Romania		3.40			3-8-2022	RON	1,200,000		275,129
Romania		3.25			4-29-2024	RON	3,350,000		750,130
Romania		4.85			4-22-2026	RON	3,800,000		911,766
Romania		5.00			2-12-2029	RON	5,725,000		1,397,058
Russia		6.50			2-28-2024	RUB	56,800,000		870,904
Russia		6.90			5-23-2029	RUB	166,000,000		2,559,582
Russia		7.00			12-15-2021	RUB	26,000,000		404,627
Singapore		2.63			5-1-2028	SGD	2,350,000		1,822,668
Singapore		2.00			2-1-2024	SGD	2,065,000		1,514,816
Turkey		8.50			9-14-2022	TRY	1,800,000		282,973
Turkey		13.00			11-13-2019	TRY	2,000,000		353,816
Turkey		10.70			2-17-2021	TRY	2,000,000		342,660
Turkey		11.00			2-24-2027	TRY	900,000		143,041
United Kingdom Gilt Bonds		1.25			7-22-2027	GBP	410,000		539,958
Total Foreign Government Bonds (Cost $84,392,635)									83,670,357
U.S. Treasury Securities: 5.69%
U.S. Treasury Note ##		1.38			8-31-2023	$	4,300,000		4,269,094
U.S. Treasury Note ##		2.63			2-15-2029		2,275,000		2,462,865
Total U.S. Treasury Securities (Cost $6,591,480)									6,731,959

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	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Yankee Corporate Bonds and Notes: 3.53%
Cayman Islands: 0.35%
UPCB Finance IV Limited (Financials, Diversified Financial Services)		5.38	%		1-15-2025	$	400,000	$	411,000
China: 0.43%
Tencent Holdings Limited (Communication Services, Interactive Media & Services) 144A		3.28			4-11-2024		500,000		513,564
France: 0.90%
Danone SA (Consumer Staples, Food Products)		2.95			11-2-2026		500,000		511,855
Electricite de France SA (Utilities, Electric Utilities)		4.50			9-21-2028		500,000		558,039
									1,069,894
Ireland: 0.26%
Ardagh Packaging Finance plc (Financials, Diversified Financial Services)		4.63			5-15-2023		300,000		307,125
Spain: 0.25%
Telefonica Emisiones SAU (Communication Services, Diversified Telecommunication Services)		4.10			3-8-2027		275,000		300,218
United Kingdom: 1.34%
International Game Technology plc (Consumer Discretionary, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure)		6.25			2-15-2022		300,000		316,580
Jaguar Land Rover Automobiles plc (Consumer Discretionary, Automobiles)		3.50			3-15-2020		400,000		398,125
State Grid Overseas Investment Limited (Utilities, Multi-Utilities)		3.50			5-4-2027		275,000		290,070
Vodafone Group plc (Communication Services, Wireless Telecommunication Services)		4.38			5-30-2028		525,000		579,948
									1,584,723
Total Yankee Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost $3,980,678)									4,186,524
	Yield					Shares
Short-Term Investments: 0.38%
Investment Companies: 0.38%
Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class (l)(u)##		1.88					446,052		446,052
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $446,052)									446,052

Total investments in securities (Cost $117,964,090)	99.52	%		117,711,977
Other assets and liabilities, net	0.48			562,529
Total net assets	100.00	%	$	118,274,506

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

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

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

†† On the last interest date, partial interest was paid.

%% The security is purchased on a when-issued basis.

(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.

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Abbreviations:

AUD Australian dollar

BRL Brazilian real

CAD Canadian dollar

COP Colombian peso

CZK Czech koruna

DKK Danish krone

EUR Euro

GBP Great British pound

HUF Hungarian forint

IDR Indonesian rupiah

JPY Japanese yen

KRW Republic of Korea won

LIBOR London Interbank Offered Rate

MXN Mexican peso

MYR Malaysian ringgit

NOK Norwegian krone

PEN Peruvian sol

PLN Polish zloty

RON Romanian lei

SGD Singapore dollar

TRY Turkish lira

ZAR South African rand

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

Currency to be received	Currency to be delivered	Counterparty	Settlement date	Unrealized gains		Unrealized losses
13,035,000 ZAR	876,724 USD	State Street Bank	10-7-2019	$	0	$	(16,611	)
900,000 ZAR	60,566 USD	State Street Bank	10-7-2019		0		(1,180	)
1,265,000 ZAR	81,396 USD	State Street Bank	10-7-2019		2,075		0
950,495 USD	14,300,000 ZAR	State Street Bank	10-7-2019		6,911		0
2,632,139 USD	39,600,000 ZAR	State Street Bank	10-7-2019		19,138		0
4,352,249 GBP	4,850,000 EUR	State Street Bank	10-9-2019		63,801		0
2,273,334 USD	1,850,000 GBP	State Street Bank	10-9-2019		0		(1,999	)
1,900,000 PLN	499,417 USD	State Street Bank	10-28-2019		0		(25,462	)
675,000 PLN	175,779 USD	State Street Bank	10-28-2019		0		(7,400	)
625,000 PLN	159,595 USD	State Street Bank	10-28-2019		0		(3,689	)
5,678,810 USD	21,665,000 PLN	State Street Bank	10-28-2019		274,474		0
2,872,894 USD	843,275,000 HUF	State Street Bank	11-6-2019		122,605		0
900,000 EUR	1,013,067 USD	State Street Bank	11-7-2019		0		(29,466	)
2,700,000 EUR	3,027,704 USD	State Street Bank	11-7-2019		0		(76,901	)
230,000,000 INR	3,199,332 USD	State Street Bank	11-7-2019		34,011		0
28,950,000 INR	402,699 USD	State Street Bank	11-7-2019		4,281		0
2,915,000 EUR	3,275,180 USD	State Street Bank	11-7-2019		0		(89,405	)
2,350,000 EUR	2,648,640 USD	State Street Bank	11-7-2019		0		(80,348	)
4,275,000 EUR	4,809,422 USD	State Street Bank	11-7-2019		0		(137,316	)
1,900,000 EUR	2,137,823 USD	State Street Bank	11-7-2019		0		(61,331	)
5,685,000 MXN	288,857 USD	State Street Bank	11-7-2019		0		(2,486	)
2,185,000 MXN	111,612 USD	State Street Bank	11-7-2019		0		(1,547	)
350,000 EUR	393,246 USD	State Street Bank	11-7-2019		0		(10,735	)
640,000 EUR	721,332 USD	State Street Bank	11-7-2019		0		(21,882	)

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Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (continued)

Currency to be received	Currency to be delivered	Counterparty	Settlement date	Unrealized gains		Unrealized losses
1,000,000 EUR	1,124,761 USD	State Street Bank	11-7-2019	$	0	$	(31,871	)
2,400,000 EUR	2,699,426 USD	State Street Bank	11-7-2019		0		(76,490	)
1,100,000 EUR	1,240,935 USD	State Street Bank	11-7-2019		0		(38,756	)
2,375,000 EUR	2,679,292 USD	State Street Bank	11-7-2019		0		(83,678	)
975,000 EUR	1,098,728 USD	State Street Bank	11-7-2019		0		(33,160	)
405,065 USD	28,950,000 INR	State Street Bank	11-7-2019		0		(1,914	)
3,218,133 USD	230,000,000 INR	State Street Bank	11-7-2019		0		(15,210	)
664,838 USD	600,000 EUR	State Street Bank	11-7-2019		9,104		0
277,577 USD	250,000 EUR	State Street Bank	11-7-2019		4,354		0
408,517 USD	370,000 EUR	State Street Bank	11-7-2019		4,148		0
159,801 USD	3,250,000 MXN	State Street Bank	11-7-2019		0		(3,911	)
4,692,528 USD	93,325,000 MXN	State Street Bank	11-7-2019		0		(8,538	)
1,850,264 USD	1,650,000 EUR	State Street Bank	11-7-2019		46,995		0
3,010,962 USD	2,670,000 EUR	State Street Bank	11-7-2019		92,945		0
221,537 USD	200,000 EUR	State Street Bank	11-7-2019		2,959		0
249,536 USD	225,000 EUR	State Street Bank	11-7-2019		3,636		0
160,000,000 COP	46,270 USD	State Street Bank	11-8-2019		0		(366	)
4,375,000,000 IDR	302,999 USD	State Street Bank	11-8-2019		4,009		0
9,100,000,000 COP	2,701,098 USD	State Street Bank	11-8-2019		0		(90,324	)
3,330,000,000 KRW	2,819,644 USD	State Street Bank	11-8-2019		0		(32,967	)
620,000,000 KRW	512,905 USD	State Street Bank	11-8-2019		5,936		0
715,656 USD	2,500,000,000 COP	State Street Bank	11-8-2019		0		(1,590	)
2,604,987 USD	9,100,000,000 COP	State Street Bank	11-8-2019		0		(5,787	)
2,609,621 USD	38,000,000,000 IDR	State Street Bank	11-8-2019		0		(56,965	)
1,206,950 USD	17,575,000,000 IDR	State Street Bank	11-8-2019		0		(26,346	)
3,260,690 USD	3,950,000,000 KRW	State Street Bank	11-8-2019		0		(44,828	)
4,100,000 AUD	302,213,050 JPY	State Street Bank	11-12-2019		0		(31,358	)
2,796,221 USD	4,100,000 AUD	State Street Bank	11-12-2019		25,083		0
11,871,193 USD	79,525,000 DKK	State Street Bank	11-18-2019		218,691		0
3,378,108 USD	4,650,000 SGD	State Street Bank	11-26-2019		11,643		0
410,000,000 JPY	3,902,142 USD	State Street Bank	11-29-2019		0		(95,950	)
2,652,747 USD	285,000,000 JPY	State Street Bank	11-29-2019		6,979		0
373,874 USD	40,000,000 JPY	State Street Bank	11-29-2019		2,539		0
1,986,739 USD	8,330,000 BRL	State Street Bank	12-3-2019		0		(10,304	)
229,109 USD	950,000 BRL	State Street Bank	12-6-2019		1,390		0
639,000,000 JPY	6,038,356 USD	State Street Bank	12-9-2019		0		(101,263	)
635,924 USD	575,000 EUR	State Street Bank	12-17-2019		5,530		0
329,884 USD	300,000 EUR	State Street Bank	12-17-2019		983		0
12,080,000 EUR	13,486,027 USD	State Street Bank	12-17-2019		0		(242,275	)
325,462 USD	35,000,000 JPY	State Street Bank	12-19-2019		0		(33	)
214,008 USD	23,000,000 JPY	State Street Bank	12-19-2019		111		0
2,750,000,000 JPY	25,656,814 USD	State Street Bank	12-19-2019		0		(82,187	)
3,721,616 USD	400,000,000 JPY	State Street Bank	12-19-2019		1,670		0
				$	976,001	$	(1,683,829	)

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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
Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class		1,592,910		119,738,718		120,885,576		446,052	$	0	$	0	$	44,933	$	446,052		0.38	%

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

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Statement of assets and liabilities—September 30, 2019

Assets
Investments in unaffiliated securities, at value (cost $117,518,038)	$	117,265,925
Investments in affiliated securities, at value (cost $446,052)		446,052
Receivable for investments sold		9,844,271
Receivable for Fund shares sold		267,668
Receivable for interest		1,008,364
Unrealized gains on forward foreign currency contracts		976,001
Prepaid expenses and other assets		220,979
Total assets		130,029,260
Liabilities
Payable for investments purchased		9,730,900
Payable for Fund shares redeemed		254,130
Unrealized losses on forward foreign currency contracts		1,683,829
Due to custodian bank, foreign currency, at value (cost $1,745)		1,741
Management fee payable		15,234
Distribution fee payable		638
Administration fees payable		8,815
Trustees’ fees and expenses payable		2,259
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		57,208
Total liabilities		11,754,754
Total net assets	$	118,274,506
Net assets consist of
Paid-in capital	$	134,702,721
Total distributable loss		(16,428,215	)
Total net assets	$	118,274,506
Computation of net asset value and offering price per share
Net assets – Class A	$	12,328,522
Shares outstanding – Class A1		1,179,860
Net asset value per share – Class A		$10.45
Maximum offering price per share – Class A2		$10.94
Net assets – Class C	$	1,026,584
Shares outstanding – Class C1		102,889
Net asset value per share – Class C		$9.98
Net assets – Class R6	$	8,979,486
Shares outstanding – Class R61		841,093
Net asset value per share – Class R6		$10.68
Net assets – Administrator Class	$	18,213,308
Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1		1,729,400
Net asset value per share – Administrator Class		$10.53
Net assets – Institutional Class	$	77,726,606
Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1		7,306,998
Net asset value per share – Institutional Class		$10.64

¹  The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares.

²  Maximum offering price is computed as 100/95.50 of net asset value. On investments of $50,000 or more, the offering price is reduced.

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

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Statement of operations—year ended September 30, 2019

Investment income
Interest (net of foreign interest withholding taxes of $101,467)	$	9,104,158
Income from affiliated securities		44,933
Total investment income		9,149,091
Expenses
Management fee		1,276,492
Administration fees
Class A		25,388
Class C		2,635
Class R6		6,506
Administrator Class		20,684
Institutional Class		122,292
Shareholder servicing fees
Class A		39,668
Class C		4,117
Administrator Class		51,494
Distribution fee
Class C		12,351
Custody and accounting fees		259,001
Professional fees		56,605
Registration fees		117,519
Shareholder report expenses		96,782
Trustees’ fees and expenses		23,384
Interest expense		5,081
Other fees and expenses		16,841
Total expenses		2,136,840
Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements
Fund-level		(517,736	)
Class A		(3,571	)
Class C		(187	)
Administrator Class		(30,944	)
Institutional Class		(97	)
Net expenses		1,584,305
Net investment income		7,564,786
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments
Net realized losses on
Unaffiliated securities		(14,456,906	)
Forward foreign currency contracts		(3,170,864	)
Net realized losses on investments		(17,627,770	)
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on
Unaffiliated securities		20,251,138
Forward foreign currency contracts		5,600,356
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments		25,851,494
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		8,223,724
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations	$	15,788,510

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

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Statement of changes in net assets

	Year ended September 30, 2019						Year ended September 30, 2018
Operations
Net investment income				$	7,564,786					$	14,884,133
Net realized gains (losses) on investments					(17,627,770	)					1,924,156
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments					25,851,494						(41,587,049	)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations					15,788,510						(24,778,760	)
Capital share transactions		Shares						Shares
Proceeds from shares sold
Class A		382,864			3,845,786			1,692,946			17,128,341
Class C		4,716			45,352			23,686			231,626
Class R6		240,845			2,428,431			4,470,576			47,127,812
Administrator Class		326,113			3,274,172			1,854,064			19,444,887
Institutional Class		1,734,775			17,401,980			7,578,500			78,408,711
					26,995,721						162,341,377
Payment for shares redeemed
Class A		(3,796,911	)		(36,769,127	)		(3,876,760	)		(38,897,182	)
Class C		(186,284	)		(1,790,879	)		(88,726	)		(868,829	)
Class R6		(4,444,880	)		(44,590,677	)		(2,380,029	)		(24,249,955	)
Administrator Class		(1,459,494	)		(14,446,041	)		(2,955,066	)		(30,390,707	)
Institutional Class		(19,409,739	)		(197,377,886	)		(25,163,647	)		(261,878,241	)
					(294,974,610	)					(356,284,914	)
Net decrease in net assets resulting from capital share transactions					(267,978,889	)					(193,943,537	)
Total decrease in net assets					(252,190,379	)					(218,722,297	)
Net assets
Beginning of period					370,464,885						589,187,182
End of period				$	118,274,506					$	370,464,885

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30												Year ended October 31
CLASS A	2019			2018			2017			20161			2015			2014
Net asset value, beginning of period		$9.69			$10.31			$10.77			$9.74			$10.84			$11.32
Net investment income		0.32	2		0.27	2		0.26	2		0.24	2		0.31	2		0.37	2
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		0.44			(0.89	)		(0.57	)		0.85			(1.33	)		(0.34	)
Total from investment operations		0.76			(0.62	)		(0.31	)		1.09			(1.02	)		0.03
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00			(0.05	)		(0.12	)
Net realized gains		0.00			0.00			(0.15	)		(0.06	)		(0.03	)		(0.39	)
Total distributions to shareholders		0.00			0.00			(0.15	)		(0.06	)		(0.08	)		(0.51	)
Net asset value, end of period		$10.45			$9.69			$10.31			$10.77			$9.74			$10.84
Total return3		7.84	%		(6.01	)%		(2.78	)%		11.24	%		(9.50	)%		0.26	%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		1.30	%		1.08	%		1.03	%		1.08	%		1.06	%		1.05	%
Net expenses		1.03	%		1.03	%		1.03	%		1.03	%		1.03	%		1.03	%
Net investment income		3.21	%		2.75	%		2.61	%		2.64	%		3.07	%		3.29	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		129	%		99	%		68	%		96	%		136	%		103	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$12,329			$44,519			$69,885			$54,399			$79,727			$102,624

¹  For the eleven months ended September 30, 2016. The Fund changed its fiscal year end from October 31 to September 30, effective September 30, 2016.

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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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30												Year ended October 31
CLASS C	2019			2018			2017			20161			2015			2014
Net asset value, beginning of period		$9.32			$10.00			$10.52			$9.58			$10.70			$11.19
Net investment income		0.24	2		0.19	2		0.18	2		0.17	2		0.23	2		0.28	2
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		0.42			(0.87	)		(0.55	)		0.83			(1.32	)		(0.34	)
Total from investment operations		0.66			(0.68	)		(0.37	)		1.00			(1.09	)		(0.06	)
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00			(0.04	)
Net realized gains		0.00			0.00			(0.15	)		(0.06	)		(0.03	)		(0.39	)
Total distributions to shareholders		0.00			0.00			(0.15	)		(0.06	)		(0.03	)		(0.43	)
Net asset value, end of period		$9.98			$9.32			$10.00			$10.52			$9.58			$10.70
Total return3		7.08	%		(6.80	)%		(3.43	)%		10.49	%		(10.21	)%		(0.52	)%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		2.04	%		1.83	%		1.78	%		1.83	%		1.81	%		1.80	%
Net expenses		1.78	%		1.78	%		1.78	%		1.78	%		1.78	%		1.78	%
Net investment income		2.51	%		2.00	%		1.88	%		1.86	%		2.33	%		2.54	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		129	%		99	%		68	%		96	%		136	%		103	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$1,027			$2,652			$3,493			$5,520			$6,895			$11,597

¹  For the eleven months ended September 30, 2016. The Fund changed its fiscal year end from October 31 to September 30, effective September 30, 2016.

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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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30												Year ended October 31
CLASS R6	2019			2018			2017			20161			2015			2014
Net asset value, beginning of period		$9.86			$10.45			$10.88			$9.80			$10.88			$11.36
Net investment income		0.37	2		0.31	2		0.30	2		0.28	2		0.35	2		0.42	2
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		0.45			(0.90	)		(0.58	)		0.86			(1.34	)		(0.35	)
Total from investment operations		0.82			(0.59	)		(0.28	)		1.14			(0.99	)		0.07
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00			(0.06	)		(0.16	)
Net realized gains		0.00			0.00			(0.15	)		(0.06	)		(0.03	)		(0.39	)
Total distributions to shareholders		0.00			0.00			(0.15	)		(0.06	)		(0.09	)		(0.55	)
Net asset value, end of period		$10.68			$9.86			$10.45			$10.88			$9.80			$10.88
Total return3		8.32	%		(5.65	)%		(2.48	)%		11.69	%		(9.18	)%		0.60	%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		0.90	%		0.72	%		0.65	%		0.70	%		0.68	%		0.67	%
Net expenses		0.65	%		0.65	%		0.65	%		0.65	%		0.65	%		0.65	%
Net investment income		3.68	%		3.18	%		3.01	%		3.00	%		3.46	%		3.64	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		129	%		99	%		68	%		96	%		136	%		103	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$8,979			$49,749			$30,876			$12,501			$13,152			$5,729

¹  For the eleven months ended September 30, 2016. The Fund changed its fiscal year end from October 31 to September 30, effective September 30, 2016.

²  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

³  Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30												Year ended October 31
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS	2019			2018			2017			20161			2015			2014
Net asset value, beginning of period		$9.75			$10.36			$10.80			$9.75			$10.84			$11.32
Net investment income		0.34	2		0.29	2		0.28	2		0.26	2		0.33	2		0.39	2
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		0.44			(0.90	)		(0.57	)		0.85			(1.34	)		(0.34	)
Total from investment operations		0.78			(0.61	)		(0.29	)		1.11			(1.01	)		0.05
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00			(0.05	)		(0.14	)
Net realized gains		0.00			0.00			(0.15	)		(0.06	)		(0.03	)		(0.39	)
Total distributions to shareholders		0.00			0.00			(0.15	)		(0.06	)		(0.08	)		(0.53	)
Net asset value, end of period		$10.53			$9.75			$10.36			$10.80			$9.75			$10.84
Total return3		8.00	%		(5.89	)%		(2.59	)%		11.44	%		(9.36	)%		0.43	%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		1.24	%		1.01	%		0.97	%		1.02	%		0.99	%		0.99	%
Net expenses		0.85	%		0.85	%		0.85	%		0.85	%		0.85	%		0.85	%
Net investment income		3.37	%		2.93	%		2.80	%		2.85	%		3.26	%		3.47	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		129	%		99	%		68	%		96	%		136	%		103	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$18,213			$27,911			$41,045			$50,825			$266,849			$359,383

¹  For the eleven months ended September 30, 2016. The Fund changed its fiscal year end from October 31 to September 30, effective September 30, 2016.

²  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

³  Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30												Year ended October 31
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS	2019			2018			2017			20161			2015			2014
Net asset value, beginning of period		$9.83			$10.43			$10.86			$9.79			$10.87			$11.35
Net investment income		0.37	2		0.31	2		0.29	2		0.27	2		0.35	2		0.41	2
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		0.44			(0.91	)		(0.57	)		0.86			(1.34	)		(0.35	)
Total from investment operations		0.81			(0.60	)		(0.28	)		1.13			(0.99	)		0.06
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00			(0.06	)		(0.15	)
Net realized gains		0.00			0.00			(0.15	)		(0.06	)		(0.03	)		(0.39	)
Total distributions to shareholders		0.00			0.00			(0.15	)		(0.06	)		(0.09	)		(0.54	)
Net asset value, end of period		$10.64			$9.83			$10.43			$10.86			$9.79			$10.87
Total return3		8.24	%		(5.75	)%		(2.48	)%		11.60	%		(9.20	)%		0.55	%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		0.95	%		0.74	%		0.70	%		0.75	%		0.73	%		0.72	%
Net expenses		0.70	%		0.70	%		0.70	%		0.70	%		0.70	%		0.70	%
Net investment income		3.61	%		3.06	%		2.96	%		2.95	%		3.41	%		3.62	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		129	%		99	%		68	%		96	%		136	%		103	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$77,727			$245,633			$443,888			$553,208			$689,964			$832,072

¹  For the eleven months ended September 30, 2016. The Fund changed its fiscal year end from October 31 to September 30, effective September 30, 2016.

²  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

³  Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

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

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Notes to financial statements

1. ORGANIZATION

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

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.

Forward foreign currency contracts are recorded at the forward rate 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”).

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.

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 of the Fund. The Board of Trustees has established a Valuation Committee comprised of the Trustees and has delegated to it the authority to take any actions regarding the valuation of portfolio securities that the Valuation Committee deems necessary or appropriate, including determining the fair value of portfolio securities, unless the determination has been delegated to the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee. 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 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

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 is subject to foreign currency risk and may be exposed to risks if the

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Notes to financial statements

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.

When-issued transactions

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

Security transactions and income recognition

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

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

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.

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 September 30, 2019, the aggregate cost of all investments for federal income tax purposes was $117,128,739 and the unrealized gains (losses) consisted of:

Gross unrealized gains	$	3,069,871
Gross unrealized losses		(3,194,461	)
Net unrealized losses	$	(124,590	)

Reclassifications are made to the Fund’s capital accounts for permanent tax differences to reflect income and gains available for distribution (or available capital loss carryforwards) under federal income tax regulations. U.S. generally accepted accounting principles require that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share. At September 30, 2019, as a result of permanent book-to-tax differences, the following reclassification adjustments were made on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities:

Paid-in capital	Total distributable loss
$(4,029)	$4,029

As of September 30, 2019, the Fund had capital loss carryforwards which consist of $2,154,566 in short-term capital losses and $2,816,693 in long-term capital losses.

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Notes to financial statements

As of September 30, 2019, the Fund had current year net deferred post-October capital losses consisting of $1,296,764 in long-term losses which will be recognized on the first day of the following fiscal year.

As of September 30, 2019, the Fund had a qualified late-year ordinary loss of $10,000,814 which will be recognized on the first day of the following fiscal year.

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 fund-level 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 September 30, 2019:

	Quoted prices (Level 1)		Other significant observable inputs (Level 2)		Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)		Total
Assets
Investments in:
Corporate bonds and notes	$	0	$	8,252,811	$	0	$	8,252,811
Foreign corporate bonds and notes		0		14,424,274		0		14,424,274
Foreign government bonds		0		83,670,357		0		83,670,357
U.S. Treasury securities		6,731,959		0		0		6,731,959
Yankee corporate bonds and notes		0		4,186,524		0		4,186,524
Short-term investments
Investment companies		446,052		0		0		446,052
		7,178,011		110,533,966		0		117,711,977
Forward foreign currency contracts		0		976,001		0		976,001
Total assets	$	7,178,011	$	111,509,967	$	0	$	118,687,978
Liabilities
Forward foreign currency contracts	$	0	$	1,683,829	$	0	$	1,683,829
Total liabilities	$	0	$	1,683,829	$	0	$	1,683,829

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.

During the year ended September 30, 2019, the Fund did not have any transfers into/out of Level 3.

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Notes to financial statements

4. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Management fee

Funds Management, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”), is the manager of the Fund and provides advisory and fund-level administrative services under an investment management agreement. Under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is responsible for, among other services, implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Fund, supervising the subadviser and providing fund-level administrative services in connection with the Fund’s operations. As compensation for its services under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive 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		0.600	%
Next $500 million		0.575
Next $2 billion		0.550
Next $2 billion		0.525
Next $5 billion		0.490
Over $10 billion		0.480

For the year ended September 30, 2019, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.60% 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 Fargo Asset Management (International) Limited, 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 0.35% and declining to 0.20% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase. Prior to August 1, 2019, Wells Fargo Asset Management (International), LLC was the subadviser for the Fund. Effective August 1, 2019, Wells Fargo Asset Management (International), LLC merged with Wells Fargo Asset Management (International) Limited and Wells Fargo Asset Management (International) Limited became the subadviser to the Fund. This transaction did not result in any changes to the services provided to the Fund or to the strategies or fees and expenses.

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		0.16	%
Class R6		0.03
Administrator Class		0.10
Institutional Class		0.08

Waivers and/or expense reimbursements

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 January 31, 2020 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 1.03% for Class A shares, 1.78% for Class C shares, 0.65% for Class R6 shares, 0.85% for Administrator Class shares, and 0.70% 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.

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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 year ended September 30, 2019, Funds Distributor received $179 from the sale of Class A shares. No contingent deferred sales charges were incurred by Class A and Class C shares for the year ended September 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 short-term securities, for the year ended September 30, 2019 were as follows:

Purchases at cost		Sales proceeds
U.S. government	Non-U.S. government	U.S. government	Non-U.S. government
$58,948,726	$210,539,776	$76,724,082	$455,753,013

6. DERIVATIVE TRANSACTIONS

During the year ended September 30, 2019, the Fund entered into forward foreign currency contracts for hedging purposes. The Fund had average contract amounts of $162,591,337 and $124,792,769 in forward foreign currency contracts to buy and forward foreign currency contracts to sell, respectively, during the year ended September 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, for OTC derivatives 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
State Street Bank	$976,001	$(976,001)	$	0	$	0

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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
State Street Bank	$1,683,829	$(976,001)	$	0	$	707,828

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.

During the year ended September 30, 2019, the Fund had average borrowings outstanding of $137,324 at an average rate of 3.70% and paid interest in the amount of $5,081.

8. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

For the years ended September 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018, the Fund did not have any distributions paid to shareholders.

As of September 30, 2019, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

Unrealized losses	Late-year ordinary losses deferred	Post-October capital losses deferred	Capital loss carryforward
$(145,413)	$(10,000,814)	$(1,296,764)	$(4,971,259)

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 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 and requires the premium to be amortized to the earliest call date. The amendments do not require an accounting change for securities held at a discount and discounts will continue to be accreted to the maturity date of the security. ASU 2017-08 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 and for interim periods within those fiscal years. During the current reporting period, management of the Fund adopted the change in accounting policy which did not have a material impact to the Fund’s financial statements.

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Report of independent registered public accounting firm

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

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Wells Fargo International Bond Fund (the Fund), one of the funds constituting Wells Fargo Funds Trust, including the portfolio of investments, as of September 30, 2019, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the financial statements) and the financial highlights for each of the years in the three-year period ended September 30, 2019, for the period ended September 30, 2016, and for each of the years in the two-year period ended October 31, 2015. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of September 30, 2019, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the three-year period ended September 30, 2019, for the period ended September 30, 2016, and for each of the years in the two-year period ended October 31, 2015, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

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

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of September 30, 2019, by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

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

Boston, Massachusetts

November 25, 2019

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Other information (unaudited)

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 proxies related to portfolio securities were voted during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on the website at wfam.com or by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov.

QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

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 or Form N-PORT, which is available by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. Those forms may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

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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 150 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

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

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Officers

Name and year of birth	Position held and length of service	Principal occupations during past five years or longer
Andrew Owen (Born 1960)	President, since 2017	Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo & Company and Head of Affiliated Managers, Wells Fargo Asset Management, since 2014. In addition, Mr. Owen is currently President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2017. Prior thereto, Executive Vice President responsible for marketing, investments and product development for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, from 2009 to 2014.
Nancy Wiser1 (Born 1967)	Treasurer, since 2012	Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2011. Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at LightBox Capital Management LLC, from 2008 to 2011.
Michelle Rhee3 (Born 1966)	Chief Legal Officer, since 2019	Secretary of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, Chief Legal Counsel of Wells Fargo Asset Management and Assistant General Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2018. Associate General Counsel and Managing Director of Bank of America Corporation from 2004 to 2018.
Catherine Kennedy4 (Born 1969)	Secretary, since 2019	Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and Senior Counsel of the Wells Fargo Legal Department since 2010. Vice President and Senior Counsel of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 1998 to 2010.
Michael H. Whitaker (Born 1967)	Chief Compliance Officer, since 2016	Chief Compliance Officer of Wells Fargo Asset Management since 2016. Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer for Fidelity Investments from 2007 to 2016.
David Berardi (Born 1975)	Assistant Treasurer, since 2009	Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2004 to 2010.
Jeremy DePalma1 (Born 1974)	Assistant Treasurer, since 2009	Senior Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Senior Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010 and head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration from 2005 to 2010.

¹ Nancy Wiser acts as Treasurer of 64 funds in the Fund Complex. Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 86 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 64 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.

³  Michelle Rhee became Chief Legal Officer effective October 22, 2019.

⁴  Catherine Kennedy became Secretary effective October 22, 2019.

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BOARD CONSIDERATION OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS:

Wells Fargo International Bond Fund

Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”) must determine annually whether to approve the continuation of the Trust’s investment management and sub-advisory agreements. In this regard, at an in-person meeting held on May 21-22, 2019 (the “Meeting”), the Board, all the members of which have no direct or indirect interest in the investment management and sub-advisory agreements and are not “interested persons” of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act (the “Independent Trustees”), reviewed and approved for Wells Fargo International Bond Fund (the “Fund”): (i) an investment management agreement (the “Management Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”); and (ii) an investment sub-advisory agreement (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Asset Management (International), LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”), an affiliate of Funds Management. The Management Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement are collectively referred to as the “Advisory Agreements.”

At the Meeting, the Board considered the factors and reached the conclusions described below relating to the selection of Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser and the approval of the Advisory Agreements. Prior to the Meeting, including at an in-person meeting in April 2019, the Trustees conferred extensively among themselves and with representatives of Funds Management about these matters. Also, the Board has adopted a team-based approach, with each team consisting of a sub-set of Trustees, to assist the full Board in the discharge of its duties in reviewing investment performance and other matters throughout the year. The Independent Trustees were assisted in their evaluation of the Advisory Agreements by independent legal counsel, from whom they received separate legal advice and with whom they met separately.

In providing information to the Board, Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser were guided by a detailed set of requests for information submitted to them by independent legal counsel on behalf of the Independent Trustees at the start of the Board’s annual contract renewal process earlier in 2019. In considering and approving the Advisory Agreements, the Trustees considered the information they believed relevant, including but not limited to the information discussed below. The Board considered not only the specific information presented in connection with the Meeting, but also the knowledge gained over time through interaction with Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser about various topics. In this regard, the Board reviewed reports of Funds Management at each of its quarterly meetings, which included, among other things, portfolio reviews and investment performance reports. In addition, the Board and the teams mentioned above confer with portfolio managers at various times throughout the year. The Board did not identify any particular information or consideration that was all-important or controlling, and each individual Trustee may have attributed different weights to various factors.

After its deliberations, the Board unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreements for a one-year term and determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser under each of the Advisory Agreements was reasonable. The Board considered the approval of the Advisory Agreements for the Fund as part of its consideration of agreements for funds across the complex, but its approvals were made on a fund-by-fund basis. The following summarizes a number of important, but not necessarily all, factors considered by the Board in support of its approvals.

Nature, extent and quality of services

The Board received and considered various information regarding the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund by Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser under the Advisory Agreements. This information included a description of the investment advisory services and Fund-level administrative services covered by the Management Agreement, as well as, among other things, a summary of the background and experience of senior management of Wells Fargo Asset Management (“WFAM”), of which Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser are a part, a summary of investments made in the business of WFAM, a summary of certain organizational and personnel changes involving Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser, and a description of Funds Management’s and the Sub-Adviser’s business continuity planning programs and of their approaches to data privacy and cybersecurity. The Board received and reviewed information about Funds Management’s role as administrator of the Fund’s liquidity risk management program. The Board also considered the qualifications, background, tenure and responsibilities of each of the portfolio managers primarily responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund.

The Board evaluated the ability of Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser to attract and retain qualified investment professionals, including research, advisory and supervisory personnel. The Board further considered the compliance programs and compliance records of Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser. In addition, the Board took into account the full range of services provided to the Fund by Funds Management and its affiliates.

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Fund investment performance and expenses

The Board considered the investment performance results for the Fund over various time periods ended December 31, 2018. The Board considered these results in comparison to the investment performance of funds in a universe that was determined by Broadridge Inc. (“Broadridge”) to be similar to the Fund (the “Universe”), and in comparison to the Fund’s benchmark index and to other comparative data. Broadridge is an independent provider of investment company data. The Board received a description of the methodology used by Broadridge to select the mutual funds in the performance Universe. The Board noted that the investment performance of the Fund (Class A) was lower than the average investment performance of the Universe for all periods under review. The Board also noted that the investment performance of the Fund was lower than its benchmark index, the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index, for the one-, three- and five-year periods under review, but in range of its benchmark for the ten-year period under review.

The Board received information concerning, and discussed factors contributing to, the underperformance of the Fund relative to the Universe and benchmark for the periods identified above. The Board took note of the explanations for the relative underperformance during these periods, including with respect to investment decisions that affected the Fund’s investment performance.

The Board also received and considered information regarding the Fund’s net operating expense ratios and their various components, including actual management fees, custodian and other non-management fees, and Rule 12b-1 and non-Rule 12b-1 shareholder service fees. The Board considered these ratios in comparison to the median ratios of funds in class-specific expense groups that were determined by Broadridge to be similar to the Fund (the “Groups”). The Board received a description of the methodology used by Broadridge to select the mutual funds in the expense Groups and an explanation of how funds comprising expense groups and their expense ratios may vary from year-to-year. Based on the Broadridge reports, the Board noted that the net operating expense ratios of the Fund were equal to or lower than the median net operating expense ratios of the expense Groups for each share class.

The Board took into account the Fund’s investment performance and expense information provided to it among the factors considered in deciding to re-approve the Advisory Agreements.

Investment management and sub-advisory fee rates

The Board reviewed and considered the contractual fee rates payable by the Fund to Funds Management under the Management Agreement, as well as the contractual fee rates payable by the Fund to Funds Management for class-level administrative services under a Class-Level Administration Agreement, which include, among other things, class-level transfer agency and sub-transfer agency costs (collectively, the “Management Rates”). The Board also reviewed and considered the contractual investment sub-advisory fee rates that are payable by Funds Management to the Sub-Adviser for investment sub-advisory services.

Among other information reviewed by the Board was a comparison of the Fund’s Management Rates with the average contractual investment management fee rates of funds in the expense Groups at a common asset level as well as transfer agency costs of the funds in the expense Groups. The Board noted that the Management Rates of the Fund were equal to, in range of, or lower than the sum of these average rates for the Fund’s expense Groups for all share classes.

The Board also received and considered information about the portion of the total management fee that was retained by Funds Management after payment of the fee to the Sub-Adviser for sub-advisory services. In assessing the reasonableness of this amount, the Board received and evaluated information about the nature and extent of responsibilities retained and risks assumed by Funds Management and not delegated to or assumed by the Sub-Adviser, and about Funds Management’s on-going oversight services. Given the affiliation between Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser, the Board ascribed limited relevance to the allocation of fees between them.

The Board also received and considered information about the nature and extent of services offered and fee rates charged by Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser to other types of clients with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund. In this regard, the Board received information about the significantly greater scope of services, and compliance, reporting and other legal burdens and risks of managing proprietary mutual funds compared with those associated with managing assets of other types of clients, including third-party sub-advised fund clients and non-mutual fund clients such as institutional separate accounts.

Based on its consideration of the factors and information it deemed relevant, including those described here, the Board determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management under the Management Agreement and to the Sub-Adviser under the Sub-Advisory Agreement was reasonable.

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Other information (unaudited)

Profitability

The Board received and considered information concerning the profitability of Funds Management, as well as the profitability of both WFAM and Wells Fargo & Co. (“Wells Fargo”) from providing services to the fund family as a whole. The Board noted that the Sub-Adviser’s profitability information with respect to providing services to the Fund and other funds in the family was subsumed in the WFAM and Wells Fargo profitability analysis.

Funds Management reported on the methodologies and estimates used in calculating profitability, including a description of the methodology used to allocate certain expenses. Among other things, the Board noted that the levels of profitability reported on a fund-by-fund basis varied widely, depending on factors such as the size, type and age of fund. Based on its review, the Board did not deem the profits reported by Funds Management, WFAM or Wells Fargo from services provided to the Fund to be at a level that would prevent it from approving the continuation of the Advisory Agreements.

Economies of scale

The Board received and considered information about the potential for Funds Management to experience economies of scale in the provision of management services to the Fund, the difficulties of calculating economies of scale at an individual fund level, and the extent to which potential scale benefits are shared with shareholders. The Board noted the existence of breakpoints in the Fund’s management fee structure, which operate generally to reduce the Fund’s expense ratios as the Fund grows in size. The Board considered that in addition to management fee breakpoints, Funds Management shares potential economies of scale from its management business in a variety of ways, including through fee waiver and expense reimbursement arrangements, services that benefit shareholders, competitive management fee rates set at the outset without regard to breakpoints, and investments in the business intended to enhance services available to shareholders.

The Board concluded that Funds Management’s arrangements with respect to the Fund, including contractual breakpoints, constituted a reasonable approach to sharing potential economies of scale with the Fund and its shareholders.

Other benefits to Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser

The Board received and considered information regarding potential “fall-out” or ancillary benefits received by Funds Management and its affiliates, including the Sub-Adviser, as a result of their relationships with the Fund. Ancillary benefits could include, among others, benefits directly attributable to other relationships with the Fund and benefits potentially derived from an increase in Funds Management’s and the Sub-Adviser’s business as a result of their relationships with the Fund. The Board noted that various affiliates of Funds Management may receive distribution-related fees, shareholder servicing payments and sub-transfer agency fees in respect of shares sold or held through them and services provided.

The Board also reviewed information about soft dollar credits earned and utilized by the Sub-Adviser, fees earned by Funds Management from managing a private investment vehicle for the fund family’s securities lending collateral, and commissions earned by an affiliated broker from portfolio transactions.

Based on its consideration of the factors and information it deemed relevant, including those described here, the Board did not find that any ancillary benefits received by Funds Management and its affiliates, including the Sub-Adviser, were unreasonable.

Conclusion

At the Meeting, after considering the above-described factors and based on its deliberations and its evaluation of the information described above, the Board unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreements for a one-year term and determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser under each of the Advisory Agreements was reasonable.

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406808 11-19

A235/AR235 09-19

Annual Report

September 30, 2019

Wells Fargo Strategic Income Fund

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Contents

Letter to shareholders	2
Performance highlights	6
Fund expenses	10
Portfolio of investments	11
Financial statements
Statement of assets and liabilities	26
Statement of operations	27
Statement of changes in net assets	28
Financial highlights	29
Notes to financial statements	33
Report of independent registered public accounting firm	43
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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

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 annual report for the Wells Fargo Strategic Income Fund for the 12-month period that ended September 30, 2019. After the first half of the period yielded either low-single-digit or negative investment returns, U.S. stock and global bond investors generally saw markets recover during the second half amid intensifying market volatility, global economic growth concerns, international trade stare downs, and simmering geopolitical tensions.

Overall, fixed-income investors enjoyed a distinct advantage over stock investors. For the period, U.S. stocks, based on the S&P 500 Index,¹ gained 4.25% and international stocks, as measured by the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net),² fell 1.23%. The MSCI EM Index (Net)³ slipped 2.02%. Among fixed income investors, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index⁴ added 10.30%, the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index⁵ added 5.34%, the Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index⁶ gained 8.55%, and the ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index⁷ added 6.30%.

Investors confronted unsettling events during the fourth quarter of 2018.

During the fourth quarter of 2018, investors grew concerned about the pace and sustainability of the global economic expansion. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported third-quarter U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) was 3.4% on an annualized basis, which was down from the second-quarter rate. A partial U.S. government shutdown occurred, which extended into January 2019. Brexit efforts stalled, causing uncertainty for the eurozone. The value of the renminbi declined even as the People’s Bank of China cut reserve requirement ratios, accelerated infrastructure spending, and cut taxes in efforts to spur economic activity.

The combination of news in the U.S. and generally weak economic indicators outside of the U.S. caused investors to seek safe havens. December’s S&P 500 Index performance was the worst since 1931. Globally, fixed-income investments fared better than stocks during the last two months of the year. Even as indicators suggested growth was restrained, the U.S. Federal Reserve (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%. Many observers expressed concerns that higher rates could slow the economy further.

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 and emerging markets, excluding the U.S. 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 the equity market performance of emerging markets. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁴ The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment-grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage pass-throughs), asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁵  The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index is an unmanaged index that provides a broad-based measure of the global investment-grade fixed-income markets excluding the U.S. dollar-denominated debt market. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁶  The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of long-term tax-exempt bonds with a minimum credit rating of Baa. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁷ The ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index is a market-capitalization-weighted index of domestic and Yankee high-yield bonds. The index tracks the performance of high-yield securities traded in the U.S. bond market. You cannot invest directly in an index. Copyright 2019. ICE Data Indices, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

The market climbs a wall of worry.

Investment returns early in 2019 appeared to reaffirm the adage that markets climb a wall of worry as the new year began. The S&P 500 Index gained 8.01% for the month of January, the 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.

In February 2019, signs of slowing global growth grew more ominous. The Bureau of Economic Analysis announced fourth-quarter 2018 GDP grew at an annualized 2.2% rate, a slower rate than reported for the prior two quarters. In a February report, the Bank of England forecast the slowest growth for 2019 since the financial crisis. China and the U.S. continued to wrangle over trade issues. By the end of the first quarter of 2019, more accommodative Fed sentiment and steady, if not spectacular, U.S. economic and business metrics encouraged domestic investors.

Early second-quarter 2019 enthusiasm among investors faded.

During April 2019, favorable sentiment found additional support in reports of sustained low inflation, solid employment data, and first-quarter U.S. GDP of an annualized rate of 3.2%. During May, markets tumbled on mixed investment signals. In the U.S., partisan wrangling ramped up as Democrats and Republicans set their sights on 2020 presidential politics. The U.K.’s Brexit disagreements caused Prime Minister Theresa May to resign. Boris Johnson succeeded her only to exacerbate uncertainty about Brexit’s resolution ahead of an October 2019 deadline. The European Commission downgraded the 2019 growth forecast to 1.2%. The U.S. increased tariffs on products from China, China responded, and then talks broke down. President Donald Trump threatened to turn his foreign policy tariff tool to Mexico over immigration issues.

During the third quarter of 2019, investors regrouped. Just as the investment horizon appeared to darken, sentiment turned and U.S. equity markets gained during June and July. The gains, primarily driven by geopolitical and monetary policy events, pushed equity markets to new highs. European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said that if the outlook doesn’t improve, the bank would cut rates or buy more assets to prop up inflation. President Trump backed off of tariff threats against Mexico and China. In the U.S., the Fed implemented a 0.25% federal funds rate cut in July.

Later in July 2019, the U.S. reversed course and threatened to impose higher tariffs on China’s exports after talks failed. China responded with tariff threats of its own and devalued the renminbi, a move that roiled global markets. Major U.S. stock market indices closed July with the worst weekly results of the year. Bond prices gained as Treasury yields fell to levels not seen since November 2016 and the yield curve inverted at multiple points along the 30-year arc.

In a microcosm, August 2019 encapsulated many of the unnerving events that plagued investors during the prior 11 months. The U.S.-China trade relationship swung from antagonistic to hopeful and back again with no evident compromise on the horizon. Evidence of a continued global economic slowdown mounted. Central banks in China, New Zealand, and Thailand cut interest rates. Industrial and manufacturing data declined in China, Canada, Japan, and Germany. Adding to the uncertain environment, Italy’s prime minister resigned, many feared a crackdown in Hong Kong as protesters sustained their calls for reform throughout the month, and Boris Johnson planned to suspend Parliament as Brexit’s deadline neared.

In the U.S., September saw the Fed join other central banks in cutting interest rates. Manufacturing data in the U.S., as reported by the Institute for Supply Management, disappointed investors. The U.S. Congress announced it would pursue an impeachment investigation of President Trump. Meanwhile, the Brexit impasse showed no signs of

“The S&P 500 Index gained 8.01% for the month of January, the best monthly performance in 30 years.”

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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

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.

resolution. Officials in China said that hitting the country’s economic growth goals for the year would be difficult considering the weight of tariffs and trade restrictions. So while the S&P 500 Index finished the third quarter with year-to-date returns that were the best in more than 20 years, amid signs of equity investors taking money out of the stock market, concerns about future returns remained.

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 potentially 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,

Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

Investment objective

The Fund seeks total return, consisting of a high level of current income and capital appreciation.

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Subadvisers

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

Wells Fargo Asset Management (International) Limited

Portfolio managers

Niklas Nordenfelt, CFA^®‡

Alex Perrin

Scott M. Smith, CFA^®‡

Lauren van Biljon, CFA^®‡

Noah Wise, CFA^®‡

Average annual total returns (%) as of September 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 (WSIAX)	1-31-2013		0.51		1.71		1.49		4.66		2.54		2.12			1.47		0.92
Class C (WSICX)	1-31-2013		3.00		1.80		1.38		4.00		1.80		1.38			2.22		1.67
Administrator Class (WSIDX)	1-31-2013		–		–		–		4.83		2.67		2.25			1.41		0.77
Institutional Class (WSINX)	1-31-2013		–		–		–		5.00		2.87		2.44			1.14		0.62
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Universal Bond Index3	–		–		–		–		10.07		3.62		3.21	*		–		–
ICE BofAML 3-Month LIBOR Constant Maturity Index4	–		–		–		–		2.64		1.24		0.99	*		–		–

* Return is based on Fund’s inception date.

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 4.00%. 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.

Bond values fluctuate in response to the financial condition of individual issuers, general market and economic conditions, and changes in interest rates. Changes in market conditions and government policies may lead to periods of heightened volatility in the bond market and reduced liquidity for certain bonds held by the Fund. In general, when interest rates rise, bond values fall and investors may lose principal value. Interest rate changes and their impact on the Fund and its share price can be sudden and unpredictable. High-yield securities have a greater risk of default and tend to be more volatile than higher-rated debt securities. Loans are subject to risks similar to those associated with other below investment- grade bond investments, such as credit risk (for example, risk of issuer default), below-investment-grade bond risk (for example, risk of greater volatility in value), and risk that the loan may become illiquid or difficult to price. 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 mortgage- and asset-backed securities risk, regulatory risk, and geographic risk. Consult the Fund’s prospectus for additional information on these and other risks.

Please see footnotes on page 7.

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

Growth of $10,000 investment as of September 30, 2019⁵

^‡ 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 0.02% 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 January 31, 2020, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the expenses of each class after fee waivers at 0.90% for Class A, 1.65% for Class C, 0.75% for Administrator Class, and 0.60% 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  The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Universal Bond Index is an unmanaged market-value-weighted performance benchmark for the U.S. dollar–denominated bond market, which includes investment-grade, high-yield, and emerging markets debt securities with maturities of one year or more. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁴  The ICE BofAML 3-Month LIBOR Constant Maturity Index is based on the assumed purchase of a synthetic instrument having 3 months to maturity and with a coupon equal to the closing quote for 3-Month LIBOR. That issue is sold the following day (priced at a yield equal to the current day closing 3-Month LIBOR rate) and is rolled into a new 3-month instrument. The index, therefore, will always have a constant maturity equal to exactly 3 months. You cannot invest directly in an index. Copyright 2019. ICE Data Indices, LLC. All rights reserved.

⁵  The chart compares the performance of Class A shares since inception with the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Universal Bond Index and the ICE BofAML 3-Month LIBOR Constant Maturity Index. The chart assumes a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Class A shares and reflects all operating expenses and assumes the maximum initial sales charge of 4.00%.

⁶  The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services. 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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Performance highlights (unaudited)

MANAGER’S DISCUSSION

Fund highlights

∎ The Fund underperformed its index, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Universal Bond Index and outperformed the ICE BofAML 3-Month LIBOR Constant Maturity Index for the 12-month period that ended September 30, 2019.

∎ The Fund’s shorter duration posture compared with the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Universal Bond Index detracted from performance, while the longer duration position relative to the ICE BofAML 3-Month LIBOR Constant Maturity Index contributed to performance.

∎ The Fund’s holdings in European investment-grade and high-yield corporate bonds, asset-backed securities (ABS), collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), and emerging market bonds contributed to performance. U.S. high yield tended to underperform similar-duration Treasuries during the period and, while posting positive returns, was a detractor relative to the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Universal Bond Index.

Economic growth moderated and policy accommodation began.

Over the past four quarters, U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) grew by roughly 2% in real terms, which was in the range of the post-financial-crisis average, but has been trending slightly lower. Consumer spending was a contributor to growth over the period, topping business investment and government spending. Business investment, while being a contributor the prior year, started to wane and was a small detractor. Inventories and trade were also a net detractor from GDP growth, driven in part by the ongoing trade wars between the U.S. and China, among other countries.

While U.S. labor market job growth slowed toward period-end, it remains firm. Nonfarm payrolls expanded by an average of 179,000 jobs per month over the period, slightly lower than the prior period. The unemployment rate declined to 3.5% at the end of September 2019 from 3.7% a year earlier. Also encouraging was the increase in the employment/population ratio during the reporting period, reflecting both the fall in unemployment and a modest increase in the labor force participation rate. Wage gains of about 2.9% over the past 12 months were sufficient to support consumption growth without sparking fears of rising inflation. The CPI⁶ rose 1.7% over the past year, partially due to lower commodity prices from the prior year.

Ten largest holdings (%) as of September 30, 20197
SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond ETF	2.92
iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF	1.82
Verus Securitization Trust Series 2019-3 Class A2, 2.94%, 7-25-2059	1.25
Mexico, 6.50%, 6-9-2022	1.24
Russia, 6.90%, 5-23-2029	1.24
Indonesia, 7.00%, 5-15-2022	1.19
Bonos y Obligaciones del Estado, 0.25%, 7-30-2024	1.12
Longtrain Leasing III LLC Series 2015-1A Class A2, 4.06%, 1-15-2045	1.07
GS Mortgage Security Trust Series 2018-LUAU Class B, 3.43%, 11-15-2032	1.03
Hertz Fleet Lease Funding LP Series 2019-1 Class E, 4.62%, 1-10-2033	1.00

The U.S. Federal Reserve’s (Fed’s) rate-setting committee, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), raised the federal funds rate once and cut the rate twice over the past 12 months, resulting in a net reduction in the range of 0.25%. The FOMC pivoted from normalization to accommodation at the end of 2018 following a slowdown in growth across Europe and other developed economies that resulted in weaker economic readings in the U.S. In addition, an inversion of the U.S. Treasury yield curve following more and more bonds having negative yields across Europe also led the Fed to react and cut rates in accordance with market sentiment beginning in the third quarter of 2019.

Interest rates were materially lower over the past 12 months across the yield curve. Yields on 2-year Treasuries fell by 118 basis points (bps; 100 bps equal 1.00%) during the period, while 10-year Treasuries were lower by 137 bps. Investment-grade credit spreads widened rapidly toward the end of 2018, as concerns of weakening global growth stoked recession fears in the U.S., but moderated as the 12-month period ended, finishing slightly wider than where they started.

Please see footnotes on page 7.

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

The Fund increased allocations to securitized sectors while decreasing exposures to U.S. credit.

During the period, the Fund reduced its positions in U.S. credit and leveraged loans while adding securitized and U.S. high-yield bonds. The decreased U.S. credit allocation has been a methodical decrease as spreads on most credit sectors continue to tighten in 2019 and remain inside of their five-year averages. Credit valuations continue to be less attractive than they were earlier in the year. In response, we have been adding to higher-quality securitized positions as the credit cycle continues to extend, where we’ve found more relative value and can move up in quality. As a result, our exposure to higher-quality collateralized mortgage obligations, ABS, CLOs, and commercial mortgage-backed securities increased over the period. European investment-grade and high-yield exposure was mostly unchanged during the period.

Portfolio composition as of September 30, 2019⁸

The Fund’s duration remained steady at around 2.0 years during the period.

While we continue to expect a moderately supportive macroeconomic environment, the credit cycle is closer to the end than the beginning and the risk of a recession has been rising. In addition, while the Fed has pivoted to an accommodative stance in 2019 and the market expects more rate cuts as the year closes, it’s not clear how trade wars and economic growth outside the U.S. will affect future decisions by the Fed.

Market volatility has ticked up and dispersion within sectors is increasing. Higher volatility and more dispersion creates opportunities to generate alpha through superior security selection, which we expect to be a key contributor to performance going forward. We remain cautious within lower-quality tiers of credit and have methodically moved the portfolio’s quality up to reflect our views as we look for opportunities.

Please see footnotes on page 7.

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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 April 1, 2019 to September 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 4-1-2019		Ending account value 9-30-2019		Expenses paid during the period¹		Annualized net expense ratio
Class A
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,027.26	$	4.58		0.90	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,020.55	$	4.57		0.90	%
Class C
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,023.57	$	8.39		1.65	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,016.78	$	8.36		1.65	%
Administrator Class
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,028.22	$	3.82		0.75	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,021.30	$	3.81		0.75	%
Institutional Class
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,028.85	$	3.06		0.60	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,022.05	$	3.05		0.60	%

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—September 30, 2019

	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Asset-Backed Securities: 8.07%
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2015-4 Class D		3.72	%		12-8-2021	$	300,000	$	302,505
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2018-3 Class D		4.04			11-18-2024		1,100,000		1,151,463
Avis Budget Rental Car Funding LLC Series 2016-1A Class A 144A		2.99			6-20-2022		230,000		232,495
Avis Budget Rental Car Funding LLC Series 2017-1A Class C 144A		4.15			9-20-2023		650,000		667,188
Bank of the West Auto Trust Series 2018-1 Class C 144A		3.98			5-15-2024		1,100,000		1,139,316
Capital Auto Receivables Trust Series 2018-2 Class C 144A		3.69			12-20-2023		1,200,000		1,217,838
Chesapeake Funding II LLC Series 2017-3A Class C 144A		2.78			8-15-2029		800,000		804,780
Chesapeake Funding II LLC Series 2017-3A Class D 144A		3.38			8-15-2029		120,000		121,278
Chesapeake Funding II LLC Series 2017-4A Class D 144A		3.26			11-15-2029		400,000		402,838
Coinstar Funding LLC Series 2017-1A Class A2 144A		5.22			4-25-2047		1,089,913		1,122,462
Dell Equipment Finance Trust Series 2017-2 Class D 144A		3.27			10-23-2023		400,000		401,634
DRB Prime Student Loan Trust Series 2017-C Class C 144A		3.29			11-25-2042		416,263		416,915
Hertz Fleet Lease Funding LP Series 2019-1 Class E 144A		4.62			1-10-2033		1,550,000		1,561,363
Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC Series 2015-1A Class B 144A		3.52			3-25-2021		1,100,000		1,104,111
SMB Private Education Loan Trust Series 2015-C Class C 144A		4.50			9-17-2046		290,000		307,687
Tesla Auto Lease Trust Series 2018-A Class E 144A		4.94			3-22-2021		350,000		353,099
Tesla Auto Lease Trust Series 2018-B Class D 144A		5.29			11-22-2021		1,200,000		1,237,138
Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost $12,291,297)									12,544,110
Corporate Bonds and Notes: 19.33%
Communication Services: 2.19%
Diversified Telecommunication Services: 0.22%
AT&T Incorporated		3.80			2-15-2027		265,000		280,800
Level 3 Financing Incorporated		5.38			1-15-2024		60,000		61,191
									341,991
Entertainment: 0.10%
Live Nation Entertainment Incorporated 144A		4.88			11-1-2024		150,000		155,406
Media: 1.63%
CCO Holdings LLC 144A		5.38			5-1-2025		150,000		155,625
Charter Communications Operating LLC		4.91			7-23-2025		700,000		769,284
Cinemark USA Incorporated		5.13			12-15-2022		75,000		75,938
Cox Communications Incorporated 144A		3.50			8-15-2027		200,000		209,664
CSC Holdings LLC 144A		5.50			5-15-2026		400,000		420,960
Gray Television Incorporated 144A		5.13			10-15-2024		100,000		103,625
Gray Television Incorporated 144A		5.88			7-15-2026		150,000		156,000
Lamar Media Corporation		5.00			5-1-2023		50,000		50,938
National CineMedia LLC		6.00			4-15-2022		175,000		176,750
Nexstar Escrow Incorporated 144A		5.63			7-15-2027		10,000		10,475
Nielsen Finance LLC 144A		5.00			4-15-2022		75,000		75,210
Outfront Media Capital Corporation		5.88			3-15-2025		100,000		103,125
Salem Media Group Incorporated 144A		6.75			6-1-2024		50,000		43,250
Scripps Escrow Incorporated 144A		5.88			7-15-2027		25,000		25,375
The E.W. Scripps Company 144A		5.13			5-15-2025		150,000		150,375
									2,526,594
Wireless Telecommunication Services: 0.24%
Sprint Communications Incorporated 144A		7.00			3-1-2020		150,000		152,438
Sprint Spectrum Company 144A		5.15			9-20-2029		65,000		70,525
T-Mobile USA Incorporated		4.75			2-1-2028		25,000		26,163
T-Mobile USA Incorporated		6.38			3-1-2025		120,000		124,315
									373,441

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	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Consumer Discretionary: 1.87%
Auto Components: 0.42%
Adient Global Holdings 144A		3.50	%		8-15-2024	$	515,000	$	475,947
Allison Transmission Incorporated 144A		4.75			10-1-2027		50,000		51,500
Allison Transmission Incorporated 144A		5.00			10-1-2024		50,000		51,094
Allison Transmission Incorporated 144A		5.88			6-1-2029		25,000		27,125
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company		8.00			12-15-2019		50,000		50,438
									656,104
Automobiles: 0.06%
Ford Motor Company		7.45			7-16-2031		80,000		91,783
Distributors: 0.26%
IAA Spinco Incorporated 144A		5.50			6-15-2027		100,000		105,500
LKQ Corporation		4.75			5-15-2023		300,000		303,750
									409,250
Diversified Consumer Services: 0.15%
Carriage Services Incorporated 144A		6.63			6-1-2026		75,000		76,838
Service Corporation International		4.63			12-15-2027		150,000		156,000
									232,838
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure: 0.17%
KFC Holding Company 144A		5.00			6-1-2024		250,000		259,375
Specialty Retail: 0.62%
Asbury Automotive Group Incorporated		6.00			12-15-2024		175,000		181,125
Group 1 Automotive Incorporated		5.00			6-1-2022		50,000		50,500
Group 1 Automotive Incorporated 144A		5.25			12-15-2023		100,000		102,750
Lithia Motors Incorporated 144A		5.25			8-1-2025		175,000		182,438
Penske Auto Group Incorporated		3.75			8-15-2020		70,000		70,266
Penske Auto Group Incorporated		5.38			12-1-2024		150,000		154,313
Penske Auto Group Incorporated		5.75			10-1-2022		50,000		50,669
Sonic Automotive Incorporated		5.00			5-15-2023		175,000		177,188
									969,249
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods: 0.19%
Levi Strauss & Company		5.00			5-1-2025		200,000		207,712
The William Carter Company 144A		5.63			3-15-2027		75,000		80,250
									287,962
Consumer Staples: 0.02%
Food Products: 0.02%
Darling Ingredients Incorporated 144A		5.25			4-15-2027		25,000		26,250
Energy: 2.46%
Energy Equipment & Services: 0.41%
Diamond Offshore Drilling Incorporated		4.88			11-1-2043		125,000		57,813
Era Group Incorporated		7.75			12-15-2022		40,000		40,600
Hilcorp Energy Company 144A		5.75			10-1-2025		175,000		162,750
NGPL PipeCo LLC 144A		7.77			12-15-2037		100,000		129,586

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	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Energy Equipment & Services (continued)
Oceaneering International Incorporated		6.00	%		2-1-2028	$	150,000	$	143,625
USA Compression Partners LP		6.88			4-1-2026		100,000		103,750
									638,124
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels: 2.05%
Antero Midstream Partners LP 144A		5.75			1-15-2028		50,000		41,500
Archrock Partners LP 144A		6.88			4-1-2027		100,000		106,121
Carrizo Oil & Gas Incorporated		8.25			7-15-2025		100,000		97,960
Cheniere Energy Partners LP 144A		4.50			10-1-2029		25,000		25,609
Cheniere Energy Partners LP		5.25			10-1-2025		100,000		104,025
Cheniere Energy Partners LP		5.63			10-1-2026		100,000		106,115
Denbury Resources Incorporated 144A		9.00			5-15-2021		75,000		69,563
Denbury Resources Incorporated 144A		9.25			3-31-2022		100,000		87,500
EnLink Midstream Partners LP		4.40			4-1-2024		50,000		48,153
EnLink Midstream Partners LP		4.85			7-15-2026		225,000		213,750
Gulfport Energy Corporation		6.00			10-15-2024		150,000		108,503
Indigo Natural Resources LLC 144A		6.88			2-15-2026		125,000		112,656
Murphy Oil Corporation		5.75			8-15-2025		155,000		157,325
Murphy Oil Corporation		6.88			8-15-2024		50,000		52,250
Nabors Industries Incorporated		5.75			2-1-2025		150,000		111,000
Rockies Express Pipeline LLC 144A		5.63			4-15-2020		150,000		152,063
Rockies Express Pipeline LLC 144A		6.88			4-15-2040		75,000		81,623
Rose Rock Midstream LP		5.63			11-15-2023		100,000		102,375
SemGroup Corporation		7.25			3-15-2026		125,000		135,313
Southern Star Central Corporation 144A		5.13			7-15-2022		200,000		201,500
Sunoco Logistics Partner LP		5.40			10-1-2047		750,000		818,217
Tallgrass Energy Partners LP 144A		5.50			9-15-2024		250,000		248,750
Ultra Resources Incorporated 144A		7.13			4-15-2025		75,000		6,000
									3,187,871
Financials: 5.18%
Banks: 0.95%
Bank of America Corporation (3 Month LIBOR +4.55%) ±		6.30			12-29-2049		265,000		298,125
Deutsche Bank AG		4.88			12-1-2032		500,000		452,690
JPMorgan Chase & Company (3 Month LIBOR +3.25%) ±		5.15			12-29-2049		350,000		360,063
JPMorgan Chase & Company (3 Month LIBOR +3.30%) ±		6.00			12-31-2049		100,000		106,857
PNC Financial Services (3 Month LIBOR +3.30%) ±		5.00			12-29-2049		250,000		259,375
									1,477,110
Capital Markets: 0.27%
Blackstone Holdings Finance Company LLC 144A		3.15			10-2-2027		100,000		103,203
Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated		4.25			10-21-2025		300,000		321,597
									424,800
Consumer Finance: 1.89%
FirstCash Incorporated 144A		5.38			6-1-2024		175,000		180,250
Ford Motor Credit Company LLC		3.20			1-15-2021		1,500,000		1,501,968
General Motors Financial Company Incorporated		5.65			1-17-2029		170,000		187,461
Springleaf Finance Corporation		6.63			1-15-2028		100,000		107,530
Springleaf Finance Corporation		7.13			3-15-2026		25,000		27,733
Springleaf Finance Corporation		7.75			10-1-2021		150,000		163,125
Synchrony Financial		3.95			12-1-2027		750,000		768,988
									2,937,055

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Diversified Financial Services: 0.17%
LPL Holdings Incorporated 144A		5.75	%		9-15-2025	$	250,000	$	260,000
Insurance: 1.90%
American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company		5.00			6-15-2027		100,000		105,112
Brighthouse Financial Incorporated		4.70			6-22-2047		745,000		665,017
Guardian Life Insurance Company 144A		4.85			1-24-2077		200,000		253,255
HUB International Limited 144A		7.00			5-1-2026		175,000		180,031
Lincoln National Corporation		7.00			6-15-2040		855,000		1,219,405
MetLife Incorporated		6.40			12-15-2066		200,000		237,181
PartnerRe Finance LLC		3.70			7-2-2029		180,000		187,605
USI Incorporated 144A		6.88			5-1-2025		100,000		101,498
									2,949,104
Health Care: 1.84%
Health Care Providers & Services: 1.73%
CHS Incorporated «		5.13			8-1-2021		175,000		174,563
CVS Health Corporation		5.05			3-25-2048		730,000		830,180
Davita Incorporated		5.00			5-1-2025		150,000		149,438
Highmark Incorporated 144A		6.13			5-15-2041		850,000		1,044,666
MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC 144A		7.13			6-1-2024		25,000		23,031
MPT Operating Partnership LP		5.25			8-1-2026		200,000		209,550
Select Medical Corporation 144A		6.25			8-15-2026		125,000		130,625
Tenet Healthcare Corporation		5.13			5-1-2025		125,000		126,725
									2,688,778
Health Care Technology: 0.11%
Change Healthcare Holdings Incorporated 144A		5.75			3-1-2025		175,000		177,625
Industrials: 1.23%
Aerospace & Defense: 0.07%
RBS Global & Rexnord LLC 144A		4.88			12-15-2025		100,000		102,740
Airlines: 0.10%
United Airlines		4.15			2-25-2033		150,000		163,763
Commercial Services & Supplies: 0.32%
Advanced Disposal Services Incorporated 144A		5.63			11-15-2024		50,000		52,188
Covanta Holding Corporation		5.88			3-1-2024		75,000		77,250
Covanta Holding Corporation		6.00			1-1-2027		75,000		78,938
KAR Auction Services Incorporated 144A		5.13			6-1-2025		275,000		284,625
									493,001
Electrical Equipment: 0.10%
Resideo Funding Incorporated 144A		6.13			11-1-2026		150,000		158,250
Industrial Conglomerates: 0.26%
General Electric Company (3 Month LIBOR +3.33%) ±		5.00			12-29-2049		430,000		407,963
Machinery: 0.17%
Stevens Holding Company Incorporated 144A		6.13			10-1-2026		150,000		159,563
Trimas Corporation 144A		4.88			10-15-2025		100,000		101,750
									261,313
Trading Companies & Distributors: 0.12%
Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC 144A		6.50			10-1-2025		175,000		179,813

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Transportation Infrastructure: 0.09%
Toll Road Investors Partnership II LP 144A¤		0.00	%		2-15-2027	$	200,000	$	138,708
Information Technology: 1.95%
Communications Equipment: 0.54%
CommScope Technologies Finance LLC 144A		6.00			6-15-2025		50,000		45,125
Motorola Solutions Incorporated		5.50			9-1-2044		750,000		799,691
									844,816
IT Services: 0.37%
Cardtronics Incorporated 144A		5.50			5-1-2025		150,000		152,250
Gartner Incorporated 144A		5.13			4-1-2025		325,000		340,031
Zayo Group LLC		6.38			5-15-2025		75,000		77,235
									569,516
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment: 0.45%
Broadcom Corporation		3.88			1-15-2027		695,000		698,593
Software: 0.43%
Citrix Systems Incorporated		4.50			12-1-2027		250,000		270,321
Fair Isaac Corporation 144A		5.25			5-15-2026		200,000		213,500
SS&C Technologies Incorporated 144A		5.50			9-30-2027		25,000		26,126
Symantec Corporation 144A		5.00			4-15-2025		150,000		151,661
									661,608
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals: 0.16%
NCR Corporation		5.00			7-15-2022		50,000		50,563
NCR Corporation		5.88			12-15-2021		100,000		100,750
NCR Corporation		6.38			12-15-2023		100,000		102,750
									254,063
Materials: 0.60%
Containers & Packaging: 0.53%
Flex Acquisition Company Incorporated 144A		6.88			1-15-2025		100,000		91,210
Flex Acquisition Company Incorporated 144A		7.88			7-15-2026		50,000		45,875
Owens-Illinois Incorporated 144A		6.38			8-15-2025		125,000		132,500
Silgan Holdings Incorporated		3.25			3-15-2025		500,000		557,918
									827,503
Metals & Mining: 0.07%
Novelis Corporation 144A		5.88			9-30-2026		75,000		78,656
Novelis Corporation 144A		6.25			8-15-2024		25,000		26,125
									104,781
Real Estate: 1.24%
Equity REITs: 0.99%
CoreCivic Incorporated		4.63			5-1-2023		100,000		96,889
ESH Hospitality Incorporated 144A		4.63			10-1-2027		25,000		25,063
ESH Hospitality Incorporated 144A		5.25			5-1-2025		200,000		206,750
Sabra Health Care LP		5.38			6-1-2023		250,000		254,725
SBA Tower Trust 144A		2.84			1-15-2025		500,000		500,665
Tanger Properties LP		3.75			12-1-2024		400,000		408,801
The Geo Group Incorporated		5.88			10-15-2024		50,000		43,000
									1,535,893

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Real Estate Management & Development: 0.25%
Washington Prime Group Incorporated		3.85	%		4-1-2020	$	400,000	$	397,696
Utilities: 0.75%
Electric Utilities: 0.27%
Oglethorpe Power Corporation		4.25			4-1-2046		400,000		415,252
Gas Utilities: 0.01%
Suburban Propane Partners LP		5.88			3-1-2027		25,000		25,551
Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers: 0.47%
NSG Holdings LLC 144A		7.75			12-15-2025		79,851		85,640
Pattern Energy Group Incorporated 144A		5.88			2-1-2024		325,000		332,719
TerraForm Global Operating LLC 144A		6.13			3-1-2026		25,000		25,688
TerraForm Power Operating LLC 144A		5.00			1-31-2028		275,000		286,000
									730,047
Total Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost $28,553,122)									30,041,580
						Shares
Exchange-Traded Funds: 4.74%
iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF							25,000		2,833,750
SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond ETF							41,666		4,530,761
Total Exchange-Traded Funds (Cost $7,300,522)									7,364,511
						Principal
Foreign Corporate Bonds and Notes: 7.98%
Communication Services: 0.38%
Diversified Telecommunication Services: 0.30%
Global Switch Holdings Limited		2.25			5-31-2027	EUR	400,000		474,742
Media: 0.08%
Altice (Luxembourg) SA		7.25			5-15-2022	EUR	64,337		71,538
Altice (Luxembourg) SA 144A		7.25			5-15-2022	EUR	42,892		47,692
									119,230
Consumer Discretionary: 1.26%
Auto Components: 0.29%
HP Pelzer Holding Gmbh 144A		4.13			4-1-2024	EUR	450,000		456,144
Automobiles: 0.38%
Peugeot SA Company		2.00			3-20-2025	EUR	500,000		586,349
Diversified Consumer Services: 0.30%
Intertrust Group BV 144A		3.38			11-15-2025	EUR	400,000		458,324
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure: 0.29%
Accor SA		1.25			1-25-2024	EUR	400,000		451,265
Consumer Staples: 1.47%
Food & Staples Retailing: 0.54%
Casino Guichard Perracho SA		3.58			2-7-2025	EUR	400,000		382,386
Tasty Bondco 1 SA 144A		6.25			5-15-2026	EUR	400,000		457,788
									840,174

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Food Products: 0.63%
Danone SA		1.75	%		12-31-2099	EUR	400,000	$	445,247
Sigma Holdings Company BV 144A		5.75			5-15-2026	EUR	500,000		538,762
									984,009
Household Products: 0.30%
Energizer Gamma Acquisition BV 144A		4.63			7-15-2026	EUR	400,000		460,177
Energy: 0.67%
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels: 0.67%
Eni SpA		1.13			9-19-2028	EUR	800,000		927,026
Total SA		3.88			12-29-2049	EUR	100,000		118,668
									1,045,694
Financials: 2.31%
Banks: 1.08%
Bankia SA		6.00			12-31-2099	EUR	600,000		675,188
Caixa Geral de Depositos SA		5.75			6-28-2028	EUR	400,000		488,123
Caixa Geral de Depositos SA		10.75			12-31-2099	EUR	400,000		506,291
									1,669,602
Consumer Finance: 0.29%
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Bank SpA		1.00			11-15-2021	EUR	400,000		444,477
Diversified Financial Services: 0.66%
JAB Holdings BV		1.75			6-25-2026	EUR	400,000		465,400
LKQ European Holdings BV Company 144A		3.63			4-1-2026	EUR	500,000		570,940
									1,036,340
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance: 0.28%
Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG		2.88			6-28-2027	EUR	400,000		439,535
Industrials: 0.95%
Commercial Services & Supplies: 0.59%
Paprec Holding SA 144A		4.00			3-31-2025	EUR	450,000		458,322
Prosegur Cash SA		1.38			2-4-2026	EUR	400,000		447,446
									905,768
Road & Rail: 0.36%
Europcar Groupe SA 144A		4.13			11-15-2024	EUR	500,000		560,044
Information Technology: 0.29%
IT Services: 0.29%
Capgemini SE		1.00			10-18-2024	EUR	400,000		453,636
Real Estate: 0.36%
Equity REITs: 0.29%
Unibail Rodamco SE		2.13			12-31-2099	EUR	400,000		446,499
Real Estate Management & Development: 0.07%
ATF Netherlands BV		1.50			7-15-2024	EUR	100,000		114,119

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	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Utilities: 0.29%
Multi-Utilities: 0.29%
EP Infrastructure AS		1.66	%		4-26-2024	EUR	400,000	$	447,986
Total Foreign Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost $12,553,879)									12,394,114
Foreign Government Bonds: 12.67%
Argentina ¤		0.00			5-28-2020	ARS	32,500,000		293,398
Bonos y Obligaciones del Estado 144A		0.25			7-30-2024	EUR	1,550,000		1,734,328
Bonos y Obligaciones del Estado		0.75			7-30-2021	EUR	770,000		858,565
Brazil		10.00			1-1-2021	BRL	2,440,000		620,688
Brazil		10.00			1-1-2027	BRL	2,615,000		738,027
Colombia		7.00			5-4-2022	COP	4,500,000,000		1,360,452
Indonesia		7.00			5-15-2022	IDR	26,000,000,000		1,856,211
Italy Buoni Poliennali del Tesoro		0.05			4-15-2021	EUR	750,000		821,328
Malaysia		3.88			3-10-2022	MYR	6,000,000		1,458,471
Mexico		6.50			6-9-2022	MXN	38,260,000		1,928,530
Republic of Peru		5.70			8-12-2024	PEN	4,465,000		1,475,916
Republic of South Africa		6.75			3-31-2021	ZAR	20,325,000		1,342,966
Republic of South Africa		8.75			2-28-2048	ZAR	7,975,000		465,766
Romania		3.40			3-8-2022	RON	4,000,000		917,098
Russia		6.90			5-23-2029	RUB	125,000,000		1,927,396
Turkey		8.50			9-14-2022	TRY	6,000,000		943,244
Turkey		13.00			11-13-2019	TRY	5,400,000		955,304
Total Foreign Government Bonds (Cost $20,487,847)									19,697,688
Loans: 2.56%
Communication Services: 0.56%
Media: 0.40%
Ancestry.com Incorporated (1 Month LIBOR +4.25%) ±‡		6.30			8-27-2026	$	198,480		193,766
Gray Television Incorporated (3 Month LIBOR +2.50%) ±		4.83			1-2-2026		99,250		99,512
Mission Broadcasting Incorporated (1 Month LIBOR +2.25%) ±		4.35			1-17-2024		21,436		21,447
Nexstar Broadcasting Incorporated (1 Month LIBOR +2.25%) ±		4.29			1-17-2024		107,609		107,660
Nielsen Finance LLC (1 Month LIBOR +2.00%) ±		4.04			10-4-2023		198,477		198,328
									620,713
Wireless Telecommunication Services: 0.16%
Sprint Communications Incorporated (1 Month LIBOR +2.50%) ±		4.56			2-2-2024		247,462		245,529
Consumer Discretionary: 0.56%
Auto Components: 0.09%
Allison Transmission Incorporated (1 Month LIBOR +2.00%) ±		4.05			3-29-2026		140,734		141,731
Distributors: 0.19%
Spin Holdco Incorporated (3 Month LIBOR +3.25%) ±		5.57			11-14-2022		299,471		294,230
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure: 0.28%
CCM Merger Incorporated (1 Month LIBOR +2.25%) ±		4.29			8-8-2021		241,214		241,289
Four Seasons Holdings Incorporated (1 Month LIBOR +2.00%) ±		4.04			11-30-2023		197,964		198,818
									440,107
Financials: 0.16%
Capital Markets: 0.07%
Tortoise Borrower LLC (1 Month LIBOR +3.50%) ±‡%%<		5.54			1-31-2025		99,747		98,749

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	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Diversified Financial Services: 0.09%
Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA (1 Month LIBOR +3.75%) ±		5.80	%		11-27-2023	$	140,332	$	140,639
Health Care: 0.20%
Pharmaceuticals: 0.20%
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Incorporated (1 Month LIBOR +3.00%) ±		5.04			6-2-2025		313,994		315,140
Industrials: 0.44%
Commercial Services & Supplies: 0.02%
KAR Auction Services Incorporated (1 Month LIBOR +2.25%) ±‡		4.31			9-19-2026		22,771		22,856
Communications Equipment: 0.32%
Charter Communications Operating LLC (3 Month LIBOR +2.00%) ±		4.05			4-30-2025		494,962		497,684
Machinery: 0.10%
Columbus McKinnon Corporation (3 Month LIBOR +2.50%) ±‡		4.60			1-31-2024		160,053		160,453
Information Technology: 0.41%
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components: 0.38%
Dell International LLC (1 Month LIBOR +2.00%) ±		4.05			9-19-2025		586,140		588,708
Software: 0.03%
Emerald Topco Incorporated (1 Month LIBOR +3.50%) ±		5.54			7-24-2026		50,000		49,834
Materials: 0.13%
Containers & Packaging: 0.13%
RING Container Technologies (1 Month LIBOR +2.75%) ±%%<		4.79			10-31-2024		199,488		197,555
Real Estate: 0.10%
Real Estate Management & Development: 0.10%
Capital Automotive LP (1 Month LIBOR +2.50%) ±		4.55			3-24-2024		159,526		159,476
Total Loans (Cost $3,983,241)									3,973,404
Municipal Obligations: 0.85%
Illinois: 0.72%
GO Revenue: 0.63%
Chicago IL Refunding Bonds Taxable Project Series E		6.05			1-1-2029		155,000		165,228
Illinois Taxable Pension «		5.10			6-1-2033		750,000		812,355
									977,583
Tax Revenue: 0.09%
Chicago IL Transit Authority Taxable Pension Funding Series A		6.90			12-1-2040		100,000		139,980
									1,117,563
Maryland: 0.07%
Education Revenue: 0.07%
Maryland Health & HEFAR Green Street Academy Series B 144A		6.75			7-1-2023		100,000		100,434

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	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Pennsylvania: 0.06%
Health Revenue: 0.06%
Quakertown PA General Authority USDA Loan Anticipation Notes Series 2017-B		3.80	%		7-1-2021	$	100,000	$	100,013
Total Municipal Obligations (Cost $1,198,754)									1,318,010
Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities: 31.42%
321 Henderson Receivables LLC Series 2013-2A Class A 144A		4.21			3-15-2062		1,006,082		1,123,283
321 Henderson Receivables LLC Series 2015-2A Class A 144A		3.87			3-15-2058		381,884		424,569
AFN LLC Series 2019-1A Class A2 144A‡		4.46			5-20-2049		700,000		729,632
ALM Loan Funding Series 2016-18A Class A2R (3 Month LIBOR +1.65%) 144A±		3.95			1-15-2028		600,000		598,610
Aqua Finance Trust Series 2019-A Class A 144A		3.14			7-16-2040		550,000		550,712
Arroyo Mortgage Trust Series 2019-1 Class A1 144A±±		3.81			1-25-2049		701,063		716,641
Arroyo Mortgage Trust Series 2019-2 Class A2 144A±±		3.50			4-25-2049		1,401,092		1,422,905
Avant Loans Funding Trust Series 2019-A Class A 144A		3.48			7-15-2022		695,137		697,707
Avery Point CLO Limited Series 2015-6A Class AR (3 Month LIBOR +1.05%) 144A±		3.34			8-5-2027		750,000		750,482
BB-UBS Trust Series 2012-TFT Class C 144A±±		3.58			6-5-2030		150,000		148,647
BCC Funding Corporation Series 2016-1 Class B 144A		2.73			4-20-2022		262,093		262,160
BlueMountain CLO Limited Series 2012-2A Class AR2 (3 Month LIBOR +1.05%) 144A±		3.19			11-20-2028		1,500,000		1,500,693
BlueMountain CLO Limited Series 2015-3A Class A1R (3 Month LIBOR +1.00%) 144A±		3.28			4-20-2031		700,000		695,694
Bowman Park CLO Limited Series 2014-1A Class AR (3 Month LIBOR +1.18 %) 144A±		3.33			11-23-2025		1,260,791		1,262,164
CIFC Funding Limited Series 2018-1A Class B (3 Month LIBOR +1.40%) 144A±		4.18			4-18-2031		1,000,000		977,662
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2018-C6 Class AS ±±		4.64			11-10-2051		1,000,000		1,151,640
CLI Funding LLC Series 2019-1A Class A 144A		3.71			5-18-2044		1,445,360		1,473,406
CLI Funding LLC Series 2019-1A Class B 144A		4.64			5-18-2044		578,152		590,878
Cole Park CLO Limited Series 2015-1A Class BR (3 Month LIBOR +1.60%) 144A±		3.88			10-20-2028		1,000,000		997,672
CommonBond Student Loan Trust Series 2018-CGS Class C 144A		4.35			2-25-2046		1,377,624		1,388,752
Consumer Lending Receivables LLC Series 2019-A Class A 144A		3.52			4-15-2026		805,900		810,085
Consumer Loan Underlying Bond Credit Trust Series 2018-P2 Class B 144A		4.10			10-15-2025		500,000		509,292
Consumer Loan Underlying Bond Credit Trust Series 2018-P3 Class A 144A		3.82			1-15-2026		628,664		634,321
Driven Brands Funding LLC Series 2019-2A Class A2 144A		3.98			10-20-2049		350,000		351,647
Foundation Finance Trust Series 2019-1A Class A 144A		3.86			11-15-2034		836,660		847,465
FREMF Mortgage Trust Series 2017-K724 Class B 144A±±		3.60			11-25-2023		400,000		410,192
GS Mortgage Security Trust Series 2014-GC22 Class AS		4.11			6-10-2047		1,450,000		1,538,225
GS Mortgage Security Trust Series 2018-LUAU Class B (1 Month LIBOR +1.40%) 144A±		3.43			11-15-2032		1,600,000		1,597,990
Harley Marine Financing LLC Barge Series 2018-1A Class A2 144A		5.68			5-15-2043		668,131		589,192
Longtrain Leasing III LLC Series 2015-1A Class A2 144A		4.06			1-15-2045		1,600,000		1,657,231
Marlette Funding Trust Series 2018-3A Class A 144A		3.20			9-15-2028		203,088		203,610
Marlette Funding Trust Series 2018-4A Class B 144A		4.21			12-15-2028		1,100,000		1,130,086
Marlette Funding Trust Series 2019-1A Class A 144A		3.44			4-16-2029		786,013		791,669
MidOcean Credit CLO Limited Series 2016-5A Class B1R (3 Month LIBOR +1.60%) 144A±		3.90			7-19-2028		500,000		496,308
MP CLO VIII Limited Series 2015-2A Class AR (3 Month LIBOR +0.91%) 144A±		3.17			10-28-2027		600,000		599,929

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	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities (continued)
Navistar Financial Dealer Note Series 2018-1 Class D (1 Month LIBOR +1.55%) 144A±		3.57	%		9-25-2023	$	600,000	$	600,702
New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2019-NQM2 Class A1 144A±±		3.60			4-25-2049		873,021		884,297
Onemain Financial Issuance Trust Series 2019-1A Class D 144A		4.22			2-14-2031		1,100,000		1,145,932
Oxford Finance Funding Trust Series 2019-1A Class A2 144A		4.46			2-15-2027		800,000		820,288
SoFi Consumer Loan Program Trust Series 2016-3 Class A 144A		3.05			12-26-2025		95,561		95,928
SoFi Consumer Loan Program Trust Series 2017-2 Class A 144A		3.28			2-25-2026		593,419		598,001
SoFi Consumer Loan Program Trust Series 2018-1 Class C 144A		3.97			2-25-2027		700,000		716,441
SoFi Consumer Loan Program Trust Series 2018-4 Class D 144A		4.76			11-26-2027		300,000		311,043
SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC Series 2016-A Class A2 144A		2.76			12-26-2036		147,388		148,305
SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC Series 2017-E Class B 144A		3.49			11-26-2040		300,000		308,375
Store Master Funding LLC Series 2014-1A Class A2 144A		5.00			4-20-2044		97,333		102,397
Store Master Funding LLC Series 2015-1A Class A1 144A		3.75			4-20-2045		1,349,525		1,377,182
Taco Bell Funding LLC Series 2018-1A Class A21 144A		4.32			11-25-2048		992,500		1,027,992
TCI Symphony CLO Limited Series 2016-1A Class BR (3 Month LIBOR +1.65%) 144A±		3.95			10-13-2029		1,500,000		1,492,232
Textainer Marine Containers Limited Series 2017-1A Class B 144A		4.85			5-20-2042		132,761		134,920
Textainer Marine Containers Limited Series 2017-2A Class B 144A		4.75			6-20-2042		81,851		83,174
Venture CDO Limited Series 2016-23A Class AR (3 Month LIBOR +1.07%) 144A±		3.37			7-19-2028		700,000		698,258
Venture CDO Limited Series 2017-28A Class A2 (3 Month LIBOR +1.11%) 144A±		3.39			7-20-2030		1,180,000		1,171,667
Venture CDO Limited Series 2018-35A Class AS (3 Month LIBOR +1.15%) 144A±		3.43			10-22-2031		1,300,000		1,299,645
Verus Securitization Trust Series 2019-1 Class A1 144A±±		3.84			2-25-2059		815,625		824,610
Verus Securitization Trust Series 2019-2 Class A1 144A±±		3.21			4-25-2059		894,586		899,489
Verus Securitization Trust Series 2019-3 Class A2 144A		2.94			7-25-2059		1,946,426		1,946,852
Voya CLO Limited Series 2015-1A Class A1R (3 Month LIBOR +0.90%) 144A±		3.20			1-18-2029		1,500,000		1,498,211
Voya CLO Limited Series 2019-1A Class A (3 Month LIBOR +1.17%) 144A±		3.81			4-15-2029		1,000,000		999,991
Total Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $48,104,698)									48,817,083
				Expiration date		Shares
Rights: 0.00%
Utilities: 0.00%
Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers: 0.00%
Vistra Energy Corporation †					12-31-2046		6,516		5,539
Total Rights (Cost $6,785)									5,539
						Principal
U.S. Treasury Securities: 0.66%
U.S. Treasury Bond		2.25			8-15-2049	$	245,000		252,226
U.S. Treasury Bond		2.88			5-15-2049		180,000		210,108
U.S. Treasury Note		2.38			5-15-2029		535,000		568,291
Total U.S. Treasury Securities (Cost $996,622)									1,030,625

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	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Yankee Corporate Bonds and Notes: 5.73%
Communication Services: 0.69%
Wireless Telecommunication Services: 0.69%
British Telecommunication		5.13	%		12-4-2028	$	800,000	$	915,180
Connect Finco SARL 144A%%		6.75			10-1-2026		150,000		152,813
									1,067,993
Energy: 0.95%
Energy Equipment & Services: 0.05%
Valaris plc		5.75			10-1-2044		175,000		74,375
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels: 0.90%
Baytex Energy Corporation 144A		5.63			6-1-2024		150,000		138,000
Comision Federal de Electricidad 144A		4.75			2-23-2027		250,000		262,503
Petroleos Mexicanos Company 144A		6.84			1-23-2030		120,000		124,104
Woodside Finance Limited 144A		3.70			3-15-2028		850,000		872,719
									1,397,326
Financials: 3.11%
Banks: 1.59%
ABN AMRO Bank NV 144A		4.75			7-28-2025		200,000		215,197
Banco Internacional del Peru 144A«%%		3.25			10-4-2026		525,000		524,213
BPCE SA 144A		5.15			7-21-2024		305,000		334,012
Credit Agricole SA 144A		8.13			12-29-2049		265,000		311,706
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA 144A		5.71			1-15-2026		635,000		673,914
Perrigo Finance Unlimited Company		4.38			3-15-2026		400,000		413,511
									2,472,553
Capital Markets: 0.17%
Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited 144A		4.13			2-1-2029		240,000		269,157
Diversified Financial Services: 0.20%
Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA		5.50			8-1-2023		300,000		279,870
Trivium Packaging Finance BV 144A		5.50			8-15-2026		25,000		26,280
									306,150
Insurance: 0.99%
Allied World Assurance Company Holdings Limited		4.35			10-29-2025		810,000		841,432
Swiss Re Finance (Luxembourg) SA (5 Year Treasury Constant Maturity +3.58 %) 144A±		5.00			4-2-2049		400,000		441,500
Validus Holdings Limited		8.88			1-26-2040		160,000		262,866
									1,545,798
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance: 0.16%
Nationwide Building Society 144A		4.13			10-18-2032		250,000		249,192
Health Care: 0.60%
Pharmaceuticals: 0.60%
Bausch Health Companies Incorporated 144A		5.50			3-1-2023		11,000		11,138
Bausch Health Companies Incorporated 144A		5.50			11-1-2025		50,000		52,318
Bausch Health Companies Incorporated 144A		6.13			4-15-2025		225,000		233,438
Bausch Health Companies Incorporated 144A		7.00			3-15-2024		25,000		26,274

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	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Pharmaceuticals (continued)
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance BV		2.20	%		7-21-2021	$	200,000	$	182,750
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance BV		4.10			10-1-2046		50,000		31,375
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands II BV		4.50			3-1-2025		400,000		368,912
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV		6.75			3-1-2028		25,000		20,500
									926,705
Industrials: 0.38%
Commercial Services & Supplies: 0.13%
Ritchie Brothers Auctioneers Incorporated 144A		5.38			1-15-2025		200,000		208,750
Electrical Equipment: 0.14%
Sensata Technologies BV 144A		6.25			2-15-2026		200,000		213,000
Transportation Infrastructure: 0.11%
Asciano Finance Limited 144A		4.63			9-23-2020		170,000		173,278
Total Yankee Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost $8,506,010)									8,904,277
Yankee Government Bonds: 1.27%
Commonwealth of Bahamas		6.00			11-21-2028		200,000		211,752
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia		6.63			12-11-2024		200,000		208,104
Mongolia Government		5.63			5-1-2023		200,000		201,998
Oman Government International Bond		5.63			1-17-2028		400,000		393,574
Province of Cordoba 144A		7.13			8-1-2027		550,000		308,000
Province of Santa Fe		7.00			3-23-2023		350,000		231,875
Republic of Rwanda		6.63			5-2-2023		200,000		215,792
Republic of Sri Lanka		5.75			1-18-2022		200,000		200,596
Total Yankee Government Bonds (Cost $2,260,005)									1,971,691
	Yield					Shares
Short-Term Investments: 4.50%
Investment Companies: 4.50%
Securities Lending Cash Investments LLC (l)(r)(u)		2.11					1,264,839		1,264,965
Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class (l)(u)##		1.88					5,727,766		5,727,766
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $6,992,731)									6,992,731

Total investments in securities (Cost $153,235,513)	99.78	%		155,055,363
Other assets and liabilities, net	0.22			347,947
Total net assets	100.00	%	$	155,403,310

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.

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

« All or a portion of this security is on loan.

¤ The security is issued in zero coupon form with no periodic interest payments.

‡ Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs.

±± The coupon of the security is adjusted based on the principal and interest payments received from the underlying pool of mortgages as well as the credit quality and the actual prepayment speed of the underlying mortgages.

< All or a portion of the position represents an unfunded loan commitment.

† Non-income-earning security

%% The security is purchased on a when-issued basis.

(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.

## All or a portion of this security is segregated for when-issued securities and/or unfunded loans.

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Abbreviations:

ARS Argentine peso

BRL Brazilian real

CDO Collateralized debt obligation

CLO Collateralized loan obligation

COP Colombian peso

EUR Euro

GBP Great British pound

GO General obligation

HEFAR Higher Education Facilities Authority Revenue

IDR Indonesian rupiah

INR Indian rupee

LIBOR London Interbank Offered Rate

MXN Mexican peso

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PEN Peruvian sol

PLN Polish zloty

REIT Real estate investment trust

RON Romanian leu

RUB Russian ruble

TRY Turkish lira

ZAR South African rand

Futures Contracts

Description	Number of contracts		Expiration date		Notional cost			Notional value			Unrealized gains		Unrealized losses
Long
Euro-Bund Futures		8		12-6-2019	$	1,517,921		$	1,519,391		$	1,470	$	0
U.S. Long Bond		20		12-19-2019		3,269,566			3,246,250			0		(23,316	)
2-Year U.S. Treasury Notes		24		12-31-2019		5,182,538			5,172,000			0		(10,538	)
Short
Euro-BOBL Futures		(57)		12-6-2019		(8,464,282	)		(8,427,550	)		36,732		0
Euro-Schatz Futures		(161)		12-6-2019		(19,749,436	)		(19,711,893	)		37,543		0
10-Year Ultra Futures		(31)		12-19-2019		(4,497,850	)		(4,414,593	)		83,257		0
10-Year U.S. Treasury Notes		(119)		12-19-2019		(15,699,798	)		(15,507,188	)		192,610		0
U.S. Ultra Bond		(21)		12-19-2019		(4,197,805	)		(4,030,032	)		167,773		0
5-Year U.S. Treasury Notes		(60)		12-31-2019		(7,207,762	)		(7,148,907	)		58,855		0
											$	578,240	$	(33,854	)

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

Currency to be received	Currency to be delivered	Counterparty	Settlement date	Unrealized gains		Unrealized losses
1,881,049 USD	28,300,000 ZAR	State Street Bank	10-7-2019	$	13,677	$	0
10,000 PLN	2,616 USD	State Street Bank	10-28-2019		0		(121	)
2,026,180 USD	7,730,000 PLN	State Street Bank	10-28-2019		97,931		0
7,720,000 PLN	2,019,740 USD	State Street Bank	10-28-2019		0		(93,985	)
1,952,183 USD	124,725,000 RUB	State Street Bank	10-29-2019		35,478		0
37,875,000 INR	529,424 USD	State Street Bank	11-7-2019		3,023		0
38,900,000 INR	544,277 USD	State Street Bank	11-7-2019		2,580		0

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Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (continued)

Currency to be received	Currency to be delivered	Counterparty	Settlement date	Unrealized gains		Unrealized losses
47,800,000 INR	668,952 USD	State Street Bank	11-7-2019	$	3,021	$	0
14,150,000 INR	198,179 USD	State Street Bank	11-7-2019		742		0
1,941,024 USD	13,725,000 INR	State Street Bank	11-7-2019		0		(9,174	)
1,982,969 USD	28,875,000,000 IDR	State Street Bank	11-8-2019		0		(43,286	)
2,025,000,000 IDR	140,041 USD	State Street Bank	11-8-2019		2,060		0
885,000 EUR	822,906 GBP	State Street Bank	11-13-2019		0		(45,879	)
105,000,000 JPY	823,361 GBP	State Street Bank	11-14-2019		0		(40,276	)
1,431,933 USD	4,850,000,000 COP	State Street Bank	11-25-2019		41,735		0
19,891,109 USD	17,837,000 EUR	Citibank	12-31-2019		310,257		0
				$	510,504	$	(232,721	)

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps

Reference index	Fixed rate received			Payment frequency		Maturity date		Notional amount		Value		Premium paid		Unrealized gains		Unrealized losses
Sell protection
Markit CDX North America Investment Grade Index		5.00	%		Quarterly		12-20-2023		1,455,000 USD	$	112,404	$	40,249	$	72,155	$	0

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		0		59,057,571		57,792,732		1,264,839	$	0	$	0	$	40,867	#	$	1,264,965
Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class		5,204,420		241,719,829		241,196,483		5,727,766		0		0		233,512			5,727,766
									$	0	$	0	$	274,379		$	6,992,731		4.50	%

^#  Amount shown represents income before fees and rebates.

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

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Statement of assets and liabilities—September 30, 2019

Assets
Investments in unaffiliated securities (including $1,239,357 of securities loaned, at value (cost $146,242,782)	$	148,062,632
Investments in affiliated securities, at value (cost $6,992,731)		6,992,731
Cash at broker segregated for futures contracts		668,477
Cash at broker segregated for centrally cleared swaps		133,852
Foreign currency, at value (cost $80,926)		79,801
Receivable for investments sold		914,983
Receivable for Fund shares sold		59,588
Receivable for interest		1,212,727
Receivable for securities lending income, net		1,243
Receivable for daily variation margin on centrally cleared swaps		3,395
Receivable for daily variation margin on open futures contracts		6,412
Unrealized gains on forward foreign currency contracts		510,504
Prepaid expenses and other assets		24,429
Total assets		158,670,774
Liabilities
Payable upon receipt of securities loaned		1,264,618
Payable for investments purchased		973,486
Unrealized losses on forward foreign currency contracts		232,721
Payable for Fund shares redeemed		139,407
Management fee payable		49,026
Administration fees payable		10,385
Trustees’ fees and expenses payable		2,240
Distribution fee payable		346
Overdraft due to custodian bank		441,666
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		153,569
Total liabilities		3,267,464
Total net assets	$	155,403,310
Net assets consist of
Paid-in capital	$	154,439,256
Total distributable earnings		964,054
Total net assets	$	155,403,310
Computation of net asset value and offering price per share
Net assets – Class A	$	1,394,195
Shares outstanding – Class A1		146,683
Net asset value per share – Class A		$9.50
Maximum offering price per share – Class A2		$9.90
Net assets – Class C	$	520,294
Shares outstanding – Class C1		54,849
Net asset value per share – Class C		$9.49
Net assets – Administrator Class	$	74,905
Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1		7,837
Net asset value per share – Administrator Class		$9.56
Net assets – Institutional Class	$	153,413,916
Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1		16,157,346
Net asset value per share – Institutional Class		$9.49

¹  The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares.

²  Maximum offering price is computed as 100/96 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—year ended September 30, 2019

Investment income
Interest (net of foreign interest withholding taxes of $23,415)	$	6,220,310
Dividends		374,366
Income from affiliated securities		246,762
Total investment income		6,841,438
Expenses
Management fee		785,926
Administration fees
Class A		2,044
Class C		798
Administrator Class		996
Institutional Class		117,542
Shareholder servicing fees
Class A		3,193
Class C		1,247
Administrator Class		2,491
Distribution fee
Class C		3,735
Custody and accounting fees		39,160
Professional fees		55,710
Registration fees		58,604
Shareholder report expenses		29,260
Trustees’ fees and expenses		21,652
Other fees and expenses		6,518
Total expenses		1,128,876
Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements
Fund-level		(217,848	)
Class A		(544	)
Class C		(205	)
Administrator Class		(1,860	)
Net expenses		908,419
Net investment income		5,933,019
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments
Net realized gains (losses) on
Unaffiliated securities		1,358,959
Futures contracts		(3,638,829	)
Forward foreign currency contracts		835,315
Credit default swap contracts		334,927
Net realized losses on investments		(1,109,628	)
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on
Unaffiliated securities		2,799,250
Futures contracts		366,632
Forward foreign currency contracts		354,713
Credit default swap contracts		71,491
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments		3,592,086
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		2,482,458
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations	$	8,415,477

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

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Statement of changes in net assets

	Year ended September 30, 2019						Year ended September 30, 2018
Operations
Net investment income				$	5,933,019					$	1,753,605
Net realized gains (losses) on investments					(1,109,628	)					867,473
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments					3,592,086						(1,713,628	)
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations					8,415,477						907,450
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains
Class A					(49,220	)					(40,704	)
Class C					(15,657	)					(12,934	)
Administrator Class					(32,865	)					(108,162	)
Institutional Class					(5,853,845	)					(1,581,265	)
Total distributions to shareholders					(5,951,587	)					(1,743,065	)
Capital share transactions		Shares						Shares
Proceeds from shares sold
Class A		348,536			3,298,070			215,486			2,047,731
Class C		31,806			297,418			37,056			354,156
Administrator Class		7,156			67,124			533,993			5,101,091
Institutional Class		18,145,872			169,524,726			2,003,885			19,068,416
					173,187,338						26,571,394
Reinvestment of distributions
Class A		5,230			49,054			4,259			40,371
Class C		1,676			15,657			1,362			12,886
Administrator Class		3,474			32,494			11,373			107,817
Institutional Class		596,321			5,581,802			166,687			1,581,265
					5,679,007						1,742,339
Payment for shares redeemed
Class A		(341,311	)		(3,228,609	)		(179,015	)		(1,698,518	)
Class C		(33,529	)		(314,988	)		(25,570	)		(242,124	)
Administrator Class		(581,301	)		(5,483,073	)		(25,370	)		(241,452	)
Institutional Class		(7,379,074	)		(69,328,595	)		(2,163,121	)		(20,590,368	)
					(78,355,265	)					(22,772,462	)
Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share transactions					100,511,080						5,541,271
Total increase in net assets					102,974,970						4,705,656
Net assets
Beginning of period					52,428,340						47,722,684
End of period				$	155,403,310					$	52,428,340

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30												Year ended October 31
CLASS A	2019			2018			2017			20161			2015			2014
Net asset value, beginning of period		$9.43			$9.59			$9.25			$9.13			$9.72			$9.66
Net investment income		0.34	2		0.31	2		0.33	2		0.31			0.34			0.37
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		0.09			(0.16	)		0.22			(0.01	)		(0.69	)		(0.05	)
Total from investment operations		0.43			0.15			0.55			0.30			(0.35	)		0.32
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		(0.36	)		(0.31	)		(0.21	)		(0.13	)		(0.22	)		(0.26	)
Tax basis return of capital		0.00			0.00			0.00			(0.05	)		(0.02	)		0.00
Total distributions to shareholders		(0.36	)		(0.31	)		(0.21	)		(0.18	)		(0.24	)		(0.26	)
Net asset value, end of period		$9.50			$9.43			$9.59			$9.25			$9.13			$9.72
Total return3		4.66	%		1.59	%		6.05	%		3.34	%		(3.64	)%		3.36	%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		1.09	%		1.45	%		1.78	%		1.80	%		1.63	%		1.51	%
Net expenses		0.90	%		0.90	%		0.90	%		0.90	%		0.90	%		0.90	%
Net investment income		3.65	%		3.26	%		3.47	%		3.85	%		3.77	%		4.02	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		116	%		50	%		65	%		52	%		53	%		51	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$1,394			$1,266			$896			$1,047			$928			$714

¹  For the eleven months ended September 30, 2016. The Fund changed its fiscal year end from October 31 to September 30, effective September 30, 2016.

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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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30												Year ended October 31
CLASS C	2019			2018			2017			20161			2015			2014
Net asset value, beginning of period		$9.41			$9.57			$9.22			$9.10			$9.71			$9.65
Net investment income		0.27			0.23			0.29			0.25			0.28			0.31
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		0.10			(0.15	)		0.18			(0.02	)		(0.68	)		(0.06	)
Total from investment operations		0.37			0.08			0.47			0.23			(0.40	)		0.25
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		(0.29	)		(0.24	)		(0.12	)		(0.08	)		(0.19	)		(0.19	)
Tax basis return of capital		0.00			0.00			0.00			(0.03	)		(0.02	)		0.00
Total distributions to shareholders		(0.29	)		(0.24	)		(0.12	)		(0.11	)		(0.21	)		(0.19	)
Net asset value, end of period		$9.49			$9.41			$9.57			$9.22			$9.10			$9.71
Total return2		4.00	%		0.88	%		5.20	%		2.67	%		(4.35	)%		2.61	%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		1.84	%		2.20	%		2.59	%		2.54	%		2.37	%		2.25	%
Net expenses		1.65	%		1.65	%		1.65	%		1.65	%		1.65	%		1.65	%
Net investment income		2.92	%		2.52	%		2.80	%		3.10	%		3.02	%		3.25	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		116	%		50	%		65	%		52	%		53	%		51	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$520			$517			$403			$766			$711			$835

¹  For the eleven months ended September 30, 2016. The Fund changed its fiscal year end from October 31 to September 30, effective September 30, 2016.

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

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30												Year ended October 31
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS	2019			2018			2017			20161			2015			2014
Net asset value, beginning of period		$9.46			$9.61			$9.29			$9.16			$9.74			$9.66
Net investment income		0.36	2		0.33	2		0.34	2		0.33	2		0.37			0.39
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		0.09			(0.16	)		0.20			(0.01	)		(0.70	)		(0.05	)
Total from investment operations		0.45			0.17			0.54			0.32			(0.33	)		0.34
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		(0.35	)		(0.32	)		(0.22	)		(0.14	)		(0.22	)		(0.26	)
Tax basis return of capital		0.00			0.00			0.00			(0.05	)		(0.03	)		0.00
Total distributions to shareholders		(0.35	)		(0.32	)		(0.22	)		(0.19	)		(0.25	)		(0.26	)
Net asset value, end of period		$9.56			$9.46			$9.61			$9.29			$9.16			$9.74
Total return3		4.83	%		1.81	%		5.91	%		3.52	%		(3.51	)%		3.63	%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		1.08	%		1.38	%		1.72	%		1.74	%		1.56	%		1.46	%
Net expenses		0.75	%		0.75	%		0.75	%		0.75	%		0.75	%		0.75	%
Net investment income		3.80	%		3.48	%		3.64	%		4.00	%		3.92	%		4.18	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		116	%		50	%		65	%		52	%		53	%		51	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$75			$5,471			$562			$597			$496			$554

¹  For the eleven months ended September 30, 2016. The Fund changed its fiscal year end from October 31 to September 30, effective September 30, 2016.

²  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

³  Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30												Year ended October 31
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS	2019			2018			2017			20161			2015			2014
Net asset value, beginning of period		$9.42			$9.58			$9.24			$9.14			$9.71			$9.66
Net investment income		0.37	2		0.34			0.35	2		0.34			0.40			0.41	2
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		0.09			(0.16	)		0.24			(0.02	)		(0.71	)		(0.07	)
Total from investment operations		0.46			0.18			0.59			0.32			(0.31	)		0.34
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		(0.39	)		(0.34	)		(0.25	)		(0.16	)		(0.23	)		(0.29	)
Tax basis return of capital		0.00			0.00			0.00			(0.06	)		(0.03	)		0.00
Total distributions to shareholders		(0.39	)		(0.34	)		(0.25	)		(0.22	)		(0.26	)		(0.29	)
Net asset value, end of period		$9.49			$9.42			$9.58			$9.24			$9.14			$9.71
Total return3		5.00	%		1.93	%		6.43	%		3.55	%		(3.28	)%		3.60	%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		0.75	%		1.12	%		1.40	%		1.46	%		1.19	%		1.14	%
Net expenses		0.60	%		0.60	%		0.60	%		0.60	%		0.60	%		0.60	%
Net investment income		3.97	%		3.54	%		3.71	%		4.16	%		4.04	%		4.25	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		116	%		50	%		65	%		52	%		53	%		51	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$153,414			$45,175			$45,862			$23,190			$17,564			$38,664

¹  For the eleven months ended September 30, 2016. The Fund changed its fiscal year end from October 31 to September 30, effective September 30, 2016.

²  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

³  Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

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

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Notes to financial statements

1. ORGANIZATION

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

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.

Equity securities and futures contracts 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.

Swap contracts are valued at the evaluated price provided by an independent pricing service or, if a reliable price is not available, the quoted bid price from an independent broker-dealer.

Forward foreign currency contracts are recorded at the forward rate 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”).

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.

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 the methods discussed above are valued at their fair value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Trustees of the Fund. The Board of Trustees has established a Valuation Committee comprised of the Trustees and has delegated to it the authority to take any actions regarding the valuation of portfolio securities that the Valuation Committee deems necessary or appropriate, including determining the fair value of portfolio securities, unless the determination has been delegated to the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee. 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 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.

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Forward foreign currency contracts

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 is subject to foreign currency risk and may 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. When securities are on loan, the Fund receives interest or dividends on those securities. Cash collateral received in connection with its securities lending transactions is invested in Securities Lending Cash Investments, LLC (the “Securities Lending Fund”). Investments in Securities Lending Fund 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.

In a securities lending transaction, the net asset value of the Fund is 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. The Fund has the right under the lending agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand. 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 such an event, the terms of the agreement allows the unaffiliated securities lending agent to use the collateral to purchase replacement securities on behalf of the Fund or pay the Fund the market value of the loaned securities. The Fund bears the risk of loss with respect to depreciation of its investment of the cash collateral.

When-issued transactions

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

Loans

The Fund may invest in direct debt instruments which are interests in amounts owed to lenders by corporate or other borrowers. The loans pay interest at rates which are periodically reset by reference to a base lending rate plus a spread. Investments in loans may be in the form of participations in loans or assignments of all or a portion of loans from third parties. When the Fund purchases participations, it generally has no rights to enforce compliance with the terms of the loan agreement with the borrower. As a result, the Fund assumes the credit risk of both the borrower and the lender that is selling the participation. When the Fund purchases assignments from lenders, it acquires direct rights against the borrower on the loan and may enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement. Loans may include fully funded term loans or unfunded loan commitments, which are contractual obligations for future funding.

Futures contracts

Futures contracts are agreements between the Fund and a counterparty to buy or sell a specific amount of a commodity, financial instrument or currency at a specified price and on a specified date. The Fund may buy and sell futures contracts in order to gain exposure to, or protect against, changes in interest rates and foreign exchange rates and is subject to interest rate risk and/or foreign currency risk. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are the imperfect correlation between changes in market values of securities held by the Fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market. Futures contracts are generally entered into on a regulated futures exchange and cleared through a clearinghouse associated with the exchange. With futures contracts, there is minimal counterparty risk to the Fund since futures contracts are exchange traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as the counterparty to all exchange traded futures, guarantees the futures contracts against default.

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Upon entering into a futures contracts, the Fund is required to deposit either cash or securities (initial margin) with the broker in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the contract value. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are paid to or from the broker each day equal to the daily changes in the contract value. Such payments are recorded as unrealized gains or losses and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable (payable) in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Should the Fund fail to make requested variation margin payments, the broker can gain access to the initial margin to satisfy the Fund’s payment obligations. When the contracts are closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statement of Operations.

Swap contracts

Swap contracts are agreements between the Fund and a counterparty to exchange a series of cash flows over a specified period. Swap agreements are privately negotiated contracts between the Fund that are entered into as bilateral contracts in the OTC market (“OTC swaps”) or centrally cleared (“centrally cleared swaps”) with a central clearinghouse.

The Fund entered into centrally cleared swaps. In a centrally cleared swap, immediately following execution of the swap contract, the swap contract is novated to a central counterparty (the “CCP”) and the Fund’s counterparty on the swap agreement becomes the CCP. Upon entering into a centrally cleared swap, the Fund is required to deposit an initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities. Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Portfolio of Investments and cash deposited is shown as cash segregated for centrally cleared swaps in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Fund agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in market value of the contract (“variation margin”). The variation margin is recorded as an unrealized gain (or loss) and shown as variation margin receivable (or payable) on centrally cleared swaps in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Payments received from (paid to) the counterparty, including at termination, are recorded as realized gains (losses) in the Statement of Operations.

Credit default swaps

The Fund may enter into credit default swaps for hedging or speculative purposes to provide or receive a measure of protection against default on a referenced entity, obligation or index or a basket of single-name issuers or traded indexes. An index credit default swap references all the names in the index, and if a credit event is triggered, the credit event is settled based on that name’s weight in the index. Credit default swaps are agreements in which the protection buyer pays fixed periodic payments to the protection seller in consideration for a promise from the protection seller to make a specific payment should a negative credit event take place with respect to the referenced entity (e.g., bankruptcy, failure to pay, obligation acceleration, repudiation, moratorium or restructuring).

The Fund may enter into credit default swaps as either the seller of protection or the buyer of protection. If the Fund is the buyer of protection and a credit event occurs, the Fund will either receive from the seller an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and deliver the referenced security or underlying securities comprising the index, or receive a net settlement of cash equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the security or underlying securities comprising the index. If the Fund is the seller of protection and a credit event occurs, the Fund will either pay the buyer an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and take delivery of the referenced security or underlying securities comprising the index or pay a net settlement of cash equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the security or underlying securities comprising the index.

As the seller of protection, the Fund is subject to investment exposure on the notional amount of the swap and has assumed the risk of default of the underlying security or index. As the buyer of protection, the Fund could be exposed to risks if the seller of the protection defaults on its obligation to perform, or if there are unfavorable changes in the fluctuation of interest rates.

By entering into credit default swap contracts, the Fund is exposed to credit risk. In addition, certain credit default swap contracts entered into by the Fund provide for conditions that result in events of default or termination that enable the counterparty to the agreement to cause an early termination of the transactions under those agreements.

Security transactions and income recognition

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

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

Income from foreign securities is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is not assured.

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Notes to financial statements

Income dividends and capital gain distributions from investment companies are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Capital gain distributions from investment companies are treated as realized gains.

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.

As of September 30, 2019, the aggregate cost of all investments for federal income tax purposes was $152,697,840 and the unrealized gains (losses) consisted of:

Gross unrealized gains	$	5,759,019
Gross unrealized losses		(2,507,172	)
Net unrealized gains	$	3,251,847

As of September 30, 2019, the Fund had capital loss carryforwards which consist of $178,628 in short-term capital losses and $2,228,956 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 fund-level 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 September 30, 2019:

	Quoted prices (Level 1)		Other significant observable inputs (Level 2)		Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)		Total
Assets
Investments in:
Asset-backed securities	$	0	$	12,544,110	$	0	$	12,544,110
Corporate bonds and notes		0		30,041,580		0		30,041,580
Exchange-traded funds		7,364,511		0		0		7,364,511
Foreign corporate bonds and notes		0		12,394,114		0		12,394,114
Foreign government bonds		0		19,697,688		0		19,697,688
Loans		0		3,497,580		475,824		3,973,404
Municipal obligations		0		1,318,010		0		1,318,010
Non-agency mortgage-backed securities		0		48,087,451		729,632		48,817,083
Rights
Utilities		0		5,539		0		5,539
U.S. Treasury securities		1,030,625		0		0		1,030,625
Yankee corporate bonds and notes		0		8,904,277		0		8,904,277
Yankee government bonds and notes		0		1,971,691		0		1,971,691
Short-term investments
Investment companies		6,992,731		0		0		6,992,731
		15,387,867		138,462,040		1,205,456		155,055,363
Futures contracts		578,240		0		0		578,240
Forward foreign currency contracts		0		510,504		0		510,504
Credit default swap contracts		0		72,155		0		72,155
Total assets	$	15,966,107	$	139,044,699	$	1,205,456	$	156,216,262
Liabilities
Futures contracts	$	33,854	$	0	$	0	$	33,854
Forward foreign currency contracts		0		232,721		0		232,721
Total liabilities	$	33,854	$	232,721	$	0	$	266,575

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

Futures contracts, forward foreign currency contracts and swap contracts are reported at their cumulative unrealized gains (losses) at measurement date as reported in the tables following the Portfolio of Investments. For futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, the current day’s variation margin is reported on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. All other assets and liabilities are reported at their market value at measurement date.

For the year ended September 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 subadvisers and providing fund-level administrative services in connection

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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	0.525%
Next $500 million	0.500
Next $2 billion	0.475
Next $2 billion	0.450
Next $5 billion	0.415
Over $10 billion	0.405

For the year ended September 30, 2019, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.525% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Funds Management has retained the services of certain subadvisers to provide daily portfolio management to the Fund. The fee for subadvisory services is borne by Funds Management. Wells Capital Management Incorporated (“WellsCap”) is a subadviser to the Fund and is entitled to receive a fee from Funds Management at an annual rate starting at 0.30% and declining to 0.15% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase. Wells Fargo Asset Management (International) Limited, an affiliate of Funds Management and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo, is also a subadviser to the Fund and is entitled to receive a fee from Funds Management at an annual rate starting at 0.35% and declining to 0.20% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase. Prior to August 1, 2019, Wells Fargo Asset Management (International), LLC was the subadviser for the Fund. Effective August 1, 2019, Wells Fargo Asset Management (International), LLC merged with Wells Fargo Asset Management (International) Limited and Wells Fargo Asset Management (International) Limited became the subadviser to the Fund. This transaction did not result in any changes to the services provided to the Fund or to the strategies or fees and expenses.

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	0.16%
Administrator Class	0.10
Institutional Class	0.08

Waivers and/or expense reimbursements

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 January 31, 2020 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 0.90% for Class A shares, 1.65% for Class C shares, 0.75% for Administrator Class shares, and 0.60% 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 year ended September 30, 2019, Funds Distributor received $308 from the sale of Class A. No contingent deferred sales charges were incurred by Class A and Class C shares for the year ended September 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.

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 short-term securities, for the year ended September 30, 2019 were as follows:

Purchases at cost		Sales proceeds
U.S. government	Non-U.S. government	U.S. government	Non-U.S. government
$81,530,236	$186,239,775	$80,732,441	$79,447,185

As of September 30, 2019, the Fund had unfunded term loan commitments of $297,614.

6. SECURITIES LENDING TRANSACTIONS

The Fund lends its securities through an unaffiliated securities lending agent and 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 increases or decreases in the required collateral are exchanged between the Fund and the counterparty on the next business day. Cash collateral received is invested in the Securities Lending Fund which 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 and is exempt from registration under Section 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act. Securities Lending Fund is managed by Funds Management and is subadvised by WellsCap. 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.

In the event of counterparty default or the failure of a borrower to return a loaned security, the Fund has the right to use the collateral to offset any losses incurred. As of September 30, 2019, the Fund had securities lending transactions with the following counterparties which are subject to offset:

Counterparty	Value of securities on loan		Collateral received1			Net amount
Barclays Capital Inc.	$	1,072,354	$	(1,072,354	)	$	0
JPMorgan Securities LLC		167,003		(167,003	)		0

¹  Collateral received within this table is limited to the collateral for the net transaction with the counterparty.

7. DERIVATIVE TRANSACTIONS

During the year ended September 30, 2019, the Fund entered into futures contracts and forward foreign currency contracts for economic hedging purposes and credit default swap contracts as a substitute for taking a position in the underlying security or index to potentially enhance the Fund’s total return.

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The volume of the Fund’s derivative activity during the year ended September 30, 2019 was as follows:

Futures contracts
Average notional balance on long futures	$	2,380,240
Average notional balance on short futures		56,029,843
Forward foreign currency contracts
Average contract amounts to buy	$	8,253,400
Average contract amounts to sell		31,773,924
Credit default swap contracts
Average notional balance	$	8,887,994

The Fund’s credit default swap may contain provisions for early termination in the event the net assets of the Fund declines below specific levels identified by the counterparty. If these levels are triggered, the counterparty may terminate the transaction and seek payment or request full collateralization of the derivative transactions in net liability positions.

A summary of the location of derivative instruments on the financial statements by risk is outlined in the following tables.

The fair value of derivative instruments as of September 30, 2019 by risk type was as follows for the Fund:

	Asset derivatives				Liability derivatives
	Statement of Assets and Liabilities location	Fair value			Statement of Assets and Liabilities location	Fair value
Interest rate risk	Unrealized gains on futures contracts	$	502,495	*	Unrealized losses on futures contracts	$	33,854	*
Foreign currency risk	Unrealized gains on futures contracts		75,745	*	Unrealized losses on futures contracts		0	*
	Unrealized gains on forward foreign currency contracts		510,504		Unrealized losses on forward foreign currency contracts		232,721
Credit risk	Net unrealized gains on swap contracts		72,155	*	Net unrealized losses on swap contracts		0	*
		$	1,160,899			$	266,575

* Amount represents cumulative unrealized gains (losses) as reported in the tables following the Portfolio of Investments. Only the current day’s variation margin as of September 30, 2019 is reported separately on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the year ended September 30, 2019 was as follows for the Fund:

	Amount of realized gains(losses) on derivatives
	Futures contracts			Forward foreign currency contracts		Swap contracts		Total
Interest rate risk	$	(3,655,326	)	$	0	$	0	$	(3,655,326	)
Foreign currency risk		16,497			835,315		0		851,812
Credit risk		0			0		334,927		334,927
	$	(3,638,829	)	$	835,315	$	334,927	$	(2,468,587	)
	Change in unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives
	Futures contracts			Forward foreign currency contracts		Swap contracts		Total
Interest rate risk	$	345,208		$	0	$	0	$	345,208
Foreign currency risk		21,424			354,713		0		376,137
Credit risk		0			0		71,491		71,491
	$	366,632		$	354,713	$	71,491	$	792,836

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Notes to financial statements

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, for OTC derivatives 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
State Street	$200,247	$(200,247)	$	0	$	0
Citibank	310,257	0		0		310,257
Counterparty	Gross amounts of liabilities in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities	Amounts subject to netting agreements	Collateral pledged		Net amount of liabilities
State Street	$232,721	$(200,247)	$	0	$	32,474

8. 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 year ended September 30, 2019, there were no borrowings by the Fund under the agreement.

9. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

The tax character of distributions paid was $5,951,587 and $1,743,065 of ordinary income for the years ended September 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018, respectively.

As of September 30, 2019, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income	Unrealized gains	Capital loss carryforward
$122,119	$3,251,847	$(2,407,584)

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10. 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.

11. 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 and requires the premium to be amortized to the earliest call date. The amendments do not require an accounting change for securities held at a discount and discounts will continue to be accreted to the maturity date of the security. ASU 2017-08 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 and for interim periods within those fiscal years. During the current reporting period, management of the Fund adopted the change in accounting policy which did not have a material impact to the Fund’s financial statements.

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Report of independent registered public accounting firm

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

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Wells Fargo Strategic Income Fund (the Fund), one of the funds constituting Wells Fargo Funds Trust, including the portfolio of investments, as of September 30, 2019, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the financial statements) and the financial highlights for each of the years in the three-year period ended September 30, 2019, for the period ended September 30, 2016, and for each of the years in the two-year period ended October 31, 2015. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of September 30, 2019, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the three-year period ended September 30, 2019, for the period ended September 30, 2016, and for each of the years in the two-year period ended October 31, 2015, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

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

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of September 30, 2019, by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

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

Boston, Massachusetts

November 25, 2019

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TAX INFORMATION

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, $3,062,673 has been designated as interest-related dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, 1.68% of the ordinary income distributed was derived from interest on U.S. government securities.

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

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

QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

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 or Form N-PORT, which is available by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. Those forms may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

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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 150 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

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

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Officers

Name and year of birth	Position held and length of service	Principal occupations during past five years or longer
Andrew Owen (Born 1960)	President, since 2017	Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo & Company and Head of Affiliated Managers, Wells Fargo Asset Management, since 2014. In addition, Mr. Owen is currently President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2017. Prior thereto, Executive Vice President responsible for marketing, investments and product development for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, from 2009 to 2014.
Nancy Wiser1 (Born 1967)	Treasurer, since 2012	Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2011. Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at LightBox Capital Management LLC, from 2008 to 2011.
Michelle Rhee3 (Born 1966)	Chief Legal Officer, since 2019	Secretary of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, Chief Legal Counsel of Wells Fargo Asset Management and Assistant General Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2018. Associate General Counsel and Managing Director of Bank of America Corporation from 2004 to 2018.
Catherine Kennedy4 (Born 1969)	Secretary, since 2019	Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and Senior Counsel of the Wells Fargo Legal Department since 2010. Vice President and Senior Counsel of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 1998 to 2010.
Michael H. Whitaker (Born 1967)	Chief Compliance Officer, since 2016	Chief Compliance Officer of Wells Fargo Asset Management since 2016. Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer for Fidelity Investments from 2007 to 2016.
David Berardi (Born 1975)	Assistant Treasurer, since 2009	Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2004 to 2010.
Jeremy DePalma1 (Born 1974)	Assistant Treasurer, since 2009	Senior Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Senior Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010 and head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration from 2005 to 2010.

¹ Nancy Wiser acts as Treasurer of 64 funds in the Fund Complex. Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 86 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 64 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.

³  Michelle Rhee became Chief Legal Officer effective October 22, 2019.

⁴  Catherine Kennedy became Secretary effective October 22, 2019.

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BOARD CONSIDERATION OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS:

Wells Fargo Strategic Income Fund

Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”) must determine annually whether to approve the continuation of the Trust’s investment management and sub-advisory agreements. In this regard, at an in-person meeting held on May 21-22, 2019 (the “Meeting”), the Board, all the members of which have no direct or indirect interest in the investment management and sub-advisory agreements and are not “interested persons” of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act (the “Independent Trustees”), reviewed and approved for the Wells Fargo Strategic Income Fund (the “Fund”): (i) an investment management agreement (the “Management Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”); (ii) an investment sub-advisory agreement with Wells Capital Management Incorporated (“WellsCap”), an affiliate of Funds Management; and (iii) an investment sub-advisory agreement with Wells Fargo Asset Management (International), LLC (“WFAM International”), an affiliate of Funds Management. The sub-advisory agreements with WellsCap and WFAM International (the “Sub-Advisers”) are collectively referred to as the Sub-Advisory Agreements, and the Management Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreements are collectively referred to as the “Advisory Agreements.”

At the Meeting, the Board considered the factors and reached the conclusions described below relating to the selection of Funds Management and the Sub-Advisers and the approval of the Advisory Agreements. Prior to the Meeting, including at an in-person meeting in April 2019, the Trustees conferred extensively among themselves and with representatives of Funds Management about these matters. Also, the Board has adopted a team-based approach, with each team consisting of a sub-set of Trustees, to assist the full Board in the discharge of its duties in reviewing investment performance and other matters throughout the year. The Independent Trustees were assisted in their evaluation of the Advisory Agreements by independent legal counsel, from whom they received separate legal advice and with whom they met separately.

In providing information to the Board, Funds Management and the Sub-Advisers were guided by a detailed set of requests for information submitted to them by independent legal counsel on behalf of the Independent Trustees at the start of the Board’s annual contract renewal process earlier in 2019. In considering and approving the Advisory Agreements, the Trustees considered the information they believed relevant, including but not limited to the information discussed below. The Board considered not only the specific information presented in connection with the Meeting, but also the knowledge gained over time through interaction with Funds Management and the Sub-Advisers about various topics. In this regard, the Board reviewed reports of Funds Management at each of its quarterly meetings, which included, among other things, portfolio reviews and investment performance reports. In addition, the Board and the teams mentioned above confer with portfolio managers at various times throughout the year. The Board did not identify any particular information or consideration that was all-important or controlling, and each individual Trustee may have attributed different weights to various factors.

After its deliberations, the Board unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreements for a one-year term and determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management and the Sub-Advisers under each of the Advisory Agreements was reasonable. The Board considered the approval of the Advisory Agreements for the Fund as part of its consideration of agreements for funds across the complex, but its approvals were made on a fund-by-fund basis. The following summarizes a number of important, but not necessarily all, factors considered by the Board in support of its approvals.

Nature, extent and quality of services

The Board received and considered various information regarding the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund by Funds Management and the Sub-Advisers under the Advisory Agreements. This information included a description of the investment advisory services and Fund-level administrative services covered by the Management Agreement, as well as, among other things, a summary of the background and experience of senior management of Wells Fargo Asset Management (“WFAM”), of which Funds Management and the Sub-Advisers are a part, a summary of investments made in the business of WFAM, a summary of certain organizational and personnel changes involving Funds Management and the Sub-Advisers, and a description of Funds Management’s and the Sub-Advisers’ business continuity planning programs and of their approaches to data privacy and cybersecurity. The Board received and reviewed information about Funds Management’s role as administrator of the Fund’s liquidity risk management program. The Board also considered the qualifications, background, tenure and responsibilities of each of the portfolio managers primarily responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund.

The Board evaluated the ability of Funds Management and the Sub-Advisers to attract and retain qualified investment professionals, including research, advisory and supervisory personnel. The Board further considered the compliance programs and compliance records of Funds Management and the Sub-Advisers. In addition, the Board took into account the full range of services provided to the Fund by Funds Management and its affiliates.

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Fund investment performance and expenses

The Board considered the investment performance results for the Fund over various time periods ended December 31, 2018. The Board considered these results in comparison to the investment performance of funds in a universe that was determined by Broadridge Inc. (“Broadridge”) to be similar to the Fund (the “Universe”), and in comparison to the Fund’s benchmark index and to other comparative data. Broadridge is an independent provider of investment company data. The Board received a description of the methodology used by Broadridge to select the mutual funds in the performance Universe. The Board noted that the investment performance of the Fund (Administrator Class) was higher than or in range of the average investment performance of the Universe for the one- and three-year periods under review, and lower than the average investment performance of the Universe for the five-year period under review. The Board also noted that the investment performance of the Fund was lower than its benchmark index, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Universal Bond Index, for the one- and five-year periods under review, but higher than its benchmark for the three-year period under review.

The Board also received and considered information regarding the Fund’s net operating expense ratios and their various components, including actual management fees, custodian and other non-management fees, and Rule 12b-1 and non-Rule 12b-1 shareholder service fees. The Board considered these ratios in comparison to the median ratios of funds in class-specific expense groups that were determined by Broadridge to be similar to the Fund (the “Groups”). The Board received a description of the methodology used by Broadridge to select the mutual funds in the expense Groups and an explanation of how funds comprising expense groups and their expense ratios may vary from year-to-year. Based on the Broadridge reports, the Board noted that the net operating expense ratios of the Fund were lower than the median net operating expense ratios of the expense Groups for each share class.

The Board took into account the Fund’s investment performance and expense information provided to it among the factors considered in deciding to re-approve the Advisory Agreements.

Investment management and sub-advisory fee rates

The Board reviewed and considered the contractual fee rates payable by the Fund to Funds Management under the Management Agreement, as well as the contractual fee rates payable by the Fund to Funds Management for class-level administrative services under a Class-Level Administration Agreement, which include, among other things, class-level transfer agency and sub-transfer agency costs (collectively, the “Management Rates”). The Board also reviewed and considered the contractual investment sub-advisory fee rates that are payable by Funds Management to the Sub-Advisers for investment sub-advisory services.

Among other information reviewed by the Board was a comparison of the Fund’s Management Rates with the average contractual investment management fee rates of funds in the expense Groups at a common asset level as well as transfer agency costs of the funds in the expense Groups. The Board noted that the Management Rates of the Fund were lower than or in range of the sum of these average rates for the Fund’s expense Groups for all share classes.

The Board also received and considered information about the portion of the total management fee that was retained by Funds Management after payment of the fee to the Sub-Advisers for sub-advisory services. In assessing the reasonableness of this amount, the Board received and evaluated information about the nature and extent of responsibilities retained and risks assumed by Funds Management and not delegated to or assumed by the Sub-Advisers, and about Funds Management’s on-going oversight services. Given the affiliation between Funds Management and the Sub-Advisers, the Board ascribed limited relevance to the allocation of fees between them.

Based on its consideration of the factors and information it deemed relevant, including those described here, the Board determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management under the Management Agreement and to the Sub-Advisers under the Sub-Advisory Agreements was reasonable.

Profitability

The Board received and considered information concerning the profitability of Funds Management, as well as the profitability of both WFAM and Wells Fargo & Co. (“Wells Fargo”) from providing services to the fund family as a whole. The Board noted that the Sub-Advisers’ profitability information with respect to providing services to the Fund and other funds in the family was subsumed in the WFAM and Wells Fargo profitability analysis.

Funds Management reported on the methodologies and estimates used in calculating profitability, including a description of the methodology used to allocate certain expenses. Among other things, the Board noted that the levels of profitability reported on a fund-by-fund basis varied widely, depending on factors such as the size, type and age of fund. Based on its review, the Board did not deem the profits reported by Funds Management, WFAM or Wells Fargo from services provided to the Fund to be at a level that would prevent it from approving the continuation of the Advisory Agreements.

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Economies of scale

The Board received and considered information about the potential for Funds Management to experience economies of scale in the provision of management services to the Fund, the difficulties of calculating economies of scale at an individual fund level, and the extent to which potential scale benefits are shared with shareholders. The Board noted the existence of breakpoints in the Fund’s management fee structure, which operate generally to reduce the Fund’s expense ratios as the Fund grows in size. The Board considered that in addition to management fee breakpoints, Funds Management shares potential economies of scale from its management business in a variety of ways, including through fee waiver and expense reimbursement arrangements, services that benefit shareholders, competitive management fee rates set at the outset without regard to breakpoints, and investments in the business intended to enhance services available to shareholders.

The Board concluded that the Fund’s fee and expense arrangements, including contractual breakpoints, constituted a reasonable approach to sharing potential economies of scale with the Fund and its shareholders.

Other benefits to Funds Management and the Sub-Advisers

The Board received and considered information regarding potential “fall-out” or ancillary benefits received by Funds Management and its affiliates, including the Sub-Advisers, as a result of their relationships with the Fund. Ancillary benefits could include, among others, benefits directly attributable to other relationships with the Fund and benefits potentially derived from an increase in Funds Management’s and the Sub-Advisers’ businesses as a result of their relationships with the Fund. The Board noted that various affiliates of Funds Management may receive distribution-related fees, shareholder servicing payments and sub-transfer agency fees in respect of shares sold or held through them and services provided.

The Board also reviewed information about soft dollar credits earned and utilized by the Sub-Advisers, fees earned by Funds Management and WellsCap from managing a private investment vehicle for the fund family’s securities lending collateral, and commissions earned by an affiliated broker from portfolio transactions.

Based on its consideration of the factors and information it deemed relevant, including those described here, the Board did not find that any ancillary benefits received by Funds Management and its affiliates, including the Sub-Advisers, were unreasonable.

Conclusion

At the Meeting, after considering the above-described factors and based on its deliberations and its evaluation of the information described above, the Board unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreements for a one-year term and determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management and the Sub-Advisers under each of the Advisory Agreements was reasonable.

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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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406809 11-19

A263/AR263 09-19

Annual Report

September 30, 2019

Wells Fargo C&B Mid Cap Value Fund

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

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

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

Contents

Letter to shareholders	2
Performance highlights	6
Fund expenses	10
Portfolio of investments	11
Financial statements
Statement of assets and liabilities	15
Statement of operations	16
Statement of changes in net assets	17
Financial highlights	18
Notes to financial statements	23
Report of independent registered public accounting firm	29
Other information	30

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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

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 annual report for the Wells Fargo C&B Mid Cap Value Fund for the 12-month period that ended September 30, 2019. After the first half of the period yielded either low-single-digit or negative investment returns, U.S. stock and global bond investors generally saw markets recover during the second half amid intensifying market volatility, global economic growth concerns, international trade stare downs, and simmering geopolitical tensions.

Overall, fixed-income investors enjoyed a distinct advantage over stock investors. For the period, U.S. stocks, based on the S&P 500 Index,¹ gained 4.25% and international stocks, as measured by the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net),² fell 1.23%. The MSCI EM Index (Net)³ slipped 2.02%. Among fixed income investors, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index⁴ added 10.30%, the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index⁵ added 5.34%, the Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index⁶ gained 8.55%, and the ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index⁷ added 6.30%.

Investors confronted unsettling events during the fourth quarter of 2018.

During the fourth quarter of 2018, investors grew concerned about the pace and sustainability of the global economic expansion. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported third-quarter U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) was 3.4% on an annualized basis, which was down from the second-quarter rate. A partial U.S. government shutdown occurred, which extended into January 2019. Brexit efforts stalled, causing uncertainty for the eurozone. The value of the renminbi declined even as the People’s Bank of China cut reserve requirement ratios, accelerated infrastructure spending, and cut taxes in efforts to spur economic activity.

The combination of news in the U.S. and generally weak economic indicators outside of the U.S. caused investors to seek safe havens. December’s S&P 500 Index performance was the worst since 1931. Globally, fixed-income investments fared better than stocks during the last two months of the year. Even as indicators suggested growth was restrained, the U.S. Federal Reserve (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%. Many observers expressed concerns that higher rates could slow the economy further.

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 and emerging markets, excluding the U.S. 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 the equity market performance of emerging markets. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁴ The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment-grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage pass-throughs), asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁵  The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index is an unmanaged index that provides a broad-based measure of the global investment-grade fixed-income markets excluding the U.S. dollar-denominated debt market. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁶  The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of long-term tax-exempt bonds with a minimum credit rating of Baa. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁷ The ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index is a market-capitalization-weighted index of domestic and Yankee high-yield bonds. The index tracks the performance of high-yield securities traded in the U.S. bond market. You cannot invest directly in an index. Copyright 2019. ICE Data Indices, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

The market climbs a wall of worry.

Investment returns early in 2019 appeared to reaffirm the adage that markets climb a wall of worry as the new year began. The S&P 500 Index gained 8.01% for the month of January, the 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.

In February 2019, signs of slowing global growth grew more ominous. The Bureau of Economic Analysis announced fourth-quarter 2018 GDP grew at an annualized 2.2% rate, a slower rate than reported for the prior two quarters. In a February report, the Bank of England forecast the slowest growth for 2019 since the financial crisis. China and the U.S. continued to wrangle over trade issues. By the end of the first quarter of 2019, more accommodative Fed sentiment and steady, if not spectacular, U.S. economic and business metrics encouraged domestic investors.

Early second-quarter 2019 enthusiasm among investors faded.

During April 2019, favorable sentiment found additional support in reports of sustained low inflation, solid employment data, and first-quarter U.S. GDP of an annualized rate of 3.2%. During May, markets tumbled on mixed investment signals. In the U.S., partisan wrangling ramped up as Democrats and Republicans set their sights on 2020 presidential politics. The U.K.’s Brexit disagreements caused Prime Minister Theresa May to resign. Boris Johnson succeeded her only to exacerbate uncertainty about Brexit’s resolution ahead of an October 2019 deadline. The European Commission downgraded the 2019 growth forecast to 1.2%. The U.S. increased tariffs on products from China, China responded, and then talks broke down. President Donald Trump threatened to turn his foreign policy tariff tool to Mexico over immigration issues.

During the third quarter of 2019, investors regrouped. Just as the investment horizon appeared to darken, sentiment turned and U.S. equity markets gained during June and July. The gains, primarily driven by geopolitical and monetary policy events, pushed equity markets to new highs. European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said that if the outlook doesn’t improve, the bank would cut rates or buy more assets to prop up inflation. President Trump backed off of tariff threats against Mexico and China. In the U.S., the Fed implemented a 0.25% federal funds rate cut in July.

Later in July 2019, the U.S. reversed course and threatened to impose higher tariffs on China’s exports after talks failed. China responded with tariff threats of its own and devalued the renminbi, a move that roiled global markets. Major U.S. stock market indices closed July with the worst weekly results of the year. Bond prices gained as Treasury yields fell to levels not seen since November 2016 and the yield curve inverted at multiple points along the 30-year arc.

In a microcosm, August 2019 encapsulated many of the unnerving events that plagued investors during the prior 11 months. The U.S.-China trade relationship swung from antagonistic to hopeful and back again with no evident compromise on the horizon. Evidence of a continued global economic slowdown mounted. Central banks in China, New Zealand, and Thailand cut interest rates. Industrial and manufacturing data declined in China, Canada, Japan, and Germany. Adding to the uncertain environment, Italy’s prime minister resigned, many feared a crackdown in Hong Kong as protesters sustained their calls for reform throughout the month, and Boris Johnson planned to suspend Parliament as Brexit’s deadline neared.

In the U.S., September saw the Fed join other central banks in cutting interest rates. Manufacturing data in the U.S., as reported by the Institute for Supply Management, disappointed investors. The U.S. Congress announced it would pursue an impeachment investigation of President Trump. Meanwhile, the Brexit impasse showed no signs of

“The S&P 500 Index gained 8.01% for the month of January, the best monthly performance in 30 years.”

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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

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.

resolution. Officials in China said that hitting the country’s economic growth goals for the year would be difficult considering the weight of tariffs and trade restrictions. So while the S&P 500 Index finished the third quarter with year-to-date returns that were the best in more than 20 years, amid signs of equity investors taking money out of the stock market, concerns about future returns remained.

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 potentially 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,

Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

Investment objective

The Fund seeks maximum long-term return (current income and capital appreciation), consistent with minimizing risk to principal.

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Subadviser

Cooke and Bieler, L.P.

Portfolio managers

Andrew B. Armstrong, CFA^®‡

Wesley Lim, CFA^®‡*

Steve Lyons, CFA^®‡

Michael M. Meyer, CFA^®‡

Edward W. O’Connor, CFA^®‡

R. James O’Neil, CFA^®‡

Mehul Trivedi, CFA^®‡

William Weber, CFA^®‡

Average annual total returns (%) as of September 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 (CBMAX)	7-26-2004		-1.12		8.29		11.60		4.91		9.58		12.26		1.30		1.26
Class C (CBMCX)	7-26-2004		3.14		8.77		11.42		4.14		8.77		11.42		2.05		2.01
Class R6 (CBMYX)3	7-31-2018		–		–		–		5.39		9.98		12.64		0.87		0.81
Administrator Class (CBMIX)	7-26-2004		–		–		–		5.03		9.68		12.34		1.22		1.16
Institutional Class (CBMSX)	7-26-2004		–		–		–		5.29		9.96		12.63		0.97		0.91
Russell Midcap® Value Index4	–		–		–		–		1.60		7.55		12.29		–		–

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. Smaller-company stocks tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies. Consult the Fund’s prospectus for additional information on these and other risks.

Please see footnotes on page 7.

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

Growth of $10,000 investment as of September 30, 2019⁵

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

* Mr. Lim became a portfolio manager of the Fund on August 1, 2019.

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 January 31, 2020, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the expenses of each class after fee waivers at 1.25% for Class A, 2.00% for Class C, 0.80% for Class R6, 1.15% for Administrator Class, and 0.90% 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 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.

⁴  The Russell Midcap^® Value Index measures the performance of those Russell Midcap companies with lower price/book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. The stocks are also members of the Russell 1000^® Value Index. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁵  The chart compares the performance of Class A shares for the most recent ten years with the Russell Midcap^® Value Index. The chart assumes a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Class A shares and reflects all operating expenses and assumes the maximum initial sales charge of 5.75%.

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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Performance highlights (unaudited)

MANAGER’S DISCUSSION

Fund highlights

∎ The Fund outperformed its benchmark, the Russell Midcap^® Value Index, for the 12-month period that ended September 30, 2019.

∎ Stock selection accounted for most of the Fund’s outperformance. Top contributors to performance were Crown Holdings, Incorporated; Arch Capital Group Limited; and Hexcel Corporation. The Fund’s underweight to energy was also a significant contributor.

∎ MEDNAX, Incorporated; Alliance Data Systems Corporation; and PRA Group, Incorporated, were the largest detractors from performance. The Fund’s underweights to the high-yielding utilities and real estate sectors also caused a significant drag on returns.

Overview

The past year has been a bumpy ride for markets, though general sentiment seemed more tempestuous than its point-to-point return would indicate. Continuous geopolitical events including prolonged trade wars, a disrupted global oil supply, renewed and amplified appeals for U.S. presidential impeachment, and multiple U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) rate cuts caused short-term market disruptions despite underlying fundamentals remaining mostly positive. This choppiness was punctuated by September’s significant rotation toward value and away from growth and momentum. We are confident that our long-term approach and disciplined focus on fundamentals, balance sheets, and valuations are well suited to profit both from the opportunities created by short-term volatility as well as the long-term compounding ability of high-quality businesses.

Ten largest holdings (%) as of September 30, 20196
Helen of Troy Limited	3.23
Arrow Electronics Incorporated	3.21
Fidelity National Financial Incorporated	3.04
American Eagle Outfitters Incorporated	3.01
Colfax Corporation	3.01
AerCap Holdings NV	2.90
TCF Financial Corporation	2.86
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Company	2.68
State Street Corporation	2.66
Syneos Health Incorporated	2.52

Fund updates

We continue to find compelling opportunities for the Fund as market disruptions create pockets of valuation weakness despite strong fundamentals. We initiated positions across multiple industries, including video game developer Activision Blizzard, Incorporated; young-adult retailer American Eagle Outfitters, Incorporated; four industrial companies—Acuity Brands, Incorporated; BWX Technologies, Incorporated; Gates Industrial Corporation plc; and Hexcel Corporation—hospital bed provider Hill-Rom Holdings, Incorporated; and three information technology (IT) companies—Leidos Holdings, Incorporated; Applied Materials, Incorporated; and MKS Instruments, Incorporated.

In order to make room for these holdings, we eliminated three financial companies—Markel Corporation; PRA Group, Incorporated; and RenaissanceRe Holdings Limited—two IT companies—Analog Devices, Incorporated, and Genpact Limited—materials company Ball Corporation; health care firm Cardinal Health, Incorporated; industrials company Quanex Building Products Corporation; consumer staples firm United Natural Foods, Incorporated; and energy company World Fuel Services Corporation.

Please see footnotes on page 7.

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

Sector distribution as of September 30, 2019⁷

The five largest contributors to the Fund’s return were balanced across four sectors, led by manufacturer Crown Holdings.

Crown Holdings, the leading manufacturer of beverage, food, and aerosol cans, recovered from weak results in 2018 by reporting strong free cash flow generation in the beginning of 2019, bolstering positive investor sentiment, and contributing the most to the Fund. Insurer Arch Capital has seen improved investor sentiment, which has led to a re-rating over the past year, and industrials company Hexcel has benefited from solid earnings and growing end markets. Consumer discretionary companies Whirlpool Corporation and Gildan Activewear Incorporated were the fourth- and

fifth-largest contributors, respectively. From a positioning standpoint, the Fund benefited significantly from its underweight to energy, which had a staggering -36.99% return for the trailing 12 months, and gained from overweights to industrials and IT.

The Fund’s five largest detractors were also from four sectors, with health care company MEDNAX having the most negative impact.

MEDNAX, operator of neonatology, anesthesiology, and radiology physician practices, was the largest detractor over the trailing 12 months. The company has continued to face wages and benefits inflation that has outpaced its revenue growth. MEDNAX management’s increasingly comprehensive approach to stabilizing profitability will take time to play out. Marketing solutions company Alliance Data Systems disappointed investors with its inability to properly monetize the sale of its Epsilon business unit. Financials company PRA Group struggled to leverage its additional investments in collections capabilities and was ultimately eliminated from the Fund. State Street Corporation and Gates Industrial Corporation were the fourth- and fifth-largest detractors, respectively. From a positioning standpoint, the Fund’s underweights to utilities and real estate were significant headwinds.

Outlook

The stock market entered the fourth quarter with major indices up double digits for the year but facing a clearly slowing economy and a well-known, though concerning, list of geopolitical risks. The Fed has signaled its intent to cushion any shocks, but low global interest rates and years of quantitative easing raise questions as to how helpful it can be. With valuations less supportive than they were entering the year, conditions seem likely to get bumpy, although we would not underestimate the market’s ability to climb the wall of worry. Regardless of the exact path the markets take, we have learned we can rely on them to be more volatile than their underlying fundamentals—a backdrop conducive to idea generation. As always, our focus is on identifying businesses at compelling valuations that generate attractive fundamental returns for our shareholders, often by taking advantage of others’ impatience.

Please see footnotes on page 7.

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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 April 1, 2019 to September 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 4-1-2019		Ending account value 9-30-2019		Expenses paid during the period¹		Annualized net expense ratio
Class A
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,088.04	$	6.56		1.25	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,018.79	$	6.34		1.25	%
Class C
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,084.14	$	10.47		2.00	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,015.02	$	10.12		2.00	%
Class R6
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,090.66	$	4.20		0.80	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,021.05	$	4.06		0.80	%
Administrator Class
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,088.69	$	6.04		1.15	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,019.29	$	5.84		1.15	%
Institutional Class
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,090.12	$	4.73		0.90	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,020.54	$	4.57		0.90	%

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—September 30, 2019

	Shares		Value
Common Stocks: 95.87%
Communication Services: 4.30%
Entertainment: 1.95%
Activision Blizzard Incorporated		146,900	$	7,773,948
Media: 2.35%
Omnicom Group Incorporated		119,100		9,325,530
Consumer Discretionary: 14.57%
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure: 0.71%
Extended Stay America Incorporated		191,100		2,797,704
Household Durables: 5.03%
Helen of Troy Limited †		81,300		12,817,757
Whirlpool Corporation		45,300		7,173,708
				19,991,465
Specialty Retail: 4.70%
American Eagle Outfitters Incorporated		738,670		11,981,227
Williams-Sonoma Incorporated «		98,600		6,702,828
				18,684,055
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods: 4.13%
Gildan Activewear Incorporated		271,100		9,624,050
HanesBrands Incorporated		443,500		6,794,420
				16,418,470
Financials: 19.26%
Banks: 4.77%
Commerce Bancshares Incorporated		125,605		7,617,943
TCF Financial Corporation		298,313		11,356,776
				18,974,719
Capital Markets: 2.66%
State Street Corporation		178,500		10,565,415
Consumer Finance: 3.76%
FirstCash Financial Services Incorporated		56,140		5,146,354
Synchrony Financial		287,000		9,783,830
				14,930,184
Insurance: 8.07%
Arch Capital Group Limited †		194,300		8,156,714
Fidelity National Financial Incorporated		272,400		12,097,284
Globe Life Incorporated		87,200		8,350,272
The Progressive Corporation		44,600		3,445,350
				32,049,620
Health Care: 9.95%
Health Care Equipment & Supplies: 1.60%
Hill-Rom Holdings Incorporated		60,400		6,355,892

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

	Shares		Value
Health Care Providers & Services: 3.80%
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings †		55,100	$	9,256,800
MEDNAX Incorporated †		257,800		5,831,436
				15,088,236
Life Sciences Tools & Services: 2.52%
Syneos Health Incorporated †		188,200		10,014,122
Pharmaceuticals: 2.03%
Perrigo Company plc		144,700		8,087,283
Industrials: 25.08%
Aerospace & Defense: 3.98%
BWX Technologies Incorporated		139,500		7,980,795
Hexcel Corporation		95,400		7,835,202
				15,815,997
Building Products: 1.25%
Johnson Controls International plc		113,300		4,972,737
Commercial Services & Supplies: 1.83%
Steelcase Incorporated Class A		396,200		7,290,080
Electrical Equipment: 5.33%
Acuity Brands Incorporated		30,450		4,104,356
AMETEK Incorporated		87,600		8,043,432
Eaton Corporation plc		108,400		9,013,460
				21,161,248
Machinery: 9.79%
Colfax Corporation †		411,300		11,952,378
Donaldson Company Incorporated		127,900		6,661,032
Gates Industrial Corporation plc †		538,300		5,420,681
Snap-on Incorporated		52,500		8,218,350
Woodward Governor Company		61,700		6,653,111
				38,905,552
Trading Companies & Distributors: 2.90%
AerCap Holdings NV †		210,600		11,530,350
Information Technology: 12.09%
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components: 5.18%
Arrow Electronics Incorporated †		170,800		12,738,264
TE Connectivity Limited		84,400		7,864,392
				20,602,656
IT Services: 4.22%
Alliance Data Systems Corporation		25,100		3,216,063
Amdocs Limited		147,900		9,777,669
Leidos Holdings Incorporated		44,000		3,778,720
				16,772,452
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment: 2.69%
Applied Materials Incorporated		74,800		3,732,520
MKS Instruments Incorporated		75,200		6,939,456
				10,671,976

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

				Shares		Value
Materials: 8.70%
Chemicals: 1.55%
Axalta Coating Systems Limited †					204,400	$	6,162,660
Containers & Packaging: 2.45%
Crown Holdings Incorporated †					147,700		9,757,062
Metals & Mining: 2.68%
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Company					106,800		10,643,688
Paper & Forest Products: 2.02%
Schweitzer-Mauduit International Incorporated					214,415		8,027,698
Real Estate: 1.92%
Real Estate Management & Development: 1.92%
CBRE Group Incorporated Class A †					143,800		7,622,838
Total Common Stocks (Cost $322,873,286)							380,993,637
	Yield
Short-Term Investments: 5.83%
Investment Companies: 5.83%
Securities Lending Cash Investments LLC (l)(r)(u)		2.11	%		5,733,177		5,733,750
Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class (l)(u)		1.88			17,446,499		17,446,499
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $23,180,249)							23,180,249

Total investments in securities (Cost $346,053,535)	101.70	%		404,173,886
Other assets and liabilities, net	(1.70	)		(6,756,750	)
Total net assets	100.00	%	$	397,417,136

† Non-income-earning security

« All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(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.

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

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		14,621,190		65,880,768		74,768,781		5,733,177	$	588	$	(239	)	$	119,161	#	$	5,733,750
Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class		21,485,564		138,029,964		142,069,029		17,446,499		0		0			353,976			17,446,499
									$	588	$	(239	)	$	473,137		$	23,180,249		5.83	%

^#  Amount shown represents income before fees and rebates.

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

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Statement of assets and liabilities—September 30, 2019

Assets
Investments in unaffiliated securities (including $5,608,350 of securities loaned), at value (cost $322,873,286)	$	380,993,637
Investments in affiliated securities, at value (cost $23,180,249)		23,180,249
Receivable for Fund shares sold		2,413,393
Receivable for dividends		343,137
Receivable for securities lending income, net		1,688
Prepaid expenses and other assets		69,966
Total assets		407,002,070
Liabilities
Payable upon receipt of securities loaned		5,732,549
Payable for investments purchased		3,174,666
Payable for Fund shares redeemed		323,644
Management fee payable		226,804
Administration fees payable		47,650
Distribution fee payable		2,827
Trustees’ fees and expenses payable		2,215
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		74,579
Total liabilities		9,584,934
Total net assets	$	397,417,136
Net assets consist of
Paid-in capital	$	329,023,870
Total distributable earnings		68,393,266
Total net assets	$	397,417,136
Computation of net asset value and offering price per share
Net assets – Class A	$	106,975,155
Shares outstanding – Class A1		2,696,381
Net asset value per share – Class A		$39.67
Maximum offering price per share – Class A2		$42.09
Net assets – Class C	$	4,591,721
Shares outstanding – Class C1		124,179
Net asset value per share – Class C		$36.98
Net assets – Class R6	$	15,112,037
Shares outstanding – Class R61		377,253
Net asset value per share – Class R6		$40.06
Net assets – Administrator Class	$	24,036,486
Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1		598,786
Net asset value per share – Administrator Class		$40.14
Net assets – Institutional Class	$	246,701,737
Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1		6,161,966
Net asset value per share – Institutional Class		$40.04

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—year ended September 30, 2019

Investment income
Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $20,833)	$	5,318,108
Income from affiliated securities		368,239
Total investment income		5,686,347
Expenses
Management fee		2,522,013
Administration fees
Class A		212,032
Class C		12,097
Class R6		3,308
Administrator Class		25,761
Institutional Class		258,308
Shareholder servicing fees
Class A		252,419
Class C		14,401
Administrator Class		49,540
Distribution fee
Class C		43,085
Custody and accounting fees		21,535
Professional fees		39,942
Registration fees		100,233
Shareholder report expenses		61,669
Trustees’ fees and expenses		21,652
Other fees and expenses		17,024
Total expenses		3,655,019
Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements
Fund-level		(127,489	)
Class C		(1	)
Class R6		(2,083	)
Administrator Class		(3,965	)
Institutional Class		(40,183	)
Net expenses		3,481,298
Net investment income		2,205,049
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments
Net realized gains on
Unaffiliated securities		10,275,310
Affiliated securities		588
Net realized gains on investments		10,275,898
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on
Unaffiliated securities		6,365,972
Affiliated securities		(239	)
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments		6,365,733
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		16,641,631
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations	$	18,846,680

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

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Statement of changes in net assets

	Year ended September 30, 2019						Year ended September 30, 2018
Operations
Net investment income				$	2,205,049					$	972,703
Net realized gains on investments					10,275,898						15,512,927
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments					6,365,733						7,326,810
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations					18,846,680						23,812,440
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains
Class A					(159,086	)					(10,376	)
Class R6					(76,727	)					0	1
Administrator Class					(60,977	)					(21,699	)
Institutional Class					(1,010,122	)					(345,183	)
Total distributions to shareholders					(1,306,912	)					(377,258	)
Capital share transactions		Shares						Shares
Proceeds from shares sold
Class A		316,284			11,568,529			304,664			11,072,438
Class C		28,128			897,999			35,196			1,207,072
Class R6		475,263			17,075,950			669	1		25,000	1
Administrator Class		200,859			7,561,359			398,153			14,622,451
Institutional Class		3,096,014			113,109,321			4,171,649			152,624,942
					150,213,158						179,551,903
Reinvestment of distributions
Class A		4,720			154,816			278			10,143
Class R6		995			32,841			0	1		0	1
Administrator Class		1,590			52,718			473			17,442
Institutional Class		30,350			1,001,844			8,408			308,732
					1,242,219						336,317
Payment for shares redeemed
Class A		(564,439	)		(20,529,618	)		(651,887	)		(23,945,939	)
Class C		(139,702	)		(4,695,256	)		(58,143	)		(2,005,684	)
Class R6		(99,674	)		(3,641,646	)		0	1		0	1
Administrator Class		(150,211	)		(5,462,836	)		(450,885	)		(16,245,676	)
Institutional Class		(2,201,065	)		(78,294,383	)		(1,924,282	)		(70,722,538	)
					(112,623,739	)					(112,919,837	)
Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share transactions					38,831,638						66,968,383
Total increase in net assets					56,371,406						90,403,565
Net assets
Beginning of period					341,045,730						250,642,165
End of period				$	397,417,136					$	341,045,730

¹  For the period from July 31, 2018 (commencement of class operations) to September 30, 2018

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
CLASS A	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$37.88			$35.07			$29.27			$25.12			$25.26
Net investment income (loss)		0.16			0.06			(0.00	)1,2		0.07	1		0.05	1
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		1.69			2.75			5.82			4.13			(0.14	)
Total from investment operations		1.85			2.81			5.82			4.20			(0.09	)
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		(0.06	)		(0.00	)3		(0.02	)		(0.05	)		(0.05	)
Net asset value, end of period		$39.67			$37.88			$35.07			$29.27			$25.12
Total return4		4.91	%		8.02	%		19.89	%		16.73	%		(0.36	)%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		1.29	%		1.29	%		1.30	%		1.33	%		1.35	%
Net expenses		1.25	%		1.25	%		1.25	%		1.24	%		1.20	%
Net investment income (loss)		0.43	%		0.16	%		(0.00	)%		0.27	%		0.18	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		42	%		39	%		54	%		35	%		41	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$106,975			$111,354			$115,258			$120,020			$19,862

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.

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
CLASS C	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$35.51			$33.12			$27.83			$24.02			$24.29
Net investment loss		(0.12	)1		(0.20	)1		(0.26	)		(0.14	)1		(0.15	)1
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		1.59			2.59			5.55			3.95			(0.12	)
Total from investment operations		1.47			2.39			5.29			3.81			(0.27	)
Net asset value, end of period		$36.98			$35.51			$33.12			$27.83			$24.02
Total return2		4.14	%		7.22	%		19.01	%		15.86	%		(1.11	)%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		2.04	%		2.04	%		2.05	%		2.08	%		2.10	%
Net expenses		2.00	%		2.00	%		2.00	%		1.98	%		1.95	%
Net investment loss		(0.36	)%		(0.59	)%		(0.74	)%		(0.55	)%		(0.57	)%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		42	%		39	%		54	%		35	%		41	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$4,592			$8,371			$8,567			$7,314			$6,737

¹  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

²  Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
CLASS R6	2019			20181
Net asset value, beginning of period		$38.27			$37.39
Net investment income		0.35	2		0.08	2
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		1.67			0.80
Total from investment operations		2.02			0.88
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		(0.23	)		0.00
Net asset value, end of period		$40.06			$38.27
Total return3		5.39	%		2.35	%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		0.86	%		0.86	%
Net expenses		0.80	%		0.80	%
Net investment income		0.95	%		1.24	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		42	%		39	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$15,112			$26

¹  For the period from July 31, 2018 (commencement of class operations) to September 30, 2018

²  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

³  Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$38.35			$35.52			$29.63			$25.42			$25.54
Net investment income		0.20	1		0.10	1		0.04	1		0.08	1		0.06	1
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		1.70			2.78			5.89			4.19			(0.13	)
Total from investment operations		1.90			2.88			5.93			4.27			(0.07	)
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		(0.11	)		(0.05	)		(0.04	)		(0.06	)		(0.05	)
Net asset value, end of period		$40.14			$38.35			$35.52			$29.63			$25.42
Total return		5.03	%		8.13	%		20.02	%		16.82	%		(0.30	)%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		1.21	%		1.21	%		1.22	%		1.25	%		1.21	%
Net expenses		1.15	%		1.15	%		1.15	%		1.15	%		1.15	%
Net investment income		0.53	%		0.26	%		0.12	%		0.28	%		0.22	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		42	%		39	%		54	%		35	%		41	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$24,036			$20,960			$21,267			$8,302			$9,725

¹  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$38.26			$35.41			$29.53			$25.34			$25.49
Net investment income		0.28			0.19			0.16			0.16			0.10
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		1.70			2.78			5.82			4.17			(0.12	)
Total from investment operations		1.98			2.97			5.98			4.33			(0.02	)
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		(0.20	)		(0.12	)		(0.10	)		(0.14	)		(0.13	)
Net asset value, end of period		$40.04			$38.26			$35.41			$29.53			$25.34
Total return		5.29	%		8.41	%		20.30	%		17.11	%		(0.09	)%1
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		0.96	%		0.96	%		0.97	%		1.00	%		0.94	%
Net expenses		0.90	%		0.90	%		0.90	%		0.90	%		0.90	%
Net investment income		0.79	%		0.56	%		0.37	%		0.54	%		0.47	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		42	%		39	%		54	%		35	%		41	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$246,702			$200,335			$105,550			$38,161			$18,229

¹  Total return reflects adjustments to conform with generally accepted accounting principles.

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

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Notes to financial statements

1. ORGANIZATION

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

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 of the Fund. The Board of Trustees has established a Valuation Committee comprised of the Trustees and has delegated to it the authority to take any actions regarding the valuation of portfolio securities that the Valuation Committee deems necessary or appropriate, including determining the fair value of portfolio securities, unless the determination has been delegated to the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee at Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”). The Board of Trustees retains the authority to make or ratify any valuation decisions or approve any changes to the Valuation Procedures as it deems appropriate. On a quarterly basis, the Board of Trustees receives reports on any valuation actions taken by the Valuation Committee or the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee which may include items for ratification.

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. When securities are on loan, the Fund receives interest or dividends on those securities. Cash collateral received in connection with its securities lending transactions is invested in Securities Lending Cash Investments, LLC (the “Securities Lending Fund”). Investments in Securities Lending Fund 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.

In a securities lending transaction, the net asset value of the Fund is 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. The Fund has the right under the lending agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand. 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 such an event, the terms of the agreement allows the unaffiliated securities lending agent to use the collateral to purchase replacement securities on behalf of the Fund or pay the Fund the market value of the loaned securities. The Fund bears the risk of loss with respect to depreciation of its investment of the cash collateral.

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. Dividend income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is not assured.

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Notes to financial statements

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 September 30, 2019, the aggregate cost of all investments for federal income tax purposes was $348,545,266 and the unrealized gains (losses) consisted of:

Gross unrealized gains	$	69,092,602
Gross unrealized losses		(13,463,982	)
Net unrealized gains	$	55,628,620

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 fund-level expenses, and realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments are allocated daily to each class of shares based on the relative proportion of net assets of each class.

3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS

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

∎ Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

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

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

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

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Notes to financial statements

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

	Quoted prices (Level 1)		Other significant observable inputs (Level 2)		Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)		Total
Assets
Investments in:
Common stocks
Communication services	$	17,099,478	$	0	$	0	$	17,099,478
Consumer discretionary		57,891,694		0		0		57,891,694
Financials		76,519,938		0		0		76,519,938
Health care		39,545,533		0		0		39,545,533
Industrials		99,675,964		0		0		99,675,964
Information Technology		48,047,084		0		0		48,047,084
Materials		34,591,108		0		0		34,591,108
Real estate		7,622,838		0		0		7,622,838
Short-term investments
Investment companies		23,180,249		0		0		23,180,249
Total assets	$	404,173,886	$	0	$	0	$	404,173,886

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

For the year ended September 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 & Company (“Wells Fargo”), is the manager of the Fund and provides advisory and fund-level administrative services under an investment management agreement. Under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is responsible for, among other services, implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Fund, supervising the subadviser and providing fund-level administrative services in connection with the Fund’s operations. As compensation for its services under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive 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		0.750	%
Next $500 million		0.725
Next $1 billion		0.700
Next $2 billion		0.675
Next $1 billion		0.650
Next $5 billion		0.640
Next $2 billion		0.630
Next $4 billion		0.620
Over $16 billion		0.610

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Notes to financial statements

Prior to February 1, 2019, Funds Management received 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		0.750	%
Next $500 million		0.725
Next $1 billion		0.700
Next $2 billion		0.675
Next $1 billion		0.650
Next $5 billion		0.640
Over $10 billion		0.630

For the year ended September 30, 2019, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.75% 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. Cooke & Bieler, L.P., which is not an affiliate of Funds Management, 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 0.35% 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

Waivers and/or expense reimbursements

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 January 31, 2020 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 1.25% for Class A shares, 2.00% for Class C shares, 0.80% for Class R6 shares, 1.15% for Administrator Class shares, and 0.90% 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 year ended September 30, 2019, Funds Distributor received $4,380 from the sale of Class A shares. No contingent deferred sales charges were incurred by Class A and Class C shares for the year ended September 30, 2019.

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Notes to financial statements

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 year ended September 30, 2019 were $179,827,379 and $136,042,449, respectively.

6. SECURITIES LENDING TRANSACTIONS

The Fund lends its securities through an unaffiliated securities lending agent and 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 increases or decreases in the required collateral are exchanged between the Fund and the counterparty on the next business day. Cash collateral received is invested in the Securities Lending Fund which 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 and is exempt from registration under Section 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act. Securities Lending Fund 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. 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.

In the event of counterparty default or the failure of a borrower to return a loaned security, the Fund has the right to use the collateral to offset any losses incurred. As of September 30, 2019, the Fund had securities lending transactions with the following counterparties which are subject to offset:

Counterparty	Value of securities on loan	Collateral received1	Net amount
Bank of America Securities Inc.	$5,608,350	$(5,608,350)	$	0

¹  Collateral received within this table is limited to the collateral for the net transaction with the counterparty.

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 year ended September 30, 2019, there were no borrowings by the Fund under the agreement.

8. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

The tax character of distributions paid was $1,306,912 and $377,258 of ordinary income for the years ended September 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018, respectively.

As of September 30, 2019, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income	Undistributed long-term gain	Unrealized gains
$4,579,110	$8,185,536	$55,628,620

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Notes to financial statements

9. CONCENTRATION RISK

Concentration risks result from exposure to a limited number of sectors. As of the end of the period, the Fund invests a concentration of its portfolio in the industrials sector. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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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Report of independent registered public accounting firm

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

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Wells Fargo C&B Mid Cap Value Fund (the Fund), one of the funds constituting Wells Fargo Funds Trust, including the portfolio of investments, as of September 30, 2019, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the financial statements) and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five-year period then ended. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of September 30, 2019, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

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

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of September 30, 2019, by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

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

Boston, Massachusetts

November 25, 2019

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Other information (unaudited)

TAX INFORMATION

For corporate shareholders, pursuant to Section 854 of the Internal Revenue Code, 92.62% of ordinary income dividends qualify for the corporate dividends-received deduction for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019.

Pursuant to Section 854 of the Internal Revenue Code, $1,304,509 of income dividends paid during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019 has been designated as qualified dividend income (QDI).

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, $72,187 has been designated as interest-related dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

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

QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

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 or Form N-PORT, which is available by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. Those forms may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

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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 150 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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Other information (unaudited)

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

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

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Officers

Name and year of birth	Position held and length of service	Principal occupations during past five years or longer
Andrew Owen (Born 1960)	President, since 2017	Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo & Company and Head of Affiliated Managers, Wells Fargo Asset Management, since 2014. In addition, Mr. Owen is currently President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2017. Prior thereto, Executive Vice President responsible for marketing, investments and product development for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, from 2009 to 2014.
Nancy Wiser1 (Born 1967)	Treasurer, since 2012	Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2011. Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at LightBox Capital Management LLC, from 2008 to 2011.
Michelle Rhee3 (Born 1966)	Chief Legal Officer, since 2019	Secretary of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, Chief Legal Counsel of Wells Fargo Asset Management and Assistant General Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2018. Associate General Counsel and Managing Director of Bank of America Corporation from 2004 to 2018.
Catherine Kennedy4 (Born 1969)	Secretary, since 2019	Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and Senior Counsel of the Wells Fargo Legal Department since 2010. Vice President and Senior Counsel of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 1998 to 2010.
Michael H. Whitaker (Born 1967)	Chief Compliance Officer, since 2016	Chief Compliance Officer of Wells Fargo Asset Management since 2016. Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer for Fidelity Investments from 2007 to 2016.
David Berardi (Born 1975)	Assistant Treasurer, since 2009	Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2004 to 2010.
Jeremy DePalma1 (Born 1974)	Assistant Treasurer, since 2009	Senior Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Senior Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010 and head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration from 2005 to 2010.

¹ Nancy Wiser acts as Treasurer of 64 funds in the Fund Complex. Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 86 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 64 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.

³  Michelle Rhee became Chief Legal Officer effective October 22, 2019.

⁴  Catherine Kennedy became Secretary effective October 22, 2019.

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Other information (unaudited)

BOARD CONSIDERATION OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS:

Wells Fargo C&B Mid Cap Value Fund

Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”) must determine annually whether to approve the continuation of the Trust’s investment management and sub-advisory agreements. In this regard, at an in-person meeting held on May 21-22, 2019 (the “Meeting”), the Board, all the members of which have no direct or indirect interest in the investment management and sub-advisory agreements and are not “interested persons” of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act (the “Independent Trustees”), reviewed and approved for Wells Fargo C&B Mid Cap Value Fund (the “Fund”): (i) an investment management agreement (the “Management Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”); and (ii) an investment sub-advisory agreement (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement”) with Cooke & Bieler, L.P. (the “Sub-Adviser”). The Management Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement are collectively referred to as the “Advisory Agreements.”

At the Meeting, the Board considered the factors and reached the conclusions described below relating to the selection of Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser and the approval of the Advisory Agreements. Prior to the Meeting, including at an in-person meeting in April 2019, the Trustees conferred extensively among themselves and with representatives of Funds Management about these matters. Also, the Board has adopted a team-based approach, with each team consisting of a sub-set of Trustees, to assist the full Board in the discharge of its duties in reviewing investment performance and other matters throughout the year. The Independent Trustees were assisted in their evaluation of the Advisory Agreements by independent legal counsel, from whom they received separate legal advice and with whom they met separately.

In providing information to the Board, Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser were guided by a detailed set of requests for information submitted to them by independent legal counsel on behalf of the Independent Trustees at the start of the Board’s annual contract renewal process earlier in 2019. In considering and approving the Advisory Agreements, the Trustees considered the information they believed relevant, including but not limited to the information discussed below. The Board considered not only the specific information presented in connection with the Meeting, but also the knowledge gained over time through interaction with Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser about various topics. In this regard, the Board reviewed reports of Funds Management at each of its quarterly meetings, which included, among other things, portfolio reviews and investment performance reports. In addition, the Board and the teams mentioned above confer with portfolio managers at various times throughout the year. The Board did not identify any particular information or consideration that was all-important or controlling, and each individual Trustee may have attributed different weights to various factors.

After its deliberations, the Board unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreements for a one-year term and determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser under each of the Advisory Agreements was reasonable. The Board considered the approval of the Advisory Agreements for the Fund as part of its consideration of agreements for funds across the complex, but its approvals were made on a fund-by-fund basis. The following summarizes a number of important, but not necessarily all, factors considered by the Board in support of its approvals.

Nature, extent and quality of services

The Board received and considered various information regarding the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund by Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser under the Advisory Agreements. This information included a description of the investment advisory services and Fund-level administrative services covered by the Management Agreement, as well as, among other things, a summary of the background and experience of senior management of Wells Fargo Asset Management (“WFAM”), of which Funds Management is a part, a summary of investments made in the business of WFAM, a summary of certain organizational and personnel changes involving Funds Management, and a description of Funds Management’s and the Sub-Adviser’s business continuity planning programs and of their approaches to data privacy and cybersecurity. The Board received and reviewed information about Funds Management’s role as administrator of the Fund’s liquidity risk management program. The Board also considered the qualifications, background, tenure and responsibilities of each of the portfolio managers primarily responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund.

The Board evaluated the ability of Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser to attract and retain qualified investment professionals, including research, advisory and supervisory personnel. The Board further considered the compliance programs and compliance records of Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser. In addition, the Board took into account the full range of services provided to the Fund by Funds Management and its affiliates.

Fund investment performance and expenses

The Board considered the investment performance results for the Fund over various time periods ended December 31, 2018. The Board considered these results in comparison to the investment performance of funds in a universe that was determined by

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Other information (unaudited)

Broadridge Inc. (“Broadridge”) to be similar to the Fund (the “Universe”), and in comparison to the Fund’s benchmark index and to other comparative data. Broadridge is an independent provider of investment company data. The Board received a description of the methodology used by Broadridge to select the mutual funds in the performance Universe. The Board noted that the investment performance of the Fund (Administrator Class) was lower than the average performance of the Universe for the one-year period under review, but higher than the average performance of the Universe for the three-, five- and ten-year periods under review. The Board also noted that the investment performance of the Fund was lower than its benchmark index, the Russell Midcap^® Value Index, for the one-, five- and ten-year periods under review, but higher than its benchmark index for the three-year period under review.

The Board also received and considered information regarding the Fund’s net operating expense ratios and their various components, including actual management fees, custodian and other non-management fees, and Rule 12b-1 and non-Rule 12b-1 shareholder service fees. The Board considered these ratios in comparison to the median ratios of funds in class-specific expense groups that were determined by Broadridge to be similar to the Fund (the “Groups”). The Board received a description of the methodology used by Broadridge to select the mutual funds in the expense Groups and an explanation of how funds comprising expense groups and their expense ratios may vary from year-to-year. Based on the Broadridge reports, the Board noted that the net operating expense ratios of the Fund were equal to, lower than, or in range of, the median net operating expense ratios of the expense Groups for all share classes.

The Board took into account the Fund’s investment performance and expense information provided to it among the factors considered in deciding to re-approve the Advisory Agreements.

Investment management and sub-advisory fee rates

The Board reviewed and considered the contractual fee rates payable by the Fund to Funds Management under the Management Agreement, as well as the contractual fee rates payable by the Fund to Funds Management for class-level administrative services under a Class-Level Administration Agreement, which include, among other things, class-level transfer agency and sub-transfer agency costs (collectively, the “Management Rates”). The Board also reviewed and considered the contractual investment sub-advisory fee rates that are payable by Funds Management to the Sub-Adviser for investment sub-advisory services.

Among other information reviewed by the Board was a comparison of the Fund’s Management Rates with the average contractual investment management fee rates of funds in the expense Groups at a common asset level as well as transfer agency costs of the other funds in the expense Groups. The Board noted that the Management Rates of the Fund were lower than or equal to the sum of these average rates for the Fund’s expense Groups for all share classes.

The Board also received and considered information about the portion of the total management fee that was retained by Funds Management after payment of the fee to the Sub-Adviser for sub-advisory services. The Board considered this amount in comparison to the median amount retained by advisers to funds in a sub-advised expense universe that was determined by Broadridge to be similar to the Fund. In assessing the reasonableness of this amount, the Board received and evaluated information about the nature and extent of responsibilities retained and risks assumed by Funds Management and not delegated to or assumed by the Sub-Adviser, and about Funds Management’s on-going oversight services. The Board also considered that the sub-advisory fees paid to the Sub-Adviser had been negotiated by Funds Management on an arm’s length basis.

The Board also received and considered information about the nature and extent of services offered and fee rates charged by Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser to other types of clients with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund. In this regard, the Board received information about the significantly greater scope of services, and compliance, reporting and other legal burdens and risks of managing proprietary mutual funds compared with those associated with managing assets of other types of clients, including third-party sub-advised fund clients and non-mutual fund clients such as institutional separate accounts.

Based on its consideration of the factors and information it deemed relevant, including those described here, the Board determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management under the Management Agreement and to the Sub-Adviser under the Sub-Advisory Agreement was reasonable.

Profitability

The Board received and considered information concerning the profitability of Funds Management, as well as the profitability of both WFAM and Wells Fargo & Co. (“Wells Fargo”) from providing services to the fund family as a whole. Funds Management reported on the methodologies and estimates used in calculating profitability, including a description of the methodology used to allocate certain expenses. Among other things, the Board noted that the levels of profitability reported on a fund-by-fund

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Other information (unaudited)

basis varied widely, depending on factors such as the size, type and age of fund. The Board did not consider profitability with respect to the Sub-Adviser, as the sub-advisory fees paid to the Sub-Adviser had been negotiated by Funds Management on an arm’s-length basis.

Based on its review, the Board did not deem the profits reported by Funds Management, WFAM or Wells Fargo from services provided to the Fund to be at a level that would prevent it from approving the continuation of the Advisory Agreements.

Economies of scale

The Board received and considered information about the potential for Funds Management to experience economies of scale in the provision of management services to the Fund, the difficulties of calculating economies of scale at an individual fund level, and the extent to which potential scale benefits are shared with shareholders. The Board noted the existence of breakpoints in the Fund’s management fee structure, which operate generally to reduce the Fund’s expense ratios as the Fund grows in size. The Board considered that in addition to management fee breakpoints, Funds Management shares potential economies of scale from its management business in a variety of ways, including through fee waiver and expense reimbursement arrangements, services that benefit shareholders, competitive management fee rates set at the outset without regard to breakpoints, and investments in the business intended to enhance services available to shareholders.

The Board concluded that Funds Management’s arrangements with respect to the Fund, including contractual breakpoints, constituted a reasonable approach to sharing potential economies of scale with the Fund and its shareholders.

Other benefits to Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser

The Board received and considered information regarding potential “fall-out” or ancillary benefits received by Funds Management, the Sub-Adviser, and their affiliates as a result of their relationships with the Fund. Ancillary benefits could include, among others, benefits directly attributable to other relationships with the Fund and benefits potentially derived from an increase in Funds Management’s and the Sub-Adviser’s business as a result of their relationships with the Fund. The Board noted that various affiliates of Funds Management may receive distribution-related fees, shareholder servicing payments and sub-transfer agency fees in respect of shares sold or held through them and services provided.

The Board also reviewed information about soft dollar credits earned and utilized by the Sub-Adviser, fees earned by Funds Management and its affiliate from managing a private investment vehicle for the fund family’s securities lending collateral, and commissions earned by an affiliated broker from portfolio transactions.

Based on its consideration of the factors and information it deemed relevant, including those described here, the Board did not find that any ancillary benefits received by Funds Management, the Sub-Adviser, and their affiliates were unreasonable.

Conclusion

At the Meeting, after considering the above-described factors and based on its deliberations and its evaluation of the information described above, the Board unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreements for a one-year term and determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser under each of the Advisory Agreements was reasonable.

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Wells Fargo Funds

P.O. Box 219967

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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 1-800-222-8222or 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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406812 11-19

A228/AR228 09-19

Annual Report

September 30, 2019

Wells Fargo Common Stock Fund

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

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

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

Contents

Letter to shareholders	2
Performance highlights	6
Fund expenses	10
Portfolio of investments	11
Financial statements
Statement of assets and liabilities	15
Statement of operations	16
Statement of changes in net assets	17
Financial highlights	18
Notes to financial statements	23
Report of independent registered public accounting firm	28
Other information	29

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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

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 annual report for the Wells Fargo Common Stock Fund for the 12-month period that ended September 30, 2019. After the first half of the period yielded either low-single-digit or negative investment returns, U.S. stock and global bond investors generally saw markets recover during the second half amid intensifying market volatility, global economic growth concerns, international trade stare downs, and simmering geopolitical tensions.

Overall, fixed-income investors enjoyed a distinct advantage over stock investors. For the period, U.S. stocks, based on the S&P 500 Index,¹ gained 4.25% and international stocks, as measured by the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net),² fell 1.23%. The MSCI EM Index (Net)³ slipped 2.02%. Among fixed income investors, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index⁴ added 10.30%, the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index⁵ added 5.34%, the Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index⁶ gained 8.55%, and the ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index⁷ added 6.30%.

Investors confronted unsettling events during the fourth quarter of 2018.

During the fourth quarter of 2018, investors grew concerned about the pace and sustainability of the global economic expansion. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported third-quarter U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) was 3.4% on an annualized basis, which was down from the second-quarter rate. A partial U.S. government shutdown occurred, which extended into January 2019. Brexit efforts stalled, causing uncertainty for the eurozone. The value of the renminbi declined even as the People’s Bank of China cut reserve requirement ratios, accelerated infrastructure spending, and cut taxes in efforts to spur economic activity.

The combination of news in the U.S. and generally weak economic indicators outside of the U.S. caused investors to seek safe havens. December’s S&P 500 Index performance was the worst since 1931. Globally, fixed-income investments fared better than stocks during the last two months of the year. Even as indicators suggested growth was restrained, the U.S. Federal Reserve (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%. Many observers expressed concerns that higher rates could slow the economy further.

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 and emerging markets, excluding the U.S. 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 the equity market performance of emerging markets. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁴ The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment-grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage pass-throughs), asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁵  The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index is an unmanaged index that provides a broad-based measure of the global investment-grade fixed-income markets excluding the U.S. dollar-denominated debt market. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁶  The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of long-term tax-exempt bonds with a minimum credit rating of Baa. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁷ The ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index is a market-capitalization-weighted index of domestic and Yankee high-yield bonds. The index tracks the performance of high-yield securities traded in the U.S. bond market. You cannot invest directly in an index. Copyright 2019. ICE Data Indices, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

The market climbs a wall of worry.

Investment returns early in 2019 appeared to reaffirm the adage that markets climb a wall of worry as the new year began. The S&P 500 Index gained 8.01% for the month of January, the 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.

In February 2019, signs of slowing global growth grew more ominous. The Bureau of Economic Analysis announced fourth-quarter 2018 GDP grew at an annualized 2.2% rate, a slower rate than reported for the prior two quarters. In a February report, the Bank of England forecast the slowest growth for 2019 since the financial crisis. China and the U.S. continued to wrangle over trade issues. By the end of the first quarter of 2019, more accommodative Fed sentiment and steady, if not spectacular, U.S. economic and business metrics encouraged domestic investors.

Early second-quarter 2019 enthusiasm among investors faded.

During April 2019, favorable sentiment found additional support in reports of sustained low inflation, solid employment data, and first-quarter U.S. GDP of an annualized rate of 3.2%. During May, markets tumbled on mixed investment signals. In the U.S., partisan wrangling ramped up as Democrats and Republicans set their sights on 2020 presidential politics. The U.K.’s Brexit disagreements caused Prime Minister Theresa May to resign. Boris Johnson succeeded her only to exacerbate uncertainty about Brexit’s resolution ahead of an October 2019 deadline. The European Commission downgraded the 2019 growth forecast to 1.2%. The U.S. increased tariffs on products from China, China responded, and then talks broke down. President Donald Trump threatened to turn his foreign policy tariff tool to Mexico over immigration issues.

During the third quarter of 2019, investors regrouped. Just as the investment horizon appeared to darken, sentiment turned and U.S. equity markets gained during June and July. The gains, primarily driven by geopolitical and monetary policy events, pushed equity markets to new highs. European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said that if the outlook doesn’t improve, the bank would cut rates or buy more assets to prop up inflation. President Trump backed off of tariff threats against Mexico and China. In the U.S., the Fed implemented a 0.25% federal funds rate cut in July.

Later in July 2019, the U.S. reversed course and threatened to impose higher tariffs on China’s exports after talks failed. China responded with tariff threats of its own and devalued the renminbi, a move that roiled global markets. Major U.S. stock market indices closed July with the worst weekly results of the year. Bond prices gained as Treasury yields fell to levels not seen since November 2016 and the yield curve inverted at multiple points along the 30-year arc.

In a microcosm, August 2019 encapsulated many of the unnerving events that plagued investors during the prior 11 months. The U.S.-China trade relationship swung from antagonistic to hopeful and back again with no evident compromise on the horizon. Evidence of a continued global economic slowdown mounted. Central banks in China, New Zealand, and Thailand cut interest rates. Industrial and manufacturing data declined in China, Canada, Japan, and Germany. Adding to the uncertain environment, Italy’s prime minister resigned, many feared a crackdown in Hong Kong as protesters sustained their calls for reform throughout the month, and Boris Johnson planned to suspend Parliament as Brexit’s deadline neared.

In the U.S., September saw the Fed join other central banks in cutting interest rates. Manufacturing data in the U.S., as reported by the Institute for Supply Management, disappointed investors. The U.S. Congress announced it would pursue an impeachment investigation of President Trump. Meanwhile, the Brexit impasse showed no signs of

“The S&P 500 Index gained 8.01% for the month of January, the best monthly performance in 30 years.”

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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

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.

resolution. Officials in China said that hitting the country’s economic growth goals for the year would be difficult considering the weight of tariffs and trade restrictions. So while the S&P 500 Index finished the third quarter with year-to-date returns that were the best in more than 20 years, amid signs of equity investors taking money out of the stock market, concerns about future returns remained.

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 potentially 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,

Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

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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

Ann M. Miletti

Christopher G. Miller, CFA^®‡

Average annual total returns (%) as of September 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 (SCSAX)	11-30-2000		-4.90		6.74		10.62		0.91		8.01		11.28		1.26		1.26
Class C (STSAX)	11-30-2000		-0.83		7.20		10.44		0.17		7.20		10.44		2.01		2.01
Class R6 (SCSRX)3	6-28-2013		–		–		–		1.31		8.47		11.70		0.83		0.83
Administrator Class (SCSDX)4	7-30-2010		–		–		–		1.03		8.17		11.43		1.18		1.11
Institutional Class (SCNSX)5	7-30-2010		–		–		–		1.31		8.45		11.68		0.93		0.86
Russell 2500TM Index6	–		–		–		–		-4.04		8.57		12.22		–		–

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. Smaller-company stocks tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies. Certain investment strategies tend to increase the total risk of an investment (relative to the broader market). The Fund is exposed to foreign investment risk. Consult the Fund’s prospectus for additional information on these and other risks.

Please see footnotes on page 7.

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

Growth of $10,000 investment as of September 30, 2019⁷

^‡ 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 January 31, 2020, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the expenses of each class after fee waivers at 1.26% for Class A, 2.01% for Class C, 0.85% for Class R6, 1.10% for Administrator Class, and 0.85% 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 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, the returns for Class R6 shares would be higher.

⁴  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, the returns for Administrator Class shares would be higher.

⁵  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, the returns for Institutional Class shares would be higher.

⁶  The Russell 2500^TM Index measures the performance of the 2,500 smallest companies in the Russell 3000^® Index, which represents approximately 16% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000^® Index. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁷  The chart compares the performance of Class A shares for the most recent ten years with the Russell 2500^TM Index. The chart assumes a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Class A shares and reflects all operating expenses and assumes the maximum initial sales charge of 5.75%.

⁸  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.

⁹  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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Performance highlights (unaudited)

MANAGER’S DISCUSSION

Fund highlights

∎ The Fund outperformed its benchmark, the Russell 2500^TM Index, for the 12-month period that ended September 30, 2019.

∎ Favorable stock selection in the information technology (IT), real estate, and industrials sectors drove performance.

∎ A lack of exposure to utilities, and holdings in the energy and health care sectors detracted from performance.

In the fourth quarter of 2018, the U.S. stock market suffered a sharp decline but steadily recovered over the next three quarters. However, the Fund’s benchmark did not fully recover, declining 4.04% for the period. Utilities, real estate, and IT were the best-performing sectors in the benchmark, while energy, health care, and materials declined the most. Large-cap stocks generally outperformed small-cap stocks.

A number of factors have been influencing the U.S. stock market. Going into the period, lower corporate taxes, less regulation, and other pro-growth government policies had fueled optimism in U.S. businesses. The U.S. equity markets also benefited from the repatriation of cash held overseas, a significant ramp-up in share buybacks, increased capital spending, and high-profile merger and acquisition activity. By period-end, U.S. gross domestic product had increased for the 21st quarter in a row, the longest expansion in history. However, the period began with an equity market decline, exacerbated by the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) raising rates. After its December 2018 rate increase, the Fed shifted to a more dovish posture and reduced rates twice to the range of 1.75% to 2.00% by September 2019. An unprecedented level of negative-yielding bonds globally and the potential impact of U.S. trade negotiations are key market concerns. Slowing U.S. corporate earnings growth also weighed on investor sentiment. However, consumer confidence remains positive with low unemployment and rising household net worth.

Through the reporting period, we continued to seek companies with solid business models, strong management teams, and healthy cash flow prospects.

Ten largest holdings (%) as of September 30, 20198
LivaNova plc	2.43
E*TRADE Financial Corporation	2.17
Raymond James Financial Incorporated	1.86
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings	1.74
Carlisle Companies Incorporated	1.70
Stericycle Incorporated	1.70
Hologic Incorporated	1.69
Sun Communities Incorporated	1.67
Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated	1.63
Reinsurance Group of America Incorporated	1.58

Stock selection in IT, real estate, and industrials were the largest contributors.

The Fund was overweight in IT, and our holdings outperformed the benchmark. IT services, software, and semiconductor holdings provided most of the outperformance. The real estate sector benefited from lower interest rates, and our holdings outperformed their peers. Among industrials, holdings in road and rail, electrical equipment, and industrial conglomerates were the biggest positives. The largest individual contributor was Royal Gold, Incorporated (RGLD), a precious-metals company focused on gold and silver. RGLD’s diversified royalty streaming business brought more stability and lower risk than many gold companies. RGLD rose almost 62% for the period,

gaining from the attractiveness of gold as a commodity. SBA Communications Corporation (SBAC) and Sun Communities Incorporated (SUI), U.S. real estate investment trusts, also contributed. SBAC, which rose just over 50%, owns and operates wireless communications infrastructure and towers in the Americas. Its cell towers are in great demand, with the growth of mobile data traffic. SUI rose almost 50%. It provides real estate management services and manufactured housing for U.S. recreational vehicle communities. It had strong financial results, and its manufactured housing portfolio has continued to demonstrate strong pricing power and organic cash flow growth.

Please see footnotes on page 7.

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

Sector distribution as of September 30, 2019⁹

Utilities, energy, and health care detracted from performance.

Utilities were the benchmark’s best-performing sector, and a lack of exposure to it detracted from relative returns. As a defensive sector, utilities have been driven by interest rate trends and the economic cycle. Conversely, energy was the worst-performing sector. The West Texas Intermediate crude oil price declined from $75 to $55 a barrel, despite brief spikes related to supply concerns from Venezuela and Iran and the attack on Saudi oil fields. While we own higher-quality exploration and production companies, these firms remained sensitive to crude oil prices. Individual detractors included Concho Resources Incorporated and Cimarex Energy Company. The largest overall individual detractor

was LivaNova PLC (LIVN), a medical technology company that specializes in neuromodulation, cardiac surgery, and cardiac rhythm management. LIVN was formed through the merger of Sorin SpA and Cyberonics. The stock fell 40% for the fiscal year as investors worried about regulatory setbacks and weak financial performance.

Our focus is constant: To add value by investing in attractively priced holdings.

We seek to buy stocks at a discount to their estimated private market values (PMVs) and sell them as they reach the top of their PMV range. Our disciplined, bottom-up investment process leads us to be overweight or underweight certain sectors. This positioning changes over time based on macroeconomic and industry-specific factors. During the period, we were overweight the industrials, IT, and financials sectors and underweight utilities, consumer discretionary, and communication services. We remain keenly aware of both price and enterprise values on a company-by-company basis.

Looking ahead, global trade agreements, U.S. government policies, and interest rates may drive the overall market and the portfolio’s performance. Lower taxes and reduced regulations have already had an impact on the U.S. economy, but a divided U.S. Congress may slow down any such reform. U.S.-China trade talks are on-again off-again. Reaching an agreement could be positive for bilateral and global trade. Future rate cuts are expected by the Fed, seen as a positive for the stock market. The prospect of a potential U.S. recession is a factor in investor sentiment along with the possible impact of a slowdown in other major global economies.

Please see footnotes on page 7.

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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 April 1, 2019 to September 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 4-1-2019		Ending account value 9-30-2019		Expenses paid during the period¹		Annualized net expense ratio
Class A
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,048.78	$	6.48		1.26	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,018.74	$	6.39		1.26	%
Class C
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,044.71	$	10.32		2.01	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,014.97	$	10.17		2.01	%
Class R6
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,051.17	$	4.28		0.83	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,020.90	$	4.21		0.83	%
Administrator Class
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,049.66	$	5.67		1.10	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,019.54	$	5.58		1.10	%
Institutional Class
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,050.85	$	4.38		0.85	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,020.80	$	4.32		0.85	%

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—September 30, 2019

	Shares		Value
Common Stocks: 98.35%
Communication Services: 0.99%
Media: 0.99%
Interpublic Group of Companies Incorporated		494,927	$	10,670,626
Consumer Discretionary: 7.46%
Auto Components: 1.37%
Dana Incorporated		1,025,765		14,812,047
Diversified Consumer Services: 0.49%
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company †		995,800		5,307,614
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure: 1.37%
Jack in the Box Incorporated		161,726		14,736,473
Household Durables: 2.03%
Mohawk Industries Incorporated †		76,831		9,532,422
Whirlpool Corporation		78,149		12,375,676
				21,908,098
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail: 1.34%
Expedia Group Incorporated		107,286		14,420,311
Specialty Retail: 0.86%
Tractor Supply Company		101,951		9,220,448
Consumer Staples: 1.11%
Household Products: 1.11%
Church & Dwight Company Incorporated		158,967		11,960,677
Energy: 2.48%
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels: 2.48%
Cimarex Energy Company		186,507		8,941,146
Concho Resources Incorporated		91,095		6,185,351
Targa Resources Corporation		287,513		11,549,397
				26,675,894
Financials: 18.42%
Banks: 5.29%
Pinnacle Financial Partners Incorporated		228,561		12,970,837
Sterling Bancorp		779,161		15,629,970
Webster Financial Corporation		283,014		13,264,866
Wintrust Financial Corporation		234,236		15,138,673
				57,004,346
Capital Markets: 5.32%
CBOE Holdings Incorporated		121,055		13,910,430
E*TRADE Financial Corporation		535,858		23,411,636
Raymond James Financial Incorporated		242,468		19,993,911
				57,315,977
Insurance: 7.81%
Arch Capital Group Limited †		259,014		10,873,408
Axis Capital Holdings Limited		147,113		9,815,379
CNO Financial Group Incorporated		966,069		15,292,872

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

	Shares		Value
Insurance (continued)
First American Financial Corporation		198,025	$	11,685,455
Reinsurance Group of America Incorporated		106,238		16,985,331
RenaissanceRe Holdings Limited		27,627		5,344,443
Willis Towers Watson plc		73,510		14,185,225
				84,182,113
Health Care: 12.67%
Biotechnology: 1.65%
Agios Pharmaceuticals Incorporated †«		42,822		1,387,433
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Incorporated †		60,924		4,106,278
Neurocrine Biosciences Incorporated †		88,892		8,010,058
Sage Therapeutics Incorporated †		30,819		4,323,598
				17,827,367
Health Care Equipment & Supplies: 5.68%
Haemonetics Corporation †		132,742		16,744,076
Hologic Incorporated †		361,072		18,230,525
LivaNova plc †		354,870		26,185,857
				61,160,458
Health Care Providers & Services: 4.04%
Humana Incorporated		37,591		9,610,891
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings †		111,625		18,753,000
Universal Health Services Incorporated Class B		101,560		15,107,050
				43,470,941
Life Sciences Tools & Services: 1.30%
Bio-Rad Laboratories Incorporated Class A †		42,191		14,038,633
Industrials: 18.47%
Aerospace & Defense: 1.11%
Hexcel Corporation		145,935		11,985,642
Airlines: 1.68%
Alaska Air Group Incorporated		154,562		10,032,619
Spirit Airlines Incorporated †		220,600		8,007,780
				18,040,399
Building Products: 2.58%
Armstrong World Industries Incorporated		154,114		14,902,824
Fortune Brands Home & Security Incorporated		234,706		12,838,418
				27,741,242
Commercial Services & Supplies: 2.89%
Republic Services Incorporated		147,779		12,790,272
Stericycle Incorporated †«		359,627		18,315,803
				31,106,075
Electrical Equipment: 2.60%
AMETEK Incorporated		153,370		14,082,433
Sensata Technologies Holding plc †		278,762		13,954,826
				28,037,259
Industrial Conglomerates: 1.70%
Carlisle Companies Incorporated		125,879		18,320,430

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

	Shares		Value
Machinery: 3.58%
Altra Industrial Motion Corporation		372,117	$	10,305,780
Gardner Denver Holdings Incorporated †		430,163		12,169,311
Rexnord Corporation †		596,029		16,122,584
				38,597,675
Road & Rail: 1.31%
Saia Incorporated †		150,765		14,126,681
Trading Companies & Distributors: 1.02%
Air Lease Corporation		263,460		11,017,897
Information Technology: 19.66%
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components: 0.99%
Avnet Incorporated		239,430		10,651,044
IT Services: 6.37%
Amdocs Limited		253,851		16,782,090
Black Knight Incorporated †		225,718		13,782,341
Genpact Limited		401,268		15,549,135
InterXion Holding NV †		135,497		11,037,586
WEX Incorporated †		57,087		11,535,570
				68,686,722
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment: 4.60%
Brooks Automation Incorporated		404,009		14,960,453
Marvell Technology Group Limited		617,884		15,428,563
Maxim Integrated Products Incorporated		183,187		10,608,359
ON Semiconductor Corporation †		445,074		8,549,872
				49,547,247
Software: 7.70%
8x8 Incorporated †		606,651		12,569,809
Cornerstone OnDemand Incorporated †		264,774		14,514,911
Nuance Communications Incorporated		873,808		14,251,808
Proofpoint Incorporated †		111,980		14,451,019
RealPage Incorporated †		231,339		14,541,970
Zendesk Incorporated †		172,803		12,593,883
				82,923,400
Materials: 7.13%
Chemicals: 2.77%
Axalta Coating Systems Limited †		498,990		15,044,549
Westlake Chemical Corporation		226,534		14,842,508
				29,887,057
Containers & Packaging: 1.46%
Crown Holdings Incorporated †		237,991		15,721,685
Metals & Mining: 2.90%
Royal Gold Incorporated		128,147		15,788,992
Steel Dynamics Incorporated		516,857		15,402,339
				31,191,331
Real Estate: 9.96%
Equity REITs: 9.96%
Camden Property Trust		131,467		14,594,152
CoreSite Realty Corporation		120,948		14,737,514

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

				Shares		Value
Equity REITs (continued)
Four Corners Property Trust Incorporated					378,313	$	10,698,692
Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated					525,439		17,602,203
SBA Communications Corporation					62,723		15,125,651
Sun Communities Incorporated					121,075		17,973,584
VICI Properties Incorporated					731,967		16,579,053
							107,310,849
Total Common Stocks (Cost $798,521,961)							1,059,604,658
Exchange-Traded Funds: 0.51%
SPDR S&P Biotech ETF «					72,775		5,549,094
Total Exchange-Traded Funds (Cost $3,264,222)							5,549,094
	Yield
Short-Term Investments: 2.29%
Investment Companies: 2.29%
Securities Lending Cash Investments LLC (l)(r)(u)		2.11	%		9,518,064		9,519,016
Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class (l)(u)		1.88			15,119,436		15,119,436
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $24,638,216)							24,638,452

Total investments in securities (Cost $826,424,399)	101.15	%		1,089,792,204
Other assets and liabilities, net	(1.15	)		(12,430,615	)
Total net assets	100.00	%	$	1,077,361,589

† Non-income-earning security

« All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(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		13,692,114		153,878,525		158,052,575		9,518,064	$	366	$	(1,134	)	$	202,393	#	$	9,519,016
Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class		35,775,121		230,886,049		251,541,734		15,119,436		0		0			407,203			15,119,436
									$	366	$	(1,134	)	$	609,596		$	24,638,452		2.29	%

^#  Amount shown represents income before fees and rebates.

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

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Statement of assets and liabilities—September 30, 2019

Assets
Investments in unaffiliated securities (including $9,319,372 of securities loaned), at value (cost $801,786,183)	$	1,065,153,752
Investments in affiliated securities, at value (cost $24,638,216)		24,638,452
Receivable for investments sold		867,632
Receivable for Fund shares sold		290,733
Receivable for dividends		1,207,752
Receivable for securities lending income, net		4,025
Total assets		1,092,162,346
Liabilities
Payable upon receipt of securities loaned		9,517,275
Payable for investments purchased		3,011,577
Payable for Fund shares redeemed		907,409
Management fee payable		675,900
Administration fees payable		171,051
Distribution fee payable		4,946
Trustees’ fees and expenses payable		2,278
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		510,321
Total liabilities		14,800,757
Total net assets	$	1,077,361,589
Net assets consist of
Paid-in capital	$	706,896,007
Total distributable earnings		370,465,582
Total net assets	$	1,077,361,589
Computation of net asset value and offering price per share
Net assets – Class A	$	870,369,206
Shares outstanding – Class A1		41,305,205
Net asset value per share – Class A		$21.07
Maximum offering price per share – Class A2		$22.36
Net assets – Class C	$	7,924,998
Shares outstanding – Class C1		538,453
Net asset value per share – Class C		$14.72
Net assets – Class R6	$	36,069,355
Shares outstanding – Class R61		1,610,888
Net asset value per share – Class R6		$22.39
Net assets – Administrator Class	$	3,572,456
Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1		165,677
Net asset value per share – Administrator Class		$21.56
Net assets – Institutional Class	$	159,425,574
Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1		7,143,121
Net asset value per share – Institutional Class		$22.32

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—year ended September 30, 2019

Investment income
Dividends	$	12,823,208
Income from affiliated securities		446,042
Total investment income		13,269,250
Expenses
Management fee		8,303,090
Administration fees
Class A		1,836,254
Class C		22,618
Class R6		10,888
Administrator Class		5,250
Institutional Class		199,802
Shareholder servicing fees
Class A		2,186,016
Class C		26,927
Administrator Class		10,096
Distribution fee
Class C		80,771
Custody and accounting fees		68,274
Professional fees		51,794
Registration fees		78,025
Shareholder report expenses		68,274
Trustees’ fees and expenses		24,623
Other fees and expenses		35,974
Total expenses		13,008,676
Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements
Fund-level		(512	)
Class A		(12,217	)
Class C		(172	)
Administrator Class		(3,166	)
Institutional Class		(122,650	)
Net expenses		12,869,959
Net investment income		399,291
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments
Net realized gains on
Unaffiliated securities		120,517,167
Affiliated securities		366
Net realized gains on investments		120,517,533
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on
Unaffiliated securities		(119,777,927	)
Affiliated securities		(1,134	)
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments		(119,779,061	)
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		738,472
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations	$	1,137,763

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

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Statement of changes in net assets

	Year ended September 30, 2019						Year ended September 30, 2018
Operations
Net investment income (loss)				$	399,291					$	(1,480,238	)
Net realized gains on investments					120,517,533						168,782,075
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments					(119,779,061	)					(10,618,967	)
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations					1,137,763						156,682,870
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains
Class A					(128,198,379	)					(97,640,556	)
Class C					(2,840,840	)					(2,494,352	)
Class R6					(4,757,555	)					(11,401,103	)
Administrator Class					(749,896	)					(613,023	)
Institutional Class					(20,825,630	)					(16,747,502	)
Total distributions to shareholders					(157,372,300	)					(128,896,536	)
Capital share transactions		Shares						Shares
Proceeds from shares sold
Class A		957,344			19,146,985			651,357			15,351,401
Class C		120,120			1,584,422			43,484			772,480
Class R6		410,149			9,044,599			278,881			6,924,814
Administrator Class		7,616			156,460			37,039			896,077
Institutional Class		958,488			21,044,807			894,739			22,089,498
					50,977,273						46,034,270
Reinvestment of distributions
Class A		6,577,466			122,340,875			4,106,240			92,965,271
Class C		202,645			2,648,573			137,871			2,350,702
Class R6		240,179			4,729,116			481,095			11,397,143
Administrator Class		36,844			700,411			24,808			571,322
Institutional Class		1,038,739			20,390,438			696,871			16,460,103
					150,809,413						123,744,541
Payment for shares redeemed
Class A		(5,755,346	)		(115,611,722	)		(4,413,777	)		(104,881,783	)
Class C		(683,062	)		(9,629,160	)		(295,049	)		(5,313,557	)
Class R6		(453,488	)		(10,013,010	)		(3,965,442	)		(93,857,873	)
Administrator Class		(124,075	)		(2,358,961	)		(76,020	)		(1,845,632	)
Institutional Class		(1,546,702	)		(33,665,647	)		(1,608,638	)		(39,681,646	)
					(171,278,500	)					(245,580,491	)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions					30,508,186						(75,801,680	)
Total decrease in net assets					(125,726,351	)					(48,015,346	)
Net assets
Beginning of period					1,203,087,940						1,251,103,286
End of period				$	1,077,361,589					$	1,203,087,940

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
CLASS A	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$24.58			$24.06			$21.50			$21.62			$24.79
Net investment loss		(0.01	)		(0.04	)		(0.09	)		(0.01	)1		(0.04	)1
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		(0.20	)		3.10			3.48			2.45			(0.32	)
Total from investment operations		(0.21	)		3.06			3.39			2.44			(0.36	)
Distributions to shareholders from
Net realized gains		(3.30	)		(2.54	)		(0.83	)		(2.56	)		(2.81	)
Net asset value, end of period		$21.07			$24.58			$24.06			$21.50			$21.62
Total return2		0.91	%		13.62	%		16.10	%		12.43	%		(1.76	)%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		1.26	%		1.25	%		1.25	%		1.25	%		1.27	%
Net expenses		1.26	%		1.25	%		1.25	%		1.25	%		1.26	%
Net investment loss		(0.03	)%		(0.18	)%		(0.38	)%		(0.05	)%		(0.19	)%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		40	%		33	%		35	%		32	%		51	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$870,369			$971,731			$942,596			$924,864			$127,732

¹  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

²  Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
CLASS C	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$18.40			$18.75			$17.04			$17.77			$21.02
Net investment loss		(0.11	)1		(0.17	)1		(0.20	)1		(0.14	)1		(0.18	)
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		(0.27	)		2.36			2.74			1.97			(0.26	)
Total from investment operations		(0.38	)		2.19			2.54			1.83			(0.44	)
Distributions to shareholders from
Net realized gains		(3.30	)		(2.54	)		(0.83	)		(2.56	)		(2.81	)
Net asset value, end of period		$14.72			$18.40			$18.75			$17.04			$17.77
Total return2		0.17	%		12.74	%		15.29	%		11.52	%		(2.49	)%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		2.01	%		2.00	%		2.00	%		2.00	%		2.02	%
Net expenses		2.01	%		2.00	%		2.00	%		2.00	%		2.00	%
Net investment loss		(0.78	)%		(0.94	)%		(1.14	)%		(0.87	)%		(0.93	)%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		40	%		33	%		35	%		32	%		51	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$7,925			$16,541			$18,978			$22,902			$25,668

¹  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

²  Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
CLASS R6	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$25.80			$25.03			$22.25			$22.20			$25.27
Net investment income		0.09	1		0.05	1		0.01			0.07	1		0.05
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		(0.20	)		3.26			3.60			2.54			(0.31	)
Total from investment operations		(0.11	)		3.31			3.61			2.61			(0.26	)
Distributions to shareholders from
Net realized gains		(3.30	)		(2.54	)		(0.83	)		(2.56	)		(2.81	)
Net asset value, end of period		$22.39			$25.80			$25.03			$22.25			$22.20
Total return		1.31	%		14.12	%		16.56	%		12.91	%		(1.29	)%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		0.83	%		0.82	%		0.82	%		0.82	%		0.80	%
Net expenses		0.83	%		0.82	%		0.82	%		0.82	%		0.80	%
Net investment income		0.40	%		0.20	%		0.05	%		0.32	%		0.28	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		40	%		33	%		35	%		32	%		51	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$36,069			$36,477			$115,641			$101,436			$95,037

¹  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$25.04			$24.42			$21.78			$21.84			$24.98
Net investment income (loss)		0.03			(0.01	)1		(0.06	)1		0.02			(0.01	)1
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		(0.21	)		3.17			3.53			2.48			(0.32	)
Total from investment operations		(0.18	)		3.16			3.47			2.50			(0.33	)
Distributions to shareholders from
Net realized gains		(3.30	)		(2.54	)		(0.83	)		(2.56	)		(2.81	)
Net asset value, end of period		$21.56			$25.04			$24.42			$21.78			$21.84
Total return		1.03	%		13.84	%		16.26	%		12.59	%		(1.62	)%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		1.18	%		1.17	%		1.17	%		1.17	%		1.12	%
Net expenses		1.10	%		1.10	%		1.10	%		1.10	%		1.10	%
Net investment income (loss)		0.14	%		(0.04	)%		(0.27	)%		0.03	%		(0.03	)%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		40	%		33	%		35	%		32	%		51	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$3,572			$6,141			$6,336			$16,720			$18,050

¹  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$25.73			$24.97			$22.20			$22.16			$25.25
Net investment income		0.08	1		0.05	1		0.00	1,2		0.06	1		0.03
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		(0.19	)		3.25			3.60			2.54			(0.31	)
Total from investment operations		(0.11	)		3.30			3.60			2.60			(0.28	)
Distributions to shareholders from
Net realized gains		(3.30	)		(2.54	)		(0.83	)		(2.56	)		(2.81	)
Net asset value, end of period		$22.32			$25.73			$24.97			$22.20			$22.16
Total return		1.31	%		14.12	%		16.55	%		12.88	%		(1.38	)%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		0.93	%		0.92	%		0.92	%		0.92	%		0.86	%
Net expenses		0.85	%		0.85	%		0.85	%		0.85	%		0.85	%
Net investment income		0.37	%		0.21	%		0.02	%		0.28	%		0.24	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		40	%		33	%		35	%		32	%		51	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$159,426			$172,197			$167,552			$173,175			$226,729

¹  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

²  Amount is less than $0.005.

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

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Notes to financial statements

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 Common Stock 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.

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 of the Fund. The Board of Trustees has established a Valuation Committee comprised of the Trustees and has delegated to it the authority to take any actions regarding the valuation of portfolio securities that the Valuation Committee deems necessary or appropriate, including determining the fair value of portfolio securities, unless the determination has been delegated to the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee at Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”). The Board of Trustees retains the authority to make or ratify any valuation decisions or approve any changes to the Valuation Procedures as it deems appropriate. On a quarterly basis, the Board of Trustees receives reports on any valuation actions taken by the Valuation Committee or the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee which may include items for ratification.

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. When securities are on loan, the Fund receives interest or dividends on those securities. Cash collateral received in connection with its securities lending transactions is invested in Securities Lending Cash Investments, LLC (the “Securities Lending Fund”). Investments in Securities Lending Fund 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.

In a securities lending transaction, the net asset value of the Fund is 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. The Fund has the right under the lending agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand. 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 such an event, the terms of the agreement allows the unaffiliated securities lending agent to use the collateral to purchase replacement securities on behalf of the Fund or pay the Fund the market value of the loaned securities. The Fund bears the risk of loss with respect to depreciation of its investment of the cash collateral.

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.

Income dividends and capital gain distributions from investment companies are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Capital gain distributions from investment companies are treated as realized gains.

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Notes to financial statements

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 September 30, 2019, the aggregate cost of all investments for federal income tax purposes was $834,294,936 and the unrealized gains (losses) consisted of:

Gross unrealized gains	$	297,516,690
Gross unrealized losses		(42,019,422	)
Net unrealized gains	$	255,497,268

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 fund-level expenses, and realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments are allocated daily to each class of shares based on the relative proportion of net assets of each class.

3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS

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

∎ Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

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

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

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

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Notes to financial statements

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

	Quoted prices (Level 1)		Other significant observable inputs (Level 2)		Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)		Total
Assets
Investments in:
Common stocks
Communication services	$	10,670,626	$	0	$	0	$	10,670,626
Consumer discretionary		80,404,991		0		0		80,404,991
Consumer staples		11,960,677		0		0		11,960,677
Energy		26,675,894		0		0		26,675,894
Financials		198,502,436		0		0		198,502,436
Health care		136,497,399		0		0		136,497,399
Industrials		198,973,300		0		0		198,973,300
Information technology		211,808,413		0		0		211,808,413
Materials		76,800,073		0		0		76,800,073
Real estate		107,310,849		0		0		107,310,849
Exchange-traded funds		5,549,094		0		0		5,549,094
Short-term investments
Investment companies		24,638,452		0		0		24,638,452
Total assets	$	1,089,792,204	$	0	$	0	$	1,089,792,204

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

For the year ended September 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 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		0.800	%
Next $500 million		0.750
Next $1 billion		0.700
Next $2 billion		0.675
Next $1 billion		0.650
Next $5 billion		0.640
Over $10 billion		0.630

For the year ended September 30, 2019, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.77% 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 (“WellsCap”), 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 0.45% and declining to 0.30% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase.

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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

Waivers and/or expense reimbursements

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 January 31, 2020 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 1.26% for Class A shares, 2.01% for Class C shares, 0.85% for Class R6 shares, 1.10% for Administrator Class shares, and 0.85% 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 year ended September 30, 2019, Funds Distributor received $1,557 from the sale of Class A shares and $16 in contingent deferred sales charges from redemptions of Class C shares. No contingent deferred sales charges were incurred by Class A for the year ended September 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 year ended September 30, 2019 were $422,715,828 and $524,955,163, respectively.

6. SECURITIES LENDING TRANSACTIONS

The Fund lends its securities through an unaffiliated securities lending agent and 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 increases or decreases in the required collateral are exchanged between the Fund and the counterparty on the next business day. Cash collateral received is invested in the Securities Lending Fund which 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 and is exempt from registration under Section 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act. Securities Lending Fund is managed by Funds Management and is subadvised by WellsCap. Funds Management receives an advisory fee

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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.

In the event of counterparty default or the failure of a borrower to return a loaned security, the Fund has the right to use the collateral to offset any losses incurred. As of September 30, 2019, the Fund had securities lending transactions with the following counterparties which are subject to offset:

Counterparty	Value of securities on loan		Collateral received1			Net amount
Bank of America Securities Inc.	$	1,315,440	$	(1,315,440	)	$	0
JPMorgan Securities LLC		5,207,875		(5,207,875	)		0
UBS Securities LLC		2,796,057		(2,796,057	)		0

¹  Collateral received within this table is limited to the collateral for the net transaction with the counterparty.

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 year ended September 30, 2019, there were no borrowings by the Fund under the agreement.

8. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended September 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018 were as follows:

	Year ended September 30
	2019		2018
Ordinary income	$	16,373,230	$	17,715,099
Long-term capital gain		140,999,070		111,181,437

As of September 30, 2019, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income	Undistributed long-term gain	Unrealized gains
$6,151,984	$108,820,123	$255,497,268

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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Report of independent registered public accounting firm

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

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Wells Fargo Common Stock Fund (the Fund), one of the funds constituting Wells Fargo Funds Trust, including the portfolio of investments, as of September 30, 2019, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the financial statements) and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of September 30, 2019, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

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

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of September 30, 2019, by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

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

Boston, Massachusetts

November 25, 2019

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TAX INFORMATION

For corporate shareholders, pursuant to Section 854 of the Internal Revenue Code, 52.95% of ordinary income dividends qualify for the corporate dividends-received deduction for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019.

Pursuant to Section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, $140,999,070 was designated as a 20% rate gain distribution for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019.

Pursuant to Section 854 of the Internal Revenue Code, $9,267,382 of income dividends paid during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019 has been designated as qualified dividend income (QDI).

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019 $16,373,230 has been designated as short-term capital gain dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

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

QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

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 or Form N-PORT, which is available by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. Those forms may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of 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 150 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

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

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Officers

Name and year of birth	Position held and length of service	Principal occupations during past five years or longer
Andrew Owen (Born 1960)	President, since 2017	Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo & Company and Head of Affiliated Managers, Wells Fargo Asset Management, since 2014. In addition, Mr. Owen is currently President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2017. Prior thereto, Executive Vice President responsible for marketing, investments and product development for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, from 2009 to 2014.
Nancy Wiser1 (Born 1967)	Treasurer, since 2012	Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2011. Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at LightBox Capital Management LLC, from 2008 to 2011.
Michelle Rhee3 (Born 1966)	Chief Legal Officer, since 2019	Secretary of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, Chief Legal Counsel of Wells Fargo Asset Management and Assistant General Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2018. Associate General Counsel and Managing Director of Bank of America Corporation from 2004 to 2018.
Catherine Kennedy4 (Born 1969)	Secretary, since 2019	Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and Senior Counsel of the Wells Fargo Legal Department since 2010. Vice President and Senior Counsel of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 1998 to 2010.
Michael H. Whitaker (Born 1967)	Chief Compliance Officer, since 2016	Chief Compliance Officer of Wells Fargo Asset Management since 2016. Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer for Fidelity Investments from 2007 to 2016.
David Berardi (Born 1975)	Assistant Treasurer, since 2009	Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2004 to 2010.
Jeremy DePalma1 (Born 1974)	Assistant Treasurer, since 2009	Senior Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Senior Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010 and head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration from 2005 to 2010.

¹ Nancy Wiser acts as Treasurer of 64 funds in the Fund Complex. Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 86 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 64 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.

³  Michelle Rhee became Chief Legal Officer effective October 22, 2019.

⁴  Catherine Kennedy became Secretary effective October 22, 2019.

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BOARD CONSIDERATION OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS:

Wells Fargo Common Stock Fund

Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”) must determine annually whether to approve the continuation of the Trust’s investment management and sub-advisory agreements. In this regard, at an in-person meeting held on May 21-22, 2019 (the “Meeting”), the Board, all the members of which have no direct or indirect interest in the investment management and sub-advisory agreements and are not “interested persons” of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act (the “Independent Trustees”), reviewed and approved for Wells Fargo Common Stock Fund (the “Fund”): (i) an investment management agreement (the “Management Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”); and (ii) an investment sub-advisory agreement (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement”) with Wells Capital Management Incorporated (the “Sub-Adviser”), an affiliate of Funds Management. The Management Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement are collectively referred to as the “Advisory Agreements.”

At the Meeting, the Board considered the factors and reached the conclusions described below relating to the selection of Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser and the approval of the Advisory Agreements. Prior to the Meeting, including at an in-person meeting in April 2019, the Trustees conferred extensively among themselves and with representatives of Funds Management about these matters. Also, the Board has adopted a team-based approach, with each team consisting of a sub-set of Trustees, to assist the full Board in the discharge of its duties in reviewing investment performance and other matters throughout the year. The Independent Trustees were assisted in their evaluation of the Advisory Agreements by independent legal counsel, from whom they received separate legal advice and with whom they met separately.

In providing information to the Board, Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser were guided by a detailed set of requests for information submitted to them by independent legal counsel on behalf of the Independent Trustees at the start of the Board’s annual contract renewal process earlier in 2019. In considering and approving the Advisory Agreements, the Trustees considered the information they believed relevant, including but not limited to the information discussed below. The Board considered not only the specific information presented in connection with the Meeting, but also the knowledge gained over time through interaction with Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser about various topics. In this regard, the Board reviewed reports of Funds Management at each of its quarterly meetings, which included, among other things, portfolio reviews and investment performance reports. In addition, the Board and the teams mentioned above confer with portfolio managers at various times throughout the year. The Board did not identify any particular information or consideration that was all-important or controlling, and each individual Trustee may have attributed different weights to various factors.

After its deliberations, the Board unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreements for a one-year term and determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser under each of the Advisory Agreements was reasonable. The Board considered the approval of the Advisory Agreements for the Fund as part of its consideration of agreements for funds across the complex, but its approvals were made on a fund-by-fund basis. The following summarizes a number of important, but not necessarily all, factors considered by the Board in support of its approvals.

Nature, extent and quality of services

The Board received and considered various information regarding the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund by Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser under the Advisory Agreements. This information included a description of the investment advisory services and Fund-level administrative services covered by the Management Agreement, as well as, among other things, a summary of the background and experience of senior management of Wells Fargo Asset Management (“WFAM”), of which Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser are a part, a summary of investments made in the business of WFAM, a summary of certain organizational and personnel changes involving Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser, and a description of Funds Management’s and the Sub-Adviser’s business continuity planning programs and of their approaches to data privacy and cybersecurity. The Board received and reviewed information about Funds Management’s role as administrator of the Fund’s liquidity risk management program. The Board also considered the qualifications, background, tenure and responsibilities of each of the portfolio managers primarily responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund.

The Board evaluated the ability of Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser to attract and retain qualified investment professionals, including research, advisory and supervisory personnel. The Board further considered the compliance programs and compliance records of Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser. In addition, the Board took into account the full range of services provided to the Fund by Funds Management and its affiliates.

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Fund investment performance and expenses

The Board considered the investment performance results for the Fund over various time periods ended December 31, 2018. The Board considered these results in comparison to the investment performance of funds in a universe that was determined by Broadridge Inc. (“Broadridge”) to be similar to the Fund (the “Universe”), and in comparison to the Fund’s benchmark index and to other comparative data. Broadridge is an independent provider of investment company data. The Board received a description of the methodology used by Broadridge to select the mutual funds in the performance Universe. The Board noted that the investment performance of the Fund (Class A) was higher than the average investment performance of the Universe for all periods under review. The Board also noted that the investment performance of the Fund was lower than its benchmark index, the Russell 2500™ Index, for the three- and five-year periods under review, but in range of or higher than its benchmark for the one- and ten-year periods under review.

The Board received information concerning, and discussed factors contributing to, the underperformance of the Fund relative to the Universe and benchmark for the periods identified above. The Board took note of the explanations for the relative underperformance during these periods, including with respect to investment decisions that affected the Fund’s investment performance.

The Board also received and considered information regarding the Fund’s net operating expense ratios and their various components, including actual management fees, custodian and other non-management fees, and Rule 12b-1 and non-Rule 12b-1 shareholder service fees. The Board considered these ratios in comparison to the median ratios of funds in class-specific expense groups that were determined by Broadridge to be similar to the Fund (the “Groups”). The Board received a description of the methodology used by Broadridge to select the mutual funds in the expense Groups and an explanation of how funds comprising expense groups and their expense ratios may vary from year-to-year. Based on the Broadridge reports, the Board noted that the net operating expense ratios of the Fund were in range of, lower than, or equal to the median net operating expense ratios of the expense Groups for each share class.

The Board took into account the Fund’s investment performance and expense information provided to it among the factors considered in deciding to re-approve the Advisory Agreements.

Investment management and sub-advisory fee rates

The Board reviewed and considered the contractual fee rates payable by the Fund to Funds Management under the Management Agreement, as well as the contractual fee rates payable by the Fund to Funds Management for class-level administrative services under a Class-Level Administration Agreement, which include, among other things, class-level transfer agency and sub-transfer agency costs (collectively, the “Management Rates”). The Board also reviewed and considered the contractual investment sub-advisory fee rates that are payable by Funds Management to the Sub-Adviser for investment sub-advisory services.

Among other information reviewed by the Board was a comparison of the Fund’s Management Rates with the average contractual investment management fee rates of funds in the expense Groups at a common asset level as well as transfer agency costs of the funds in the expense Groups. The Board noted that the Management Rates of the Fund were in range of the sum of these average rates for the Fund’s expense Groups for all share classes. The Board also noted that the net operating expense ratio cap for Class R6 would be reduced.

The Board also received and considered information about the portion of the total management fee that was retained by Funds Management after payment of the fee to the Sub-Adviser for sub-advisory services. In assessing the reasonableness of this amount, the Board received and evaluated information about the nature and extent of responsibilities retained and risks assumed by Funds Management and not delegated to or assumed by the Sub-Adviser, and about Funds Management’s on-going oversight services. Given the affiliation between Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser, the Board ascribed limited relevance to the allocation of fees between them.

The Board also received and considered information about the nature and extent of services offered and fee rates charged by Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser to other types of clients with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund. In this regard, the Board received information about the significantly greater scope of services, and compliance, reporting and other legal burdens and risks of managing proprietary mutual funds compared with those associated with managing assets of other types of clients, including third-party sub-advised fund clients and non-mutual fund clients such as institutional separate accounts.

Based on its consideration of the factors and information it deemed relevant, including those described here, the Board determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management under the Management Agreement and to the Sub-Adviser under the Sub-Advisory Agreement was reasonable.

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Profitability

The Board received and considered information concerning the profitability of Funds Management, as well as the profitability of both WFAM and Wells Fargo & Co. (“Wells Fargo”) from providing services to the fund family as a whole. The Board noted that the Sub-Adviser’s profitability information with respect to providing services to the Fund and other funds in the family was subsumed in the WFAM and Wells Fargo profitability analysis.

Funds Management reported on the methodologies and estimates used in calculating profitability, including a description of the methodology used to allocate certain expenses. Among other things, the Board noted that the levels of profitability reported on a fund-by-fund basis varied widely, depending on factors such as the size, type and age of fund. Based on its review, the Board did not deem the profits reported by Funds Management, WFAM or Wells Fargo from services provided to the Fund to be at a level that would prevent it from approving the continuation of the Advisory Agreements.

Economies of scale

The Board received and considered information about the potential for Funds Management to experience economies of scale in the provision of management services to the Fund, the difficulties of calculating economies of scale at an individual fund level, and the extent to which potential scale benefits are shared with shareholders. The Board noted the existence of breakpoints in the Fund’s management fee structure, which operate generally to reduce the Fund’s expense ratios as the Fund grows in size. The Board considered that in addition to management fee breakpoints, Funds Management shares potential economies of scale from its management business in a variety of ways, including through fee waiver and expense reimbursement arrangements, services that benefit shareholders, competitive management fee rates set at the outset without regard to breakpoints, and investments in the business intended to enhance services available to shareholders.

The Board concluded that Funds Management’s arrangements with respect to the Fund, including contractual breakpoints, constituted a reasonable approach to sharing potential economies of scale with the Fund and its shareholders.

Other benefits to Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser

The Board received and considered information regarding potential “fall-out” or ancillary benefits received by Funds Management and its affiliates, including the Sub-Adviser, as a result of their relationships with the Fund. Ancillary benefits could include, among others, benefits directly attributable to other relationships with the Fund and benefits potentially derived from an increase in Funds Management’s and the Sub-Adviser’s business as a result of their relationships with the Fund. The Board noted that various affiliates of Funds Management may receive distribution-related fees, shareholder servicing payments and sub-transfer agency fees in respect of shares sold or held through them and services provided.

The Board also reviewed information about soft dollar credits earned and utilized by the Sub-Adviser, fees earned by Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser from managing a private investment vehicle for the fund family’s securities lending collateral, and commissions earned by an affiliated broker from portfolio transactions.

Based on its consideration of the factors and information it deemed relevant, including those described here, the Board did not find that any ancillary benefits received by Funds Management and its affiliates, including the Sub-Adviser, were unreasonable.

Conclusion

At the Meeting, after considering the above-described factors and based on its deliberations and its evaluation of the information described above, the Board unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreements for a one-year term and determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser under each of the Advisory Agreements was reasonable.

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406813 11-19

A229/AR229 09-19

Annual Report

September 30, 2019

Wells Fargo Discovery Fund

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

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

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Contents

Letter to shareholders	2
Performance highlights	6
Fund expenses	10
Portfolio of investments	11
Financial statements
Statement of assets and liabilities	15
Statement of operations	16
Statement of changes in net assets	17
Financial highlights	18
Notes to financial statements	23
Report of independent registered public accounting firm	29
Other information	30

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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

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 annual report for the Wells Fargo Discovery Fund for the 12-month period that ended September 30, 2019. After the first half of the period yielded either low-single-digit or negative investment returns, U.S. stock and global bond investors generally saw markets recover during the second half amid intensifying market volatility, global economic growth concerns, international trade stare downs, and simmering geopolitical tensions.

Overall, fixed-income investors enjoyed a distinct advantage over stock investors. For the period, U.S. stocks, based on the S&P 500 Index,¹ gained 4.25% and international stocks, as measured by the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net),² fell 1.23%. The MSCI EM Index (Net)³ slipped 2.02%. Among fixed income investors, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index⁴ added 10.30%, the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index⁵ added 5.34%, the Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index⁶ gained 8.55%, and the ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index⁷ added 6.30%.

Investors confronted unsettling events during the fourth quarter of 2018.

During the fourth quarter of 2018, investors grew concerned about the pace and sustainability of the global economic expansion. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported third-quarter U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) was 3.4% on an annualized basis, which was down from the second-quarter rate. A partial U.S. government shutdown occurred, which extended into January 2019. Brexit efforts stalled, causing uncertainty for the eurozone. The value of the renminbi declined even as the People’s Bank of China cut reserve requirement ratios, accelerated infrastructure spending, and cut taxes in efforts to spur economic activity.

The combination of news in the U.S. and generally weak economic indicators outside of the U.S. caused investors to seek safe havens. December’s S&P 500 Index performance was the worst since 1931. Globally, fixed-income investments fared better than stocks during the last two months of the year. Even as indicators suggested growth was restrained, the U.S. Federal Reserve (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%. Many observers expressed concerns that higher rates could slow the economy further.

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 and emerging markets, excluding the U.S. 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 the equity market performance of emerging markets. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁴ The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment-grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage pass-throughs), asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁵  The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index is an unmanaged index that provides a broad-based measure of the global investment-grade fixed-income markets excluding the U.S. dollar-denominated debt market. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁶  The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of long-term tax-exempt bonds with a minimum credit rating of Baa. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁷ The ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index is a market-capitalization-weighted index of domestic and Yankee high-yield bonds. The index tracks the performance of high-yield securities traded in the U.S. bond market. You cannot invest directly in an index. Copyright 2019. ICE Data Indices, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

The market climbs a wall of worry.

Investment returns early in 2019 appeared to reaffirm the adage that markets climb a wall of worry as the new year began. The S&P 500 Index gained 8.01% for the month of January, the 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.

In February 2019, signs of slowing global growth grew more ominous. The Bureau of Economic Analysis announced fourth-quarter 2018 GDP grew at an annualized 2.2% rate, a slower rate than reported for the prior two quarters. In a February report, the Bank of England forecast the slowest growth for 2019 since the financial crisis. China and the U.S. continued to wrangle over trade issues. By the end of the first quarter of 2019, more accommodative Fed sentiment and steady, if not spectacular, U.S. economic and business metrics encouraged domestic investors.

Early second-quarter 2019 enthusiasm among investors faded.

During April 2019, favorable sentiment found additional support in reports of sustained low inflation, solid employment data, and first-quarter U.S. GDP of an annualized rate of 3.2%. During May, markets tumbled on mixed investment signals. In the U.S., partisan wrangling ramped up as Democrats and Republicans set their sights on 2020 presidential politics. The U.K.’s Brexit disagreements caused Prime Minister Theresa May to resign. Boris Johnson succeeded her only to exacerbate uncertainty about Brexit’s resolution ahead of an October 2019 deadline. The European Commission downgraded the 2019 growth forecast to 1.2%. The U.S. increased tariffs on products from China, China responded, and then talks broke down. President Donald Trump threatened to turn his foreign policy tariff tool to Mexico over immigration issues.

During the third quarter of 2019, investors regrouped. Just as the investment horizon appeared to darken, sentiment turned and U.S. equity markets gained during June and July. The gains, primarily driven by geopolitical and monetary policy events, pushed equity markets to new highs. European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said that if the outlook doesn’t improve, the bank would cut rates or buy more assets to prop up inflation. President Trump backed off of tariff threats against Mexico and China. In the U.S., the Fed implemented a 0.25% federal funds rate cut in July.

Later in July 2019, the U.S. reversed course and threatened to impose higher tariffs on China’s exports after talks failed. China responded with tariff threats of its own and devalued the renminbi, a move that roiled global markets. Major U.S. stock market indices closed July with the worst weekly results of the year. Bond prices gained as Treasury yields fell to levels not seen since November 2016 and the yield curve inverted at multiple points along the 30-year arc.

In a microcosm, August 2019 encapsulated many of the unnerving events that plagued investors during the prior 11 months. The U.S.-China trade relationship swung from antagonistic to hopeful and back again with no evident compromise on the horizon. Evidence of a continued global economic slowdown mounted. Central banks in China, New Zealand, and Thailand cut interest rates. Industrial and manufacturing data declined in China, Canada, Japan, and Germany. Adding to the uncertain environment, Italy’s prime minister resigned, many feared a crackdown in Hong Kong as protesters sustained their calls for reform throughout the month, and Boris Johnson planned to suspend Parliament as Brexit’s deadline neared.

In the U.S., September saw the Fed join other central banks in cutting interest rates. Manufacturing data in the U.S., as reported by the Institute for Supply Management, disappointed investors. The U.S. Congress announced it would pursue an impeachment investigation of President Trump. Meanwhile, the Brexit impasse showed no signs of

“The S&P 500 Index gained 8.01% for the month of January, the best monthly performance in 30 years.”

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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

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.

resolution. Officials in China said that hitting the country’s economic growth goals for the year would be difficult considering the weight of tariffs and trade restrictions. So while the S&P 500 Index finished the third quarter with year-to-date returns that were the best in more than 20 years, amid signs of equity investors taking money out of the stock market, concerns about future returns remained.

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 potentially 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,

Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

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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

Michael T. Smith, CFA^®‡

Christopher J. Warner, CFA^®‡

Average annual total returns (%) as of September 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 (WFDAX)	7-31-2007		-2.16		10.39		14.10		3.81		11.70		14.78		1.21		1.21
Class C (WDSCX)	7-31-2007		2.01		10.87		13.92		3.01		10.87		13.92		1.96		1.96
Class R6 (WFDRX)3	6-28-2013		–		–		–		4.26		12.18		15.26		0.78		0.78
Administrator Class (WFDDX)	4-8-2005		–		–		–		3.88		11.80		14.91		1.13		1.13
Institutional Class (WFDSX)	8-31-2006		–		–		–		4.15		12.09		15.20		0.88		0.88
Russell 2500TM Growth Index4	–		–		–		–		-4.11		10.22		13.48		–		–

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. Smaller-company stocks tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies. Certain investment strategies tend to increase the total risk of an investment (relative to the broader market). The Fund is exposed to foreign investment risk. Consult the Fund’s prospectus for additional information on these and other risks.

Please see footnotes on page 7.

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

Growth of $10,000 investment as of September 30, 2019⁵

^‡ 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 January 31, 2020, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the expenses of each class after fee waivers at 1.22% for Class A, 1.97% for Class C, 0.84% for Class R6, 1.15% for Administrator Class, and 0.89% 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 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, the returns for Class R6 shares would be higher.

⁴  The Russell 2500^™Growth Index measures the performance of those Russell 2500 companies with higher price/book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁵  The chart compares the performance of Class A shares for the most recent ten years with the Russell 2500™ Growth Index. The chart assumes a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Class A shares and reflects all operating expenses and assumes the maximum initial sales charge of 5.75%.

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.

* This security was no longer held at the end of the reporting period.

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

MANAGER’S DISCUSSION

Fund highlights

∎ The Fund outperformed its benchmark, the Russell 2500^TM Growth Index, for the 12-month period that ended September 30, 2019.

∎ Stock selection in the consumer discretionary and information technology (IT) sectors contributed to performance.

∎ Stock selection in the health care sector and specific names within IT hurt the Fund’s performance.

A number of macro factors influenced investor sentiment over the past 12 months. These included the ongoing U.S.-China trade war, a change in monetary policy by the U.S. Federal Reserve, tepid U.S. economic data, and increased geopolitical risks. For much of the past year, however, the U.S. equity market remained quite resilient. The market rewarded companies with the ability to grow earnings regardless of the economic backdrop—firms with disruptive technology and significant competitive advantages. We refer to these firms as being on the right side of change, and we populated the portfolio with companies meeting those criteria. Market volatility, however, was not entirely macro-driven. Corporate earnings have recently become choppier. Given the increased uncertainty, investors had little patience for fundamental disappointments, particularly for stocks carrying premium valuations. We continue to believe that taking the valuation risk associated with secular growth stocks is a superior strategy compared with building a portfolio high in cyclical exposure.

Ten largest holdings (%) as of September 30, 20196
Waste Connections Incorporated	2.23
WEX Incorporated	2.21
Black Knight Incorporated	2.12
DexCom Incorporated	2.03
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation	1.98
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Incorporated	1.94
Insulet Corporation	1.81
Euronet Worldwide Incorporated	1.80
Chipotle Mexican Grill Incorporated	1.78
Burlington Stores Incorporated	1.73

Stock selection benefited the Fund’s relative performance, especially within consumer discretionary and IT.

Within the IT sector, the Fund’s position in Shopify Incorporated* contributed to returns. Shopify, a provider of e-commerce solutions for direct-to-consumer brands, traditionally focused on small and medium-size businesses but is currently penetrating larger businesses via its Shopify Plus offering. Shopify benefits from its customers’ growth by processing payments for smaller customers and charging a fee on each transaction for larger customers. The company’s two vectors of growth—new customers and revenue expansion of existing customers—drove higher-than-expected financial results.

Within consumer discretionary, MercadoLibre, Incorporated, was additive to returns. MercadoLibre is the dominant Latin American e-commerce provider and owns MercadoPago, the leading online payment solution in Latin America. Increased e-commerce penetration in the firm’s key markets, such as Brazil and Argentina, drove higher sales growth. Customers’ use of MercadoPago both on and off its e-commerce marketplace was a key driver of outperformance for the stock.

Sector distribution as of September 30, 2019⁷

Stock selection in health care and specific names within IT detracted from Fund performance.

Within IT, Pluralsight, Incorporated*, a provider of training tools for software developers via software as a service, negatively affected the Fund’s results. The company’s learning platform provides a lower-cost way for employers to train their tech workers, which has become critical due to a shortage of skilled developers. However, the company did not sufficiently invest behind its sales organization to support the rapid growth of the business. This underinvestment resulted in lower-than-expected sales growth and disappointing sales guidance.

Please see footnotes on page 7.

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

Within health care, ICU Medical, Incorporated, had a negative impact on results. ICU Medical manufactures infusion pumps and the relating consumables used in hospitals to deliver intravenous (IV) drugs and therapies. An oversupply of IV solution in the marketplace caused a competitor to undertake an irrational pricing strategy. ICU Medical stopped selling the product as the prices no longer made it profitable. As a result, the company’s results missed expectations and it had to lower guidance.

Caution ahead

As we close out 2019, we believe caution is warranted. While the U.S. consumer and labor markets appear resilient, the global economic slowdown and U.S.-China trade war have clearly taken a toll on business confidence. This has generated a concerning trend of weakness in capital spending and business investment. Recent manufacturing data indicate the U.S. may be on the verge of an industrial recession. Plummeting interest rates and recent market volatility are indicators of rising uncertainty. While policymakers may respond with additional stimulus, we believe investors should brace themselves for heightened volatility and scrutinize the fundamentals embedded in their portfolios.

Despite this caution, there are still exciting opportunities to pursue. We don’t believe this is the end of the cycle; we think the market is simply experiencing increased narrowness. We intend to use that to the advantage of our shareholders. We expect that businesses with resilient fundamentals and secular growth companies will continue to be rewarded with premium valuations. Our goal is to construct a portfolio with a balance of these businesses in pursuit of a winning formula. Despite all the rising uncertainty, we feel this remains a great time to invest in businesses on the right side of change.

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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 April 1, 2019 to September 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 4-1-2019		Ending account value 9-30-2019		Expenses paid during the period¹		Annualized net expense ratio
Class A
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,059.61	$	6.24		1.21	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,019.01	$	6.11		1.21	%
Class C
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,055.64	$	10.10		1.96	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,015.24	$	9.90		1.96	%
Class R6
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,062.12	$	4.01		0.78	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,021.17	$	3.93		0.78	%
Administrator Class
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,059.82	$	5.82		1.13	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,019.41	$	5.71		1.13	%
Institutional Class
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,061.36	$	4.53		0.88	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,020.67	$	4.44		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—September 30, 2019

	Shares		Value
Common Stocks: 97.78%
Communication Services: 4.29%
Entertainment: 3.11%
Take-Two Interactive Software Incorporated †		341,200	$	42,766,008
World Wrestling Entertainment Incorporated Class A «		489,800		34,849,270
				77,615,278
Interactive Media & Services: 1.18%
Match Group Incorporated «		410,400		29,318,976
Consumer Discretionary: 15.41%
Diversified Consumer Services: 1.94%
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Incorporated †		318,040		48,501,100
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure: 4.84%
Chipotle Mexican Grill Incorporated †		52,800		44,376,816
Domino’s Pizza Incorporated		145,200		35,514,468
Vail Resorts Incorporated		179,314		40,804,694
				120,695,978
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail: 3.42%
Etsy Incorporated †		759,500		42,911,750
MercadoLibre Incorporated †		77,211		42,561,020
				85,472,770
Specialty Retail: 4.16%
Burlington Stores Incorporated †		215,365		43,034,234
Carvana Corporation †«		296,400		19,562,400
Five Below Incorporated †		326,200		41,133,820
				103,730,454
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods: 1.05%
Under Armour Incorporated Class C †		1,442,500		26,152,525
Consumer Staples: 2.66%
Food & Staples Retailing: 1.32%
US Foods Holding Corporation †		801,400		32,937,540
Food Products: 1.34%
Lamb Weston Holdings Incorporated		458,900		33,371,208
Health Care: 21.06%
Biotechnology: 5.88%
CRISPR Therapeutics AG †«		253,571		10,393,875
Deciphera Pharmaceuticals Incorporated †		255,579		8,674,351
Exact Sciences Corporation †		441,800		39,925,466
Immunomedics Incorporated †		980,700		13,004,082
Invitae Corporation †		704,298		13,571,822
Mirati Therapeutics Incorporated †		133,200		10,377,612
Precision BioSciences Incorporated †«		362,620		3,042,382
Sarepta Therapeutics Incorporated †		171,035		12,882,356
Turning Point Therapeutics Incorporated †		308,364		11,594,486
Twist Bioscience Corporation †		459,900		10,982,412
Zai Lab Limited ADR †		381,419		12,338,905
				146,787,749

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

	Shares		Value
Health Care Equipment & Supplies: 8.52%
DexCom Incorporated †		339,200	$	50,622,208
Haemonetics Corporation †		326,600		41,197,324
ICU Medical Incorporated †		157,861		25,194,616
Insulet Corporation †		273,695		45,140,516
iRhythm Technologies Incorporated †		428,300		31,741,313
Silk Road Medical Incorporated †«		571,344		18,585,820
				212,481,797
Health Care Providers & Services: 1.44%
HealthEquity Incorporated †		627,300		35,847,059
Health Care Technology: 1.62%
Veeva Systems Incorporated Class A †		265,600		40,554,464
Life Sciences Tools & Services: 1.40%
Bio-Rad Laboratories Incorporated Class A †		104,800		34,871,152
Pharmaceuticals: 2.20%
Catalent Incorporated †		642,500		30,621,550
Elanco Animal Health Incorporated †		912,818		24,271,831
				54,893,381
Industrials: 21.34%
Aerospace & Defense: 2.94%
Mercury Computer Systems Incorporated †		440,819		35,781,278
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated †		116,600		37,544,034
				73,325,312
Building Products: 0.54%
Trex Company Incorporated †		147,700		13,430,361
Commercial Services & Supplies: 9.48%
Casella Waste Systems Incorporated Class A †		867,374		37,245,040
IAA Incorporated †		923,700		38,546,001
MSA Safety Incorporated		317,800		34,675,158
Tetra Tech Incorporated		478,100		41,479,956
The Brink’s Company		347,000		28,783,650
Waste Connections Incorporated		605,729		55,727,068
				236,456,873
Construction & Engineering: 1.24%
WillScot Corporation †		1,985,750		30,937,985
Industrial Conglomerates: 1.60%
Carlisle Companies Incorporated		275,000		40,023,500
Machinery: 2.90%
The Middleby Corporation †		280,800		32,825,520
Woodward Governor Company		365,800		39,444,214
				72,269,734
Road & Rail: 1.71%
Saia Incorporated †		456,800		42,802,160
Trading Companies & Distributors: 0.93%
SiteOne Landscape Supply Incorporated †		314,143		23,252,865

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

				Shares		Value
Information Technology: 30.39%
Communications Equipment: 1.11%
Motorola Solutions Incorporated					162,300	$	27,657,543
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components: 3.95%
Novanta Incorporated †					402,540		32,895,569
Rogers Corporation †					222,599		30,431,509
Zebra Technologies Corporation Class A †					170,700		35,227,359
							98,554,437
IT Services: 16.50%
Black Knight Incorporated †					866,719		52,921,862
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation					694,400		49,316,288
EPAM Systems Incorporated †					235,079		42,859,603
Euronet Worldwide Incorporated †					306,472		44,836,854
InterXion Holding NV †					499,300		40,672,978
Okta Incorporated †					331,300		32,619,798
PagSeguro Digital Limited Class A †					686,200		31,777,922
Twilio Incorporated Class A †					268,800		29,557,248
WEX Incorporated †					273,200		55,205,524
WNS Holdings Limited ADR †					543,400		31,924,750
							411,692,827
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment: 1.20%
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation †					1,636,100		29,916,089
Software: 6.56%
Avalara Incorporated †					315,800		21,250,182
Elastic NV †«					402,500		33,141,850
Envestnet Incorporated †					403,025		22,851,518
Globant SA †					326,800		29,928,344
Pagerduty Incorporated †«					539,400		15,238,050
Zendesk Incorporated †					565,500		41,213,640
							163,623,584
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals: 1.07%
NCR Corporation †					844,900		26,665,044
Materials: 2.63%
Chemicals: 1.17%
Ingevity Corporation †					342,900		29,091,636
Containers & Packaging: 1.46%
AptarGroup Incorporated					307,500		36,423,374
Total Common Stocks (Cost $1,893,195,718)							2,439,354,755
	Yield
Short-Term Investments: 6.43%
Investment Companies: 6.43%
Securities Lending Cash Investments LLC (l)(r)(u)		2.11	%		125,444,271		125,456,815
Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class (l)(u)		1.88			34,896,690		34,896,690
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $160,353,209)							160,353,505

Total investments in securities (Cost $2,053,548,927)	104.21	%		2,599,708,260
Other assets and liabilities, net	(4.21	)		(105,078,320	)
Total net assets	100.00	%	$	2,494,629,940

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

† Non-income-earning security

« All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(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

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		224,067,768		1,149,036,854		1,247,660,351		125,444,271	$	12,337	$	(2,692	)	$	3,059,212	#	$	125,456,815
Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class		32,383,204		852,087,000		849,573,514		34,896,690		0		0			953,839			34,896,690
									$	12,337	$	(2,692	)	$	4,013,051		$	160,353,505		6.43	%

^#  Amount shown represents income before fees and rebates.

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

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Statement of assets and liabilities—September 30, 2019

Assets
Investments in unaffiliated securities (including $122,008,025 of securities loaned), at value (cost $1,893,195,718)	$	2,439,354,755
Investments in affiliated securities, at value (cost $160,353,209)		160,353,505
Receivable for Fund shares sold		33,210,308
Receivable for dividends		129,995
Receivable for securities lending income, net		345,164
Total assets		2,633,393,727
Liabilities
Payable upon receipt of securities loaned		125,458,644
Payable for Fund shares redeemed		10,672,999
Management fee payable		1,509,937
Administration fees payable		281,583
Distribution fee payable		19,742
Trustees’ fees and expenses payable		2,471
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		818,411
Total liabilities		138,763,787
Total net assets	$	2,494,629,940
Net assets consist of
Paid-in capital	$	1,719,015,571
Total distributable earnings		775,614,369
Total net assets	$	2,494,629,940
Computation of net asset value and offering price per share
Net assets – Class A	$	627,335,752
Shares outstanding – Class A1		18,872,535
Net asset value per share – Class A		$33.24
Maximum offering price per share – Class A2		$35.27
Net assets – Class C	$	30,982,067
Shares outstanding – Class C1		1,095,790
Net asset value per share – Class C		$28.27
Net assets – Class R6	$	405,609,873
Shares outstanding – Class R61		11,034,313
Net asset value per share – Class R6		$36.76
Net assets – Administrator Class	$	333,814,437
Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1		9,660,797
Net asset value per share – Administrator Class		$34.55
Net assets – Institutional Class	$	1,096,887,811
Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1		30,054,210
Net asset value per share – Institutional Class		$36.50

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—year ended September 30, 2019

Investment income
Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $77,404)	$	9,150,023
Securities lending income from affiliates, net		1,088,169
Income from affiliated securities		953,839
Total investment income		11,192,031
Expenses
Management fee		18,340,587
Administration fees
Class A		1,299,290
Class C		68,726
Class R6		133,885
Administrator Class		425,000
Institutional Class		1,439,485
Shareholder servicing fees
Class A		1,546,774
Class C		81,817
Administrator Class		817,308
Distribution fee
Class C		245,451
Custody and accounting fees		150,204
Professional fees		44,917
Registration fees		58,519
Shareholder report expenses		193,815
Trustees’ fees and expenses		21,652
Other fees and expenses		52,339
Total expenses		24,919,769
Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements
Class A		(1,232	)
Class C		(66	)
Administrator Class		(1,024	)
Net expenses		24,917,447
Net investment loss		(13,725,416	)
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments
Net realized gains on
Unaffiliated securities		288,845,219
Affiliated securities		12,337
Net realized gains on investments		288,857,556
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on
Unaffiliated securities		(222,173,660	)
Affiliated securities		(2,692	)
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments		(222,176,352	)
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		66,681,204
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations	$	52,955,788

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

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Statement of changes in net assets

	Year ended September 30, 2019						Year ended September 30, 2018
Operations
Net investment loss				$	(13,725,416	)				$	(12,786,673	)
Net realized gains on investments					288,857,556						373,064,864
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments					(222,176,352	)					224,747,286
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations					52,955,788						585,025,477
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains
Class A					(88,695,435	)					(99,511,453	)
Class C					(5,933,378	)					(7,025,882	)
Class R6					(63,357,174	)					(54,328,520	)
Administrator Class					(44,501,716	)					(51,960,260	)
Institutional Class					(163,733,298	)					(179,090,110	)
Total distributions to shareholders					(366,221,001	)					(391,916,225	)
Capital share transactions		Shares						Shares
Proceeds from shares sold
Class A		1,673,589			53,100,356			1,452,010			51,353,312
Class C		124,395			3,331,641			112,021			3,424,044
Class R6		3,358,382			119,049,338			4,113,741			158,001,613
Administrator Class		1,093,053			36,588,024			918,595			33,383,569
Institutional Class		7,459,402			263,872,998			6,492,817			245,683,308
					475,942,357						491,845,846
Reinvestment of distributions
Class A		3,194,495			86,155,536			3,004,879			96,516,712
Class C		234,117			5,403,420			221,675			6,302,232
Class R6		2,119,233			62,983,596			1,557,379			54,087,762
Administrator Class		1,575,742			44,136,530			1,557,195			51,621,001
Institutional Class		5,074,483			149,849,493			4,841,719			167,426,637
					348,528,575						375,954,344
Payment for shares redeemed
Class A		(3,794,967	)		(119,681,413	)		(3,309,751	)		(116,123,418	)
Class C		(483,874	)		(12,595,548	)		(327,097	)		(10,270,806	)
Class R6		(7,308,955	)		(259,235,727	)		(1,827,978	)		(69,640,517	)
Administrator Class		(1,998,197	)		(66,501,847	)		(2,456,379	)		(87,966,732	)
Institutional Class		(15,416,303	)		(512,299,731	)		(8,225,567	)		(314,872,170	)
					(970,314,266	)					(598,873,643	)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions					(145,843,334	)					268,926,547
Total increase (decrease) in net assets					(459,108,547	)					462,035,799
Net assets
Beginning of period					2,953,738,487						2,491,702,688
End of period				$	2,494,629,940					$	2,953,738,487

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
CLASS A	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$38.03			$36.47			$29.94			$30.48			$32.35
Net investment loss		(0.26	)		(0.26	)		(0.23	)		(0.18	)1		(0.24	)
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		0.53			7.85			7.17			2.23			0.96
Total from investment operations		0.27			7.59			6.94			2.05			0.72
Distributions to shareholders from
Net realized gains		(5.06	)		(6.03	)		(0.41	)		(2.59	)		(2.59	)
Net asset value, end of period		$33.24			$38.03			$36.47			$29.94			$30.48
Total return2		3.81	%		23.86	%		23.42	%		7.33	%		2.09	%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		1.21	%		1.20	%		1.21	%		1.20	%		1.23	%
Net expenses		1.20	%		1.20	%		1.21	%		1.20	%		1.21	%
Net investment loss		(0.77	)%		(0.69	)%		(0.70	)%		(0.64	)%		(0.64	)%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		71	%		67	%		73	%		78	%		87	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$627,336			$676,930			$607,318			$641,786			$294,661

¹  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

²  Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
CLASS C	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$33.46			$32.99			$27.32			$28.24			$30.37
Net investment loss		(0.41	)1		(0.46	)		(0.42	)1		(0.37	)1		(0.43	)1
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		0.28			6.96			6.50			2.04			0.89
Total from investment operations		(0.13	)		6.50			6.08			1.67			0.46
Distributions to shareholders from
Net realized gains		(5.06	)		(6.03	)		(0.41	)		(2.59	)		(2.59	)
Net asset value, end of period		$28.27			$33.46			$32.99			$27.32			$28.24
Total return2		3.01	%		22.94	%		22.51	%		6.51	%		1.35	%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		1.95	%		1.95	%		1.96	%		1.95	%		1.98	%
Net expenses		1.95	%		1.95	%		1.96	%		1.95	%		1.96	%
Net investment loss		(1.51	)%		(1.45	)%		(1.45	)%		(1.41	)%		(1.39	)%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		71	%		67	%		73	%		78	%		87	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$30,982			$40,860			$40,070			$49,538			$66,772

¹  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

²  Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
CLASS R6	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$41.26			$38.93			$31.80			$32.08			$33.78
Net investment loss		(0.12	)1		(0.10	)1		(0.08	)		(0.07	)		(0.07	)
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		0.68			8.46			7.62			2.38			0.96
Total from investment operations		0.56			8.36			7.54			2.31			0.89
Distributions to shareholders from
Net realized gains		(5.06	)		(6.03	)		(0.41	)		(2.59	)		(2.59	)
Net asset value, end of period		$36.76			$41.26			$38.93			$31.80			$32.08
Total return		4.26	%		24.39	%		23.98	%		7.77	%		2.53	%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		0.77	%		0.78	%		0.78	%		0.77	%		0.76	%
Net expenses		0.77	%		0.78	%		0.78	%		0.77	%		0.76	%
Net investment loss		(0.33	)%		(0.26	)%		(0.27	)%		(0.22	)%		(0.21	)%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		71	%		67	%		73	%		78	%		87	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$405,610			$530,879			$351,268			$300,118			$273,941

¹  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$39.27			$37.44			$30.70			$31.17			$32.99
Net investment loss		(0.23	)1		(0.23	)		(0.20	)1		(0.17	)1		(0.20	)
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		0.57			8.09			7.35			2.29			0.97
Total from investment operations		0.34			7.86			7.15			2.12			0.77
Distributions to shareholders from
Net realized gains		(5.06	)		(6.03	)		(0.41	)		(2.59	)		(2.59	)
Net asset value, end of period		$34.55			$39.27			$37.44			$30.70			$31.17
Total return		3.88	%		23.97	%		23.52	%		7.40	%		2.24	%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		1.13	%		1.12	%		1.13	%		1.12	%		1.09	%
Net expenses		1.13	%		1.12	%		1.13	%		1.12	%		1.09	%
Net investment loss		(0.70	)%		(0.62	)%		(0.62	)%		(0.58	)%		(0.52	)%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		71	%		67	%		73	%		78	%		87	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$333,814			$353,042			$335,898			$400,997			$575,568

¹  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$41.05			$38.79			$31.72			$32.04			$33.76
Net investment loss		(0.15	)1		(0.18	)		(0.13	)1		(0.10	)		(0.09	)
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		0.66			8.47			7.61			2.37			0.96
Total from investment operations		0.51			8.29			7.48			2.27			0.87
Distributions to shareholders from
Net realized gains		(5.06	)		(6.03	)		(0.41	)		(2.59	)		(2.59	)
Net asset value, end of period		$36.50			$41.05			$38.79			$31.72			$32.04
Total return		4.15	%		24.25	%		23.88	%		7.68	%		2.47	%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		0.87	%		0.87	%		0.88	%		0.87	%		0.82	%
Net expenses		0.87	%		0.87	%		0.88	%		0.87	%		0.82	%
Net investment loss		(0.42	)%		(0.36	)%		(0.37	)%		(0.32	)%		(0.26	)%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		71	%		67	%		73	%		78	%		87	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$1,096,888			$1,352,027			$1,157,148			$1,316,107			$1,436,125

¹  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

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

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Notes to financial statements

1. ORGANIZATION

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

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 of the Fund. The Board of Trustees has established a Valuation Committee comprised of the Trustees and has delegated to it the authority to take any actions regarding the valuation of portfolio securities that the Valuation Committee deems necessary or appropriate, including determining the fair value of portfolio securities, unless the determination has been delegated to the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee at Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”). The Board of Trustees retains the authority to make or ratify any valuation decisions or approve any changes to the Valuation Procedures as it deems appropriate. On a quarterly basis, the Board of Trustees receives reports on any valuation actions taken by the Valuation Committee or the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee which may include items for ratification.

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 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. When securities are on loan, the Fund receives interest or dividends on those securities. Cash collateral received in connection with its securities lending transactions is invested in Securities Lending Cash Investments, LLC (the “Securities Lending Fund”). Investments in Securities Lending Fund 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.

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Notes to financial statements

In a securities lending transaction, the net asset value of the Fund is 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. The Fund has the right under the lending agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand. 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 such an event, the terms of the agreement allows the unaffiliated securities lending agent to use the collateral to purchase replacement securities on behalf of the Fund or pay the Fund the market value of the loaned securities. The Fund bears the risk of loss with respect to depreciation of its investment of the cash collateral.

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. Dividend income 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 September 30, 2019, the aggregate cost of all investments for federal income tax purposes was $2,063,537,002 and the unrealized gains (losses) consisted of:

Gross unrealized gains	$	616,774,695
Gross unrealized losses		(80,603,437	)
Net unrealized gains	$	536,171,258

Reclassifications are made to the Fund’s capital accounts for permanent tax differences to reflect income and gains available for distribution (or available capital loss carryforwards) under federal income tax regulations. U.S. generally accepted accounting principles require that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share. The primary permanent difference causing such reclassification is due to redemptions in-kind. At September 30, 2019, as a result of permanent book-to-tax differences, the following reclassification adjustments were made on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities:

Paid-in capital	Total distributable earnings
$22,515,989	$(22,515,989)

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 fund-level 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.

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Notes to financial statements

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 September 30, 2019:

	Quoted prices (Level 1)		Other significant observable inputs (Level 2)		Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)		Total
Assets
Investments in:
Common stocks
Communication services	$	106,934,254	$	0	$	0	$	106,934,254
Consumer discretionary		384,552,827		0		0		384,552,827
Consumer staples		66,308,748		0		0		66,308,748
Health care		525,435,602		0		0		525,435,602
Industrials		532,498,790		0		0		532,498,790
Information technology		758,109,524		0		0		758,109,524
Materials		65,515,010		0		0		65,515,010
Short-term investments
Investment companies		160,353,505		0		0		160,353,505
Total assets	$	2,599,708,260	$	0	$	0	$	2,599,708,260

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

For the year ended September 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 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		0.800	%
Next $500 million		0.750
Next $1 billion		0.700
Next $2 billion		0.675
Next $1 billion		0.650
Next $5 billion		0.640
Over $10 billion		0.630

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Notes to financial statements

For the year ended September 30, 2019, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.72% 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 (“WellsCap”), 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 0.45% and declining to 0.35% 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

Waivers and/or expense reimbursements

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 January 31, 2020 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 1.22% for Class A shares, 1.97% for Class C shares, 0.84% for Class R6 shares, 1.15% for Administrator Class shares, and 0.89% 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 year ended September 30, 2019, Funds Distributor received $13,159 from the sale of Class A shares. No contingent deferred sales charges were incurred by Class A and Class C shares for the year ended September 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 year ended September 30, 2019 were $1,774,414,656 and $2,162,216,593, respectively.

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Notes to financial statements

6. SECURITIES LENDING TRANSACTIONS

The Fund lends its securities through an unaffiliated securities lending agent and 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 increases or decreases in the required collateral are exchanged between the Fund and the counterparty on the next business day. Cash collateral received is invested in the Securities Lending Fund which 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 and is exempt from registration under Section 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act. Securities Lending Fund is managed by Funds Management and is subadvised by WellsCap. 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.

In the event of counterparty default or the failure of a borrower to return a loaned security, the Fund has the right to use the collateral to offset any losses incurred. As of September 30, 2019, the Fund had securities lending transactions with the following counterparties which are subject to offset:

Counterparty	Value of securities on loan		Collateral received1			Net amount
Bank of America Securities Inc.	$	5,325,048	$	(5,325,048	)	$	0
Barclays Capital Inc.		27,208,545		(27,208,545	)		0
BMO Capital Markets Corp.		4,169,417		(4,169,417	)		0
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.		3,606,492		(3,606,492	)		0
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.		3,423,900		(3,423,900	)		0
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC		1,716,350		(1,716,350	)		0
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.		1,086,400		(1,086,400	)		0
JPMorgan Securities LLC		51,885,981		(51,885,981	)		0
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC		21,538,442		(21,538,442	)		0
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.		211,200		(211,200	)		0
UBS Securities LLC		1,836,250		(1,836,250	)		0

¹  Collateral received within this table is limited to the collateral for the net transaction with the counterparty.

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 year ended September 30, 2019, there were no borrowings by the Fund under the agreement.

8. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended September 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018 were as follows:

	Year ended September 30
	2019		2018
Ordinary income	$	51,161,930	$	60,679,267
Long-term capital gain		315,059,071		331,236,958

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Notes to financial statements

As of September 30, 2019, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income	Undistributed long-term gain	Unrealized gains
$18,015,375	$221,428,125	$536,171,258

9. CONCENTRATION RISK

Concentration risks result from exposure to a limited number of sectors. As of the end of the period, the Fund invests a concentration of its portfolio in the information technology sector. 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.

10. 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.

11. REDEMPTIONS IN-KIND

During the year ended September 30, 2019, the Fund redeemed assets through in-kind redemptions for shareholders in Class R6 and Institutional Class. The realized gains (losses) recognized by the Fund are reflected on the Statement of Operations and these redemption transactions are reflected on the Statement of Changes in Net Assets. The date of each redemption transaction, value of securities issued from the redemption, cash paid, realized gains (losses), the shareholder class and the percentage of the Fund redeemed by the shareholder was as follows:

Date	Value of securities issued		Cash		Realized gains		Share class redeemed	% of the Fund
4-8-2019	$	81,290,811	$	1,768,678	$	12,646,482	Institutional Class	3.19%
5-15-2019		21,382,373		184,137		3,649,046	Class R6	0.87
6-3-2019		19,899,391		219,788		3,059,345	Institutional Class	0.84
6-26-2019		19,541,539		726,452		3,638,613	Institutional Class	0.80

12. 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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Report of independent registered public accounting firm

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

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Wells Fargo Discovery Fund (the Fund), one of the funds constituting Wells Fargo Funds Trust, including the portfolio of investments, as of September 30, 2019, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the financial statements) and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of September 30, 2019, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

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

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of September 30, 2019, by correspondence with the custodian and transfer agent. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

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

Boston, Massachusetts

November 25, 2019

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Other information (unaudited)

TAX INFORMATION

Pursuant to Section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, $315,059,071 was designated as a 20% rate gain distribution for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019.

For corporate shareholders, pursuant to Section 854 of the Internal Revenue Code, 12.81% of ordinary income dividends qualify for the corporate dividends-received deduction for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019.

Pursuant to Section 854 of the Internal Revenue Code, $7,381,695 of income dividends paid during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019 has been designated as qualified dividend income (QDI).

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, $51,161,930 has been designated as short-term capital gain dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

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

QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

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 or Form N-PORT, which is available by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. Those forms may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

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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 150 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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Other information (unaudited)

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

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

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Officers

Name and year of birth	Position held and length of service	Principal occupations during past five years or longer
Andrew Owen (Born 1960)	President, since 2017	Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo & Company and Head of Affiliated Managers, Wells Fargo Asset Management, since 2014. In addition, Mr. Owen is currently President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2017. Prior thereto, Executive Vice President responsible for marketing, investments and product development for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, from 2009 to 2014.
Nancy Wiser1 (Born 1967)	Treasurer, since 2012	Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2011. Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at LightBox Capital Management LLC, from 2008 to 2011.
Michelle Rhee3 (Born 1966)	Chief Legal Officer, since 2019	Secretary of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, Chief Legal Counsel of Wells Fargo Asset Management and Assistant General Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2018. Associate General Counsel and Managing Director of Bank of America Corporation from 2004 to 2018.
Catherine Kennedy4 (Born 1969)	Secretary, since 2019	Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and Senior Counsel of the Wells Fargo Legal Department since 2010. Vice President and Senior Counsel of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 1998 to 2010.
Michael H. Whitaker (Born 1967)	Chief Compliance Officer, since 2016	Chief Compliance Officer of Wells Fargo Asset Management since 2016. Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer for Fidelity Investments from 2007 to 2016.
David Berardi (Born 1975)	Assistant Treasurer, since 2009	Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2004 to 2010.
Jeremy DePalma1 (Born 1974)	Assistant Treasurer, since 2009	Senior Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Senior Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010 and head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration from 2005 to 2010.

¹ Nancy Wiser acts as Treasurer of 64 funds in the Fund Complex. Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 86 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 64 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.

³  Michelle Rhee became Chief Legal Officer effective October 22, 2019.

⁴  Catherine Kennedy became Secretary effective October 22, 2019.

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Other information (unaudited)

BOARD CONSIDERATION OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS:

Wells Fargo Discovery Fund

Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”) must determine annually whether to approve the continuation of the Trust’s investment management and sub-advisory agreements. In this regard, at an in-person meeting held on May 21-22, 2019 (the “Meeting”), the Board, all the members of which have no direct or indirect interest in the investment management and sub-advisory agreements and are not “interested persons” of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act (the “Independent Trustees”), reviewed and approved for Wells Fargo Discovery Fund (the “Fund”): (i) an investment management agreement (the “Management Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”); and (ii) an investment sub-advisory agreement (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement”) with Wells Capital Management Incorporated (the “Sub-Adviser”), an affiliate of Funds Management. The Management Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement are collectively referred to as the “Advisory Agreements.”

At the Meeting, the Board considered the factors and reached the conclusions described below relating to the selection of Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser and the approval of the Advisory Agreements. Prior to the Meeting, including at an in-person meeting in April 2019, the Trustees conferred extensively among themselves and with representatives of Funds Management about these matters. Also, the Board has adopted a team-based approach, with each team consisting of a sub-set of Trustees, to assist the full Board in the discharge of its duties in reviewing investment performance and other matters throughout the year. The Independent Trustees were assisted in their evaluation of the Advisory Agreements by independent legal counsel, from whom they received separate legal advice and with whom they met separately.

In providing information to the Board, Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser were guided by a detailed set of requests for information submitted to them by independent legal counsel on behalf of the Independent Trustees at the start of the Board’s annual contract renewal process earlier in 2019. In considering and approving the Advisory Agreements, the Trustees considered the information they believed relevant, including but not limited to the information discussed below. The Board considered not only the specific information presented in connection with the Meeting, but also the knowledge gained over time through interaction with Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser about various topics. In this regard, the Board reviewed reports of Funds Management at each of its quarterly meetings, which included, among other things, portfolio reviews and investment performance reports. In addition, the Board and the teams mentioned above confer with portfolio managers at various times throughout the year. The Board did not identify any particular information or consideration that was all-important or controlling, and each individual Trustee may have attributed different weights to various factors.

After its deliberations, the Board unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreements for a one-year term and determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser under each of the Advisory Agreements was reasonable. The Board considered the approval of the Advisory Agreements for the Fund as part of its consideration of agreements for funds across the complex, but its approvals were made on a fund-by-fund basis. The following summarizes a number of important, but not necessarily all, factors considered by the Board in support of its approvals.

Nature, extent and quality of services

The Board received and considered various information regarding the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund by Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser under the Advisory Agreements. This information included a description of the investment advisory services and Fund-level administrative services covered by the Management Agreement, as well as, among other things, a summary of the background and experience of senior management of Wells Fargo Asset Management (“WFAM”), of which Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser are a part, a summary of investments made in the business of WFAM, a summary of certain organizational and personnel changes involving Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser, and a description of Funds Management’s and the Sub-Adviser’s business continuity planning programs and of their approaches to data privacy and cybersecurity. The Board received and reviewed information about Funds Management’s role as administrator of the Fund’s liquidity risk management program. The Board also considered the qualifications, background, tenure and responsibilities of each of the portfolio managers primarily responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund.

The Board evaluated the ability of Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser to attract and retain qualified investment professionals, including research, advisory and supervisory personnel. The Board further considered the compliance programs and compliance records of Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser. In addition, the Board took into account the full range of services provided to the Fund by Funds Management and its affiliates.

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Other information (unaudited)

Fund investment performance and expenses

The Board considered the investment performance results for the Fund over various time periods ended December 31, 2018. The Board considered these results in comparison to the investment performance of funds in a universe that was determined by Broadridge Inc. (“Broadridge”) to be similar to the Fund (the “Universe”), and in comparison to the Fund’s benchmark index and to other comparative data. Broadridge is an independent provider of investment company data. The Board received a description of the methodology used by Broadridge to select the mutual funds in the performance Universe. The Board noted that the investment performance of the Fund (Administrator Class) was higher than the average investment performance of the Universe for the three- and ten-year periods under review, but lower than the average investment performance of the Universe for the one- and five-year periods under review. The Board also noted that the investment performance of the Fund was higher than its benchmark index, the Russell 2500™ Growth Index, for the one-, three- and ten-year periods under review, but lower than its benchmark for the five-year period under review.

The Board received information concerning, and discussed factors contributing to, the underperformance of the Fund relative to the Universe and benchmark for the periods identified above. The Board took note of the explanations for the relative underperformance during these periods, including with respect to investment strategies and market factors that affected the Fund’s investment performance.

The Board also received and considered information regarding the Fund’s net operating expense ratios and their various components, including actual management fees, custodian and other non-management fees, and Rule 12b-1 and non-Rule 12b-1 shareholder service fees. The Board considered these ratios in comparison to the median ratios of funds in class-specific expense groups that were determined by Broadridge to be similar to the Fund (the “Groups”). The Board received a description of the methodology used by Broadridge to select the mutual funds in the expense Groups and an explanation of how funds comprising expense groups and their expense ratios may vary from year-to-year. Based on the Broadridge reports, the Board noted that the net operating expense ratios of the Fund were in range of, lower than, or equal to the median net operating expense ratios of the expense Groups for each share class. The Board also noted that the net operating expense ratio cap for Class R6 and the Administrator Class would be reduced.

The Board took into account the Fund’s investment performance and expense information provided to it among the factors considered in deciding to re-approve the Advisory Agreements.

Investment management and sub-advisory fee rates

The Board reviewed and considered the contractual fee rates payable by the Fund to Funds Management under the Management Agreement, as well as the contractual fee rates payable by the Fund to Funds Management for class-level administrative services under a Class-Level Administration Agreement, which include, among other things, class-level transfer agency and sub-transfer agency costs (collectively, the “Management Rates”). The Board also reviewed and considered the contractual investment sub-advisory fee rates that are payable by Funds Management to the Sub-Adviser for investment sub-advisory services.

Among other information reviewed by the Board was a comparison of the Fund’s Management Rates with the average contractual investment management fee rates of funds in the expense Groups at a common asset level as well as transfer agency costs of the funds in the expense Groups. The Board noted that the Management Rates of the Fund were in range of, lower than, or equal to the sum of these average rates for the Fund’s expense Groups for all share classes.

The Board also received and considered information about the portion of the total management fee that was retained by Funds Management after payment of the fee to the Sub-Adviser for sub-advisory services. In assessing the reasonableness of this amount, the Board received and evaluated information about the nature and extent of responsibilities retained and risks assumed by Funds Management and not delegated to or assumed by the Sub-Adviser, and about Funds Management’s on-going oversight services. Given the affiliation between Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser, the Board ascribed limited relevance to the allocation of fees between them.

The Board also received and considered information about the nature and extent of services offered and fee rates charged by Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser to other types of clients with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund. In this regard, the Board received information about the significantly greater scope of services, and compliance, reporting and other legal burdens and risks of managing proprietary mutual funds compared with those associated with managing assets of other types of clients, including third-party sub-advised fund clients and non-mutual fund clients such as institutional separate accounts.

Based on its consideration of the factors and information it deemed relevant, including those described here, the Board determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management under the Management Agreement and to the Sub-Adviser under the Sub-Advisory Agreement was reasonable.

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Other information (unaudited)

Profitability

The Board received and considered information concerning the profitability of Funds Management, as well as the profitability of both WFAM and Wells Fargo & Co. (“Wells Fargo”) from providing services to the fund family as a whole. The Board noted that the Sub-Adviser’s profitability information with respect to providing services to the Fund and other funds in the family was subsumed in the WFAM and Wells Fargo profitability analysis.

Funds Management reported on the methodologies and estimates used in calculating profitability, including a description of the methodology used to allocate certain expenses. Among other things, the Board noted that the levels of profitability reported on a fund-by-fund basis varied widely, depending on factors such as the size, type and age of fund. Based on its review, the Board did not deem the profits reported by Funds Management, WFAM or Wells Fargo from services provided to the Fund to be at a level that would prevent it from approving the continuation of the Advisory Agreements.

Economies of scale

The Board received and considered information about the potential for Funds Management to experience economies of scale in the provision of management services to the Fund, the difficulties of calculating economies of scale at an individual fund level, and the extent to which potential scale benefits are shared with shareholders. The Board noted the existence of breakpoints in the Fund’s management fee structure, which operate generally to reduce the Fund’s expense ratios as the Fund grows in size. The Board considered that in addition to management fee breakpoints, Funds Management shares potential economies of scale from its management business in a variety of ways, including through fee waiver and expense reimbursement arrangements, services that benefit shareholders, competitive management fee rates set at the outset without regard to breakpoints, and investments in the business intended to enhance services available to shareholders.

The Board concluded that Funds Management’s arrangements with respect to the Fund, including contractual breakpoints, constituted a reasonable approach to sharing potential economies of scale with the Fund and its shareholders.

Other benefits to Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser

The Board received and considered information regarding potential “fall-out” or ancillary benefits received by Funds Management and its affiliates, including the Sub-Adviser, as a result of their relationships with the Fund. Ancillary benefits could include, among others, benefits directly attributable to other relationships with the Fund and benefits potentially derived from an increase in Funds Management’s and the Sub-Adviser’s business as a result of their relationships with the Fund. The Board noted that various affiliates of Funds Management may receive distribution-related fees, shareholder servicing payments and sub-transfer agency fees in respect of shares sold or held through them and services provided.

The Board also reviewed information about soft dollar credits earned and utilized by the Sub-Adviser, fees earned by Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser from managing a private investment vehicle for the fund family’s securities lending collateral, and commissions earned by an affiliated broker from portfolio transactions.

Based on its consideration of the factors and information it deemed relevant, including those described here, the Board did not find that any ancillary benefits received by Funds Management and its affiliates, including the Sub-Adviser, were unreasonable.

Conclusion

At the Meeting, after considering the above-described factors and based on its deliberations and its evaluation of the information described above, the Board unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreements for a one-year term and determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser under each of the Advisory Agreements was reasonable.

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406814 11-19

A230/AR230 09-19

Annual Report

September 30, 2019

Wells Fargo Enterprise Fund

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

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

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

Contents

Letter to shareholders	2
Performance highlights	6
Fund expenses	10
Portfolio of investments	11
Financial statements
Statement of assets and liabilities	15
Statement of operations	16
Statement of changes in net assets	17
Financial highlights	18
Notes to financial statements	23
Report of independent registered public accounting firm	29
Other information	30

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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

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 annual report for the Wells Fargo Enterprise Fund for the 12-month period that ended September 30, 2019. After the first half of the period yielded either low-single-digit or negative investment returns, U.S. stock and global bond investors generally saw markets recover during the second half amid intensifying market volatility, global economic growth concerns, international trade stare downs, and simmering geopolitical tensions.

Overall, fixed-income investors enjoyed a distinct advantage over stock investors. For the period, U.S. stocks, based on the S&P 500 Index,¹ gained 4.25% and international stocks, as measured by the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net),² fell 1.23%. The MSCI EM Index (Net)³ slipped 2.02%. Among fixed income investors, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index⁴ added 10.30%, the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index⁵ added 5.34%, the Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index⁶ gained 8.55%, and the ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index⁷ added 6.30%.

Investors confronted unsettling events during the fourth quarter of 2018.

During the fourth quarter of 2018, investors grew concerned about the pace and sustainability of the global economic expansion. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported third-quarter U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) was 3.4% on an annualized basis, which was down from the second-quarter rate. A partial U.S. government shutdown occurred, which extended into January 2019. Brexit efforts stalled, causing uncertainty for the eurozone. The value of the renminbi declined even as the People’s Bank of China cut reserve requirement ratios, accelerated infrastructure spending, and cut taxes in efforts to spur economic activity.

The combination of news in the U.S. and generally weak economic indicators outside of the U.S. caused investors to seek safe havens. December’s S&P 500 Index performance was the worst since 1931. Globally, fixed-income investments fared better than stocks during the last two months of the year. Even as indicators suggested growth was restrained, the U.S. Federal Reserve (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%. Many observers expressed concerns that higher rates could slow the economy further.

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 and emerging markets, excluding the U.S. 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 the equity market performance of emerging markets. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁴ The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment-grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage pass-throughs), asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁵  The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index is an unmanaged index that provides a broad-based measure of the global investment-grade fixed-income markets excluding the U.S. dollar-denominated debt market. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁶  The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of long-term tax-exempt bonds with a minimum credit rating of Baa. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁷ The ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index is a market-capitalization-weighted index of domestic and Yankee high-yield bonds. The index tracks the performance of high-yield securities traded in the U.S. bond market. You cannot invest directly in an index. Copyright 2019. ICE Data Indices, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

The market climbs a wall of worry.

Investment returns early in 2019 appeared to reaffirm the adage that markets climb a wall of worry as the new year began. The S&P 500 Index gained 8.01% for the month of January, the 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.

In February 2019, signs of slowing global growth grew more ominous. The Bureau of Economic Analysis announced fourth-quarter 2018 GDP grew at an annualized 2.2% rate, a slower rate than reported for the prior two quarters. In a February report, the Bank of England forecast the slowest growth for 2019 since the financial crisis. China and the U.S. continued to wrangle over trade issues. By the end of the first quarter of 2019, more accommodative Fed sentiment and steady, if not spectacular, U.S. economic and business metrics encouraged domestic investors.

Early second-quarter 2019 enthusiasm among investors faded.

During April 2019, favorable sentiment found additional support in reports of sustained low inflation, solid employment data, and first-quarter U.S. GDP of an annualized rate of 3.2%. During May, markets tumbled on mixed investment signals. In the U.S., partisan wrangling ramped up as Democrats and Republicans set their sights on 2020 presidential politics. The U.K.’s Brexit disagreements caused Prime Minister Theresa May to resign. Boris Johnson succeeded her only to exacerbate uncertainty about Brexit’s resolution ahead of an October 2019 deadline. The European Commission downgraded the 2019 growth forecast to 1.2%. The U.S. increased tariffs on products from China, China responded, and then talks broke down. President Donald Trump threatened to turn his foreign policy tariff tool to Mexico over immigration issues.

During the third quarter of 2019, investors regrouped. Just as the investment horizon appeared to darken, sentiment turned and U.S. equity markets gained during June and July. The gains, primarily driven by geopolitical and monetary policy events, pushed equity markets to new highs. European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said that if the outlook doesn’t improve, the bank would cut rates or buy more assets to prop up inflation. President Trump backed off of tariff threats against Mexico and China. In the U.S., the Fed implemented a 0.25% federal funds rate cut in July.

Later in July 2019, the U.S. reversed course and threatened to impose higher tariffs on China’s exports after talks failed. China responded with tariff threats of its own and devalued the renminbi, a move that roiled global markets. Major U.S. stock market indices closed July with the worst weekly results of the year. Bond prices gained as Treasury yields fell to levels not seen since November 2016 and the yield curve inverted at multiple points along the 30-year arc.

In a microcosm, August 2019 encapsulated many of the unnerving events that plagued investors during the prior 11 months. The U.S.-China trade relationship swung from antagonistic to hopeful and back again with no evident compromise on the horizon. Evidence of a continued global economic slowdown mounted. Central banks in China, New Zealand, and Thailand cut interest rates. Industrial and manufacturing data declined in China, Canada, Japan, and Germany. Adding to the uncertain environment, Italy’s prime minister resigned, many feared a crackdown in Hong Kong as protesters sustained their calls for reform throughout the month, and Boris Johnson planned to suspend Parliament as Brexit’s deadline neared.

In the U.S., September saw the Fed join other central banks in cutting interest rates. Manufacturing data in the U.S., as reported by the Institute for Supply Management, disappointed investors. The U.S. Congress announced it would pursue an impeachment investigation of President Trump. Meanwhile, the Brexit impasse showed no signs of

“The S&P 500 Index gained 8.01% for the month of January, the best monthly performance in 30 years.”

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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

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.

resolution. Officials in China said that hitting the country’s economic growth goals for the year would be difficult considering the weight of tariffs and trade restrictions. So while the S&P 500 Index finished the third quarter with year-to-date returns that were the best in more than 20 years, amid signs of equity investors taking money out of the stock market, concerns about future returns remained.

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 potentially 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,

Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

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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

Michael T. Smith, CFA^®‡

Christopher J. Warner, CFA^®‡

Average annual total returns (%) as of September 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 (SENAX)	2-24-2000		1.79		10.04		12.71		8.00		11.35		13.37		1.25		1.18
Class C (WENCX)	3-31-2008		6.20		10.52		12.53		7.20		10.52		12.53		2.00		1.93
Class R6 (WENRX)3	10-31-2014		–		–		–		8.41		11.78		13.80		0.82		0.80
Administrator Class (SEPKX)	8-30-2002		–		–		–		8.06		11.47		13.50		1.17		1.10
Institutional Class (WFEIX)	6-30-2003		–		–		–		8.36		11.72		13.77		0.92		0.85
Russell Midcap® Growth Index4	–		–		–		–		5.20		11.12		14.08		–		–

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. Smaller-company stocks tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies. Certain investment strategies tend to increase the total risk of an investment (relative to the broader market). The Fund is exposed to foreign investment risk. Consult the Fund’s prospectus for additional information on these and other risks.

Please see footnotes on page 7.

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

Growth of $10,000 investment as of September 30, 2019⁵

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

¹  Reflects the expense ratios as stated in the most recent prospectuses. The expense ratios shown are subject to change and may differ from the annualized expense ratios shown in the financial highlights of this report.

²  The manager has contractually committed through January 31, 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 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 been included, returns for Class R6 shares would be higher.

⁴  The Russell Midcap^® Growth Index measures the performance of those Russell Midcap companies with higher price/book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. The stocks are also members of the Russell 1000^® Growth index. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁵  The chart compares the performance of Class A shares for the most recent ten years with the Russell Midcap^® Growth Index. The chart assumes a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Class A shares and reflects all operating expenses and assumes the maximum initial sales charge of 5.75%.

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.

* This security was no longer held at the end of the reporting period.

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

MANAGER’S DISCUSSION

Fund highlights

∎ The Fund outperformed its benchmark, the Russell Midcap^® Growth Index, for the 12-month period that ended September 30, 2019.

∎ Stock selection within the information technology (IT) and consumer discretionary sectors contributed to performance.

∎ Stock selection in the industrials sector negatively affected performance.

A number of macro factors influenced investor sentiment over the past 12 months. These included the ongoing U.S.-China trade war, a change in monetary policy by the U.S. Federal Reserve, tepid U.S. economic data, and increased geopolitical risks. For much of the past year, however, the U.S. equity market remained quite resilient. The market rewarded companies with the ability to grow earnings regardless of the economic backdrop—firms with disruptive technology and significant competitive advantages. We refer to these firms as being on the right side of change, and we populated the portfolio with companies meeting those criteria. Market volatility, however, was not entirely macro-driven. Corporate earnings recently have become choppier. Given the increased uncertainty, investors had little patience for fundamental disappointments, particularly for stocks carrying premium valuations. We continue to believe that taking the valuation risk associated with secular growth stocks is a superior strategy compared with building a portfolio high in cyclical exposure.

Ten largest holdings (%) as of September 30, 20196
Fiserv Incorporated	3.37
Waste Connections Incorporated	2.85
Chipotle Mexican Grill Incorporated	2.41
Cintas Corporation	2.27
Motorola Solutions Incorporated	2.23
WEX Incorporated	2.11
FleetCor Technologies Incorporated	2.02
Black Knight Incorporated	2.01
Veeva Systems Incorporated Class A	2.01
Global Payments Incorporated	1.98

Stock selection benefited the Fund’s relative performance, especially within the IT and consumer discretionary sectors.

Within the IT sector, the Fund’s position in Shopify Incorporated contributed to returns. Shopify, a provider of e-commerce solutions for direct-to-consumer brands, traditionally focused on small and medium-size businesses but is currently penetrating larger businesses via its Shopify Plus offering. Shopify benefits from its customers’ growth by processing payments for smaller customers and charging a fee on each transaction for larger customers. The company’s two vectors of growth—new customers and revenue expansion of existing customers—drove higher-than-expected financial results.

Within the consumer discretionary sector, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Incorporated, continues to improve operations following the appointment of a new chief executive officer. Online ordering in particular has been a key driver of sales growth. The company’s loyalty program continues to grow nicely, providing an additional catalyst for sales growth. Chipotle also maintains the ability to add more restaurants throughout the U.S. These efforts have begun to gain traction as same restaurant sales grew meaningfully, beating expectations. The improved sales performance leveraged the company’s costs and drove restaurant profitability higher as well.

Sector distribution as of September 30, 2019⁷

Security selection in the industrials sector detracted from the Fund’s performance.

Among the Fund’s industrial holdings, Evoqua Water Technologies Corporation* detracted from performance. The water treatment and technology company saw its shares decline sharply after reporting disappointing results, reducing guidance, and announcing a restructuring plan. Evoqua unexpectedly has undertaken longer, capital-intensive projects that have affected the stable revenue stream we expected. Rising raw material costs hurt profitability as well.

Please see footnotes on page 7.

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

Also within industrials, Univar Solutions Incorporated weighed on the Fund’s returns. Univar, a chemical distribution company, faced a combination of macro concerns and company-specific issues. Concerns over slowing global economic growth and the ongoing trade war resulted in sluggish order trends throughout the industrials sector. Specific to Univar, inclement weather in Canada affected the company’s agricultural business in that key market. Transportation costs also proved to be an unexpected headwind. Univar sells its products on a freight-delivered basis, so it must absorb higher-than-expected transportation costs.

Caution ahead

As we close out 2019, we believe caution is warranted. While the U.S. consumer and labor markets appear resilient, the global economic slowdown and U.S.-China trade war have clearly taken a toll on business confidence. This has generated a concerning trend of weakness in capital spending and business investment. Recent manufacturing data indicate the U.S. may be on the verge of an industrial recession. Plummeting interest rates and recent market volatility are indicators of rising uncertainty. While policymakers may respond with additional stimulus, we believe investors should brace themselves for heightened volatility and scrutinize the fundamentals embedded in their portfolios.

Despite this caution, there are still exciting opportunities to pursue. We don’t believe this is the end of the cycle; we think the market is simply experiencing increased narrowness. We intend to use that to the advantage of our shareholders. We expect that businesses with resilient fundamentals and secular growth companies will continue to be rewarded with premium valuations. Our goal is to construct a portfolio with a balance of these businesses in pursuit of a winning formula. Despite all the rising uncertainty, we feel this remains a great time to invest in businesses on the right side of change.

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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 April 1, 2019 to September 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 4-1-2019		Ending account value 9-30-2019		Expenses paid during the period¹		Annualized net expense ratio
Class A
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,074.84	$	6.15		1.18	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,019.14	$	5.99		1.18	%
Class C
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,070.84	$	10.05		1.93	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,015.37	$	9.78		1.93	%
Class R6
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,076.91	$	4.18		0.80	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,021.05	$	4.06		0.80	%
Administrator Class
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,075.12	$	5.72		1.10	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,019.55	$	5.57		1.10	%
Institutional Class
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,076.55	$	4.44		0.85	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,020.80	$	4.32		0.85	%

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—September 30, 2019

	Shares		Value
Common Stocks: 99.24%
Communication Services: 5.90%
Entertainment: 4.51%
Nintendo Company Limited ADR		220,300	$	10,265,980
Take-Two Interactive Software Incorporated †		117,700		14,752,518
World Wrestling Entertainment Incorporated Class A «		130,800		9,306,420
				34,324,918
Interactive Media & Services: 1.39%
Match Group Incorporated «		148,000		10,573,120
Consumer Discretionary: 18.37%
Auto Components: 1.21%
Aptiv plc		105,285		9,204,015
Automobiles: 1.34%
Ferrari NV		66,000		10,169,940
Diversified Consumer Services: 1.84%
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Incorporated †		91,500		13,953,750
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure: 6.19%
Chipotle Mexican Grill Incorporated †		21,800		18,322,246
Domino’s Pizza Incorporated		40,800		9,979,272
Royal Caribbean Cruises Limited		57,200		6,196,476
Vail Resorts Incorporated		55,217		12,565,181
				47,063,175
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail: 2.57%
MercadoLibre Incorporated †		24,400		13,450,012
Wayfair Incorporated Class A «†		54,569		6,118,276
				19,568,288
Specialty Retail: 2.90%
Burlington Stores Incorporated †		67,400		13,467,868
Five Below Incorporated †		68,100		8,587,410
				22,055,278
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods: 2.32%
Lululemon Athletica Incorporated †		48,100		9,260,693
Under Armour Incorporated Class C †		463,400		8,401,442
				17,662,135
Consumer Staples: 2.51%
Food & Staples Retailing: 1.31%
US Foods Holding Corporation †		241,200		9,913,320
Food Products: 1.20%
Lamb Weston Holdings Incorporated		125,600		9,133,632
Financials: 2.58%
Capital Markets: 2.58%
Intercontinental Exchange Incorporated		127,625		11,775,959
Raymond James Financial Incorporated		94,900		7,825,454
				19,601,413

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

	Shares		Value
Health Care: 15.36%
Biotechnology: 1.91%
Exact Sciences Corporation †		117,100	$	10,582,327
Sarepta Therapeutics Incorporated †		51,700		3,894,044
				14,476,371
Health Care Equipment & Supplies: 5.90%
Align Technology Incorporated †		50,400		9,118,368
DexCom Incorporated †		88,600		13,222,664
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation †		44,900		9,873,959
Insulet Corporation †		76,800		12,666,624
				44,881,615
Health Care Providers & Services: 1.49%
WellCare Health Plans Incorporated †		43,700		11,325,729
Health Care Technology: 3.64%
Cerner Corporation		182,400		12,434,208
Veeva Systems Incorporated Class A †		100,000		15,269,000
				27,703,208
Life Sciences Tools & Services: 1.43%
Bio-Rad Laboratories Incorporated Class A †		32,700		10,880,598
Pharmaceuticals: 0.99%
Elanco Animal Health Incorporated †		281,787		7,492,716
Industrials: 15.06%
Aerospace & Defense: 1.60%
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated †		37,900		12,203,421
Commercial Services & Supplies: 6.11%
Cintas Corporation		64,500		17,292,450
IAA Incorporated †		180,400		7,528,092
Waste Connections Incorporated		235,339		21,651,188
				46,471,730
Construction & Engineering: 0.80%
Jacobs Engineering Group Incorporated		66,200		6,057,300
Electrical Equipment: 1.42%
Rockwell Automation Incorporated		65,300		10,761,440
Machinery: 2.59%
The Middleby Corporation †		77,800		9,094,820
Woodward Governor Company		98,100		10,578,123
				19,672,943
Road & Rail: 1.51%
Saia Incorporated †		122,500		11,478,250
Trading Companies & Distributors: 1.03%
Univar Incorporated †		379,046		7,868,995
Information Technology: 32.59%
Communications Equipment: 2.23%
Motorola Solutions Incorporated		99,300		16,921,713

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

				Shares		Value
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components: 1.23%
Zebra Technologies Corporation Class A †					45,300	$	9,348,561
IT Services: 21.30%
Adyen NV 144A†					6,978		4,535,700
Black Knight Incorporated †					250,700		15,307,742
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation					211,200		14,999,424
EPAM Systems Incorporated †					70,154		12,790,477
Fiserv Incorporated †					247,313		25,619,154
FleetCor Technologies Incorporated †					53,500		15,342,730
Global Payments Incorporated					94,781		15,070,179
PagSeguro Digital Limited Class A †					224,600		10,401,226
Shopify Incorporated Class A †					31,900		9,941,954
Square Incorporated Class A †					196,000		12,142,200
Twilio Incorporated Class A †					89,100		9,797,436
WEX Incorporated †					79,400		16,044,358
							161,992,580
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment: 4.57%
Advanced Micro Devices Incorporated †					504,000		14,610,960
Micron Technology Incorporated †					206,300		8,839,955
Xilinx Incorporated					118,000		11,316,200
							34,767,115
Software: 3.26%
Autodesk Incorporated †					68,000		10,043,600
ServiceNow Incorporated †					58,150		14,761,378
							24,804,978
Materials: 6.87%
Chemicals: 3.80%
Air Products & Chemicals Incorporated					42,700		9,473,422
Ingevity Corporation †					89,500		7,593,180
The Sherwin-Williams Company					21,500		11,822,205
							28,888,807
Construction Materials: 1.72%
Vulcan Materials Company					86,800		13,127,631
Containers & Packaging: 1.35%
AptarGroup Incorporated					86,600		10,257,770
Total Common Stocks (Cost $541,223,106)							754,606,455
	Yield
Short-Term Investments: 3.71%
Investment Companies: 3.71%
Securities Lending Cash Investments LLC (I)(r)(u)		2.11	%		25,578,810		25,581,368
Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class (I)(u)		1.88			2,635,132		2,635,132
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $28,216,500)							28,216,500

Total investments in securities (Cost $569,439,606)	102.95	%		782,822,955
Other assets and liabilities, net	(2.95	)		(22,438,107	)
Total net assets	100.00	%	$	760,384,848

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

† 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

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		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		33,993,921		389,033,184		397,448,295		25,578,810	$	3,171	$	0	$	768,862	#	$	25,581,368
Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class		4,785,042		162,507,757		164,657,667		2,635,132		0		0		135,560			2,635,132
									$	3,171	$	0	$	904,422		$	28,216,500		3.71	%

^#  Amount shown represents income before fees and rebates.

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

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Statement of assets and liabilities—September 30, 2019

Assets
Investments in unaffiliated securities (including $24,689,110 of securities loaned), at value (cost $541,223,106)	$	754,606,455
Investment in affiliated securities, at value (cost $28,216,500)		28,216,500
Receivable for investments sold		4,425,568
Receivable for Fund shares sold		87,939
Receivable for dividends		236,092
Receivable for securities lending income, net		19,338
Prepaid expenses and other assets		55,299
Total assets		787,647,191
Liabilities
Payable upon receipt of securities loaned		25,580,565
Payable for Fund shares redeemed		712,127
Management fee payable		434,302
Administration fees payable		122,177
Trustees’ fees and expenses payable		2,007
Distribution fee payable		1,583
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		409,582
Total liabilities		27,262,343
Total net assets	$	760,384,848
Net assets consist of
Paid-in capital	$	510,619,393
Total distributable earnings		249,765,455
Total net assets	$	760,384,848
Computation of net asset value and offering price per share
Net assets – Class A	$	649,105,683
Shares outstanding – Class A1		12,988,008
Net asset value per share – Class A		$49.98
Maximum offering price per share – Class A2		$53.03
Net assets – Class C	$	2,512,963
Shares outstanding – Class C1		58,543
Net asset value per share – Class C		$42.93
Net assets – Class R6	$	52,782,949
Shares outstanding – Class R61		940,110
Net asset value per share – Class R6		$56.15
Net assets – Administrator Class	$	3,687,419
Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1		69,437
Net asset value per share – Administrator Class		$53.10
Net assets – Institutional Class	$	52,295,834
Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1		934,435
Net asset value per share – Institutional Class		$55.97

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—year ended September 30, 2019

Investment income
Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $72,944)	$	3,928,839
Securities lending income from affiliates, net		214,990
Income from affiliated securities		135,560
Total investment income		4,279,389
Expenses
Management fee		5,356,889
Administration fees
Class A		1,301,068
Class C		8,191
Class R6		14,509
Administrator Class		4,335
Institutional Class		60,432
Shareholder servicing fees
Class A		1,548,890
Class C		9,752
Administrator Class		7,923
Distribution fee
Class C		29,240
Custody and accounting fees		62,681
Professional fees		42,271
Registration fees		107,277
Shareholder report expenses		78,028
Trustees’ fees and expenses		21,652
Other fees and expenses		14,185
Total expenses		8,667,323
Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements
Fund-level		(128,326	)
Class A		(308,068	)
Class C		(1,909	)
Administrator Class		(1,351	)
Institutional Class		(23,363	)
Net expenses		8,204,306
Net investment loss		(3,924,917	)
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments
Net realized gains on
Unaffiliated securities		40,827,708
Affiliated securities		3,171
Net realized gains on investments		40,830,879
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments		16,452,262
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		57,283,141
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations	$	53,358,224

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

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Statement of changes in net assets

	Year ended September 30, 2019						Year ended September 30, 2018
Operations
Net investment loss				$	(3,924,917	)				$	(4,200,615	)
Net realized gains on investments					40,830,879						90,687,674
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments					16,452,262						51,811,573
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations					53,358,224						138,298,632
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains
Class A					(70,134,961	)					(61,896,652	)
Class C					(816,461	)					(1,047,354	)
Class R6					(4,758,790	)					(4,095,973	)
Administrator Class					(354,535	)					(378,790	)
Institutional Class					(4,789,875	)					(4,654,368	)
Total distributions to shareholders					(80,854,622	)					(72,073,137	)
Capital share transactions		Shares						Shares
Proceeds from shares sold
Class A		314,721			14,539,690			185,378			9,099,671
Class C		6,455			248,651			4,536			198,917
Class R6		95,098			5,042,506			178,922			9,819,356
Administrator Class		7,854			408,606			12,688			658,208
Institutional Class		329,158			17,257,242			132,493			7,163,466
					37,496,695						26,939,618
Reinvestment of distributions
Class A		1,674,293			66,553,135			1,280,198			58,530,640
Class C		23,541			808,616			25,557			1,037,343
Class R6		106,814			4,755,337			81,337			4,092,854
Administrator Class		8,166			344,706			7,722			371,790
Institutional Class		102,726			4,559,989			89,154			4,477,339
					77,021,783						68,509,966
Payment for shares redeemed
Class A		(1,374,541	)		(63,202,802	)		(1,203,590	)		(59,203,661	)
Class C		(134,665	)		(5,157,166	)		(69,340	)		(3,062,717	)
Class R6		(88,918	)		(4,650,355	)		(108,785	)		(6,087,430	)
Administrator Class		(12,643	)		(610,976	)		(26,820	)		(1,379,035	)
Institutional Class		(327,960	)		(16,479,135	)		(425,040	)		(22,883,844	)
					(90,100,434	)					(92,616,687	)
Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share transactions					24,418,044						2,832,897
Total increase (decrease) in net assets					(3,078,354	)					69,058,392
Net assets
Beginning of period					763,463,202						694,404,810
End of period				$	760,384,848					$	763,463,202

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
CLASS A	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$52.96			$48.80			$41.94			$41.90			$47.93
Net investment loss		(0.29	)		(0.31	)		(0.25	)		(0.21	)1		(0.29	)
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		3.05			9.66			8.94			3.61			0.18
Total from investment operations		2.76			9.35			8.69			3.40			(0.11	)
Distributions to shareholders from
Net realized gains		(5.74	)		(5.19	)		(1.83	)		(3.36	)		(5.92	)
Net asset value, end of period		$49.98			$52.96			$48.80			$41.94			$41.90
Total return2		8.00	%		20.83	%		21.55	%		8.63	%		(0.67	)%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		1.25	%		1.25	%		1.26	%		1.26	%		1.29	%
Net expenses		1.18	%		1.18	%		1.18	%		1.18	%		1.18	%
Net investment loss		(0.59	)%		(0.61	)%		(0.55	)%		(0.52	)%		(0.60	)%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		50	%		62	%		75	%		99	%		101	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$649,106			$655,338			$591,002			$542,077			$370,743

¹  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

²  Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
CLASS C	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$46.74			$43.95			$38.23			$38.75			$45.07
Net investment loss		(0.52	)1		(0.60	)1		(0.85	)		(0.47	)1		(0.59	)1
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		2.45			8.58			8.40			3.31			0.19
Total from investment operations		1.93			7.98			7.55			2.84			(0.40	)
Distributions to shareholders from
Net realized gains		(5.74	)		(5.19	)		(1.83	)		(3.36	)		(5.92	)
Net asset value, end of period		$42.93			$46.74			$43.95			$38.23			$38.75
Total return2		7.20	%		19.93	%		20.66	%		7.80	%		(1.41	)%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		2.00	%		2.00	%		2.01	%		2.01	%		2.04	%
Net expenses		1.93	%		1.93	%		1.93	%		1.93	%		1.93	%
Net investment loss		(1.29	)%		(1.37	)%		(1.13	)%		(1.28	)%		(1.36	)%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		50	%		62	%		75	%		99	%		101	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$2,513			$7,629			$8,898			$9,181			$9,399

¹  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

²  Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
CLASS R6	2019			2018			2017			2016			20151
Net asset value, beginning of period		$58.47			$53.17			$45.37			$44.89			$52.65
Net investment loss		(0.11	)2		(0.13	)2		(0.08	)		(0.06	)2		(0.08	)
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		3.53			10.62			9.71			3.90			(1.76	)
Total from investment operations		3.42			10.49			9.63			3.84			(1.84	)
Distributions to shareholders from
Net realized gains		(5.74	)		(5.19	)		(1.83	)		(3.36	)		(5.92	)
Net asset value, end of period		$56.15			$58.47			$53.17			$45.37			$44.89
Total return3		8.41	%		21.30	%		22.01	%		9.06	%		(3.84	)%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		0.82	%		0.82	%		0.82	%		0.83	%		0.81	%
Net expenses		0.80	%		0.80	%		0.80	%		0.80	%		0.80	%
Net investment loss		(0.21	)%		(0.23	)%		(0.17	)%		(0.14	)%		(0.19	)%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		50	%		62	%		75	%		99	%		101	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$52,783			$48,363			$35,923			$29,861			$24

¹  For the period from October 31, 2014 (commencement of class operations) to September 30, 2015

²  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

³  Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$55.82			$51.12			$43.81			$43.58			$49.54
Net investment loss		(0.25	)1		(0.28	)1		(0.20	)1		(0.18	)1		(0.23	)1
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		3.27			10.17			9.34			3.77			0.19
Total from investment operations		3.02			9.89			9.14			3.59			(0.04	)
Distributions to shareholders from
Net realized gains		(5.74	)		(5.19	)		(1.83	)		(3.36	)		(5.92	)
Net asset value, end of period		$53.10			$55.82			$51.12			$43.81			$43.58
Total return		8.06	%		20.95	%		21.66	%		8.74	%		(0.46	)%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		1.16	%		1.16	%		1.18	%		1.15	%		1.09	%
Net expenses		1.10	%		1.10	%		1.10	%		1.07	%		1.07	%
Net investment loss		(0.51	)%		(0.53	)%		(0.44	)%		(0.41	)%		(0.47	)%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		50	%		62	%		75	%		99	%		101	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$3,687			$3,687			$3,705			$4,693			$3,542

¹  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$58.33			$53.08			$45.32			$44.87			$50.77
Net investment loss		(0.14	)1		(0.15	)1		(0.09	)1		(0.09	)1		(0.13	)1
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		3.52			10.59			9.68			3.90			0.15
Total from investment operations		3.38			10.44			9.59			3.81			0.02
Distributions to shareholders from
Net realized gains		(5.74	)		(5.19	)		(1.83	)		(3.36	)		(5.92	)
Net asset value, end of period		$55.97			$58.33			$53.08			$45.32			$44.87
Total return		8.36	%		21.24	%		21.97	%		8.97	%		(0.32	)%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		0.92	%		0.92	%		0.93	%		0.93	%		0.88	%
Net expenses		0.85	%		0.85	%		0.85	%		0.85	%		0.85	%
Net investment loss		(0.26	)%		(0.29	)%		(0.19	)%		(0.21	)%		(0.27	)%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		50	%		62	%		75	%		99	%		101	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$52,296			$48,446			$54,877			$61,563			$87,279

¹  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

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

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Notes to financial statements

1. ORGANIZATION

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

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 of the Fund. The Board of Trustees has established a Valuation Committee comprised of the Trustees and has delegated to it the authority to take any actions regarding the valuation of portfolio securities that the Valuation Committee deems necessary or appropriate, including determining the fair value of portfolio securities, unless the determination has been delegated to the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee at Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”). The Board of Trustees retains the authority to make or ratify any valuation decisions or approve any changes to the Valuation Procedures as it deems appropriate. On a quarterly basis, the Board of Trustees receives reports on any valuation actions taken by the Valuation Committee or the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee which may include items for ratification.

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. When securities are on loan, the Fund receives interest or dividends on those securities. Cash collateral received in connection with its securities lending transactions is invested in Securities Lending Cash Investments, LLC (the “Securities Lending Fund”). Investments in Securities Lending Fund 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.

In a securities lending transaction, the net asset value of the Fund is 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. The Fund has the right under the lending agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand. 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 such an event, the terms of the agreement allows the unaffiliated securities lending agent to use the collateral to purchase replacement securities on behalf of the Fund or pay the Fund the market value of the loaned securities. The Fund bears the risk of loss with respect to depreciation of its investment of the cash collateral.

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. Dividend income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is not assured.

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Notes to financial statements

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 September 30, 2019, the aggregate cost of all investments for federal income tax purposes was $570,361,428 and the unrealized gains (losses) consisted of:

Gross unrealized gains	$	233,996,587
Gross unrealized losses		(21,535,060	)
Net unrealized gains	$	212,461,527

Reclassifications are made to the Fund’s capital accounts for permanent tax differences to reflect income and gains available for distribution (or available capital loss carryforwards) under federal income tax regulations. U.S. generally accepted accounting principles require that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share. The primary permanent difference causing such reclassification is due to net operating losses. At September 30, 2019, as a result of permanent book-to-tax differences, the following reclassification adjustments were made on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities:

Paid-in capital	Total distributable earnings
$(443,798)	$443,798

As of September 30, 2019, the Fund had a qualified late-year ordinary loss of $3,481,054 which will be recognized on the first day of the following fiscal year.

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 fund-level expenses, and realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments are allocated daily to each class of shares based on the relative proportion of net assets of each class.

3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS

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

∎ Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

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

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

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

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Notes to financial statements

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

	Quoted prices (Level 1)		Other significant observable inputs (Level 2)		Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)		Total
Assets
Investments in:
Common stocks
Communication services	$	44,898,038	$	0	$	0	$	44,898,038
Consumer discretionary		139,676,581		0		0		139,676,581
Consumer staple		19,046,952		0		0		19,046,952
Financials		19,601,413		0		0		19,601,413
Health care		116,760,237		0		0		116,760,237
Industrials		114,514,079		0		0		114,514,079
Information technology		247,834,947		0		0		247,834,947
Materials		52,274,208		0		0		52,274,208
Short-term investments
Investment companies		28,216,500		0		0		28,216,500
Total assets	$	782,822,955	$	0	$	0	$	782,822,955

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

For the year ended September 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 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		0.750	%
Next $500 million		0.725
Next $1 billion		0.700
Next $2 billion		0.675
Next $1 billion		0.650
Next $5 billion		0.640
Next $2 billion		0.630
Next $4 billion		0.620
Over $16 billion		0.610

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Notes to financial statements

Prior to February 1, 2019, Funds Management received 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		0.750	%
Next $500 million		0.725
Next $1 billion		0.700
Next $2 billion		0.675
Next $1 billion		0.650
Next $5 billion		0.640
Over $10 billion		0.630

For the year ended September 30, 2019, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.74% 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 (“WellsCap”), 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 0.45% and declining to 0.30% 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

Waivers and/or expense reimbursements

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 January 31, 2020 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 1.18% for Class A shares, 1.93% for Class C shares, 0.80% for Class R6 shares, 1.10% for Administrator Class shares, and 0.85% 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 year ended September 30, 2019, Funds Distributor received $4,173 from the sale of Class A shares. No contingent deferred sales charges were incurred by Class A and Class C shares for the year ended September 30, 2019.

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Notes to financial statements

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 year ended September 30, 2019 were $360,553,106 and $424,473,571, respectively.

6. SECURITIES LENDING TRANSACTIONS

The Fund lends its securities through an unaffiliated securities lending agent and 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 increases or decreases in the required collateral are exchanged between the Fund and the counterparty on the next business day. Cash collateral received is invested in the Securities Lending Fund which 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 and is exempt from registration under Section 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act. Securities Lending Fund is managed by Funds Management and is subadvised by WellsCap. 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.

In the event of counterparty default or the failure of a borrower to return a loaned security, the Fund has the right to use the collateral to offset any losses incurred. As of September 30, 2019, the Fund had securities lending transactions with the following counterparties which are subject to offset:

Counterparty	Value of securities on loan		Collateral received1			Net amount
Barclays Capital Inc.	$	8,374,312	$	(8,374,312	)	$	0
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.		1,816,344		(1,816,344	)		0
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.		2,212,765		(2,212,765	)		0
JPMorgan Securities LLC		10,044,464		(10,044,464	)		0
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC		2,241,225		(2,241,225	)		0

¹  Collateral received within this table is limited to the collateral for the net transaction with the counterparty.

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 year ended September 30, 2019, there were no borrowings by the Fund under the agreement.

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Notes to financial statements

8. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended September 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018 were as follows:

	Year ended September 30
	2019		2018
Ordinary income	$	14,372,015	$	10,391,651
Long-term capital gain		66,482,607		61,681,486

As of September 30, 2019, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

Undistributed long-term gain	Late-year ordinary losses deferred	Unrealized gains
$40,806,927	$(3,481,054)	$212,461,527

9. CONCENTRATION RISK

Concentration risks result from exposure to a limited number of sectors. As of the end of the period, the Fund invests a concentration of its portfolio in the information technology sector. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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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Report of independent registered public accounting firm

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

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Wells Fargo Enterprise Fund (the Fund), one of the funds constituting Wells Fargo Funds Trust, including the portfolio of investments, as of September 30, 2019, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the financial statements) and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five-year period then ended. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of September 30, 2019, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

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

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of September 30, 2019, by correspondence with the custodian and transfer agent. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

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

Boston, Massachusetts

November 25, 2019

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Other information (unaudited)

TAX INFORMATION

For corporate shareholders, pursuant to Section 854 of the Internal Revenue Code, 17.90% of ordinary income dividends qualify for the corporate dividends-received deduction for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019.

Pursuant to Section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, $66,482,607 was designated as a 20% rate gain distribution for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019.

Pursuant to Section 854 of the Internal Revenue Code, $3,144,597 of income dividends paid during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019 has been designated as qualified dividend income (QDI).

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, $14,372,015 has been designated as short-term capital gain dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

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

QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

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 or Form N-PORT, which is available by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. Those forms may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

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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 150 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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Other information (unaudited)

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

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

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Other information (unaudited)

Officers

Name and year of birth	Position held and length of service	Principal occupations during past five years or longer
Andrew Owen (Born 1960)	President, since 2017	Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo & Company and Head of Affiliated Managers, Wells Fargo Asset Management, since 2014. In addition, Mr. Owen is currently President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2017. Prior thereto, Executive Vice President responsible for marketing, investments and product development for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, from 2009 to 2014.
Nancy Wiser1 (Born 1967)	Treasurer, since 2012	Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2011. Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at LightBox Capital Management LLC, from 2008 to 2011.
Michelle Rhee3 (Born 1966)	Chief Legal Officer, since 2019	Secretary of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, Chief Legal Counsel of Wells Fargo Asset Management and Assistant General Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2018. Associate General Counsel and Managing Director of Bank of America Corporation from 2004 to 2018.
Catherine Kennedy4 (Born 1969)	Secretary, since 2019	Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and Senior Counsel of the Wells Fargo Legal Department since 2010. Vice President and Senior Counsel of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 1998 to 2010.
Michael H. Whitaker (Born 1967)	Chief Compliance Officer, since 2016	Chief Compliance Officer of Wells Fargo Asset Management since 2016. Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer for Fidelity Investments from 2007 to 2016.
David Berardi (Born 1975)	Assistant Treasurer, since 2009	Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2004 to 2010.
Jeremy DePalma1 (Born 1974)	Assistant Treasurer, since 2009	Senior Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Senior Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010 and head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration from 2005 to 2010.

¹ Nancy Wiser acts as Treasurer of 64 funds in the Fund Complex. Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 86 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 64 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.

³  Michelle Rhee became Chief Legal Officer effective October 22, 2019.

⁴  Catherine Kennedy became Secretary effective October 22, 2019.

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Other information (unaudited)

BOARD CONSIDERATION OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS:

Wells Fargo Enterprise Fund

Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”) must determine annually whether to approve the continuation of the Trust’s investment management and sub-advisory agreements. In this regard, at an in-person meeting held on May 21-22, 2019 (the “Meeting”), the Board, all the members of which have no direct or indirect interest in the investment management and sub-advisory agreements and are not “interested persons” of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act (the “Independent Trustees”), reviewed and approved for Wells Fargo Enterprise Fund (the “Fund”): (i) an investment management agreement (the “Management Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”); and (ii) an investment sub-advisory agreement (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement”) with Wells Capital Management Incorporated (the “Sub-Adviser”), an affiliate of Funds Management. The Management Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement are collectively referred to as the “Advisory Agreements.”

At the Meeting, the Board considered the factors and reached the conclusions described below relating to the selection of Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser and the approval of the Advisory Agreements. Prior to the Meeting, including at an in-person meeting in April 2019, the Trustees conferred extensively among themselves and with representatives of Funds Management about these matters. Also, the Board has adopted a team-based approach, with each team consisting of a sub-set of Trustees, to assist the full Board in the discharge of its duties in reviewing investment performance and other matters throughout the year. The Independent Trustees were assisted in their evaluation of the Advisory Agreements by independent legal counsel, from whom they received separate legal advice and with whom they met separately.

In providing information to the Board, Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser were guided by a detailed set of requests for information submitted to them by independent legal counsel on behalf of the Independent Trustees at the start of the Board’s annual contract renewal process earlier in 2019. In considering and approving the Advisory Agreements, the Trustees considered the information they believed relevant, including but not limited to the information discussed below. The Board considered not only the specific information presented in connection with the Meeting, but also the knowledge gained over time through interaction with Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser about various topics. In this regard, the Board reviewed reports of Funds Management at each of its quarterly meetings, which included, among other things, portfolio reviews and investment performance reports. In addition, the Board and the teams mentioned above confer with portfolio managers at various times throughout the year. The Board did not identify any particular information or consideration that was all-important or controlling, and each individual Trustee may have attributed different weights to various factors.

After its deliberations, the Board unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreements for a one-year term and determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser under each of the Advisory Agreements was reasonable. The Board considered the approval of the Advisory Agreements for the Fund as part of its consideration of agreements for funds across the complex, but its approvals were made on a fund-by-fund basis. The following summarizes a number of important, but not necessarily all, factors considered by the Board in support of its approvals.

Nature, extent and quality of services

The Board received and considered various information regarding the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund by Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser under the Advisory Agreements. This information included a description of the investment advisory services and Fund-level administrative services covered by the Management Agreement, as well as, among other things, a summary of the background and experience of senior management of Wells Fargo Asset Management (“WFAM”), of which Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser are a part, a summary of investments made in the business of WFAM, a summary of certain organizational and personnel changes involving Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser, and a description of Funds Management’s and the Sub-Adviser’s business continuity planning programs and of their approaches to data privacy and cybersecurity. The Board received and reviewed information about Funds Management’s role as administrator of the Fund’s liquidity risk management program. The Board also considered the qualifications, background, tenure and responsibilities of each of the portfolio managers primarily responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund.

The Board evaluated the ability of Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser to attract and retain qualified investment professionals, including research, advisory and supervisory personnel. The Board further considered the compliance programs and compliance records of Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser. In addition, the Board took into account the full range of services provided to the Fund by Funds Management and its affiliates.

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Other information (unaudited)

Fund investment performance and expenses

The Board considered the investment performance results for the Fund over various time periods ended December 31, 2018. The Board considered these results in comparison to the investment performance of funds in a universe that was determined by Broadridge Inc. (“Broadridge”) to be similar to the Fund (the “Universe”), and in comparison to the Fund’s benchmark index and to other comparative data. Broadridge is an independent provider of investment company data. The Board received a description of the methodology used by Broadridge to select the mutual funds in the performance Universe. The Board noted that the investment performance of the Fund (Administrator Class) was in range of the average investment performance of the Universe for the three- and ten-year periods under review, but lower than the average investment performance of the Universe for the one- and five-year periods under review. The Board also noted that the investment performance of the Fund was lower than its benchmark index, the Russell Midcap^® Growth Index, for all periods under review.

The Board received information concerning, and discussed factors contributing to, the underperformance of the Fund relative to the Universe and benchmark for the periods identified above. The Board took note of the explanations for the relative underperformance during these periods, including with respect to investment decisions and market factors that affected the Fund’s investment performance.

The Board also received and considered information regarding the Fund’s net operating expense ratios and their various components, including actual management fees, custodian and other non-management fees, and Rule 12b-1 and non-Rule 12b-1 shareholder service fees. The Board considered these ratios in comparison to the median ratios of funds in class-specific expense groups that were determined by Broadridge to be similar to the Fund (the “Groups”). The Board received a description of the methodology used by Broadridge to select the mutual funds in the expense Groups and an explanation of how funds comprising expense groups and their expense ratios may vary from year-to-year. Based on the Broadridge reports, the Board noted that the net operating expense ratios of the Fund were equal to or in range of the median net operating expense ratios of the expense Groups for each share class.

The Board took into account the Fund’s investment performance and expense information provided to it among the factors considered in deciding to re-approve the Advisory Agreements.

Investment management and sub-advisory fee rates

The Board reviewed and considered the contractual fee rates payable by the Fund to Funds Management under the Management Agreement, as well as the contractual fee rates payable by the Fund to Funds Management for class-level administrative services under a Class-Level Administration Agreement, which include, among other things, class-level transfer agency and sub-transfer agency costs (collectively, the “Management Rates”). The Board also reviewed and considered the contractual investment sub-advisory fee rates that are payable by Funds Management to the Sub-Adviser for investment sub-advisory services.

Among other information reviewed by the Board was a comparison of the Fund’s Management Rates with the average contractual investment management fee rates of funds in the expense Groups at a common asset level as well as transfer agency costs of the funds in the expense Groups. The Board noted that the Management Rates of the Fund were in range of the sum of these average rates for the Fund’s expense Groups for all share classes.

The Board also received and considered information about the portion of the total management fee that was retained by Funds Management after payment of the fee to the Sub-Adviser for sub-advisory services. In assessing the reasonableness of this amount, the Board received and evaluated information about the nature and extent of responsibilities retained and risks assumed by Funds Management and not delegated to or assumed by the Sub-Adviser, and about Funds Management’s on-going oversight services. Given the affiliation between Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser, the Board ascribed limited relevance to the allocation of fees between them.

The Board also received and considered information about the nature and extent of services offered and fee rates charged by Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser to other types of clients with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund. In this regard, the Board received information about the significantly greater scope of services, and compliance, reporting and other legal burdens and risks of managing proprietary mutual funds compared with those associated with managing assets of other types of clients, including third-party sub-advised fund clients and non-mutual fund clients such as institutional separate accounts.

Based on its consideration of the factors and information it deemed relevant, including those described here, the Board determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management under the Management Agreement and to the Sub-Adviser under the Sub-Advisory Agreement was reasonable.

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Other information (unaudited)

Profitability

The Board received and considered information concerning the profitability of Funds Management, as well as the profitability of both WFAM and Wells Fargo & Co. (“Wells Fargo”) from providing services to the fund family as a whole. The Board noted that the Sub-Adviser’s profitability information with respect to providing services to the Fund and other funds in the family was subsumed in the WFAM and Wells Fargo profitability analysis.

Funds Management reported on the methodologies and estimates used in calculating profitability, including a description of the methodology used to allocate certain expenses. Among other things, the Board noted that the levels of profitability reported on a fund-by-fund basis varied widely, depending on factors such as the size, type and age of fund. Based on its review, the Board did not deem the profits reported by Funds Management, WFAM or Wells Fargo from services provided to the Fund to be at a level that would prevent it from approving the continuation of the Advisory Agreements.

Economies of scale

The Board received and considered information about the potential for Funds Management to experience economies of scale in the provision of management services to the Fund, the difficulties of calculating economies of scale at an individual fund level, and the extent to which potential scale benefits are shared with shareholders. The Board noted the existence of breakpoints in the Fund’s management fee structure, which operate generally to reduce the Fund’s expense ratios as the Fund grows in size. The Board considered that in addition to management fee breakpoints, Funds Management shares potential economies of scale from its management business in a variety of ways, including through fee waiver and expense reimbursement arrangements, services that benefit shareholders, competitive management fee rates set at the outset without regard to breakpoints, and investments in the business intended to enhance services available to shareholders.

The Board concluded that Funds Management’s arrangements with respect to the Fund, including contractual breakpoints, constituted a reasonable approach to sharing potential economies of scale with the Fund and its shareholders.

Other benefits to Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser

The Board received and considered information regarding potential “fall-out” or ancillary benefits received by Funds Management and its affiliates, including the Sub-Adviser, as a result of their relationships with the Fund. Ancillary benefits could include, among others, benefits directly attributable to other relationships with the Fund and benefits potentially derived from an increase in Funds Management’s and the Sub-Adviser’s business as a result of their relationships with the Fund. The Board noted that various affiliates of Funds Management may receive distribution-related fees, shareholder servicing payments and sub-transfer agency fees in respect of shares sold or held through them and services provided.

The Board also reviewed information about soft dollar credits earned and utilized by the Sub-Adviser, fees earned by Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser from managing a private investment vehicle for the fund family’s securities lending collateral, and commissions earned by an affiliated broker from portfolio transactions.

Based on its consideration of the factors and information it deemed relevant, including those described here, the Board did not find that any ancillary benefits received by Funds Management and its affiliates, including the Sub-Adviser, were unreasonable.

Conclusion

At the Meeting, after considering the above-described factors and based on its deliberations and its evaluation of the information described above, the Board unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreements for a one-year term and determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser under each of the Advisory Agreements was reasonable.

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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

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Website: wfam.com

Individual investors: 1-800-222-8222

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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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406815 11-19

A231/AR231 09-19

Annual Report

September 30, 2019

Wells Fargo Opportunity Fund

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

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

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

Contents

Letter to shareholders	2
Performance highlights	6
Fund expenses	10
Portfolio of investments	11
Financial statements
Statement of assets and liabilities	15
Statement of operations	16
Statement of changes in net assets	17
Financial highlights	18
Notes to financial statements	22
Report of independent registered public accounting firm	28
Other information	29

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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

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 annual report for the Wells Fargo Opportunity Fund for the 12-month period that ended September 30, 2019. After the first half of the period yielded either low-single-digit or negative investment returns, U.S. stock and global bond investors generally saw markets recover during the second half amid intensifying market volatility, global economic growth concerns, international trade stare downs, and simmering geopolitical tensions.

Overall, fixed-income investors enjoyed a distinct advantage over stock investors. For the period, U.S. stocks, based on the S&P 500 Index,¹ gained 4.25% and international stocks, as measured by the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net),² fell 1.23%. The MSCI EM Index (Net)³ slipped 2.02%. Among fixed income investors, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index⁴ added 10.30%, the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index⁵ added 5.34%, the Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index⁶ gained 8.55%, and the ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index⁷ added 6.30%.

Investors confronted unsettling events during the fourth quarter of 2018.

During the fourth quarter of 2018, investors grew concerned about the pace and sustainability of the global economic expansion. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported third-quarter U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) was 3.4% on an annualized basis, which was down from the second-quarter rate. A partial U.S. government shutdown occurred, which extended into January 2019. Brexit efforts stalled, causing uncertainty for the eurozone. The value of the renminbi declined even as the People’s Bank of China cut reserve requirement ratios, accelerated infrastructure spending, and cut taxes in efforts to spur economic activity.

The combination of news in the U.S. and generally weak economic indicators outside of the U.S. caused investors to seek safe havens. December’s S&P 500 Index performance was the worst since 1931. Globally, fixed-income investments fared better than stocks during the last two months of the year. Even as indicators suggested growth was restrained, the U.S. Federal Reserve (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%. Many observers expressed concerns that higher rates could slow the economy further.

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 and emerging markets, excluding the U.S. 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 the equity market performance of emerging markets. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁴ The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment-grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage pass-throughs), asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁵  The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index is an unmanaged index that provides a broad-based measure of the global investment-grade fixed-income markets excluding the U.S. dollar-denominated debt market. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁶  The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of long-term tax-exempt bonds with a minimum credit rating of Baa. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁷ The ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index is a market-capitalization-weighted index of domestic and Yankee high-yield bonds. The index tracks the performance of high-yield securities traded in the U.S. bond market. You cannot invest directly in an index. Copyright 2019. ICE Data Indices, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

The market climbs a wall of worry.

Investment returns early in 2019 appeared to reaffirm the adage that markets climb a wall of worry as the new year began. The S&P 500 Index gained 8.01% for the month of January, the 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.

In February 2019, signs of slowing global growth grew more ominous. The Bureau of Economic Analysis announced fourth-quarter 2018 GDP grew at an annualized 2.2% rate, a slower rate than reported for the prior two quarters. In a February report, the Bank of England forecast the slowest growth for 2019 since the financial crisis. China and the U.S. continued to wrangle over trade issues. By the end of the first quarter of 2019, more accommodative Fed sentiment and steady, if not spectacular, U.S. economic and business metrics encouraged domestic investors.

Early second-quarter 2019 enthusiasm among investors faded.

During April 2019, favorable sentiment found additional support in reports of sustained low inflation, solid employment data, and first-quarter U.S. GDP of an annualized rate of 3.2%. During May, markets tumbled on mixed investment signals. In the U.S., partisan wrangling ramped up as Democrats and Republicans set their sights on 2020 presidential politics. The U.K.’s Brexit disagreements caused Prime Minister Theresa May to resign. Boris Johnson succeeded her only to exacerbate uncertainty about Brexit’s resolution ahead of an October 2019 deadline. The European Commission downgraded the 2019 growth forecast to 1.2%. The U.S. increased tariffs on products from China, China responded, and then talks broke down. President Donald Trump threatened to turn his foreign policy tariff tool to Mexico over immigration issues.

During the third quarter of 2019, investors regrouped. Just as the investment horizon appeared to darken, sentiment turned and U.S. equity markets gained during June and July. The gains, primarily driven by geopolitical and monetary policy events, pushed equity markets to new highs. European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said that if the outlook doesn’t improve, the bank would cut rates or buy more assets to prop up inflation. President Trump backed off of tariff threats against Mexico and China. In the U.S., the Fed implemented a 0.25% federal funds rate cut in July.

Later in July 2019, the U.S. reversed course and threatened to impose higher tariffs on China’s exports after talks failed. China responded with tariff threats of its own and devalued the renminbi, a move that roiled global markets. Major U.S. stock market indices closed July with the worst weekly results of the year. Bond prices gained as Treasury yields fell to levels not seen since November 2016 and the yield curve inverted at multiple points along the 30-year arc.

In a microcosm, August 2019 encapsulated many of the unnerving events that plagued investors during the prior 11 months. The U.S.-China trade relationship swung from antagonistic to hopeful and back again with no evident compromise on the horizon. Evidence of a continued global economic slowdown mounted. Central banks in China, New Zealand, and Thailand cut interest rates. Industrial and manufacturing data declined in China, Canada, Japan, and Germany. Adding to the uncertain environment, Italy’s prime minister resigned, many feared a crackdown in Hong Kong as protesters sustained their calls for reform throughout the month, and Boris Johnson planned to suspend Parliament as Brexit’s deadline neared.

In the U.S., September saw the Fed join other central banks in cutting interest rates. Manufacturing data in the U.S., as reported by the Institute for Supply Management, disappointed investors. The U.S. Congress announced it would pursue an impeachment investigation of President Trump. Meanwhile, the Brexit impasse showed no signs of

“The S&P 500 Index gained 8.01% for the month of January, the best monthly performance in 30 years.”

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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

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.

resolution. Officials in China said that hitting the country’s economic growth goals for the year would be difficult considering the weight of tariffs and trade restrictions. So while the S&P 500 Index finished the third quarter with year-to-date returns that were the best in more than 20 years, amid signs of equity investors taking money out of the stock market, concerns about future returns remained.

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 potentially 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,

Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

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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

Ann M. Miletti

Christopher G. Miller, CFA^®‡

Average annual total returns (%) as of September 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 (SOPVX)	2-24-2000		-0.87		7.89		10.46		5.18		9.17		11.12		1.20		1.18
Class C (WFOPX)	3-31-2008		3.37		8.35		10.29		4.37		8.35		10.29		1.95		1.93
Administrator Class (WOFDX)	8-30-2002		–		–		–		5.37		9.39		11.37		1.12		1.00
Institutional Class (WOFNX)3	7-30-2010		–		–		–		5.63		9.67		11.61		0.87		0.75
Russell 3000® Index4	–		–		–		–		2.92		10.44		13.08		–		–

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. Smaller-company stocks tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies. Certain investment strategies tend to increase the total risk of an investment (relative to the broader market). The Fund is exposed to foreign investment risk. Consult the Fund’s prospectus for additional information on these and other risks.

Please see footnotes on page 7.

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

Growth of $10,000 investment as of September 30, 2019⁵

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

¹  Reflects the expense ratios as stated in the most recent prospectuses. The expense ratios shown are subject to change and may differ from the annualized expense ratios shown in the financial highlights of this report.

²  The manager has contractually committed through January 31, 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 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.

⁴  The Russell 3000^® Index measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies based on total market capitalization, which represents approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁵  The chart compares the performance of Class A shares for the most recent ten years with the Russell 3000^® Index. The chart assumes a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Class A shares and reflects all operating expenses and assumes the maximum initial sales charge of 5.75%.

⁶  The ten largest holdings, excluding cash, cash equivalents and 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.

* This security was no longer held at the end of the reporting period.

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

MANAGER’S DISCUSSION

Fund highlights

∎ The Fund outperformed its benchmark, the Russell 3000^® Index, for the 12-month period that ended September 30, 2019.

∎ Stock selection in the information technology (IT), consumer discretionary, and financials sectors contributed the most to performance.

∎ Positioning and stock selection in the energy, health care, and utilities sectors detracted from performance.

In the fourth quarter of 2018, the U.S. stock market suffered a sharp decline but steadily recovered over the next three quarters. The Fund’s benchmark followed a similar pattern and gained 2.92% for the period. Utilities, real estate, and consumer staples were the best-performing sectors in the benchmark, while energy, health care, and materials declined. Large-cap stocks generally outperformed small caps.

A number of factors have been influencing the U.S. stock market. Going into the period, lower corporate taxes, less regulation, and other pro-growth government policies had fueled optimism in U.S. businesses. The U.S. equity markets also benefited from the repatriation of cash held overseas, a significant ramp-up in share buybacks, increased capital spending, and high-profile merger and acquisition activity. By period-end, U.S. gross domestic product had increased for the 21st quarter in a row, the longest expansion in history. However, the period began with an equity market decline, exacerbated by the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) raising rates. After its December 2018 rate increase, the Fed became more dovish and reduced rates twice to the range of 1.75% to 2.00% by September 2019. An unprecedented level of negative-yielding bonds globally and the potential impact of U.S. trade negotiations are key market concerns. Slowing U.S. corporate earnings growth also weighed on investor sentiment. However, consumer confidence remains positive, supported by low unemployment. Through the period, we continued to seek companies with solid business models, strong management teams, and healthy cash flow prospects.

Fund performance benefited from stock selection in IT, consumer discretionary, and financials.

The Fund’s holdings in IT contributed the most to performance; companies in the software, semiconductor, and IT services industries produced the greatest returns. Within consumer discretionary, holdings in the restaurant, multiline retail, and automobile industries rose the most. Within financials, insurance holdings rose the most as they benefited from improved margins and overall financial performance. The largest individual contributor to performance was Starbucks Corporation (SBUX), the roaster, marketer, and retailer of specialty coffee. SBUX rose 58% during the period, producing more stable results than other consumer discretionary stocks. Other large individual contributors included American Tower Corporation (AMT) and Royal Gold, Incorporated (RGLD). AMT is a real estate investment trust that operates wireless and broadcast communication towers in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Latin America. AMT rose 55% as the owner of the leading domestic cell tower portfolio, an industry with limited supply risk and growing demand from mobile data usage. RGLD is a precious-metals company focused on gold and silver, with a diversified royalty streaming business. RGLD rose 65%, toadied by the attractiveness of gold as a commodity.

Ten largest holdings (%) as of September 30, 20196
Alphabet Incorporated Class C	4.17
Salesforce.com Incorporated	3.11
MasterCard Incorporated Class A	2.67
Texas Instruments Incorporated	2.65
Airbus SE	2.55
LivaNova plc	2.49
Equinix Incorporated	2.43
Intercontinental Exchange Incorporated	2.35
Apple Incorporated	2.35
Novartis AG ADR	2.28

The energy, health care, and utilities sectors detracted the most.

Energy was the worst-performing sector in the benchmark, declining 23%. The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil price declined from $75 to $55 a barrel despite brief spikes related to supply concerns from Venezuela and Iran and the attack on Saudi oil fields. While we own higher-quality exploration and production companies, these firms are still sensitive to crude oil prices. Individual detractors included EOG Resources Incorporated and Concho Resources Incorporated*. In the health care sector, the largest detractor was LivaNova PLC (LIVN), a medical technology company that specializes in neuromodulation, cardiac surgery, and cardiac rhythm management. LIVN was formed

through the merger of Sorin SpA and Cyberonics. The stock fell 40% for the fiscal year as investors worried about regulatory setbacks and weak financial performance. Utilities was the best-performing sector in the benchmark, rising 26%, driven by interest rate trends and the economic cycle. A lack of exposure to this sector detracted from performance.

Please see footnotes on page 7.

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

Sector distribution as of September 30, 2019⁷

Our focus is constant: To add value by investing in attractively priced holdings.

We seek to buy stocks at a discount to their estimated private market values (PMVs) and sell them as they reach the top of their PMV range. Our disciplined, bottom-up investment process leads us to be overweight or underweight certain sectors. This positioning changes over time based on macroeconomic and industry-specific factors. During the reporting period, we were overweight the financials, health care, and industrials sectors and underweight consumer staples, utilities, and consumer discretionary. Through our disciplined investment process, we remain keenly aware of both price and enterprise values on a company-by-company basis.

Looking ahead, global trade agreements, U.S. government policies, and interest rates may drive the overall market and the portfolio’s performance. Lower taxes and reduced regulations have already had an impact on the U.S. economy, but a divided U.S. Congress may slow down any such reform. U.S.-China trade talks are on-again off-again. Reaching an agreement could be positive for bilateral and global trade. Future rate cuts expected by the Fed are seen as a positive for the stock market. The prospect of a potential U.S. recession is a factor in investor sentiment along with the possible impact of a slowdown in other major global economies.

Please see footnotes on page 7.

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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 April 1, 2019 to September 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 4-1-2019		Ending account value 9-30-2019		Expenses paid during the period¹		Annualized net expense ratio
Class A
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,065.86	$	6.13		1.18	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,019.14	$	5.99		1.18	%
Class C
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,061.54	$	10.00		1.93	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,015.37	$	9.78		1.93	%
Administrator Class
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,066.65	$	5.19		1.00	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,020.04	$	5.08		1.00	%
Institutional Class
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,067.93	$	3.90		0.75	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,021.30	$	3.81		0.75	%

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—September 30, 2019

	Shares		Value
Common Stocks: 99.06%
Communication Services: 8.28%
Interactive Media & Services: 6.32%
Alphabet Incorporated Class C †		58,935	$	71,841,761
Facebook Incorporated Class A †		206,349		36,746,630
				108,588,391
Media: 1.96%
Comcast Corporation Class A		749,522		33,788,452
Consumer Discretionary: 6.77%
Automobiles: 2.18%
General Motors Company		1,001,075		37,520,291
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure: 1.33%
Starbucks Corporation		257,468		22,765,321
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail: 2.06%
Amazon.com Incorporated †		20,419		35,445,546
Multiline Retail: 1.20%
Dollar General Corporation		129,856		20,639,313
Consumer Staples: 2.32%
Beverages: 1.28%
Molson Coors Brewing Company Class B		384,435		22,105,013
Household Products: 1.04%
Church & Dwight Company Incorporated		236,879		17,822,776
Energy: 4.02%
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels: 4.02%
BP plc ††		876,028		33,280,304
EOG Resources Incorporated		286,337		21,251,932
Noble Energy Incorporated		650,477		14,609,713
				69,141,949
Financials: 16.92%
Banks: 5.51%
Pinnacle Financial Partners Incorporated		521,497		29,594,955
PNC Financial Services Group Incorporated		266,464		37,347,594
Webster Financial Corporation		592,939		27,791,051
				94,733,600
Capital Markets: 6.35%
E*TRADE Financial Corporation		777,496		33,968,800
Intercontinental Exchange Incorporated		438,250		40,437,328
S&P Global Incorporated		141,808		34,740,124
				109,146,252
Insurance: 5.06%
Chubb Limited		229,882		37,112,150
Marsh & McLennan Companies Incorporated		284,950		28,509,248
Willis Towers Watson plc		111,122		21,443,212
				87,064,610

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

	Shares		Value
Health Care: 16.22%
Biotechnology: 0.70%
Alexion Pharmaceuticals Incorporated †		122,672	$	12,014,496
Health Care Equipment & Supplies: 5.93%
LivaNova plc †		581,083		42,878,115
Medtronic plc		334,034		36,282,773
Zimmer Biomet Holdings Incorporated		166,197		22,813,862
				101,974,750
Health Care Providers & Services: 1.05%
Cigna Corporation		118,924		18,051,474
Life Sciences Tools & Services: 5.49%
Agilent Technologies Incorporated		323,587		24,796,472
Bio-Rad Laboratories Incorporated Class A †		113,054		37,617,588
Thermo Fisher Scientific Incorporated		109,732		31,961,640
				94,375,700
Pharmaceuticals: 3.05%
Mylan NV †		667,313		13,199,451
Novartis AG ADR		451,782		39,259,856
				52,459,307
Industrials: 12.63%
Aerospace & Defense: 4.36%
Airbus SE		337,450		43,842,206
Safran SA		197,950		31,165,906
				75,008,112
Airlines: 1.10%
Delta Air Lines Incorporated		327,236		18,848,794
Building Products: 2.42%
Armstrong World Industries Incorporated		246,440		23,830,748
Fortune Brands Home & Security Incorporated		324,481		17,749,111
				41,579,859
Commercial Services & Supplies: 1.19%
Republic Services Incorporated		236,290		20,450,900
Machinery: 3.56%
Fortive Corporation		364,748		25,007,123
ITT Incorporated		378,314		23,149,034
SPX Corporation †		328,235		13,132,682
				61,288,839
Information Technology: 21.63%
Communications Equipment: 0.98%
Palo Alto Networks Incorporated †		82,985		16,914,833
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components: 1.72%
Amphenol Corporation Class A		306,113		29,539,905

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

				Shares		Value
IT Services: 4.25%
Fidelity National Information Services Incorporated					204,205	$	27,110,256
MasterCard Incorporated Class A					169,147		45,935,251
							73,045,507
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment: 4.27%
Marvell Technology Group Limited					1,114,827		27,837,230
Texas Instruments Incorporated					352,752		45,589,668
							73,426,898
Software: 8.06%
Oracle Corporation					432,557		23,803,612
Proofpoint Incorporated †					173,910		22,443,086
RealPage Incorporated †					340,836		21,424,951
Salesforce.com Incorporated †					359,942		53,429,790
Workday Incorporated Class A †					103,315		17,559,417
							138,660,856
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals: 2.35%
Apple Incorporated					180,238		40,367,905
Materials: 4.85%
Chemicals: 2.65%
Dow Incorporated					468,559		22,326,836
The Sherwin-Williams Company					42,186		23,196,816
							45,523,652
Metals & Mining: 2.20%
Royal Gold Incorporated					142,073		17,504,814
Steel Dynamics Incorporated					684,998		20,412,940
							37,917,754
Real Estate: 5.42%
Equity REITs: 5.42%
American Tower Corporation					105,857		23,408,158
Equinix Incorporated					72,531		41,835,881
VICI Properties Incorporated «					1,229,940		27,858,141
							93,102,180
Total Common Stocks (Cost $1,172,859,995)							1,703,313,235
	Yield
Short-Term Investments: 2.54%
Investment Companies: 2.54%
Securities Lending Cash Investments LLC (l)(r)(u)		2.11	%		25,481,452		25,484,000
Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class (l)(u)		1.88			18,124,846		18,124,846
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $43,608,846)							43,608,846

Total investments in securities (Cost $1,216,468,841)	101.60	%		1,746,922,081
Other assets and liabilities, net	(1.60	)		(27,427,528	)
Total net assets	100.00	%	$	1,719,494,553

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

† Non-income-earning security

†† On the last dividend date, partial dividends were declared.

« All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(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

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		0		154,504,297		129,022,845		25,481,452	$	517	$	0	$	39,420	#	$	25,484,000
Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class		15,041,392		351,109,598		348,026,144		18,124,846		0		0		646,282			18,124,846
									$	517	$	0	$	685,702		$	43,608,846		2.54	%

^#  Amount shown represents income before fees and rebates.

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

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Statement of assets and liabilities—September 30, 2019

Assets
Investments in unaffiliated securities (including $25,096,200 of securities loaned), at value (cost $1,172,859,995)	$	1,703,313,235
Investments in affiliated securities, at value (cost $43,608,846)		43,608,846
Receivable for Fund shares sold		54,777
Receivable for dividends		2,678,828
Receivable for securities lending income, net		953
Prepaid expenses and other assets		26,024
Total assets		1,749,682,663
Liabilities
Payable upon receipt of securities loaned		25,480,351
Payable for investments purchased		2,051,343
Management fee payable		969,082
Payable for Fund shares redeemed		570,865
Administration fees payable		282,860
Distribution fee payable		2,337
Trustees’ fees and expenses payable		2,048
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		829,224
Total liabilities		30,188,110
Total net assets	$	1,719,494,553
Net assets consist of
Paid-in capital	$	1,093,125,646
Total distributable earnings		626,368,907
Total net assets	$	1,719,494,553
Computation of net asset value and offering price per share
Net assets – Class A	$	1,461,345,395
Shares outstanding – Class A1		33,698,160
Net asset value per share – Class A		$43.37
Maximum offering price per share – Class A2		$46.02
Net assets – Class C	$	3,739,336
Shares outstanding – Class C1		93,439
Net asset value per share – Class C		$40.02
Net assets – Administrator Class	$	227,962,989
Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1		4,764,029
Net asset value per share – Administrator Class		$47.85
Net assets – Institutional Class	$	26,446,833
Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1		540,959
Net asset value per share – Institutional Class		$48.89

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—year ended September 30, 2019

Investment income
Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $349,959)	$	23,259,148
Income from affiliated securities		653,652
Total investment income		23,912,800
Expenses
Management fee		12,192,651
Administration fees
Class A		2,994,668
Class C		26,160
Administrator Class		290,951
Institutional Class		33,719
Shareholder servicing fees
Class A		3,565,080
Class C		31,143
Administrator Class		558,090
Distribution fee
Class C		93,368
Custody and accounting fees		95,101
Professional fees		51,819
Registration fees		89,699
Shareholder report expenses		157,279
Trustees’ fees and expenses		21,652
Other fees and expenses		39,699
Total expenses		20,241,079
Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements
Fund-level		(124,413	)
Class A		(176,877	)
Administrator Class		(271,483	)
Institutional Class		(31,693	)
Net expenses		19,636,613
Net investment income		4,276,187
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments
Net realized gains on
Unaffiliated securities		94,542,693
Affiliated securities		517
Net realized gains on investments		94,543,210
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments		(20,640,995	)
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		73,902,215
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations	$	78,178,402

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

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Statement of changes in net assets

	Year ended September 30, 2019						Year ended September 30, 2018
Operations
Net investment income				$	4,276,187					$	167,228
Net realized gains on investments					94,543,210						178,981,131
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments					(20,640,995	)					78,123,312
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations					78,178,402						257,271,671
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains
Class A					(148,689,321	)					(187,514,177	)
Class C					(3,194,912	)					(4,256,830	)
Administrator Class					(21,792,735	)					(27,907,658	)
Institutional Class					(2,724,775	)					(3,553,387	)
Total distributions to shareholders					(176,401,743	)					(223,232,052	)
Capital share transactions		Shares						Shares
Proceeds from shares sold
Class A		930,098			37,142,175			321,107			14,237,392
Class C		12,229			460,797			7,752			322,067
Administrator Class		46,303			2,094,423			81,574			3,929,312
Institutional Class		228,906			10,662,670			160,930			7,973,373
					50,360,065						26,462,144
Reinvestment of distributions
Class A		3,891,150			144,750,768			4,280,718			182,109,847
Class C		91,007			3,143,382			104,852			4,191,994
Administrator Class		504,265			20,669,150			566,744			26,279,904
Institutional Class		58,962			2,469,867			69,002			3,263,351
					171,033,167						215,845,096
Payment for shares redeemed
Class A		(4,134,053	)		(168,457,293	)		(3,871,565	)		(173,423,798	)
Class C		(732,350	)		(26,708,914	)		(150,655	)		(6,331,672	)
Administrator Class		(620,318	)		(27,798,000	)		(614,100	)		(29,945,551	)
Institutional Class		(320,957	)		(14,616,198	)		(246,531	)		(12,279,582	)
					(237,580,405	)					(221,980,603	)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions					(16,187,173	)					20,326,637
Total increase (decrease) in net assets					(114,410,514	)					54,366,256
Net assets
Beginning of period					1,833,905,067						1,779,538,811
End of period				$	1,719,494,553					$	1,833,905,067

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
CLASS A	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$46.31			$45.83			$41.86			$43.35			$49.56
Net investment income (loss)		0.10			(0.01	)1		0.04			0.13	1		0.64
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		1.54			6.41			6.60			4.72			(1.52	)
Total from investment operations		1.64			6.40			6.64			4.85			(0.88	)
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		0.00			(0.17	)		(0.13	)		(0.57	)		0.00
Net realized gains		(4.58	)		(5.75	)		(2.54	)		(5.77	)		(5.33	)
Total distributions to shareholders		(4.58	)		(5.92	)		(2.67	)		(6.34	)		(5.33	)
Net asset value, end of period		$43.37			$46.31			$45.83			$41.86			$43.35
Total return2		5.18	%		15.16	%		16.49	%		12.46	%		(2.27	)%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		1.21	%		1.20	%		1.21	%		1.21	%		1.24	%
Net expenses		1.19	%		1.20	%		1.21	%		1.21	%		1.22	%
Net investment income (loss)		0.23	%		(0.01	)%		0.11	%		0.33	%		1.30	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		28	%		30	%		43	%		34	%		42	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$1,461,345			$1,528,852			$1,479,457			$1,418,614			$390,154

¹  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

²  Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
CLASS C	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$43.43			$43.46			$39.99			$41.60			$48.10
Net investment income (loss)		(0.26	)1		(0.43	)		(0.26	)1		(0.16	)1		0.26
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		1.43			6.15			6.27			4.51			(1.43	)
Total from investment operations		1.17			5.72			6.01			4.35			(1.17	)
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		0.00			0.00			0.00			(0.19	)		0.00
Net realized gains		(4.58	)		(5.75	)		(2.54	)		(5.77	)		(5.33	)
Total distributions to shareholders		(4.58	)		(5.75	)		(2.54	)		(5.96	)		(5.33	)
Net asset value, end of period		$40.02			$43.43			$43.46			$39.99			$41.60
Total return2		4.37	%		14.31	%		15.62	%		11.62	%		(3.01	)%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		1.96	%		1.95	%		1.96	%		1.96	%		1.99	%
Net expenses		1.95	%		1.95	%		1.96	%		1.96	%		1.97	%
Net investment income (loss)		(0.69	)%		(0.76	)%		(0.64	)%		(0.40	)%		0.55	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		28	%		30	%		43	%		34	%		42	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$3,739			$31,381			$33,057			$34,721			$37,196

¹  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

²  Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$50.50			$49.45			$44.93			$46.11			$52.27
Net investment income		0.21			0.07			0.15	1		0.24	1		0.79
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		1.73			6.97			7.09			5.04			(1.62	)
Total from investment operations		1.94			7.04			7.24			5.28			(0.83	)
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		(0.01	)		(0.24	)		(0.18	)		(0.69	)		0.00
Net realized gains		(4.58	)		(5.75	)		(2.54	)		(5.77	)		(5.33	)
Total distributions to shareholders		(4.59	)		(5.99	)		(2.72	)		(6.46	)		(5.33	)
Net asset value, end of period		$47.85			$50.50			$49.45			$44.93			$46.11
Total return		5.37	%		15.38	%		16.74	%		12.68	%		(2.04	)%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		1.13	%		1.12	%		1.13	%		1.13	%		1.10	%
Net expenses		1.00	%		1.00	%		1.00	%		1.00	%		1.00	%
Net investment income		0.42	%		0.19	%		0.31	%		0.56	%		1.52	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		28	%		30	%		43	%		34	%		42	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$227,963			$244,110			$237,315			$226,140			$223,281

¹  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$51.50			$50.30			$45.63			$46.76			$52.82
Net investment income		0.35			0.22			0.22	1		0.35	1		0.92	1
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		1.74			7.08			7.25			5.12			(1.65	)
Total from investment operations		2.09			7.30			7.47			5.47			(0.73	)
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		(0.12	)		(0.35	)		(0.26	)		(0.83	)		0.00
Net realized gains		(4.58	)		(5.75	)		(2.54	)		(5.77	)		(5.33	)
Total distributions to shareholders		(4.70	)		(6.10	)		(2.80	)		(6.60	)		(5.33	)
Net asset value, end of period		$48.89			$51.50			$50.30			$45.63			$46.76
Total return		5.63	%		15.69	%		17.02	%		12.97	%		(1.81	)%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		0.88	%		0.87	%		0.88	%		0.88	%		0.83	%
Net expenses		0.75	%		0.75	%		0.75	%		0.75	%		0.75	%
Net investment income		0.66	%		0.44	%		0.47	%		0.79	%		1.79	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		28	%		30	%		43	%		34	%		42	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$26,447			$29,562			$29,709			$17,222			$11,906

¹  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

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

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Notes to financial statements

1. ORGANIZATION

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

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Notes to financial statements

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. When securities are on loan, the Fund receives interest or dividends on those securities. Cash collateral received in connection with its securities lending transactions is invested in Securities Lending Cash Investments, LLC (the “Securities Lending Fund”). Investments in Securities Lending Fund 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.

In a securities lending transaction, the net asset value of the Fund is 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. The Fund has the right under the lending agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand. 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 such an event, the terms of the agreement allows the unaffiliated securities lending agent to use the collateral to purchase replacement securities on behalf of the Fund or pay the Fund the market value of the loaned securities. The Fund bears the risk of loss with respect to depreciation of its investment of the cash collateral.

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 September 30, 2019, the aggregate cost of all investments for federal income tax purposes was $1,220,095,012 and the unrealized gains (losses) consisted of:

Gross unrealized gains	$	568,930,518
Gross unrealized losses		(42,103,449	)
Net unrealized gains	$	526,827,069

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 fund-level 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:

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Notes to financial statements

∎ 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 September 30, 2019:

	Quoted prices (Level 1)		Other significant observable inputs (Level 2)		Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)		Total
Assets
Investments in:
Common stocks
Communication services	$	142,376,843	$	0	$	0	$	142,376,843
Consumer discretionary		116,370,471		0		0		116,370,471
Consumer staples		39,927,789		0		0		39,927,789
Energy		69,141,949		0		0		69,141,949
Financials		290,944,462		0		0		290,944,462
Health care		278,875,727		0		0		278,875,727
Industrials		217,176,504		0		0		217,176,504
Information technology		371,955,904		0		0		371,955,904
Materials		83,441,406		0		0		83,441,406
Real estate		93,102,180		0		0		93,102,180
Short-term investments
Investment companies		43,608,846		0		0		43,608,846
Total assets	$	1,746,922,081	$	0	$	0	$	1,746,922,081

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

For the year ended September 30, 2019, the Fund had no material transfers into/out of Level 3.

4. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Management fee

Funds Management, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”), is the manager of the Fund and provides advisory and fund-level administrative services under an investment management agreement. Under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is responsible for, among other services, implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Fund, supervising the subadviser and providing fund-level administrative services in connection with the Fund’s operations. As compensation for its services under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive 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		0.750	%
Next $500 million		0.725
Next $1 billion		0.700
Next $2 billion		0.675
Next $1 billion		0.650
Next $5 billion		0.640
Next $2 billion		0.630
Next $4 billion		0.620
Over $16 billion		0.610

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Notes to financial statements

Prior to February 1, 2019, Funds Management received 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		0.750	%
Next $500 million		0.725
Next $1 billion		0.700
Next $2 billion		0.675
Next $1 billion		0.650
Next $5 billion		0.640
Over $10 billion		0.630

For the year ended September 30, 2019, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.72% 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 (“WellsCap”), 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 0.45% and declining to 0.30% 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

Waivers and/or expense reimbursements

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 January 31, 2020 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 1.18% for Class A shares, 1.93% for Class C shares, 1.00% for Administrator Class shares, and 0.75% 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 February 1, 2019, the Fund’s expenses were capped at 1.21% for Class A shares and 1.96% for Class C shares.

Distribution fee

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

In addition, Funds Distributor is 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 year ended September 30, 2019, Funds Distributor received $4,930 from the sale of Class A shares and $25 in contingent deferred sales charges from redemptions of Class C shares. No contingent deferred sales charges were incurred by Class A shares for the year ended September 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.

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Notes to financial statements

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 year ended September 30, 2019 were $467,793,090 and $659,304,024, respectively.

6. SECURITIES LENDING TRANSACTIONS

The Fund lends its securities through an unaffiliated securities lending agent and 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 increases or decreases in the required collateral are exchanged between the Fund and the counterparty on the next business day. Cash collateral received is invested in the Securities Lending Fund which 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 and is exempt from registration under Section 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act. Securities Lending Fund is managed by Funds Management and is subadvised by WellsCap. 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.

In the event of counterparty default or the failure of a borrower to return a loaned security, the Fund has the right to use the collateral to offset any losses incurred. As of September 30, 2019, the Fund had securities lending transactions with the following counterparties which are subject to offset:

Counterparty	Value of securities on loan	Collateral received1	Net amount
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC	$25,096,200	($25,096,200)	$	0

¹  Collateral received within this table is limited to the collateral for the net transaction with the counterparty.

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 year ended September 30, 2019, there were no borrowings by the Fund under the agreement.

8. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended September 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018 were as follows:

	Year ended September 30
	2019		2018
Ordinary income	$	20,040,871	$	32,866,802
Long-term capital gain		156,360,872		190,365,250

As of September 30, 2019, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income	Undistributed long-term gains	Unrealized gains
$11,352,163	$88,290,527	$526,827,069

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Notes to financial statements

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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Report of independent registered public accounting firm

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

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Wells Fargo Opportunity Fund (the Fund), one of the funds constituting Wells Fargo Funds Trust, including the portfolio of investments, as of September 30, 2019, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the financial statements) and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of September 30, 2019, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

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

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of September 30, 2019, by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

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

Boston, Massachusetts

November 25, 2019

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Other information (unaudited)

TAX INFORMATION

For corporate shareholders, pursuant to Section 854 of the Internal Revenue Code, 76.93% of ordinary income dividends qualify for the corporate dividends-received deduction for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019.

Pursuant to Section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, $156,360,872 was designated as a 20% rate gain distribution for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019.

Pursuant to Section 854 of the Internal Revenue Code, $20,040,871 of income dividends paid during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019 has been designated as qualified dividend income (QDI).

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, $19,914,543 has been designated as short-term capital gain dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

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

QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

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 or Form N-PORT, which is available by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. Those forms may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

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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 150 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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Other information (unaudited)

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

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

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Other information (unaudited)

Officers

Name and year of birth	Position held and length of service	Principal occupations during past five years or longer
Andrew Owen (Born 1960)	President, since 2017	Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo & Company and Head of Affiliated Managers, Wells Fargo Asset Management, since 2014. In addition, Mr. Owen is currently President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2017. Prior thereto, Executive Vice President responsible for marketing, investments and product development for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, from 2009 to 2014.
Nancy Wiser1 (Born 1967)	Treasurer, since 2012	Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2011. Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at LightBox Capital Management LLC, from 2008 to 2011.
Michelle Rhee3 (Born 1966)	Chief Legal Officer, since 2019	Secretary of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, Chief Legal Counsel of Wells Fargo Asset Management and Assistant General Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2018. Associate General Counsel and Managing Director of Bank of America Corporation from 2004 to 2018.
Catherine Kennedy4 (Born 1969)	Secretary, since 2019	Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and Senior Counsel of the Wells Fargo Legal Department since 2010. Vice President and Senior Counsel of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 1998 to 2010.
Michael H. Whitaker (Born 1967)	Chief Compliance Officer, since 2016	Chief Compliance Officer of Wells Fargo Asset Management since 2016. Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer for Fidelity Investments from 2007 to 2016.
David Berardi (Born 1975)	Assistant Treasurer, since 2009	Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2004 to 2010.
Jeremy DePalma1 (Born 1974)	Assistant Treasurer, since 2009	Senior Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Senior Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010 and head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration from 2005 to 2010.

¹ Nancy Wiser acts as Treasurer of 64 funds in the Fund Complex. Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 86 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 64 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.

³  Michelle Rhee became Chief Legal Officer effective October 22, 2019.

⁴  Catherine Kennedy became Secretary effective October 22, 2019.

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BOARD CONSIDERATION OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS:

Wells Fargo Opportunity Fund

Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”) must determine annually whether to approve the continuation of the Trust’s investment management and sub-advisory agreements. In this regard, at an in-person meeting held on May 21-22, 2019 (the “Meeting”), the Board, all the members of which have no direct or indirect interest in the investment management and sub-advisory agreements and are not “interested persons” of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act (the “Independent Trustees”), reviewed and approved for Wells Fargo Opportunity Fund (the “Fund”): (i) an investment management agreement (the “Management Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”); and (ii) an investment sub-advisory agreement (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement”) with Wells Capital Management Incorporated (the “Sub-Adviser”), an affiliate of Funds Management. The Management Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement are collectively referred to as the “Advisory Agreements.”

At the Meeting, the Board considered the factors and reached the conclusions described below relating to the selection of Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser and the approval of the Advisory Agreements. Prior to the Meeting, including at an in-person meeting in April 2019, the Trustees conferred extensively among themselves and with representatives of Funds Management about these matters. Also, the Board has adopted a team-based approach, with each team consisting of a sub-set of Trustees, to assist the full Board in the discharge of its duties in reviewing investment performance and other matters throughout the year. The Independent Trustees were assisted in their evaluation of the Advisory Agreements by independent legal counsel, from whom they received separate legal advice and with whom they met separately.

In providing information to the Board, Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser were guided by a detailed set of requests for information submitted to them by independent legal counsel on behalf of the Independent Trustees at the start of the Board’s annual contract renewal process earlier in 2019. In considering and approving the Advisory Agreements, the Trustees considered the information they believed relevant, including but not limited to the information discussed below. The Board considered not only the specific information presented in connection with the Meeting, but also the knowledge gained over time through interaction with Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser about various topics. In this regard, the Board reviewed reports of Funds Management at each of its quarterly meetings, which included, among other things, portfolio reviews and investment performance reports. In addition, the Board and the teams mentioned above confer with portfolio managers at various times throughout the year. The Board did not identify any particular information or consideration that was all-important or controlling, and each individual Trustee may have attributed different weights to various factors.

After its deliberations, the Board unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreements for a one-year term and determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser under each of the Advisory Agreements was reasonable. The Board considered the approval of the Advisory Agreements for the Fund as part of its consideration of agreements for funds across the complex, but its approvals were made on a fund-by-fund basis. The following summarizes a number of important, but not necessarily all, factors considered by the Board in support of its approvals.

Nature, extent and quality of services

The Board received and considered various information regarding the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund by Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser under the Advisory Agreements. This information included a description of the investment advisory services and Fund-level administrative services covered by the Management Agreement, as well as, among other things, a summary of the background and experience of senior management of Wells Fargo Asset Management (“WFAM”), of which Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser are a part, a summary of investments made in the business of WFAM, a summary of certain organizational and personnel changes involving Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser, and a description of Funds Management’s and the Sub-Adviser’s business continuity planning programs and of their approaches to data privacy and cybersecurity. The Board received and reviewed information about Funds Management’s role as administrator of the Fund’s liquidity risk management program. The Board also considered the qualifications, background, tenure and responsibilities of each of the portfolio managers primarily responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund.

The Board evaluated the ability of Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser to attract and retain qualified investment professionals, including research, advisory and supervisory personnel. The Board further considered the compliance programs and compliance records of Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser. In addition, the Board took into account the full range of services provided to the Fund by Funds Management and its affiliates.

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Other information (unaudited)

Fund investment performance and expenses

The Board considered the investment performance results for the Fund over various time periods ended December 31, 2018. The Board considered these results in comparison to the investment performance of funds in a universe that was determined by Broadridge Inc. (“Broadridge”) to be similar to the Fund (the “Universe”), and in comparison to the Fund’s benchmark index and to other comparative data. Broadridge is an independent provider of investment company data. The Board received a description of the methodology used by Broadridge to select the mutual funds in the performance Universe. The Board noted that the investment performance of the Fund (Administrator Class) was higher than the average investment performance of the Universe for all periods under review. The Board also noted that the investment performance of the Fund was lower than its benchmark index, the Russell 3000^® Index, for the one-, three- and five-year periods under review, but in range of its benchmark for the ten-year period under review.

The Board received information concerning, and discussed factors contributing to, the underperformance of the Fund relative to its benchmark for the periods identified above. The Board took note of the explanations for the relative underperformance during these periods, including with respect to investment decisions and market factors that affected the Fund’s investment performance. The Board also took note of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the Universe over each period under review.

The Board also received and considered information regarding the Fund’s net operating expense ratios and their various components, including actual management fees, custodian and other non-management fees, and Rule 12b-1 and non-Rule 12b-1 shareholder service fees. The Board considered these ratios in comparison to the median ratios of funds in class-specific expense groups that were determined by Broadridge to be similar to the Fund (the “Groups”). The Board received a description of the methodology used by Broadridge to select the mutual funds in the expense Groups and an explanation of how funds comprising expense groups and their expense ratios may vary from year-to-year. Based on the Broadridge reports, the Board noted that the net operating expense ratios of the Fund were in range of, equal to, or lower than the median net operating expense ratios of the expense Groups for each share class.

The Board took into account the Fund’s investment performance and expense information provided to it among the factors considered in deciding to re-approve the Advisory Agreements.

Investment management and sub-advisory fee rates

The Board reviewed and considered the contractual fee rates payable by the Fund to Funds Management under the Management Agreement, as well as the contractual fee rates payable by the Fund to Funds Management for class-level administrative services under a Class-Level Administration Agreement, which include, among other things, class-level transfer agency and sub-transfer agency costs (collectively, the “Management Rates”). The Board also reviewed and considered the contractual investment sub-advisory fee rates that are payable by Funds Management to the Sub-Adviser for investment sub-advisory services.

Among other information reviewed by the Board was a comparison of the Fund’s Management Rates with the average contractual investment management fee rates of funds in the expense Groups at a common asset level as well as transfer agency costs of the funds in the expense Groups. The Board noted that the Management Rates of the Fund were in range of the sum of the average rates for the Fund’s expense Groups for the Institutional Class, but higher than the average rates for the Fund’s expense Groups for Class A and the Administrator Class. However, the Board noted that the net operating expense ratios of the Fund were in range of, equal to, or lower than the median net operating expense ratios of the expense Groups for each share class.

The Board also received and considered information about the portion of the total management fee that was retained by Funds Management after payment of the fee to the Sub-Adviser for sub-advisory services. In assessing the reasonableness of this amount, the Board received and evaluated information about the nature and extent of responsibilities retained and risks assumed by Funds Management and not delegated to or assumed by the Sub-Adviser, and about Funds Management’s on-going oversight services. Given the affiliation between Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser, the Board ascribed limited relevance to the allocation of fees between them.

The Board also received and considered information about the nature and extent of services offered and fee rates charged by Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser to other types of clients with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund. In this regard, the Board received information about the significantly greater scope of services, and compliance, reporting and other legal burdens and risks of managing proprietary mutual funds compared with those associated with managing assets of other types of clients, including third-party sub-advised fund clients and non-mutual fund clients such as institutional separate accounts.

Based on its consideration of the factors and information it deemed relevant, including those described here, the Board determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management under the Management Agreement and to the Sub-Adviser under the Sub-Advisory Agreement was reasonable.

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Profitability

The Board received and considered information concerning the profitability of Funds Management, as well as the profitability of both WFAM and Wells Fargo & Co. (“Wells Fargo”) from providing services to the fund family as a whole. The Board noted that the Sub-Adviser’s profitability information with respect to providing services to the Fund and other funds in the family was subsumed in the WFAM and Wells Fargo profitability analysis.

Funds Management reported on the methodologies and estimates used in calculating profitability, including a description of the methodology used to allocate certain expenses. Among other things, the Board noted that the levels of profitability reported on a fund-by-fund basis varied widely, depending on factors such as the size, type and age of fund. Based on its review, the Board did not deem the profits reported by Funds Management, WFAM or Wells Fargo from services provided to the Fund to be at a level that would prevent it from approving the continuation of the Advisory Agreements.

Economies of scale

The Board received and considered information about the potential for Funds Management to experience economies of scale in the provision of management services to the Fund, the difficulties of calculating economies of scale at an individual fund level, and the extent to which potential scale benefits are shared with shareholders. The Board noted the existence of breakpoints in the Fund’s management fee structure, which operate generally to reduce the Fund’s expense ratios as the Fund grows in size. The Board considered that in addition to management fee breakpoints, Funds Management shares potential economies of scale from its management business in a variety of ways, including through fee waiver and expense reimbursement arrangements, services that benefit shareholders, competitive management fee rates set at the outset without regard to breakpoints, and investments in the business intended to enhance services available to shareholders.

The Board concluded that Funds Management’s arrangements with respect to the Fund, including contractual breakpoints, constituted a reasonable approach to sharing potential economies of scale with the Fund and its shareholders.

Other benefits to Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser

The Board received and considered information regarding potential “fall-out” or ancillary benefits received by Funds Management and its affiliates, including the Sub-Adviser, as a result of their relationships with the Fund. Ancillary benefits could include, among others, benefits directly attributable to other relationships with the Fund and benefits potentially derived from an increase in Funds Management’s and the Sub-Adviser’s business as a result of their relationships with the Fund. The Board noted that various affiliates of Funds Management may receive distribution-related fees, shareholder servicing payments and sub-transfer agency fees in respect of shares sold or held through them and services provided.

The Board also reviewed information about soft dollar credits earned and utilized by the Sub-Adviser, fees earned by Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser from managing a private investment vehicle for the fund family’s securities lending collateral, and commissions earned by an affiliated broker from portfolio transactions.

Based on its consideration of the factors and information it deemed relevant, including those described here, the Board did not find that any ancillary benefits received by Funds Management and its affiliates, including the Sub-Adviser, were unreasonable.

Conclusion

At the Meeting, after considering the above-described factors and based on its deliberations and its evaluation of the information described above, the Board unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreements for a one-year term and determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser under each of the Advisory Agreements was reasonable.

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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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406816 11-19

A232/AR232 09-19

Annual Report

September 30, 2019

Wells Fargo

Special Mid Cap Value Fund

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

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

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

Contents

Letter to shareholders	2
Performance highlights	6
Fund expenses	10
Portfolio of investments	11
Financial statements
Statement of assets and liabilities	15
Statement of operations	16
Statement of changes in net assets	17
Financial highlights	18
Notes to financial statements	24
Report of independent registered public accounting firm	30
Other information	31

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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

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 annual report for the Wells Fargo Special Mid Cap Value Fund for the 12-month period that ended September 30, 2019. After the first half of the period yielded either low-single-digit or negative investment returns, U.S. stock and global bond investors generally saw markets recover during the second half amid intensifying market volatility, global economic growth concerns, international trade stare downs, and simmering geopolitical tensions.

Overall, fixed-income investors enjoyed a distinct advantage over stock investors. For the period, U.S. stocks, based on the S&P 500 Index,¹ gained 4.25% and international stocks, as measured by the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net),² fell 1.23%. The MSCI EM Index (Net)³ slipped 2.02%. Among fixed income investors, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index⁴ added 10.30%, the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index⁵ added 5.34%, the Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index⁶ gained 8.55%, and the ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index⁷ added 6.30%.

Investors confronted unsettling events during the fourth quarter of 2018.

During the fourth quarter of 2018, investors grew concerned about the pace and sustainability of the global economic expansion. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported third-quarter U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) was 3.4% on an annualized basis, which was down from the second-quarter rate. A partial U.S. government shutdown occurred, which extended into January 2019. Brexit efforts stalled, causing uncertainty for the eurozone. The value of the renminbi declined even as the People’s Bank of China cut reserve requirement ratios, accelerated infrastructure spending, and cut taxes in efforts to spur economic activity.

The combination of news in the U.S. and generally weak economic indicators outside of the U.S. caused investors to seek safe havens. December’s S&P 500 Index performance was the worst since 1931. Globally, fixed-income investments fared better than stocks during the last two months of the year. Even as indicators suggested growth was restrained, the U.S. Federal Reserve (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%. Many observers expressed concerns that higher rates could slow the economy further.

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 and emerging markets, excluding the U.S. 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 the equity market performance of emerging markets. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁴ The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment-grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage pass-throughs), asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁵  The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index is an unmanaged index that provides a broad-based measure of the global investment-grade fixed-income markets excluding the U.S. dollar-denominated debt market. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁶  The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of long-term tax-exempt bonds with a minimum credit rating of Baa. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁷ The ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index is a market-capitalization-weighted index of domestic and Yankee high-yield bonds. The index tracks the performance of high-yield securities traded in the U.S. bond market. You cannot invest directly in an index. Copyright 2019. ICE Data Indices, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

The market climbs a wall of worry.

Investment returns early in 2019 appeared to reaffirm the adage that markets climb a wall of worry as the new year began. The S&P 500 Index gained 8.01% for the month of January, the 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.

In February 2019, signs of slowing global growth grew more ominous. The Bureau of Economic Analysis announced fourth-quarter 2018 GDP grew at an annualized 2.2% rate, a slower rate than reported for the prior two quarters. In a February report, the Bank of England forecast the slowest growth for 2019 since the financial crisis. China and the U.S. continued to wrangle over trade issues. By the end of the first quarter of 2019, more accommodative Fed sentiment and steady, if not spectacular, U.S. economic and business metrics encouraged domestic investors.

Early second-quarter 2019 enthusiasm among investors faded.

During April 2019, favorable sentiment found additional support in reports of sustained low inflation, solid employment data, and first-quarter U.S. GDP of an annualized rate of 3.2%. During May, markets tumbled on mixed investment signals. In the U.S., partisan wrangling ramped up as Democrats and Republicans set their sights on 2020 presidential politics. The U.K.’s Brexit disagreements caused Prime Minister Theresa May to resign. Boris Johnson succeeded her only to exacerbate uncertainty about Brexit’s resolution ahead of an October 2019 deadline. The European Commission downgraded the 2019 growth forecast to 1.2%. The U.S. increased tariffs on products from China, China responded, and then talks broke down. President Donald Trump threatened to turn his foreign policy tariff tool to Mexico over immigration issues.

During the third quarter of 2019, investors regrouped. Just as the investment horizon appeared to darken, sentiment turned and U.S. equity markets gained during June and July. The gains, primarily driven by geopolitical and monetary policy events, pushed equity markets to new highs. European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said that if the outlook doesn’t improve, the bank would cut rates or buy more assets to prop up inflation. President Trump backed off of tariff threats against Mexico and China. In the U.S., the Fed implemented a 0.25% federal funds rate cut in July.

Later in July 2019, the U.S. reversed course and threatened to impose higher tariffs on China’s exports after talks failed. China responded with tariff threats of its own and devalued the renminbi, a move that roiled global markets. Major U.S. stock market indices closed July with the worst weekly results of the year. Bond prices gained as Treasury yields fell to levels not seen since November 2016 and the yield curve inverted at multiple points along the 30-year arc.

In a microcosm, August 2019 encapsulated many of the unnerving events that plagued investors during the prior 11 months. The U.S.-China trade relationship swung from antagonistic to hopeful and back again with no evident compromise on the horizon. Evidence of a continued global economic slowdown mounted. Central banks in China, New Zealand, and Thailand cut interest rates. Industrial and manufacturing data declined in China, Canada, Japan, and Germany. Adding to the uncertain environment, Italy’s prime minister resigned, many feared a crackdown in Hong Kong as protesters sustained their calls for reform throughout the month, and Boris Johnson planned to suspend Parliament as Brexit’s deadline neared.

In the U.S., September saw the Fed join other central banks in cutting interest rates. Manufacturing data in the U.S., as reported by the Institute for Supply Management, disappointed investors. The U.S. Congress announced it would pursue an impeachment investigation of President Trump. Meanwhile, the Brexit impasse showed no signs of

“The S&P 500 Index gained 8.01% for the month of January, the best monthly performance in 30 years.”

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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

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.

resolution. Officials in China said that hitting the country’s economic growth goals for the year would be difficult considering the weight of tariffs and trade restrictions. So while the S&P 500 Index finished the third quarter with year-to-date returns that were the best in more than 20 years, amid signs of equity investors taking money out of the stock market, concerns about future returns remained.

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 potentially 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,

Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

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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

James M. Tringas, CFA^®‡

Bryant VanCronkhite, CFA^®‡, CPA

Shane Zweck, CFA^®‡*

Average annual total returns (%) as of September 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 (WFPAX)	7-31-2007		1.62		7.13		11.95		7.81		8.40		12.62		1.16		1.16
Class C (WFPCX)	7-31-2007		6.00		7.59		11.77		7.00		7.59		11.77		1.91		1.91
Class R (WFHHX)3	9-30-2015		–		–		–		7.52		8.13		12.35		1.41		1.41
Class R6 (WFPRX)4	6-28-2013		–		–		–		8.28		8.87		13.10		0.73		0.73
Administrator Class (WFMDX)	4-8-2005		–		–		–		7.88		8.50		12.73		1.08		1.08
Institutional Class (WFMIX)	4-8-2005		–		–		–		8.17		8.77		13.04		0.83		0.83
Russell Midcap® Value Index5	–		–		–		–		1.60		7.55		12.29		–		–

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. Smaller-company stocks tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies. Consult the Fund’s prospectus for additional information on these and other risks.

Please see footnotes on page 7.

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

Growth of $10,000 investment as of September 30, 2019⁶

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

* Mr. Zweck became a portfolio manager of the Fund on February 1, 2019.

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 January 31, 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 Class R shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of the Institutional Class shares, adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to Class R shares.

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, the returns for Class R6 shares would be higher.

⁵  The Russell Midcap^® Value Index measures the performance of those Russell Midcap companies with lower price/book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. The stocks are also members of the Russell 1000^® Value Index. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁶  The chart compares the performance of Class A shares for the most recent ten years with the Russell Midcap^® Value Index. The chart assumes a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Class A shares and reflects all operating expenses and assumes the maximum initial sales charge of 5.75%.

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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Performance highlights (unaudited)

MANAGER’S DISCUSSION

Fund highlights

∎ The Fund outperformed its benchmark, the Russell Midcap^® Value Index, for the 12-month period that ended September 30, 2019.

∎ Contributors to performance included stock selection in the industrials and information technology (IT) sectors.

∎ Detractors from performance included an underweight to the real estate sector and stock selection in the consumer staples sector.

Investors remained optimistic, but volatility increased significantly.

Over the 12-month period, mid-cap value stocks produced moderately positive returns but experienced some significant volatility. The last three months of 2018 saw a sizable correction as investors expressed concerns surrounding tightening monetary policy, continued trade disputes, and slowing global economic growth. The Fund’s focus on flexible balance sheets and sustainable free cash flow provided strong relative returns versus its benchmark during this volatile period. The first nine months of 2019 saw stocks recapture much of the returns that were lost during the previous three months as the prospect for more accommodative monetary policy began to emerge. The Fund outperformed during this period due to strong stock selection across multiple sectors, as our bottom-up process is designed to find companies that can control their own destinies via their clear competitive advantages, sustainable free cash flows, and flexible balance sheets that can be used to grow shareholder value.

We made modest changes to sector weightings.

Our stock-selection process is predominantly driven by our bottom-up stock analysis; this process led to modest changes to the Fund’s sector weightings during the period. We maintained overweights to the industrials and materials sectors but reduced the size of the overweights based on the strong price appreciation of our names affecting reward/risk valuations. In the consumer discretionary sector, the Fund added a few new positions that presented attractive entry points and long-term prospects. The Fund went from a slight overweight to a slight underweight to the IT sector as we trimmed positions after valuations moved higher and individual reward/risk ratios decreased.

Stock selection in the industrials and IT sectors benefited the Fund’s performance.

In the industrials sector, Jacobs Engineering Group Incorporated, a global engineering, consulting, and construction firm, contributed to performance. We were attracted to a transformation that’s unfolding at Jacobs, where management is divesting cyclical and low-margin cash flow streams and replacing them with higher-margin, more stable end markets. This transformation brings with it greater capital deployment optionality and higher returns on capital that are beginning to be recognized by the market and driving the share price higher.

Security selection in the IT sector contributed to relative performance. Euronet Worldwide, Incorporated, provides payment and transaction processing and distribution solutions to financial institutions, retailers, service providers, and individual consumers worldwide. We have been attracted to Euronet’s net cash balance sheet, low capital intensity, and strong free cash flow generation. We believe Euronet will continue to use its balance sheet to pursue attractive organic and acquisitive growth opportunities in the future.

Ten largest holdings (%) as of September 30, 20197
Kansas City Southern	2.89
Brown & Brown Incorporated	2.86
Amdocs Limited	2.77
Jacobs Engineering Group Incorporated	2.73
Ameren Corporation	2.71
American Electric Power Company Incorporated	2.56
Arch Capital Group Limited	2.36
Republic Services Incorporated	2.36
American Water Works Company Incorporated	2.19
CBRE Group Incorporated Class A	2.18

An underweight to the real estate sector and stock selection in the consumer staples sector detracted from performance.

The Fund’s underweight to the real estate sector detracted from relative performance as the sector outperformed the broader index. The sector benefited from the pullback in 10-year Treasury yields as investors fled toward dividend-oriented stocks. We remain underweight the sector as we are finding better reward/risk opportunities elsewhere and believe there are more attractive stocks that could provide support to the Fund if Treasury yields were to continue to fall.

Please see footnotes on page 7.

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

Sector distribution as of September 30, 2019⁸

Consumer staples holding Molson Coors Brewing Company detracted from performance. The company has generated significant economies of scale and cost synergies with its purchase of the MillerCoors joint venture and has developed a growing free cash flow stream. Slowing North American beer volumes have pressured the industry and expectations for Molson. However, we believe that with an improving balance sheet and cost reduction efforts, free cash flow will remain strong and the long-term reward/risk potential is attractive.

Our outlook for the Fund and our process remain positive.

As we look out over the next 6 to 12 months, we see numerous forces at play that could bring increased volatility. Equity investors continue to balance ongoing trade tensions, slowing global economic growth, and the direction of interest rates. The run-up to the 2020 presidential election will be watched closely and could have significant influences on the markets. We are not experts in forecasting macro events or the direction of the market; however, it is commonly the sources of macro-driven volatility, such as political events, interest rates, input-cost pressure, regulatory changes, and investing style factors, that create inefficiencies in individual stock prices. We believe it is prudent to manage downside risks, and we will continue to invest in companies that we believe have taken steps to control their own destinies.

We believe our team’s fundamental analysis, risk management, and active investment process are well suited to take advantage of new opportunities as the stock market evolves. While volatility may increase, we look to the strong balance sheets and stable cash flows of the companies within the Fund to support consistent long-term performance. We maintain a favorable outlook for the Fund.

Please see footnotes on page 7.

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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 April 1, 2019 to September 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 4-1-2019		Ending account value 9-30-2019		Expenses paid during the period¹		Annualized net expense ratio
Class A
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,079.25	$	6.01		1.15	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,019.29	$	5.84		1.15	%
Class C
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,075.28	$	9.91		1.90	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,015.52	$	9.62		1.90	%
Class R
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,077.69	$	7.31		1.40	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,018.03	$	7.10		1.40	%
Class R6
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,081.74	$	3.77		0.72	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,021.45	$	3.66		0.72	%
Administrator Class
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,079.74	$	5.59		1.07	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,019.69	$	5.43		1.07	%
Institutional Class
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,081.01	$	4.29		0.82	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,020.95	$	4.17		0.82	%

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—September 30, 2019

	Shares		Value
Common Stocks: 94.03%
Communication Services: 1.67%
Media: 1.67%
Discovery Communications Incorporated Class C †		6,254,500	$	153,985,790
Consumer Discretionary: 7.52%
Auto Components: 1.10%
Aptiv plc		1,165,200		101,861,784
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure: 1.79%
Vail Resorts Incorporated		394,900		89,863,444
Yum China Holdings Incorporated		1,665,200		75,650,036
				165,513,480
Household Durables: 2.56%
D.R. Horton Incorporated		2,238,700		118,001,877
Mohawk Industries Incorporated †		956,200		118,635,734
				236,637,611
Multiline Retail: 1.17%
Kohl’s Corporation		2,167,100		107,618,186
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods: 0.90%
PVH Corporation		939,400		82,883,262
Consumer Staples: 3.01%
Beverages: 2.03%
Molson Coors Brewing Company Class B		3,248,776		186,804,620
Food Products: 0.98%
Lamb Weston Holdings Incorporated		1,245,900		90,601,848
Energy: 5.60%
Energy Equipment & Services: 1.97%
Baker Hughes Incorporated		3,208,034		74,426,389
National Oilwell Varco Incorporated		4,051,400		85,889,680
Patterson-UTI Energy Incorporated		2,549,700		21,799,935
				182,116,004
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels: 3.63%
Cimarex Energy Company		1,579,700		75,730,818
Devon Energy Corporation		2,242,600		53,956,956
Hess Corporation		1,335,200		80,752,896
Valero Energy Corporation		807,300		68,814,252
WPX Energy Incorporated †		5,217,200		55,250,148
				334,505,070
Financials: 20.63%
Banks: 5.85%
Fifth Third Bancorp		5,693,200		155,879,816
PacWest Bancorp		3,216,807		116,898,766
Regions Financial Corporation		10,252,000		162,186,640
Zions Bancorporation		2,354,300		104,813,436
				539,778,658

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

	Shares		Value
Capital Markets: 1.01%
Northern Trust Corporation		1,001,300	$	93,441,316
Insurance: 12.20%
Arch Capital Group Limited †		5,191,908		217,956,298
Brown & Brown Incorporated		7,317,000		263,851,020
Fidelity National Financial Incorporated		3,962,214		175,961,924
Loews Corporation		3,531,100		181,781,028
The Allstate Corporation		1,831,100		199,003,948
Willis Towers Watson plc		457,100		88,206,587
				1,126,760,805
Mortgage REITs: 1.57%
Annaly Capital Management Incorporated		16,422,800		144,520,640
Health Care: 10.35%
Health Care Equipment & Supplies: 6.21%
Alcon Incorporated †		2,550,100		148,645,329
Steris plc		641,900		92,748,131
Varian Medical Systems Incorporated †		1,502,000		178,873,180
Zimmer Biomet Holdings Incorporated		1,112,200		152,671,694
				572,938,334
Health Care Providers & Services: 2.97%
Humana Incorporated		690,300		176,489,001
Universal Health Services Incorporated Class B		658,200		97,907,250
				274,396,251
Life Sciences Tools & Services: 1.17%
Charles River Laboratories International Incorporated †		820,100		108,556,637
Industrials: 15.49%
Building Products: 1.55%
A.O. Smith Corporation		1,050,500		50,119,355
Masco Corporation		453,800		18,914,384
Owens Corning Incorporated		1,166,830		73,743,657
				142,777,396
Commercial Services & Supplies: 2.36%
Republic Services Incorporated		2,518,175		217,948,046
Construction & Engineering: 2.73%
Jacobs Engineering Group Incorporated		2,754,843		252,068,135
Industrial Conglomerates: 1.80%
Carlisle Companies Incorporated		1,139,137		165,789,999
Machinery: 2.87%
Cummins Incorporated		732,309		119,124,705
Stanley Black & Decker Incorporated		1,012,700		146,244,007
				265,368,712
Road & Rail: 2.89%
Kansas City Southern		2,006,500		266,884,565

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

	Shares		Value
Trading Companies & Distributors: 1.29%
AerCap Holdings NV †		2,178,700	$	119,283,825
Information Technology: 6.74%
IT Services: 3.94%
Amdocs Limited		3,866,300		255,601,093
Euronet Worldwide Incorporated †		738,000		107,969,400
				363,570,493
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment: 0.73%
Analog Devices Incorporated		603,800		67,462,574
Software: 0.54%
Check Point Software Technologies Limited †		456,400		49,975,800
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals: 1.53%
NCR Corporation †		4,483,720		141,506,203
Materials: 6.63%
Chemicals: 1.94%
PPG Industries Incorporated		1,510,500		179,009,355
Containers & Packaging: 3.74%
International Paper Company		2,243,200		93,810,624
Packaging Corporation of America		1,191,013		126,366,479
Sealed Air Corporation		3,005,100		124,741,701
				344,918,804
Metals & Mining: 0.95%
Barrick Gold Corporation		5,077,700		87,996,541
Real Estate: 7.68%
Equity REITs: 5.50%
American Campus Communities Incorporated		2,989,805		143,749,824
Invitation Homes Incorporated		5,885,328		174,264,562
Mid-America Apartment Communities Incorporated		1,015,700		132,051,157
Park Hotels & Resorts Incorporated		2,315,200		57,810,544
				507,876,087
Real Estate Management & Development: 2.18%
CBRE Group Incorporated Class A †		3,787,800		200,791,278
Utilities: 8.71%
Electric Utilities: 3.80%
American Electric Power Company Incorporated		2,525,860		236,647,823
FirstEnergy Corporation		2,372,900		114,444,967
				351,092,790
Multi-Utilities: 2.71%
Ameren Corporation		3,129,550		250,520,478
Water Utilities: 2.20%
American Water Works Company Incorporated		1,630,400		202,544,592
Total Common Stocks (Cost $7,239,835,453)				8,680,305,969

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

	Yield			Shares		Value
Short-Term Investments: 5.72%
Investment Companies: 5.72%
Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class (l)(u)		1.88	%		528,149,536	$	528,149,536
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $528,149,536)							528,149,536

Total investments in securities (Cost $7,767,984,989)	99.75	%		9,208,455,505
Other assets and liabilities, net	0.25			23,091,475
Total net assets	100.00	%	$	9,231,546,980

† 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:

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 affiliates 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*		0		136,660,214		136,660,214		0	$	1,283	$	0	$	73,452	#	$	0
Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class		183,466,427		2,194,744,793		1,850,061,684		528,149,536		0		0		7,007,966			528,149,536
									$	1,283	$	0	$	7,081,418		$	528,149,536		5.72	%

* No longer held at the end of the period

^#  Amount shown represents income before fees and rebates.

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

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Statement of assets and liabilities—September 30, 2019

Assets
Investments in unaffiliated securities, at value (cost $7,239,835,453)	$	8,680,305,969
Investments in affiliated securities, at value (cost $528,149,536)		528,149,536
Receivable for Fund shares sold		29,644,101
Receivable for dividends		15,251,660
Total assets		9,253,351,266
Liabilities
Payable for Fund shares redeemed		11,087,198
Management fee payable		5,006,817
Payable for investments purchased		2,925,014
Administration fees payable		886,192
Distribution fees payable		97,292
Trustees’ fees and expenses payable		1,941
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		1,799,832
Total liabilities		21,804,286
Total net assets	$	9,231,546,980
Net assets consist of
Paid-in capital	$	7,444,739,102
Total distributable earnings		1,786,807,878
Total net assets	$	9,231,546,980
Computation of net asset value and offering price per share
Net assets – Class A	$	1,003,560,044
Shares outstanding – Class A1		25,325,846
Net asset value per share – Class A		$39.63
Maximum offering price per share – Class A2		$42.05
Net assets – Class C	$	147,085,852
Shares outstanding – Class C1		3,886,099
Net asset value per share – Class C		$37.85
Net assets – Class R	$	31,961,269
Shares outstanding – Class R1		797,138
Net asset value per share – Class R		$40.10
Net assets – Class R6	$	2,094,860,168
Shares outstanding – Class R61		51,400,729
Net asset value per share – Class R6		$40.76
Net assets – Administrator Class	$	604,126,472
Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1		14,971,537
Net asset value per share – Administrator Class		$40.35
Net assets – Institutional Class	$	5,349,953,175
Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1		131,453,098
Net asset value per share – Institutional Class		$40.70

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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Statement of operations—year ended September 30, 2019

Investment income
Dividends	$	143,012,471
Income from affiliated securities		7,018,034
Total investment income		150,030,505
Expenses
Management fee		55,014,863
Administration fees
Class A		2,021,560
Class C		313,327
Class R		59,535
Class R6		492,287
Administrator Class		917,106
Institutional Class		6,159,860
Shareholder servicing fees
Class A		2,406,619
Class C		373,009
Class R		70,874
Administrator Class		1,761,907
Distribution fees
Class C		1,119,020
Class R		70,854
Custody and accounting fees		266,107
Professional fees		44,990
Registration fees		487,670
Shareholder report expenses		961,200
Trustees’ fees and expenses		21,652
Other fees and expenses		90,004
Total expenses		72,652,444
Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements
Class A		(64	)
Class C		(8	)
Class R		(18	)
Class R6		(1,973	)
Administrator Class		(10	)
Net expenses		72,650,371
Net investment income		77,380,134
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments
Net realized gains on
Unaffiliated securities		303,690,278
Affiliated securities		1,283
Net realized gains on investments		303,691,561
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments		233,760,522
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		537,452,083
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations	$	614,832,217

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

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Statement of changes in net assets

	Year ended September 30, 2019						Year ended September 30, 2018
Operations
Net investment income				$	77,380,134					$	55,406,539
Net realized gains on investments					303,691,561						170,032,209
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments					233,760,522						160,007,260
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations					614,832,217						385,446,008
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains
Class A					(20,592,515	)					(44,792,710	)
Class C					(2,703,167	)					(7,147,489	)
Class R					(562,316	)					(758,370	)
Class R6					(36,838,837	)					(46,138,407	)
Administrator Class					(17,454,931	)					(48,230,988	)
Institutional Class					(114,026,310	)					(209,509,970	)
Total distributions to shareholders					(192,178,076	)					(356,577,934	)
Capital share transactions		Shares						Shares
Proceeds from shares sold
Class A		5,327,538			192,757,937			8,052,054			299,880,019
Class C		395,515			13,743,148			955,547			34,325,290
Class R		312,326			11,470,210			449,380			17,074,096
Class R6		19,811,243			753,877,254			21,764,043			834,124,233
Administrator Class		2,524,441			92,078,365			9,533,075			364,176,209
Institutional Class		49,318,478			1,865,932,723			44,252,567			1,696,256,312
					2,929,859,637						3,245,836,159
Reinvestment of distributions
Class A		578,559			19,307,072			1,134,296			42,153,674
Class C		79,940			2,563,693			190,448			6,787,622
Class R		16,602			561,690			20,056			757,010
Class R6		1,023,710			35,011,870			1,188,583			45,410,964
Administrator Class		512,565			17,408,508			1,273,292			48,143,405
Institutional Class		3,085,272			105,464,480			5,050,159			192,715,031
					180,317,313						335,967,706
Payment for shares redeemed
Class A		(8,214,077	)		(295,833,462	)		(10,111,787	)		(376,581,084	)
Class C		(1,443,715	)		(49,286,556	)		(1,618,894	)		(57,851,833	)
Class R		(177,050	)		(6,492,936	)		(205,099	)		(7,778,102	)
Class R6		(8,066,799	)		(299,782,094	)		(7,858,969	)		(300,909,538	)
Administrator Class		(13,653,775	)		(493,668,005	)		(15,565,814	)		(589,131,375	)
Institutional Class		(48,844,550	)		(1,804,574,146	)		(40,848,909	)		(1,566,068,850	)
					(2,949,637,199	)					(2,898,320,782	)
Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share transactions					160,539,751						683,483,083
Total increase in net assets					583,193,892						712,351,157
Net assets
Beginning of period					8,648,353,088						7,936,001,931
End of period				$	9,231,546,980					$	8,648,353,088

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
CLASS A	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$37.59			$37.49			$33.12			$29.91			$32.68
Net investment income		0.26			0.15			0.33			0.19			0.25
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		2.54			1.50			4.42			4.23			0.07
Total from investment operations		2.80			1.65			4.75			4.42			0.32
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		(0.17	)		(0.23	)		(0.19	)		(0.08	)		(0.18	)
Net realized gains		(0.59	)		(1.32	)		(0.19	)		(1.13	)		(2.91	)
Total distributions to shareholders		(0.76	)		(1.55	)		(0.38	)		(1.21	)		(3.09	)
Net asset value, end of period		$39.63			$37.59			$37.49			$33.12			$29.91
Total return1		7.81	%		4.50	%		14.41	%		15.34	%		0.69	%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		1.15	%		1.15	%		1.18	%		1.19	%		1.25	%
Net expenses		1.15	%		1.15	%		1.18	%		1.19	%		1.24	%
Net investment income		0.67	%		0.40	%		0.78	%		0.82	%		0.85	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		37	%		37	%		46	%		30	%		58	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$1,003,560			$1,038,883			$1,070,690			$1,363,213			$509,386

¹  Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
CLASS C	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$36.02			$36.03			$31.91			$29.00			$31.82
Net investment income (loss)		(0.07	)		(0.14	)		0.06			0.03			0.02	1
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		2.49			1.46			4.26			4.02			0.07
Total from investment operations		2.42			1.32			4.32			4.05			0.09
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		0.00			(0.01	)		(0.01	)		(0.01	)		0.00
Net realized gains		(0.59	)		(1.32	)		(0.19	)		(1.13	)		(2.91	)
Total distributions to shareholders		(0.59	)		(1.33	)		(0.20	)		(1.14	)		(2.91	)
Net asset value, end of period		$37.85			$36.02			$36.03			$31.91			$29.00
Total return2		7.00	%		3.72	%		13.56	%		14.47	%		(0.05	)%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		1.90	%		1.90	%		1.92	%		1.94	%		2.00	%
Net expenses		1.90	%		1.90	%		1.92	%		1.94	%		1.99	%
Net investment income (loss)		(0.09	)%		(0.35	)%		0.14	%		0.03	%		0.08	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		37	%		37	%		46	%		30	%		58	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$147,086			$174,839			$191,954			$116,022			$63,431

¹  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

²  Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
CLASS R	2019			2018			2017			2016			20151
Net asset value, beginning of period		$38.09			$38.08			$33.78			$30.70			$30.70
Net investment income		0.17			0.09			0.32			0.12	2		0.00
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		2.57			1.49			4.43			4.32			0.00
Total from investment operations		2.74			1.58			4.75			4.44			0.00
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		(0.14	)		(0.25	)		(0.26	)		(0.23	)		0.00
Net realized gains		(0.59	)		(1.32	)		(0.19	)		(1.13	)		0.00
Total distributions to shareholders		(0.73	)		(1.57	)		(0.45	)		(1.36	)		0.00
Net asset value, end of period		$40.10			$38.09			$38.08			$33.78			$30.70
Total return3		7.52	%		4.23	%		14.13	%		15.05	%		0.00	%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		1.40	%		1.40	%		1.42	%		1.44	%		0.00	%
Net expenses		1.40	%		1.40	%		1.42	%		1.44	%		0.00	%
Net investment income		0.43	%		0.18	%		0.77	%		0.37	%		0.00	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		37	%		37	%		46	%		30	%		58	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$31,961			$24,575			$14,505			$1,778			$25

¹  The class commenced operations on September 30, 2015. Information represents activity for the one day of operation.

²  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

³  Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
CLASS R6	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$38.67			$38.52			$34.03			$30.71			$33.39
Net investment income		0.40			0.32	1		0.50	1		0.38	1		0.41	1
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		2.62			1.55			4.53			4.30			0.05
Total from investment operations		3.02			1.87			5.03			4.68			0.46
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		(0.34	)		(0.40	)		(0.35	)		(0.23	)		(0.23	)
Net realized gains		(0.59	)		(1.32	)		(0.19	)		(1.13	)		(2.91	)
Total distributions to shareholders		(0.93	)		(1.72	)		(0.54	)		(1.36	)		(3.14	)
Net asset value, end of period		$40.76			$38.67			$38.52			$34.03			$30.71
Total return		8.28	%		4.95	%		14.88	%		15.84	%		1.14	%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		0.72	%		0.72	%		0.74	%		0.76	%		0.79	%
Net expenses		0.72	%		0.72	%		0.74	%		0.76	%		0.79	%
Net investment income		1.12	%		0.85	%		1.37	%		1.21	%		1.26	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		37	%		37	%		46	%		30	%		58	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$2,094,860			$1,493,787			$906,784			$374,557			$105,973

¹  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$38.23			$38.12			$33.67			$30.45			$33.14
Net investment income		0.27	1		0.18	1		0.34	1		0.26			0.31	1
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		2.61			1.52			4.52			4.26			0.05
Total from investment operations		2.88			1.70			4.86			4.52			0.36
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		(0.17	)		(0.27	)		(0.22	)		(0.17	)		(0.14	)
Net realized gains		(0.59	)		(1.32	)		(0.19	)		(1.13	)		(2.91	)
Total distributions to shareholders		(0.76	)		(1.59	)		(0.41	)		(1.30	)		(3.05	)
Net asset value, end of period		$40.35			$38.23			$38.12			$33.67			$30.45
Total return		7.88	%		4.58	%		14.50	%		15.42	%		0.84	%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		1.07	%		1.07	%		1.09	%		1.10	%		1.12	%
Net expenses		1.07	%		1.07	%		1.09	%		1.10	%		1.11	%
Net investment income		0.72	%		0.47	%		0.95	%		0.88	%		0.95	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		37	%		37	%		46	%		30	%		58	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$604,126			$978,368			$1,156,796			$834,134			$394,188

¹  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

	Year ended September 30
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS	2019			2018			2017			2016			2015
Net asset value, beginning of period		$38.61			$38.47			$34.00			$30.70			$33.38
Net investment income		0.38	1		0.26			0.41			0.35	1		0.41	1
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		2.60			1.56			4.58			4.29			0.04
Total from investment operations		2.98			1.82			4.99			4.64			0.45
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		(0.30	)		(0.36	)		(0.33	)		(0.21	)		(0.22	)
Net realized gains		(0.59	)		(1.32	)		(0.19	)		(1.13	)		(2.91	)
Total distributions to shareholders		(0.89	)		(1.68	)		(0.52	)		(1.34	)		(3.13	)
Net asset value, end of period		$40.70			$38.61			$38.47			$34.00			$30.70
Total return		8.17	%		4.84	%		14.76	%		15.73	%		1.10	%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		0.82	%		0.82	%		0.84	%		0.86	%		0.85	%
Net expenses		0.82	%		0.82	%		0.84	%		0.86	%		0.85	%
Net investment income		1.00	%		0.73	%		1.24	%		1.07	%		1.23	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		37	%		37	%		46	%		30	%		58	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$5,349,953			$4,937,901			$4,595,274			$2,325,777			$411,919

¹  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

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

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Notes to financial statements

1. ORGANIZATION

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

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 of the Fund. The Board of Trustees has established a Valuation Committee comprised of the Trustees and has delegated to it the authority to take any actions regarding the valuation of portfolio securities that the Valuation Committee deems necessary or appropriate, including determining the fair value of portfolio securities, unless the determination has been delegated to the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee at Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”). The Board of Trustees retains the authority to make or ratify any valuation decisions or approve any changes to the Valuation Procedures as it deems appropriate. On a quarterly basis, the Board of Trustees receives reports on any valuation actions taken by the Valuation Committee or the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee which may include items for ratification.

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. When securities are on loan, the Fund receives interest or dividends on those securities. Cash collateral received in connection with its securities lending transactions is invested in Securities Lending Cash Investments, LLC (the “Securities Lending Fund”). Investments in Securities Lending Fund 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.

In a securities lending transaction, the net asset value of the Fund is 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. The Fund has the right under the lending agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand. 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 such an event, the terms of the agreement allows the unaffiliated securities lending agent to use the collateral to purchase replacement securities on behalf of the Fund or pay the Fund the market value of the loaned securities. The Fund bears the risk of loss with respect to depreciation of its investment of the cash collateral.

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.

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Notes to financial statements

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 September 30, 2019, the aggregate cost of all investments for federal income tax purposes was $7,782,106,944 and the unrealized gains (losses) consisted of:

Gross unrealized gains	$	1,815,816,717
Gross unrealized losses		(389,468,156	)
Net unrealized gains	$	1,426,348,561

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 fund-level expenses, and realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments are allocated daily to each class of shares based on the relative proportion of net assets of each class.

3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS

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

∎ Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

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

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

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

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Notes to financial statements

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

	Quoted prices (Level 1)		Other significant observable inputs (Level 2)		Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)		Total
Assets
Investments in:
Common stocks
Communication services	$	153,985,790	$	0	$	0	$	153,985,790
Consumer discretionary		694,514,323		0		0		694,514,323
Consumer staples		277,406,468		0		0		277,406,468
Energy		516,621,074		0		0		516,621,074
Financials		1,904,501,419		0		0		1,904,501,419
Health care		955,891,222		0		0		955,891,222
Industrials		1,430,120,678		0		0		1,430,120,678
Information technology		622,515,070		0		0		622,515,070
Materials		611,924,700		0		0		611,924,700
Real estate		708,667,365		0		0		708,667,365
Utilities		804,157,860		0		0		804,157,860
Short-term investments
Investment companies		528,149,536		0		0		528,149,536
Total assets	$	9,208,455,505	$	0	$	0	$	9,208,455,505

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

For the year ended September 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 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		0.750	%
Next $500 million		0.725
Next $1 billion		0.700
Next $2 billion		0.675
Next $1 billion		0.650
Next $5 billion		0.640
Next $2 billion		0.630
Next $4 billion		0.620
Over $16 billion		0.610

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Notes to financial statements

Prior to February 1, 2019, Funds Management received 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	0.750%
Next $500 million	0.725
Next $1 billion	0.700
Next $2 billion	0.675
Next $1 billion	0.650
Next $5 billion	0.640
Over $10 billion	0.630

For the year ended September 30, 2019, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.67% 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 (“WellsCap”), 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 0.45% and declining to 0.30% 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

Waivers and/or expense reimbursements

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 January 31, 2020 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 1.16% for Class A shares, 1.91% for Class C shares, 1.41% for Class R shares, 0.73% for Class R6 shares, 1.08% for Administrator Class shares and 0.83% 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 February 1, 2019, the Fund’s expenses were capped at 1.19% for Class A shares, 1.94% for Class C shares, 1.44% for Class R shares, 0.76% for Class R6 shares, 1.11% for Administrator Class shares, and 0.85% 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

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Notes to financial statements

contingent deferred sales charges from redemptions of Class C shares. For the year ended September 30, 2019, Funds Distributor received $53,166 from the sale of Class A shares and $171 in contingent deferred sales charges from redemptions of Class C shares. No contingent deferred sales charges were incurred by Class A shares for the year ended September 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 year ended September 30, 2019 were $2,969,004,394 and $3,236,594,125, respectively.

6. SECURITIES LENDING TRANSACTIONS

The Fund lends its securities through an unaffiliated securities lending agent and 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 increases or decreases in the required collateral are exchanged between the Fund and the counterparty on the next business day. Cash collateral received is invested in the Securities Lending Fund which 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 and is exempt from registration under Section 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act. Securities Lending Fund is managed by Funds Management and is subadvised by WellsCap. 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.

In the event of counterparty default or the failure of a borrower to return a loaned security, the Fund has the right to use the collateral to offset any losses incurred. As of September 30, 2019, the Fund did not have any securities on loan.

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 year ended September 30, 2019, there were no borrowings by the Fund under the agreement.

8. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended September 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018 were as follows:

	Year ended September 30
	2019		2018
Ordinary income	$	61,719,949	$	175,777,950
Long-term capital gain		130,458,127		180,799,984

As of September 30, 2019, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income	Undistributed long-term gain	Unrealized gains
$123,976,485	$236,482,816	$1,426,348,561

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Notes to financial statements

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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Report of independent registered public accounting firm

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

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Wells Fargo Special Mid Cap Value Fund (the Fund), one of the funds constituting Wells Fargo Funds Trust, including the portfolio of investments, as of September 30, 2019, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the financial statements) and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five-year period then ended. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of September 30, 2019, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

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

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of September 30, 2019, by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

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

Boston, Massachusetts

November 25, 2019

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Other information (unaudited)

TAX INFORMATION

For corporate shareholders, pursuant to Section 854 of the Internal Revenue Code, 93.13% of ordinary income dividends qualify for the corporate dividends-received deduction for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019.

Pursuant to Section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, $130,458,127 was designated as a 20% rate gain distribution for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019.

Pursuant to Section 854 of the Internal Revenue Code, $58,446,739 of income dividends paid during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019 has been designated as qualified dividend income (QDI).

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, $2,668,745 has been designated as interest-related dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

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

QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

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 or Form N-PORT, which is available by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. Those forms may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of 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 150 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

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

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Officers

Name and year of birth	Position held and length of service	Principal occupations during past five years or longer
Andrew Owen (Born 1960)	President, since 2017	Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo & Company and Head of Affiliated Managers, Wells Fargo Asset Management, since 2014. In addition, Mr. Owen is currently President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2017. Prior thereto, Executive Vice President responsible for marketing, investments and product development for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, from 2009 to 2014.
Nancy Wiser1 (Born 1967)	Treasurer, since 2012	Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2011. Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at LightBox Capital Management LLC, from 2008 to 2011.
Michelle Rhee3 (Born 1966)	Chief Legal Officer, since 2019	Secretary of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, Chief Legal Counsel of Wells Fargo Asset Management and Assistant General Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2018. Associate General Counsel and Managing Director of Bank of America Corporation from 2004 to 2018.
Catherine Kennedy4 (Born 1969)	Secretary, since 2019	Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and Senior Counsel of the Wells Fargo Legal Department since 2010. Vice President and Senior Counsel of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 1998 to 2010.
Michael H. Whitaker (Born 1967)	Chief Compliance Officer, since 2016	Chief Compliance Officer of Wells Fargo Asset Management since 2016. Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer for Fidelity Investments from 2007 to 2016.
David Berardi (Born 1975)	Assistant Treasurer, since 2009	Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2004 to 2010.
Jeremy DePalma1 (Born 1974)	Assistant Treasurer, since 2009	Senior Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Senior Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010 and head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration from 2005 to 2010.

¹ Nancy Wiser acts as Treasurer of 64 funds in the Fund Complex. Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 86 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 64 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.    

³  Michelle Rhee became Chief Legal Officer effective October 22, 2019.

⁴  Catherine Kennedy became Secretary effective October 22, 2019.

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BOARD CONSIDERATION OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS:

Wells Fargo Special Mid Cap Value Fund

Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”) must determine annually whether to approve the continuation of the Trust’s investment management and sub-advisory agreements. In this regard, at an in-person meeting held on May 21-22, 2019 (the “Meeting”), the Board, all the members of which have no direct or indirect interest in the investment management and sub-advisory agreements and are not “interested persons” of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act (the “Independent Trustees”), reviewed and approved for Wells Fargo Special Mid Cap Value Fund (the “Fund”): (i) an investment management agreement (the “Management Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”); and (ii) an investment sub-advisory agreement (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement”) with Wells Capital Management Incorporated (the “Sub-Adviser”), an affiliate of Funds Management. The Management Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement are collectively referred to as the “Advisory Agreements.”

At the Meeting, the Board considered the factors and reached the conclusions described below relating to the selection of Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser and the approval of the Advisory Agreements. Prior to the Meeting, including at an in-person meeting in April 2019, the Trustees conferred extensively among themselves and with representatives of Funds Management about these matters. Also, the Board has adopted a team-based approach, with each team consisting of a sub-set of Trustees, to assist the full Board in the discharge of its duties in reviewing investment performance and other matters throughout the year. The Independent Trustees were assisted in their evaluation of the Advisory Agreements by independent legal counsel, from whom they received separate legal advice and with whom they met separately.

In providing information to the Board, Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser were guided by a detailed set of requests for information submitted to them by independent legal counsel on behalf of the Independent Trustees at the start of the Board’s annual contract renewal process earlier in 2019. In considering and approving the Advisory Agreements, the Trustees considered the information they believed relevant, including but not limited to the information discussed below. The Board considered not only the specific information presented in connection with the Meeting, but also the knowledge gained over time through interaction with Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser about various topics. In this regard, the Board reviewed reports of Funds Management at each of its quarterly meetings, which included, among other things, portfolio reviews and investment performance reports. In addition, the Board and the teams mentioned above confer with portfolio managers at various times throughout the year. The Board did not identify any particular information or consideration that was all-important or controlling, and each individual Trustee may have attributed different weights to various factors.

After its deliberations, the Board unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreements for a one-year term and determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser under each of the Advisory Agreements was reasonable. The Board considered the approval of the Advisory Agreements for the Fund as part of its consideration of agreements for funds across the complex, but its approvals were made on a fund-by-fund basis. The following summarizes a number of important, but not necessarily all, factors considered by the Board in support of its approvals.

Nature, extent and quality of services

The Board received and considered various information regarding the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund by Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser under the Advisory Agreements. This information included a description of the investment advisory services and Fund-level administrative services covered by the Management Agreement, as well as, among other things, a summary of the background and experience of senior management of Wells Fargo Asset Management (“WFAM”), of which Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser are a part, a summary of investments made in the business of WFAM, a summary of certain organizational and personnel changes involving Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser, and a description of Funds Management’s and the Sub-Adviser’s business continuity planning programs and of their approaches to data privacy and cybersecurity. The Board received and reviewed information about Funds Management’s role as administrator of the Fund’s liquidity risk management program. The Board also considered the qualifications, background, tenure and responsibilities of each of the portfolio managers primarily responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund.

The Board evaluated the ability of Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser to attract and retain qualified investment professionals, including research, advisory and supervisory personnel. The Board further considered the compliance programs and compliance records of Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser. In addition, the Board took into account the full range of services provided to the Fund by Funds Management and its affiliates.

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Fund investment performance and expenses

The Board considered the investment performance results for the Fund over various time periods ended December 31, 2018. The Board considered these results in comparison to the investment performance of funds in a universe that was determined by Broadridge Inc. (“Broadridge”) to be similar to the Fund (the “Universe”), and in comparison to the Fund’s benchmark index and to other comparative data. Broadridge is an independent provider of investment company data. The Board received a description of the methodology used by Broadridge to select the mutual funds in the performance Universe. The Board noted that the investment performance of the Fund (Administrator Class) was higher than the average investment performance of the Universe for all periods under review. The Board also noted that the investment performance of the Fund was lower than its benchmark index, the Russell Midcap^® Value Index, for all periods under review.

The Board also received and considered information regarding the Fund’s net operating expense ratios and their various components, including actual management fees, custodian and other non-management fees, and Rule 12b-1 and non-Rule 12b-1 shareholder service fees. The Board considered these ratios in comparison to the median ratios of funds in class-specific expense groups that were determined by Broadridge to be similar to the Fund (the “Groups”). The Board received a description of the methodology used by Broadridge to select the mutual funds in the expense Groups and an explanation of how funds comprising expense groups and their expense ratios may vary from year-to-year. Based on the Broadridge reports, the Board noted that the net operating expense ratios of the Fund were equal to or in range of the median net operating expense ratios of the expense Groups for each share class.

The Board took into account the Fund’s investment performance and expense information provided to it among the factors considered in deciding to re-approve the Advisory Agreements.

Investment management and sub-advisory fee rates

The Board reviewed and considered the contractual fee rates payable by the Fund to Funds Management under the Management Agreement, as well as the contractual fee rates payable by the Fund to Funds Management for class-level administrative services under a Class-Level Administration Agreement, which include, among other things, class-level transfer agency and sub-transfer agency costs (collectively, the “Management Rates”). The Board also reviewed and considered the contractual investment sub-advisory fee rates that are payable by Funds Management to the Sub-Adviser for investment sub-advisory services.

Among other information reviewed by the Board was a comparison of the Fund’s Management Rates with the average contractual investment management fee rates of funds in the expense Groups at a common asset level as well as transfer agency costs of the funds in the expense Groups. The Board noted that the Management Rates of the Fund were equal to or in range of the sum of these average rates for the Fund’s expense Groups for all share classes.

The Board also received and considered information about the portion of the total management fee that was retained by Funds Management after payment of the fee to the Sub-Adviser for sub-advisory services. In assessing the reasonableness of this amount, the Board received and evaluated information about the nature and extent of responsibilities retained and risks assumed by Funds Management and not delegated to or assumed by the Sub-Adviser, and about Funds Management’s on-going oversight services. Given the affiliation between Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser, the Board ascribed limited relevance to the allocation of fees between them.

The Board also received and considered information about the nature and extent of services offered and fee rates charged by Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser to other types of clients with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund. In this regard, the Board received information about the significantly greater scope of services, and compliance, reporting and other legal burdens and risks of managing proprietary mutual funds compared with those associated with managing assets of other types of clients, including third-party sub-advised fund clients and non-mutual fund clients such as institutional separate accounts.

Based on its consideration of the factors and information it deemed relevant, including those described here, the Board determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management under the Management Agreement and to the Sub-Adviser under the Sub-Advisory Agreement was reasonable.

Profitability

The Board received and considered information concerning the profitability of Funds Management, as well as the profitability of both WFAM and Wells Fargo & Co. (“Wells Fargo”) from providing services to the fund family as a whole. The Board noted that the Sub-Adviser’s profitability information with respect to providing services to the Fund and other funds in the family was subsumed in the WFAM and Wells Fargo profitability analysis.

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Other information (unaudited)

Funds Management reported on the methodologies and estimates used in calculating profitability, including a description of the methodology used to allocate certain expenses. Among other things, the Board noted that the levels of profitability reported on a fund-by-fund basis varied widely, depending on factors such as the size, type and age of fund. Based on its review, the Board did not deem the profits reported by Funds Management, WFAM or Wells Fargo from services provided to the Fund to be at a level that would prevent it from approving the continuation of the Advisory Agreements.

Economies of scale

The Board received and considered information about the potential for Funds Management to experience economies of scale in the provision of management services to the Fund, the difficulties of calculating economies of scale at an individual fund level, and the extent to which potential scale benefits are shared with shareholders. The Board noted the existence of breakpoints in the Fund’s management fee structure, which operate generally to reduce the Fund’s expense ratios as the Fund grows in size. The Board considered that in addition to management fee breakpoints, Funds Management shares potential economies of scale from its management business in a variety of ways, including through fee waiver and expense reimbursement arrangements, services that benefit shareholders, competitive management fee rates set at the outset without regard to breakpoints, and investments in the business intended to enhance services available to shareholders.

The Board concluded that Funds Management’s arrangements with respect to the Fund, including contractual breakpoints, constituted a reasonable approach to sharing potential economies of scale with the Fund and its shareholders.

Other benefits to Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser

The Board received and considered information regarding potential “fall-out” or ancillary benefits received by Funds Management and its affiliates, including the Sub-Adviser, as a result of their relationships with the Fund. Ancillary benefits could include, among others, benefits directly attributable to other relationships with the Fund and benefits potentially derived from an increase in Funds Management’s and the Sub-Adviser’s business as a result of their relationships with the Fund. The Board noted that various affiliates of Funds Management may receive distribution-related fees, shareholder servicing payments and sub-transfer agency fees in respect of shares sold or held through them and services provided.

The Board also reviewed information about soft dollar credits earned and utilized by the Sub-Adviser, fees earned by Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser from managing a private investment vehicle for the fund family’s securities lending collateral, and commissions earned by an affiliated broker from portfolio transactions.

Based on its consideration of the factors and information it deemed relevant, including those described here, the Board did not find that any ancillary benefits received by Funds Management and its affiliates, including the Sub-Adviser, were unreasonable.

Conclusion

At the Meeting, after considering the above-described factors and based on its deliberations and its evaluation of the information described above, the Board unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreements for a one-year term and determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management and the Sub-Adviser under each of the Advisory Agreements was reasonable.

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406817 11-19

A234/AR234 09-19

Annual Report

September 30, 2019

Wells Fargo

Global Investment Grade Credit Fund

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

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

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Contents

Letter to shareholders	2
Performance highlights	4
Fund expenses	8
Portfolio of investments	9
Financial statements
Statement of assets and liabilities	18
Statement of operations	19
Statement of changes in net assets	20
Financial highlights	21
Notes to financial statements	23
Report of independent registered public accounting firm	29
Other information	30

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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

“The U.S. increased tariffs on products from China, China responded, and then talks broke down.”

Dear Shareholder:

We are pleased to offer you this first shareholder report for the Wells Fargo Global Investment Grade Credit Fund from the Fund’s inception on February 28, 2019 through September 30, 2019. U.S. stock and global bond investors generally saw volatile global investment markets as intensifying economic growth concerns, international trade stare downs, and simmering geopolitical tensions discouraged investors.

Overall, fixed income kept pace with domestic stocks and outperformed foreign equities. For the period, U.S. stocks, based on the S&P 500 Index,¹ gained 8.14% and international stocks, as measured by the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net),² added 1.73%. The MSCI EM Index (Net)³ fell by 2.86%. Among fixed income investors, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index⁴ added 7.44%, the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index⁵ added 3.55%, the Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index⁶ gained 5.38%, and the ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index⁷ added 4.84%.

Early second-quarter 2019 investor enthusiasm faded as the quarter wore on.

As the first quarter of 2019 ended, a more accommodative monetary policy stance by the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) and steady, if not spectacular, U.S. economic and business metrics encouraged domestic investors. During April 2019, favorable sentiment found additional support in reports of sustained low inflation, solid employment data, and first-quarter U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) growth at an annualized rate of 3.2%.

During May, markets tumbled on mixed investment signals. In the U.S., partisan wrangling ramped up as Democrats and Republicans set their sights on 2020 presidential politics. The U.K.’s Brexit disagreements caused Prime Minister Theresa May to resign. Boris Johnson succeeded her only to exacerbate uncertainty about Brexit’s resolution ahead of an October 2019 deadline. The European Commission downgraded the 2019 growth forecast to 1.2%. The U.S. increased tariffs on products from China, China responded, and then talks broke down. President Donald Trump threatened to turn his foreign policy tariff tool to Mexico over immigration issues.

During the third quarter of 2019, investors regrouped. Just as the investment horizon appeared to darken, sentiment turned and U.S. equity markets gained during June and July. The gains, primarily driven by geopolitical and monetary policy events, pushed equity markets to new highs. European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said that if

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 and emerging markets, excluding the U.S. 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 the equity market performance of emerging markets. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁴  The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment-grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage pass-throughs), asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁵  The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index is an unmanaged index that provides a broad-based measure of the global investment-grade fixed-income markets excluding the U.S. dollar-denominated debt market. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁶  The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of long-term tax-exempt bonds with a minimum credit rating of Baa. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁷  The ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index is a market-capitalization-weighted index of domestic and Yankee high-yield bonds. The index tracks the performance of high-yield securities traded in the U.S. bond market. You cannot invest directly in an index. Copyright 2019. ICE Data Indices, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

the outlook doesn’t improve, the bank would cut rates or buy more assets to prop up inflation. President Trump backed off of tariff threats against Mexico and China. In the U.S., the Fed implemented a 0.25% federal funds rate cut in July.

Later in July 2019, the U.S. reversed course and threatened to impose higher tariffs on China’s exports after talks failed. China responded with tariff threats of its own and devalued the renminbi, a move that roiled global markets. Major U.S. stock market indices closed July with the worst weekly results of the year. Bond prices gained as Treasury yields fell to levels not seen since November 2016 and the yield curve inverted at multiple points along the 30-year arc.

In a microcosm, August encapsulated many of the unnerving events that plagued investors during the prior 11 months. The U.S.-China trade relationship swung from antagonistic to hopeful and back again with no evident compromise on the horizon. Evidence of a continued global economic slowdown mounted. Central banks in China, New Zealand, and Thailand cut interest rates. Industrial and manufacturing data declined in China, Canada, Japan, and Germany. Adding to the uncertain environment, Italy’s prime minister resigned, many feared a crackdown in Hong Kong as protesters sustained their calls for reform throughout the month, and Boris Johnson planned to suspend Parliament as Brexit’s deadline neared.

In the U.S., September saw the Fed join other central banks in cutting interest rates. Manufacturing data in the U.S., as reported by the Institute for Supply Management, disappointed investors. The U.S. Congress announced it would pursue an impeachment investigation of President Trump. Meanwhile, the Brexit impasse showed no signs of resolution. Officials in China said that hitting the country’s economic growth goals for the year would be difficult considering the weight of tariffs and trade restrictions. So while the S&P 500 Index finished the third quarter with year-to-date returns that were the best in more than 20 years, amid signs of equity investors taking money out of the stock market, concerns about future returns remained.

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,

Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

“In a microcosm, August encapsulated many of the unnerving events that plagued investors during the prior 11 months.”

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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Performance highlights (unaudited)

Investment objective

The Fund seeks total return, consisting of income and capital appreciation.

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Subadvisers

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

Wells Fargo Asset Management (International) Limited

Portfolio managers

Henrietta Paquement, CFA^®‡

Scott M. Smith, CFA^®‡

Alex Temple

Jonathan Terry, CFA^®‡

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

					Expense ratios1 (%)
	Inception date	Since inception			Gross		Net2
Class R6 (WGCRX)	2-28-2019		8.64			0.63		0.45
Institutional Class (WGCIX)	2-28-2019		8.64			0.68		0.50
Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Credit Index Hedged (USD)3	–		8.81	*		–		–

* Return is based on Fund’s inception date.

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. 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.

Class R6 and Institutional Class shares are sold without a front-end sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge.

Bond values fluctuate in response to the financial condition of individual issuers, general market and economic conditions, and changes in interest rates. Changes in market conditions and government policies may lead to periods of heightened volatility in the bond market and reduced liquidity for certain bonds held by the Fund. In general, when interest rates rise, bond values fall and investors may lose principal value. Interest rate changes and their impact on the fund and its share price can be sudden and unpredictable. 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. Securities issued by U.S. government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury. Certain investment strategies tend to increase the total risk of an investment (relative to the broader market). The Fund is exposed to municipal securities risk, high-yield securities risk, and mortgage- and asset-backed 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)

Growth of $1,000,000 investment as of September 30, 2019⁴

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

¹  Reflects the expense ratios as stated in the most recent prospectuses. The expense ratios shown are subject to change and may differ from the annualized expense ratios shown in the financial highlights of this report.

²  The manager has contractually committed through March 31, 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  Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Credit Index Hedged (USD) measures the credit sector of the global investment grade fixed-rate bond market, including corporate, government and agency securities, hedged in USD. You cannot invest directly in an index.

⁴  The chart compares the performance of the Institutional Class shares since inception with the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Credit Index Hedged (USD). The chart assumes a hypothetical investment of $1,000,000 in Institutional Class shares shares and reflects all operating expenses.

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.

⁶  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.

⁷  The credit quality distribution of portfolio holdings reflected in the chart is based on ratings from Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s Investors Service, and/or Fitch Ratings Ltd. Credit quality ratings apply to the underlying holdings of the Fund and not to the Fund itself. The percentages of the Fund’s portfolio with the ratings depicted in the chart are calculated based on the total market value of fixed income securities held by the Fund. If a security was rated by all three rating agencies, the middle rating was utilized. If rated by two of three rating agencies, the lower rating was utilized, and if rated by one of the rating agencies, that rating was utilized. Standard & Poor’s rates the creditworthiness of bonds, ranging from AAA (highest) to D (lowest). Ratings from A to CCC may be modified by the addition of a plus (+) or minus (-) sign to show relative standing within the rating categories. Standard & Poor’s rates the creditworthiness of short-term notes from SP-1 (highest) to SP-3 (lowest). Moody’s rates the creditworthiness of bonds, ranging from Aaa (highest) to C (lowest). Ratings Aa to B may be modified by the addition of a number 1 (highest) to 3 (lowest) to show relative standing within the ratings categories. Moody’s rates the creditworthiness of short-term U.S. tax-exempt municipal securities from MIG 1/VMIG 1 (highest) to SG (lowest). Fitch rates the creditworthiness of bonds, ranging from AAA (highest) to D (lowest). Credit quality distribution is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.

* This security was no longer held at the end of the reporting period.

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

MANAGERS’ DISCUSSION

Fund highlights

∎ The Fund underperformed its benchmark, the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Credit Index Hedged (USD), for the seven-month period from the Fund’s inception to September 30, 2019.

∎ Transaction costs to launch the Fund took away from the Fund’s initial performance along with a small underweight in U.S.-dollar duration.

∎ Security selection within financial institutions and industrials bonds were the main contributors to relative performance.

Weak global economy drove lower rates.

The macroeconomic climate for the seven months to September 30, 2019 was a continuation of the themes that drove markets since the beginning of 2019, namely loose monetary policy alongside heightened political risks, such as U.S.-China trade war tensions and Brexit. Toward period-end, a slew of weak economic data from both the U.S. and Europe reminded investors that so far there have been few winners in the trade war.

The U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) cut the federal funds rate twice over the period totaling 50 basis points (bps; 100 bps equal 1.00%), taking the range to 1.75%-2.00%. The European Central Bank restarted its Quantitative Easing (QE) program at EUR 20 billion per month. This was a lower amount than the market had expected, but the open-ended nature of the purchases coupled with generous deposit-tiering and targeted long-term refinancing operations (TLTRO) arrangements were well received by the market.

The U.S. 10-year government bond yield declined by 1% over the period and the resulting flattening of the Treasury curve caused the 2-year to 10-year yield-differential to drop into negative territory during the third quarter before re-inverting.

The option-adjusted spread for the benchmark fell during the period, from 116 bps to 108 bps, although it reached as high as 122 bps in early June and as low as 101 bps in late July as the counterforces of political risks and expansionary central bank policy played out.

Ten largest holdings (%) as of September 30, 20195
Morgan Stanley, 3.70%, 10-23-2024	1.93
Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated, 3.63%, 1-22-2023	1.64
Fox Corporation, 4.71%, 1-25-2029	1.51
JPMorgan Chase & Company, 2.30%, 8-15-2021	1.43
Citigroup Incorporated, 3.30%, 4-27-2025	1.42
Raymond James Financial Services Incorporated, 4.95%, 7-15-2046	1.38
Bank of America Corporation, 4.13%, 1-22-2024	1.31
Morgan Stanley, 3.13%, 7-27-2026	1.28
CVS Health Corporation, 3.70%, 3-9-2023	1.25
Intercontinental Exchange Incorporated, 3.75%, 12-1-2025	1.18

Portfolio composition as of September 30, 2019⁶

Please see footnotes on page 5.

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Performance highlights (unaudited)

Effective maturity distribution as of September 30, 2019⁶

Credit quality as of September 30, 2019⁷

Tactical overweight to U.S. bonds pays off.

In early August, we felt that European rates had fallen too far and switched roughly 2% of the Fund into U.S.-dollar-denominated bonds. European rates have subsequently rebounded relative to U.S. rates and therefore this move contributed to returns.

Since June 2019, we have reduced some risk in the Fund by increasing our allocation to government bonds and increasing our underweight position in consumer cyclicals and basic materials.

Financials and industrials contributed to returns.

Security selection, in particular in financial institutions (+33 bps) and industrials (+52 bps) were the top contributors to performance. Positions in peripheral European banks contributed to Fund performance. We bought a position in General Electric* at the inception of the Fund and topped up in mid-July before taking profits at period-end.

Underweight to U.S. dollar duration detracted along with start-up costs.

Transaction costs to launch the Fund detracted from performance for the initial period.

A small underweight in U.S.-dollar duration detracted over the third quarter.

Ongoing economic weakness could lead to looser monetary policy.

Given the late-phase of the economic cycle, we expect growth to continue to slow across the major developed market regions as we move into the final quarter of 2019 and beyond. Although this deterioration in macroeconomic strength could reduce the sentiment of global investors, we expect central banks to continue to underpin demand for risk assets through further loosening of monetary policy and potentially fiscal stimulus.

After a heavy amount of issuance in the third quarter, we expect issuance to slow and supply to remain low in the fourth quarter given the ample amount of overall redemptions from issuers. We continue to be selective on the names added to the portfolio.

We expect rising global trade tensions to continue to spur bouts of volatility within the market and we remain relatively light on risk assets to provide us with dry powder in an effort to take advantage of any dispersion in relative credit valuations.

Please see footnotes on page 5.

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Fund expenses (unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur ongoing costs, including management 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 April 1, 2019 to September 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. Therefore, the “Hypothetical” line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

	Beginning account value 4-1-2019		Ending account value 9-30-2019		Expenses paid during the period¹		Annualized net expense ratio
Class R6
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,066.18	$	2.33		0.45	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,022.81	$	2.28		0.45	%
Institutional Class
Actual	$	1,000.00	$	1,066.12	$	2.59		0.50	%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000.00	$	1,022.56	$	2.53		0.50	%

¹ Expenses paid is equal to the annualized net expense ratio of each class multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year (to reflect the one-half-year period).

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Asset-Backed Securities: 1.94%
American Airlines Series 2014-1 Class A Pass-Through Trust		3.70	%		4-1-2028	$	300,768	$	315,446
British Airways Series 2019-1 Class AA Pass-Through Certificates 144A		3.30			6-15-2034		1,000,000		1,042,518
Delta Air Lines Series 2019-1 Class AA Pass-Through Trust		3.20			10-25-2025		500,000		522,358
Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost $1,799,425)									1,880,322
Corporate Bonds and Notes: 52.85%
Communication Services: 7.57%
Diversified Telecommunication Services: 2.65%
AT&T Incorporated		4.25			3-1-2027		705,000		767,193
AT&T Incorporated		4.50			3-9-2048		700,000		752,476
Verizon Communications Incorporated		2.88			1-15-2038		200,000		269,924
Verizon Communications Incorporated		4.13			8-15-2046		690,000		769,258
									2,558,851
Media: 4.92%
Charter Communications Operating LLC		4.91			7-23-2025		630,000		692,355
Comcast Corporation		3.38			8-15-2025		845,000		893,584
Cox Communications Incorporated 144A		4.60			8-15-2047		430,000		472,212
Discovery Incorporated		2.50			9-20-2024		100,000		126,650
Discovery Incorporated		5.30			5-15-2049		215,000		238,232
Fox Corporation 144A		4.71			1-25-2029		1,285,000		1,466,764
Interpublic Group of Companies		5.40			10-1-2048		350,000		416,845
MMS USA Financing Incorporated		1.75			6-13-2031		400,000		459,737
									4,766,379
Consumer Discretionary: 1.25%
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure: 1.12%
Darden Restaurants Incorporated		4.55			2-15-2048		860,000		908,815
Las Vegas Sands Corporation		3.20			8-8-2024		175,000		178,281
									1,087,096
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail: 0.13%
Booking Holdings Incorporated		1.80			3-3-2027		100,000		120,449
Consumer Staples: 3.52%
Beverages: 1.61%
Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Incorporated		3.65			2-1-2026		905,000		968,254
Keurig Dr Pepper Incorporated		4.60			5-25-2028		530,000		595,262
									1,563,516
Food & Staples Retailing: 0.76%
Walmart Incorporated		3.70			6-26-2028		660,000		732,137
Food Products: 0.60%
Mars Incorporated 144A		3.95			4-1-2049		510,000		581,759
Tobacco: 0.55%
BAT Capital Corporation		4.54			8-15-2047		555,000		532,839
Energy: 6.69%
Energy Equipment & Services: 0.85%
Baker Hughes LLC		3.34			12-15-2027		800,000		820,727

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	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels: 5.84%
BP Capital Markets America Incorporated		2.75	%		5-10-2023	$	415,000	$	423,931
Energy Transfer Operating Partners LP		6.25			4-15-2049		820,000		995,610
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP		5.40			9-1-2044		530,000		607,559
Marathon Petroleum Corporation		3.80			4-1-2028		415,000		432,633
Midwest Connector Capital Company 144A		3.90			4-1-2024		850,000		895,394
MPLX LP		4.00			3-15-2028		670,000		698,612
Occidental Petroleum Corporation		4.30			8-15-2039		650,000		667,199
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC		5.75			5-15-2024		840,000		936,363
									5,657,301
Financials: 18.56%
Banks: 6.03%
Bank of America Corporation		4.13			1-22-2024		1,180,000		1,271,192
Citigroup Incorporated (3 Month EURIBOR +1.07%) ±		1.50			7-24-2026		200,000		231,372
Citigroup Incorporated		3.30			4-27-2025		1,320,000		1,378,982
JPMorgan Chase & Company		0.63			1-25-2024		200,000		222,840
JPMorgan Chase & Company		2.30			8-15-2021		1,385,000		1,388,675
JPMorgan Chase & Company (3 Month LIBOR +0.70%) ±		3.21			4-1-2023		425,000		435,109
JPMorgan Chase & Company (3 Month LIBOR +1.34%) ±		3.78			2-1-2028		425,000		455,260
Santander Holdings USA Incorporated		4.40			7-13-2027		425,000		454,686
									5,838,116
Capital Markets: 8.47%
Cantor Fitzgerald LP 144A		4.88			5-1-2024		1,065,000		1,124,353
Five Corners Funding Trust 144A		4.42			11-15-2023		110,000		118,926
Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated		3.63			1-22-2023		1,530,000		1,591,789
Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated		4.25			1-29-2026		200,000		280,433
Morgan Stanley		3.13			7-27-2026		1,200,000		1,235,858
Morgan Stanley		3.70			10-23-2024		1,765,000		1,869,822
Nuveen LLC 144A		4.00			11-1-2028		585,000		653,475
Raymond James Financial Services Incorporated		4.95			7-15-2046		1,115,000		1,333,063
									8,207,719
Consumer Finance: 0.89%
American Express Credit Corporation		3.30			5-3-2027		595,000		635,111
Capital One Financial Company		0.80			6-12-2024		200,000		222,086
									857,197
Diversified Financial Services: 1.18%
Intercontinental Exchange Incorporated		3.75			12-1-2025		1,065,000		1,146,608
Insurance: 1.99%
American International Group Incorporated		4.75			4-1-2048		945,000		1,104,355
Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated		2.38			6-19-2039		200,000		264,693
Brighthouse Financial Incorporated		4.70			6-22-2047		630,000		562,363
									1,931,411
Health Care: 2.33%
Health Care Equipment & Supplies: 0.24%
Baxter International Incorporated		1.30			5-30-2025		200,000		230,171
Health Care Providers & Services: 1.87%
CVS Health Corporation		3.25			8-15-2029		245,000		246,341
CVS Health Corporation		3.70			3-9-2023		1,160,000		1,207,359

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	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Health Care Providers & Services (continued)
CVS Health Corporation		4.30	%		3-25-2028	$	330,000	$	356,932
									1,810,632
Life Sciences Tools & Services: 0.22%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Incorporated		1.50			10-1-2039		200,000		219,858
Industrials: 3.70%
Aerospace & Defense: 1.27%
General Dynamics Corporation		3.38			5-15-2023		555,000		580,761
United Technologies Corporation		4.13			11-16-2028		575,000		650,695
									1,231,456
Air Freight & Logistics: 0.37%
FedEx Corporation		4.95			10-17-2048		325,000		360,718
Airlines: 0.68%
Aviation Capital Group Corporation 144A		2.88			1-20-2022		490,000		491,997
US Airways Group Incorporated		4.63			12-3-2026		158,617		171,389
									663,386
Industrial Conglomerates: 0.69%
3M Company		2.00			2-14-2025		670,000		665,892
Road & Rail: 0.69%
Penske Truck Leasing Company LP 144A		3.45			7-1-2024		640,000		665,507
Information Technology: 6.25%
Communications Equipment: 0.83%
Motorola Solutions Incorporated		4.60			2-23-2028		745,000		804,531
IT Services: 1.41%
Fiserv Incorporated		2.25			7-1-2025		200,000		254,109
Fiserv Incorporated		3.50			7-1-2029		470,000		494,592
Western Union Company		4.25			6-9-2023		585,000		614,977
									1,363,678
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment: 2.11%
Broadcom Corporation		3.88			1-15-2027		660,000		663,412
Broadcom Incorporated 144A		4.75			4-15-2029		640,000		676,472
Qualcomm Incorporated		3.25			5-20-2027		670,000		700,846
									2,040,730
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals: 1.90%
Apple Incorporated		2.95			9-11-2049		340,000		332,845
Apple Incorporated		3.20			5-11-2027		290,000		307,595
Apple Incorporated		3.60			7-31-2042		200,000		327,931
Dell International LLC / EMC Corporation 144A		5.45			6-15-2023		800,000		871,138
									1,839,509
Materials: 0.81%
Chemicals: 0.81%
Celanese US Holdings LLC		1.13			9-26-2023		200,000		224,854
Ecolab Incorporated		1.00			1-15-2024		200,000		226,267
Westlake Chemical Corporation		1.63			7-17-2029		300,000		335,277
									786,398

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	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Real Estate: 1.14%
Equity REITs: 0.44%
American Tower Corporation		1.95	%		5-22-2026	$	200,000	$	237,517
Sabra Health Care LP / Sabra Capital Corporation		4.80			6-1-2024		180,000		189,938
									427,455
Real Estate Management & Development: 0.70%
Simon Property Group LP		3.25			9-13-2049		695,000		678,103
Utilities: 1.03%
Electric Utilities: 1.03%
New York State Electric & Gas Corporation 144A		3.25			12-1-2026		300,000		311,903
Pacificorp		3.50			6-15-2029		630,000		687,010
									998,913
Total Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost $49,016,627)									51,189,042
Foreign Corporate Bonds and Notes: 25.23%
Communication Services: 1.73%
Diversified Telecommunication Services: 0.92%
British Telecommunication plc		3.63			11-21-2047	GBP	200,000		272,845
Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV		2.25			4-13-2029	GBP	200,000		254,766
Orange SA (EURIBOR ICE Swap +2.18%) ±		1.75			12-31-2099	EUR	200,000		217,165
Telefonica Emisiones SAU		5.38			2-2-2026	GBP	100,000		149,125
									893,901
Wireless Telecommunication Services: 0.81%
Rogers Communications Incorporated		5.34			3-22-2021	CAD	400,000		315,233
Tele2 AB		1.13			5-15-2024	EUR	200,000		226,667
Tele2 AB		2.13			5-15-2028	EUR	200,000		241,872
									783,772
Consumer Discretionary: 0.33%
Health Care Equipment & Supplies: 0.33%
Motability Operations Limited		2.38			7-3-2039	GBP	250,000		322,124
Consumer Staples: 0.82%
Beverages: 0.25%
Coca-Cola European Partners plc		1.50			11-8-2027	EUR	200,000		236,752
Food Products: 0.11%
Kerry Group Financial Services		0.63			9-20-2029	EUR	100,000		109,053
Tobacco: 0.46%
Swedish Match AB		0.88			9-23-2024	EUR	400,000		444,905
Financials: 15.10%
Banks: 9.16%
Achmea Bank NV		1.13			4-25-2022	EUR	200,000		224,316
Achmea Bank NV		2.75			2-18-2021	EUR	100,000		113,390
Argenta Spaarbank NV (5 Year EUR Swap +3.95%) ±		3.88			5-24-2026	EUR	200,000		228,404
Banco BPM SpA		2.50			6-21-2024	EUR	200,000		225,802
Banco de Sabadell SA		1.13			3-27-2025	EUR	100,000		109,028

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	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Banks (continued)
Bankinter SA		0.88	%		3-5-2024	EUR	200,000	$	225,241
Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel		3.00			5-21-2024	EUR	200,000		243,392
Barclays plc (British Pound Swap Curve +1.32%) ±		2.38			10-6-2023	GBP	200,000		247,966
Bawag Group AG (5 Year EUR Swap +2.30%) ±		2.38			3-26-2029	EUR	200,000		225,259
BNP Paribas		1.25			3-19-2025	EUR	200,000		229,211
Caixabank SA		0.63			10-1-2024	EUR	200,000		218,029
Commerzbank AG		0.50			8-28-2023	EUR	200,000		220,720
Cooperatieve Rabobank UA		0.63			2-27-2024	EUR	200,000		223,320
Credit Agricole London		1.38			3-13-2025	EUR	200,000		230,819
Credit Suisse (5 Year EUR Swap +4.00%) ±		5.75			9-18-2025	EUR	200,000		229,624
DBS Group Holdings Limited (5 Year EUR Swap +1.20%) ±		1.50			4-11-2028	EUR	200,000		222,394
De Volksbank NV		0.75			6-25-2023	EUR	200,000		224,060
FCA Bank SpA		1.63			9-29-2021	GBP	100,000		123,028
Hamburg Commercial Bank		0.50			5-23-2022	EUR	200,000		219,668
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA		1.13			3-4-2022	EUR	200,000		223,235
Jyske Bank AS (5 Year EUR Swap +1.90%) ±		2.25			4-5-2029	EUR	200,000		229,414
KBC Group NV		0.75			3-1-2022	EUR	200,000		222,200
Kutxabank SA		0.50			9-25-2024	EUR	100,000		109,196
Landesbank Baden-Wurttemberg (5 Year EUR Swap +1.77%) ±		2.88			5-27-2026	EUR	200,000		226,079
Landsbankinn HF		1.38			3-14-2022	EUR	200,000		222,780
Lloyds Banking Group plc		2.25			10-16-2024	GBP	200,000		250,804
NIBC Bank NV		1.13			4-19-2023	EUR	200,000		224,834
NIBC Bank NV		1.50			1-31-2022	EUR	200,000		225,117
NIBC Bank NV		2.00			4-9-2024	EUR	200,000		228,182
Nordea Bank Abp		0.88			6-26-2023	EUR	200,000		224,120
Omnicom Finance Holdings plc		1.40			7-8-2031	EUR	200,000		224,710
Royal Bank of Canada		1.97			3-2-2022	CAD	400,000		300,813
Royal Bank of Canada		2.00			3-21-2022	CAD	400,000		301,124
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (British Pound Swap Curve +1.49%) ±		2.88			9-19-2026	GBP	200,000		253,404
Tesco Personal Finance Group plc		3.50			7-25-2025	GBP	100,000		125,004
Toronto Dominion Bank		3.23			7-24-2024	CAD	1,000,000		790,663
Unione di Banche Italiane SpA		2.63			6-20-2024	EUR	250,000		287,085
Volkswagen Bank GmbH		0.63			9-8-2021	EUR	200,000		220,306
									8,872,741
Capital Markets: 0.22%
Deutsche Bank AG		0.38			1-18-2021	EUR	200,000		216,840
Consumer Finance: 1.11%
CPUK Finance Limited		7.24			2-28-2024	GBP	100,000		149,929
LeasePlan Corporation NV		1.38			3-7-2024	EUR	200,000		226,614
PSA Banque France		0.63			6-21-2024	EUR	200,000		220,853
Transurban Finance Company		1.75			3-29-2028	EUR	400,000		477,184
									1,074,580
Diversified Financial Services: 1.17%
Bevco Lux Sarl		1.75			2-9-2023	EUR	200,000		227,611
EDP Finance BV		1.63			1-26-2026	EUR	100,000		117,298
FCE Bank plc		1.88			6-24-2021	EUR	300,000		333,875
Nykredit Realkredit AS		0.88			1-17-2024	EUR	200,000		223,378
Selp Finance Sarl		1.50			11-20-2025	EUR	200,000		228,291
									1,130,453
Insurance: 2.95%
Aon plc		2.88			5-14-2026	EUR	300,000		370,777
Aviva plc (5 Year EUR Swap +5.13%) ±		6.13			7-5-2043	EUR	200,000		254,839

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	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Insurance (continued)
Aviva plc (ICE LIBOR GBP 6 Month +4.14%) ±		6.63	%		6-3-2041	GBP	200,000	$	265,144
Legal & General Group plc (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +9.33%) ±		10.00			7-23-2041	GBP	200,000		282,316
Liberty Mutual Finance Europe Designated Activity Company		1.75			3-27-2024	EUR	100,000		115,659
Mandatum Life Insurance Company Limited (3 Month EURIBOR +2.30%) %%±		1.00			10-4-2049	EUR	200,000		219,407
Munich Re Group (ICE LIBOR GBP 3 Month +4.95%) ±		6.63			5-26-2042	GBP	200,000		278,245
Sampo Oyj		1.63			2-21-2028	EUR	200,000		239,397
Sampo Oyj (3 Month EURIBOR +4.05%) ±		3.38			5-23-2049	EUR	200,000		245,744
Swiss Re Finance (Luxembourg) SA (EURIBOR ICE Swap rate 11:00am +2.85%) ±		2.53			4-30-2050	EUR	200,000		245,391
UMG Groupe VYV		1.63			7-2-2029	EUR	300,000		345,666
									2,862,585
Mortgage REITs: 0.25%
Digital Euro Finco LLC		2.63			4-15-2024	EUR	200,000		239,394
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance: 0.24%
Aareal Bank AG (5 Year EUR Swap +2.90%) ±		4.25			3-18-2026	EUR	200,000		228,249
Health Care: 1.06%
Life Sciences Tools & Services: 0.24%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Company		1.40			1-23-2026	EUR	200,000		231,894
Pharmaceuticals: 0.82%
Bayer AG (5 Year EUR Swap +2.18%) ±		3.00			7-1-2075	EUR	100,000		110,205
Merck KGaA (5 Year EUR Swap +1.95%) ±		1.63			6-25-2079	EUR	200,000		223,276
Sanofi SA		1.25			3-21-2034	EUR	200,000		240,072
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company		1.13			11-21-2022	EUR	200,000		224,741
									798,294
Industrials: 1.47%
Commercial Services & Supplies: 0.25%
Edenred		1.88			3-6-2026	EUR	200,000		238,580
Containers & Packaging: 0.24%
Brambles Finance plc		1.50			10-4-2027	EUR	200,000		237,581
Industrial Conglomerates: 0.51%
DH Europe Finance SA		0.20			3-18-2026	EUR	150,000		162,992
DH Europe Finance SA		0.45			3-18-2028	EUR	100,000		109,152
Koninklijke Philips NV		0.50			5-22-2026	EUR	200,000		223,049
									495,193
Machinery: 0.24%
CNH Industrial Finance Europe SA		1.88			1-19-2026	EUR	200,000		230,244
Road & Rail: 0.23%
ALD SA		1.25			10-11-2022	EUR	200,000		225,033
Information Technology: 0.46%
IT Services: 0.46%
Capgemini SE		1.00			10-18-2024	EUR	200,000		226,818
Worldline SA		0.25			9-18-2024	EUR	200,000		217,141
									443,959

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	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Materials: 1.31%
Chemicals: 0.84%
Arkema Company (5 Year EUR Swap +2.87%) ±		2.75	%		12-31-2099	EUR	200,000	$	226,165
Sika Capital BV		0.88			4-29-2027	EUR	200,000		227,451
Sika Capital BV		1.50			4-29-2031	EUR	200,000		237,374
Solvay SA (5 Year EUR Swap +3.92%) ±		4.25			12-31-2099	EUR	100,000		120,038
									811,028
Containers & Packaging: 0.23%
DS Smith plc		2.25			9-16-2022	EUR	200,000		229,443
Paper & Forest Products: 0.24%
Mondi Finance plc		1.63			4-27-2026	EUR	200,000		231,706
Real Estate: 0.48%
Equity REITs: 0.48%
Inmobiliaria Colonial SA		1.45			10-28-2024	EUR	400,000		459,492
Utilities: 2.47%
Electric Utilities: 2.24%
Electricite de France SA (12 Year EUR Swap +3.79%) ±		5.38			1-29-2049	EUR	200,000		249,054
Electricite de France SA		5.50			10-17-2041	GBP	200,000		361,866
ESB Finance Designated Activity Company		1.13			6-11-2030	EUR	300,000		350,365
Eurogrid GmbH		1.88			6-10-2025	EUR	200,000		238,720
Fortum Oyj		0.88			2-27-2023	EUR	400,000		446,312
Reseau de Transport d’Electricite		1.88			10-23-2037	EUR	400,000		520,791
									2,167,108
Water Utilities: 0.23%
FCC Aqualia SA		1.41			6-8-2022	EUR	200,000		224,729
Total Foreign Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost $24,640,614)									24,439,633
Foreign Government Bonds: 1.43%
Bonos y Obligaciones del Estado 144A		0.25			7-30-2024	EUR	500,000		559,461
France Government Bonds		0.50			5-25-2029	EUR	700,000		820,960
Total Foreign Government Bonds (Cost $1,415,466)									1,380,421
U.S. Treasury Securities: 0.17%
U.S. Treasury Bond		2.88			5-15-2049	$	140,000		163,417
Total U.S. Treasury Securities (Cost $162,589)									163,417
Yankee Corporate Bonds and Notes: 15.00%
Communication Services: 2.43%
Diversified Telecommunication Services: 0.68%
Telefonica Emisiones SAU		4.10			3-8-2027		600,000		655,021
Interactive Media & Services: 0.96%
Tencent Holdings Limited 144A		3.60			1-19-2028		895,000		935,309
Wireless Telecommunication Services: 0.79%
Vodafone Group plc		4.38			5-30-2028		690,000		762,219
Consumer Staples: 1.10%
Household Products: 0.79%
Reckitt Benckiser Treasury Services plc 144A		2.75			6-26-2024		755,000		769,044

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	Interest rate			Maturity date		Principal		Value
Tobacco: 0.31%
Imperial Brands Finance plc 144A		3.50	%		7-26-2026	$	300,000	$	299,844
Energy: 0.85%
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels: 0.85%
Petroleos Mexicanos Company 144A		7.69			1-23-2050		500,000		521,400
Saudi Arabian Oil Company 144A		4.38			4-16-2049		275,000		300,601
									822,001
Financials: 9.90%
Banks: 6.03%
Banco Santander SA (3 Month LIBOR +1.56%) ±		3.90			4-11-2022		800,000		812,051
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Limited 144A		2.30			3-5-2020		690,000		690,501
Credit Suisse New York		3.63			9-9-2024		830,000		878,236
HSBC Holdings plc		4.30			3-8-2026		630,000		682,215
ING Groep NV (3 Month LIBOR +1.15%) ±		3.25			3-29-2022		490,000		496,238
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc		3.88			9-12-2023		690,000		712,081
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group		2.06			7-14-2021		425,000		423,714
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (3 Month LIBOR +0.74%) ±		3.04			10-18-2022		510,000		511,325
Westpac Banking Corporation		3.65			5-15-2023		600,000		631,674
									5,838,035
Capital Markets: 1.11%
Macquarie Group Limited (3 Month LIBOR +1.02%) 144A±		3.19			11-28-2023		300,000		305,767
Macquarie Group Limited 144A		6.00			1-14-2020		765,000		773,056
									1,078,823
Diversified Financial Services: 2.21%
GE Capital International Funding Company		4.42			11-15-2035		480,000		503,477
Invesco Finance plc		3.13			11-30-2022		660,000		676,133
Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV 144A		2.35			10-15-2026		630,000		627,898
WPP Finance Limited 2010		3.75			9-19-2024		320,000		332,912
									2,140,420
Insurance: 0.55%
Allied World Assurance Company Holdings Limited		4.35			10-29-2025		216,000		224,382
AXIS Specialty Finance plc		4.00			12-6-2027		295,000		310,927
									535,309
Information Technology: 0.72%
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment: 0.72%
NXP BV 144A		3.88			6-18-2026		660,000		694,034
Total Yankee Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost $14,141,742)									14,530,059
	Yield					Shares
Short-Term Investments: 1.89%
Investment Companies: 1.89%
Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class (l)(u)##		1.88					1,834,198		1,834,198
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $1,834,198)									1,834,198

Total investments in securities (Cost $93,010,661)	98.51	%		95,417,092
Other assets and liabilities, net	1.49			1,445,174
Total net assets	100.00	%	$	96,862,266

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Portfolio of investments—September 30, 2019

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.

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

%% The security is purchased on a when-issued basis.

(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.

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

Abbreviations:

CAD Canadian dollar

EUR Euro

EURIBOR Euro Interbank Offered Rate

GBP Great British pound

LIBOR London Interbank Offered Rate

REIT Real estate investment trust

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

Currency to be received	Currency to be delivered	Counterparty	Settlement date	Unrealized gains		Unrealized losses
1,728,663 USD	2,300,000 CAD	State Street Bank	10-24-2019	$	0	$	(8,039	)
4,649,235 USD	3,800,000 GBP	State Street Bank	10-24-2019		0		(27,248	)
24,574,707 USD	22,100,000 EUR	State Street Bank	10-24-2019		446,852		0
				$	446,852	$	(35,287	)

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		0		108,098,469		106,264,271		1,834,198	$	0	$	0	$	31,460	$	1,834,198		1.89	%

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

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Statement of assets and liabilities—September 30, 2019

Assets
Investments in unaffiliated securities, at value (cost $91,176,463)	$	93,582,894
Investments in affiliated securities, at value (cost $1,834,198)		1,834,198
Foreign currency, at value (cost $516,042)		515,311
Receivable for Fund shares sold		2,742
Receivable for interest		836,978
Unrealized gains on forward foreign currency contracts		446,852
Prepaid expenses and other assets		6,627
Total assets		97,225,602
Liabilities
Payable for investments purchased		217,793
Unrealized losses on forward foreign currency contracts		35,287
Payable for Fund shares redeemed		13,947
Management fee payable		10,487
Trustees’ fees and expenses payable		2,431
Administration fees payable		2,400
Custodian and accounting fees payable		21,107
Professional fees payable		37,452
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		22,432
Total liabilities		363,336
Total net assets	$	96,862,266
Net assets consist of
Paid-in capital	$	92,406,826
Total distributable earnings		4,455,440
Total net assets	$	96,862,266
Computation of net asset value per share
Net assets – Class R6	$	96,835,389
Shares outstanding – Class R61		9,005,922
Net asset value per share – Class R6		$10.75
Net assets – Institutional Class	$	26,877
Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1		2,500
Net asset value per share – Institutional Class		$10.75

¹ The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares.

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

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Statement of operations—year ended September 30, 2019¹

Investment income
Interest	$	1,031,228
Income from affiliated securities		31,460
Total investment income		1,062,688
Expenses
Management fee		152,550
Administration fees
Class R6		11,437
Institutional Class		13
Custody and accounting fees		21,107
Professional fees		50,551
Registration fees		37,054
Shareholder report expenses		26,097
Trustees’ fees and expenses		11,965
Other fees and expenses		17,589
Total expenses		328,363
Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements
Fund-level		(152,550	)
Class R6		(4,522	)
Institutional Class		(10	)
Net expenses		171,281
Net investment income		891,407
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments
Net realized gains on
Unaffiliated securities		381,370
Forward foreign currency contracts		1,097,949
Net realized gains on investments		1,479,319
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on
Unaffiliated securities		2,401,151
Forward foreign currency contracts		411,565
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments		2,812,716
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		4,292,035
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations	$	5,183,442

¹ For the period from February 28, 2019 (commencement of operations) to September 30, 2019

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

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Statement of changes in net assets

	Year ended September 30, 20191
Operations
Net investment income				$	891,407
Net realized gains on investments					1,479,319
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments					2,812,716
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations					5,183,442
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains
Class R6					(727,723	)
Institutional Class					(279	)
Total distributions to shareholders					(728,002	)
Capital share transactions		Shares
Proceeds from shares sold
Class R6		9,630,811			99,080,247
Institutional Class		2,500			25,000
					99,105,247
Reinvestment of distributions
Class R6		20,783			222,474
Payment for shares redeemed
Class R6		(645,672	)		(6,920,895	)
Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share transactions					92,406,826
Total increase in net assets					96,862,266
Net assets
Beginning of period					0
End of period				$	96,862,266

¹ For the period from February 28, 2019 (commencement of operations) to September 30, 2019

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

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Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout the period)

CLASS R6	Year ended September 30, 20191
Net asset value, beginning of period		$10.00
Net investment income		0.13
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		0.73
Total from investment operations		0.86
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		(0.11	)
Net asset value, end of period		$10.75
Total return2		8.64	%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		0.86	%
Net expenses		0.45	%
Net investment income		2.34	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		36	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$96,835

¹ For the period from February 28, 2019 (commencement of class operations) to September 30, 2019

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

(For a share outstanding throughout the period)

INSTITUTIONAL CLASS	Year ended September 30, 20191
Net asset value, beginning of period		$10.00
Net investment income		0.14
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments		0.72
Total from investment operations		0.86
Distributions to shareholders from
Net investment income		(0.11	)
Net asset value, end of period		$10.75
Total return2		8.64	%
Ratios to average net assets (annualized)
Gross expenses		0.97	%
Net expenses		0.50	%
Net investment income		2.34	%
Supplemental data
Portfolio turnover rate		36	%
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)		$27

¹ For the period from February 28, 2019 (commencement of class operations) to September 30, 2019

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

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 Investment Grade Credit 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.

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.

Forward foreign currency contracts are recorded at the forward rate 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”).

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.

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 of the Fund. The Board of Trustees has established a Valuation Committee comprised of the Trustees and has delegated to it the authority to take any actions regarding the valuation of portfolio securities that the Valuation Committee deems necessary or appropriate, including determining the fair value of portfolio securities, unless the determination has been delegated to the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee. 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 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

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

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Notes to financial statements

currency contracts. The Fund is subject to foreign currency risk and may 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.

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 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 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 fiscal year since commencement of operations will be subject to examination by the federal and Delaware revenue authorities.

As of September 30, 2019, the aggregate cost of all investments for federal income tax purposes was $92,559,265 and the unrealized gains (losses) consisted of:

Gross unrealized gains	$	3,740,108
Gross unrealized losses		(470,716	)
Net unrealized gains	$	3,269,392

Class allocations

The separate classes of shares offered by the Fund differ principally in administration fees. Class specific expenses are charged directly to that share class. Investment income, common fund-level 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 September 30, 2019:

	Quoted prices (Level 1)		Other significant observable inputs (Level 2)		Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)		Total
Assets
Investments in:
Asset-backed securities	$	0	$	1,880,322	$	0	$	1,880,322
Corporate bonds and notes		0		51,189,042		0		51,189,042
Foreign corporate bonds and notes		0		24,439,633		0		24,439,633
Foreign government bonds		0		1,380,421		0		1,380,421
U.S. Treasury securities		163,417		0		0		163,417
Yankee corporate bonds and notes		0		14,530,059		0		14,530,059
Short-term investments
Investment companies		1,834,198		0		0		1,834,198
		1,997,615		93,419,477		0		95,417,092
Forward foreign currency contracts		0		446,852		0		446,852
Total assets	$	1,997,615	$	93,866,329	$	0	$	95,863,944
Liabilities
Forward foreign currency contracts	$	0	$	35,287	$	0	$	35,287
Total liabilities	$	0	$	35,287	$	0	$	35,287

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.

For the period from February 28, 2019 (commencement of operations) to September 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 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		0.400	%
Next $500 million		0.375
Next $2 billion		0.350
Next $2 billion		0.325
Next $5 billion		0.290
Over $10 billion		0.280

For the period from February 28, 2019 (commencement of operations) to September 30, 2019, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.40% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

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Notes to financial statements

Funds Management has retained the services of subadvisers to provide daily portfolio management to the Fund. The fee for subadvisory services is borne by Funds Management. Wells Capital Management Incorporated and Wells Fargo Asset Management (International) Limited, each an affiliate of Funds Management and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo, serve as subadvisers to the Fund and are each entitled to receive a fee from Funds Management at an annual rate starting at 0.10% and declining to 0.05% 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 R6		0.03	%
Institutional Class		0.08

Waivers and/or expense reimbursements

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 March 31, 2020 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 0.45% for Class R6 shares and 0.50% 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. 

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 short-term securities, for the period from February 28, 2019 (commencement of operations) to September 30, 2019 were as follows:

Purchases at cost		Sales proceeds
U.S. government	Non-U.S. government	U.S. government	Non-U.S. government
$4,641,469	$109,332,289	$4,531,423	$18,300,825

6. DERIVATIVE TRANSACTIONS

For the period from February 28, 2019 (commencement of operations) to September 30, 2019, the Fund entered into forward foreign currency contracts for hedging purposes. The Fund had average contract amounts of $63,747 and $13,020,218 in forward foreign currency contracts to buy and forward foreign currency contracts to sell, respectively, during the period from February 28, 2019 (commencement of operations) to September 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

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Notes to financial statements

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, for OTC derivatives 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
State Street Bank	$446,852	$(35,287)	$	0	$	411,565

Counterparty	Gross amounts of liabilities in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities	Amounts subject to netting agreements	Collateral pledged		Net amount of liabilities
State Street Bank	$35,287	$(35,287)	$	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.

For the period from February 28, 2019 (commencement of operations) to September 30, 2019, there were no borrowings by the Fund under the agreement.

8. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

The tax character of distributions paid was $728,002 of ordinary income for the period from February 28, 2019 (commencement of operations) to September 30, 2019.

As of September 30, 2019, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income	Unrealized gains
$1,186,048	$3,269,392

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 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.

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Notes to financial statements

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 and requires the premium to be amortized to the earliest call date. The amendments do not require an accounting change for securities held at a discount and discounts will continue to be accreted to the maturity date of the security. ASU 2017-08 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 and for interim periods within those fiscal years. During the current reporting period, management of the Fund adopted the change in accounting policy which did not have a material impact to the Fund’s financial statements.

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Report of independent registered public accounting firm

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

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Wells Fargo Global Investment Grade Credit Fund (the Fund), one of the funds constituting Wells Fargo Funds Trust, including the portfolio of investments, as of September 30, 2019, the related statements of operations and changes in net assets for the period from February 28, 2019 (commencement of operations) to September 30, 2019, and the related notes (collectively, the financial statements) and the financial highlights for the period from the commencement of operations to September 30, 2019. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of September 30, 2019, the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets, and the financial highlights for the period from the commencement of operations to September 30, 2019, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

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

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of September 30, 2019, by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

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

Boston, Massachusetts

November 25, 2019

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TAX INFORMATION

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, $361,235 has been designated as interest-related dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

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

QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

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 or Form N-PORT, which is available by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. Those forms may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of 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 150 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

* 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.
Michelle Rhee3 (Born 1966)	Chief Legal Officer, since 2019	Secretary of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, Chief Legal Counsel of Wells Fargo Asset Management and Assistant General Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2018. Associate General Counsel and Managing Director of Bank of America Corporation from 2004 to 2018.
Catherine Kennedy4 (Born 1969)	Secretary, since 2019	Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and Senior Counsel of the Wells Fargo Legal Department since 2010. Vice President and Senior Counsel of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 1998 to 2010.
Michael H. Whitaker (Born 1967)	Chief Compliance Officer, since 2016	Chief Compliance Officer of Wells Fargo Asset Management 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 64 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.

³  Michelle Rhee became Chief Legal Officer effective October 22, 2019.

⁴  Catherine Kennedy became Secretary effective October 22, 2019.

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BOARD CONSIDERATION OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS:

Wells Fargo Global Investment Grade Credit Fund

Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”) must determine annually whether to approve the continuation of the Trust’s investment management and sub-advisory agreements. In this regard, at an in-person meeting held on May 21-22, 2019 (the “Meeting”), the Board, all the members of which have no direct or indirect interest in the investment management and sub-advisory agreements and are not “interested persons” of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act (the “Independent Trustees”), reviewed and approved for Wells Fargo Global Investment Grade Credit Fund (the “Fund”): (i) an investment management agreement (the “Management Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”); (ii) an investment sub-advisory agreement with Wells Capital Management Incorporated (“WellsCap”), an affiliate of Funds Management; and (iii) an investment sub-advisory agreement with Wells Fargo Asset Management (International), LLC (“WFAM International”), an affiliate of Funds Management. The sub-advisory agreements with WellsCap and WFAM International (the “Sub-Advisers”) are collectively referred to as the Sub-Advisory Agreements, and the Management Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreements are collectively referred to as the “Advisory Agreements.”

At the Meeting, the Board considered the factors and reached the conclusions described below relating to the selection of Funds Management and the Sub-Advisers and the approval of the Advisory Agreements. Prior to the Meeting, including at an in-person meeting in April 2019, the Trustees conferred extensively among themselves and with representatives of Funds Management about these matters. Also, the Board has adopted a team-based approach, with each team consisting of a sub-set of Trustees, to assist the full Board in the discharge of its duties in reviewing investment performance and other matters throughout the year. The Independent Trustees were assisted in their evaluation of the Advisory Agreements by independent legal counsel, from whom they received separate legal advice and with whom they met separately.

In providing information to the Board, Funds Management and the Sub-Advisers were guided by a detailed set of requests for information submitted to them by independent legal counsel on behalf of the Independent Trustees at the start of the Board’s annual contract renewal process earlier in 2019. In considering and approving the Advisory Agreements, the Trustees considered the information they believed relevant, including but not limited to the information discussed below. The Board considered not only the specific information presented in connection with the Meeting, but also the knowledge gained over time through interaction with Funds Management and the Sub-Advisers about various topics. In this regard, the Board reviewed reports of Funds Management at each of its quarterly meetings, which included, among other things, portfolio reviews and investment performance reports. In addition, the Board and the teams mentioned above confer with portfolio managers at various times throughout the year. The Board did not identify any particular information or consideration that was all-important or controlling, and each individual Trustee may have attributed different weights to various factors.

After its deliberations, the Board unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreements for a one-year term and determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management and the Sub-Advisers under each of the Advisory Agreements was reasonable. The Board considered the approval of the Advisory Agreements for the Fund as part of its consideration of agreements for funds across the complex, but its approvals were made on a fund-by-fund basis. The following summarizes a number of important, but not necessarily all, factors considered by the Board in support of its approvals.

Nature, extent and quality of services

The Board received and considered various information regarding the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund by Funds Management and the Sub-Advisers under the Advisory Agreements. This information included a description of the investment advisory services and Fund-level administrative services covered by the Management Agreement, as well as, among other things, a summary of the background and experience of senior management of Wells Fargo Asset Management (“WFAM”), of which Funds Management and the Sub-Advisers are a part, a summary of investments made in the business of WFAM, a summary of certain organizational and personnel changes involving Funds Management and the Sub-Advisers, and a description of Funds Management’s and the Sub-Advisers’ business continuity planning programs and of their approaches to data privacy and cybersecurity. The Board received and reviewed information about Funds Management’s role as administrator of the Fund’s liquidity risk management program. The Board also considered the qualifications, background, tenure and responsibilities of each of the portfolio managers primarily responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund.

The Board evaluated the ability of Funds Management and the Sub-Advisers to attract and retain qualified investment professionals, including research, advisory and supervisory personnel. The Board further considered the compliance programs and compliance records of Funds Management and the Sub-Advisers. In addition, the Board took into account the full range of services provided to the Fund by Funds Management and its affiliates.

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Fund investment performance and expenses

The Board noted that the Fund had recently commenced operations and had no performance history to review. The Board noted that it would have the opportunity to review the Fund’s performance history in connection with the Board’s future review and approval of the Fund’s Advisory Agreements.

The Board, however, received and considered information from Broadridge Inc. (“Broadridge”) regarding the Fund’s net operating expense ratios and their various components, including actual management fees, custodian and other non-management fees, and Rule 12b-1 and non-Rule 12b-1 shareholder service fees. The Board considered these ratios in comparison to the median ratios of funds in class-specific expense groups that were determined by Broadridge to be similar to the Fund (the “Groups”). The Board received a description of the methodology used by Broadridge to select the mutual funds in the expense Groups and an explanation of how funds comprising expense groups and their expense ratios may vary from year-to-year. Based on the Broadridge reports, the Board noted that the net operating expense ratios of the Fund were lower than the median net operating expense ratios of the expense Groups for each share class.

The Board took into account the Fund’s expense information provided to it among the factors considered in deciding to re-approve the Advisory Agreements.

Investment management and sub-advisory fee rates

The Board reviewed and considered the contractual fee rates payable by the Fund to Funds Management under the Management Agreement, as well as the contractual fee rates payable by the Fund to Funds Management for class-level administrative services under a Class-Level Administration Agreement, which include, among other things, class-level transfer agency and sub-transfer agency costs (collectively, the “Management Rates”). The Board also reviewed and considered the contractual investment sub-advisory fee rates that are payable by Funds Management to the Sub-Advisers for investment sub-advisory services.

Among other information reviewed by the Board was a comparison of the Fund’s Management Rates with the average contractual investment management fee rates of funds in the expense Groups at a common asset level as well as transfer agency costs of the funds in the expense Groups. The Board noted that the Management Rates of the Fund were lower than the sum of these average rates for the Fund’s expense Groups for all share classes.

The Board also received and considered information about the portion of the total management fee that was retained by Funds Management after the payment of fees to each of the Sub-Advisers for sub-advisory services. In assessing the reasonableness of this amount, the Board received and evaluated information about the nature and extent of responsibilities retained and risks assumed by Funds Management and not delegated to or assumed by the Sub-Advisers, and about Funds Management’s on-going oversight services. Given the affiliation between Funds Management and the Sub-Advisers, the Board ascribed limited relevance to the allocation of fees between them.

The Board also received and considered information about the nature and extent of services offered and fee rates charged by Funds Management and the Sub-Advisers to other types of clients with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund. In this regard, the Board received information about the significantly greater scope of services, and compliance, reporting and other legal burdens and risks of managing proprietary mutual funds compared with those associated with managing assets of other types of clients, including third-party sub-advised fund clients and non-mutual fund clients such as institutional separate accounts.

Based on its consideration of the factors and information it deemed relevant, including those described here, the Board determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management under the Management Agreement and to the Sub-Advisers under the Sub-Advisory Agreements was reasonable.

Profitability

The Board received and considered information concerning the profitability of Funds Management, as well as the profitability of both WFAM and Wells Fargo & Co. (“Wells Fargo”) from providing services to the fund family as a whole. The Board noted that the Sub-Advisers’ profitability information with respect to providing services to the Fund and other funds in the family was subsumed in the WFAM and Wells Fargo profitability analysis.

Funds Management reported on the methodologies and estimates used in calculating profitability, including a description of the methodology used to allocate certain expenses. Among other things, the Board noted that the levels of profitability reported on a fund-by-fund basis varied widely, depending on factors such as the size, type and age of fund. Based on its review, the Board did not deem the profits reported by Funds Management, WFAM or Wells Fargo from services provided to the Fund to be at a level that would prevent it from approving the continuation of the Advisory Agreements.

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Economies of scale

The Board received and considered information about the potential for Funds Management to experience economies of scale in the provision of management services to the Fund, the difficulties of calculating economies of scale at an individual fund level, and the extent to which potential scale benefits are shared with shareholders. The Board noted the existence of breakpoints in the Fund’s management fee structure, which operate generally to reduce the Fund’s expense ratios as the Fund grows in size. The Board considered that in addition to management fee breakpoints, Funds Management shares potential economies of scale from its management business in a variety of ways, including through fee waiver and expense reimbursement arrangements, services that benefit shareholders, competitive management fee rates set at the outset without regard to breakpoints, and investments in the business intended to enhance services available to shareholders.

The Board concluded that Funds Management’s arrangements with respect to the Fund, including contractual breakpoints, constituted a reasonable approach to sharing potential economies of scale with the Fund and its shareholders.

Other benefits to Funds Management and the Sub-Advisers

The Board received and considered information regarding potential “fall-out” or ancillary benefits received by Funds Management and its affiliates, including the Sub-Advisers, as a result of their relationships with the Fund. Ancillary benefits could include, among others, benefits directly attributable to other relationships with the Fund and benefits potentially derived from an increase in Funds Management’s and the Sub-Advisers’ businesses as a result of their relationships with the Fund. The Board noted that various affiliates of Funds Management may receive distribution-related fees, shareholder servicing payments and sub-transfer agency fees in respect of shares sold or held through them and services provided.

The Board also reviewed information about soft dollar credits earned and utilized by the Sub-Advisers, fees earned by Funds Management and WellsCap from managing a private investment vehicle for the fund family’s securities lending collateral, and commissions earned by an affiliated broker from portfolio transactions.

Based on its consideration of the factors and information it deemed relevant, including those described here, the Board did not find that any ancillary benefits received by Funds Management and its affiliates, including the Sub-Advisers, were unreasonable.

Conclusion

At the Meeting, after considering the above-described factors and based on its deliberations and its evaluation of the information described above, the Board unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreements for a one-year term and determined that the compensation payable to Funds Management and the Sub-Advisers under each of the Advisory Agreements was reasonable.

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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

© 2019 Wells Fargo & Company. All rights reserved.

406811 11-19

A294/AR294 09-19

ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS

(a) As of the end of the period covered by the report, Wells Fargo Funds Trust has adopted a code of ethics that applies to its President and Treasurer. A copy of the code of ethics is filed as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR.

(c) During the period covered by this report, there were no amendments to the provisions of the code of ethics adopted in Item 2(a) above.

(d) During the period covered by this report, there were no implicit or explicit waivers to the provisions of the code of ethics adopted in Item 2(a) above.

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT

The Board of Trustees of Wells Fargo Funds Trust has determined that Judith Johnson is an audit committee financial expert, as defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR. Mrs. Johnson is independent for purposes of Item 3 of Form N-CSR.

ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

(a), (b), (c), (d) The following table presents aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for services rendered to the Registrant by the Registrant’s principal accountant. These fees were billed to the registrant and were approved by the Registrant’s audit committee.

	Fiscal year ended September 30, 2019		Fiscal year ended September 30, 2018
Audit fees	$	377,410	$	372,201
Audit-related fees		—		—
Tax fees (1)		48,800		48,060
All other fees		—		—
	$	426,210	$	420,261

(1) Tax fees consist of fees for tax compliance, tax advice, tax planning and excise tax.     

(e) The Chairman of the Audit Committees is authorized to pre-approve: (1) audit services for the mutual funds of Wells Fargo Funds Trust; (2) non-audit tax or compliance consulting or training services provided to the Funds by the independent auditors (“Auditors”) if the fees for any particular engagement are not anticipated to exceed $50,000; and (3) non-audit tax or compliance consulting or training services provided by the Auditors to a Fund’s investment adviser and its controlling entities (where pre-approval is required because the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund) if the fee to the Auditors for any particular engagement is not anticipated to exceed $50,000. For any such pre-approval sought from the Chairman, Management shall prepare a brief description of the proposed services.     

If the Chairman approves of such service, he or she shall sign the statement prepared by Management.

Such written statement shall be presented to the full Committees at their next regularly scheduled meetings.

(f) Not applicable

(g) Not applicable    

(h) Not applicable

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS

Not applicable.

ITEM 6. INVESTMENTS

A Portfolio of Investments for each series of Wells Fargo Funds Trust is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.

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

Not applicable.

ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Not applicable.

ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS

Not applicable.

ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s Board of Trustees that have been implemented since the registrant’s last provided disclosure in response to the requirements of this Item.

ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

(a) The President and Treasurer have concluded that the Wells Fargo Funds Trust 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 half-year 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.

ITEM 12. DISCLOSURES OF SECURITIES LENDING ACTIVITIES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Not applicable.

ITEM 13. EXHIBITS

(a)(1) Code of Ethics pursuant to Item 2 of Form N-CSR is filed and attached hereto as Exhibit COE.

(a)(2) Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) is filed and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT.

(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.

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:	November 25, 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:	November 25, 2019

By:
	/s/ Nancy Wiser
	Nancy Wiser
	Treasurer
Date:	November 25, 2019
By:
	/s/ Jeremy DePalma
	Jeremy DePalma
	Treasurer
Date:	November 25, 2019

EX-99.CODE ETH

Wells Fargo Funds Trust

Wells Fargo Master Trust

Wells Fargo Variable Trust

Wells Fargo Global Dividend Opportunity Fund

Wells Fargo Income Opportunities Fund

Wells Fargo Multi-Sector Income Fund

Wells Fargo Utilities and High Income Fund

Joint Code of Ethics for Principal Executive Officer and Senior Financial Officers

I. Covered Officers / Purpose of the Code

This Code of Ethics (“Code”) of Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust and Wells Fargo Variable Trust, Wells Fargo Global Dividend Opportunity Fund, Wells Fargo Income Opportunities Fund, Wells Fargo Multi-Sector Income Fund and Wells Fargo Utilities and High Income Fund (collectively, the “Trusts” and each, “a Trust”) applies to each Trust’s Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer and any other Trust officer’s listed on Exhibit A (the “Covered Officers”) for the purpose of promoting:

• honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships;

• full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable financial disclosure in reports and documents that a Trust files with, or submits to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and in other public communications made by the Trust;

• compliance with applicable laws and governmental rules and regulations;

• the prompt internal reporting of violations of the Code to an appropriate person or persons identified in the Code; and

• accountability for adherence to the Code.

Each Covered Officer should adhere to a high standard of business ethics and should be sensitive to situations that may give rise to actual as well as apparent conflicts of interest.

II. Covered Officers Should Handle Ethically Both Actual and Apparent Conflicts of Interest

Overview. A “conflict of interest” occurs when a Covered Officer’s private interest interferes with the interests of, or his or her service to, a Trust. For example, a conflict of interest would arise if a Covered Officer, or a member of his or her family, receives improper personal benefits as a result of his or her position with the Trust.

Certain conflicts of interest arise out of the relationships between Covered Officers and the Trust and already are subject to conflict of interest provisions in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“Investment Company Act”) and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (“Investment Advisers Act”). For example, Covered Officers may not individually engage in certain transactions (such as the purchase or sale of securities or other property) with the Trust because of their status as “affiliated persons” of the Trust. The compliance programs and procedures of the Trust and Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (the “Adviser”) are designed to prevent, or identify and correct, violations of these provisions. This Code does not, and is not intended to, repeat or replace these programs and procedures, and such conflicts fall outside of the parameters of this Code.

Although typically not presenting an opportunity for improper personal benefit, conflicts arise from, or as a result of, the contractual relationship between the Trust and the Adviser, of which the Covered Officers are also officers or employees. As a result, this Code recognizes that the Covered Officers will, in the normal course of their duties (whether formally for the Trust or for the Adviser, or for both), be involved in establishing policies and implementing decisions that will have different effects on the Adviser and the Trust. The participation of the Covered Officers in such activities is inherent in the contractual relationship between the Trust and the Adviser and is consistent with the performance by the Covered Officers of their duties as officers of the Trust. Each Covered Officer recognizes that, as an officer of a Trust, he or she has a duty to act in the best interests of the Trust and its shareholders. If a Covered Officer believes that his or her responsibilities as an officer or employee of the Adviser are likely to materially compromise his or her objectivity or his or her ability to perform the duties of his or her role as an officer of the Trust, he or she should consult with the Chief Legal Officer. Under appropriate circumstances, a Covered Officer should also consider whether to present the matter to the Board. In addition, it is recognized by the Trust’s Board of Trustees (“Board”) that the Covered Officers may also be officers or employees of one or more other investment companies covered by this or other codes.

Other conflicts of interest are covered by the Code, even if such conflicts of interest are not subject to provisions in the Investment Company Act and the Investment Advisers Act. The following list provides examples of conflicts of interest under the Code, but Covered Officers should keep in mind that these examples are not exhaustive. The overarching principle is that the personal interest of a Covered Officer should not be placed improperly before the interest of the Trust.

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Each Covered Officer must:

• not use his or her personal influence or personal relationships improperly to influence investment decisions or financial reporting by a Trust whereby the Covered Officer would benefit personally to the detriment of the Trust;

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• not cause the Trust to take action, or fail to take action, for the individual personal benefit of the Covered Officer rather than the benefit of a Trust;

• not use material non-public knowledge of portfolio transactions made or contemplated for the Trust to trade personally or cause others to trade personally in contemplation of the market effect of such transactions;

• not retaliate against any other Covered Officer or any employee of a Trust or its affiliated persons for reports of potential violations that are made in good faith; and

• not engage in personal, business or professional relationships or dealings that would impair his or her independence of judgment or adversely affect the performance of his or her duties in the best interests of the Trust and their shareholders.

There are some conflict of interest situations that should always be approved in advance by the Chief Legal Officer of the Trust (the “Chief Legal Officer”) if material. Examples of these include:

• service as a director on the board of any public or private for-profit company (provided, however, that a Covered Officer who is employed by another company (e.g., Wells Fargo) may serve as a director of such company or any entity, controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such company);

• acquiring a financial interest in any company that provides services to the Trust (provided, however, that a Covered Officer who is employed by another company (e.g., Wells Fargo) may have an ownership interest in his or her employer or the employer’s parent company);

• the receipt of any entertainment or gifts from any person or company with which the Trust has current or prospective business dealings unless such entertainment is business-related, reasonable in cost, appropriate as to time and place, and not so frequent as to raise any question of impropriety;

• any consulting or employment relationship with any of the Trust’s service providers, other than with the primary employer of the Covered Officer; and

• a direct or indirect financial interest in commissions, transaction charges or spreads paid by the Trust for effecting portfolio transactions or for selling or redeeming shares, other than an interest arising from the Covered Officer’s primary employment, such as compensation or equity ownership.

III. Disclosure and Compliance

Each Covered Officer should familiarize himself or herself with the disclosure requirements generally applicable to the Trust.

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Each Covered Officer should not knowingly misrepresent, or cause others to misrepresent, facts about the Trust to others, whether within or outside the Trust, including to the Board and the Trust’s auditors, and to governmental regulators and self-regulatory organizations.

Each Covered Officer should, to the extent appropriate within his or her area of responsibility, consult with other officers and employees of the Trust and the Adviser with the goal of promoting full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in the reports and documents the Trust files with, or submits to, the SEC and in other public communications made by the Trust.

It is the responsibility of each Covered Officer to promote compliance with the standards and restrictions imposed by applicable laws, rules and regulations.

Each Covered Officer should, consistent with his or her responsibilities, exercise appropriate supervision over and assist relevant Trust service providers in developing financial information and other disclosure that complies with relevant law and presents information in a clear, comprehensible and complete manner.

Each Covered Officer is responsible for the accuracy of the records and reports that he or she is responsible for maintaining. The books and records of the Trust shall meet the highest standards and accurately reflect the true nature of the transactions they record. The Covered Officers must not create false or misleading documents or accounting, financial or electronic records for any purpose, and must not direct any other person to do so. If a Covered Officer becomes aware that information filed with the SEC or made available to the public contains any false or misleading information or omits to disclose necessary information, he shall promptly report it to Chief Legal Officer for a determination as to what, if any, corrective action is necessary or appropriate.

No undisclosed or unrecorded account or fund shall be established for any purpose. No false or misleading entries shall be made in a Trust’s books or records for any reason. No disbursement of a Trust’s assets shall be made without adequate supporting documentation or for any purpose other than as described in the Trust’s documents or contracts.

A Trust will maintain and preserve for a period of not less than six (6) years from the date such action is taken, the first two (2) years in an easily accessible place, a copy of the information or materials supplied to the Board: (i) that provided the basis for any amendment or waiver to this Code, and (ii) relating to any violation of the Code and sanctions imposed for such violation, together with a written record of the approval or action taken by the Board.

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IV. Reporting and Accountability

Each Covered Officer must:

• upon adoption of the Code (or thereafter upon becoming a Covered Officer), affirm in writing (in the form attached to this Code) to the Board that he or she has received, read, and understands the Code;

• annually thereafter affirm in writing (in the form attached to this Code) to the Board that he or she has complied with the requirements of the Code; and

• notify the Chief Legal Officer of the Trust promptly if he or she knows of any violation of this Code. Failure to do so is itself a violation of this Code.

The Chief Legal Officer is responsible for applying this Code to specific situations in which questions are presented under it and has the authority to interpret this Code in any particular situation. While the Chief Legal Officer in authorized to interpret this Code, an approval of a situation that is expressly prohibited by this Code is deemed to be a “waiver” and can be approved only by the Board.

The Trust will follow these procedures in investigating and enforcing this Code:

• the Chief Legal Officer will take all appropriate action to investigate any potential violations reported to him or her;

• if, after such investigation, the Chief Legal Officer believes that no violation has occurred, the Chief Legal Officer is not required to take any further action;

• any matter that the Chief Legal Officer believes is a violation will be reported to the Board;

• if the Board concurs that a violation has occurred, it will consider appropriate action, which may include review of, and appropriate modifications to, applicable policies and procedures; notification to appropriate personnel of the Adviser; or a recommendation to dismiss the Covered Officer;

• the Board will be responsible for granting waivers, as appropriate (a “waiver” is the approval of a situation that is expressly prohibited by this Code); and

• any changes to or waivers of this Code will, to the extent required, be disclosed as provided by SEC rules.

V. Other Policies and Procedures

This Code shall be the sole code of ethics adopted by the Trusts for purposes of Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and forms applicable to registered

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investment companies thereunder. Insofar as other policies or procedures of the Trusts or the Adviser govern or purport to govern the behavior or activities of the Covered Officers who are subject to this Code, they are superseded by this Code to the extent that they overlap or conflict with the provisions of this Code. The codes of ethics adopted by the Trusts and the Adviser under Rule 17j-1 under the Investment Company Act are separate requirements applying to the Covered Officers and others, and are not part of this Code.

VI. Amendments

Any amendments to this Code, other than amendments to Exhibit A, must be approved or ratified by a majority vote of the Board, including a majority of independent Trustees.

VII. Confidentiality

All reports and records prepared or maintained pursuant to this Code will be considered confidential and shall be maintained and protected accordingly. Except upon request of the SEC or another regulatory agency, or as otherwise required by law or this Code, such matters shall not be disclosed to anyone other than Board and its counsel.

VIII.  Internal Use

The Code is intended solely for the internal use by each Trust and does not constitute an admission, by or on behalf of any Trust, as to any fact, circumstance, or legal conclusion.

Adopted by the Boards: August 5, 2003

Amended: January 1, 2019

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Exhibit A

Persons Covered by the Code

Andrew Owen, President of each Trust

Nancy Wiser, Treasurer of:

Wells Fargo Funds Trust

Wells Fargo Master Trust

Wells Fargo Global Dividend Opportunity Fund

Wells Fargo Utilities and High Income Fund

Jeremy DePalma, Treasurer of:

Wells Fargo Funds Trust

Wells Fargo Master Trust

Wells Fargo Variable Trust

Wells Fargo Income Opportunities Fund

Wells Fargo Multi-Sector Income Fund

Exhibit A amended: January 1, 2019

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EX-99.CERT

CERTIFICATION

I, Andrew Owen, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Wells Fargo Funds Trust on behalf of the following series: Wells Fargo Diversified Capital Builder Fund, Wells Fargo Diversified Income Builder Fund, Wells Fargo Index Asset Allocation Fund, Wells Fargo International Bond Fund, Wells Fargo Strategic Income Fund, Wells Fargo Global Investment Grade Credit Fund, Wells Fargo C&B Mid Cap Value Fund, Wells Fargo Common Stock Fund, Wells Fargo Discovery Fund, Wells Fargo Enterprise Fund, Wells Fargo Opportunity Fund, and Wells Fargo Special Mid Cap Value Fund;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing of this report based on such evaluation; and

d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the most recent fiscal half-year of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s Board of Trustees (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.

Date: November 25, 2019

/s/ Andrew Owen

Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds Trust

Exhibit 99.CERT

CERTIFICATION

I, Nancy Wiser, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Wells Fargo Funds Trust on behalf of the following series: Wells Fargo International Bond Fund, Wells Fargo Strategic Income Fund, Wells Fargo C&B Mid Cap Value Fund, Wells Fargo Common Stock Fund, Wells Fargo Discovery Fund, Wells Fargo Enterprise Fund, Wells Fargo Opportunity Fund, and Wells Fargo Special Mid Cap Value Fund;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide

reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing of this report based on such evaluation; and

d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the most recent fiscal half-year of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s Board of Trustees (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.

Date: November 25, 2019

/s/ Nancy Wiser

Nancy Wiser

Treasurer

Wells Fargo Funds Trust

Exhibit 99.CERT

CERTIFICATION

I, Jeremy DePalma, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Wells Fargo Funds Trust on behalf of the following series: Wells Fargo Diversified Capital Builder Fund, Wells Fargo Diversified Income Builder Fund, Wells Fargo Index Asset Allocation Fund and Wells Fargo Global Investment Grade Credit Fund;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the

preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing of this report based on such evaluation; and

d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the most recent fiscal half-year of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s Board of Trustees (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.

Date: November 25, 2019

/s/ Jeremy DePalma

Jeremy DePalma

Treasurer

Wells Fargo Funds Trust

Exhibit 99.CERT

EX-99.906CERT

SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, the undersigned officer of Wells Fargo Funds Trust, hereby certifies, to the best of his knowledge, that the registrant’s report on Form N-CSR for the year ended September 30, 2019 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the registrant.

Date: November 25, 2019

By:
	/s/ Andrew Owen
	Andrew Owen
	President
	Wells Fargo Funds Trust

This certification is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Form N-CSR with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Exhibit 99.906CERT

SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, the undersigned officer of Wells Fargo Funds Trust, hereby certifies, to the best of her knowledge, that the registrant’s report on Form N-CSR for the year ended September 30, 2019 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the registrant.

Date: November 25, 2019

By:
	/s/ Nancy Wiser
	Nancy Wiser
	Treasurer
	Wells Fargo Funds Trust

This certification is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Form N-CSR with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Exhibit 99.906CERT

SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, the undersigned officer of Wells Fargo Funds Trust, hereby certifies, to the best of his knowledge, that the registrant’s report on Form N-CSR for the year ended September 30, 2019 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the registrant.

Date: November 25, 2019

By:
	/s/ Jeremy DePalma
	Jeremy DePalma
	Treasurer
	Wells Fargo Funds Trust

This certification is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Form N-CSR with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Exhibit 99.906CERT

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).

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