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text-align: center"> <b>SUPPLEMENT TO THE PROSPECTUSES AND</b></div> <div style="font-size:16;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0; text-align: center"> <b>STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</b></div> <div style="font-size:16;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0; text-align: center"> <b>OF</b></div> <div style="font-size:16;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0; text-align: center"> <b>WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE ALLOCATION FUNDS</b></div> <div style="font-size:16;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0; text-align: center"> <b>For</b></div> <div style="font-size:16;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0; text-align: center"> <b>Wells Fargo Advantage Absolute Return Fund</b></div> <div style="font-size:16;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0; text-align: center"> <b>Wells Fargo Advantage Asset Allocation Fund</b></div> <p></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> The <i>Average Annual Total Return</i> tables in the section entitled "Fund Summary - Performance" in the Fund's prospectuses for Class A, Class B, Class C and Administrator Class are replaced with the following:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011 (Returns reflect applicable sales charges) </b> </p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011 </b> </p> 1996-07-29 1996-07-29 1996-07-29 2002-10-03 2002-10-03 -0.0462 0.0109 0.0596 -0.0526 -0.0300 -0.0033 0.0466 0.0025 0.0453 -0.0449 0.0122 0.0606 -0.0057 0.0152 0.0583 0.0784 0.0650 0.0578 -0.0190 0.0133 0.0445 -0.0735 -0.0193 0.0424 0.0141 0.0252 0.0684 0.0071 0.0102 0.0548 0.0091 0.0143 0.0529 0.0784 0.0650 0.0578 -0.0190 0.0133 0.0445 -0.0735 -0.0193 0.0424