0000907244-12-000579.txt : 20121221 0000907244-12-000579.hdr.sgml : 20121221 20121221120932 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000907244-12-000579 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 485BPOS PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 6 FILED AS OF DATE: 20121221 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20121221 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20121221 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001081400 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 485BPOS SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-74295 FILM NUMBER: 121280134 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 525 MARKET STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94163 BUSINESS PHONE: 800-222-8222 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 525 MARKET STREET STREET 2: 12TH FLOOR CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001081400 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 485BPOS SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-09253 FILM NUMBER: 121280135 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 525 MARKET STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94163 BUSINESS PHONE: 800-222-8222 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 525 MARKET STREET STREET 2: 12TH FLOOR CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 0001081400 S000007251 Wells Fargo Advantage Capital Growth Fund C000019885 Administrator Class WFCDX C000019886 Institutional Class WWCIX C000019887 Class Inv SLGIX C000053343 Class A WFCGX C000053344 Class C WFCCX C000120068 Class R4 WCGRX C000120069 Class R6 WFCRX 0001081400 S000007253 Wells Fargo Advantage Endeavor Select Fund C000019891 Class B WECBX C000019892 Class C WECCX C000019893 Administrator Class WECDX C000019894 Class I WFCIX C000019895 Class A STAEX 0001081400 S000007267 Wells Fargo Advantage Growth Fund C000019941 Class C WGFCX C000019942 Class A SGRAX C000019943 Administrator Class SGRKX C000019944 Institutional Class SGRNX C000019945 Investor Class SGROX 0001081400 S000007269 Wells Fargo Advantage Large Cap Growth Fund C000019950 Investor Class STRFX C000092779 Institutional Class STNFX C000092780 Class A STAFX C000092781 Class C STOFX C000092782 Administrator Class STDFX C000114241 Class R STMFX C000120070 Class R4 SLGRX C000120071 Class R6 STFFX 0001081400 S000007273 Wells Fargo Advantage Large Company Value Fund C000019968 Administrator Class WWIDX C000019969 Investor Class SDVIX C000064965 Class A WLCAX C000064966 Class C WFLVX C000064967 Institutional Class WLCIX 0001081400 S000029060 Wells Fargo Advantage Large Cap Core Fund C000089281 Class A EGOAX C000089282 Class C EGOCX C000089283 Investor Class WFLNX C000089284 Institutional Class EGOIX C000089285 Administrator Class WFLLX 0001081400 S000029061 Wells Fargo Advantage Premier Large Company Growth Fund C000089286 Class A EKJAX C000089287 Class B EKJBX C000089288 Class C EKJCX C000089289 Investor Class WFPNX C000089290 Institutional Class EKJYX C000089291 Administrator Class WFPDX C000120085 Class R4 EKJRX C000120086 Class R6 EKJFX 0001081400 S000029093 Wells Fargo Advantage Intrinsic Value Fund C000089434 Class A EIVAX C000089435 Class B EIVBX C000089436 Class C EIVCX C000089437 Institutional Class EIVIX C000092797 Administrator EIVDX C000120087 Class R4 EIVRX C000120088 Class R6 EIVFX C000124152 Class R 0001081400 S000029104 Wells Fargo Advantage Disciplined U.S. Core Fund C000089477 Class A EVSAX C000089478 Class C EVSTX C000089479 Administrator Class EVSYX C000092805 Institutional EVSIX 0001081400 S000029110 Wells Fargo Advantage Omega Growth Fund C000089496 Class A EKOAX C000089497 Class B EKOBX C000089498 Class C EKOCX C000089499 Class R EKORX C000089500 Administrator Class EOMYX C000092812 Institutional EKONX 485BPOS 1 wellsfargofundstrustxbrl.htm XBRL FILING LARGE CAP STOCK FUNDS

AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON DECEMBER 21, 2012

1933 Act No. 333-74295
1940 Act No. 811-09253

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [X]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 272 [X]
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [X]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 273 [X]

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

525 Market Street
San Francisco, California 94105
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(800) 222-8222
(Registrant's Telephone Number)

C. David Messman
Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC
525 Market Street, 12th Floor
San Francisco, California 94105
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

With a copy to:

Marco E. Adelfio, Esq.
Goodwin Procter LLP
901 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001

It is proposed that this filing will become effective: (check appropriate box)

X

immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

on [date] pursuant to paragraph (b)

60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(i)

on [date] pursuant to paragraph (a)(i)

75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii)

on [date] pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii) of Rule 485

If appropriate, check the following box:

this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and has duly caused this Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized in the City of San Francisco, State of California on the 21st day of December, 2012.

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST

By: /s/ C. David Messman
-----------------------------
C. David Messman
Secretary

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 272 to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

/s/ Peter G. Gordon
Peter G. Gordon*
Trustee

/s/ Isaiah Harris, Jr.
Isaiah Harris, Jr.*
Trustee

/s/ Judith M. Johnson
Judith M. Johnson*
Trustee

/s/ David F. Larcker
David F. Larcker*
Trustee

/s/ Olivia S. Mitchell
Olivia S. Mitchell*
Trustee

/s/ Timothy J. Penny
Timothy J. Penny*
Trustee

/s/ Donald C. Willeke
Donald C. Willeke*
Trustee

/s/ Michael S. Scofield
Michael S. Scofield*
Trustee

/s/ Leroy J. Keith, Jr.
Leroy J. Keith, Jr.*
Trustee

/s/ Karla M. Rabusch
Karla M. Rabusch*
President
(Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Jeremy M. DePalma
Jeremy M. DePalma*
Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)

*By: /s/ C. David Messman
C. David Messman
As Attorney-in-Fact
December 21, 2012

 

Exhibit No.

Exhibits

Ex-101.INS

XBRL Instance Document

Ex-101.SCH

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

Ex-101.DEF

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

Ex-101.LAB

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document

Ex-101.PRE

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
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We pay particular attention to balance sheet metrics such as changes in working capital, property, plant and equipment growth, inventory levels, accounts receivable, and acquisitions. We also look at how management teams allocate capital in order to drive future cash flow. Price objectives are determined based on industry specific valuation methodologies including relative price-to-earnings multiples, price-to-book value, operating profit margin trends, enterprise value to EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) and free cash flow yield. In addition to meeting with management, we take a surround the company approach by surveying a company's vendors, distributors, competitors and customers to obtain multiple perspectives that help us make better investment decisions. Portfolio holdings are continuously monitored for changes in fundamentals. 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We define large-capitalization companies as those with market capitalizations within the range of the Russell 1000® Index. The market capitalization range of the Russell 1000® Index was approximately $1.3 billion to $540 billion, as of May 31, 2012, and is expected to change frequently. We may also invest in equity securities of foreign issuers, through ADRs and similar investments. </p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> We focus on companies that dominate their market, are establishing new markets or are undergoing dynamic change. We believe earnings and revenue growth relative to expectations are critical factors in determining stock price movements. Thus, our investment process is centered around finding companies with under-appreciated prospects for robust and sustainable growth in earnings and revenue. To find that growth, we use bottom-up research, emphasizing companies whose management teams have a history of successfully executing their strategy and whose business model has sufficient profit potential. We forecast revenue and earnings revision opportunities, along with other key financial metrics to assess investment potential. We then combine that company-specific analysis with our assessment of secular and timeliness trends to form a buy/sell decision about a particular stock. We may invest in any sector, and at times we may emphasize one or more particular sectors. We sell a company's securities when we see deterioration in fundamentals that leads us to become suspicious of a company's prospective growth profile or the profitability potential of its business model, as this often leads to lower valuation potential. We may also sell or trim a position when we need to raise money to fund the purchase of a better investment opportunity or when valuation is extended beyond our expectations.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Growth Style Investment Risk.</b> Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Sector Emphasis Risk.</b> Investing a substantial portion of the Fund's assets in related industries or sectors may have greater risks because companies in these sectors may share common characteristics and may react similarly to market developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Administrator Class</b></p> Highest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2009 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +15.98% 0.1436 -0.2221 <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> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007269Member ~</div> 0 0 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007269Member ~</div> 0.0065 0 0.0044 0.0110 -0.0014 0.0096 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007269Member ~</div> 98 321 578 1314 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007269Member ~</div> -0.2989 0.2683 0.0864 0.0787 0.0387 0.1812 -0.3882 0.3647 0.1688 0.0313 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007269Member ~</div> 2010-07-30 2010-07-30 2010-07-30 0.0313 0.0313 0.0204 0.0264 0.0352 0.0352 0.0302 0.025 0.0255 0.0255 0.022 0.026 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 51% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in equity securities of large-capitalization companies; and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">up to 20% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers, including ADRs and similar investments.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of large-capitalization companies, which we define as securities of companies with market capitalizations within the range of the Russell 1000® Index. The market capitalization range of the Russell 1000® Index was approximately $1.3 billion to $540 billion, as of May 31, 2012, and is expected to change frequently. We may also invest in equity securities of foreign issuers including ADRs and similar investments. </p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> We focus on companies that dominate their market, are establishing new markets or are undergoing dynamic change. We believe earnings and revenue growth relative to expectations are critical factors in determining stock price movements. Thus, our investment process is centered around finding companies with under-appreciated prospects for robust and sustainable growth in earnings and revenue. To find that growth, we use bottom-up research, emphasizing companies whose management teams have a history of successfully executing their strategy and whose business model has sufficient profit potential. We forecast revenue and earnings revision opportunities, along with other key financial metrics to assess investment potential. We then combine that company-specific analysis with our assessment of secular and timeliness trends to form a buy/sell decision about a particular stock. We may invest in any sector, and at times we may emphasize one or more particular sectors. We sell a company's securities when we see deterioration in fundamentals that leads us to become suspicious of a company's prospective growth profile or the profitability potential of its business model, as this often leads to lower valuation potential. We may also sell or trim a position when we need to raise money to fund the purchase of a better investment opportunity or when valuation is extended beyond our expectations.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Growth Style Investment Risk.</b> Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Sector Emphasis Risk.</b> Investing a substantial portion of the Fund's assets in related industries or sectors may have greater risks because companies in these sectors may share common characteristics and may react similarly to market developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Administrator Class</b></p> Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2003 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +18.45% 0.1472 -0.1891 <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> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029061Member ~</div> 0 0 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029061Member ~</div> 0.0063 0 0.0044 0.0108 -0.0012 0.0096 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029061Member ~</div> 98 319 572 1295 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029061Member ~</div> -0.2401 0.2775 0.0481 0.0674 0.0747 0.1066 -0.2879 0.3983 0.1506 0.0287 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029061Member ~</div> 2010-07-16 2010-07-16 2010-07-16 0.0287 0.0248 0.0242 0.0264 0.0545 0.0529 0.0469 0.025 0.0429 0.042 0.0373 0.026 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 34% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities of large-capitalization companies; and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">up to 20% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers, through ADRs and similar investments</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of approximately 30 to 50 large-capitalization companies, which we define as companies with market capitalizations within the range of the Russell 1000® Index. The market capitalization range of the Russell 1000® Index was approximately $1.3 billion to $540 billion, as of May 31, 2012, and is expected to change frequently. We may also invest in equity securities of foreign issuers through ADRs and similar investments. </p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> We utilize a long-term focus that is intended to take advantage of investment opportunities presented by what we believe are short-term price anomalies in high-quality stocks. We seek to identify companies with established operating histories, financial strength and management expertise, among other factors. We seek stocks that are trading at a discount to what we believe are their intrinsic values. Fundamental research is performed to identify securities for the portfolio with one or more catalysts present that we believe will unlock the intrinsic value of the securities. These catalysts may include productive use of strong free cash flow, productivity gains, positive change in management or control, innovative or competitively superior products, increasing shareholder focus, or resolution of ancillary problems or misperceptions. We may sell a holding if the value potential is realized, if warning signs emerge of beginning fundamental deterioration or if the valuation is no longer compelling relative to other investment opportunities.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Focused Portfolio Risk.</b> Since the Fund tends to invest in a smaller number of stocks than do many other similar mutual funds, changes in the value of individual stocks held by the Fund may have a larger impact on the Fund's net asset value than if the Fund were more broadly invested.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Value Style Investment Risk.</b> Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Administrator Class</b></p> Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +16.80% 0.1819 -0.2022 <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> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029093Member ~</div> 0 0 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029093Member ~</div> 0.0065 0 0.0045 0.0001 0.0111 -0.0015 0.0096 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029093Member ~</div> 98 322 582 1324 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029093Member ~</div> 0.1011 -0.3643 0.3052 0.1795 -0.0164 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029093Member ~</div> 2010-07-30 2010-07-30 2010-07-30 -0.0164 -0.0324 0.0106 0.0039 0.0117 0.0052 0.0089 -0.0264 0.0297 0.0235 0.0245 -0.0033 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 37% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in equity securities of large-capitalization companies; and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">up to 25% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers through ADRs and similar investments.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of large-capitalization companies, which we define as companies with market capitalizations within the range of the Russell 1000® Index. The market capitalization range of the Russell 1000® Index was approximately $1.3 billion to $540 billion, as of May 31, 2012, and is expected to change frequently. We may also invest in equity securities of foreign issuers through ADRs and similar investments. </p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> Our investment process is highly aware of our sector allocations against our benchmark because we seek outperformance through stock selection rather than overweighting or underweighting certain sectors. We begin our process by ranking approximately 5,000 stocks by market capitalization. Stocks that pass this screen for us will be in the top 20% of market capitalization. We then use our own predetermined criteria (e.g., debt as a portion of firms' total value; net profits as a portion of firms' total revenue; and price-to-earnings ratios) to refine the resulting investment candidates. From there, we perform quantitative financial statement analyses focusing on the strengths and trends in income statements, cash flow statements and balance sheets. Next, using proprietary modeling that determines the valuation of each stock relative to its peers in its respective business sector, we filter the remaining stocks. Our last filter consists of our qualitative assessments for each stock combining inputs that include our assessments of management teams, competitive strengths, business trends, and catalysts in companies' respective businesses. The resulting final portfolio consists of a diverse group of stocks, each of which is believed to have compelling valuations relative to its respective business sector peers and attractive metrics in terms of its appreciation potential.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We regularly review the investments of the Fund and may sell a Fund holding when, among other reasons, we believe there is a deterioration in the underlying fundamentals of the business, or we have identified a more attractive investment opportunity. Specifically, a stock may be sold if its valuation rises significantly within its respective industry peer group, if its position appreciates above 4% of the Fund's total market value, if a company's management strategy deviates negatively from our expectations, or if a company's financial statements start to degrade materially.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Value Style Investment Risk.</b> Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Administrator Class</b></p> Highest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2009 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +13.93% 0.1765 -0.2159 <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> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. 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The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 94% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities; and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">up to 25% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers through ADRs and similar investments.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in the equity securities of approximately 30 to 40 companies that we believe offer the potential for capital growth. We may also invest in equity securities of foreign issuers through ADRs and similar investments. We select equity securities of companies of any size. Because we retain the flexibility to invest in a relatively small number of stocks, the Fund is also considered to be non-diversified. </p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> We seek to identify companies that have the prospect for improving sales and earnings growth rates, enjoy a competitive advantage (for example, dominant market share) and that we believe have effective management with a history of making investments that are in the best interests of shareholders (for example, companies with a history of earnings and sales growth that are in excess of total asset growth). We pay particular attention to balance sheet metrics such as changes in working capital, property, plant and equipment growth, inventory levels, accounts receivable, and acquisitions. We also look at how management teams allocate capital in order to drive future cash flow. Price objectives are determined based on industry specific valuation methodologies including relative price-to-earnings multiples, price-to-book value, operating profit margin trends, enterprise value to EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) and free cash flow yield. In addition to meeting with management, we take a surround the company approach by surveying a company's vendors, distributors, competitors and customers to obtain multiple perspectives that help us make better investment decisions. Portfolio holdings are continuously monitored for changes in fundamentals. The team seeks a favorable risk/reward relationship to fair valuation, which we define as the value of the company (i.e., our price target for the stock) relative to where the stock is currently trading. We may invest in any sector, and at times we may emphasize one or more particular sectors. We may choose to sell a holding when it no longer offers favorable growth prospects, reaches our target price, or to take advantage of a better investment opportunity.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Focused Portfolio Risk.</b> Since the Fund tends to invest in a smaller number of stocks than do many other similar mutual funds, changes in the value of individual stocks held by the Fund may have a larger impact on the Fund's net asset value than if the Fund were more broadly invested.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Growth Style Investment Risk.</b> Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Non-Diversification Risk.</b> A Fund that is considered "non-diversified" under the 1940 Act is more susceptible to financial, economic or market events impacting an issuer of portfolio securities than a "diversified" fund. Default by the issuer of a single security in the portfolio may have a greater negative effect than a similar default in a diversified portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Sector Emphasis Risk.</b> Investing a substantial portion of the Fund's assets in related industries or sectors may have greater risks because companies in these sectors may share common characteristics and may react similarly to market developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Smaller Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Administrator Class</b></p> Highest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2010 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +20.11% 0.1715 -0.2689 <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> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007253Member ~</div> 0 0 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007253Member ~</div> 0.0064 0 0.0043 0.0107 -0.0007 0.01 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007253Member ~</div> 102 333 583 1299 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007253Member ~</div> -0.2352 0.3705 0.168 0.1044 0.0409 0.1722 -0.4425 0.3258 0.179 -0.0486 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007253Member ~</div> 2005-04-08 2005-04-08 2005-04-08 -0.0486 -0.0486 -0.0316 0.0264 -0.0057 -0.0072 -0.0052 0.025 0.0318 0.0295 0.0272 0.026 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 47% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities; and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">up to 25% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers through ADRs and similar investments.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of companies that we believe have prospects for robust and sustainable growth of revenues and earnings. We select equity securities of companies of all market capitalizations. We may also invest in equity securities of foreign issuers through ADRs and similar investments. </p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> We focus on companies that dominate their market, are establishing new markets or are undergoing dynamic change. We believe earnings and revenue growth relative to expectations are critical factors in determining stock price movements. Thus, our investment process is centered around finding companies with under-appreciated prospects for robust and sustainable growth in earnings and revenue. To find that growth, we use bottom-up research, emphasizing companies whose management teams have a history of successfully executing their strategy and whose business model has sufficient profit potential. We forecast revenue and earnings revision opportunities, along with other key financial metrics to assess investment potential. We then combine that company-specific analysis with our assessment of secular and timeliness trends to form a buy/sell decision about a particular stock. We may invest in any sector, and at times we may emphasize one or more particular sectors. We sell a company's securities when we see deterioration in fundamentals that leads us to become suspicious of a company's prospective growth profile or the profitability potential of its business model, as this often leads to lower valuation potential. We may also sell or trim a position when we need to raise money to fund the purchase of a better investment opportunity or when valuation is extended beyond our expectations.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Growth Style Investment Risk.</b> Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Sector Emphasis Risk.</b> Investing a substantial portion of the Fund's assets in related industries or sectors may have greater risks because companies in these sectors may share common characteristics and may react similarly to market developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Smaller Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Administrator Class</b></p> Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +19.77% 0.1849 -0.2291 <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> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007267Member ~</div> 0 0 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007267Member ~</div> 0.0063 0 0.0041 0.0105 -0.0008 0.0097 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007267Member ~</div> 99 326 572 1275 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007267Member ~</div> -0.2483 0.3077 0.1323 0.095 0.0831 0.2806 -0.4021 0.4807 0.2661 0.0826 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007267Member ~</div> 2002-08-30 2002-08-30 2002-08-30 0.0826 0.0805 0.0565 0.0218 0.0921 0.0917 0.0802 0.0246 0.0745 0.0743 0.0659 0.0274 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 101% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances,</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">the Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in equity securities and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">may invest up to 25% of the its total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers, including ADRs and similar investments.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of companies of all market capitalizations. We seek to identify companies that have the prospect for improving sales and earnings growth rates, enjoy a competitive advantage (for example, dominant market share) and that we believe have effective management with a history of making investments that are in the best interests of shareholders (for example, companies with a history of earnings and sales growth that are in excess of total asset growth). We pay particular attention to balance sheet metrics such as changes in working capital, property, plant and equipment growth, inventory levels, accounts receivable, and acquisitions. We also look at how management teams allocate capital in order to drive future cash flow. Price objectives are determined based on industry specific valuation methodologies including relative price-to-earnings multiples, price-to-book value, operating profit margin trends, enterprise value to EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) and free cash flow yield. In addition to meeting with management, we take a surround-the-company approach by surveying a company's vendors, distributors, competitors and customers to obtain multiple perspectives that help us make better investment decisions. Portfolio holdings are continuously monitored for changes in fundamentals. The team seeks a favorable risk/reward relationship to fair valuation, which we define as the value of the company (i.e., our price target for the stock) relative to where the stock is currently trading. We may invest in any sector, and at times we may emphasize one or more particular sectors. We may choose to sell a holding when it no longer offers favorable growth prospects, reaches our target price, or to take advantage of a better investment opportunity.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Growth Style Investment Risk.</b> Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Sector Emphasis Risk.</b> Investing a substantial portion of the Fund's assets in related industries or sectors may have greater risks because companies in these sectors may share common characteristics and may react similarly to market developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Smaller Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Administrator Class</b></p> Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2003 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +20.46% 0.1675 -0.1936 <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> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029110Member ~</div> 0 0 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029110Member ~</div> 0.0074 0 0.0045 0.0119 -0.0014 0.0105 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029110Member ~</div> 107 364 641 1431 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029110Member ~</div> -0.2659 0.3947 0.067 0.0359 0.0542 0.1175 -0.2758 0.4286 0.1931 -0.0546 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029110Member ~</div> 1997-01-13 1997-01-13 1997-01-13 -0.0546 -0.0546 -0.0355 0.0218 0.0545 0.0543 0.047 0.0246 0.0452 0.0451 0.0394 0.0274 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 82% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in equity securities of U.S. large-capitalization companies.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of large-capitalization companies, which we define as companies with market capitalizations within the range of the S&amp;P 500® Index. The market capitalization range of the S&amp;P 500® Index was approximately $907 million to $559 billion, as of November 1, 2012 and is expected to change frequently. Furthermore, we may use futures to manage risk or to enhance return.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We employ a risk controlled investment approach in seeking to construct a broadly diversified portfolio of companies with characteristics similar to the S&amp;P 500 Index and a superior valuation and earnings profile. Our fundamental research identifies companies based on valuation, earnings and trading momentum characteristics that give a comprehensive view of each company's relative valuation, operational and financial performance, and stock price behavior. Our approach seeks to achieve positive excess returns relative to the S&amp;P 500® Index (which may include both value and growth stocks) by using stock selection to take controlled active risks in a portfolio that is similar to the benchmark. We regularly review the investments of the portfolio and may sell a portfolio holding when, among other reasons, we believe there is deterioration in the underlying fundamentals of the business, or we have identified a more attractive investment opportunity.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Counter-Party Risk.</b> A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Derivatives Risk.</b> The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Futures Risk.</b> Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Growth Style Investment Risk.</b> Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Leverage Risk.</b> Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Value Style Investment Risk.</b> Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Administrator Class</b></p> Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2003 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +15.10% 0.1617 -0.2066 <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> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029104Member ~</div> 0 0 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029104Member ~</div> 0.003 0 0.0046 0.0076 -0.0002 0.0074 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029104Member ~</div> 76 241 420 940 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029104Member ~</div> -0.2235 0.3014 0.126 0.0747 0.1745 0.0576 -0.3519 0.2344 0.1272 0.0379 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029104Member ~</div> 1995-02-21 1995-02-21 1995-02-21 0.0379 0.0296 0.0354 0.0211 -0.002 -0.0097 -0.0021 -0.0025 0.0358 0.0303 0.0305 0.0292 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 41% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in equity securities of large-capitalization companies; and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">up to 10% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers, including ADRs and similar investments.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of large-capitalization companies, which we define as companies with market capitalizations within the range of the S&amp;P 500® Index. The market capitalization range of the S&amp;P 500® Index was approximately $907 million to $559 billion, as of November 1, 2012, and is expected to change frequently. We may also invest in equity securities of foreign issuers including ADRs and similar investments. Generally, we avoid investments in issuers for which the primary industry classification is alcohol, gaming or tobacco.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We utilize a combination of quantitative methods and fundamental analysis to select a core portfolio of large-capitalization companies that we believe are relatively undervalued and exhibit the likelihood to meet or exceed future earnings expectations. Our quantitative analysis is based on a proprietary total composite model that considers valuation, earnings and trading momentum characteristics to rank securities. Stocks that are attractively ranked by the total composite model are candidates for purchase. Such candidates undergo further qualitative analysis, which may include an evaluation of a company's management strength, products and/or services, competition and risk profile.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">In general, a stock may be sold if it has declining earnings expectations or a significantly overvalued stock price, as indicated by lower rankings within the total composite model. Upon the sale of any security, we seek to invest the proceeds in the most attractive security, in light of all relevant considerations, in which the Fund may invest in accordance with the Fund's investment restrictions.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Growth Style Investment Risk.</b> Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Value Style Investment Risk.</b> Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Administrator Class</b></p> Highest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2009 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +17.38% 0.1337 -0.1961 <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> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029060Member ~</div> 0 0 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029060Member ~</div> 0.0065 0 0.0056 0.0121 -0.0031 0.009 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029060Member ~</div> 92 353 635 1438 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029060Member ~</div> -0.3495 0.1862 0.1216 0.0014 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataAAAA column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029060Member ~</div> 2010-07-16 2010-07-16 2010-07-16 0.0014 0 0.0028 0.0211 -0.0327 -0.0343 -0.0277 -0.0123 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 116% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in equity securities of large-capitalization companies; and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">up to 25% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers through ADRs and similar investments.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of large-capitalization companies that we believe offer the potential for capital growth. We define large-capitalization companies as those with market capitalizations within the range of the Russell 1000® Index. The market capitalization range of the Russell 1000® Index was approximately $1.3 billion to $540 billion, as of May 31, 2012, and is expected to change frequently. We may also invest in equity securities of foreign issuers through ADRs and similar investments. </p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> We seek to identify companies that have the prospect for improving sales and earnings growth rates, enjoy a competitive advantage (for example, dominant market share) and that we believe have effective management with a history of making investments that are in the best interests of shareholders (for example, companies with a history of earnings and sales growth that are in excess of total asset growth). We pay particular attention to balance sheet metrics such as changes in working capital, property, plant and equipment growth, inventory levels, accounts receivable, and acquisitions. We also look at how management teams allocate capital in order to drive future cash flow. Price objectives are determined based on industry specific valuation methodologies including relative price-to-earnings multiples, price-to-book value, operating profit margin trends, enterprise value to EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) and free cash flow yield. In addition to meeting with management, we take a surround the company approach by surveying a company's vendors, distributors, competitors and customers to obtain multiple perspectives that help us make better investment decisions. Portfolio holdings are continuously monitored for changes in fundamentals. The team seeks a favorable risk/reward relationship to fair valuation, which we define as the value of the company (i.e., our price target for the stock) relative to where the stock is currently trading. We may invest in any sector, and at times we may emphasize one or more particular sectors. We may choose to sell a holding when it no longer offers favorable growth prospects, reaches our target price, or to take advantage of a better investment opportunity.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Growth Style Investment Risk.</b> Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Sector Emphasis Risk.</b> Investing a substantial portion of the Fund's assets in related industries or sectors may have greater risks because companies in these sectors may share common characteristics and may react similarly to market developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Institutional Class</b></p> Highest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2010 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +18.54% 0.1688 -0.265 <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> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007251Member ~</div> 0 0 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007251Member ~</div> 0.0063 0 0.0015 0.0078 -0.0013 0.0065 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007251Member ~</div> 66 222 407 941 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007251Member ~</div> -0.1809 0.2579 0.1806 0.1013 0.0507 0.1877 -0.4531 0.354 0.1742 -0.0523 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007251Member ~</div> 2005-04-08 2005-04-08 2005-04-08 -0.0523 -0.0523 -0.034 0.0264 -0.0043 -0.0084 -0.0049 0.025 0.0325 0.0287 0.0266 0.026 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 46% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in equity securities of large-capitalization companies; and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">up to 25% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers, through ADRs and similar investments.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of large-capitalization companies that we believe have prospects for robust and sustainable growth of revenues and earnings. We define large-capitalization companies as those with market capitalizations within the range of the Russell 1000® Index. The market capitalization range of the Russell 1000® Index was approximately $1.3 billion to $540 billion, as of May 31, 2012, and is expected to change frequently. We may also invest in equity securities of foreign issuers, through ADRs and similar investments. </p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> We focus on companies that dominate their market, are establishing new markets or are undergoing dynamic change. We believe earnings and revenue growth relative to expectations are critical factors in determining stock price movements. Thus, our investment process is centered around finding companies with under-appreciated prospects for robust and sustainable growth in earnings and revenue. To find that growth, we use bottom-up research, emphasizing companies whose management teams have a history of successfully executing their strategy and whose business model has sufficient profit potential. We forecast revenue and earnings revision opportunities, along with other key financial metrics to assess investment potential. We then combine that company-specific analysis with our assessment of secular and timeliness trends to form a buy/sell decision about a particular stock. We may invest in any sector, and at times we may emphasize one or more particular sectors. We sell a company's securities when we see deterioration in fundamentals that leads us to become suspicious of a company's prospective growth profile or the profitability potential of its business model, as this often leads to lower valuation potential. We may also sell or trim a position when we need to raise money to fund the purchase of a better investment opportunity or when valuation is extended beyond our expectations.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Growth Style Investment Risk.</b> Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Sector Emphasis Risk.</b> Investing a substantial portion of the Fund's assets in related industries or sectors may have greater risks because companies in these sectors may share common characteristics and may react similarly to market developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Institutional Class</b></p> Highest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2009 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +16.17% 0.1436 -0.2221 <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> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007269Member ~</div> 0 0 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007269Member ~</div> 0.0065 0 0.0017 0.0001 0.0083 -0.0017 0.0066 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007269Member ~</div> 67 230 426 993 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007269Member ~</div> -0.2989 0.2683 0.0864 0.0787 0.0387 0.1812 -0.3882 0.3647 0.17 0.0333 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007269Member ~</div> 2010-07-30 2010-07-30 2010-07-30 0.0333 0.0333 0.0217 0.0264 0.0358 0.0358 0.0307 0.025 0.0258 0.0258 0.0223 0.026 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 51% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in equity securities of large-capitalization companies; and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">up to 20% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers, including ADRs and similar investments.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of large-capitalization companies, which we define as securities of companies with market capitalizations within the range of the Russell 1000® Index. The market capitalization range of the Russell 1000® Index was approximately $1.3 billion to $540 billion, as of May 31, 2012, and is expected to change frequently. We may also invest in equity securities of foreign issuers including ADRs and similar investments. </p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> We focus on companies that dominate their market, are establishing new markets or are undergoing dynamic change. We believe earnings and revenue growth relative to expectations are critical factors in determining stock price movements. Thus, our investment process is centered around finding companies with under-appreciated prospects for robust and sustainable growth in earnings and revenue. To find that growth, we use bottom-up research, emphasizing companies whose management teams have a history of successfully executing their strategy and whose business model has sufficient profit potential. We forecast revenue and earnings revision opportunities, along with other key financial metrics to assess investment potential. We then combine that company-specific analysis with our assessment of secular and timeliness trends to form a buy/sell decision about a particular stock. We may invest in any sector, and at times we may emphasize one or more particular sectors. We sell a company's securities when we see deterioration in fundamentals that leads us to become suspicious of a company's prospective growth profile or the profitability potential of its business model, as this often leads to lower valuation potential. We may also sell or trim a position when we need to raise money to fund the purchase of a better investment opportunity or when valuation is extended beyond our expectations.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Growth Style Investment Risk.</b> Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Sector Emphasis Risk.</b> Investing a substantial portion of the Fund's assets in related industries or sectors may have greater risks because companies in these sectors may share common characteristics and may react similarly to market developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Institutional Class</b></p> Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2003 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +18.73% 0.1478 -0.1887 <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> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029061Member ~</div> 0 0 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029061Member ~</div> 0.0063 0 0.0017 0.0001 0.0081 -0.001 0.0071 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029061Member ~</div> 73 238 429 983 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029061Member ~</div> -0.2385 0.2801 0.0502 0.0695 0.0768 0.1088 -0.2865 0.4011 0.1532 0.0298 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029061Member ~</div> 1999-06-30 1999-06-30 1999-06-30 0.0298 0.0258 0.0248 0.0264 0.0565 0.0549 0.0486 0.025 0.0449 0.0441 0.0391 0.026 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 34% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities of large-capitalization companies; and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">up to 20% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers, through ADRs and similar investments</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of approximately 30 to 50 large-capitalization companies, which we define as companies with market capitalizations within the range of the Russell 1000® Index. The market capitalization range of the Russell 1000® Index was approximately $1.3 billion to $540 billion, as of May 31, 2012, and is expected to change frequently. We may also invest in equity securities of foreign issuers through ADRs and similar investments. </p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> We utilize a long-term focus that is intended to take advantage of investment opportunities presented by what we believe are short-term price anomalies in high-quality stocks. We seek to identify companies with established operating histories, financial strength and management expertise, among other factors. We seek stocks that are trading at a discount to what we believe are their intrinsic values. Fundamental research is performed to identify securities for the portfolio with one or more catalysts present that we believe will unlock the intrinsic value of the securities. These catalysts may include productive use of strong free cash flow, productivity gains, positive change in management or control, innovative or competitively superior products, increasing shareholder focus, or resolution of ancillary problems or misperceptions. We may sell a holding if the value potential is realized, if warning signs emerge of beginning fundamental deterioration or if the valuation is no longer compelling relative to other investment opportunities.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Focused Portfolio Risk.</b> Since the Fund tends to invest in a smaller number of stocks than do many other similar mutual funds, changes in the value of individual stocks held by the Fund may have a larger impact on the Fund's net asset value than if the Fund were more broadly invested.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Value Style Investment Risk.</b> Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Institutional Class</b></p> Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +16.88% 0.1822 -0.202 <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> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029093Member ~</div> 0 0 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029093Member ~</div> 0.0065 0 0.0018 0.0001 0.0084 -0.0013 0.0071 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029093Member ~</div> 73 241 440 1012 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029093Member ~</div> 0.1022 -0.3637 0.3065 0.1811 -0.0163 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029093Member ~</div> 2006-08-01 2006-08-01 2006-08-01 -0.0163 -0.0365 0.0163 0.0039 0.0126 0.0052 0.0097 -0.0264 0.0307 0.0236 0.0253 -0.0033 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 37% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in equity securities of large-capitalization companies; and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">up to 25% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers through ADRs and similar investments.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of large-capitalization companies, which we define as companies with market capitalizations within the range of the Russell 1000® Index. The market capitalization range of the Russell 1000® Index was approximately $1.3 billion to $540 billion, as of May 31, 2012, and is expected to change frequently. We may also invest in equity securities of foreign issuers through ADRs and similar investments. </p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> Our investment process is highly aware of our sector allocations against our benchmark because we seek outperformance through stock selection rather than overweighting or underweighting certain sectors. We begin our process by ranking approximately 5,000 stocks by market capitalization. Stocks that pass this screen for us will be in the top 20% of market capitalization. We then use our own predetermined criteria (e.g., debt as a portion of firms' total value; net profits as a portion of firms' total revenue; and price-to-earnings ratios) to refine the resulting investment candidates. From there, we perform quantitative financial statement analyses focusing on the strengths and trends in income statements, cash flow statements and balance sheets. Next, using proprietary modeling that determines the valuation of each stock relative to its peers in its respective business sector, we filter the remaining stocks. Our last filter consists of our qualitative assessments for each stock combining inputs that include our assessments of management teams, competitive strengths, business trends, and catalysts in companies' respective businesses. The resulting final portfolio consists of a diverse group of stocks, each of which is believed to have compelling valuations relative to its respective business sector peers and attractive metrics in terms of its appreciation potential.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We regularly review the investments of the Fund and may sell a Fund holding when, among other reasons, we believe there is a deterioration in the underlying fundamentals of the business, or we have identified a more attractive investment opportunity. Specifically, a stock may be sold if its valuation rises significantly within its respective industry peer group, if its position appreciates above 4% of the Fund's total market value, if a company's management strategy deviates negatively from our expectations, or if a company's financial statements start to degrade materially.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Value Style Investment Risk.</b> Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Institutional Class</b></p> Highest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2009 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +14.21% 0.176 -0.2157 <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> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007273Member ~</div> 0 0 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007273Member ~</div> 0.0065 0 0.0019 0.0084 -0.0019 0.0065 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007273Member ~</div> 66 249 447 1020 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007273Member ~</div> -0.1942 0.2499 0.1449 0.0939 0.1817 0.0323 -0.3346 0.2192 0.1182 -0.0151 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007273Member ~</div> 2008-03-31 2008-03-31 2008-03-31 -0.0151 -0.0168 -0.0077 0.0039 -0.016 -0.024 -0.0142 -0.0264 0.0323 0.0232 0.0265 0.0389 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 94% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities; and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">up to 25% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers through ADRs and similar investments.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in the equity securities of approximately 30 to 40 companies that we believe offer the potential for capital growth. We may also invest in equity securities of foreign issuers through ADRs and similar investments. We select equity securities of companies of any size. Because we retain the flexibility to invest in a relatively small number of stocks, the Fund is also considered to be non-diversified. </p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> We seek to identify companies that have the prospect for improving sales and earnings growth rates, enjoy a competitive advantage (for example, dominant market share) and that we believe have effective management with a history of making investments that are in the best interests of shareholders (for example, companies with a history of earnings and sales growth that are in excess of total asset growth). We pay particular attention to balance sheet metrics such as changes in working capital, property, plant and equipment growth, inventory levels, accounts receivable, and acquisitions. We also look at how management teams allocate capital in order to drive future cash flow. Price objectives are determined based on industry specific valuation methodologies including relative price-to-earnings multiples, price-to-book value, operating profit margin trends, enterprise value to EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) and free cash flow yield. In addition to meeting with management, we take a surround the company approach by surveying a company's vendors, distributors, competitors and customers to obtain multiple perspectives that help us make better investment decisions. Portfolio holdings are continuously monitored for changes in fundamentals. The team seeks a favorable risk/reward relationship to fair valuation, which we define as the value of the company (i.e., our price target for the stock) relative to where the stock is currently trading. We may invest in any sector, and at times we may emphasize one or more particular sectors. We may choose to sell a holding when it no longer offers favorable growth prospects, reaches our target price, or to take advantage of a better investment opportunity.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Focused Portfolio Risk.</b> Since the Fund tends to invest in a smaller number of stocks than do many other similar mutual funds, changes in the value of individual stocks held by the Fund may have a larger impact on the Fund's net asset value than if the Fund were more broadly invested.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Growth Style Investment Risk.</b> Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Non-Diversification Risk.</b> A Fund that is considered "non-diversified" under the 1940 Act is more susceptible to financial, economic or market events impacting an issuer of portfolio securities than a "diversified" fund. Default by the issuer of a single security in the portfolio may have a greater negative effect than a similar default in a diversified portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Sector Emphasis Risk.</b> Investing a substantial portion of the Fund's assets in related industries or sectors may have greater risks because companies in these sectors may share common characteristics and may react similarly to market developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Smaller Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Institutional Class</b></p> Highest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2010 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +20.34% 0.1715 -0.2685 <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> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007253Member ~</div> 0 0 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007253Member ~</div> 0.0064 0 0.0016 0.008 0 0.008 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007253Member ~</div> 82 255 444 990 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007253Member ~</div> -0.2352 0.3705 0.168 0.1055 0.0429 0.1748 -0.4415 0.3277 0.1815 -0.0472 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007253Member ~</div> 2005-04-08 2005-04-08 2005-04-08 -0.0472 -0.0472 -0.0307 0.0264 -0.0039 -0.0055 -0.0036 0.025 0.0331 0.0307 0.0283 0.026 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 47% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities; and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">up to 25% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers through ADRs and similar investments.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of companies that we believe have prospects for robust and sustainable growth of revenues and earnings. We select equity securities of companies of all market capitalizations. We may also invest in equity securities of foreign issuers through ADRs and similar investments. </p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> We focus on companies that dominate their market, are establishing new markets or are undergoing dynamic change. We believe earnings and revenue growth relative to expectations are critical factors in determining stock price movements. Thus, our investment process is centered around finding companies with under-appreciated prospects for robust and sustainable growth in earnings and revenue. To find that growth, we use bottom-up research, emphasizing companies whose management teams have a history of successfully executing their strategy and whose business model has sufficient profit potential. We forecast revenue and earnings revision opportunities, along with other key financial metrics to assess investment potential. We then combine that company-specific analysis with our assessment of secular and timeliness trends to form a buy/sell decision about a particular stock. We may invest in any sector, and at times we may emphasize one or more particular sectors. We sell a company's securities when we see deterioration in fundamentals that leads us to become suspicious of a company's prospective growth profile or the profitability potential of its business model, as this often leads to lower valuation potential. We may also sell or trim a position when we need to raise money to fund the purchase of a better investment opportunity or when valuation is extended beyond our expectations.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Growth Style Investment Risk.</b> Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Sector Emphasis Risk.</b> Investing a substantial portion of the Fund's assets in related industries or sectors may have greater risks because companies in these sectors may share common characteristics and may react similarly to market developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Smaller Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Institutional Class</b></p> Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +19.94% 0.1855 -0.2287 <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> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007267Member ~</div> 0 0 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007267Member ~</div> 0.0063 0 0.0014 0.0001 0.0078 -0.0002 0.0076 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007267Member ~</div> 78 247 431 964 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007267Member ~</div> -0.2473 0.3093 0.1326 0.096 0.0844 0.2824 -0.401 0.4827 0.2683 0.0844 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007267Member ~</div> 2000-02-24 2000-02-24 2000-02-24 0.0844 0.0824 0.0576 0.0218 0.0939 0.0935 0.0818 0.0246 0.0759 0.0757 0.0672 0.0274 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 101% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances,</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">the Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in equity securities and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">may invest up to 25% of the its total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers, including ADRs and similar investments.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of companies of all market capitalizations. We seek to identify companies that have the prospect for improving sales and earnings growth rates, enjoy a competitive advantage (for example, dominant market share) and that we believe have effective management with a history of making investments that are in the best interests of shareholders (for example, companies with a history of earnings and sales growth that are in excess of total asset growth). We pay particular attention to balance sheet metrics such as changes in working capital, property, plant and equipment growth, inventory levels, accounts receivable, and acquisitions. We also look at how management teams allocate capital in order to drive future cash flow. Price objectives are determined based on industry specific valuation methodologies including relative price-to-earnings multiples, price-to-book value, operating profit margin trends, enterprise value to EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) and free cash flow yield. In addition to meeting with management, we take a surround-the-company approach by surveying a company's vendors, distributors, competitors and customers to obtain multiple perspectives that help us make better investment decisions. Portfolio holdings are continuously monitored for changes in fundamentals. The team seeks a favorable risk/reward relationship to fair valuation, which we define as the value of the company (i.e., our price target for the stock) relative to where the stock is currently trading. We may invest in any sector, and at times we may emphasize one or more particular sectors. We may choose to sell a holding when it no longer offers favorable growth prospects, reaches our target price, or to take advantage of a better investment opportunity.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Growth Style Investment Risk.</b> Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Sector Emphasis Risk.</b> Investing a substantial portion of the Fund's assets in related industries or sectors may have greater risks because companies in these sectors may share common characteristics and may react similarly to market developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Smaller Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Institutional Class</b></p> Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2003 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +20.68% 0.1675 -0.1936 <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> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029110Member ~</div> 0 0 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029110Member ~</div> 0.0074 0 0.0018 0.0092 -0.0012 0.008 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029110Member ~</div> 82 281 498 1120 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029110Member ~</div> -0.2659 0.3947 0.067 0.0359 0.0542 0.1175 -0.2758 0.4286 0.1943 -0.0519 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029110Member ~</div> 2010-07-30 2010-07-30 2010-07-30 -0.0519 -0.0519 -0.0337 0.0218 0.0554 0.0551 0.0477 0.0246 0.0456 0.0455 0.0398 0.0274 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 82% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in equity securities of U.S. large-capitalization companies.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of large-capitalization companies, which we define as companies with market capitalizations within the range of the S&amp;P 500® Index. The market capitalization range of the S&amp;P 500® Index was approximately $907 million to $559 billion, as of November 1, 2012 and is expected to change frequently. Furthermore, we may use futures to manage risk or to enhance return.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We employ a risk controlled investment approach in seeking to construct a broadly diversified portfolio of companies with characteristics similar to the S&amp;P 500 Index and a superior valuation and earnings profile. Our fundamental research identifies companies based on valuation, earnings and trading momentum characteristics that give a comprehensive view of each company's relative valuation, operational and financial performance, and stock price behavior. Our approach seeks to achieve positive excess returns relative to the S&amp;P 500® Index (which may include both value and growth stocks) by using stock selection to take controlled active risks in a portfolio that is similar to the benchmark. We regularly review the investments of the portfolio and may sell a portfolio holding when, among other reasons, we believe there is deterioration in the underlying fundamentals of the business, or we have identified a more attractive investment opportunity.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Counter-Party Risk.</b> A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Derivatives Risk.</b> The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Futures Risk.</b> Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Growth Style Investment Risk.</b> Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Leverage Risk.</b> Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Value Style Investment Risk.</b> Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Institutional Class</b></p> Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2003 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +15.28% 0.1617 -0.2066 <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> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029104Member ~</div> 0 0 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029104Member ~</div> 0.003 0 0.0019 0.0049 -0.0001 0.0048 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029104Member ~</div> 49 156 273 615 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029104Member ~</div> -0.2235 0.3014 0.126 0.0747 0.1745 0.0576 -0.3519 0.2344 0.1282 0.0412 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029104Member ~</div> 2010-07-30 2010-07-30 2010-07-30 0.0412 0.0321 0.0387 0.0211 -0.0012 -0.0091 -0.0014 -0.0025 0.0362 0.0306 0.0309 0.0292 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 41% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in equity securities of large-capitalization companies; and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">up to 10% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers, including ADRs and similar investments.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of large-capitalization companies, which we define as companies with market capitalizations within the range of the S&amp;P 500® Index. The market capitalization range of the S&amp;P 500® Index was approximately $907 million to $559 billion, as of November 1, 2012, and is expected to change frequently. We may also invest in equity securities of foreign issuers including ADRs and similar investments. Generally, we avoid investments in issuers for which the primary industry classification is alcohol, gaming or tobacco.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We utilize a combination of quantitative methods and fundamental analysis to select a core portfolio of large-capitalization companies that we believe are relatively undervalued and exhibit the likelihood to meet or exceed future earnings expectations. Our quantitative analysis is based on a proprietary total composite model that considers valuation, earnings and trading momentum characteristics to rank securities. Stocks that are attractively ranked by the total composite model are candidates for purchase. Such candidates undergo further qualitative analysis, which may include an evaluation of a company's management strength, products and/or services, competition and risk profile.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">In general, a stock may be sold if it has declining earnings expectations or a significantly overvalued stock price, as indicated by lower rankings within the total composite model. Upon the sale of any security, we seek to invest the proceeds in the most attractive security, in light of all relevant considerations, in which the Fund may invest in accordance with the Fund's investment restrictions.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Growth Style Investment Risk.</b> Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Value Style Investment Risk.</b> Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Institutional Class</b></p> Highest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2009 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +17.52% 0.1344 -0.1956 <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> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029060Member ~</div> 0 0 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029060Member ~</div> 0.0065 0 0.0029 0.0094 -0.0028 0.0066 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029060Member ~</div> 67 272 493 1129 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029060Member ~</div> -0.3479 0.189 0.1237 0.0039 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataBBBB column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029060Member ~</div> 2007-12-17 2007-12-17 2007-12-17 0.0039 0.002 0.0048 0.0211 -0.0305 -0.0323 -0.0259 -0.0123 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 116% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in equity securities of large-capitalization companies; and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">up to 25% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers through ADRs and similar investments.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of large-capitalization companies that we believe offer the potential for capital growth. We define large-capitalization companies as those with market capitalizations within the range of the Russell 1000® Index. The market capitalization range of the Russell 1000® Index was approximately $1.3 billion to $540 billion, as of May 31, 2012, and is expected to change frequently. We may also invest in equity securities of foreign issuers through ADRs and similar investments. </p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> We seek to identify companies that have the prospect for improving sales and earnings growth rates, enjoy a competitive advantage (for example, dominant market share) and that we believe have effective management with a history of making investments that are in the best interests of shareholders (for example, companies with a history of earnings and sales growth that are in excess of total asset growth). We pay particular attention to balance sheet metrics such as changes in working capital, property, plant and equipment growth, inventory levels, accounts receivable, and acquisitions. We also look at how management teams allocate capital in order to drive future cash flow. Price objectives are determined based on industry specific valuation methodologies including relative price-to-earnings multiples, price-to-book value, operating profit margin trends, enterprise value to EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) and free cash flow yield. In addition to meeting with management, we take a surround the company approach by surveying a company's vendors, distributors, competitors and customers to obtain multiple perspectives that help us make better investment decisions. Portfolio holdings are continuously monitored for changes in fundamentals. The team seeks a favorable risk/reward relationship to fair valuation, which we define as the value of the company (i.e., our price target for the stock) relative to where the stock is currently trading. We may invest in any sector, and at times we may emphasize one or more particular sectors. We may choose to sell a holding when it no longer offers favorable growth prospects, reaches our target price, or to take advantage of a better investment opportunity.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Growth Style Investment Risk.</b> Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Sector Emphasis Risk.</b> Investing a substantial portion of the Fund's assets in related industries or sectors may have greater risks because companies in these sectors may share common characteristics and may react similarly to market developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Investor Class</b></p> Highest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2010 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +18.07% 0.1685 -0.2658 <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> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataCCCC column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007251Member ~</div> 0 0 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataCCCC column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007251Member ~</div> 0.0063 0 0.0064 0.0127 -0.001 0.0117 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleCCCC column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007251Member ~</div> 119 383 677 1516 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataCCCC column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007251Member ~</div> -0.1809 0.2541 0.1751 0.0944 0.0436 0.1808 -0.4564 0.3453 0.1677 -0.0578 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataCCCC column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007251Member ~</div> 1997-11-03 1997-11-03 1997-11-03 -0.0578 -0.0578 -0.0376 0.0264 -0.0102 -0.0143 -0.0099 0.025 0.0274 0.0235 0.0221 0.026 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 46% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in equity securities of large-capitalization companies; and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">up to 25% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers, through ADRs and similar investments.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of large-capitalization companies that we believe have prospects for robust and sustainable growth of revenues and earnings. We define large-capitalization companies as those with market capitalizations within the range of the Russell 1000® Index. The market capitalization range of the Russell 1000® Index was approximately $1.3 billion to $540 billion, as of May 31, 2012, and is expected to change frequently. We may also invest in equity securities of foreign issuers, through ADRs and similar investments. </p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> We focus on companies that dominate their market, are establishing new markets or are undergoing dynamic change. We believe earnings and revenue growth relative to expectations are critical factors in determining stock price movements. Thus, our investment process is centered around finding companies with under-appreciated prospects for robust and sustainable growth in earnings and revenue. To find that growth, we use bottom-up research, emphasizing companies whose management teams have a history of successfully executing their strategy and whose business model has sufficient profit potential. We forecast revenue and earnings revision opportunities, along with other key financial metrics to assess investment potential. We then combine that company-specific analysis with our assessment of secular and timeliness trends to form a buy/sell decision about a particular stock. We may invest in any sector, and at times we may emphasize one or more particular sectors. We sell a company's securities when we see deterioration in fundamentals that leads us to become suspicious of a company's prospective growth profile or the profitability potential of its business model, as this often leads to lower valuation potential. We may also sell or trim a position when we need to raise money to fund the purchase of a better investment opportunity or when valuation is extended beyond our expectations.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Growth Style Investment Risk.</b> Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Sector Emphasis Risk.</b> Investing a substantial portion of the Fund's assets in related industries or sectors may have greater risks because companies in these sectors may share common characteristics and may react similarly to market developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Investor Class</b></p> Highest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2009 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +15.77% 0.1436 -0.2221 <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> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataCCCC column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007269Member ~</div> 0 0 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataCCCC column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007269Member ~</div> 0.0065 0 0.0066 0.0001 0.0132 -0.0018 0.0114 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleCCCC column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007269Member ~</div> 116 382 688 1558 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataCCCC column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007269Member ~</div> -0.2989 0.2683 0.0864 0.0787 0.0387 0.1812 -0.3882 0.3647 0.1676 0.029 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataCCCC column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007269Member ~</div> 1981-12-30 1981-12-30 1981-12-30 0.029 0.029 0.0188 0.0264 0.0345 0.0345 0.0296 0.025 0.0252 0.0252 0.0217 0.026 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 51% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in equity securities of large-capitalization companies; and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">up to 20% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers, including ADRs and similar investments.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of large-capitalization companies, which we define as securities of companies with market capitalizations within the range of the Russell 1000® Index. The market capitalization range of the Russell 1000® Index was approximately $1.3 billion to $540 billion, as of May 31, 2012, and is expected to change frequently. We may also invest in equity securities of foreign issuers including ADRs and similar investments. </p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> We focus on companies that dominate their market, are establishing new markets or are undergoing dynamic change. We believe earnings and revenue growth relative to expectations are critical factors in determining stock price movements. Thus, our investment process is centered around finding companies with under-appreciated prospects for robust and sustainable growth in earnings and revenue. To find that growth, we use bottom-up research, emphasizing companies whose management teams have a history of successfully executing their strategy and whose business model has sufficient profit potential. We forecast revenue and earnings revision opportunities, along with other key financial metrics to assess investment potential. We then combine that company-specific analysis with our assessment of secular and timeliness trends to form a buy/sell decision about a particular stock. We may invest in any sector, and at times we may emphasize one or more particular sectors. We sell a company's securities when we see deterioration in fundamentals that leads us to become suspicious of a company's prospective growth profile or the profitability potential of its business model, as this often leads to lower valuation potential. We may also sell or trim a position when we need to raise money to fund the purchase of a better investment opportunity or when valuation is extended beyond our expectations.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Growth Style Investment Risk.</b> Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Sector Emphasis Risk.</b> Investing a substantial portion of the Fund's assets in related industries or sectors may have greater risks because companies in these sectors may share common characteristics and may react similarly to market developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Investor Class</b></p> Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2003 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +18.42% 0.1466 -0.1882 <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> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataCCCC column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029061Member ~</div> 0 0 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataCCCC column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029061Member ~</div> 0.0063 0 0.0066 0.0001 0.013 -0.0011 0.0119 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleCCCC column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029061Member ~</div> 121 390 691 1548 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataCCCC column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029061Member ~</div> -0.24 0.2748 0.046 0.0654 0.0731 0.105 -0.2875 0.3952 0.1477 0.0255 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataCCCC column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029061Member ~</div> 2010-07-16 2010-07-16 2010-07-16 0.0255 0.0215 0.0221 0.0264 0.0527 0.0514 0.0453 0.025 0.0412 0.0406 0.0359 0.026 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 37% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in equity securities of large-capitalization companies; and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">up to 25% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers through ADRs and similar investments.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of large-capitalization companies, which we define as companies with market capitalizations within the range of the Russell 1000® Index. The market capitalization range of the Russell 1000® Index was approximately $1.3 billion to $540 billion, as of May 31, 2012, and is expected to change frequently. We may also invest in equity securities of foreign issuers through ADRs and similar investments. </p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> Our investment process is highly aware of our sector allocations against our benchmark because we seek outperformance through stock selection rather than overweighting or underweighting certain sectors. We begin our process by ranking approximately 5,000 stocks by market capitalization. Stocks that pass this screen for us will be in the top 20% of market capitalization. We then use our own predetermined criteria (e.g., debt as a portion of firms' total value; net profits as a portion of firms' total revenue; and price-to-earnings ratios) to refine the resulting investment candidates. From there, we perform quantitative financial statement analyses focusing on the strengths and trends in income statements, cash flow statements and balance sheets. Next, using proprietary modeling that determines the valuation of each stock relative to its peers in its respective business sector, we filter the remaining stocks. Our last filter consists of our qualitative assessments for each stock combining inputs that include our assessments of management teams, competitive strengths, business trends, and catalysts in companies' respective businesses. The resulting final portfolio consists of a diverse group of stocks, each of which is believed to have compelling valuations relative to its respective business sector peers and attractive metrics in terms of its appreciation potential.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We regularly review the investments of the Fund and may sell a Fund holding when, among other reasons, we believe there is a deterioration in the underlying fundamentals of the business, or we have identified a more attractive investment opportunity. Specifically, a stock may be sold if its valuation rises significantly within its respective industry peer group, if its position appreciates above 4% of the Fund's total market value, if a company's management strategy deviates negatively from our expectations, or if a company's financial statements start to degrade materially.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Value Style Investment Risk.</b> Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Investor Class</b></p> Highest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2009 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +13.75% 0.1755 -0.2169 <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> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataCCCC column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007273Member ~</div> 0 0 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataCCCC column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007273Member ~</div> 0.0065 0 0.0068 0.0133 -0.0017 0.0116 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleCCCC column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007273Member ~</div> 118 405 713 1587 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataCCCC column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007273Member ~</div> -0.1977 0.245 0.1404 0.0888 0.1775 0.0279 -0.3383 0.2122 0.1126 -0.0216 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataCCCC column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007273Member ~</div> 1993-07-01 1993-07-01 1993-07-01 -0.0216 -0.0224 -0.013 0.0039 -0.0214 -0.0284 -0.0186 -0.0264 0.0274 0.0198 0.0229 0.0389 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 47% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities; and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">up to 25% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers through ADRs and similar investments.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of companies that we believe have prospects for robust and sustainable growth of revenues and earnings. We select equity securities of companies of all market capitalizations. We may also invest in equity securities of foreign issuers through ADRs and similar investments. </p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> We focus on companies that dominate their market, are establishing new markets or are undergoing dynamic change. We believe earnings and revenue growth relative to expectations are critical factors in determining stock price movements. Thus, our investment process is centered around finding companies with under-appreciated prospects for robust and sustainable growth in earnings and revenue. To find that growth, we use bottom-up research, emphasizing companies whose management teams have a history of successfully executing their strategy and whose business model has sufficient profit potential. We forecast revenue and earnings revision opportunities, along with other key financial metrics to assess investment potential. We then combine that company-specific analysis with our assessment of secular and timeliness trends to form a buy/sell decision about a particular stock. We may invest in any sector, and at times we may emphasize one or more particular sectors. We sell a company's securities when we see deterioration in fundamentals that leads us to become suspicious of a company's prospective growth profile or the profitability potential of its business model, as this often leads to lower valuation potential. We may also sell or trim a position when we need to raise money to fund the purchase of a better investment opportunity or when valuation is extended beyond our expectations.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Growth Style Investment Risk.</b> Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Sector Emphasis Risk.</b> Investing a substantial portion of the Fund's assets in related industries or sectors may have greater risks because companies in these sectors may share common characteristics and may react similarly to market developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Smaller Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Investor Class</b></p> Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +19.50% 0.1842 -0.2297 <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> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataCCCC column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007267Member ~</div> 0 0 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataCCCC column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007267Member ~</div> 0.0063 0 0.0064 0.0001 0.0128 0 0.0128 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleCCCC column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007267Member ~</div> 130 406 702 1545 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataCCCC column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007267Member ~</div> -0.2528 0.3013 0.1257 0.0899 0.0773 0.2742 -0.4045 0.4733 0.2614 0.0788 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataCCCC column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007267Member ~</div> 1993-12-31 1993-12-31 1993-12-31 0.0788 0.0767 0.0542 0.0218 0.0875 0.0871 0.0761 0.0246 0.0693 0.0691 0.0612 0.0274 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 41% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in equity securities of large-capitalization companies; and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">up to 10% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers, including ADRs and similar investments.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of large-capitalization companies, which we define as companies with market capitalizations within the range of the S&amp;P 500® Index. The market capitalization range of the S&amp;P 500® Index was approximately $907 million to $559 billion, as of November 1, 2012, and is expected to change frequently. We may also invest in equity securities of foreign issuers including ADRs and similar investments. Generally, we avoid investments in issuers for which the primary industry classification is alcohol, gaming or tobacco.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We utilize a combination of quantitative methods and fundamental analysis to select a core portfolio of large-capitalization companies that we believe are relatively undervalued and exhibit the likelihood to meet or exceed future earnings expectations. Our quantitative analysis is based on a proprietary total composite model that considers valuation, earnings and trading momentum characteristics to rank securities. Stocks that are attractively ranked by the total composite model are candidates for purchase. Such candidates undergo further qualitative analysis, which may include an evaluation of a company's management strength, products and/or services, competition and risk profile.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">In general, a stock may be sold if it has declining earnings expectations or a significantly overvalued stock price, as indicated by lower rankings within the total composite model. Upon the sale of any security, we seek to invest the proceeds in the most attractive security, in light of all relevant considerations, in which the Fund may invest in accordance with the Fund's investment restrictions.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Growth Style Investment Risk.</b> Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Value Style Investment Risk.</b> Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Investor Class</b></p> Highest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2009 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +17.02% 0.1328 -0.1967 <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> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataCCCC column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029060Member ~</div> 0 0 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataCCCC column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029060Member ~</div> 0.0065 0 0.0078 0.0143 -0.0023 0.012 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleCCCC column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029060Member ~</div> 122 430 760 1693 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataCCCC column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029060Member ~</div> -0.3515 0.1825 0.1165 -0.0012 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataCCCC column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029060Member ~</div> 2010-07-16 2010-07-16 2010-07-16 -0.0012 -0.0021 0.0003 0.0211 -0.0359 -0.0374 -0.0304 -0.0123 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 46% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in equity securities of large-capitalization companies; and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">up to 25% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers, through ADRs and similar investments.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of large-capitalization companies that we believe have prospects for robust and sustainable growth of revenues and earnings. We define large-capitalization companies as those with market capitalizations within the range of the Russell 1000® Index. The market capitalization range of the Russell 1000® Index was approximately $1.3 billion to $540 billion, as of May 31, 2012, and is expected to change frequently. We may also invest in equity securities of foreign issuers, through ADRs and similar investments. </p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> We focus on companies that dominate their market, are establishing new markets or are undergoing dynamic change. We believe earnings and revenue growth relative to expectations are critical factors in determining stock price movements. Thus, our investment process is centered around finding companies with under-appreciated prospects for robust and sustainable growth in earnings and revenue. To find that growth, we use bottom-up research, emphasizing companies whose management teams have a history of successfully executing their strategy and whose business model has sufficient profit potential. We forecast revenue and earnings revision opportunities, along with other key financial metrics to assess investment potential. We then combine that company-specific analysis with our assessment of secular and timeliness trends to form a buy/sell decision about a particular stock. We may invest in any sector, and at times we may emphasize one or more particular sectors. We sell a company's securities when we see deterioration in fundamentals that leads us to become suspicious of a company's prospective growth profile or the profitability potential of its business model, as this often leads to lower valuation potential. We may also sell or trim a position when we need to raise money to fund the purchase of a better investment opportunity or when valuation is extended beyond our expectations.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Growth Style Investment Risk.</b> Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Sector Emphasis Risk.</b> Investing a substantial portion of the Fund's assets in related industries or sectors may have greater risks because companies in these sectors may share common characteristics and may react similarly to market developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R </b></p> Highest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2009 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 15.77% 0.1436 -0.2221 <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> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataDDDD column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007269Member ~</div> 0 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataDDDD column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007269Member ~</div> 0.0065 0.0025 0.006 0.0001 0.0151 -0.0018 0.0133 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleDDDD column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007269Member ~</div> 135 441 789 1770 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataDDDD column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007269Member ~</div> -0.2989 0.2683 0.0864 0.0787 0.0387 0.1812 -0.3882 0.3647 0.1676 0.029 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataDDDD column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007269Member ~</div> 2012-06-15 0.029 0.0264 0.0345 0.025 0.0252 0.026 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 101% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances,</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">the Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in equity securities and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">may invest up to 25% of the its total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers, including ADRs and similar investments.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of companies of all market capitalizations. We seek to identify companies that have the prospect for improving sales and earnings growth rates, enjoy a competitive advantage (for example, dominant market share) and that we believe have effective management with a history of making investments that are in the best interests of shareholders (for example, companies with a history of earnings and sales growth that are in excess of total asset growth). We pay particular attention to balance sheet metrics such as changes in working capital, property, plant and equipment growth, inventory levels, accounts receivable, and acquisitions. We also look at how management teams allocate capital in order to drive future cash flow. Price objectives are determined based on industry specific valuation methodologies including relative price-to-earnings multiples, price-to-book value, operating profit margin trends, enterprise value to EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) and free cash flow yield. In addition to meeting with management, we take a surround-the-company approach by surveying a company's vendors, distributors, competitors and customers to obtain multiple perspectives that help us make better investment decisions. Portfolio holdings are continuously monitored for changes in fundamentals. The team seeks a favorable risk/reward relationship to fair valuation, which we define as the value of the company (i.e., our price target for the stock) relative to where the stock is currently trading. We may invest in any sector, and at times we may emphasize one or more particular sectors. We may choose to sell a holding when it no longer offers favorable growth prospects, reaches our target price, or to take advantage of a better investment opportunity.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Growth Style Investment Risk.</b> Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Focused Portfolio Risk.</b> Since the Fund tends to invest in a smaller number of stocks than do many other similar mutual funds, changes in the value of individual stocks held by the Fund may have a larger impact on the Fund's net asset value than if the Fund were more broadly invested.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Sector Emphasis Risk.</b> Investing a substantial portion of the Fund's assets in related industries or sectors may have greater risks because companies in these sectors may share common characteristics and may react similarly to market developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Smaller Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R</b></p> Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2003 Lowest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2011 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +20.02% 0.1664 -0.1947 <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> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataDDDD column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029110Member ~</div> 0 0 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataDDDD column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029110Member ~</div> 0.0074 0.0025 0.0061 0.016 -0.0005 0.0155 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleDDDD column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029110Member ~</div> 158 500 866 1896 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataDDDD column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029110Member ~</div> -0.2691 0.3879 0.0618 0.0307 0.0491 0.1116 -0.2794 0.4219 0.1865 -0.059 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataDDDD column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029110Member ~</div> 2003-10-10 -0.059 0.0218 0.0492 0.0246 0.0401 0.0274 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the aggregate in specified classes of certain <i>Wells Fargo Advantage Funds</i> ®. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in "A Choice of Share Classes" and "Reductions and Waivers of Sales Charges" on pages 67 and 69 of the Prospectus and "Additional Purchase and Redemption Information" on page 55 of the Statement of Additional Information.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 116% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in equity securities of large-capitalization companies; and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">up to 25% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers through ADRs and similar investments.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of large-capitalization companies that we believe offer the potential for capital growth. We define large-capitalization companies as those with market capitalizations within the range of the Russell 1000® Index. The market capitalization range of the Russell 1000® Index was approximately $1.3 billion to $540 billion, as of May 31, 2012, and is expected to change frequently. We may also invest in equity securities of foreign issuers through ADRs and similar investments. </p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> We seek to identify companies that have the prospect for improving sales and earnings growth rates, enjoy a competitive advantage (for example, dominant market share) and that we believe have effective management with a history of making investments that are in the best interests of shareholders (for example, companies with a history of earnings and sales growth that are in excess of total asset growth). We pay particular attention to balance sheet metrics such as changes in working capital, property, plant and equipment growth, inventory levels, accounts receivable, and acquisitions. We also look at how management teams allocate capital in order to drive future cash flow. Price objectives are determined based on industry specific valuation methodologies including relative price-to-earnings multiples, price-to-book value, operating profit margin trends, enterprise value to EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) and free cash flow yield. In addition to meeting with management, we take a surround the company approach by surveying a company's vendors, distributors, competitors and customers to obtain multiple perspectives that help us make better investment decisions. Portfolio holdings are continuously monitored for changes in fundamentals. The team seeks a favorable risk/reward relationship to fair valuation, which we define as the value of the company (i.e., our price target for the stock) relative to where the stock is currently trading. We may invest in any sector, and at times we may emphasize one or more particular sectors. We may choose to sell a holding when it no longer offers favorable growth prospects, reaches our target price, or to take advantage of a better investment opportunity.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Growth Style Investment Risk.</b> Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Sector Emphasis Risk.</b> Investing a substantial portion of the Fund's assets in related industries or sectors may have greater risks because companies in these sectors may share common characteristics and may react similarly to market developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns for Class A as of 12/31 each year (Returns do not reflect sales charges and would be lower if they did)</b></p> Highest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2010 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +18.19% 0.1678 -0.2664 <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;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts. After-tax returns are shown only for the Class A shares. After-tax returns for the Class C shares will vary.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007251Member ~</div> 0.0575 0 0 0.01 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007251Member ~</div> 0.0063 0 0.0058 0.0121 -0.001 0.0111 0.0063 0.0075 0.0058 0.0196 -0.001 0.0186 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007251Member ~</div> 682 918 1183 1939 289 595 1038 2269 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007251Member ~</div> 189 595 1038 2269 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007251Member ~</div> -0.1809 0.2541 0.1751 0.0944 0.0436 0.1819 -0.4559 0.3476 0.1685 -0.0576 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007251Member ~</div> 2007-07-31 2007-07-31 2007-07-31 2007-07-31 -0.1115 -0.1115 -0.0725 -0.0742 0.0264 -0.021 -0.025 -0.0189 -0.0163 0.025 0.0218 0.0179 0.0172 0.0213 0.026 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the aggregate in specified classes of certain <i>Wells Fargo Advantage Funds</i> ®. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in "A Choice of Share Classes" and "Reductions and Waivers of Sales Charges" on pages 67 and 69 of the Prospectus and "Additional Purchase and Redemption Information" on page 55 of the Statement of Additional Information.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 46% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in equity securities of large-capitalization companies; and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">up to 25% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers, through ADRs and similar investments.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of large-capitalization companies that we believe have prospects for robust and sustainable growth of revenues and earnings. We define large-capitalization companies as those with market capitalizations within the range of the Russell 1000® Index. The market capitalization range of the Russell 1000® Index was approximately $1.3 billion to $540 billion, as of May 31, 2012, and is expected to change frequently. We may also invest in equity securities of foreign issuers, through ADRs and similar investments. </p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> We focus on companies that dominate their market, are establishing new markets or are undergoing dynamic change. We believe earnings and revenue growth relative to expectations are critical factors in determining stock price movements. Thus, our investment process is centered around finding companies with under-appreciated prospects for robust and sustainable growth in earnings and revenue. To find that growth, we use bottom-up research, emphasizing companies whose management teams have a history of successfully executing their strategy and whose business model has sufficient profit potential. We forecast revenue and earnings revision opportunities, along with other key financial metrics to assess investment potential. We then combine that company-specific analysis with our assessment of secular and timeliness trends to form a buy/sell decision about a particular stock. We may invest in any sector, and at times we may emphasize one or more particular sectors. We sell a company's securities when we see deterioration in fundamentals that leads us to become suspicious of a company's prospective growth profile or the profitability potential of its business model, as this often leads to lower valuation potential. We may also sell or trim a position when we need to raise money to fund the purchase of a better investment opportunity or when valuation is extended beyond our expectations.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Growth Style Investment Risk.</b> Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Sector Emphasis Risk.</b> Investing a substantial portion of the Fund's assets in related industries or sectors may have greater risks because companies in these sectors may share common characteristics and may react similarly to market developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns for Class A as of 12/31 each year (Returns do not reflect sales charges and would be lower if they did)</b></p> Highest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2009 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +15.86% 0.1436 -0.2221 <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;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts. After-tax returns are shown only for the Class A shares. After-tax returns for the Class C shares will vary.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007269Member ~</div> 0.0575 0 0 0.01 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007269Member ~</div> 0.0065 0 0.006 0.0001 0.0126 -0.0018 0.0108 0.0065 0.0075 0.006 0.0001 0.0201 -0.0018 0.0183 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007269Member ~</div> 679 917 1193 1979 286 595 1049 2308 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007269Member ~</div> 186 595 1049 2308 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007269Member ~</div> -0.2989 0.2683 0.0864 0.0787 0.0387 0.1812 -0.3882 0.3647 0.1684 0.0293 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007269Member ~</div> 2010-07-30 2010-07-30 2010-07-30 2010-07-30 -0.0299 -0.0299 -0.0194 0.0119 0.0264 0.0225 0.0225 0.0192 0.0275 0.025 0.0192 0.0192 0.0165 0.0182 0.026 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the aggregate in specified classes of certain <i>Wells Fargo Advantage Funds</i> ®. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in "A Choice of Share Classes" and "Reductions and Waivers of Sales Charges" on pages 67 and 69 of the Prospectus and "Additional Purchase and Redemption Information" on page 55 of the Statement of Additional Information.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 51% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in equity securities of large-capitalization companies; and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">up to 20% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers, including ADRs and similar investments.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of large-capitalization companies, which we define as securities of companies with market capitalizations within the range of the Russell 1000® Index. The market capitalization range of the Russell 1000® Index was approximately $1.3 billion to $540 billion, as of May 31, 2012, and is expected to change frequently. We may also invest in equity securities of foreign issuers including ADRs and similar investments. </p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> We focus on companies that dominate their market, are establishing new markets or are undergoing dynamic change. We believe earnings and revenue growth relative to expectations are critical factors in determining stock price movements. Thus, our investment process is centered around finding companies with under-appreciated prospects for robust and sustainable growth in earnings and revenue. To find that growth, we use bottom-up research, emphasizing companies whose management teams have a history of successfully executing their strategy and whose business model has sufficient profit potential. We forecast revenue and earnings revision opportunities, along with other key financial metrics to assess investment potential. We then combine that company-specific analysis with our assessment of secular and timeliness trends to form a buy/sell decision about a particular stock. We may invest in any sector, and at times we may emphasize one or more particular sectors. We sell a company's securities when we see deterioration in fundamentals that leads us to become suspicious of a company's prospective growth profile or the profitability potential of its business model, as this often leads to lower valuation potential. We may also sell or trim a position when we need to raise money to fund the purchase of a better investment opportunity or when valuation is extended beyond our expectations.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Growth Style Investment Risk.</b> Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Sector Emphasis Risk.</b> Investing a substantial portion of the Fund's assets in related industries or sectors may have greater risks because companies in these sectors may share common characteristics and may react similarly to market developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns for Class A as of 12/31 each year (Returns do not reflect sales charges and would be lower if they did)</b></p> Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2003 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +18.38% 0.1468 -0.188 <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;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts. After-tax returns are shown only for the Class A shares. After-tax returns for the Class B and Class C shares will vary.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029061Member ~</div> 0.0575 0 0 0.05 0 0.01 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029061Member ~</div> 0.0063 0 0.006 0.0001 0.0124 -0.0011 0.0113 0.0063 0.0075 0.006 0.0001 0.0199 -0.0011 0.0188 0.0063 0.0075 0.006 0.0001 0.0199 -0.0011 0.0188 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029061Member ~</div> 684 925 1196 1970 691 903 1252 2014 291 603 1052 2299 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029061Member ~</div> 191 603 1052 2014 191 603 1052 2299 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029061Member ~</div> -0.2394 0.2757 0.0468 0.0662 0.0738 0.1057 -0.287 0.3961 0.1488 0.0265 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029061Member ~</div> 1998-01-20 1998-01-20 1998-01-20 1935-09-11 1998-01-22 -0.0321 -0.0358 -0.0157 -0.0299 0.0085 0.0264 0.0412 0.04 0.0354 0.0423 0.0454 0.025 0.0359 0.0352 0.0311 0.0367 0.0343 0.026 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the aggregate in specified classes of certain <i>Wells Fargo Advantage Funds</i> ®. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in "A Choice of Share Classes" and "Reductions and Waivers of Sales Charges" on pages 67 and 69 of the Prospectus and "Additional Purchase and Redemption Information" on page 55 of the Statement of Additional Information.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 34% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities of large-capitalization companies; and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">up to 20% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers, through ADRs and similar investments</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of approximately 30 to 50 large-capitalization companies, which we define as companies with market capitalizations within the range of the Russell 1000® Index. The market capitalization range of the Russell 1000® Index was approximately $1.3 billion to $540 billion, as of May 31, 2012, and is expected to change frequently. We may also invest in equity securities of foreign issuers through ADRs and similar investments. </p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> We utilize a long-term focus that is intended to take advantage of investment opportunities presented by what we believe are short-term price anomalies in high-quality stocks. We seek to identify companies with established operating histories, financial strength and management expertise, among other factors. We seek stocks that are trading at a discount to what we believe are their intrinsic values. Fundamental research is performed to identify securities for the portfolio with one or more catalysts present that we believe will unlock the intrinsic value of the securities. These catalysts may include productive use of strong free cash flow, productivity gains, positive change in management or control, innovative or competitively superior products, increasing shareholder focus, or resolution of ancillary problems or misperceptions. We may sell a holding if the value potential is realized, if warning signs emerge of beginning fundamental deterioration or if the valuation is no longer compelling relative to other investment opportunities.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Focused Portfolio Risk.</b> Since the Fund tends to invest in a smaller number of stocks than do many other similar mutual funds, changes in the value of individual stocks held by the Fund may have a larger impact on the Fund's net asset value than if the Fund were more broadly invested.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Value Style Investment Risk.</b> Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns for Class A as of 12/31 each year (Returns do not reflect sales charges and would be lower if they did)</b></p> Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +16.60% 0.1828 -0.2037 <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;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts. After-tax returns are shown only for the Class A shares. After-tax returns for the Class B and Class C shares will vary.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029093Member ~</div> 0.0575 0 0 0.05 0 0.01 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029093Member ~</div> 0.0065 0 0.0061 0.0001 0.0127 -0.001 0.0117 0.0065 0.0075 0.0061 0.0001 0.0202 -0.001 0.0192 0.0065 0.0075 0.0061 0.0001 0.0202 -0.001 0.0192 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029093Member ~</div> 687 819 1097 1887 695 914 1269 2048 295 614 1069 2332 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029093Member ~</div> 195 614 1069 2048 195 614 1069 2332 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029093Member ~</div> 0.1009 -0.3658 0.3037 0.1775 -0.0192 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029093Member ~</div> 2006-08-01 2006-08-01 2006-08-01 2006-08-01 2006-08-01 -0.0756 -0.094 -0.0247 -0.0695 -0.0363 0.0039 -0.0019 -0.0088 -0.0025 -0.0012 0.0025 -0.0264 0.0168 0.0102 0.0134 0.0189 0.0206 -0.0033 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the aggregate in specified classes of certain <i>Wells Fargo Advantage Funds</i> ®. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in "A Choice of Share Classes" and "Reductions and Waivers of Sales Charges" on pages 67 and 69 of the Prospectus and "Additional Purchase and Redemption Information" on page 55 of the Statement of Additional Information.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 37% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in equity securities of large-capitalization companies; and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">up to 25% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers through ADRs and similar investments.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of large-capitalization companies, which we define as companies with market capitalizations within the range of the Russell 1000® Index. The market capitalization range of the Russell 1000® Index was approximately $1.3 billion to $540 billion, as of May 31, 2012, and is expected to change frequently. We may also invest in equity securities of foreign issuers through ADRs and similar investments. </p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> Our investment process is highly aware of our sector allocations against our benchmark because we seek outperformance through stock selection rather than overweighting or underweighting certain sectors. We begin our process by ranking approximately 5,000 stocks by market capitalization. Stocks that pass this screen for us will be in the top 20% of market capitalization. We then use our own predetermined criteria (e.g., debt as a portion of firms' total value; net profits as a portion of firms' total revenue; and price-to-earnings ratios) to refine the resulting investment candidates. From there, we perform quantitative financial statement analyses focusing on the strengths and trends in income statements, cash flow statements and balance sheets. Next, using proprietary modeling that determines the valuation of each stock relative to its peers in its respective business sector, we filter the remaining stocks. Our last filter consists of our qualitative assessments for each stock combining inputs that include our assessments of management teams, competitive strengths, business trends, and catalysts in companies' respective businesses. The resulting final portfolio consists of a diverse group of stocks, each of which is believed to have compelling valuations relative to its respective business sector peers and attractive metrics in terms of its appreciation potential.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We regularly review the investments of the Fund and may sell a Fund holding when, among other reasons, we believe there is a deterioration in the underlying fundamentals of the business, or we have identified a more attractive investment opportunity. Specifically, a stock may be sold if its valuation rises significantly within its respective industry peer group, if its position appreciates above 4% of the Fund's total market value, if a company's management strategy deviates negatively from our expectations, or if a company's financial statements start to degrade materially.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Value Style Investment Risk.</b> Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns for Class A as of 12/31 each year (Returns do not reflect sales charges and would be lower if they did)</b></p> Highest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2009 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +13.70% 0.1751 -0.2164 <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;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts. After-tax returns are shown only for the Class A shares. After-tax returns for the Class C shares will vary.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007273Member ~</div> 0.0575 0 0 0.01 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007273Member ~</div> 0.0065 0 0.0062 0.0127 -0.0017 0.011 0.0065 0.0075 0.0062 0.0202 -0.0017 0.0185 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007273Member ~</div> 681 939 1217 2007 288 617 1072 2334 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007273Member ~</div> 188 617 1072 2334 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007273Member ~</div> -0.1979 0.245 0.1404 0.0888 0.1775 0.0279 -0.3376 0.2122 0.1136 -0.0198 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007273Member ~</div> 2008-03-31 2008-03-31 2008-03-31 2008-03-31 -0.076 -0.0769 -0.0482 -0.0374 0.0039 -0.0322 -0.0394 -0.0277 -0.0276 -0.0264 0.0217 0.014 0.0178 0.021 0.0389 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the aggregate in specified classes of certain <i>Wells Fargo Advantage Funds</i> ®. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in "A Choice of Share Classes" and "Reductions and Waivers of Sales Charges" on pages 67 and 69 of the Prospectus and "Additional Purchase and Redemption Information" on page 55 of the Statement of Additional Information.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 94% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities; and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">up to 25% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers through ADRs and similar investments.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in the equity securities of approximately 30 to 40 companies that we believe offer the potential for capital growth. We may also invest in equity securities of foreign issuers through ADRs and similar investments. We select equity securities of companies of any size. Because we retain the flexibility to invest in a relatively small number of stocks, the Fund is also considered to be non-diversified. </p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> We seek to identify companies that have the prospect for improving sales and earnings growth rates, enjoy a competitive advantage (for example, dominant market share) and that we believe have effective management with a history of making investments that are in the best interests of shareholders (for example, companies with a history of earnings and sales growth that are in excess of total asset growth). We pay particular attention to balance sheet metrics such as changes in working capital, property, plant and equipment growth, inventory levels, accounts receivable, and acquisitions. We also look at how management teams allocate capital in order to drive future cash flow. Price objectives are determined based on industry specific valuation methodologies including relative price-to-earnings multiples, price-to-book value, operating profit margin trends, enterprise value to EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) and free cash flow yield. In addition to meeting with management, we take a surround the company approach by surveying a company's vendors, distributors, competitors and customers to obtain multiple perspectives that help us make better investment decisions. Portfolio holdings are continuously monitored for changes in fundamentals. The team seeks a favorable risk/reward relationship to fair valuation, which we define as the value of the company (i.e., our price target for the stock) relative to where the stock is currently trading. We may invest in any sector, and at times we may emphasize one or more particular sectors. We may choose to sell a holding when it no longer offers favorable growth prospects, reaches our target price, or to take advantage of a better investment opportunity.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Focused Portfolio Risk.</b> Since the Fund tends to invest in a smaller number of stocks than do many other similar mutual funds, changes in the value of individual stocks held by the Fund may have a larger impact on the Fund's net asset value than if the Fund were more broadly invested.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Growth Style Investment Risk.</b> Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Non-Diversification Risk.</b> A Fund that is considered "non-diversified" under the 1940 Act is more susceptible to financial, economic or market events impacting an issuer of portfolio securities than a "diversified" fund. Default by the issuer of a single security in the portfolio may have a greater negative effect than a similar default in a diversified portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Sector Emphasis Risk.</b> Investing a substantial portion of the Fund's assets in related industries or sectors may have greater risks because companies in these sectors may share common characteristics and may react similarly to market developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Smaller Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns for Class A as of 12/31 each year (Returns do not reflect sales charges and would be lower if they did)</b></p> Highest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2010 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +19.89% 0.1709 -0.2691 <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;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts. After-tax returns are shown only for the Class A shares. After-tax returns for the Class B and Class C shares will vary.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007253Member ~</div> 0.0575 0 0 0.05 0 0.01 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007253Member ~</div> 0.0064 0 0.0059 0.0123 0 0.0123 0.0064 0.0075 0.0059 0.0198 0 0.0198 0.0064 0.0075 0.0059 0.0198 0 0.0198 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007253Member ~</div> 693 943 1212 1978 701 921 1268 2022 301 621 1068 2306 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007253Member ~</div> 201 621 1068 2022 201 621 1068 2306 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007253Member ~</div> -0.2352 0.3705 0.168 0.1021 0.039 0.1689 -0.4439 0.3222 0.1749 -0.0503 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007253Member ~</div> 2000-12-29 2000-12-29 2000-12-29 2000-12-29 2000-12-29 -0.1046 -0.1046 -0.068 -0.108 -0.068 0.0264 -0.02 -0.0215 -0.0172 -0.0203 -0.0158 0.025 0.0239 0.0216 0.0203 0.0244 0.0222 0.026 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the aggregate in specified classes of certain <i>Wells Fargo Advantage Funds</i> ®. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in "A Choice of Share Classes" and "Reductions and Waivers of Sales Charges" on pages 67 and 69 of the Prospectus and "Additional Purchase and Redemption Information" on page 55 of the Statement of Additional Information.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 47% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities; and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">up to 25% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers through ADRs and similar investments.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of companies that we believe have prospects for robust and sustainable growth of revenues and earnings. We select equity securities of companies of all market capitalizations. We may also invest in equity securities of foreign issuers through ADRs and similar investments. </p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> We focus on companies that dominate their market, are establishing new markets or are undergoing dynamic change. We believe earnings and revenue growth relative to expectations are critical factors in determining stock price movements. Thus, our investment process is centered around finding companies with under-appreciated prospects for robust and sustainable growth in earnings and revenue. To find that growth, we use bottom-up research, emphasizing companies whose management teams have a history of successfully executing their strategy and whose business model has sufficient profit potential. We forecast revenue and earnings revision opportunities, along with other key financial metrics to assess investment potential. We then combine that company-specific analysis with our assessment of secular and timeliness trends to form a buy/sell decision about a particular stock. We may invest in any sector, and at times we may emphasize one or more particular sectors. We sell a company's securities when we see deterioration in fundamentals that leads us to become suspicious of a company's prospective growth profile or the profitability potential of its business model, as this often leads to lower valuation potential. We may also sell or trim a position when we need to raise money to fund the purchase of a better investment opportunity or when valuation is extended beyond our expectations.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Growth Style Investment Risk.</b> Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Sector Emphasis Risk.</b> Investing a substantial portion of the Fund's assets in related industries or sectors may have greater risks because companies in these sectors may share common characteristics and may react similarly to market developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Smaller Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns for Class A as of 12/31 each year (Returns do not reflect sales charges and would be lower if they did)</b></p> Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +19.55% 0.1843 -0.2295 <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;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts. After-tax returns are shown only for the Class A shares. After-tax returns for the Class C shares will vary.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007267Member ~</div> 0.0575 0 0 0.01 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007267Member ~</div> 0.0063 0 0.0057 0.0001 0.0121 0 0.0121 0.0063 0.0075 0.0057 0.0001 0.0196 0 0.0196 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007267Member ~</div> 691 937 1202 1957 299 615 1057 2285 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007267Member ~</div> 199 615 1057 2285 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007267Member ~</div> -0.2526 0.3006 0.1246 0.0911 0.0796 0.2761 -0.4039 0.475 0.2626 0.0797 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000007267Member ~</div> 2000-02-24 2000-02-24 2000-02-24 2002-12-26 0.0175 0.0155 0.0142 0.0619 0.0218 0.0759 0.0755 0.0658 0.0807 0.0246 0.0638 0.0636 0.0562 0.0621 0.0274 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the aggregate in specified classes of certain <i>Wells Fargo Advantage Funds</i> ®. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in "A Choice of Share Classes" and "Reductions and Waivers of Sales Charges" on pages 67 and 69 of the Prospectus and "Additional Purchase and Redemption Information" on page 55 of the Statement of Additional Information.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 101% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances,</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">the Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in equity securities and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">may invest up to 25% of the its total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers, including ADRs and similar investments.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of companies of all market capitalizations. We seek to identify companies that have the prospect for improving sales and earnings growth rates, enjoy a competitive advantage (for example, dominant market share) and that we believe have effective management with a history of making investments that are in the best interests of shareholders (for example, companies with a history of earnings and sales growth that are in excess of total asset growth). We pay particular attention to balance sheet metrics such as changes in working capital, property, plant and equipment growth, inventory levels, accounts receivable, and acquisitions. We also look at how management teams allocate capital in order to drive future cash flow. Price objectives are determined based on industry specific valuation methodologies including relative price-to-earnings multiples, price-to-book value, operating profit margin trends, enterprise value to EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) and free cash flow yield. In addition to meeting with management, we take a surround-the-company approach by surveying a company's vendors, distributors, competitors and customers to obtain multiple perspectives that help us make better investment decisions. Portfolio holdings are continuously monitored for changes in fundamentals. The team seeks a favorable risk/reward relationship to fair valuation, which we define as the value of the company (i.e., our price target for the stock) relative to where the stock is currently trading. We may invest in any sector, and at times we may emphasize one or more particular sectors. We may choose to sell a holding when it no longer offers favorable growth prospects, reaches our target price, or to take advantage of a better investment opportunity.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Growth Style Investment Risk.</b> Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Sector Emphasis Risk.</b> Investing a substantial portion of the Fund's assets in related industries or sectors may have greater risks because companies in these sectors may share common characteristics and may react similarly to market developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Smaller Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns for Class A as of 12/31 each year (Returns do not reflect sales charges and would be lower if they did)</b></p> Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2003 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +20.24% 0.1671 -0.1941 <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;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts. After-tax returns are shown only for the Class A shares. After-tax returns for the Class B and Class C shares will vary.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029110Member ~</div> 0.0575 0 0 0.05 0 0.01 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029110Member ~</div> 0.0074 0 0.0061 0.0135 -0.0005 0.013 0.0074 0.0075 0.0061 0.021 -0.0005 0.0205 0.0074 0.0075 0.0061 0.021 -0.0005 0.0205 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029110Member ~</div> 700 973 1267 2101 708 953 1324 2146 308 653 1124 2427 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029110Member ~</div> 208 653 1124 2146 208 653 1124 2427 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029110Member ~</div> -0.2672 0.3906 0.0635 0.0326 0.0512 0.1143 -0.2775 0.4253 0.1899 -0.0567 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029110Member ~</div> 1968-04-29 1968-04-29 1968-04-29 1993-08-02 1993-08-02 -0.1109 -0.1109 -0.0721 -0.1105 -0.0738 0.0218 0.0395 0.0393 0.0339 0.0406 0.044 0.0246 0.0363 0.0362 0.0315 0.0372 0.0348 0.0274 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the aggregate in specified classes of certain <i>Wells Fargo Advantage Funds</i> ®. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in "A Choice of Share Classes" and "Reductions and Waivers of Sales Charges" on pages 67 and 69 of the Prospectus and "Additional Purchase and Redemption Information" on page 55 of the Statement of Additional Information.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 82% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in equity securities of U.S. large-capitalization companies.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of large-capitalization companies, which we define as companies with market capitalizations within the range of the S&amp;P 500® Index. The market capitalization range of the S&amp;P 500® Index was approximately $907 million to $559 billion, as of November 1, 2012 and is expected to change frequently. Furthermore, we may use futures to manage risk or to enhance return.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We employ a risk controlled investment approach in seeking to construct a broadly diversified portfolio of companies with characteristics similar to the S&amp;P 500 Index and a superior valuation and earnings profile. Our fundamental research identifies companies based on valuation, earnings and trading momentum characteristics that give a comprehensive view of each company's relative valuation, operational and financial performance, and stock price behavior. Our approach seeks to achieve positive excess returns relative to the S&amp;P 500® Index (which may include both value and growth stocks) by using stock selection to take controlled active risks in a portfolio that is similar to the benchmark. We regularly review the investments of the portfolio and may sell a portfolio holding when, among other reasons, we believe there is deterioration in the underlying fundamentals of the business, or we have identified a more attractive investment opportunity.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Counter-Party Risk.</b> A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Derivatives Risk.</b> The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Futures Risk.</b> Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Growth Style Investment Risk.</b> Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Leverage Risk.</b> Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Value Style Investment Risk.</b> Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns for Class A shares as of 12/31 each year (Returns do not reflect sales charges and would be lower if they did)</b></p> Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2003 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +15.00% 0.1618 -0.2075 <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;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts. After-tax returns are shown only for the Class A shares. After-tax returns for the Class C shares will vary.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029104Member ~</div> 0.0575 0 0 0.01 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029104Member ~</div> 0.003 0 0.0062 0.0092 0 0.0092 0.003 0.0075 0.0062 0.0167 0 0.0167 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029104Member ~</div> 663 851 1055 1641 270 526 907 1976 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029104Member ~</div> 170 526 907 1976 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029104Member ~</div> -0.225 0.2984 0.1222 0.0715 0.1716 0.0544 -0.3536 0.2326 0.1237 0.0363 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029104Member ~</div> 1990-02-28 1990-02-28 1990-02-28 1999-06-30 -0.0234 -0.0312 -0.005 0.0194 0.0211 -0.0161 -0.0235 -0.014 -0.0116 -0.0025 0.0271 0.022 0.023 0.0257 0.0292 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the aggregate in specified classes of certain <i>Wells Fargo Advantage Funds</i> ®. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in "A Choice of Share Classes" and "Reductions and Waivers of Sales Charges" on pages 67 and 69 of the Prospectus and "Additional Purchase and Redemption Information" on page 55 of the Statement of Additional Information.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 41% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in equity securities of large-capitalization companies; and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">up to 10% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers, including ADRs and similar investments.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of large-capitalization companies, which we define as companies with market capitalizations within the range of the S&amp;P 500® Index. The market capitalization range of the S&amp;P 500® Index was approximately $907 million to $559 billion, as of November 1, 2012, and is expected to change frequently. We may also invest in equity securities of foreign issuers including ADRs and similar investments. Generally, we avoid investments in issuers for which the primary industry classification is alcohol, gaming or tobacco.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We utilize a combination of quantitative methods and fundamental analysis to select a core portfolio of large-capitalization companies that we believe are relatively undervalued and exhibit the likelihood to meet or exceed future earnings expectations. Our quantitative analysis is based on a proprietary total composite model that considers valuation, earnings and trading momentum characteristics to rank securities. Stocks that are attractively ranked by the total composite model are candidates for purchase. Such candidates undergo further qualitative analysis, which may include an evaluation of a company's management strength, products and/or services, competition and risk profile.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">In general, a stock may be sold if it has declining earnings expectations or a significantly overvalued stock price, as indicated by lower rankings within the total composite model. Upon the sale of any security, we seek to invest the proceeds in the most attractive security, in light of all relevant considerations, in which the Fund may invest in accordance with the Fund's investment restrictions.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Risks </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Foreign Investment Risk.</b> Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Growth Style Investment Risk.</b> Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Issuer Risk.</b> The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Larger Company Securities Risk.</b> Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Liquidity Risk.</b> A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Management Risk.</b> There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Market Risk.</b> The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Regulatory Risk.</b> Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> <b>Value Style Investment Risk.</b> Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Performance </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at <u>wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com</u>.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Calendar Year Total Returns for Class A as of 12/31 each year (Returns do not reflect sales charges and would be lower if they did)</b></p> Highest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2009 Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008 Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is +17.02% 0.133 -0.1971 <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;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts. After-tax returns are shown only for the Class A shares. After-tax returns for the Class C shares will vary.</p> <div style="display:none">~http://wells/role/ShareholderFeesDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029060Member ~</div> 0.0575 0 0 0.01 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/OperatingExpensesDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029060Member ~</div> 0.0065 0 0.0072 0.0137 -0.0023 0.0114 0.0065 0.0075 0.0072 0.0212 -0.0023 0.0189 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029060Member ~</div> 685 963 1261 2108 292 642 1118 2434 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029060Member ~</div> 192 642 1118 2434 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/BarChartDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029060Member ~</div> -0.3499 0.1865 0.1187 -0.0007 <div style="display:none">~ http://wells/role/PerformanceTableDataEEEE column period compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * row dei_LegalEntityAxis compact wells_S000029060Member ~</div> 2007-12-17 2007-12-17 2007-12-17 2007-12-17 -0.0585 -0.0594 -0.0369 -0.0183 0.0211 -0.0479 -0.0407 -0.0123 -0.0492 -0.0404 <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Investment Objective </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Fees and Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Example of Expenses </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Portfolio Turnover </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 116% of the average value of its portfolio.</p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"><b> Principal Investment Strategies </b></p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</p> <ul><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in equity securities of large-capitalization companies; and</p> </li><li> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">up to 25% of the Fund's total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers through ADRs and similar investments.</p> </li></ul> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;">We invest principally in equity securities of large-capitalization companies that we believe offer the potential for capital growth. We define large-capitalization companies as those with market capitalizations within the range of the Russell 1000® Index. The market capitalization range of the Russell 1000® Index was approximately $1.3 billion to $540 billion, as of May 31, 2012, and is expected to change frequently. We may also invest in equity securities of foreign issuers through ADRs and similar investments. </p> <p style="font-size:12;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;"> We seek to identify companies that have the prospect for improving sales and earnings growth rates, enjoy a competitive advantage (for example, dominant market share) and that we believe have effective management with a history of making investments that are in the best interests of shareholders (for example, companies with a history of earnings and sales growth that are in excess of total asset growth). We pay particular attention to balance sheet metrics such as changes in working capital, property, plant and equipment growth, inventory levels, accounts receivable, and acquisitions. We also look at how management teams allocate capital in order to drive future cash flow. Price objectives are determined based on industry specific valuation methodologies including relative price-to-earnings multiples, price-to-book value, operating profit margin trends, enterprise value to EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) and free cash flow yield. In additio