485BPOS 1 wrapper.htm 485(B) FILING

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2010

Registration No. 333-164931

  

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

  

FORM N-14

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

Pre-Effective Amendment No. __

 

 

 

 

Post-Effective Amendment No. 

 

 

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter:

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST

  

Area Code and Telephone Number: (800) 552-9612

Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code:

525 Market Street

San Francisco, California 94163

Name and Address of Agent for Service:

C. David Messman

c/oWells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

525 Market Street, 12th Floor

San Francisco, California 94105

  

With copies to:

Marco E. Adelfio, Esq.

GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
901 NEW YORK AVENUE, N.W.

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20001

 

 No filing fee is required under the Securities Act of 1933 because an indefinite number of shares of beneficial interest in the Registrant has previously been registered pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.


WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST

PART A

PROSPECTUS/PROXY STATEMENT


 

 

Final

Institutional Money Market Funds (mergers)

[Co-branded logos]

 

Your Vote Is Important

 

The enclosed document is a combined prospectus/proxy statement with proposals that pertain to certain Evergreen Funds and Wells Fargo Advantage Funds®. As a shareholder of one or more of these Funds, you are being asked to approve a merger of your Fund into an acquiring Wells Fargo Advantage Fund.

 

The voting process will only take a few minutes

Instructions for returning your proxy vote are enclosed. Please be sure to respond by June 8, 2010, regardless of the number of shares you own.

 

Highlights of proxy proposals

For your convenience, the following information highlights the principal aspects of the proposals in the proxy. Full details are provided in the prospectus/proxy statement. We encourage you to read it carefully.

 

Why have the proposals for the merger of these Funds been put forward at this time?

 

The enclosed prospectus/proxy statement for the merger of your funds is part of the overall proposal to combine the fund lineups of Wells Fargo Advantage Funds and Evergreen Funds. As a result of the merger between Wells Fargo & Company and Wachovia Corporation, Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, the investment advisor to the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, and Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC, the investment advisor to the Evergreen Funds, recommended that the Boards of Trustees of the two fund families approve combining the fund families under the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds name.

 

What am I being asked to vote on?

 

As a shareholder of a merging (Target) fund, you are being asked to approve the merger of your fund into a surviving (Acquiring) fund. Your fund’s Board of Trustees believes that the merger is in the best interests of your fund and that the interests of existing shareholders would not be diluted as a result of the merger. As such, they recommend that you vote to approve it.

 

Upon approval by shareholders as well as the satisfaction of other closing conditions, the target fund will transfer all of its assets to the acquiring fund and the acquiring fund will assume all of the liabilities of the target fund in exchange for shares of a comparable class of the acquiring fund. The acquiring fund shares that you receive in a merger will have a total dollar value equal to that of the target fund shares that you hold at the time of the merger

 

Each merging fund and its corresponding acquiring fund are listed below:

 

Merging (Target) Fund                Surviving (Acquiring) Fund

Evergreen Institutional 100%           Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Treasury Money Market Fund         Money Market Fund

Evergreen Prime Cash Management  Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage    Money Market Fund                           Money Market FundSM

Evergreen Institutional Money             Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund                                       Market FundSM

Evergreen Institutional Municipal           Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Money Market Fund                            Cash Management Money Market                   
                                                            Fund

 

 

 

 

 

Why has my fund’s Board of Trustees recommended that I vote in favor of approving a merger?

Among the factors the Boards considered in recommending the mergers were the following:

  • Similarities and differences between the target funds’ and the acquiring funds’ investment goals, principal investment strategies and specific portfolio characteristics as well as the relative sizes,   performance records, and expenses of the funds.

Shareholders will not bear any direct expenses in connection with the mergers.

The mergers are expected to be a nontaxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

How do I vote my shares?

 

You can vote your shares in one of four ways:

Vote online at the Web site address listed on your proxy card.

Call the toll-free number printed on your proxy card.

Complete and sign the enclosed proxy card and return by mail in the enclosed postage paid return envelope (if mailed in the United States).

Attend the special meeting scheduled to be held on June 8, 2010. Whether or not you expect to attend the meeting, we encourage you to vote online or by phone or mail.

 

What is the due date for returning my vote?

Please read the enclosed proxy materials, consider the information provided carefully, and then vote promptly. The voting process only takes a few minutes. A final vote will take place at a special meeting of shareholders scheduled on June 8, 2010. Your vote must be received by that date.  

   

Is this a taxable event for shareholders?

No. Each merger is expected to be a nontaxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

Whom should I call with questions about the voting process?

If you have any questions about any proposal or related proxy materials, please call your investment professional, trust officer, or an Evergreen client service representative at 1-800-343-2898, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to

6 p.m., Eastern Time, or a Wells Fargo Advantage Funds institutional client service representative at 1-800-847-5397, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to

6 p.m., Eastern Time. If you have any questions about the voting process or if you would like to vote by telephone, you may call our proxy solicitor, the Altman Group Inc. at 1-800-449-8519.

 

 

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An investment in a money market fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Although the Funds seek to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in a money market fund. A portion of a municipal fund’s income may be subject to federal, state, and/or local income tax or the alternative minimum tax (AMT). Any capital gains distributions may be taxable

 

Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC, is a subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company and is an affiliate of Wells Fargo & Company’s broker/dealer subsidiaries. Evergreen InvestmentsSM is a service mark of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC.

 

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, provides investment advisory and administrative services for Wells Fargo Advantage Funds. Other affiliates of Wells Fargo & Company provide subadvisory and other services for the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds.

 

Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC, Member FINRA/SIPC, an affiliate of Wells Fargo & Company, is the distributor of the Evergreen Funds and the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds. 120640 03-10

 

NOT FDIC INSURED • NO BANK GUARANTEE • MAY LOSE VALUE

 

© 2010 Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. All rights reserved.


EVERGREEN FUNDS
200 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02116-5034
1.800.343.2898

April 1, 2010

 

Dear Shareholder,

On December 31, 2008, the parent company of the investment adviser to the Evergreen funds, Wachovia Corporation ("Wachovia"), and the parent company of the investment adviser to Wells Fargo Advantage Funds®, Wells Fargo & Company ("Wells Fargo"), merged. Since that date, the investment adviser to the Evergreen funds, Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC ("EIMC"), and the investment adviser to Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC ("Funds Management"), have considered rationalizing and reorganizing their mutual fund businesses. After multiple presentations to and discussions with the Boards of Trustees of both the Evergreen funds and Wells Fargo Advantage Funds regarding these matters, on December 30, 2009, EIMC proposed to the Boards of Trustees of the Evergreen funds, and on January 11, 2010, Funds Management proposed to the Boards of Trustees of Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, the mergers outlined in the table below. Both the Boards of Trustees of the Evergreen funds and Wells Fargo Advantage Funds approved the proposed mergers and the related Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, subject to the approval by shareholders of each Target Fund (as set forth in the table below), as part of a comprehensive set of mutual fund mergers across the two fund families.

As a result, you are invited to vote on a proposal to merge your Target Fund into a corresponding Acquiring Fund (shown in the table below) (each a "Merger," and collectively, the "Mergers"). The Board of Trustees of your Target Trust (shown in the table below) has unanimously approved your Target Fund's Merger and recommends that you vote FOR this proposal.

Target Fund

Target Trust

Acquiring Fund

Acquiring Trust

Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Evergreen Select Money Market Trust

Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Wells Fargo Funds Trust

Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund

Evergreen Select Money Market Trust

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund

Wells Fargo Funds Trust

Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund

Evergreen Select Money Market Trust

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund

Wells Fargo Funds Trust

Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund

Evergreen Select Money Market Trust

Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund

Wells Fargo Funds Trust



If approved by shareholders, this is a general summary of how each Merger will work:

  • Each Target Fund will transfer all of its assets to the corresponding Acquiring Fund.

  • Each Acquiring Fund will assume all of the liabilities of the corresponding Target Fund.

  • Each Acquiring Fund will issue a number of shares to you equal to the number of shares you held in the Target Fund.

  • Each Target Fund shareholder will become a shareholder of the corresponding Acquiring Fund and will have his or her investment managed in accordance with the Acquiring Fund's investment strategies.

  • You will not incur any sales charges or similar transaction charges as a result of the Merger.

  • It is expected that the Merger will be a non-taxable event for shareholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Details about each Target Fund's and Acquiring Fund's investment goals, principal investment strategies, portfolio management team, past performance, principal risks, fees, and expenses, along with additional information about the proposed Mergers, are contained in the attached prospectus/proxy statement. Please read it carefully.

A special meeting of each Target Fund's shareholders will be held on June 8, 2010. Although you are welcome to attend the meeting in person, you do not need to do so in order to vote your shares. Please complete, date, sign and return the enclosed proxy card in the postage-paid envelope provided. You may also vote by telephone or the internet by following the voting instructions as outlined at the end of this prospectus/proxy statement. If your Target Fund does not receive your vote after several weeks, you may receive a telephone call from The Altman Group, our proxy solicitor, requesting your vote. If you have any questions about the Mergers or the proxy card, please call The Altman Group at (800) 499-8519 (toll-free).

Remember, your vote is important to us, no matter how many shares you own. Please take this opportunity to vote. Thank you for taking this matter seriously and participating in this important process.

Sincerely,

W. Douglas Munn
President
Evergreen Funds


EVERGREEN FUNDS
200 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02116-5034
1.800.343.2898

April 1, 2010

 

NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON JUNE 8, 2010




A Special Meeting (the "Meeting") of Shareholders of your Target Fund, a series of the Target Trust, each set forth in the table below, will be held at the offices of Wells Fargo Advantage Funds®, 525 Market Street, San Francisco, California 94105 on June 8, 2010 at 10:00 a.m., Pacific time.

Target Fund

Target Trust

Acquiring Fund

Acquiring Trust

Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Evergreen Select Money Market Trust

Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Wells Fargo Funds Trust

Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund

Evergreen Select Money Market Trust

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund

Wells Fargo Funds Trust

Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund

Evergreen Select Money Market Trust

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund

Wells Fargo Funds Trust

Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund

Evergreen Select Money Market Trust

Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund

Wells Fargo Funds Trust



With respect to your Target Fund, the Meeting is being held for the following purposes:

  1. To consider and act upon an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the "Plan") dated as of March 1, 2010, providing for the reorganization of the Target Fund, including the acquisition of all of the assets of the Target Fund by the corresponding Acquiring Fund in exchange for shares of the Acquiring Fund (the "Acquisition Shares") and the assumption by the Acquiring Fund of all of the liabilities of the Target Fund. The Plan also provides for the prompt distribution of the Acquisition Shares to shareholders of the corresponding Target Fund in liquidation of the Target Fund.

  2. To transact any other business which may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment(s) thereof.

Any adjournment(s) of the Meeting will be held at the above address. The Board of Trustees of your Target Fund has fixed the close of business on March 10, 2010 as the record date (the "Record Date") for the Meeting. Only shareholders of record as of the close of business on the Record Date will be entitled to this notice, and to vote at the Meeting or any adjournment(s) thereof.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT PROXY CARDS BE RETURNED PROMPTLY. ALL SHAREHOLDERS ARE URGED TO COMPLETE, DATE, SIGN AND RETURN THEIR ENCLOSED PROXY CARD IN THE ENCLOSED POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE, OR TO VOTE USING ONE OF THE OTHER METHODS DESCRIBED AT THE END OF THE PROSPECTUS/PROXY STATEMENT SO THAT YOUR SHARES MAY BE REPRESENTED AT THE MEETING. YOUR PROMPT ATTENTION TO THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD WILL HELP TO AVOID THE EXPENSE OF FURTHER SOLICITATION.

By order of the Board of Trustees,

Michael H. Koonce
Secretary


EVERGREEN FUNDS
200 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02116-5034
1.800.343.2898

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST
525 Market Street, 12th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
1.800.222.8222

April 1, 2010

 

PROSPECTUS/PROXY STATEMENT



This prospectus/proxy statement contains information you should know before voting on the proposed merger (the "Merger") of your Target Fund into the corresponding Acquiring Fund as set forth and defined in the table below, each of which is a series of a registered open-end management investment company. If approved, the Merger will result in your receiving shares of the Acquiring Fund in exchange for your shares of the Target Fund.

Target Fund

Target Trust

Acquiring Fund

Acquiring Trust

Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Evergreen Select Money Market Trust

Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Wells Fargo Funds Trust

Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund

Evergreen Select Money Market Trust

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund

Wells Fargo Funds Trust

Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund

Evergreen Select Money Market Trust

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund

Wells Fargo Funds Trust

Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund

Evergreen Select Money Market Trust

Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund

Wells Fargo Funds Trust



The Target and Acquiring Funds listed above are collectively referred to as the "Funds." The Target and Acquiring Trusts listed above are collectively referred to as the "Trusts."

Please read this prospectus/proxy statement carefully and retain it for future reference. Additional information concerning each Fund and/or Merger has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").

The prospectuses of each Target Fund and each Acquiring Fund (other than the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund) are incorporated into this document by reference and are legally deemed to be part of this prospectus/proxy statement.

The Statement of Additional Information relating to this prospectus/proxy statement (the "Merger SAI"), dated the same date as this prospectus/proxy statement, is also incorporated into this document by reference and is legally deemed to be part of this prospectus/proxy statement.

The Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") and the annual and semi-annual reports of each Target Fund and each Acquiring Fund (other than the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund) are incorporated into the Merger SAI by reference and are legally deemed to be part of the Merger SAI.

A copy of your Acquiring Fund's prospectus (other than the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund) accompanies this prospectus/proxy statement.

Copies of these documents pertaining to a Target Fund are available upon request without charge by writing to the address above, calling 1.800.343.2898 or visiting the Evergreen Funds' Web site at www.evergreeninvestments.com. Copies of these documents pertaining to an Acquiring Fund (other than the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund) are available upon request without charge by writing to Wells Fargo Advantage Funds®, P.O. Box 8266, Boston, MA 02266-8266, calling 1.800.222.8222 or visiting the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds Web site at www.wellsfargo.com/advantagefunds.

The Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund is a "Shell Fund" being registered with the SEC in order to receive the assets and assume the liabilities of its corresponding Target Fund. As such, a prospectus, an SAI and annual and semi-annual reports for this Acquiring Fund are not yet available as of the date of this prospectus/proxy statement. Additional information about this Acquiring Fund may be found in Exhibit E and the Merger SAI.

You may also view or obtain these documents from the SEC: by phone at 1.800.SEC.0330 (duplicating fee required); in person or by mail at Public Reference Section, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F. Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549-0213 (duplicating fee required); by email at publicinfo@sec.gov (duplicating fee required); or by internet at www.sec.gov.

 

The SEC has not approved or disapproved these securities or determined if this prospectus/proxy statement is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The shares offered by this prospectus/proxy statement are not deposits of a bank, and are not insured, endorsed or guaranteed by the FDIC or any government agency and involve investment risk, including possible loss of your original investment.




Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund
Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund
Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund
WF Heritage Money Market Fund
WF 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Table of Contents

Overview

Key Features of the Mergers

2

Board of Trustees Recommendation

2

Merger Summary (Goals, Strategies, Risks, Performance, Expense, Management and Tax Information)

EVG Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund into WFA 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

2

EVG Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund and EVG Institutional Money Market Fund into WFA Heritage Money Market Fund

7

EVG Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund into WFA Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund

14

Risk Descriptions

18

Management of the Funds

20

Merger Information

Reasons for the Mergers

22

Agreement and Plan of Reorganization

27

Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Mergers

27

Buying, Selling and Exchanging Fund Shares

33

Fund Policies and Procedures

36

Information on Shareholders' Rights

37

Voting Information Concerning the Meeting

39

Financial Statements

48

Legal Matters

49

Additional Information

49

Other Business

50

Instructions for Executing Proxy Card

51

Exhibits

Exhibit A - Agreement and Plan of Reorganization

A-1

Exhibit B - Comparison of the Funds' Fundamental Investment Policies

B-1

Exhibit C - Additional Target and Acquiring Fund Expense Information

C-1

Exhibit D - Pro Forma Capitalization

D-1

Exhibit E - Additional Acquiring Fund Information

E-1

Exhibit F - Financial Highlights

F-1

OVERVIEW

This section summarizes the primary features and consequences of your Merger. This summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the information contained elsewhere in this prospectus/proxy statement, in the Merger SAI, in each Fund's prospectus (other than the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund), in each Fund's financial statements contained in the annual and semi-annual reports (other than the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund), and in each Fund's SAI (other than the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund, and in the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the "Plan"), a form of which is attached as Exhibit A hereto.

Key Features of the Mergers

The Plan sets forth the key features of each Merger and generally provides for the following:

  • the transfer of all of the assets of the Target Fund to the Acquiring Fund in exchange for shares of the Acquiring Fund;

  • the assumption by the Acquiring Fund of all of the liabilities of the Target Fund;

  • the liquidation of the Target Fund by distributing the shares of the Acquiring Fund to the Target Fund's shareholders; and

  • the assumption of the costs of each Merger (other than costs incurred from securities transactions in connection with the Merger) by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC ("Funds Management") and/or Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC ("EIMC") or one of its affiliates.

The Mergers are scheduled to take place on or about July 9, 2010. For a more complete description of the Mergers, see the section entitled "Agreement and Plan of Reorganization," as well as Exhibit A.

Board of Trustees Recommendation

At a meeting held on December 30, 2009 for the Board of Trustees of the Evergreen funds, the Trustees of your Target Fund, including a majority of the Trustees who are not "interested persons" of your Target Fund, as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act") (the "Independent Trustees"), considered and unanimously approved the Merger of your Target Fund.

Before approving the Mergers, the Trustees reviewed, among other things, information about the Funds and the proposed transactions. This included, among other things, a comparison of various factors, such as the relative sizes of the Funds, the performance records of the Funds (where applicable), and the expenses of the Funds (including pro forma expense information of each surviving fund following the Mergers), as well as similarities and differences between the Funds' investment goals, principal investment strategies and specific portfolio characteristics.

The Board of Trustees of your Target Fund, including all of the Independent Trustees, has concluded that the Merger would be in the best interests of your Target Fund, and that existing shareholders' interests would not be diluted as a result of the Merger. Accordingly, the Trustees have submitted the Plan to the Target Fund's shareholders and unanimously recommended its approval. The Board of Trustees of Wells Fargo Advantage Funds has also approved the Plan on behalf of each Acquiring Fund.

For further information about the considerations of your Target Trust's Board, please see the section entitled "Reasons for the Mergers."

Merger Summary (Goals, Strategies, Risks, Performance, Expense, Management and Tax Information)

The following section provides a comparison between the Funds with respect to their investment goals, principal investment strategies, fundamental investment policies, risks, performance records, sales charges and expenses. It also provides information about what the management and share class structure of your Acquiring Fund will be after the Merger. The information below is only a summary; for more detailed information, please see the rest of this prospectus/proxy statement and each Fund's prospectus and SAI (other than for the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund, for which information can be found in this prospectus/proxy statement and the Merger SAI). In this section, percentages of a Wells Fargo Advantage Fund's "net assets" are measured as percentages of net assets plus borrowings for investment purposes. References to "we" in the principal investment strategy discussion for a Wells Fargo Advantage Fund generally refer to Funds Management, a sub-adviser or the portfolio manager(s).

EVERGREEN INSTITUTIONAL 100% TREASURY MONEY MARKET FUND INTO WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE 100% TREASURY MONEY MARKET FUND 

Share Class Information




The following table illustrates the share class of the Acquiring Fund you will receive as a result of the Merger in exchange for the shares you own in your Target Fund.

If you own this class of shares of Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund:

You will get this class of shares of Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund:

Institutional Class1

Administrator Class2

Institutional Service Class

Service Class

Following completion of the Mergers, former Institutional Class shareholders of Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund will not need to meet the minimum investment requirements applicable to the Administrator Class shares of the Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund received in the Merger.
Administrator Class will be created on or about July 1, 2010 to receive the assets of the corresponding share class set forth above. For additional information on Administrator Class shares, please see Exhibit E.

After the Merger, you will receive a number of shares of the Acquiring Fund equal to the number of shares you held in the Target Fund on the business day immediately prior to the Merger. Both Funds use the "amortized cost" method of valuation to value their investments. For an explanation of how that method may affect the value of the shares you receive in the Merger, please see the section of this prospectus/proxy statement entitled "Pricing Fund Shares."

The procedures for buying, selling and exchanging shares of the Funds are similar. For additional information, see the section entitled "Buying, Selling and Exchanging Fund Shares." This section also contains important information for foreign shareholders of a Target Fund, defined as shareholders whose accounts do not currently have both a U.S. address and taxpayer identification number on record with the Funds. Following the Merger, foreign shareholders will not be able to make additional investments into a Wells Fargo Advantage Fund.

Investment Goal and Strategy Comparison




The following section compares the investment goals, principal investment strategies and fundamental investment policies of the Funds. The investment goals of the Funds may be changed without shareholder approval.

The Funds' investment goals and investment strategies are substantially similar. Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund seeks to maintain stability of principal while earning current income and providing liquidity, whereas the Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund seeks current income exempt from most state and local individual income taxes, while preserving capital and liquidity. Each Fund normally invests exclusively in U.S. Treasury securities. Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund focuses primarily on the interest rate environment in determining which securities to purchase for the portfolio, while the Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund selects securities based on several factors, including yield and maturity, as well as taking into account the Fund's overall level of liquidity and average maturity.

A more complete description of each Fund's investment goals and strategies is below.

 

 

EVERGREEN INSTITUTIONAL 100% TREASURY MONEY MARKET FUND (Target Fund)

WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE 100% TREASURY MONEY MARKET FUND (Acquiring Fund)

INVESTMENT GOAL

The Fund seeks to maintain stability of principal while earning current income and providing liquidity.

The Fund seeks current income exempt from most state and local individual income taxes, while preserving capital and liquidity.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES1

The Fund will invest only in U.S. Treasury securities, which are high quality debt securities issued by the U.S. Treasury, guaranteed as to principal and interest by, and supported by the full faith and credit of, the U.S. government.

Under normal circumstances, we invest exclusively in high-quality, short-term money market instruments that consist of U.S. Treasury obligations.

The portfolio managers focus primarily on the interest rate environment in determining which securities to purchase for the portfolio. Generally, in a rising rate environment, the Fund will invest in securities with shorter maturities. If interest rates are high, the Fund will generally invest in securities with longer maturities; however, the Fund will not acquire any first-tier security with a remaining maturity of greater than 397 days, unless such security has a maturity shortening feature which reduces its final maturity to no greater than 397 days. The Fund will not acquire any second-tier security with a remaining maturity of greater than 45 days, unless such security has a maturity shortening feature which reduces its final maturity to not greater than 45 days.

We actively manage a portfolio of short-term obligations issued by the U.S. Treasury. Our security selection is based on several factors, including yield and maturity, while taking into account the Fund's overall level of liquidity and average maturity.

Reflects the principal investment strategies of the Target Fund that will be in effect on May 28, 2010.

Although the Funds have historically used different terminology and descriptions to describe their fundamental investment policies, the fundamental investment policies of the Target and Acquiring Funds are substantively similar, except that the Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund reserves the ability to concentrate in obligations of domestic banks. For a comparative chart of fundamental investment policies, please see Exhibit B.

Principal Risk Comparison




Because the Evergreen funds and Wells Fargo Advantage Funds were unaffiliated fund families until recently, the Funds have historically used different terminology and descriptions to describe their principal risks. Nonetheless, due to the similarity of the Funds' investment strategies, the Funds are generally subject to similar types of risks. Listed below are the principal risks that apply to an investment in the Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund. A description of those risks can be found in the section of this prospectus/proxy statement entitled "Risk Descriptions."

Principal Risks
Debt Securities Risk
Issuer Risk
Management Risk
Market Risk
Money Market Fund Risk
Regulatory Risk

A discussion of the principal risks associated with an investment in the Target Fund may be found in the Target Fund's prospectus. In addition, each Fund has other investment policies, practices and restrictions which, together with the Fund's related risks, are also set forth in the Fund's prospectus and SAI.

Fund Performance Comparison




The following bar charts and tables illustrate how each Fund's returns have varied from year to year and compare the Target Fund's returns with those of one or more broad-based securities indexes. Past performance is not necessarily an indication of future results. Current month-end performance information is available for an Evergreen fund at www.evergreeninvestments.com and for a Wells Fargo Advantage Fund at www.wellsfargo.com/advantagefunds.

Year-by-Year Total Return for Institutional Service Class Shares (%)for Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

To obtain 7-day yield information, call (800) 847-5397.

Highest Quarter:

4th Quarter 2000

+1.49%

Lowest Quarter:

4th Quarter 2009

+0.00%

Year-by-Year Total Return for Service Class Shares (%) for Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

To obtain 7-day yield information, call (800) 222-8222.

 

Highest Quarter:

4th Quarter 2000

+1.45%

Lowest Quarter:

1st Quarter 2009

+0.00%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2009

Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Institutional Class

12/8/1997

0.09%

2.54%

2.57%

Institutional Service Class

12/22/1997

0.02%

2.32%

2.34%

BofA Merrill Lynch 3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index1 (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

0.21%

3.02%

2.99%

Copyright 2010. BofA Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated. All rights reserved.

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2009

Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Service Class

12/3/1990

0.03%

2.46%

2.41%

Administrator Class1

7/1/2010

0.03%

2.46%

2.41%

Performance shown for the Administrator Class reflects the performance of the Service Class shares, and is not adjusted to reflect Administrator Class expenses.  The Service Class shares annual returns are similar to what the Administrator Class share returns would be because the Service Class and Administrator Class shares are invested in the same portfolio and their returns differ only to the extent that they do not have similar expenses.  The Fund incurs a shareholder servicing fee of 0.25% for the Service Class and 0.10% for the Administrator Class. The Service Class and Administrator Class do not pay a 12b-1 fee.  The Fund currently incurs a total net operating expense ratio of up to 0.50% for the Service Class and is expected to incur a total net operating expense ratio of up to 0.30% for the Administrator Class.

Shareholder Fee and Fund Expense Comparison




The expenses for each class of shares of your Target Fund may be different from those of the corresponding class of shares of the Acquiring Fund. With respect to both the Target and Acquiring Funds, no sales charges are imposed on either purchases or sales of fund shares.

The following tables entitled "Annual Fund Operating Expenses" allow you to compare the annual operating expenses of the Funds. The total annual fund operating expenses (before and after waiver) for both the Target and the Acquiring Funds set forth in the following tables are based on the actual expenses for the twelve-month period ended September 30, 2009. The pro forma expense table shows you what the total annual fund operating expenses (before and after waiver) would have been for the Acquiring Fund for the twelve-month period ended September 30, 2009, assuming the Merger had taken place at the beginning of that period. The tables exclude any costs related to the Funds' participation in the U.S. Treasury's Temporary Guarantee Program for Money Market Funds, which has terminated. Since Administrator Class shares of the Acquiring Fund have not yet commenced operations, Adminstrator Class shares are not included in the table entitled "Annual Fund Operating Expenses - Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund." Exhibit C contains expense tables and examples for both the Target and Acquiring Funds based upon the actual expenses incurred by such Funds during the fiscal year ended February 28, 2009. Exhibit C also includes pro forma expense tables and examples for the Acquiring Fund for the 12-month period ended August 31, 2009, assuming the Merger had taken place at the beginning of that 12-month period.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses1

Institutional Class

0.30%

Institutional Service Class

0.55%

The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses listed above do not reflect voluntary fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements made by the Fund's investment adviser in order to reduce expense ratios. Including voluntary fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements as of September 30, 2009, Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses were 0.23% for Institutional Class and 0.38% for Institutional Service Class. The Fund's investment adviser may cease these voluntary waivers and/or reimbursements at any time.

 

Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Before Waiver)1

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver)2,3

Service Class

0.73%

0.50%

Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
Funds Management has committed through 6/30/2010, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver), excluding brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, extraordinary expenses, and the expenses of any money market fund or other fund held by the Fund, do not exceed the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver) shown. After this date, the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver) may be increased only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.
The adviser has also voluntarily agreed to further reduce fund expenses. Such fee reduction is not reflected in the table. Had this voluntary reduction been taken into account, net fund expenses would have been 0.33% for Service Class. This expense reduction is voluntary and temporary and may be revised or terminated by the adviser at any time without notice.

 

Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund (Pro Forma)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Before Waiver)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver)1

Administrator Class

0.53%

0.30%

Service Class

0.70%

0.50%

Funds Management has committed for three years after the closing of the Merger to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver), excluding brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, extraordinary expenses, and the expenses of any money market fund or other fund held by the Fund, do not exceed the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver) shown. After this time, the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver) may be increased only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund has adopted a distribution plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act (a "Distribution Plan"). The fees charged to the Institutional Service Class shares of the Fund under the Fund's Distribution Plan are 0.25%. The Institutional Class shares of the Fund are not subject to any fees under the Fund's Distribution Plan. Although the Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund does not have a Distribution Plan, Administrator Class and Service Class shares of the Fund are subject to a shareholder servicing fee of up to 0.10% and 0.25%, respectively.

Fund Management Information




The following table identifies the investment adviser and investment sub-adviser for the Acquiring Fund. Further information about the management of the Acquiring Fund can be found under the section entitled "Management of the Funds."

Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Investment Adviser

Funds Management

Investment Sub-adviser

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

Tax Information




It is expected that the Merger will be tax-free to shareholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and receipt of an opinion substantially to that effect from Proskauer Rose LLP, special tax counsel to the Acquiring Fund, is a condition to the obligation of the Funds to consummate the Merger. This means that neither shareholders nor your Target or Acquiring Fund will recognize a gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes directly as a result of the Merger.

The cost basis and holding period of your Target Fund shares will carry over for U.S. federal income tax purposes to the shares of the Acquiring Fund you receive as a result of the Merger.

Certain other U.S. federal income tax consequences are discussed below under "Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Mergers."

EVERGREEN PRIME CASH MANAGEMENT MONEY MARKET FUND AND EVERGREEN INSTITUTIONAL MONEY MARKET FUND INTO WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE HERITAGE MONEY MARKET FUND 

In addition to your Target Fund, shareholders in one or more other Target Funds are being asked to approve a Merger into your Acquiring Fund. Your Merger is not contingent upon approval of any other Merger by shareholders of any other Target Fund.

Share Class Information




The following tables illustrate the share class of the Acquiring Fund you will receive as a result of the Merger in exchange for the shares you own in your Target Fund.

If you own this class of shares of Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund:

You will get this class of shares of Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund:

Administrative Class1

Institutional Class

Institutional Class2

Institutional Class

Institutional Service Class

Service Class3

Investor Class1

Institutional Class

Participant Class

Service Class3

Following completion of the Mergers, former Administrative and Investor Class shareholders of any applicable Target Fund will not need to meet the minimum investment requirements applicable to the Institutional Class shares of any Wells Fargo Advantage Fund received in the Merger.
Following completion of the Mergers, former Institutional Class shareholders of any applicable Target Fund will not need to meet the minimum investment requirements applicable to the Institutional Class shares of any Wells Fargo Advantage Fund received in a Merger.
Service Class will be created on or about July 9, 2010 to receive the assets of the corresponding share class set forth above. Please note that Service Class shares will not be available for purchase by new shareholders. For additional information on Service Class shares, please see Exhibit E.

 

If you own this class of shares of Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund:

You will get this class of shares of Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund:

Administrative Class1

Institutional Class

Institutional Class2

Institutional Class

Institutional Service Class

Service Class3

Investor Class1

Institutional Class

Participant Class

Service Class3

Following completion of the Mergers, former Administrative and Investor Class shareholders of any applicable Target Fund will not need to meet the minimum investment requirements applicable to the Institutional Class shares of any Wells Fargo Advantage Fund received in the Merger.
Following completion of the Mergers, former Institutional Class shareholders of any applicable Target Fund will not need to meet the minimum investment requirements applicable to the Institutional Class shares of any Wells Fargo Advantage Fund received in a Merger.
Service Class will be created on or about July 9, 2010 to receive the assets of the corresponding share class set forth above. Please note that Service Class shares will not be available for purchase by new shareholders. For additional information on Service Class shares, please see Exhibit E.

After the Merger, you will receive a number of shares of the Acquiring Fund equal to the number of shares you held in the Target Fund on the business day immediately prior to the Merger. Both Funds use the "amortized cost" method of valuation to value their investments. For an explanation of how that method may affect the value of the shares you receive in the Merger, please see the section of this prospectus/proxy statement entitled "Pricing Fund Shares."

The procedures for buying, selling and exchanging shares of the Funds are similar. For additional information, see the section entitled "Buying, Selling and Exchanging Fund Shares." This section also contains important information for foreign shareholders of a Target Fund, defined as shareholders whose accounts do not currently have both a U.S. address and taxpayer identification number on record with the Funds. Following the Merger, foreign shareholders will not be able to make additional investments into a Wells Fargo Advantage Fund.

Investment Goal and Strategy Comparison




The following section compares the investment goals, principal investment strategies and fundamental investment policies of the Funds. The investment goals of the Funds may be changed without shareholder approval.

Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund and Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund. Although the Funds use different terminology and descriptions to describe their investment goals and investment strategies, the Funds' investment goals are substantively the same and their investment strategies are substantially similar. Both Funds seek current income, consistent with preserving capital and liquidity. Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund invests principally in high quality, short-term money market instruments and may invest in U.S. Treasury obligations, while the Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund normally invests in high-quality, short-term U.S. dollar denominated money market instruments of U.S. and foreign issuers. One difference between the Funds' investment strategies is that the Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund may only purchase "First Tier" securities (as such term is defined in Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act). This means that Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund may invest approximately 5% (3% after May 28, 2010) of its assets in securities whose credit quality is below the minimum credit quality of securities in which the Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund may invest.

A more complete description of each Fund's investment goals and strategies is below.

 

EVERGREEN PRIME CASH MANAGEMENT MONEY MARKET FUND (Target Fund)

WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE HERITAGE MONEY MARKET FUND (Acquiring Fund)

INVESTMENT GOAL

The Fund seeks to provide current income consistent with stability of principal and liquidity.

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

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES1

The Fund invests principally in money market instruments (high quality, short-term debt obligations), which include notes, bonds, debentures, commercial paper, interests in bank loans to companies, certificates of deposit, bankers' acceptances and repurchase agreements determined by the investment adviser to present minimal credit risk. In addition, the Fund may invest in U.S. Treasury obligations.

Under normal circumstances, we invest exclusively in high-quality, short-term, U.S. dollar-denominated money market instruments of domestic and foreign issuers. We actively manage a portfolio of high-quality, short-term, U.S. dollar-denominated money market instruments. These include, but are not limited to, bank obligations such as time deposits and certificates of deposit, government securities, asset-backed securities, commercial paper, corporate bonds and repurchase agreements. These investments may have fixed, floating, or variable rates of interest and may be obligations of U.S. or foreign issuers.

The Fund may also invest in bank obligations such as bank certificates of deposit and bakers' acceptances payable in U.S. dollars and issued by foreign banks (including U.S. branches of forign banks) or by foreign branches of U.S. banks.

We may invest more than 25% of the Fund's total assets in U.S. dollar-denominated obligations of U.S. banks.

The portfolio manager focuses on the interest rate environment in determining which securities to purchase for the portfolio. Generally, in a rising rate environment, the Fund will invest in securities with shorter maturities. If interest rates are high, the Fund will generally invest in securities with longer maturities; however, the Fund will not acquire any first-tier security with a remaining maturity of greater than 397 days, unless such security has a maturity shortening feature which reduces the final maturity to no greater than 397 days. The Fund will not acquire any second-tier security with a remaining maturity of greater than 45 days, unless such security has a maturity shortening feature which reduces the final maturity to no greater than 45 days.

Our security selection is based on several factors, including credit quality, yield and maturity, while taking into account the Fund's overall level of liquidity and average maturity.

The Fund is not limited to purchasing First Tier securities as part of its principal investment strategies.

We will only purchase First Tier securities.

Reflects the principal investment strategies of the Target Fund that will be in effect on May 28, 2010.

Although the Funds have historically used different terminology and descriptions to describe their fundamental investment policies, the fundamental investment policies of the Target and Acquiring Funds are substantively similar, except that the Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund reserves the ability to concentrate in obligations of domestic banks. For a comparative chart of fundamental investment policies, please see Exhibit B.

Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund and Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund. Although the Funds use different terminology and descriptions to describe their investment goals and investment strategies, the Funds' investment goals are substantively the same and their investment strategies are substantially similar. Both Funds seek current income, while preserving capital and liquidity. Both Funds invest in money market instruments, including bank obligations, certificates of deposit and repurchase agreements. One difference between the Funds' investment strategies is that the Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund may only purchase "First Tier" securities (as such term is defined in Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act). This means that Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund may invest approximately 5% (3% after May 28, 2010) of its assets in securities whose credit quality is below the minimum credit quality of securities in which the Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund may invest.

A more complete description of each Fund's investment goals and strategies is below.

 

EVERGREEN INSTITUTIONAL MONEY MARKET FUND (Target Fund)

WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE HERITAGE MONEY MARKET FUND (Acquiring Fund)

INVESTMENT GOAL

The Fund seeks to achieve as high a level of current income as is consistent with preserving capital and providing liquidity.

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

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES1

The Fund invests principally in money market instruments, including short-term corporate debt obligations (such as fixed, variable or floating rate securities), certificates of deposit and bankers' acceptances, commercial paper, municipal securities and repurchase agreements determined by the investment adviser to present minimal credit risk. In addition, the Fund may invest in U.S. Treasury obligations.

Under normal circumstances, we invest exclusively in high-quality, short-term, U.S. dollar-denominated money market instruments of domestic and foreign issuers. We actively manage a portfolio of high-quality, short-term, U.S. dollar-denominated money market instruments. These include, but are not limited to, bank obligations such as time deposits and certificates of deposit, government securities, asset-backed securities, commercial paper, corporate bonds and repurchase agreements. These investments may have fixed, floating, or variable rates of interest and may be obligations of U.S. or foreign issuers.

The Fund may invest up to 30% of its assets in bank obligations such as bank certificates of deposit and bakers' acceptances payable in U.S. dollars and issued by foreign banks (including U.S. branches of forign banks) or by foreign branches of U.S. banks.

We may invest more than 25% of the Fund's total assets in U.S. dollar-denominated obligations of U.S. banks.

The portfolio manager focuses on the interest rate environment in determining which securities to purchase for the portfolio. Generally, in a rising rate environment, the Fund will invest in securities with shorter maturities. If interest rates are high, the Fund will generally invest in securities with longer maturities; however, the Fund will not acquire any first-tier security with a remaining maturity of greater than 397 days, unless such security has a maturity shortening feature which reduces the final maturity to no greater than 397 days. The Fund will not acquire any second-tier security with a remaining maturity of greater than 45 days, unless such security has a maturity shortening feature which reduces the final maturity to no greater than 45 days.

Our security selection is based on several factors, including credit quality, yield and maturity, while taking into account the Fund's overall level of liquidity and average maturity.

The Fund is not limited to purchasing First Tier securities as part of its principal investment strategies.

We will only purchase First Tier securities.

Reflects the principal investment strategies of the Target Fund that will be in effect on May 28, 2010.

Although the Funds have historically used different terminology and descriptions to describe their fundamental investment policies, the fundamental investment policies of the Target and Acquiring Funds are substantively similar, except that the Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund reserves the ability to concentrate in obligations of domestic banks. For a comparative chart of fundamental investment policies, please see Exhibit B.

Principal Risk Comparison




Because the Evergreen funds and Wells Fargo Advantage Funds were unaffiliated fund families until recently, the Funds have historically used different terminology and descriptions to describe their principal risks. Nonetheless, due to the similarity of the Funds' investment strategies, the Funds are generally subject to similar types of risks. Listed below are the principal risks that apply to an investment in the Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund. A description of those risks can be found in the section of this prospectus/proxy statement entitled "Risk Descriptions." Although each of the Funds may be subject to all or substantially all of the risks listed below, they may be subject to a particular risk to different degrees. Because the Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund will only purchase "First Tier" securities (as such term is defined in Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act), an investment in Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund and Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund may be more subject to certain aspects of counter-party risk and debt securities risk than an investment in the Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund.

Principal Risks
Counter-Party Risk
Debt Securities Risk
Foreign Investment Risk
Issuer Risk
Management Risk
Market Risk
Money Market Fund Risk
Regulatory Risk
U.S. Government Obligations Risk

A discussion of the principal risks associated with an investment in the Target Fund may be found in the Target Fund's prospectus. In addition, each Fund has other investment policies, practices and restrictions which, together with the Fund's related risks, are also set forth in the Fund's prospectus and SAI.

Fund Performance Comparison




The following bar charts and tables illustrate how each Fund's returns have varied from year to year and compare the Target Fund's returns with those of one or more broad-based securities indexes. Past performance is not necessarily an indication of future results. Current month-end performance information is available for an Evergreen fund at www.evergreeninvestments.com and for a Wells Fargo Advantage Fund at www.wellsfargo.com/advantagefunds.

Year-by-Year Total Return for Institutional Class Shares (%) for Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund

To obtain 7-day yield information, call (800) 847-5397.

Highest Quarter:

4th Quarter 2000

+1.65%

Lowest Quarter:

4th Quarter 2009

+0.02%

Year-by-Year Total Return for Institutional Class Shares (%) for Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund

To obtain 7-day yield information, call (800) 847-5397.

 

Highest Quarter:

4th Quarter 2000

+1.66%

Lowest Quarter:

4th Quarter 2009

+0.02%

Year-by-Year Total Return for Institutional Class Shares (%) for Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund

To obtain 7-day yield information, call (800) 222-8222.

 

Highest Quarter:

4th Quarter 2000

+1.65%

Lowest Quarter:

4th Quarter 2009

+0.04%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/20091

Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Administrative Class

6/13/2003

0.31%

3.25%

3.08%

Institutional Class

12/2/1993

0.36%

3.30%

3.11%

Investor Class

6/13/2003

0.27%

3.20%

3.05%

Institutional Service Class

6/13/2003

0.18%

3.06%

2.95%

Participant Class

6/13/2003

0.10%

2.84%

2.80%

BofA Merrill Lynch 3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index2 (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

0.21%

3.02%

2.99%

Historical performance shown for Administrative Class, Investor Class, Institutional Service Class and Participant Class prior to their inception is based on the performance of Institutional Class, the original class offered. Historical performance shown for Institutional Class is based on the performance of the Institutional shares of the fund's predecessor fund, Wachovia Prime Cash Management Fund. The historical returns have not been adjusted to reflect the effect of each class' 12b-1 fee. These fees are 0.05% for Administrative Class, 0.10% for Investor Class, 0.25% for Institutional Service Class and 0.50% for Participant Class. Institutional Class does not pay a 12b-1 fee. If these fees had been reflected, 10 year returns would have been lower.
Copyright 2010. BofA Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated. All rights reserved.

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/20091

Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Administrative Class

5/1/2001

0.34%

3.29%

3.11%

Institutional Class

11/19/1996

0.39%

3.34%

3.16%

Investor Class

5/1/2001

0.30%

3.24%

3.07%

Institutional Service Class

11/26/1996

0.21%

3.09%

2.91%

Participant Class

5/1/2001

0.12%

2.87%

2.74%

BofA Merrill Lynch 3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index2 (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

0.21%

3.02%

2.99%

Historical performance shown for Administrative Class, Investor Class and Participant Class prior to their inception is based on the performance of Institutional Class, the original class offered. The historical returns have not been adjusted to reflect the effect of each class' 12b-1 fee. These fees are 0.05% for Administrative Class, 0.10% for Investor Class and 0.50% for Participant Class. Institutional Class does not pay a 12b-1 fee. If these fees had been reflected, 10 year returns would have been lower.
Copyright 2010. BofA Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated. All rights reserved.

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2009

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Institutional Class1

3/31/2000

0.49%

3.31%

3.11%

Service Class2

7/9/2010

0.36%

3.14%

2.92%

Performance shown prior to the inception of the Institutional Class shares reflects the performance of the Administrator Class shares, and includes expenses that are not applicable to and higher than those of the Institutional Class shares.
Performance shown for the Service Class reflects the performance of the Administrator Class shares, and is not adjusted to reflect Service Class expenses.  The Administrator Class shares annual returns are similar to what the Service Class share returns would be because the Administrator Class and Service Class shares are invested in the same portfolio and their returns differ only to the extent that they do not have similar expenses.  The Fund incurs a shareholder servicing fee of 0.10% for the Administrator Class and 0.25% for the Service Class. The Administrator Class and Service Class do not pay a 12b-1 fee.  The Fund currently incurs a total net operating expense ratio of up to 0.43% for the Service Class and is expected to incur a total net operating expense ratio of up to 0.33% for the Administrator Class. The performance shown would have been lower if it was adjusted to reflect Service Class expenses.

Shareholder Fee and Fund Expense Comparison




The expenses for each class of shares of your Target Fund may be different from those of the corresponding class of shares of the Acquiring Fund. With respect to both the Target and Acquiring Funds, no sales charges are imposed on either purchases or sales of fund shares.

The following tables entitled "Annual Fund Operating Expenses" allow you to compare the annual operating expenses of the Funds. The total annual fund operating expenses (before and after waiver) for both the Target and the Acquiring Funds set forth in the following tables are based on the actual expenses for the twelve-month period ended September 30, 2009. The pro forma expense table shows you what the total annual fund operating expenses (before and after waiver) would have been for the Acquiring Fund for the twelve-month period ended September 30, 2009, assuming each Merger had taken place at the beginning of that period. The pro forma expense information assumes that shareholders of each Target Fund approve their respective Merger with the Acquiring Fund and that each Merger is consummated. The tables exclude any costs related to the Funds' participation in the U.S. Treasury's Temporary Guarantee Program for Money Market Funds, which has terminated. Since Service Class shares of the Acquiring Fund have not yet commenced operations, Service Class shares are not included in the table entitled "Annual Fund Operating Expenses - Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund." Exhibit C contains expense tables and examples for both Target and Acquiring Funds based upon the actual expenses incurred by such Funds during the fiscal year ended February 28, 2009. Exhibit C also includes a pro forma expense table and examples for the Acquiring Fund for the 12-month period ended August 31, 2009, assuming the Mergers had taken place at the beginning of that 12-month period.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses1

Administrative Class

0.33%

Institutional Class

0.28%

Investor Class

0.38%

Institutional Service Class

0.53%

Participant Class

0.78%

The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses listed above do not reflect voluntary fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements made by the Fund's investment adviser in order to reduce expense ratios. Including voluntary fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements as of September 30, 2009, Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses were 0.28% for Administrative Class, 0.23% for Institutional Class, 0.33% for Investor Class, 0.46% for Institutional Service Class, and 0.62% for Participant Class. The Fund's investment adviser may cease these voluntary waivers and/or reimbursements at any time.

 

Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

Administrative Class

0.25%

Institutional Class

0.20%

Investor Class

0.30%

Institutional Service Class

0.45%

Participant Class1

0.70%

The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses listed above do not reflect voluntary fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements made by the Fund's investment adviser in order to reduce expense ratios. Including current voluntary fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses were 0.65% for Participant Class. The Fund's investment adviser may cease these voluntary waivers and/or reimbursements at any time.

 

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Before Waiver)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver)1

Institutional Class

0.25%

0.20%

Funds Management has committed through 6/30/2010, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver), excluding brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, extraordinary expenses, and the expenses of any money market fund or other fund held by the Fund, do not exceed the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver) shown. After this date, the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver) may be increased only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

 

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund (Pro Forma)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Before Waiver)1

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver)2

Institutional Class

0.23%

0.20%

Service Class

0.52%

0.43%

If one, but not both, of the Mergers is consummated, the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Before Waiver) shown would have been less than 0.01% higher for each class.
Funds Management has committed for three years after the closing of the Merger to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver), excluding brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, extraordinary expenses, and the expenses of any money market fund or other fund held by the Fund, do not exceed the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver) shown. After this time, the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver) may be increased only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund and Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund have adopted a distribution plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act (a "Distribution Plan"). The distribution fees charged to Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund and Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund are 0.05%, 0.10%, 0.25%, and 0.50% for Administrative Class, Investor Class, Institutional Service Class, and Participant Class shares, respectively. Although the Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund does not have a Distribution Plan, Service Class shares of the Fund are subject to a shareholder servicing fee of up to 0.25%. Institutional Class shares of Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund, Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund and the Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund are not subject to a 12b-1 fee or shareholder servicing fee.

Fund Management Information




The following table identifies the investment adviser and investment sub-adviser for the Acquiring Fund. Further information about the management of the Acquiring Fund can be found under the section entitled "Management of the Funds."

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund

Investment Adviser

Funds Management

Investment Sub-adviser

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

Tax Information




It is expected that the Merger will be tax-free to shareholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and receipt of an opinion substantially to that effect from Proskauer Rose LLP, special tax counsel to the Acquiring Fund, is a condition to the obligation of the Funds to consummate the Merger. This means that neither shareholders nor your Target or Acquiring Fund will recognize a gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes directly as a result of the Merger.

The cost basis and holding period of your Target Fund shares will carry over for U.S. federal income tax purposes to the shares of the Acquiring Fund you receive as a result of the Merger.

Certain other U.S. federal income tax consequences are discussed below under "Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Mergers."

EVERGREEN INSTITUTIONAL MUNICIPAL MONEY MARKET FUND INTO WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE MUNICIPAL CASH MANAGEMENT MONEY MARKET FUND

Share Class Information




The following table illustrates the share class of the Acquiring Fund you will receive as a result of the Merger in exchange for the shares you own in your Target Fund.

If you own this class of shares of Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund:

You will get this class of shares of Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund1:

Administrative Class2

Institutional Class

Institutional Service Class

Service Class

Institutional Class3

Institutional Class

Investor Class2

Institutional Class

Participant Class

Service Class

The Fund is a shell fund ("Shell Fund") being created to receive the assets of the Target Fund.
Following completion of the Mergers, former Administrative and Investor Class shareholders of any applicable Target Fund will not need to meet the minimum investment requirements applicable to the Institutional Class shares of any Wells Fargo Advantage Fund received in the Merger.
Following completion of the Mergers, former Institutional Class shareholders of any applicable Target Fund will not need to meet the minimum investment requirements applicable to the Institutional Class shares of any Wells Fargo Advantage Fund received in a Merger.

After the Merger, you will receive a number of shares of the Acquiring Fund equal to the number of shares you held in the Target Fund on the business day immediately prior to the Merger. Both Funds use the "amortized cost" method of valuation to value their investments. For an explanation of how that method may affect the value of the shares you receive in the Merger, please see the section of this prospectus/proxy statement entitled "Pricing Fund Shares."

The procedures for buying, selling and exchanging shares of the Funds are similar. For additional information, see the section entitled "Buying, Selling and Exchanging Fund Shares." This section also contains important information for foreign shareholders of a Target Fund, defined as shareholders whose accounts do not currently have both a U.S. address and taxpayer identification number on record with the Funds. Following the Merger, foreign shareholders will not be able to make additional investments into a Wells Fargo Advantage Fund.

Investment Goal and Strategy Comparison




The following section compares the investment goals, principal investment strategies and fundamental investment policies of the Funds. The investment goals of the Funds may be changed without shareholder approval.

Although the Funds use different terminology and descriptions to describe their investment goals and investment strategies, the Funds' investment goals are substantively the same and their investment strategies are substantially similar. Both Funds seek current income exempt from regular federal income tax while preserving capital and liquidity. Both Funds normally invest at least 80% of their assets in municipal obligations of U.S. states or political subdivisions, the interest from which is exempt from regular federal income tax, but not necessarily the federal alternative minimum tax. One difference between the Funds' investment strategies is that the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund may only purchase "First Tier" securities (as such term is defined in Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act). This means that Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund may invest approximately 5% (3% after May 28, 2010) of its assets, in securities whose credit quality is below the minimum credit quality of securities in which the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund may invest.

A more complete description of each Fund's investment goals and strategies is below.

 

EVERGREEN INSTITUTIONAL MUNICIPAL MONEY MARKET FUND (Target Fund)

WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE MUNICIPAL CASH MANAGEMENT MONEY MARKET FUND (Acquiring Fund)

INVESTMENT GOAL

The Fund seeks to achieve as high a level of current income exempt from regular federal income tax, as is consistent with preserving capital and providing liquidity.

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

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund invests at least 80% of its assets in municipal money market securities (examples of which include fixed, variable or floating rate general obligation and revenue bonds; tax, bond and revenue anticipation notes; and commercial paper obligations), the interest from which is exempt from federal income tax, other than the alternative minimum tax. The Fund invests in municipal money market securities determined by the portfolio managers to present minimal credit risk and issued by any U.S. state, the District of Columbia or their political subdivisions. The Fund also invests in tender option bonds, which are demand obligations that bear interest at a prevailing short-term, tax-exempt rate.

Under normal circumstances, we invest exclusively in high-quality, short-term money market instruments and invest at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in municipal obligations that pay interest exempt from regular federal income tax, but not necessarily federal alternative minimum tax (AMT). We may invest any amount in securities that pay interest subject to federal AMT. We actively manage a portfolio of high-quality, short-term municipal obligations that are issued by or on behalf of states, territories and possessions of the U.S. or their political subdivisions and financing authorities. These investments may have fixed, floating, or variable rates of interest. We invest principally in municipal obligations that pay interest exempt from regular federal income tax, but not necessarily federal AMT. The Fund attempts to invest exclusively in these securities however, it is possible that the Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in high-quality, short-term money market instruments that pay interest subject to regular federal income tax.

In determining which securities to purchase for the portfolio, the portfolio managers focus on the supply and demand for the security in the marketplace, as well as the current interest rate environment.

Our security selection is based on several factors, including credit quality, yield and maturity, while taking into account the Fund's overall level of liquidity and average maturity.

The Fund may temporarily invest up to 20% of its assets in high-quality, short-term taxable securities under one or more of the following circumstances: (a) pending investment of proceeds from the sale of Fund shares or portfolio securities; (b) pending settlement of purchases of portfolio securities; and (c) to maintain liquidity for the purpose of meeting anticipated redemptions. However, the Fund may temporarily invest up to 100% of its assets in taxable securities for defensive purposes, which may result in the Fund not achieving its investment goal of tax-exempt income.

The Fund may temporarily deviate from its principal investment strategies by investing its assets in high-quality, short-term money market instruments that pay interest subject to federal income tax. Circumstances in which the Fund may invest in these securities include, but are not limited to, periods of low or no availability of eligible municipal obligations or in order to manage liquidity. If the Fund invests in taxable securities, it may distribute taxable income.

The Fund is not limited to purchasing First Tier securities as part of its principal investment strategies.

We will only purchase First Tier securities.

Although the Fund families have historically used different terminology and descriptions to describe their fundamental investment policies, the fundamental investment policies of the Target and Acquiring Funds are substantively similar, except that the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund reserves the ability to concentrate in obligations of domestic banks, in private activity bonds or notes that are the ultimate responsibility of non-government issuers within the same industry and in securities whose issuers are located in the same state or whose principal and interest are paid from revenues of similar type projects. For a comparative chart of fundamental investment policies, please see Exhibit B.

Principal Risk Comparison




Because the Evergreen funds and Wells Fargo Advantage Funds were unaffiliated fund families until recently, the Funds have historically used different terminology and descriptions to describe their principal risks. Nonetheless, due to the similarity of the Funds' investment strategies, the Funds are generally subject to similar types of risks. Listed below are the principal risks that apply to an investment in the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund. A description of those risks can be found in the section of this prospectus/proxy statement entitled "Risk Descriptions." Although each of the Funds may be subject to all or substantially all of the risks listed below, they may be subject to a particular risk to different degrees. Because the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund will only purchase "First Tier" securities (as such term is defined in Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act), an investment in Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund may be more subject to certain aspects of debt securities risk than an investment in the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund.

Principal Risks
Debt Securities Risk
Issuer Risk
Management Risk
Market Risk
Money Market Fund Risk
Municipal Securities Risk
Regulatory Risk

A discussion of the principal risks associated with an investment in the Target Fund may be found in the Target Fund's prospectus. In addition, each Fund has other investment policies, practices and restrictions which, together with the Fund's related risks, are also set forth for the Target Fund in the Fund's prospectus and SAI and, for the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund, in this prospectus/proxy statement and the Merger SAI.

Fund Performance Comparison




The following bar chart and table illustrate how the Target Fund's returns have varied from year to year and compare the Target Fund's returns with those of one or more broad-based securities indexes. Past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of future results. Current month-end performance information is available for an Evergreen fund at www.evergreeninvestments.com. Since the Acquiring Fund is a Shell Fund, it has not yet commenced operations and therefore performance information for the Acquiring Fund is not yet available.

Year-by-Year Total Return for Institutional Class Shares (%) for Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund

To obtain 7-day yield information, call (800) 847-5397.

Highest Quarter:

2nd Quarter 2000

+1.13%

Lowest Quarter:

4th Quarter 2009

+0.05%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/20091

Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Administrative Class

5/1/2001

0.49%

2.42%

2.29%

Institutional Class

11/20/1996

0.54%

2.47%

2.33%

Investor Class

5/1/2001

0.44%

2.37%

2.24%

Institutional Service Class

11/25/1996

0.31%

2.22%

2.08%

Participant Class

5/1/2001

0.18%

1.99%

1.90%

BofA Merrill Lynch 3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index2 (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

0.21%

3.02%

2.99%

Historical performance shown for Administrative Class, Investor Class and Participant Class prior to their inception is based on the performance of Institutional Class, the original class offered. The historical returns have not been adjusted to reflect the effect of each class' 12b-1 fee. These fees are 0.05% for Administrative Class, 0.10% for Investor Class, 0.25% for Institutional Service Class and 0.50% for Participant Class. Class I does not pay a 12b-1 fee. If these fees had been reflected, 10 Year returns would have been lower.
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Shareholder Fee and Fund Expense Comparison




The expenses for each class of shares of your Target Fund may be different from those of the corresponding class of shares of the Acquiring Fund. With respect to both the Target and Acquiring Funds, no sales charges are imposed on either purchases or sales of fund shares.

The following tables entitled "Annual Fund Operating Expenses" allow you to compare the annual operating expenses of the Funds. The total annual fund operating expenses (before and after waiver) for the Target Fund set forth in the following table are based on the actual expenses for the twelve-month period ended September 30, 2009. The pro forma expense table shows you what the total annual fund operating expenses (before and after waiver) would have been for the Acquiring Fund for the twelve-month period ended September 30, 2009, assuming the Merger had taken place at the beginning of that period. The tables exclude any costs related to the Funds' participation in the U.S. Treasury's Temporary Guarantee Program for Money Market Funds, which has terminated. Since the Acquiring Fund has not yet commenced operations the table entitled "Annual Fund Operating Expenses" has not been provided for the Acquiring Fund and the information presented in the table entitled "Annual Fund Operating Expenses - Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund (Pro Forma)" is based on estimates. Exhibit C contains expense tables and examples for the Target Fund based upon the actual expenses incurred by the Target Fund during the fiscal year ended February 28, 2009. Exhibit C also includes a pro forma expense table and examples for the Acquiring Fund for the 12-month period ended August 31, 2009, assuming the Merger had taken place at the beginning of that 12-month period.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

Administrative Class

0.25%

Institutional Class

0.20%

Investor Class

0.30%

Institutional Service Class

0.45%

Participant Class

0.70%

 

Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund (Pro Forma)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Before Waiver)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver)1

Institutional Class

0.24%

0.20%

Service Class

0.53%

0.45%

Funds Management has committed for three years after the closing of the Merger to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver), excluding brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, extraordinary expenses, and the expenses of any money market fund or other fund held by the Fund, do not exceed the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver) shown. After this time, the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver) may be increased only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund has adopted a distribution plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act (a "Distribution Plan"). The distribution fees charged to Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund are 0.05%, 0.10%, 0.25%, and 0.50% for Administrative Class, Investor Class, Institutional Service Class, and Participant Class shares, respectively. Although the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund does not have a Distribution Plan, Service Class shares of the Fund are subject to a shareholder servicing fee of up to 0.25%. Institutional Class shares of Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund and the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund are not subject to a 12b-1 fee or shareholder servicing fee.

Fund Management Information




The following table identifies the investment adviser and investment sub-adviser for the Acquiring Fund. Further information about the management of the Acquiring Fund can be found under the section entitled "Management of the Funds."

Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund

Investment Adviser

Funds Management

Investment Sub-adviser

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

Tax Information




It is expected that the Merger will be tax-free to shareholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and receipt of an opinion substantially to that effect from Proskauer Rose LLP, special tax counsel to the Acquiring Fund, is a condition to the obligation of the Funds to consummate the Merger. This means that neither shareholders nor your Target or Acquiring Fund will recognize a gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes directly as a result of the Merger.

The cost basis and holding period of your Target Fund shares will carry over for U.S. federal income tax purposes to the shares of the Acquiring Fund you receive as a result of the Merger.

Certain other U.S. federal income tax consequences are discussed below under "Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Mergers."

RISK DESCRIPTIONS

An investment in each Fund is subject to certain risks. There is no assurance that investment performance of a Fund will be positive or that the Fund will meet its investment goal. An investment in a mutual fund is not a deposit with a bank; is not insured, endorsed or guaranteed by the FDIC or any government agency; and is subject to investment risks, including possible loss of your original investment. Like most investments, your investment in a Fund could fluctuate significantly in value over time and could result in a loss of money. The following provides additional information regarding the various risks referenced in the section entitled "Merger Summary."

  • Counter-Party Risk. When a Fund enters into a repurchase agreement, an agreement where it buys a security from a seller that agrees to repurchase the security at an agreed upon price and time, the Fund is exposed to the risk that the other party will not fulfill its contractual obligation. Similarly, the Fund is exposed to the same risk if it engages in a reverse repurchase agreement where a broker-dealer agrees to buy securities and the Fund agrees to repurchase them at a later date.



  • Debt Securities Risk. Debt securities, such as notes and bonds, are subject to credit risk and interest rate risk. Credit risk is the possibility that an issuer of an instrument will be unable to make interest payments or repay principal when due. Changes in the financial strength of an issuer or changes in the credit rating of a security may affect its value. Interest rate risk is the risk that market interest rates may increase, which tends to reduce the resale value of certain debt securities, including U.S. Government obligations. Debt securities with longer durations are generally more sensitive to interest rate changes than those with shorter durations. Changes in market interest rates do not affect the rate payable on an existing debt security, unless the instrument has adjustable or variable rate features, which can reduce its exposure to interest rate risk. Changes in market interest rates may also extend or shorten the duration of certain types of instruments, such as asset-backed securities, thereby affecting their value and returns. Debt securities may also have, or become subject to, liquidity constraints.



  • Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments, including American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) and similar investments, are subject to more risks than U.S. domestic investments. These additional risks may potentially include lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign companies also may be subject to significantly higher levels of taxation than U.S. companies, including potentially confiscatory levels of taxation, thereby reducing the earnings potential of such foreign companies. In addition, amounts realized on sales or distributions of foreign securities may be subject to high and potentially confiscatory levels of foreign taxation and withholding when compared to comparable transactions in U.S. securities. Investments in foreign securities involve exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. Such fluctuations may reduce the value of the investment. Foreign investments are also subject to risks including potentially higher withholding and other taxes, trade settlement, custodial, and other operational risks and less stringent investor protection and disclosure standards in certain foreign markets. In addition, foreign markets can and often do perform differently from U.S. markets.



  • Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline for a number of reasons that directly relate to the issuer or an entity providing credit support or liquidity support, such as management performance, financial leverage, and reduced demand for the issuer's goods, services or securities.



  • Management Risk. We cannot guarantee that a Fund will meet its investment objective. We do not guarantee the performance of a Fund, nor can we assure you that the market value of your investment will not decline. We will not "make good" on any investment loss you may suffer, nor does anyone we contract with to provide services, such as selling agents or investment advisers, promise to make good on any such losses.



  • Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by a Fund may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. Securities may decline in value or become illiquid due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries represented in the securities markets. The value or liquidity of a security may decline or become illiquid due to general market conditions which are not specifically related to a particular company, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in the general outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates or adverse investor sentiment generally. They may also decline in value or become illiquid due to factors that affect a particular industry or industries, such as labor shortages or increased production costs and competitive conditions within an industry. During a general downturn in the securities markets, multiple asset classes may decline in value or become illiquid simultaneously.



  • Money Market Fund Risk. Although each Fund seeks to maintain the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, there is no assurance that it will be able to do so, and it is possible to lose money by investing in a Fund. Generally, short-term funds such as money market funds do not earn as high a level of income as funds that invest in longer-term instruments. Because the Funds invest in short-term instruments, the Funds' dividend yields may be low when short-term market interest rates are low.



  • Municipal Securities Risk. Municipal securities rely on the creditworthiness or revenue production of their issuers or auxiliary credit enhancement features. Municipal securities may be difficult to obtain because of limited supply, which may increase the cost of such securities and effectively reduce a portfolio's yield. Typically, less information is available about a municipal issuer than is available for other types of securities issuers. A Fund may invest 25% or more of its total assets in municipal securities that are related in such a way that political, economic or business developments affecting one obligation may affect the others. For example, a Fund may own different obligations that pay interest based on the revenue of similar projects. In addition, certain municipal securities are special revenue obligations, which are payable from revenue generated by a particular project or other revenue source. Investors can only look to the revenue generated by the project or or other revenue source rather than the revenue of a state or local government authority. Although the Funds strive to invest in municipal securities and other securities with interest that is exempt from federal income taxes, some income earned by Fund investments may be subject to such taxes. The Funds take advantage of tax laws that allow the income from certain investments to be exempted from federal income tax and, in some cases, state individual income tax. Tax authorities are paying increased attention to whether interest on municipal obligations is exempt from taxation, and we cannot assure you that a tax authority will not successfully challenge the exemption of a bond held by a Fund. Capital gains, whether declared by a Fund or realized by the shareholder through the selling of Fund shares, are generally taxable.



  • Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment. In addition, the SEC recently adopted amendments to its rules relating to money market funds. Among other changes, the amendments will impose more stringent average maturity limits, higher credit quality standards and new liquidity requirements on money market funds. While these amendments are designed to further reduce the risks associated with investments in money market funds, they also may reduce a money market fund's yield potential.



  • U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations include securities issued by the U.S. Treasury, U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities. While U.S. Treasury obligations are backed by the "full faith and credit" of the U.S. Government, securities issued by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. The Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), a wholly owned U.S. Government corporation, is authorized to guarantee, with the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government, the timely payment of principal and interest on securities issued by institutions approved by GNMA and backed by pools of mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration or the Department of Veterans Affairs. U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities (i.e., not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government) include the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC). Pass-through securities issued by FNMA are guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by FNMA but are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. FHLMC guarantees the timely payment of interest and ultimate collection or scheduled payment of principal, but its participation certificates are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. If a government-sponsored entity is unable to meet its obligations, the performance of a Fund that holds securities of the entity will be adversely impacted. U.S. Government obligations are subject to low but varying degrees of credit risk, and are still subject to interest rate and market risk.



MANAGEMENT OF THE FUNDS

The following provides additional information regarding the investment adviser and investment sub-adviser of your Acquiring Fund as referenced in the section entitled "Merger Summary" and expenses related to the operation of the Funds.

Investment Adviser




Funds Management is the investment adviser to your Acquiring Fund and will continue to be the investment adviser to your Acquiring Fund following the Merger.

The following are some key facts about Funds Management:

  • Funds Management is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company ("Wells Fargo").



  • Funds Management was created to assume the mutual fund advisory responsibilities of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. ("Wells Fargo Bank") and is an affiliate of Wells Fargo Bank, which was founded in 1852 and is the oldest bank in the western United States and is one of the largest banks in the United States. 



  • Funds Management is located at 525 Market Street, San Francisco, California 94105, and Wells Fargo is located at 420 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California 94163.



Advisory Fees




As compensation for its advisory services to your Acquiring Fund, Funds Management is entitled to receive a monthly fee at the annual rates indicated below, as a percentage of the Acquiring Fund's average daily net assets.

Fund1

Breakpoint

Fee

Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund2

First $1 billion

0.30%

Next $4 billion

0.275%

Next $10 billion

0.25%

Next $10 billion

0.225%

Over $25 billion

0.20%

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund

All assets

0.10%

Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund

All assets

0.10%

This table reflects fees which will be in effect as of July 1, 2010.
The Acquiring Fund's current advisory schedule is as follows: first $1 Billion - 0.30%; next $4 Billion - 0.275%; and over $5 Billion - 0.25%.

For the Acquiring Fund's most recent fiscal year, the aggregate advisory fee paid to Funds Management and Wells Capital was as follows:

 

Fund

As a % of average daily net assets1

Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

0.00%

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund

0.03%

The information shown in the table above reflects the effect of voluntary fee waivers implemented by Funds Management. These waivers may be removed at any time without notice.

Because the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund is a Shell Fund, it has not yet paid any advisory fees to Funds Management and Wells Capital.

Sub-Adviser




Wells Capital Management Incorporated ("Wells Capital"), an affiliate of Funds Management and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo, located at 525 Market Street, San Francisco, California 94105, is the sub-adviser for the Acquiring Funds. Wells Capital is responsible for the day-to-day investment management activities of the Acquiring Funds. Wells Capital is a registered investment adviser that provides investment advisory services for registered mutual funds, company retirement plans, foundations, endowments, trust companies, and high net-worth individuals.

Sub-Advisory Fees




For providing investment sub-advisory services to an Acquiring Fund, Wells Capital is entitled to receive monthly fees at the annual rates indicated below as a percentage of the Fund's average daily net assets. These fees may be paid by Funds Management or directly by the Fund. If a sub-advisory fee is paid directly by a Fund, the compensation paid to Funds Management for advisory fees will be reduced accordingly so that the Fund will not pay, in the aggregate, more than the amounts shown above as being due to Funds Management.

 

Fund

Breakpoint

Fee

Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

First $1 billion

0.05%

Next $2 billion

0.03%

Next $3 billion

0.02%

Over $6 billion

0.01%

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund

First $1 billion

0.05%

Next $2 billion

0.03%

Next $3 billion

0.02%

Over $6 billion

0.01%

Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund

First $1 billion

0.05%

Next $2 billion

0.03%

Next $3 billion

0.02%

Over $6 billion

0.01%

For a discussion regarding the basis for the approval of each Acquiring Fund's investment advisory agreements by its Board of Trustees, please see the Acquiring Fund's (other than Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund) shareholder report for the period ended August 31, 2009.

Additional Information Regarding the Expenses of the Funds




As a result of the Merger, the annual operating expenses you bear as a shareholder may change. In some cases, an increase in gross expenses may result from an increase in advisory fees or the application of a shareholder servicing fee on a particular class of shares. See the information provided above and the sections entitled "Shareholder Fee and Fund Expense Comparison" and "Buying, Selling and Exchanging Fund Shares," in this prospectus/proxy statement for more information on those fees. In some cases, typically those in which an Evergreen fund has a significant institutional shareholder base, an increase in gross expenses for a particular class of shares is a result of differences in the way that the Evergreen funds and Wells Fargo Advantage Funds allocate fees for transfer agency-related services among classes of shareholders. Although the gross annual operating expenses for a particular share class may increase as a result of a Merger, most of the share classes of the Acquiring Funds are subject to expense caps that have the effect of reducing or eliminating those increases for a period of three years. See the pro forma information in the section entitled "Shareholder Fee and Fund Expense Comparison" to determine whether your Acquiring Fund's share class is subject to such an expense cap.

Wells Fargo Advantage Funds and Evergreen funds charge fees for administration and transfer agency services in different ways. The Evergreen funds typically pay separate fees for administration and transfer agency services. These fees are imposed by the Evergreen funds on a fund-wide basis, so that shareholders of all classes share equally in the fees. Wells Fargo Advantage Funds pay Funds Management an administrative fee. The administrative fee is paid in two components. One component is paid on a fund-wide basis equally, while the other fee is applied on a class-by-class basis and at rates that differ among classes. Funds Management provides or obtains transfer agency services for the Funds as part of its administrative service, and the portion of the administrative fee paid on a class-by-class basis is intended in part to compensate Funds Management for providing or obtaining those transfer agency services. As a result of these class allocations, the fees that former Evergreen fund shareholders of certain classes will bear after the Mergers relating to transfer agency services will rise, while former Evergreen fund shareholders of certain other classes will experience a decline in those fees. The administration and transfer agency fees paid by the Funds are included among the expenses that comprise the "Other Expenses" column of the Annual Fund Operating Expense tables included in Exhibit C of this prospectus/proxy statement. Each Fund's SAI (or, in the case of a Shell Fund or Sweep Class shares, the Merger SAI) contains more information regarding the administration and transfer agency service fees borne by the Funds.

MERGER INFORMATION

Reasons for the Mergers

After the merger of the Wells Fargo and Wachovia organizations, representatives of the combined Wells Fargo asset management organization ("Funds Management") approached the Trustees of the Evergreen funds with a proposal to combine the Evergreen and Wells Fargo Advantage Fund families. Funds Management's representatives cited a number of important considerations favoring an eventual combination of the Fund families, including, among others, the integration of the Evergreen and Wells Fargo investment management organizations; possible economies of scale through the increased size of the combined Fund family; contractual savings from service providers to the combined Funds; the ability to select the best Funds from each family to continue as part of the combined Fund family; and more seamless integration of the Evergreen funds into the combined Wells Fargo investment and shareholder servicing platforms and programs.

Over the course of 2009, the Board of Trustees of the Evergreen funds worked closely with the management teams of Funds Management and EIMC to refine the proposed combination of the Fund families. The proposed combination involved a large number of merger transactions, including the Mergers described in this prospectus/proxy statement, each of which would result in an Evergreen fund merging into a Wells Fargo Advantage Fund. References to "mergers" in this section refer generally to the merger transactions (including each Merger described in this prospectus/proxy statement, where applicable) involved in the combination of the Evergreen fund family with the Wells Fargo Advantage Fund family. In their discussions, the Board made clear that, although the combination of the Fund families may well benefit the shareholders of the Evergreen funds as a whole, the Board would consider carefully the impact of the proposed combination on each Evergreen Fund and its shareholders individually and would evaluate each merger independently. Areas of discussion, as more fully described below, included the investment programs of the Evergreen funds and Wells Fargo Advantage Funds proposed to be combined; the portfolio management teams with responsibility for the management of Wells Fargo Advantage Funds after the combinations; and the effects of the combinations on the expenses born directly and indirectly by the investors in the Funds. The Trustees also considered carefully the ongoing governance of the Wells Fargo Advantage Fund family after the combination.

The Trustees reviewed information about each merger and the Evergreen funds and Wells Fargo Advantage Funds participating in each merger at numerous in-person and telephonic meetings occurring throughout 2009. This included information about, among other things, the relative sizes of the Funds, the Funds' investment goals and principal investment strategies, their specific portfolio characteristics, the potential for diversification and economies of scale as a result of or following the merger, and the performance records, portfolio management teams, and expenses of the Funds (as is described in more detail below for each of the Mergers). The Trustees considered performance, fee and expense information throughout the year. The fee and expense information included in this prospectus/proxy statement may be based on different periods than the information that the Trustees considered. The Trustees requested additional information from representatives of EIMC and Funds Management as they considered appropriate. The Trustees retained an independent industry consultant to assist them in evaluating the mergers and related information. They also met separately on numerous occasions with independent legal counsel to the Independent Trustees.

The Trustees met with management of EIMC and Funds Management repeatedly during the summer and fall of 2009. As a result of these ongoing discussions, management of EIMC and Funds Management made a number of changes to the proposed mergers, reflecting, among other things, a number of significant changes that the Trustees proposed in the belief that the changes would further improve the mergers for Evergreen fund shareholders. The changes to the proposed mergers included such things as changes in the identities of Funds proposed to participate in certain mergers; changes in portfolio management teams; changes in the Wells Fargo Advantage Fund share classes that Evergreen fund shareholders would receive in certain mergers; reductions in advisory fee schedules in certain instances; and the introduction of additional break points or modifications in break point schedules for certain Wells Fargo Advantage Funds which, while not impacting current advisory fees, offered the potential for future advisory fee savings if the Funds increase in size following the mergers. Many of the changes, to the extent applicable, are reflected in the descriptions of the Mergers presented in this prospectus/proxy statement.

At a meeting held on December 30, 2009, the Board of Trustees of the Evergreen funds, including all of the Independent Trustees, considered and unanimously approved each of the mergers. The Board of Trustees determined that each merger was in the best interests of the applicable Evergreen fund and that the interests of existing shareholders of each applicable Evergreen fund would not be diluted as a result of the merger.

The Trustees' determinations were based on a comprehensive evaluation of the information provided to them. During their review, the Trustees did not identify any particular information or consideration that was all-important or controlling, and each Trustee attributed different weights to various factors. Although the Trustees considered broader issues arising in the context of the combination of two large mutual fund families, their determinations with respect to each proposed merger were made on a fund-by-fund basis. For each merger the Trustees considered a number of additional matters, including the general factors described above, any significant differences between the investment objectives and policies of the Funds proposed to be merged, the historic investment performance of the Funds proposed to be merged, and the anticipated expenses of Wells Fargo Advantage Funds following the merger (each referred to in this discussion as a "combined Fund"). Detailed information about each of these factors is provided elsewhere in this prospectus/proxy statement. Set out below is a brief summary of the Trustees' considerations of a number of the most important, but not necessarily all, of the factors considered by the Board and the Independent Trustees.

Differences in overall approaches to fees; contract differences; Wells Fargo Expense Limitations.

General. The Trustees reviewed differences between the contractual arrangements of the Evergreen funds and Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, including arrangements with investment advisers, sub-advisers, administrators, transfer agents, and custodians, considering both services and fees. In relevant instances, the Trustees also considered that, in some instances, an Evergreen Fund was proposed to be reorganized into a Wells Fargo Advantage Fund that was part of a Master/Gateway structure. Many of those differences are highlighted elsewhere in this prospectus/proxy statement.

Expense limitations. The Trustees noted that the expense limitations currently in effect for the Evergreen funds are generally voluntary expense limitations implemented by EIMC, which EIMC may terminate at any time. The Trustees considered that EIMC would not necessarily be willing to provide those expense limitations indefinitely if the mergers did not occur. (Notwithstanding the voluntary nature of these expense limitations, as a result of discussions of the proposed combination of the Fund families, in December 2009, EIMC management agreed not to reduce or terminate any voluntary expense limitations then in place for the Evergreen funds through the completion of the mergers, except voluntary waivers established for the purpose of maintaining at least a 0.01% yield on certain Evergreen money market funds (the "yield waivers"). EIMC may adjust the yield waivers as necessary to accomplish the purpose for which they were established, including reducing them to zero if a fund is able to maintain a 0.01% yield without the effect of the yield waiver). By contrast, they considered that the expense limitations currently in effect for Wells Fargo Advantage Funds ("Wells Fargo Expense Limitations") are contractual obligations on the part of Funds Management, and may only be changed by a vote of the Trustees of Wells Fargo Advantage Funds. The Trustees took into account Funds Management's representations that it has historically sought the termination or relaxation of any Wells Fargo Expense Limitation only in unusual and isolated circumstances. The Trustees placed significant weight on Funds Management's assertion in this regard and on the fact that they had obtained Funds Management's commitment that it would not, in any event, seek or propose to terminate or raise any applicable Wells Fargo Expense Limitation for a period of at least three years following a merger. Thus, in any case where a Wells Fargo Advantage Fund's net expense ratio after a merger would be lower than the gross expense ratio of the corresponding Evergreen fund due to a Wells Fargo Expense Limitation, the Trustees considered that the Wells Fargo Expense Limitation would be a contractual commitment in effect for at least three years.

Administrative fees. The Trustees noted that the Evergreen funds typically pay separate fees for administration and transfer agency services. These fees are imposed on a Fund-wide basis, so that shareholders of all classes share equally in the fees. The Trustees noted that Wells Fargo Advantage Funds pay a single fee to Funds Management for both administrative and transfer agency services, and that that fee is charged in part on a Fund-wide basis, and in part separately, and at different rates, to the various share classes within a Fund. In considering the effect of these differences, the Trustees noted that the differences would not likely result in any decrease in the nature or quality of services provided to shareholders and that they may, in some cases, result in a more precise alignment of expenses charged to a share class with services provided to shareholders of that class.

The Trustees considered that Funds Management retained a third party to provide certain transfer agency services to Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, and had negotiated improved fee arrangements with this service provider that were contingent, in part, upon the integration of the Fund families. They also considered that, following discussions with the Trustees and their advisers, Funds Management had agreed to make such changes as were necessary to its administrative service contracts with Wells Fargo Advantage Funds and the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds' contractual expense limitations (where applicable)with respect to retail share classes so that all of the negotiated fee savings for these share classes would be passed through directly to Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, to the benefit of those Funds' shareholders, including the former Evergreen fund shareholders (although the benefits may not be realized to the extent that there is currently an additional voluntary expense limitation in effect for a Fund), following the mergers.

Share classes. The Trustees considered differences between the share classes offered by the Evergreen funds and those offered by Wells Fargo Advantage Funds. The Trustees also considered that some current Evergreen fund shareholders who do not currently pay a shareholder servicing fee would receive shares that are subject to a shareholder servicing fee as a result of a merger. The Trustees considered the effect of those fees on the Wells Fargo Advantage Fund's gross and net operating expense ratios. In the limited number of cases where those fees were expected to contribute to a shareholder of an Evergreen fund bearing increased net operating expenses as a result of a merger, the Trustees concluded that any increase should not prevent the Trustees from approving the merger in light of the other potential benefits of the merger that may inure to the benefit of those same shareholders.

The Trustees considered that there were some significant differences between the shares held by certain Evergreen fund shareholders and the shares they would receive in the mergers. But they concluded, in light of the services provided to the shareholders of the different classes and the overall expenses to be paid by shareholders of those classes, that the differences were not such as to prevent consummation of the mergers.

Method of comparing fees. Each Wells Fargo Advantage Fund pays fees to Funds Management or its affiliates for investment advisory and administrative (including transfer agency) services. Each Evergreen fund pays fees to EIMC or its affiliates for investment advisory, administrative, and transfer agency services. In comparing fees charged by EIMC (and affiliates) with those charged by Funds Management (and affiliates), the Trustees compared the aggregate amount paid by the Evergreen funds for investment advisory, administrative, and transfer agency services with the aggregate amount paid by Wells Fargo Advantage Funds for investment advisory and administrative (including transfer agency) services (the aggregate of those amounts paid by Wells Fargo Advantage Funds referred to below as the "Aggregate Wells Fargo Fees" paid by a Wells Fargo Advantage Fund), as well as the Funds' gross operating expense ratios and net operating expense ratios (net of voluntary expense limitations and, in the case of Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, net of Wells Fargo Expense Limitation). In addition, the Trustees considered the Funds' expenses in light of the average expenses, and average advisory, administrative, and transfer agency fees, paid by other funds in a peer group of competitive funds selected by Lipper Inc.

During the course of their consideration of fees that Wells Fargo Advantage Funds pay for investment advisory services, the Trustees noted that in certain cases, Funds Management and/or its affiliates provide to other clients advisory services that are comparable in some degree to the advisory services that they provide to particular Wells Fargo Advantage Funds. The Trustees considered information that Funds Management provided regarding the rates at which those other clients pay advisory fees. Fees charged to those other clients (generally large institutions) were generally lower than those charged to the respective Wells Fargo Advantage Funds. The Trustees also noted that certain fees paid to Funds Management by the variable trust Wells Fargo Advantage Funds were lower than those paid by comparable retail Wells Fargo Advantage Funds. They considered management's representation that many of those fees are set in light of the expenses of the variable products through which the variable trust Wells Fargo Advantage Funds are sold, and that, as a result, the market for the variable Funds, and the pricing of the variable Funds, is typically different from those of the retail Funds.

Custody and fund accounting savings. The Trustees considered that Funds Management had been able to negotiate improved fee arrangements for custody and fund-accounting services for Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, which were contingent in part upon the integration of the two fund families. Wells Fargo Advantage Funds contract directly for these services, so that these improved fee arrangements will operate to the benefit of those Funds' shareholders, including the former Evergreen fund shareholders, following the mergers.

Tax considerations.

The Trustees considered the relative tax situations of the Evergreen funds and the resulting impact of the mergers on the Funds' shareholders. They reviewed information relating to each Fund's capital loss carryforwards, unrealized and realized gains and losses, and the potential impact of the mergers on these tax attributes.

In the case of Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund into the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund, which is a Shell Fund, the Trustees determined that the merger will not directly affect the ownership of the former Target Fund and will have no effect on the size or expiration schedule of the Target Fund's capital loss carryforwards. As a result, the merger will affect neither the ability of a Fund to take advantage of such capital loss carryforwards nor the size of the unrealized and realized gains and losses of the Target Fund.

In all other cases, for each merger the Trustees determined, based upon an evaluation of a variety of factors including the size of the capital loss carryforwards and unrealized and realized gains and losses, the size of each Fund participating in the merger, the expiration schedule for the capital loss carryforwards, and the likelihood that a Fund would be able to take advantage of its capital loss carryforwards, that any loss of or limitation on the benefit of a Fund's capital loss carryforward or other tax attributes as a result of the merger should not have an impact on the combined Fund's ability to use either Funds' losses.

Governance.

The Trustees considered information regarding the Trustees of Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, and a number of the Evergreen Trustees met with all or some of the Wells Fargo Trustees. They considered the experience and expertise of those Trustees. The Trustees also considered, and placed substantial reliance on the fact that two members of the Evergreen funds Board of Trustees (expected to be Michael S. Scofield and K. Dun Gifford) would be joining Wells Fargo Advantage Funds Board of Trustees upon consummation of the first of the mergers and would resign from the Evergreen funds Board of Trustees at that time, and that the remaining members of the Evergreen funds Board of Trustees would serve in an advisory capacity for a period of two years following the mergers.

Consideration of investment matters and expenses.

Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund into the Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund and Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund into the Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund

The Trustees considered generally that the combination of the Wells Fargo Advantage and Evergreen money market funds had the potential to benefit shareholders in the context of the platforms or products through which they hold their shares. For example, the Trustees noted that certain benefits of a money market fund account, such as cash sweep functions or investment account integration, might be unavailable or more limited for shareholders of an Evergreen money market fund than for a Wells Fargo Advantage money market fund in light of the consolidation of many legacy Wachovia platforms and products into Wells Fargo platforms and products. The Trustees also considered that, in many, though not necessarily all, cases, the combined Funds would be significantly larger than the Evergreen money market funds in question, and so potentially more likely to benefit from economies of scale in expenses and greater diversification.

The Trustees considered that the investment objectives and policies of the surviving Wells Fargo Advantage Funds generally were substantially similar to those of the corresponding Evergreen funds. They noted a number of specific differences between investment policies, but determined that they were not so significant as to prevent the mergers. All of the Funds are managed to comply with Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act so as to permit the Funds to sell and redeem shares at a constant net asset value per share of $1.00.

The Trustees considered differences in the expenses paid by the various Wells Fargo Advantage and Evergreen funds. They noted that, in most, though not all, cases, the gross expense ratios of the various Evergreen fund share classes are higher than the anticipated gross expense ratios of the corresponding share classes of the combined Funds. They also noted that, in all cases, the net expense ratios of the combined Funds compared favorably to the gross expense ratios of the Evergreen funds. They noted specifically in this regard that during the current period of extraordinarily low interest rates EIMC and Funds Management have both implemented unusual voluntary expense limitations for nearly all of the money market funds, intended to provide shareholders at least a minimal positive yield after expenses for each class of shares. As a result, the current net expense ratios of the money market Funds are generally significantly lower than they would be under normal circumstances, and in some cases, the current net expense ratios of an Evergreen money market Fund may be lower than those of a combined Fund after a merger. However, the Trustees considered that the expense limitations implemented by EIMC are voluntary and may be terminated at any time, and that, if all the voluntary expense limitations were terminated, the gross expense ratio of all but two classes of shares of the Evergreen Funds would be higher than, and for the two other share classes equal to, the net expense ratio of the corresponding combined Fund share class, as a result of the three-year contractual Wells Fargo Expense Limitation. They also considered that, prior to the current difficult market environment, EIMC had not historically implemented voluntary expense limitations for the money market Funds and that, historically, the net expense ratios of each of the Evergreen funds' share classes had been closer to their current gross expense ratios and generally higher than the expected net expense ratio of the corresponding combined Fund after the mergers.

The Trustees considered information about the so-called "shadow" values of shares of certain of the Funds (valuations performed on the basis of actual market quotations and not on the basis of amortized cost valuation as permitted by Rule 2a-7) were less than $1.00 per share. They considered that, to the extent the differences between the Funds' shadow prices and $1.00 per share were the result of unrealized losses on portfolio securities, in light of the short-term nature of the Funds' portfolio securities, the high degree of likelihood that the securities would be held to maturity and would mature at par, and the other potential benefits of each Merger, the difference should not be seen to give rise to a dilution of shareholders' interests.

Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund into the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund

The Trustees considered whether any changes were proposed to Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund's investment objective, investment policies, investment process, or portfolio management teams. They noted that Funds Management had proposed certain changes to the Fund's investment objective and investment policies, but had indicated that these changes were intended simply to conform the description of the objective and policies to the terminology that Wells Fargo Advantage Funds use to describe substantially similar objectives or polices. They also noted that Funds Management had proposed other changes to the Fund's investment policies, which were intended to align the Fund's policies more closely with the Fund's current and expected investment program. Funds Management assured the Trustees that the changes in investment objective and investment policies were expected to have no substantial impact on the Funds' investment process or investment program, but may, among other things, improve the reliability or ease of investment compliance monitoring and make it easier for shareholders and potential shareholders to understand differences and similarities among funds within the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds family.

The Trustees reviewed the proposed investment objective and investment policy changes for the Fund. They noted that the Fund was proposed to be renamed the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund.

The Trustees also considered that the merger was not expected to result in any substantial change in the identity of the investment professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund.

In addition to their consideration of investment matters, the Trustees examined the expected impact of the merger on Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund's expenses. The Trustees considered that the rate at which the Fund would pay advisory fees after the merger would decrease, and that Aggregate Wells Fargo Fees would increase. They noted, however, that gross expense ratio would decrease for all classes except the Institutional and Institutional Service Class shares, and that net expense ratio for each share class would decrease or remain the same.

Agreement and Plan of Reorganization

Each Target Fund will be reorganized into its corresponding Acquiring Fund pursuant to the Plan, a form of which is attached at Exhibit A. The following summary of the Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to Exhibit A attached hereto.

The Plan provides that the Acquiring Fund will acquire all of the assets of the corresponding Target Fund(s) in exchange for shares of equal value of the Acquiring Fund (measured using the amortized cost method on the business day immediately preceding the Merger) and the assumption by the Acquiring Fund of all of the liabilities of the Target Fund(s), at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on a particular Merger date (the "Effective Time").

The number of full and fractional shares of each class of an Acquiring Fund to be received by each class of its corresponding Target Fund will be determined by dividing the value of assets net of liabilities attributable to such Target Fund class by the net asset value ("NAV") of one share of the applicable Acquiring Fund class. The Plan specifies that the method of determining the value of the assets net of liabilities and the NAV of each class of the Acquiring Fund shall be the same method used in determining the NAV of the Acquiring Fund in the ordinary course, which in the case of each Evergreen money market fund and each Wells Fargo Advantage money market fund is the "amortized cost" method of valuation. As a result, it is anticipated that each shareholder of a Target Fund will receive in the Merger one share of the Acquiring Fund for each share of the Target Fund held by the shareholder. The valuation will be conducted on the business day immediately preceding the Effective Time or upon such other date as the parties may agree, as of the last time that the Acquiring Fund ordinarily calculates its NAV, or as of such other time as the parties may agree (the "Valuation Date").

At the Effective Time or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, the Target Fund will liquidate and distribute pro rata to the Target Fund shareholders of record of each class as of the close of business on the Valuation Date the full and fractional shares of the corresponding class of the Acquiring Fund received by the Target Fund based on the shares of the Target Fund class owned by such shareholders. After these distributions and the winding up of its affairs, the Target Fund will be terminated as a series of its applicable Trust, in accordance with applicable law and its Declaration of Trust.

A majority of the applicable Board of Trustees may terminate the Plan on behalf of any Target Fund or Acquiring Fund under certain circumstances. In addition, completion of a Merger is subject to numerous conditions set forth in the Plan, including approval by Target Fund shareholders, the accuracy of various representations and warranties, and receipt of a tax opinion generally to the effect that the Merger will qualify as a "reorganization" for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The Plan also contemplates that the Board of the Acquiring Trust take all actions necessary or appropriate to appoint and constitute two current Trustees of the relevant Evergreen Target Trust as members of the Acquiring Trust's Board to be effective at the Effective Time of any merger listed in Annex A of the Plan. Also, the Plan contemplates that an Advisory Committee be established in accordance with the "Charter of the Advisory Committee of the Trustees of the Legacy Evergreen Funds" that would initially be comprised of the current Trustees of the relevant Evergreen Target Trust ("Evergreen Trustees") who are not appointed to the Acquiring Trust's Board and that a letter agreement of Funds Management providing, among other things, for Funds Management to compensate Advisory Committee members be in full force and effect. The amount of such compensation will be comparable to the annual retainer amount each current Evergreen Trustee earns as Trustee of the Evergreen funds. Another condition of the Evergreen Target Trust's obligations under the Plan is that satisfactory arrangements regarding the indemnification of the Evergreen Trustees be entered into. Pursuant to these arrangements, Funds Management is expected to provide operational and financial assurances in respect of liabilities or expenses the former Evergreen Trustees may incur in the future relating to their past service as Trustees to the Evergreen Target Trust.

Whether or not the Merger is consummated, Funds Management, EIMC or one of their affiliates will pay all expenses incurred by the Target Fund and Acquiring Fund in connection with the Merger (including the cost of any proxy solicitor), except portfolio transaction costs incurred in purchasing or disposing of securities. If a Target Fund's shareholders do not approve the Merger, the Board of Trustees of the Target Trust may consider other possible courses of action.

Information concerning the pro forma capitalization of each Fund is contained in Exhibit D to this prospectus/proxy statement.

Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequencesof the Mergers

The following discussion summarizes certain material U.S. federal income tax consequences of your Merger, including an investment in Acquiring Fund shares, that are applicable to you as a Target Fund shareholder. It is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Internal Revenue Code"), applicable U.S. Treasury regulations, judicial authority and administrative rulings and practice, all as of the date of this prospectus/proxy statement and all of which are subject to change, including changes with retroactive effect. The discussion below does not address any state, local or foreign tax consequences of the Mergers or of holding Acquiring Fund shares. Your tax treatment may vary depending upon your particular situation. You also may be subject to special rules not discussed below if you are a certain kind of Target Fund shareholder, including, but not limited to: an insurance company; a tax-exempt organization; a financial institution or broker-dealer; a person who is neither a citizen nor resident of the United States or entity that is not organized under the laws of the United States or political subdivision thereof; a shareholder who holds Target Fund shares as part of a hedge, straddle or conversion transaction; a person that does not hold Target Fund shares as a capital asset at the time of the Mergers; or an entity taxable as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

We have not requested and will not request an advance ruling from the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") as to the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the Mergers or any related transaction. The IRS could adopt positions contrary to those discussed below and such positions could be sustained. You are urged to consult with your own tax advisers and financial planners as to the particular tax consequences of your Merger and of holding Acquiring Fund shares to you, including the applicability and effect of any state, local or foreign laws and the effect of possible changes in applicable tax laws.

Qualification of the Mergers as Tax-Free "Reorganizations" Under the Internal Revenue Code

The obligation of the Funds to consummate the Mergers is contingent upon their receipt of an opinion from Proskauer Rose LLP, special tax counsel to the Acquiring Funds, generally to the effect that each Merger will qualify as a "reorganization" under Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to each Acquiring Fund and its corresponding Target Fund(s), and therefore generally:

  1. no gain or loss will be recognized by the Acquiring Fund upon receipt of the corresponding Target Fund's assets in exchange for the Acquiring Fund shares and the assumption by the Acquiring Fund of the liabilities of the Target Fund;

  2. the Acquiring Fund's tax basis in the assets of the corresponding Target Fund transferred to the Acquiring Fund in the Merger will be the same as the Target Fund's tax basis in the assets immediately prior to the transfer;

  3. the Acquiring Fund's holding periods for the assets of the corresponding Target Fund will include the periods during which such assets were held by the Target Fund;

  4. no gain or loss will be recognized by the Target Fund upon the transfer of the Target Fund's assets to the Acquiring Fund in exchange for Acquiring Fund shares and the assumption by the Acquiring Fund of the liabilities of the Target Fund, or upon distribution of Acquiring Fund shares by the Target Fund to its shareholders in liquidation;

  5. no gain or loss will be recognized by the Target Fund's shareholders upon the exchange of their Target Fund shares for Acquiring Fund shares;

  6. the tax basis of Acquiring Fund shares a Target Fund shareholder receives in connection with the Merger will be the same as the tax basis of his or her Target Fund shares exchanged therefor;

  7. a Target Fund shareholder's holding period for his or her Acquiring Fund shares will include the period for which he or she held the Target Fund shares exchanged therefor; and

  8. the Acquiring Fund will succeed to, and take into account the items of the Target Fund described in Section 381(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, subject to the conditions and limitations specified in the Internal Revenue Code and the U.S. Treasury regulations thereunder.

The tax opinion described above will be based on then-existing law, will be subject to certain assumptions, qualifications and exclusions and will be based in part on the truth and accuracy of certain representations by us on behalf of the Acquiring Funds and the Target Funds.

Status as a Regulated Investment Company

Since its formation, each Fund, other than the Shell Fund, has elected and believes it has qualified to be treated as a separate "regulated investment company," or "RIC," under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code and the Shell Fund intends to qualify to be treated as a RIC. Accordingly, each Fund, other than the Shell Fund, believes that it has been, and expects to continue to be, and the Shell Fund expects to be, relieved of U.S. federal income tax liability to the extent that it makes distributions of its income and gains to its shareholders.

U.S. Federal Income Taxation of an Investment in an Acquiring Fund

The following discussion summarizes certain material U.S. federal income tax consequences of an investment in an Acquiring Fund. This discussion is not intended as a substitute for careful tax planning. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation. Please see the prospectuses and statements of additional information (or, in the case of the Shell Fund, this prospectus/proxy statement and the Merger SAI) for the Acquiring Funds for additional U.S. federal income tax information.

Qualification as a Regulated Investment Company. It is intended that each Acquiring Fund will qualify as a RIC under Subchapter M of Subtitle A, Chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code. Each Acquiring Fund will be treated as a separate entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Thus, the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to RICs generally will apply separately to each Acquiring Fund even though each Acquiring Fund is a series of the Acquiring Trust. Furthermore, each Acquiring Fund will separately determine its income, gains, losses and expenses for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

In order to qualify as a RIC under the Internal Revenue Code, each Acquiring Fund must, among other things, derive at least 90% of its gross income each taxable year generally from (i) dividends, interest, certain payments with respect to securities loans, gains from the sale or other disposition of stock, securities or foreign currencies, and other income attributable to its business of investing in such stock, securities or foreign currencies (including, but not limited to, gains from options, futures or forward contracts) and (ii) net income derived from an interest in a qualified publicly traded partnership, as defined in the Internal Revenue Code. Future U.S. Treasury regulations may (possibly retroactively) exclude from qualifying income foreign currency gains that are not directly related to an Acquiring Fund's principal business of investing in stock, securities or options and futures with respect to stock or securities. In general, for purposes of this 90% gross income requirement, income derived from a partnership, except a qualified publicly traded partnership, will be treated as qualifying income only to the extent such income is attributable to items of income of the partnership which would be qualifying income if realized by the RIC.

Each Acquiring Fund must also diversify its holdings so that, at the end of each quarter of an Acquiring Fund's taxable year: (i) at least 50% of the fair market value of its assets consists of (A) cash and cash items (including receivables), U.S. government securities and securities of other RICs, and (B) securities of any one issuer (other than those described in clause (A)) to the extent such securities do not exceed 5% of the value of the Acquiring Fund's total assets and do not exceed 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer, and (ii) not more than 25% of the value of the Acquiring Fund's total assets consists of the securities of any one issuer (other than those described in clause (i)(A)), the securities of two or more issuers the Acquiring Fund controls and which are engaged in the same, similar or related trades or businesses, or the securities of one or more qualified publicly traded partnerships. In addition, for purposes of meeting this diversification requirement, the term "outstanding voting securities of such issuer" includes the equity securities of a qualified publicly traded partnership.

In addition, with respect to each taxable year, each Acquiring Fund generally must distribute to its shareholders at least 90% of its investment company taxable income, which generally includes its ordinary income and the excess of any net short-term capital gain over net long-term capital loss, and at least 90% of its net tax-exempt interest income earned for the taxable year. If an Acquiring Fund meets all of the RIC requirements, it generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on any of the investment company taxable income and net capital gain (i.e., the excess of net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss) it distributes to its shareholders. For this purpose, an Acquiring Fund generally must make the distributions in the same year that it realizes the income and gain, although in certain circumstances, an Acquiring Fund may make the distributions in the following taxable year. Shareholders generally are taxed on any distributions from an Acquiring Fund in the year they are actually distributed. However, if an Acquiring Fund declares a distribution to shareholders of record in October, November or December of one year and pays the distribution by January 31 of the following year, the Acquiring Fund and its shareholders will be treated as if the Acquiring Fund paid the distribution by December 31 of the first taxable year. Each Acquiring Fund intends to distribute its net income and gain in a timely manner to maintain its status as a RIC and eliminate fund-level U.S. federal income taxation of such income and gain. However, no assurance can be given that an Acquiring Fund will not be subject to U.S. federal income taxation.

Moreover, the Acquiring Funds may retain for investment all or a portion of their net capital gain. If an Acquiring Fund retains any net capital gain, it will be subject to a tax at regular corporate rates on the amount retained, but may designate the retained amount as undistributed capital gain in a notice to its shareholders, who (i) will be required to include in income for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as long- term capital gain, their shares of such undistributed amount, and (ii) will be entitled to credit their proportionate shares of the tax paid by the Acquiring Fund on such undistributed amount against their U.S. federal income tax liabilities, if any, and to claim refunds to the extent the credit exceeds such liabilities. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, the tax basis of shares owned by a shareholder of an Acquiring Fund will be increased by an amount equal to the difference between the amount of undistributed capital gain included in the shareholder's gross income and the tax deemed paid by the shareholder under clause (ii) of the preceding sentence. An Acquiring Fund is not required to, and there can be no assurance that it will, make this designation if it retains all or a portion of its net capital gain in a taxable year.

If, for any taxable year, an Acquiring Fund fails to qualify as a RIC under the Internal Revenue Code, it will be taxed in the same manner as an ordinary corporation without any deduction for its distributions to shareholders, and all distributions from such Acquiring Fund's current and accumulated earnings and profits (including any distributions of its net tax-exempt income and net long-term capital gain) to its shareholders will be taxable as dividend income. To re-qualify to be taxed as a RIC in a subsequent year, an Acquiring Fund may be required to distribute to its shareholders its earnings and profits attributable to non-RIC years reduced by an interest charge on 50% of such earnings and profits payable by the Acquiring Fund to the IRS. In addition, if an Acquiring Fund initially qualifies as a RIC but subsequently fails to qualify as a RIC for a period greater than two taxable years, the Acquiring Fund generally will be required to recognize and pay tax on any net built-in gain (the excess of aggregate gain, including items of income, over aggregate loss that would have been realized if the Acquiring Fund had been liquidated) or, alternatively, to be subject to tax on such built-in gain recognized for a period of ten years, in order to re-qualify as a RIC in a subsequent year.

Excise Tax. If an Acquiring Fund fails to distribute by December 31 of each calendar year at least the sum of 98% of its ordinary income for that year (excluding capital gains and losses), 98% of its capital gain net income (adjusted for certain net ordinary losses) for the 12-month period ending on October 31 of that year, and any of its ordinary income and capital gain net income from previous years that was not distributed during such years, the Acquiring Fund will be subject to a nondeductible 4% U.S. federal excise tax on the undistributed amounts (other than to the extent of its tax-exempt interest income, if any). For these purposes, an Acquiring Fund will be treated as having distributed any amount on which it is subject to corporate-level U.S. federal income tax for the taxable year ending within the calendar year. The Acquiring Funds generally intend to actually distribute or be deemed to have distributed substantially all of their ordinary income and capital gain net income, if any, by the end of each calendar year and thus expect not to be subject to the excise tax. However, no assurance can be given that an Acquiring Fund will not be subject to the excise tax. Moreover, the Acquiring Funds reserve the right to pay an excise tax rather than make an additional distribution when circumstances warrant (for example, the amount of excise tax to be paid by an Acquiring Fund is determined to be de minimis).

Taxation of Acquiring Fund Investments. It is expected that substantially all of the Acquiring Funds' net income will consist of ordinary income, short-term capital gain and tax-exempt interest income.

Additionally, prospective shareholders should be aware that other investments made by the Acquiring Funds may involve complex tax rules that may result in income or gain recognition by the Acquiring Funds without corresponding current cash receipts. Although the Acquiring Funds seek to avoid significant non-cash income, such non-cash income could be recognized by the Acquiring Funds, in which case the Acquiring Funds may distribute cash derived from other sources in order to meet the minimum distribution requirements described above. In this regard, the Acquiring Funds could be required at times to liquidate investments prematurely in order to satisfy its minimum distribution requirements.

Taxation of Distributions. Except for exempt interest dividends (defined below) paid out by Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund (the "Tax-Free Fund"), distributions paid out of an Acquiring Funds' current and accumulated earnings and profits (as determined at the end of the year), whether paid in cash or reinvested in the Acquiring Funds, generally are deemed to be taxable distributions and must be reported by each shareholder who is required to file a U.S. federal income tax return. Dividends and distributions on the Acquiring Funds' shares are generally subject to U.S. federal income tax as described herein to the extent they do not exceed a Fund's realized income and gains, even though such dividends and distributions may economically represent a return of a particular shareholder's investment. Such distributions are likely to occur in respect of shares acquired at a time when an Acquiring Fund's net asset value reflects gains that are either unrealized, or realized but not distributed. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Acquiring Funds' earnings and profits, described above, are determined at the end of the Acquiring Fund's taxable year and are allocated pro rata to distributions paid over the entire year. Distributions in excess of an Acquiring Fund's current and accumulated earnings and profits will first be treated as a return of capital up to the amount of a shareholder's tax basis in the shareholder's Acquiring Fund shares and then as capital gain. The Acquiring Funds may make distributions in excess of their earnings and profits, from time to time.

For U.S. federal income tax purposes, distributions of investment income are generally taxable as ordinary income, and distributions of gains from the sale of investments that an Acquiring Fund owned for one year or less will be taxable as ordinary income. Distributions properly designated by the Acquiring Funds as capital gain dividends will be taxable to shareholders as long-term capital gain (to the extent such distributions do not exceed an Acquiring Fund's net capital gain for the taxable year), regardless of how long a shareholder has held Acquiring Fund shares, and do not qualify as dividends for purposes of the dividends-received deduction or as qualified dividend income. The Acquiring Funds will designate capital gain dividends, if any, in a written notice mailed by each Acquiring Fund to its shareholders not later than 60 days after the close of such Acquiring Fund's taxable year.

Some states will not tax distributions made to individual shareholders that are attributable to interest an Acquiring Fund earned on direct obligations of the U.S. government if such Acquiring Fund meets the state's minimum investment or reporting requirements, if any. Investments in GNMA or FNMA securities, bankers' acceptances, commercial paper and repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities generally do not qualify for tax-free treatment. This exemption may not apply to corporate shareholders.

Sales and Exchanges of Acquiring Fund Shares. In general, as long as the Acquiring Funds maintain a net asset value of $1.00 per share, no gain or loss should be recognized upon the sale or exchange of Acquiring Fund shares. If a shareholder sells, pursuant to a cash or in-kind redemption, or exchanges the shareholder's Acquiring Fund shares, subject to the discussion below, the shareholder generally will recognize a taxable capital gain or loss on the difference between the amount received for shares (or deemed received in the case of an exchange) and the shareholder's tax basis in the shares. This gain or loss will be long-term capital gain or loss if the shareholder has held such Acquiring Fund shares for more than one year at the time of the sale or exchange, and short-term otherwise.

If a shareholder sells or exchanges Acquiring Fund shares within 90 days of having acquired such shares and if, as a result of having initially acquired those shares, the shareholder subsequently pays a reduced sales charge on a new purchase of shares of an Acquiring Fund or a different RIC, the sales charge previously incurred in acquiring the Acquiring Fund's shares generally shall not be taken into account (to the extent the previous sales charges do not exceed the reduction sales charges on the new purchase) for the purpose of determining the amount of gain or loss on the disposition, but generally will be treated as having been incurred in the new purchase. Also, if a shareholder recognizes a loss on a disposition of Acquiring Fund shares, the loss will be disallowed under the "wash sale" rules to the extent the shareholder purchases substantially identical shares within the 61 day period beginning 30 days before and ending 30 days after the disposition. Any disallowed loss generally will be reflected in an adjustment to the tax basis of the purchased shares.

If a shareholder receives a capital gain dividend with respect to any Acquiring Fund share and such Acquiring Fund share is held for six months or less, then (unless otherwise disallowed) any loss on the sale or exchange of that Acquiring Fund share will be treated as a long-term capital loss to the extent of the capital gain dividend. If such loss is incurred from the redemption of shares pursuant to a periodic redemption plan then U.S. Treasury regulations may permit an exception to this six-month rule. No such regulations have been issued as of the date of this filing.

U.S. Federal Income Tax Rates. Non-corporate Acquiring Fund shareholders (i.e., individuals, trusts and estates) are taxed at a maximum rate of 35% on ordinary income and 15% on long-term capital gain for taxable years beginning on or before December 31, 2010. Under current law, long-term capital gain will be taxed at a maximum rate of 20% for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011. Reductions in individual U.S. federal income tax enacted in 2003 on "qualified dividend income" generally will not apply to Acquiring Fund distributions.

The maximum stated corporate U.S. federal income tax rate applicable to ordinary income and net capital gain is 35%. Actual marginal tax rates may be higher for some shareholders, for example, through reductions in deductions. Distributions from some Acquiring Funds may qualify for the "dividends-received deduction" applicable to corporate shareholders with respect to certain dividends. Naturally, the amount of tax payable by any taxpayer will be affected by a combination of tax laws covering, for example, deductions, credits, deferrals, exemptions, sources of income and other matters. U.S. federal income tax rates are set to increase in future years under various "sunset" provisions of U.S. federal income tax laws.

Backup Withholding. The Acquiring Funds are generally required to withhold and remit to the U.S. Treasury, subject to certain exemptions (such as for certain corporate or foreign shareholders), an amount equal to 28% of all distributions and redemption proceeds (including proceeds from exchanges and redemptions in-kind) paid or credited to an Acquiring Fund shareholder if (i) the shareholder fails to furnish an Acquiring Fund with a correct "taxpayer identification number" ("TIN"), (ii) the shareholder fails to certify under penalties of perjury that the TIN provided is correct, (iii) the shareholder fails to make certain other certifications, or (iv) the IRS notifies an Acquiring Fund that the shareholder's TIN is incorrect or that the shareholder is otherwise subject to backup withholding. The rate of backup withholding is set to increase for amounts distributed or paid after December 31, 2010. Backup withholding is not an additional tax imposed on the shareholder. The shareholder may apply amounts withheld as a credit against the shareholder's U.S. federal income tax liability and may obtain a refund of any excess amounts withheld, provided that the required information is furnished to the IRS. If a shareholder fails to furnish a valid TIN upon request, the shareholder can also be subject to IRS penalties. A shareholder may generally avoid backup withholding by furnishing a properly completed IRS Form W-9.

Foreign Shareholders. For purposes of this discussion, "foreign shareholders" include: (i) nonresident alien individuals, (ii) foreign trusts (i.e., a trust other than a trust with respect to which a U.S. court is able to exercise primary supervision over administration of that trust and one or more U.S. persons have authority to control substantial decisions of that trust), (iii) foreign estates (i.e., the income of which is not subject to U.S. tax regardless of source), and (iv) foreign corporations.

Generally, subject to certain exceptions described below, distributions made to foreign shareholders may be subject to non-refundable U.S. federal income tax withholding at a 30% rate (or such lower rate provided under an applicable income tax treaty) even if they are funded by income or gains (such as portfolio interest, short-term capital gain, or foreign-source dividend and interest income) that, if paid to a foreign person directly, would not be subject to withholding. Capital gains dividends and gains recognized by a foreign shareholder on the redemption of Acquiring Fund shares generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax withholding, provided that certain requirements are satisfied.

Tax-Deferred Plans. Shares of the Acquiring Funds may be available for a variety of tax-deferred retirement and other tax-advantaged plans and accounts. However, shares of the Tax-Free Fund may not be suitable for tax-deferred retirement and other tax-advantaged plans and accounts since such plans and accounts are generally tax-exempt and, therefore, would not benefit from the tax-exempt status of certain distributions from the Tax-Free Fund (discussed below). Such distributions may ultimately be taxable to the beneficiaries when distributed to them. Prospective investors should contact their tax advisers and financial planners regarding the tax consequences to them of holding Acquiring Fund shares through such plans and/or accounts.

Tax-Exempt Shareholders. Shares of the Tax-Free Fund may not be suitable for tax-exempt shareholders since such shareholders generally would not benefit from the tax-exempt status of distributions from the Tax-Free Fund (discussed below). Tax-exempt shareholders should contact their tax advisers and financial planners regarding the tax consequences to them of an investment in the Acquiring Funds.

Tax Shelter Reporting Regulations. Generally, under U.S. Treasury regulations, if an individual shareholder recognizes a loss of $2 million or more or if a corporate shareholder recognizes a loss of $10 million or more, the shareholder must file with the IRS a disclosure statement on Form 8886. Direct shareholders of securities are in many cases exempt from this reporting requirement, but under current guidance, shareholders of a RIC are not exempt. Future guidance may extend the current exemption from this reporting requirement to shareholders of most or all RICs. The fact that a loss is reportable under these regulations does not affect the legal determination of whether the taxpayer's treatment of the loss is proper. Shareholders should consult their own tax advisers to determine the applicability of these regulations in light of their individual circumstances.

Additional Considerations for the Tax-Free Fund. If at least 50% of the value of an Acquiring Fund's total assets at the close of each quarter of its taxable years consists of debt obligations that generate interest exempt from U.S. federal income tax under Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code, then the Fund may qualify to pass through to its shareholders the tax-exempt character of its income from such debt obligations by paying exempt-interest dividends. The Tax-Free Fund intends to so qualify and is designed to provide shareholders with income exempt from U.S. federal income tax in the form of exempt-interest dividends. "Exempt-interest dividends" are dividends (other than capital gain dividends) paid by a RIC that are properly designated as such in a written notice mailed to its shareholders.

Although exempt-interest dividends are generally exempt from U.S. federal income tax, there may not be a similar exemption under the laws of a particular state or local taxing jurisdiction. Thus, exempt-interest dividends may be subject to state and local taxes. You should consult your tax advisor to discuss the tax consequences of your investment in a Fund.

No later than 60 days after the close of its taxable year, the Tax-Free Fund will notify its shareholders of the portion of the distributions for the taxable year that constitutes exempt-interest dividends. The designated portion cannot exceed the excess of the amount of interest excludable from gross income under Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code received by the Tax-Free Fund during the taxable year over any amounts disallowed as deductions under Sections 265 and 171(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code. Interest on indebtedness incurred to purchase or carry shares of the Tax-Free Fund will not be deductible to the extent that the Tax-Free Fund's distributions are exempt from U.S. federal income tax.

In addition, an investment in the Tax-Free Fund may result in liability for U.S. federal alternative minimum tax ("AMT"). Certain deductions and exemptions have been designated "tax preference items" which must be added back to taxable income for purposes of calculating the U.S. federal AMT. Tax preference items include tax-exempt interest on certain "private activity bonds." To the extent the Tax-Free Fund invests in certain private activity bonds, its shareholders will be required to report that portion of the Fund's distributions attributable to income from the bonds as a tax preference item in determining their U.S. federal AMT, if any. Shareholders will be notified of the tax status of distributions made by the Tax-Free Fund. Persons who may be "substantial users" (or "related persons" of substantial users) of facilities financed by private activity bonds should consult their tax advisers before purchasing shares in the Tax-Free Fund. Furthermore, shareholders will not be permitted to deduct any of their share of the Tax-Free Fund's expenses in computing their U.S. federal AMT. In addition, exempt-interest dividends paid by the Tax-Free Fund to a corporate shareholder are included in the shareholder's "adjusted current earnings" as part of its U.S. federal AMT calculation, and may also affect its U.S. federal "environmental tax" liability. As of the date of this filing, individuals are subject to the U.S. federal AMT at a maximum rate of 28% and corporations are subject to the U.S. federal AMT at a maximum rate of 20%. Shareholders with questions or concerns about the U.S. federal AMT should consult own their own tax advisers.

The IRS is paying increased attention to whether debt obligations intended to produce interest exempt from U.S. federal income tax in fact meet the requirements for such exemption. Ordinarily, the Tax-Free Fund relies on an opinion from the issuer's bond counsel that interest on the issuer's debt obligation will be exempt from U.S. federal income tax. However, no assurance can be given that the IRS will not successfully challenge such exemption, which could cause interest on the debt obligation to be taxable and could jeopardize the Tax-Free Fund's ability to pay exempt-interest distributions. Similar challenges may occur as to state-specific exemptions. A shareholder who receives Social Security or railroad retirement benefits should consult the shareholder's own tax adviser to determine what effect, if any, an investment in the Tax-Free Fund may have on the U.S. federal taxation of such benefits. Exempt-interest dividends are included in income for purposes of determining the amount of benefits that are taxable. Distributions of the Tax-Free Fund's income other than exempt-interest dividends generally will be taxable to shareholders. Gains recognized by the Tax-Free Fund on the sale or exchange of investments that generate tax-exempt income will also be taxable to shareholders.

Buying, Selling and Exchanging Fund Shares

Share Class Information 




The following is a summary description of the charges and fees applicable to the various classes of the Target and Acquiring Funds. More detailed descriptions of the distribution arrangements applicable to the classes of shares are contained in each Fund's prospectus and statement of additional information (other than for the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund, for which information can be found in this prospectus/proxy statement and the Merger SAI).

Evergreen Funds

  • 12b-1 Fees. To compensate Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC ("WFFD"), the principal underwriter for the Evergreen funds, for the service it provides and for the expenses it bears in connection with the distribution of shares, certain classes of the Evergreen funds make payments to WFFD from fees assessed under a distribution plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Because 12b-1 fees are paid out of the assets of each applicable class on an ongoing basis, over time they will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales loads. The following table sets forth the 12b-1 fee charged to each class of the Evergreen funds.  



Evergreen Fund Class

12b-1 Fee as a Percentage of Net Assets

Administrative Class

0.05%

Institutional Class

0.00%

Institutional Service Class

0.25%

Investor Class

0.10%

Participant Class

0.50%

  • Administrative Class. Administrative Class shares are offered at NAV without a front-end sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge. However, Administrative Class shares are subject to 12b-1 fees.



  • Institutional Class. Institutional Class shares are offered at NAV without a front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge or 12b-1 fee.



  • Institutional Service Class. Institutional Service Class shares are offered at NAV without a front-end sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge. However, Institutional Service Class shares are subject to 12b-1 fees.



  • Investor Class. Investor Class shares are offered at NAV without a front-end sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge. However, Investor Class shares are subject to 12b-1 fees.



  • Participant Class. Participant Class shares are offered at NAV without a front-end sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge. However, Participant Class shares are subject to 12b-1 fees.



Wells Fargo Advantage Funds

Wells Fargo Advantage Funds have a shareholder servicing plan. Under this plan, each Fund, with respect to certain of its classes of shares, has agreements with various shareholder servicing agents to process purchase and redemption requests, to service shareholder accounts, and to provide other related services. For these services, the applicable share classes of a Fund pay an annual fee of up to 0.25% or 0.10% of the applicable class's average daily net assets. Selling or shareholder servicing agents, in turn, may pay some or all of these amounts to their employees or registered representatives who recommend or sell Fund shares or make investment decisions on behalf of their clients. 

  • Administrator Class. Administrator Class shares are offered at NAV without a front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge or 12b-1 fee. However, Administrator Class shares are subject to a shareholder servicing fee of up to 0.10% of the class's average daily net assets.



  • Institutional Class. Institutional Class shares are offered primarily for direct investment by certain institutions. Institutional Class shares may also be offered through certain financial intermediaries. Institutional Class shares are offered at NAV without a front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge, 12b-1 fee or shareholder servicing fee.



  • Service Class. Service Class shares are offered at NAV without a front-end sales charge, contingent deferred sales charge or 12b-1 fee. However, Service Class shares are subject to a shareholder servicing fee of up to 0.25% of the class's average daily net assets.



Purchase and Redemption Information




Shares of the Target and Acquiring Funds may be purchased and sold through broker-dealers and other financial intermediaries who have entered into sales agreements with the Funds' principal underwriter. Additional information on how you can buy, redeem or exchange shares of each Fund is available in that Fund's prospectus and SAI (other than for the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund, for which information can be found in this prospectus/proxy statement and the Merger SAI). WFFD serves as the principal underwriter for all the Funds.

Evergreen Funds

  • Administrative, Institutional Service, Investor and Participant Classes. Administrative, Institutional Service, Investor and Participant Class shares are offered to institutional investors through broker-dealers, banks and certain financial intermediaries, or directly through WFFD. The minimum initial purchase amount for either Administrative, Institutional Service, Investor or Participant Class shares is $1,000,000, which may be waived in certain situations. With respect to additional purchases, there is no minimum. There is also no maximum purchase amount.



  • Institutional Class. Institutional Class shares are only offered in the following manner: (1) to investment advisory clients of EIMC (or its advisory affiliates), (2) to employer- or state-sponsored benefit plans, including but not limited to, retirement plans, defined benefit plans, deferred compensation plans, or savings plans, (3) to fee-based mutual fund wrap accounts, (4) through arrangements entered into on behalf of the Evergreen funds with certain financial services firms, (5) to certain institutional investors, and (6) to persons who owned Class Y shares in registered name in an Evergreen fund on or before December 31, 1994 or who owned shares of any SouthTrust fund in registered name as of March 18, 2005 or who owned shares of Vestaur Securities Fund as of May 20, 2005. For regular accounts, the minimum initial purchase amount for Institutional shares is $1,000,000. With respect to additional purchases, there is no minimum. There is also no maximum purchase amount.



Wells Fargo Advantage Funds

  • Administrator Class. Administrator Class shares are offered primarily for direct investment by institutions such as pension and profit sharing plans, employee benefit trusts, endowments, foundations and corporations. The minimum initial purchase amount for Administrator Class shares is $1,000,000, which may be waived or reduced in certain situations. With respect to additional purchases, there is no minimum. There is also no maximum purchase amount.



  • Institutional Class. Institutional Class shares are typically offered primarily for direct investment by institutions such as pension and profit sharing plans, employee benefit trusts, endowments, foundations and corporations. The minimum initial purchase amount for Institutional Class shares is $10,000,000, which may be waived or reduced in certain situations. With respect to additional purchases, there is no minimum. There is also no maximum purchase amount. Following completion of the Mergers, former Institutional Class shareholders of any applicable Target Fund will not need to meet the minimum investment amount or the institutional entity requirements applicable to the Institutional Class shares of the Acquiring Fund received in the Merger. Following completion of the Mergers, former Institutional Class shareholders of Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund will not need to meet the minimum investment amount or the institutional entity requirements applicable to the Administrator Class shares of the Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund received in the Merger. Following completion of the Mergers, former Administrative and Investor Class shareholders of any applicable Target Fund will not need to meet the eligibility requirements applicable to the Institutional Class shares of the Acquiring Fund received in the Merger. For additional information relating to the eligibility requirements, please see the applicable Acquiring Fund's prospectus or, in the case of the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund, Exhibit E.



  • Service Class.  Service Class shares are offered primarily for direct investment by institutions such as pension and profit sharing plans, employee benefit trusts, endowments, foundations and corporations. The minimum initial purchase amount for Service Class shares is $100,000. With respect to additional purchases, there is no minimum. There is also no maximum purchase amount.



Share purchases are made through a customer account at your financial intermediary following that firm's terms. Financial intermediaries may require different minimum and subsequent investment amounts than those stated above. Please consult an account representative from your financial intermediary for specifics.

Foreign Shareholders. Funds Management has adopted a policy that generally only permits investments in the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds by shareholders having both a U.S. address and taxpayer identification number on record with the Funds. As a result of this policy, following the Merger, shareholders of an Evergreen Target Fund for whom the Funds do not have both a U.S. address and taxpayer identification number on record or for whom an exception has not been made will no longer be able to make additional investments, including additional purchases, exchanges, or transfers, into a Wells Fargo Advantage Fund. This includes purchases through direct deposit, automatic investments, or automatic exchanges. In addition, following the Merger, all dividend or capital gains distributions will be paid to shareholders in cash and mailed to each impacted shareholder at their current address of record, except that for IRA's, dividends and capital gains will continue to be reinvested until an impacted shareholder reaches age 59 ½. For accounts to be eligible for future purchase transactions, registration must be at a valid U.S. address and have a valid U.S. taxpayer identification number on record.

The Funds reserve the right to refuse or cancel a purchase or exchange order for any reason. Additional information concerning purchases and redemptions of shares is contained in each Fund's prospectus and statement of additional information.

Exchange Privileges




Shares of the Evergreen funds may be exchanged for shares of the same class of any other Evergreen fund. Shares of Wells Fargo Advantage Funds may be exchanged for shares of the same class of any other Wells Fargo Advantage Fund. Generally, no sales charge is imposed on an exchange. If you are making an initial investment into a fund through an exchange, you generally must exchange at least the minimum initial purchase amount for the share class of the new fund. An exchange is considered both a sale and a purchase of shares and may create a taxable event. Further information regarding the current exchange privileges, the requirements and limitations attendant thereto, and the tax implications are described in each Fund's prospectus and statement of additional information (other than for the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund, for which information can be found in this prospectus/proxy statement and the Merger SAI).

Small Accounts and Small Account Fee




Wells Fargo Advantage Funds reserve the right to redeem certain accounts that fall below the minimum initial investment amount as a result of shareholder redemptions (as opposed to market movement). Before doing so, Wells Fargo Advantage Funds will notify you and give you approximately 60 days to bring your account above the minimum investment amount.

The Evergreen funds reserve the right to assess a $15 annual low balance fee on each fund account with a value of less than $1,000, subject to certain exceptions as described in the Evergreen funds' prospectuses.

Financial Intermediary Compensation




If you purchase a Target Fund or an Acquiring Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your financial adviser to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.

Fund Policies and Procedures

Short-Term Trading Policy




Although the short-term trading policies of the Target and Acquiring Funds do not apply directly to purchases and sales of money market fund shares, they apply to exchanges of money market fund shares for shares of other Evergreen funds and Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, respectively.

The Evergreen funds' short-term trading policy is substantially similar to that of Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, which is summarized below. The Evergreen funds' policy is described in the Target Funds' prospectuses and statement of additional information.

Excessive trading by Fund shareholders can negatively impact a Fund and its long-term shareholders by increasing expenses or lowering returns. However, money market funds, which are typically utilized by investors for cash management purposes and invest in highly liquid securities, are not as susceptible to these negative effects as non-money market funds. Moreover, because all money market funds typically maintain a $1.00 net asset value, there is no significant incentive for an investor to attempt to market time investments into a money market fund.

Although the policies adopted by the Funds do not prohibit frequent trading between money market funds, Funds Management will seek to prevent an investor for utilizing a money market fund to facilitate frequent purchases and redemptions of shares in non-money market funds. If Funds Management determines that an investor has engaged in timing activities in contravention of the Funds' policies (as described in the prospectus for the non-money market fund), Funds Management will prevent such investor from investing in the non-money market fund for a period of 30 calendar days.

In addition, Funds Management reserves the right to accept purchases, redemptions and exchanges made in excess of applicable trading restrictions in designated accounts held by Funds Management or its affiliates that are used at all times exclusively for addressing operational matters related to shareholder accounts, such as testing of account functions, and are maintained at low balances that do not exceed specified dollar amount limitations.

Dividend Policy




Both the Target and Acquiring Funds declare distributions of any net investment income daily, and make such distributions monthly. The Funds make distributions of any realized net capital gains annually.

With respect to both the Evergreen funds and Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, unless a shareholder chooses otherwise on the account application, all dividend, capital gain and other distribution payments made by a Fund will be reinvested in additional shares of the Fund. Alternatively, a shareholder may elect to receive all distributions in cash.

Distribution options for the Evergreen funds include the following: (i) to reinvest dividends earned in one Fund into an existing account in another fund in the same share class and same registration automatically, with capital gains reinvested in the original fund or (ii) to reinvest capital gains but receive all ordinary income distributions in cash.

Shareholders of Wells Fargo Advantage Funds may reinvest dividends and capital gains earned in one Fund into an existing account in another fund in the same share class and same registration automatically.

Pricing Fund Shares




The following describes how Wells Fargo Advantage Funds price their shares. The Evergreen funds follow similar procedures. See each Fund's prospectus and statement of additional information for further information about the pricing of shares (other than for the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund, for which information can be found in this prospectus/proxy statement).

The share price (net asset value per share or NAV) for each Acquiring Fund is calculated each business day. To calculate a share's NAV, the Fund's assets are valued and totaled, liabilities are subtracted, and the balance, called net assets, is divided by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV of each share class is calculated separately. Wells Fargo Advantage Funds calculate the NAV at the following times each business day for the purpose of accepting purchase orders and redemption requests:

Fund

NAV Calculation Times

Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

10:00a.m., 12:00p.m., 1:00p.m., and 4:00p.m. (ET)

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund

10:00a.m., 12:00p.m., 2:00p.m., 3:00p.m., 4:00p.m., and 5:00p.m. (ET)

Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund

10:00a.m., 12:00p.m., and 4:00p.m. (ET)

Generally, the NAV is not calculated, and purchase and redemption orders are not accepted, on days that the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") is closed. If the markets close early, the Funds may close early and may value their shares at earlier times under these circumstances. An order will be priced at the next NAV calculated after the order is received in proper form by the Fund's transfer agent. In the case of exchange orders, the exchange order is deemed to be a request for the redemption of shares of the Acquiring Fund and for the purchase of shares of the other Wells Fargo Advantage Fund, each to be processed at the next time when both funds calculate their respective NAVs at the same time, which will generally be 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time if shares of a non-Wells Fargo Advantage money market fund are being purchased. Information on the timing of dividend accrual in connection with a purchase or a redemption of shares is referenced in the Funds' prospectuses (other than for the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund, for which information can be found in this prospectus/proxy statement and the Merger SAI).

Each Fund's assets are valued using the amortized cost method, in accordance with Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. Portfolio securities are valued at their acquisition cost, adjusted for discounts or premiums reflected in their purchase price. This method of valuation is designed to enable each Fund to price its shares at $1.00 per share, although each Fund's share price may deviate from $1.00 per share.

The Board has established procedures designed to monitor each Fund's price per share. Funds Management will notify the Board if the Fund's market-based net asset value deviates more than 0.25% from the Fund's net asset value using the amortized cost valuation method. In the event that the Board determines that a deviation exists that may result in material dilution or other unfair results to shareholders, the Fund will take such corrective action as it deems necessary, including, but not limited to, establishing a net asset value per share (of less than or more than $1.00) solely by using available market quotations.

Additional Information about the Pricing of Money Market Fund Shares. The "amortized cost" method of valuation generally allows a money market fund to assume that all of the securities held by the fund will be held to maturity and that all interest and principal will be paid at maturity. As a result, a Fund may issue and redeem shares - including issuance of shares in the Mergers - at an amortized cost-based net asset value of a share of $1.00 per share even though the Fund's net asset value per share based on market quotations (or other market-based pricing) may be more or less than $1.00 per share, and the market-based net asset value of the shares received by you in a Merger may be more or less than the market-based net asset value of your shares in the Target Fund. In this prospectus/proxy statement, unless it is specifically stated otherwise, a reference to a Fund's "net asset value" or "NAV," including for purposes of determining the number of shares to be issued by an Acquiring Fund in a Merger, will be determined based on the amortized cost-based net asset value of the Fund in question, even if the market-based net asset value per share of the Fund is more or less than $1.00.

INFORMATION ON SHAREHOLDERS' RIGHTS

Form of Organization




The Target and Acquiring Funds are series of the corresponding Target and Acquiring Trusts, respectively, as identified above. The Trusts are open-end management investment companies registered with the SEC under the 1940 Act, which continuously offer shares to the public. Each Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is governed by its respective Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust (each referred to hereinafter as a "Declaration of Trust"), its Amended and Restated By-Laws, with respect to an Evergreen Target Trust only (each referred to hereinafter as "By-Laws"), and applicable state and federal law.

Capitalization




The beneficial interests in the Acquiring and Target Funds are represented by an unlimited number of transferable shares of beneficial interest. Each Fund's governing documents permit the Trustees to allocate shares into an unlimited number of series, and classes thereof, with rights determined by the Trustees, all without shareholder approval. Fractional shares may be issued by either Fund. Each Fund's shares represent equal proportionate interests in the assets belonging to the shares of the same class of that Fund. Except as otherwise required by the 1940 Act or other applicable law, shareholders of each Fund are entitled to receive dividends and other amounts as determined by the Trustees. Shareholders of each Fund vote separately, by class, as to matters that affect only their particular class and, by Fund, as to matters, such as approval of or amendments to investment advisory agreements or proposed mergers, that affect only their particular Fund.

Shareholder Liability




Under Delaware law, shareholders of a Delaware statutory trust are entitled to the same limitation of personal liability extended to stockholders of Delaware corporations. Other than in a limited number of states, no such similar statutory or other authority limiting business trust shareholder liability exists. As a result, to the extent that the Trusts or shareholders of the Trusts are subject to the jurisdiction of a court that does not apply Delaware law, shareholders of the relevant Trust may be subject to liability. To guard against this risk, each Declaration of Trust (a) provides that any written obligation of such Trust may contain a statement that such obligation may only be enforced against the assets of the relevant Trust or the particular series in question and the obligation is not binding upon the shareholders of the relevant Trust; however, the omission of such a disclaimer will not operate to create personal liability for any shareholder; and (b) provides for indemnification out of Trust property of any shareholder held personally liable for the obligations of the relevant Trust. Accordingly, the risk of a shareholder of a Trust incurring financial loss beyond that shareholder's investment because of shareholder liability should be limited to circumstances in which: (i) the court refuses to apply Delaware law; (ii) no contractual limitation of liability was in effect; and (iii) the relevant Trust itself is unable to meet its obligations.

Shareholder Meeting and Voting Rights




The Trusts are not required to hold annual meetings of shareholders and do not currently intend to hold regular shareholder meetings. With respect to each Trust, a meeting of shareholders for the purpose of voting upon the question of removal of a Trustee must be called when requested in writing by the holder(s) of at least 10% of the outstanding shares of the relevant Trust. With respect to each Target Trust, any Trustee may be removed by action of at least 2/3 of the outstanding shares. With respect to the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, any Trustee may be removed by action of at least 2/3 of the outstanding shares if required by Section 16(c) of the 1940 Act, as interpreted by the staff of the SEC.

Each Trust is required to call a meeting of shareholders for the purpose of electing Trustees if, at any time, less than a majority of the Trustees then holding office were elected by shareholders. Cumulative voting is not permitted in the election of Trustees. Except when a larger quorum is required by applicable law, 25% of the issued and outstanding shares of each Target Fund, and 33 1/3% of the issued and outstanding shares of each Acquiring Fund entitled to vote constitutes a quorum for consideration of a matter. For each Fund, when a quorum is present a majority (greater than 50%) of the votes cast is sufficient to act on a matter (unless otherwise specifically required by the applicable governing documents or other law, including the 1940 Act), except that, with respect to the Target Trust, a plurality of the shares voted may elect a Trustee.

The Declaration of Trust of a Target Trust provides that each share of a Target Fund is entitled to one vote for each dollar and a fractional vote for each fraction of a dollar, of net asset value applicable to such share.

The Declaration of Trust of the Acquiring Trust provides that each share is entitled to one vote, and each fractional share to a proportionate fraction of a vote.

Liquidation




In the event of the liquidation of the Acquiring or Target Funds, the shareholders would be entitled to receive, when and as declared by the Trustees, the excess of the assets belonging to such Fund and attributable to the class over the liabilities belonging to the Fund and attributable to the class. In either case, the assets so distributable to shareholders of the Fund will be distributed among the shareholders in proportion to the number of shares of the class of the Fund held by them and recorded on the books of the Fund.

Liability and Indemnification of Trustees




Under the Declaration of Trust for a Target Trust, a Trustee is liable to the relevant Target Fund and its shareholders only for such Trustee's own willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of the office of Trustee or the discharge of such Trustee's functions. As provided in the Declaration of Trust, each Trustee of the Target Trust is entitled to be indemnified against all liabilities against him or her, including the costs of litigation, unless it is determined that the Trustee (i) did not act in good faith in the reasonable belief that such Trustee's action was in or not opposed to the best interests of the relevant Target Fund; (ii) had acted with willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of such Trustee's duties; and (iii) in a criminal proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that such Trustee's conduct was unlawful (collectively, "disabling conduct"). A determination that the Trustee did not engage in disabling conduct and is, therefore, entitled to indemnification may be based upon the outcome of a court action or administrative proceeding or on a reasonable determination based on a review of the facts by (a) a vote of a majority of a quorum of those Trustees who are neither "interested persons" of the Fund (within the meaning of the 1940 Act) nor parties to the proceeding or (b) an independent legal counsel in a written opinion. A Target Trust may also advance money for such litigation expenses provided that the Trustee undertakes to repay the relevant Target Fund if his or her conduct is later determined to preclude indemnification and certain other conditions are met.

If a Merger is consummated, the obligations of a Target Trust to indemnify a Trustee would be assumed by its corresponding Acquiring Trust. In addition, Funds Management is expected to provide operational and financial assurances in respect of liabilities or expenses the former Evergreen Trustees may incur in the future relating to their past service as Trustees to the Target Trust.

Under the Declaration of Trust for the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, all persons contracting with or having any claim against the Trust or a particular series shall look only to the assets of the Trust or such series, respectively, for payment under such contract or claim; and the Trustees shall not be personally liable therefor. No Trustee shall be liable to the Trust or to any shareholder for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act performed or omitted by such Trustee in good faith on behalf of the Trust, a series or a class, and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on such Trustee by the Declaration of Trust, except that a Trustee shall be liable for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Trustee's willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his or her office. Subject only to the express limitations in the 1940 Act, other applicable laws, and the Declaration of Trust, the Trust or the appropriate series shall indemnify each of its Trustees to the fullest extent permitted under the 1940 Act and other applicable laws. The Wells Fargo Funds Trust may also advance money for such litigation provided that the Trustee undertakes to repay the relevant Acquiring Fund if his or her conduct is later determined to preclude indemnification and certain other conditions are met.

The foregoing is only a summary of certain characteristics of the operations of each Trust's Declaration of Trust, By-Laws (with respect to a Target Trust) and Delaware law and is not a complete description of those documents or law. Shareholders should refer to the provisions of such Declaration of Trust, By-Laws (as applicable) and Delaware law directly for more complete information.

VOTING INFORMATION CONCERNING THE MEETING

Shareholder Information

This prospectus/proxy statement is being sent to shareholders of your Target Fund in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Trustees of the Target Trust, to be used at the Meeting to be held at 10:00 a.m., Pacific time, on June 8, 2010 at the offices of Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, 525 Market Street, San Francisco, California 94105, and at any adjournments thereof. This prospectus/proxy statement, along with a Notice of the Meeting and a proxy card, is first being mailed to shareholders of the Target Fund on or about April 1, 2010. Only shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 10, 2010 (the "Record Date") are entitled to notice, and to vote at the Meeting or any adjournment(s) thereof. If you wish to participate in the Meeting, you may submit the proxy card included with this prospectus/proxy statement by mail, vote by telephone or the Internet, or attend the Meeting in person. (See the back of this prospectus/proxy statement for voting instructions.) If you wish to attend the Meeting in person, please call (800) 499-8519 for instructions.

You can vote by returning your properly executed proxy card in the envelope provided. When you complete and sign your proxy card, the proxies named will vote on your behalf at the Meeting (or any adjournments thereof) as you have indicated. If you return a properly executed proxy card, but no choice is specified, your shares will be voted FOR approval of the Plan. If any other matters are properly presented at the Meeting for action, the persons named as proxies will vote in accordance with the views of management of the Target Fund. Abstentions and "broker non-votes" (i.e., shares held by brokers or nominees as to which (i) instructions have not been received from the beneficial owners or the persons entitled to vote and (ii) the broker or nominee does not have discretionary voting power on a particular matter) will be counted as shares that are present and entitled to vote for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum, and will have the effect of a vote against the Plan. Any proposal for which sufficient favorable votes have been received by the time of the Meeting may be acted upon and considered final regardless of whether the Meeting is adjourned to permit additional solicitation with respect to any other proposal. In certain circumstances in which the Target Fund has received sufficient votes to approve a matter being recommended for approval by the Board of Trustees, the Target Fund may request that brokers and nominees, in their discretion, withhold submission of broker non-votes in order to avoid the need for solicitation of additional votes in favor of the matter.

Shareholders may revoke a proxy prior to the Meeting by timely written notice delivered to the Target Trust at the address above stating that the proxy is revoked, by submitting a subsequent proxy timely and in accordance with the methods prescribed by this prospectus/proxy statement, or by attending the Meeting and voting in person. Any shareholder who has returned a properly executed proxy card, including a broker who may hold shares on your behalf, has the right to revoke it at any time prior to its exercise by attending the Meeting and voting his or her shares in person, by submitting a letter of revocation to the Trust prior to the date of the Meeting, by submitting a later dated and properly executed proxy card to the Trust prior to the date of the Meeting, or by telephone or Internet. Unless revoked, all valid proxies will be voted in accordance with the specifications thereon or, in the absence of such specifications, FOR approval of the Plan.

The Target Trust's Declaration of Trust provides that the holders of twenty-five percent (25%) of a Target Fund's shares issued and outstanding, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at the Meeting. However, approval for the Merger of a Fund requires a quorum of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund entitled to vote on the Merger.

Approval of each Merger requires the affirmative vote of the holders of a "majority of the outstanding voting securities " (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Target Fund. A vote of the majority of the outstanding voting securities is defined in the 1940 Act as the lesser of (i) 67% or more of the voting securities present at the Meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of your Target Fund are present or represented by proxy, or (ii) more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of your Target Fund. The outcome of the vote for any Merger will not affect the outcome of the vote for any other proposal.

In voting on the Plan, all classes of the Target Fund will vote together as if they were a single class. Each share of a Target Fund will be entitled to one vote for each dollar, and a fractional vote for each fraction of a dollar, of net asset value applicable to such share (each share is anticipated to have a net asset value of $1.00).

Proxy solicitations will be made primarily by mail, but proxy solicitations may also be made by telephone, through the Internet or personal solicitations conducted by officers and employees of EIMC, its affiliates or other representatives of the Target Fund (who will not be paid for their soliciting activities). In addition, The Altman Group, the Fund's proxy solicitor, may make proxy solicitations and will receive compensation for seeking shareholder votes and answering shareholder questions in an amount estimated to be $20,000 with respect to the proposals covered by this prospectus/proxy statement. That cost and other expenses of the Meeting and the Merger (other than costs incurred from securities transactions in connection with the Merger) will be paid by Funds Management, EIMC or one of their affiliates.

In the event a quorum is not present at the Meeting or in the event that a quorum is present but sufficient votes to approve the proposal are not received, the persons named as proxies may propose one or more adjournments of the Meeting to permit further solicitation of proxies. The persons named as proxies will vote in favor of adjournment those proxies that they are entitled to vote in favor of the proposal. They will vote against any such adjournment those proxies required to be voted against the proposal. The Meeting, whether or not a quorum is present, may be adjourned from time to time by the vote of a majority of the shares of a Target Fund represented at the Meeting, either in person or by proxy, or by the chair of the Meeting, in his or her discretion. Abstentions and broker non-votes will not be voted on a motion to adjourn.

A shareholder who objects to the proposed Merger will not be entitled under either Delaware law or a Target Fund's Declaration of Trust to demand payment for, or an appraisal of, his or her shares. However, shareholders should be aware that the Merger as proposed is not expected to result in recognition of gain or loss to shareholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes and that, if the Merger is consummated, shareholders will be free to redeem the shares of the Acquiring Fund which they receive in the transaction at their then-current net asset value, net of any applicable CDSC. Shares of the Target Fund may be redeemed at any time prior to the consummation of the Merger. Shareholders of the Target Fund may wish to consult their tax advisors as to any differing consequences of redeeming Fund shares prior to the Merger or exchanging such shares in the Merger.

If the Target Fund shareholders do not vote to approve a Merger, the Board of Trustees of the Target Trust may consider other possible courses of action.

The votes of the shareholders of the Acquiring Funds are not being solicited by this prospectus/proxy statement and are not required to carry out the Mergers.

NOTICE TO BANKS, BROKER-DEALERS AND VOTING TRUSTEES AND THEIR NOMINEES. Please advise the Target Fund whether other persons are beneficial owners of shares for which proxies are being solicited and, if so, the number of copies of this prospectus/proxy statement needed to supply copies to the beneficial owners of the respective shares.

For each class of your Target Fund's shares entitled to vote at the meeting, the number of shares outstanding as of the Record Date was as follows:

Classes of Shares

Number of Shares Outstanding and Entitled to Vote

Number of Votes by Class

Evergreen Institutional 100%Treasury Money Market Fund

Institutional Service Class

453,219,651.910

453,219,651.910

Institutional Class

155,666,168.850

155,666,168.850

All Classes

608,885,820.760

608,885,820.760

Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund

Administrative Class

10,064,954.110

10,064,954.110

Institutional Service Class

1,284,300,764.920

1,284,300,764.920

Institutional Class

4,747,294,945.753

4,747,294,945.753

Investor Class

22,658,128.630

22,658,128.630

Participant Class

44,861,012.292

44,861,012.292

All Classes

6,109,179,805.705

6,109,179,805.705

Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund

Administrative Class

1,000.000

1,000.000

Institutional Service Class

355,185,254.940

355,185,254.940

Institutional Class

3,241,971,985.955

3,241,971,985.955

Investor Class

6,087,309.320

6,087,309.320

Participant Class

20,201,388.670

20,201,388.670

All Classes

3,623,446,938.885

3,623,446,938.885

Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund

Administrative Class

94,041,046.280

94,041,046.280

Institutional Service Class

606,299,053.260

606,299,053.260

Institutional Class

4,723,810,308.190

4,723,810,308.190

Investor Class

43,905,118.140

43,905,118.140

Participant Class

3,233,169.980

3,233,169.980

All Classes

5,471,288,695.850

5,471,288,695.850

As of March 10, 2010, the officers and Trustees of your Target Trust owned as a group less than 1% of the outstanding shares of any class of each Fund that is a series of the Trust. Except as noted below in the table, to each Fund's knowledge, no persons owned of record 5% or more of any class of shares of the respective Fund. No person is reflected on the books and records of the Funds as owning beneficially 5% or more of any shares of the Funds as of March 10, 2010. Any shareholder who holds beneficially 25% or more of the outstanding common shares of a Fund may be deemed to control the Fund until such time as it holds beneficially less than 25% of the outstanding common shares of the Fund. Any shareholder controlling a Fund may be able to determine the outcome of issues that are submitted to shareholders for vote, including the vote to approve the Plan, and may be able to take action regarding the Fund without the consent or approval of the other shareholders.

 

Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Name and Address of Shareholders

Class

Number of
Shares

Percentage of Shares of
Class Before Merger

Wachovia Bank
Trust Accounts
Attn:  Ginny Batten CMG-1151-2
401 S Tryon Street, 3rd Floor
Charlotte, NC 28202-1934

Institutional

113,352,226.5600

25.01%

Stnaley Furniture Company, Inc.
Attn:  Anita Wimmer
1641 Fairystone Park Highway
Stanleytown, VA 24168-3058

Institutional

31,076,780.5200

6.86%

Band & Company
c/o US Bank
Attn:  Willy Bloom
PO Box 1787
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1787

Institutional

30,637,431.1800

6.76%

Kimkisharyp International LLC
Attn:  Stephen Golden III
2146 Palm Harbor Blvd.
Palm Harbor, FL 34683-2642

Institutional

26,055,816.0600

5.75%

Publix Super Markets, Inc.
Attn:  John Hodgkinson
1936 George Jenkins Blvd.
Lakeland, FL 33815-3760

Institutional

25,000,000.0000

5.52%

Wachovia Bank, National Association
Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. - DIP
Attn:  Angela Reed
5050 Edgewood Ct.
Jacksonville, FL 32254-3601

Institutional

23,000,000.0000

5.07%

Wachovia Bank
Attn:  Ginny Batten CMG- 1151-2
401 S Tryon Street, 3rd Floor
Charlotte, NC 28202-1934

Institutional Service

48,980,585.4100

31.47%

US Bank
FBO Compton PFA 08-Project
Mutual Fund Trading
Attn:  Yosef Kapta
PO Box 1787
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1787

Institutional Service

28,640,726.3500

18.40%

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Attn:  Money Funds
Mail Code NC 0675, Bldg. 1B1
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

Institutional Service

13,157,201.4400

8.45%

First Clearing, LLC
Promontory Internfinancial Network, LLC
1515 N. Courthouse Rd.
Arlington, VA 22201-2909

Institutional Service

9,935,782.3900

6.38%

First Clearing, LLC
Sanford L. Gottesman &
Lisa T. Gottesman JT WROS
2902 Stratford Dr.
Austin, TX 78746-4629

Institutional Service

7,862,976.4900

5.05%

 

Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund

Name and Address of Shareholders

Class

Number of
Shares

Percentage of Shares of
Class Before Merger

First Clearing, LLC
Kerma Medical Products, Inc.
400 Port Centre Parkway
Portsmouth, VA 23704-4905

Administrative

1,041,105.3600

10.34%

First Clearing, LLC
William K. Isaacson & Patricia L. Isaacson TEN ENT
336 E. Alexander Palm Rd.
Boac Raton, FL 33432-7909

Administrative

695,813.5400

6.91%

First Clearing, LLC
David L. Siegel TTEE
David L. Siegel REV Trust
5313 N. Bay Rd.
Miami Beach, FL 33140-2030

Administrative

653,916.9000

6.50%

First Clearing, LLC
Howard Cary Bissell (IRA)
FCC as Custodian
13869 Ballantyne Corp. Place
Suite 300
Charlotte, NC 28277-2467

Administrative

647,732.0000

6.44%

First Clearing, LLC
Myers Park United Methodist Church
1501 Queens Rd.
Charlotte, NC 28207-2503

Administrative

574,304.9500

5.71%

First Clearing, LLC
Susi Bickley TTEE
u/w Susi Bickley GST Trust
1824 Hillcrest Street
Fort Worth, TX 76107-3931

Administrative

541,222.4900

5.38%

First Clearing, LLC
Judith Taub Gold
604 Nottingham Ct.
Norwood, NJ 07648-2300

Investor

2,829,240.1500

12.49%

c/o Lombardo Company
First Clearing, LLC
Jeroma Partners, LLC
335 Main Street
Hackensack, NJ 07601-5804

Investor

2,000,891.3700

8.83%

First Clearing, LLC
Collegiate Asset Management Corp.
500 5th Ave.
New York, NY 10110-0002

Investor

1,564,208.0800

6.90%

First Clearing, LLC
IRA S TAUB
7 Rionda Court
Alpine, NJ 07620

Investor

1,509,797.6900

6.66%

Carylon Corporation
Attn:  First Clearing, LLC
William Rakes
2500 W Arthington Street
Chicago, IL 60612-4108

Investor

1,417,564.0500

6.26%

First Clearing, LLC
Hedy Goldberg
25 Tideway Street
Kings Point, NY 11024-1141

Investor

1,303,892.1800

5.75%

First Clearing, LLC
Steven C. Taub
29 Pine Terrace
Demarest, NJ 07627-1214

Investor

1,261,859.3100

5.57%

First Clearing, LLC
Donnelly Partners LP
665 Tuxedo Place, NW
Atlanta, GA 30342-3616

Investor

1,135,604.4900

5.01%

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
AST as Escrow Agent For
Flag Capital Partners LP
6201 15th Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11219-5441

Participant

17,550,222.8800

39.12%

Wachovia Bank
Trust Accounts
Attn:  Ginny Batten CMG-1151-2
401 S Tryon Street, 3rd Floor
Charlotte, NC 28202-1934

Participant

4,306,627.4200

9.60%

Bisys Fund Services, Inc.
FBO Wachovia Sweep Customers
Attn:  Ayre Spencer
3435 Stelzer Road
Columbus, OH 43219-6004

Institutional

1,465,937,333.0000

30.88%

Wachovia Bank
Trust Accounts
Attn:  Ginny Batten CMG-1151-2
401 S Tryon Street, 3rd Floor
Charlotte, NC 28202-1934

Institutional

1,068,014,849.4600

22.50%

Band & Company
c/o US Bank
Attn:  Willy Bloom
PO Box 1787
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1787

Institutional

803,208,179.9900

16.92%

Bisys Fund Services, Inc.
FBO Wachovia Sweep Customers
Attn: Ayre Spencer
3435 Stelzer Road
Columbus, OH 43219-6004

Institutional Service

732,291,500.0000

57.02%

Band & Company
c/o US Bank
Attn:  Willy Bloom
PO Box 1787
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1787

Institutional Service

107,259,528.3400

8.35%

Wachovia Bank
Trust Accounts
Attn:  Ginny Batten CMG-1151-2
401 S Tryon Street, 3rd Floor
Charlotte, NC 28202-1934

Institutional Service

70,929,593.8900

5.52%

First Union Brokerage Services
Money Market Omnibus Account
301 South College Street
Charlotte, NC 28202-6000

Institutional Service

64,479,732.8000

5.02%

 

Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund

Name and Address of Shareholders

Class

Number of
Shares

Percentage of Shares of
Class Before Merger

Terra-Gen Finance Company, LLC
Attn:  Terra-Gen Power LLC
565 5th Ave., Floor 29
New York, NY 10017-2478

Participant

7,234,899.8600

35.81%

Terra-Gen Finance Company, LLC Attn: Terra-Gen Power LLC 565 5th Ave., Floor 29 New York, NY 10017-2478

Participant

4,900,271.6700

24.26%

Terra-Gen Finance Company, LLC Attn: Terra-Gen Power LLC 565 5th Ave., Floor 29 New York, NY 10017-2478

Participant

4,571,164.7800

22.63%

Crawfish Revenue Account
200 Clarendon Street, 55th Floor
Boston, MA 02116-5048

Participant

2,026,175.0400

10.03%

Terra-Gen Finance Company, LLC Attn: Terra-Gen Power LLC 565 5th Ave., Floor 29 New York, NY 10017-2478

Participant

1,290,030.0900

6.39%

Bisys Fund Services, Inc.
FBO Wachovia Sweep Customers
Attn:  Ayre Spencer
3435 Stelzer Road
Columbus, OH 43219-6004

Institutional

1,128,592,500.0000

34.81%

Deere & Company
Attn:  Commercial Paper Department
1 John Deere Place
Moline, IL 61265-8010

Institutional

500,000,000.0000

15.42%

Citigroup North America, Inc.
Account Control Agreement
Tousa, Inc.
Attn:  Ana Correa
4000 Hollywood Blvd. Suite 500N
Hollywood, FL 33021-1224

Institutional

471,764,877.5700

14.55%

Wachovia Bank
Trust Accounts
CMG 1151-2
401 S Tryon Street, 3rd Floor
Charlotte, NC 28202-1934

Institutional

334,484,981.3900

10.32%

Band & Company
c/o US Bank
Attn:  Willy Bloom
PO Box 1787
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1787

Institutional

279,732,555.0300

8.63%

Bisys Fund Services, Inc.
FBO Wachovia Sweep Customers
Attn:  Ayre Spencer
3435 Stelzer Rd.
Columbus, OH 43219-6004

Institutional Service

345,272,000.0000

97.21%

Evergreen
Attn:  Lori Gibson NC1195
401 S Tryon Street, Suite 500
Charlotte, NC 28288-0001

Administrative

1,000.0000

100.00%

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Attn:  Money Funds
Mail Code NC 0675, Bldg. 1B1
1525 W WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

Investor

3,572,794.3300

58.69%

First Clearing, LLC
United Negro College Fund
Short Term Investment Port
8260 Willow Oaks
Fairfax, VA 22031

Investor

2,315,483.0800

38.04%

 

Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund

Name and Address of Shareholders

Class

Number of
Shares

Percentage of Shares of
Class Before Merger

First Clearing, LLC
Nihill and Riedley Health Care
450 Plymouth Road, Suite 400
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462-1644

Administrative

75,100,507.5800

79.86%

First Clearing, LLC
Hugh D. Aycock and
Daphne G. Aycock JTWROS
1315 N. Ebenezer Rd.
Florence, SC 29501-7369

Administrative

5,099,339.1800

5.42%

First Clearing, LLC
Peter Rose & JUlie Rose JT WROS
1620 Lake Washington Blvd.
Seattle, WA 98122-3540

Investor

7,225,446.1000

16.46%

First Clearing, LLC
Christopher C. Gibbs Trust
19 Corporate Plaza Drive
Newport Beach, CA 92660-7904

Investor

6,451,962.9900

14.70%

First Clearing, LLC
Love Childrens Trust
3715 Northside Parkway, NW, Suite 3-195
Atlanta, GA 30327-2812

Investor

5,939,040.9200

13.53%

First Clearing, LLC
Walter H. Emroch
Karen S. Emroch TEN ENT
402 Old Locke Lane
Richmond, VA 23226-1716

Investor

5,351,964.3600

12.19%

First Clearing, LLC
Joe T. Nicosia
9001 Bridge Forest Drive
Germantown, TN 38138-8462

Investor

4,002,750.8100

9.12%

First Clearing, LLC
William Reagan
Bond
1492 Penrose Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84103-4467

Participant

1,205,110.7300

37.27%

First Clearing, LLC
John W. Drakesmith and
Margaret Drakesmith JTWROS
319 Vista Oak Drive
Longwood, FL 32779-3069

Participant

1,120,382.2500

34.65%

First Clearing, LLC
Mike Duva Holdings
1855 Griffith Rd. Suite B212
Dania Beach, FL 33004

Participant

452,096.3700

13.98%

American Stock Transfer & Trust Co., Inc.
FBO Clients
Attn:  Ralph Sanchez
123 S Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19109-1029

Participant

175,532.0100

5.43%

First Clearing, LLC
FBO PAFCO LLC
2264 Williamsburg Circle
West Jordan, UT 84088-6409

Participant

172,331.1000

5.33%

Bisys Fund Services, Inc.
FBO Wachovia Sweep Customers
Attn:  Ayre Spencer
3435 Stelzer Road
Columbus, OH 43219-6004

Institutional

1,540,758,000.0000

32.62%

Wachovia Bank
Trust Accounts
CMG-1151-2
401 S Tryon Street, 3rd Floor
Charlotte, NC 28202-1934

Institutional

1,125,659,796.4800

23.83%

Bisys Fund Services Inc.
FBO Wachovia Sweep Customers
Attn:  Ayre Spencer
3435 Stelzer Rd.
Columbus, OH 43219-6004

Institutional Service

283,736,500.0000

46.80%

First Clearing Corporation
A Rober Carnevale and
Judith L. Carnevale JTWROS
1213 Meetinghouse Road, Box 257
Sleepy Hollow, PA 19436-0257

Institutional Service

48,291,911.6200

7.97%

First Clearing, LLC
Hemispher Biopharma
1617 JFK Blvd. Suite 660
Philadelphia, PA 19103-1806

Institutional Service

48,249,029.7300

7.96%

 

Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Name and Address of Shareholders

Class

Number of
Shares

Percentage of Shares of
Class Before Merger

Wells Fargo Bank, NA
Attn:  Cash Sweep Dept.
733 Marquette Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55402-2309

Service

3,844,015,323.3500

50.43%

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC West
Attn:  Sean O'Farrell
608 2nd Ave. S
Minneapolis, MN 55402-1916

Service

2,266,873,556.3200

29.74%

Wells Fargo Investments, LLC
c/o Chris Robinson
625 Marquette Ave. Floor 12
Minneapolis, MN 55402-2308

A

142,685,282.0300

52.55%

NFS, LLC FEBO
Kamilche Compmany
Barry Cosme
PO Box 21866
Seattle, WA 98111-3866

A

20,930,022.3600

7.71%

Wells Fargo Investments, LLC
625 Marquette Ave. Floor 13
Minneapolis, MN 55402-2323

A

15,140,384.9300

5.58%

Wells Fargo Investments, LLC
625 Marquette Ave. Floor 13
Minneapolis, MN 55402-2323

A

14,210,647.1500

5.23%

 

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund

Name and Address of Shareholders

Class

Number of
Shares

Percentage of Shares of
Class Before Merger

Wells Fargo Bank NA
Attn:  Cash Sweep Dept.
733 Marquette Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55402-2309

Institutional

4,017,099,124.7200

51.50%

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC West
Attn:  Sean O'Farrell
625 2nd Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55402-1916

Institutional

1,373,038,399.6000

17.60%

Wells Fargo Bank NA
Attn:  Cash Sweep Dept.
733 Marquette Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55402-2309

Administrator

740,116,848.100

60.21%

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC West
Attn:  Sean O'Farrell
625 2nd Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55402-1916

Administrator

145,757,900.2100

11.86%

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC East
Attn:  Money Funds
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Bldg. 1B1-NC 0675
Charlotte, NC 28262

Administrator

115,621,526.3100

9.41%

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC West
Attn:  Sean O'Farrell
625 2nd Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55402-1916

Select

3,561,427,492.7700

15.56%

Wells Fargo Bank NA
Attn:  Cash Sweep Dept.
733 Marquette Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55402-2309

Select

2,168,812,619.8400

9.48%

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
Segregated Account
Attn:  Treasury Department
20 S Wacker Dr.
Chicago, IL 60606-7431

Select

2,225,730,806.4300

9.73%

JP Morgan Clearing Corp
FBO Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
Attn:  Denise Dilorenzo-Siegel
1 Metrotech Center North
Brooklyn, NY 11201-3832

Select

1,900,000,000.0000

8.30%

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC East
Attn:  Money Funds
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Bldg. 1B1-NC 0675
Charlotte, NC 28262

Select

1,340,565,126.6500

5.86%

Global Cash Services Omnibus Acct.
FBO Goldman Sachs & Co. Customers
71 S Wacker Dr. Suite 500
Chicago, IL 60606-4673

Select

1,181,767,047.0200

5.16%

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The audited financial highlights of each Target Fund and each Acquiring Fund (other than the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund) for the last five fiscal years for which such information is available (as of the date of this prospectus/proxy statement) are incorporated by reference from the applicable Fund's prospectus. If available, the unaudited financial highlights for the six-month period following such fiscal year are included in Exhibit F.

The Merger SAI incorporates by reference the following financial statements, including the financial highlights for the periods indicated therein and, with respect to audited financial statements, the report of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm to each of the Target and Acquiring Funds, thereon. The Merger SAI includes unaudited pro forma financial statements.

Since the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund is a Shell Fund, it has not yet commenced operations and therefore, financial statements for the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund are not yet available.

Fund Name

Financial Statements
as of

Audited or
Unaudited

Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

February 28, 2009
August 31, 20091

Audited
Unaudited

Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

February 28, 2009
August 31, 20091

Audited
Unaudited

Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund

February 28, 2009
August 31, 20091

Audited
Unaudited

Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund

February 28, 2009
August 31, 20091

Audited
Unaudited

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund

February 28, 2009
August 31, 20091

Audited
Unaudited

Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund

February 28, 2009
August 31, 20091

Audited
Unaudited

The unaudited financial highlights for the six-month period ended on the date indicated above are provided in Exhibit F.

LEGAL MATTERS

Certain legal matters concerning the issuance of shares of the Acquiring Funds will be passed upon by Goodwin Procter LLP as counsel to the Acquiring Trust.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Each Target Fund and Acquiring Fund is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the 1940 Act, and in accordance therewith files reports and other information including proxy material and charter documents with the SEC.

These items can be inspected and copies may be obtained at prescribed rates at the Public Reference Facilities maintained by the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Copies of such filings may be available at the following Commission regional offices: 3 World Financial Center, Suite 400, New York, NY 10281-1022; 33 Arch Street, 23rd Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1424; 701 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106-1532; 801 Brickell Ave., Suite 1800, Miami, FL 33131; 3475 Lenox Road, N.E., Suite 1000, Atlanta, GA 30326-1232; 175 W. Jackson Boulevard, Suite 900, Chicago, IL 60604; 1801 California Street, Suite 1500, Denver, CO 80202-2656; Burnett Plaza, Suite 1900, 801 Cherry Street, Unit 18, Fort Worth, TX 76102; 15 W. South Temple Street, Suite 1800, Salt Lake City, UT 84101; 5670 Wilshire Boulevard, 11th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90036-3648; and 44 Montgomery Street, Suite 2600, San Francisco, CA 94104.

Copies of such materials can also be obtained by mail from the Public Reference Branch, Office of Consumer Affairs and Informational Services, SEC, Washington, D.C. 20549 at prescribed rates or by calling 1-202-551-8090.

Certificated Shares

In connection with the Merger, all issued and outstanding shares of the Target Fund, including certificated shares, will be canceled. The Acquiring Fund will not issue certificates representing its shares in connection with the Merger, and any certificated shares you possess will be considered on deposit as book entry shares of the Acquiring Fund. After the Merger, the certificates themselves will have no monetary value and should be destroyed.

If you hold certificated shares, we ask you to destroy the certificates. Please contact the Evergreen funds at our toll free number before you destroy the certificate so that we may gather some information from you that will assist us with this process. If you have physical certificates but cannot locate them, please contact us so that we may update our files with that information.

Legal Proceedings

The Evergreen funds, EIMC and certain of EIMC's affiliates are involved in various legal actions, including private litigation and class action lawsuits, and are and may in the future be subject to regulatory inquiries and investigations.

EIMC has reached final settlements with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and the Securities Division of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ("Commonwealth") primarily relating to the liquidation of Evergreen Ultra Short Opportunities Fund ("Ultra"). The claims settled include the following: first, that during the period February 2007 through Ultra's liquidation on June 18, 2008, Ultra's former portfolio management team failed to properly take into account readily available information in valuing certain non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities held by Ultra, resulting in Ultra's NAV being overstated during the period; second, that EIMC acted inappropriately when, in an effort to explain the decline in Ultra's NAV, certain information regarding the decline was communicated to some, but not all, shareholders and financial intermediaries; third, that the Ultra portfolio management team did not adhere to regulatory requirements for affiliated cross trades in executing trades with other Evergreen funds; and finally, that from at least September 2007 to August 2008, Evergreen Investment Services, Inc. ("EIS"), EIMC's affiliated broker-dealer, did not preserve certain text and instant messages transmitted via personal digital assistant devices. In settling these matters, EIMC has agreed to a payment of $41.125 million, up to $40.125 million of which will be distributed to eligible shareholders of Ultra pursuant to a methodology and plan approved by the regulators. EIMC neither admitted nor denied the regulators' conclusions.

In addition, three purported class actions have been filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts relating to the same events; defendants include various Evergreen entities, including EIMC and EIS, and Evergreen Fixed Income Trust and its Trustees. The cases generally allege that investors in Ultra suffered losses as a result of (i) misleading statements in Ultra's registration statement and prospectus, (ii) the failure to accurately price securities in Ultra at different points in time and (iii) the failure of Ultra's risk disclosures and description of its investment strategy to inform investors adequately of the actual risks of the
fund.

OTHER BUSINESS

The Trustees of your Target Fund do not intend to present any other business at the Meeting. If any other matters are properly presented at the Meeting for action by shareholders of a Target Fund, the persons named as proxies will vote in accordance with the views of management of the Target Fund.

THE TRUSTEES OF YOUR TARGET TRUST RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE PLAN WITH RESPECT TO YOUR FUND. ANY PROPERLY EXECUTED PROXY CARDS RECEIVED WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE VOTED IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF THE PLAN.

April 1, 2010

 

Instructions for Executing Proxy Card

The following general rules for signing proxy cards may be of assistance to you and may help to avoid the time and expense involved in validating your vote if you fail to sign your proxy card properly.

1. INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS: Sign your name exactly as it appears in the Registration on the proxy card.

2. JOINT ACCOUNTS: Either party may sign, but the name of the party signing should conform exactly to a name shown in the Registration on the proxy card. 

3. ALL OTHER ACCOUNTS: The capacity of the individual signing the proxy card should be indicated unless it is reflected in the form of Registration. For example:

REGISTRATION CORPORATE ACCOUNTS

VALID SIGNATURE

(1) ABC Corp.

ABC Corp.

(2) ABC Corp.

John Doe, Treasurer

(3) ABC Corp. c/o John Doe, Treasurer

John Doe

(4) ABC Corp. Profit Sharing Plan

John Doe, Trustee

TRUST ACCOUNTS

(1) ABC Trust

Jane B. Doe, Trustee

(2) Jane B. Doe, Trustee u/t/d 12/28/78

Jane B. Doe, Trustee

CUSTODIAL OR ESTATE ACCOUNTS

(1) John B. Smith, Cust. f/b/o John B. Smith, Jr. UGMA

John B. Smith

(2) John B. Smith

John B. Smith, Jr., Executor

After completing your proxy card, return it in the enclosed postage-paid envelope.

OTHER WAYS TO VOTE YOUR PROXY

VOTE BY TELEPHONE:

1. Read the prospectus/proxy statement and have your proxy card at hand.
2. Call the toll-free number on your proxy card.

VOTE BY INTERNET:

1. Read the prospectus/proxy statement and have your proxy card at hand.
2. Go to the Web site indicated on your proxy card and follow the voting instructions.

The Internet and telephone voting procedures are designed to authenticate shareholder identities, to allow shareholders to give their voting instructions, and to confirm that shareholders' instructions have been recorded properly. Please note that, although there is no charge to you for voting by telephone or electronically through the Internet associated with this prospectus/proxy statement, there may be costs associated with electronic access, such as usage charges from Internet service providers and telephone companies, that must be borne by the shareholders.

Voting by telephone or Internet is generally available 24 hours a day. Do not mail the proxy card if you are voting by telephone or Internet. If you have any questions about voting, please call The Altman Group, our proxy solicitor, at (800) 499-8519 (toll free).

Exhibit A

Agreement and Plan of Reorganization

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST

WELLS FARGO VARIABLE TRUST

EVERGREEN EQUITY TRUST

EVERGREEN FIXED INCOME TRUST

EVERGREEN INTERNATIONAL TRUST

EVERGREEN MONEY MARKET TRUST

EVERGREEN MUNICIPAL TRUST

EVERGREEN SELECT EQUITY TRUST

EVERGREEN SELECT FIXED INCOME TRUST

EVERGREEN SELECT MONEY MARKET TRUST

EVERGREEN VARIABLE ANNUITY TRUST

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION

Dated as of March 1, 2010

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION (the "Plan") is made as of this March 1, 2010, by and among Wells Fargo Funds Trust and Wells Fargo Variable Trust (each a "WFA Fund Trust"), each a Delaware statutory trust, for itself and with respect to each of its series that is an Acquiring Fund, as defined below, or a Target Fund, as defined below, each WFA Fund Trust, Acquiring Fund and Target Fund acting on its own behalf separately from all of the other parties hereto and not jointly or jointly and severally with any other party hereto; Evergreen Equity Trust, Evergreen Fixed Income Trust, Evergreen International Trust, Evergreen Money Market Trust, Evergreen Municipal Trust, Evergreen Select Equity Trust, Evergreen Select Fixed Income Trust, Evergreen Select Money Market Trust and Evergreen Variable Annuity Trust (each an "Evergreen Fund Trust"), each a Delaware statutory trust, for itself and with respect to each of its series that is a Target Fund, as defined below, each Evergreen Fund Trust and Target Fund acting on its own behalf separately from all of the other parties hereto and not jointly or jointly and severally with any other party hereto; as to Section 17 of this Plan only, Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC ("Wells Fargo Funds Management"), the investment adviser to each series of each WFA Fund Trust; and as to Section 17 of this Plan only, Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC ("EIMC"), the investment adviser to each series of each Evergreen Fund Trust;

WHEREAS, the WFA Fund Trusts and the Evergreen Fund Trusts are open-end management investment companies registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act");

WHEREAS, Wells Fargo Funds Management and EIMC are "affiliated persons" of each other under Section 2(a)(3)(C) of the 1940 Act due to their common ownership;

WHEREAS, the parties desire that each Acquiring Fund acquire all of the Assets of its Corresponding Target Fund, as defined below, in return for shares of the Acquiring Fund and the assumption by the Acquiring Fund of all of the Liabilities of the Corresponding Target Fund; and that such shares of the Acquiring Fund be distributed to the shareholders of the Corresponding Target Fund in connection with the liquidation and termination of the Corresponding Target Fund (each transaction between an Acquiring Fund and its Corresponding Target Fund, a "Reorganization");

WHEREAS, this Plan contemplates multiple Reorganizations but is intended to have effect in respect of each Reorganization as a separate agreement and plan of reorganization between an Acquiring Fund and one Corresponding Target Fund and is to be read and interpreted accordingly;

WHEREAS, each Acquiring Fund and each WFA Fund Trust acting for itself and on behalf of such Acquiring Fund, and each Target Fund and each Selling Fund Trust acting for itself and on behalf of such Target Fund, is acting separately from all of the other parties and their series, as applicable, and not jointly or jointly and severally with any other party;

WHEREAS, without limiting the foregoing, references in this Plan to "the WFA Fund Trust" and "the Selling Fund Trust" or otherwise to parties to this Plan shall be references only to the WFA Fund Trust or the Selling Fund Trust whose series are engaged in any specific Reorganization transaction; and

WHEREAS, the parties intend that each Reorganization qualify as a "reorganization," within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and that each Acquiring Fund and its Corresponding Target Fund will be a "party to a reorganization," within the meaning of Section 368(b) of the Code, with respect to the Reorganization.

NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with the mutual promises described herein, the parties agree as follows:

1. Definitions.

The following terms shall have the following meanings:

1933 Act

The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

1934 Act

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Acquiring Class

The class of shares of an Acquiring Fund that a WFA Fund Trust will issue to a Target Fund in respect of the Assets and Liabilities of the Target Fund attributable to the Corresponding Target Class, as set forth in Annex A.

Acquiring Fund

Each Fund listed in the column entitled "Acquiring Fund" in Annex A.

Acquiring Fund Financial Statements

The audited financial statements of an Acquiring Fund for its most recently completed fiscal year together with the unaudited financial statements of the Acquiring Fund for any semi-annual period completed since the end of the most recently completed fiscal year, in each case to the extent available.

Active Reorganization

Each Reorganization set forth in the Active Reorganization Table on Annex A.

Annex A

Annex A to this Plan, as it may be amended from time to time.

Assets

All property and assets of any kind and all interests, rights, privileges and powers of or attributable to a Fund, whether or not determinable at the appropriate Effective Time and wherever located. Assets include, without limitation, all cash, cash equivalents, securities, claims (whether absolute or contingent, known or unknown, accrued or unaccrued or conditional or unmatured), contract rights and receivables (including dividend and interest receivables and receivables for shares sold) owned by a Fund and any deferred or prepaid expense shown as an asset on such Fund's books.

Assets List

A list of securities and other Assets of or attributable to a Fund as of the date provided.

Board

The Board of Trustees of a WFA Fund Trust or an Evergreen Fund Trust.

Closing Date

The closing date for each Reorganization listed in the column entitled "Closing Date" in Annex A or such other date as the parties may agree to in writing, including any postponements described in the definition of Valuation Time.

Corresponding Acquiring Class

The Acquiring Fund share class set forth opposite a Target Class in Annex A.

Corresponding Acquiring Fund

The Acquiring Fund set forth opposite a Target Fund in Annex A.

Corresponding Target Class

The Target Fund share class set forth opposite an Acquiring Class in Annex A.

Corresponding Target Fund

The Target Fund set forth opposite an Acquiring Fund in Annex A.

Effective Time

9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the business day following the Closing Date of a Reorganization, or such other time and date as the parties may agree to in writing.

Fund

An Acquiring Fund or a Target Fund.

HSR Act

The Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.

Liabilities

All liabilities of, or allocated or attributable to, a Fund, whether known or unknown, accrued or unaccrued, absolute or contingent, conditional or fixed, matured or unmatured. For clarity and without limitation, the Liabilities of a Target Fund of an Evergreen Fund Trust include all of its present or future obligations (or the obligations of any Evergreen Fund Trust relating to the Target Fund) under or in respect of deferred compensation and as to indemnification (including without limitation with respect to any action, suit, or proceeding, whether or not currently pending or threatened).

Material Agreements

The agreements set forth in Schedule A, as it may be amended from time to time.

Reorganization Documents

With respect to an Acquiring Fund, such bills of sale, assignments, and other instruments of transfer as the WFA Fund Trust in question reasonably deems necessary or desirable to effect any Corresponding Target Fund's transfer of all of its rights and title to and interest in its Assets to the Acquiring Fund. With respect to a Target Fund, such instruments of assumption, instruments of transfer, and other documents as the Selling Fund Trust in question reasonably deems necessary or desirable to effect the Corresponding Acquiring Fund's assumption of all of the Target Fund's Liabilities.

Schedule A

Schedule A to this Plan, as it may be amended from time to time.

Selling Fund Trust

Each WFA Fund Trust and Evergreen Fund Trust that has a Target Fund as a series.

Shell Acquiring Fund

Each Acquiring Fund set forth in the "Shell Reorganization Table" in Annex A.

Shell Reorganization

Each Reorganization set forth in the Shell Reorganization Table in Annex A.

Target Class

The Target Fund share class set forth opposite an Acquiring Class in Annex A.

Target Fund

Each Fund listed in the column entitled "Target Fund" in Annex A.

Target Fund Financial Statements

The audited financial statements of a Target Fund for its most recently completed fiscal year together with the unaudited financial statements of the Target Fund for any semi-annual period completed since the end of the most recently completed fiscal year, in each case to the extent available.

Valuation Time

With respect to each Reorganization, the last time on the Closing Date, or such other time and date as the parties may agree to in writing, when a WFA Fund Trust determines the net asset value of the shares of the Acquiring Fund as set forth in the Acquiring Fund's registration statement on Form N-1A. In the event the New York Stock Exchange or another primary trading market for portfolio securities of the Acquiring Fund shall be closed to trading, or trading thereon shall be restricted or trading or the reporting of trading on the New York Stock Exchange or other primary trading market shall be disrupted so that accurate appraisal of the value of the net assets of the Acquiring Fund or any Target Fund is impracticable, the Valuation Time shall be postponed until the first business day after the day when trading shall have been fully resumed and reporting shall have been restored. In such event, the Effective Time shall automatically be postponed so that it occurs on the first business day after the Valuation Time.

2. Regulatory Filings. For each Reorganization, the WFA Fund Trust whose series is the Acquiring Fund shall prepare and file any required filings including, without limitation, filings with state or foreign securities regulatory authorities in connection with the Reorganization, and each Selling Fund Trust whose series is a Corresponding Target Fund shall assist the WFA Fund Trust in preparing any such required filings.

3. Transfer of Target Fund Assets. Each Selling Fund Trust, with respect to each of its series that is a Target Fund, and each WFA Fund Trust, with respect to each of its series that is an Acquiring Fund, shall take the following steps with respect to each Reorganization involving that Target Fund or Acquiring Fund:

(a) Within a reasonable time prior to the Closing Date, the Target Fund shall provide, if requested, its Assets List to its Corresponding Acquiring Fund. The Target Fund may sell any investment on the Assets List prior to the Valuation Time. After the Target Fund provides the Assets List, the Target Fund will notify its Corresponding Acquiring Fund of its purchase or incurrence of additional investments or of any additional encumbrances, rights, restrictions or claims not reflected on the Assets List, within a reasonable time period after such purchase or incurrence. Within a reasonable time after receipt of the Assets List and prior to the Closing Date, the Corresponding Acquiring Fund will advise the Target Fund in writing of any investments shown on the Assets List that the Corresponding Acquiring Fund has reasonably determined to be impermissible or inconsistent with the investment objective, policies and restrictions of the Corresponding Acquiring Fund.

(b) The Selling Fund Trust shall assign, transfer, deliver and convey the Target Fund's Assets to its Corresponding Acquiring Fund at the Reorganization's Effective Time. In exchange for the transfer of the Assets, the Corresponding Acquiring Fund shall simultaneously assume the Target Fund's Liabilities and issue and deliver to the Target Fund full and fractional shares of beneficial interest of each Acquiring Class. The Corresponding Acquiring Fund shall determine the number of shares of each Acquiring Class to issue by dividing the value of the Assets net of Liabilities attributable to its Corresponding Target Class by the net asset value of one Acquiring Class share. Based on this calculation, the Corresponding Acquiring Fund shall issue shares of beneficial interest of each Acquiring Class with an aggregate net asset value equal to the value of the Assets net of Liabilities of the Corresponding Target Class. The Corresponding Acquiring Fund shall then accept the Target Fund's Assets and assume the Target Fund's Liabilities such that at and after the Effective Time (i) all of the Target Fund's Assets shall become and be Assets of its Corresponding Acquiring Fund and (ii) all of the Target Fund's Liabilities at the Effective Time shall attach to the Corresponding Acquiring Fund, and be enforceable against the Corresponding Acquiring Fund to the same extent as if initially incurred by the Corresponding Acquiring Fund.

(c) The parties shall determine the net asset value of the Acquiring Fund shares to be delivered, and the value of the Assets to be conveyed net of Liabilities, as of the Valuation Time in accordance with the applicable WFA Fund Trust's current valuation procedures as described in the then-current prospectus or prospectuses or statement or statements of additional information of the Acquiring Fund. For money market funds, the net asset value of the Acquiring Fund shares to be delivered, and the value of the Assets to be conveyed net of Liabilities, will be calculated using the amortized cost valuation procedures approved by the Board of the WFA Fund Trust, as described in the then-current prospectus or prospectuses or statement or statements of additional information of the Acquiring Fund. The parties shall make all computations to the fourth decimal place or such other decimal place as the parties may agree to in writing.

(d) The Selling Fund Trust shall cause its custodian to transfer the Target Fund's Assets with good and marketable title to the account of its Corresponding Acquiring Fund. The Selling Fund Trust shall also cause its custodian to transfer all cash in the form of immediately available funds. In addition, the Selling Fund Trust shall cause its custodian to transfer any Assets that were not transferred to the Acquiring Fund's account at the Effective Time to the Acquiring Fund's account at the earliest practicable date thereafter.

4. Liquidation and Termination of Target Funds, Registration of Shares and Access to Records. Each Selling Fund Trust, with respect to each of its series that is a Target Fund, and each WFA Fund Trust, with respect to each of its series that is an Acquiring Fund, shall take the following steps with respect to each Reorganization involving that Target Fund or Acquiring Fund:

(a) At or as soon as is reasonably practical after the Effective Time, the Selling Fund Trust shall distribute to shareholders of record of each Target Class the shares of beneficial interest of its Corresponding Acquiring Class pro rata on the basis of the shares of the Target Class owned by such shareholders. Each shareholder also shall have the right to receive, at or as soon as practicable after the Effective Time, any unpaid dividends or other distributions that the Selling Fund Trust may have declared with respect to the Target Class shares. The WFA Fund Trust shall record on its books the ownership by the Target Fund shareholders of the Corresponding Acquiring Fund shares. The WFA Fund Trusts do not issue certificates representing the Acquiring Fund shares, and shall not be responsible for issuing certificates to shareholders of the Target Funds. The Selling Fund Trust shall wind up the affairs of the Target Fund and shall take all steps as are necessary and proper to dissolve, liquidate and terminate the Target Fund and the Selling Fund Trust (to the extent it is an Evergreen Fund Trust) in accordance with applicable law and regulations and its Declaration of Trust and By-Laws, as soon as is reasonably practicable after the Effective Time.

(b) At and after the Closing Date, the Selling Fund Trust, with respect to the Target Fund, shall provide the applicable WFA Fund Trust, with respect to the Corresponding Acquiring Fund, and its transfer agent with immediate access to: (i) all of its records containing the names, addresses and taxpayer identification numbers of all of the Target Fund's shareholders and the number and percentage ownership of the outstanding shares of the Target Class owned by each shareholder immediately prior to the Effective Time; and (ii) all original documentation (including all applicable Internal Revenue Service forms, certificates, certifications and correspondence) in the possession or control of the Selling Fund Trust relating to the Target Fund shareholders' taxpayer identification numbers and their liability for or exemption from back-up withholding. Any payments made to service providers in connection with such direction shall be borne by both Wells Fargo Funds Management and EIMC pursuant to Section 17 of this Plan. As soon as practicable following the Reorganization, the Selling Fund Trust shall deliver all books and records with respect to the Target Fund in its possession or control, including books and records showing the ownership of all of the issued and outstanding shares of each Target Class, to the WFA Fund Trust, and the WFA Fund Trust shall thereafter have the responsibility to preserve and maintain, or to cause its service providers to preserve and maintain, all such records received by it in accordance with Section 31 of, and Rule 31a-1 and 31a-2 under, the 1940 Act.

5. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of a Selling Fund Trust. Each Selling Fund Trust, for itself and with respect to each of its series that is a Target Fund, separately and not jointly, represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the applicable WFA Fund Trust in any Reorganization involving such Target Fund, as follows:

(a) The Selling Fund Trust is a statutory trust, duly created, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Board of the Selling Fund Trust duly established and designated the Target Fund as a series of the Selling Fund Trust and each Target Class as a class of the Target Fund. The Selling Fund Trust is an open-end management investment company registered with the SEC under the 1940 Act, and such registration is in full force and effect.

(b) The Selling Fund Trust has the power and all necessary federal, state and local qualifications and authorizations to own all of its properties and Assets, to carry on its business as now being conducted and as described in its currently effective registration statement on Form N-1A as filed with the SEC, to enter into this Plan and to consummate the transactions contemplated herein.

(c) The Board of the Selling Fund Trust has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Plan and approved the performance of the transactions contemplated herein. Duly authorized officers of the Selling Fund Trust have executed and delivered this Plan. This Plan represents a valid and binding obligation of the Selling Fund Trust with respect to the Target Fund, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject as to enforcement to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, moratorium and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles. The execution and delivery of this Plan do not, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Plan will not, violate any law or regulation applicable to the Selling Fund Trust, the Declaration of Trust or By-Laws of the Selling Fund Trust or any agreement, indenture, instrument, contract or other undertaking to which the Selling Fund Trust is a party or by which it is bound. No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental authority is required for the consummation by the Selling Fund Trust of the transactions contemplated by this Plan, except such as may be required under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, the 1940 Act, and insurance, securities or blue sky laws of any U.S. state or the District of Columbia or Puerto Rico.

(d) The Target Fund has qualified and met the requirements for treatment as a "regulated investment company" under Part I of Subchapter M of Subtitle A, Chapter 1, of the Code in respect of each taxable year since the commencement of its operations, and will continue to so qualify until the Effective Time and has computed (or will compute) its federal income tax liability, if any, under Sections 852 and 4982 of the Code.

(e) The Selling Fund Trust has duly authorized and validly issued all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Target Fund and all of those shares are, and on the Closing Date will be, validly outstanding, fully paid and non-assessable, and were and will have been offered for sale and sold in conformity, in all material respects, with the registration or qualification requirements of all applicable federal and state securities laws. There are, and will be as of the Closing Date, no outstanding options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any Target Fund shares, nor are there outstanding any securities convertible into Target Fund shares.

(f) The Selling Fund Trust with respect to the Target Fund is, and at the Effective Time will be, in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the 1940 Act, the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act and all applicable state securities laws, and from the date of this Plan through the Closing Date will comply in all material respects with all newly adopted rules and regulations under the 1940 Act on or before their compliance dates. The Selling Fund Trust with respect to the Target Fund is in compliance in all material respects with the investment policies and restrictions applicable to it set forth in the registration statement on Form N-1A as currently in effect in respect of it. The value of the net assets of the Target Fund is determined using portfolio valuation methods that comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1940 Act and the policies of such Target Fund, except as has been disclosed to its Corresponding Acquiring Fund.

(g) Except as otherwise provided herein, the Selling Fund Trust shall operate the business of the Target Fund in the ordinary course between the date hereof and the Effective Time, it being agreed that such ordinary course of business will include, without limitation: (i) the declaration and payment of dividends and distributions pursuant to standard dividend and distribution policies approved by such Target Fund's Board prior to the date of this Plan or otherwise in the ordinary course of business, (ii) the declaration and payment of any other dividends and distributions deemed advisable by the Target Fund after consultation with its Corresponding Acquiring Fund in anticipation of the Reorganization, including the declaration and payment of dividends necessary to avoid a fund-level tax for the taxable year ending on the Closing Date and, as applicable, any prior taxable year in respect of which such Target Fund is eligible as of the Closing Date to declare a "spillback" dividend under Section 855 of the Code, and (iii) the taking of any other commercially reasonable action in anticipation of the Reorganization (and obtaining such additional "run off" insurance coverage as the Selling Fund Trust's Board may approve, and selling assets for purposes of recognizing taxable gains to offset tax-loss carryforwards).

(h) At the Effective Time, the Selling Fund Trust with respect to the Target Fund will have good and marketable title to its Assets and full right, power and authority to assign, transfer, deliver and convey such Assets.

(i) The Target Fund Financial Statements fairly present the financial position of the Target Fund as of the date indicated. The Target Fund Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied.

(j) To the knowledge of the Selling Fund Trust, except as has been disclosed to its Corresponding Acquiring Fund, the Target Fund has no material Liabilities, whether or not determined or determinable, other than: 1) Liabilities disclosed or provided for in the Target Fund Financial Statements; and 2) Liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business subsequent to the Target Fund Financial Statements. The Target Fund does not have any Liabilities to any service provider of the Selling Fund Trust for fees previously waived or deferred by such service provider.

(k) Except as has been disclosed to its Corresponding Acquiring Fund: (i) the Selling Fund Trust does not know of any claims, actions, suits, inquiries, investigations or proceedings of any type pending or threatened against the Selling Fund Trust in respect of the Target Fund, the Target Fund or their Assets or businesses, or against any investment adviser or principal underwriter of the Target Fund relating to the services such adviser or underwriter provides to the Target Fund; and (ii) the Selling Fund Trust does not know of any facts that it currently has reason to believe are likely to form the basis for the institution of any such claim, action, suit, inquiry, investigation or proceeding against the Selling Fund Trust in respect of the Target Fund, the Target Fund or their Assets or businesses, or against any investment adviser or principal underwriter of the Target Fund relating to the services such adviser or underwriter provides to the Target Fund. For purposes of this provision, investment underperformance or negative investment performance shall not be deemed to constitute such facts. Except as has been disclosed to its Corresponding Acquiring Fund, the Target Fund is not a party to or subject to the provisions of any order, decree or judgment of any court or governmental body that adversely affects, or is reasonably likely to adversely affect in a material manner, its financial condition, results of operations, business, properties or Assets or the Target Fund's ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Plan.

(l) All contracts and agreements other than an Evergreen Fund Trust's Agreement and Declaration of Trust and Bylaws, each as amended, that are material to the Target Fund's business and to which the Selling Fund Trust is a party or by which it is bound, in each case, in respect of the Target Fund, are listed on Schedule A. Except as has been disclosed to its Corresponding Acquiring Fund, no material default has occurred and is continuing in respect of the Target Fund under any such contract or agreement.

(m) The Selling Fund Trust has timely filed all tax returns in respect of the Target Fund for all of its taxable years to and including its most recent taxable year required to be filed on or before the date of this Plan, has paid all taxes payable pursuant to such returns, and has made available to the Corresponding Acquiring Fund all of the Target Fund's previously filed tax returns. To the knowledge of the Selling Fund Trust, no such tax return has been or is currently under audit, and no assessment has been asserted with respect to any return. The Selling Fund Trust will file all of the Target Fund's tax returns (and pay any taxes due thereon) for all of its taxable periods ending on or before the Closing Date not previously filed on or before their due dates (taking account of any valid extensions thereof).

(n) Since the date of the most recent Target Fund Financial Statements, there has been no material adverse change in the financial condition, business, properties or Assets of the Target Fund. For purposes of this provision, the effects of investment underperformance, negative investment performance or net redemptions shall not, individually or in the aggregate, be deemed to give rise to any such change.

(o) The current prospectus and statement of additional information, each as supplemented, of the Target Fund conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder and do not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(p) Any information provided in writing by the Selling Fund Trust in respect of the Target Fund or by the Target Fund for use, to the extent applicable, in a WFA Fund Trust's registration statement on Form N-14 relating to the Reorganization (the "Registration Statement"), does not, and from the date provided through and until the date of the shareholder meeting will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading.

(q) The Target Fund shall issue and deliver or cause its custodian to issue and deliver to the Secretary of the WFA Fund Trust a certificate identifying the Assets of the Target Fund held by it as of the Valuation Time.

(r) Subject to the provisions of this Plan, the Target Fund will take, or cause to be taken, all action, and do or cause to be done, all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Plan, including any actions required to be taken after the Closing Date.

6. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of a WFA Fund Trust. Each WFA Fund Trust, for itself and with respect to each of its series that is an Acquiring Fund, separately and not jointly, represents and warrants to, and agrees with the applicable Selling Fund Trust in any Reorganization involving such Acquiring Fund, as follows:

(a) The WFA Fund Trust is a statutory trust duly created, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Board of the WFA Fund Trust duly established and designated the Acquiring Fund as a series of the WFA Fund Trust and each Acquiring Class as a class of the Acquiring Fund. The WFA Fund Trust is an open-end management investment company registered with the SEC under the 1940 Act, and such registration is in full force and effect.

(b) The WFA Fund Trust has the power and all necessary federal, state and local qualifications and authorizations to own all of its properties and Assets, to carry on its business as now being conducted and as described in its currently effective registration statement on Form N-1A as filed with the SEC, to enter into this Plan and to consummate the transactions contemplated herein.

(c) The Board of the WFA Fund Trust has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Plan and approved the performance of the transactions contemplated herein. Duly authorized officers of the WFA Fund Trust have executed and delivered this Plan. This Plan represents a valid and binding obligation of the WFA Fund Trust with respect to the Acquiring Fund, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject as to enforcement to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, moratorium and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles. The execution and delivery of this Plan do not, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Plan will not, violate any law or regulation applicable to the WFA Fund Trust, the Declaration of Trust or By-Laws of the WFA Fund Trust or any agreement, indenture, instrument, contract or other undertaking to which the WFA Fund Trust is a party or by which it is bound. No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental authority is required for the consummation by the WFA Fund Trust of the transactions contemplated by this Plan, except such as may be required under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, the 1940 Act, and insurance, securities or blue sky laws of any U.S. state or the District of Columbia or Puerto Rico.

(d) The Acquiring Fund has qualified and met the requirements for treatment as a "regulated investment company" under Part I of Subchapter M of Subtitle A, Chapter 1, of the Code in respect of each taxable year since the commencement of its operations, and will continue to so qualify until the Effective Time and has computed (or will compute) its federal income tax liability, if any, under Sections 852 and 4982 of the Code.

(e) If the Reorganization is a Shell Reorganization, the applicable Acquiring Fund shall have no Assets or Liabilities as of the Closing Date, and there shall be no issued and outstanding shares of such Acquiring Fund prior to or at the Closing Date, other than those acquired, assumed or issued in order to facilitate the commencement of the operations of such Acquiring Fund.

(f) The WFA Fund Trust has duly authorized and validly issued all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Acquiring Fund and all of those shares are, and on the Closing Date will be, validly outstanding, fully paid and non-assessable, and were and will have been offered for sale and sold in conformity, in all material respects, with the registration or qualification requirements of all applicable federal and state securities laws. Before the Closing Date, the WFA Fund Trust shall have duly authorized the shares of the Acquiring Fund to be issued and delivered to the Target Fund as of the Effective Time. When issued and delivered, the shares of the Acquiring Fund shall have been registered for sale under the 1933 Act and qualified under all applicable state securities laws and shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and no shareholder of the Acquiring Fund shall have any preemptive right of subscription or purchase in respect of them. There are, and will be as of the Closing Date, no outstanding options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any Acquiring Fund shares, nor are there outstanding any securities convertible into Acquiring Fund shares.

(g) The WFA Fund Trust with respect to the Acquiring Fund is, and at the Effective Time will be, in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the 1940 Act, the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, and all applicable state securities laws, and from the date of this Plan through the Closing Date will comply in all material respects with all newly adopted rules and regulations under the 1940 Act on or before their compliance dates. The WFA Fund Trust with respect to the Acquiring Fund is in compliance in all material respects with the investment policies and restrictions applicable to it set forth in the registration statement on Form N-1A as currently in effect in respect of it. The value of the net assets of the Acquiring Fund is determined using portfolio valuation methods that comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1940 Act and the policies of such Acquiring Fund, except as has been disclosed to its Corresponding Target Fund.

(h) Except as otherwise provided herein, the WFA Fund Trust shall operate the business of the Acquiring Fund in the ordinary course between the date hereof and the Effective Time, it being agreed that such ordinary course of business will include, without limitation: (i) the declaration and payment of dividends and distributions pursuant to standard dividend and distribution policies approved by such Acquiring Fund's Board prior to the date of this Plan, (ii) the declaration and payment of any other dividends and distributions deemed advisable by mutual agreement of such Acquiring Fund and its Corresponding Target Fund in anticipation of the Reorganization, and (iii) the taking of any other commercially reasonable action in anticipation of the Reorganization.

(i) The Acquiring Fund Financial Statements fairly present the financial position of the Acquiring Fund as of the date indicated. The Acquiring Fund Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied.

(j) To the knowledge of the WFA Fund Trust, except as has been disclosed to its Corresponding Target Fund, the Acquiring Fund has no material Liabilities, whether or not determined or determinable, other than: 1) Liabilities disclosed or provided for in the Acquiring Fund Financial Statements, and 2) Liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business subsequent to the Acquiring Fund Financial Statements. The Acquiring Fund does not have any Liabilities to any service provider of the WFA Fund Trust for fees previously waived or deferred by such service provider.

(k) Except as has been disclosed to its Corresponding Target Fund, (i) the WFA Fund Trust does not know of any claims, actions, suits, inquiries, investigations or proceedings of any type pending or threatened against the WFA Fund Trust in respect of the Acquiring Fund, the Acquiring Fund or their Assets or businesses, or against any investment adviser or principal underwriter of the Acquiring Fund relating to the services such adviser or underwriter provides to the Acquiring Fund; and (ii) the WFA Fund Trust does not know of any facts that it currently has reason to believe are likely to form the basis for the institution of any such claim, action, suit, inquiry, investigation or proceeding against the WFA Fund Trust in respect of the Acquiring Fund, the Acquiring Fund or any investment adviser or principal underwriter of the Acquiring Fund relating to the services such adviser or underwriter provides to the Acquiring Fund. For purposes of this provision, investment underperformance or negative investment performance shall not be deemed to constitute such facts. Neither the WFA Fund Trust in respect of the Acquiring Fund, nor to its knowledge, any investment adviser or principal underwriter of the Acquiring Fund is a party to or subject to the provisions of any order, decree or judgment of any court or governmental body that adversely affects, or is reasonably likely to adversely affect in a material manner, its financial condition, results of operations, business, properties or Assets or the Acquiring Fund's ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Plan.

(l) All contracts and agreements that are material to the Acquiring Fund's business are listed on Schedule A. Except as has been disclosed to its Corresponding Target Fund, no material default has occurred and is continuing in respect of the Acquiring Fund under any such contract or agreement.

(m) The WFA Fund Trust has timely filed all tax returns in respect of the Acquiring Fund for all of its taxable years to and including its most recent taxable year required to be filed on or before the date of this Plan, has paid all taxes payable pursuant to such returns and has made available to the Corresponding Target Fund all of the Acquiring Fund's previously filed tax returns. To the knowledge of the WFA Fund Trust, no such return is currently under audit and no assessment has been asserted with respect to any return. The WFA Fund Trust will file all of the Acquiring Fund's tax returns (and pay any taxes due thereon) for all of its taxable periods ending on or before the Closing Date not previously filed on or before their due dates (taking account of any valid extensions thereof).

(n) Since the date of the most recent Acquiring Fund Financial Statements, there has been no material adverse change in the financial condition, business, properties or Assets of the Acquiring Fund. For purposes of this provision, the effects of investment underperformance, negative investment performance or net redemptions shall not, individually or in the aggregate be deemed to give rise to any such change.

(o) The current prospectus and statement of additional information and registration statement on Form N-1A of the Acquiring Fund conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder and do not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(p) To the extent applicable, as of the effective date of the WFA Fund Trust's Registration Statement, the date of the meeting of shareholders of the Target Fund relating to the Reorganization, and the Closing Date, the Prospectus/Proxy Statement (the "Prospectus/Proxy Statement") which forms a part of the Registration Statement and the Registration Statement insofar as it relates to the applicable WFA Fund Trust in respect to the Acquiring Fund or the Acquiring Fund itself, (i) will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading and (ii) will comply in all material respects with the provisions of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act and the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder; provided however, that none of the representations and warranties in this subsection shall apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus/Proxy Statement made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished by the Target Fund to the Acquiring Fund in writing for use in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus/Proxy Statement.

(q) At the Effective Time, the Acquiring Fund shall issue and deliver or cause its transfer agent to issue and deliver to the Secretary of the Selling Fund Trust a confirmation evidencing that the shares of the Acquiring Fund to be credited at the Effective Time have been credited to the Corresponding Target Fund's account on the books of the Acquiring Fund.

(r) Subject to the provisions of this Plan, the Acquiring Fund will take, or cause to be taken, all action, and do or cause to be done, all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Plan, including any actions required to be taken after the Closing Date.

(s) Each Acquiring Fund Trust, on behalf of each Acquiring Fund, agrees that any information regarding the Corresponding Target Fund that is known, or reasonably should be known, by any of the Selling Fund Trust or the Selling Fund Trust's investment adviser or any one or more of their officers, employees or affiliates shall be deemed to have been disclosed to the Acquiring Fund prior to the date of this Plan or the Valuation Time, whichever is earlier.

7. Conditions to a Target Fund's Obligations. The obligations of the Selling Fund Trust with respect to each of its series that is a Target Fund in a Reorganization shall be subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, provided however, that Sections 7(e), 7(f), 7(p), 7(q) and 7(r) are conditions precedent only with respect to Reorganizations involving Target Funds that are series of an Evergreen Fund Trust:

(a) The shareholders of the Target Fund shall have approved the Reorganization if and to the extent, and in the manner, required by the Selling Fund Trust's Declaration of Trust or By-Laws and applicable law, or if shareholder approval is otherwise sought by the Selling Fund Trust in respect of the Target Fund. For clarity, the failure of any one Target Fund's shareholders to satisfy this condition shall release the Selling Fund Trust of its obligation under this Plan with respect to the Reorganization involving that Target Fund but not with respect to any other Reorganization.

(b) This Plan and the transactions contemplated by it shall have been approved by the affirmative vote of (i) at least a majority of the Board of the WFA Fund Trust (including a majority of those Trustees who are not "interested persons" of any party to this Plan, as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) and (ii) at least a majority of the Board of the Selling Fund Trust (including a majority of those Trustees who are not "interested persons" of any party to this Plan, as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act). The WFA Fund Trust shall have duly executed and delivered to the Target Fund its Corresponding Acquiring Fund's Reorganization Documents.

(c) All representations and warranties of the WFA Fund Trust made in this Plan that are not by their terms qualified as to materiality shall be true and correct in all material respects, and all representations and warranties of the WFA Fund Trust made in this Plan that by their terms are qualified as to materiality are true and correct in all respects, in each case as if made at and as of the Valuation Time and the Effective Time.

(d) The WFA Fund Trust shall have delivered to the Selling Fund Trust a certificate dated as of the Closing Date and executed in its name by its Secretary or Treasurer (or Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer) stating: 1) that all representations and warranties of the WFA Fund Trust made in this Plan that by their terms are not qualified as to materiality are true and correct in all material respects, and all representations and warranties of the WFA Fund Trust made in this Plan that by their terms are qualified as to materiality are true and correct in all respects, in each case at and as of the Valuation Time;

2) that the Target Fund's Assets are consistent with its Corresponding Acquiring Fund's investment objectives, policies and restrictions and that the Target Fund's Assets may be lawfully acquired by its Corresponding Acquiring Fund and the Target Fund's Liabilities may be lawfully assumed by its Corresponding Acquiring Fund; and 3) that the WFA Fund Trust with respect to the Target Fund has complied with all of the agreements and covenants to be performed or satisfied by it under this Plan in respect of the Acquiring Fund.

(e) The Selling Fund Trust shall have received an opinion of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., as special Delaware counsel to the WFA Fund Trust, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Selling Fund Trust and dated as of the Closing Date, addressed to the Selling Fund Trust, with respect to the Target Fund, to the effect that:

(1) The WFA Fund Trust has been duly formed and is validly existing in good standing as a statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, 12 Del. C. § 3801, et seq. (the "Act"), and has the power and authority under its Declaration of Trust and the Act to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Plan. Under the Act and its Declaration of Trust, the WFA Fund Trust has the requisite trust power and authority to own all of its properties and conduct its business all as described in its Declaration of Trust;

(2) The execution and delivery of this Plan and the consummation by the WFA Fund Trust of the applicable transactions contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by all requisite statutory trust action on the part of the WFA Fund Trust under its Declaration of Trust and the Act. Assuming execution and delivery by duly authorized officers of the WFA Fund Trust, this Plan has been duly executed and delivered by the WFA Fund Trust;

(3) The WFA Fund Trust has the power to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Plan;

(4) This Plan constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of the WFA Fund Trust, enforceable against the WFA Fund Trust, in accordance with its terms;

(5) The Acquiring Fund that is a series of the WFA Fund Trust has been duly established as a separate series under the WFA Fund Trust's Declaration of Trust and Section 3806(b)(2) of the Act;

(6) Each Acquiring Class of the Acquiring Fund has been duly established as a class of beneficial interests of the Acquiring Fund under the WFA Fund Trust's Declaration of Trust and Section 3806(b)(1) of the Act;

(7) The shares of the Acquiring Fund to be delivered as provided for by this Plan are duly authorized and upon delivery will be validly issued, fully paid and, subject to any shareholder payments set forth in a specified section of the WFA Fund Trust's Declaration of Trust, if any, non-assessable beneficial interests in the Acquiring Fund, and under the governing instruments of WFA Fund Trust, no shareholder of the Acquiring Fund has any preemptive right or similar rights thereof;

(8) Neither the execution, delivery and performance by the WFA Fund Trust of this Plan, nor the consummation by the WFA Fund Trust of the applicable transactions contemplated thereby, violates (i) the Declaration of Trust of the WFA Fund Trust or (ii) any law, rule, or regulation of the State of Delaware applicable to the WFA Fund Trust; and

(9) Neither the execution, delivery and performance by the WFA Fund Trust of this Plan, nor the consummation by such WFA Fund Trust of any of the applicable transactions contemplated thereby, requires the consent or approval of, the withholding of objection on the part of, the giving of notice to, the filing, registration or qualification with, or the taking of any other action in respect of any governmental authority or agency of the State of Delaware.

In rendering such opinion, such counsel may assume all conditions precedent set forth in this Plan have been satisfied and such counsel may include other customary assumptions and qualifications for opinions of this type, including without limitation, customary enforceability assumptions (including the effect of principles of equity, including .principles of commercial reasonableness and good faith and fair dealing) and that the Trustees of the WFA Fund Trust have complied with their fiduciary duties in approving this Plan and that the Reorganizations are fair in all respects. In addition, such counsel need not express an opinion with respect to any provisions of this Plan that purport to obligate the WFA Fund Trust to cause other persons or entities to take certain actions or act in a certain way insofar as such opinion would relate to the actions of such other persons or entities, any provisions of this Plan to the extent that such provisions purport to bind the Trustees of the WFA Fund Trust in the exercise of their fiduciary duties or to bind parties not a signatory to this Plan and any provision of this Plan to the extent such provision relates to the dissolution or liquidation of the WFA Fund Trust or series thereof.

(f) The Selling Fund Trust shall have received an opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP, as counsel to the WFA Fund Trust, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Selling Fund Trust and dated as of the Closing Date, addressed to the Selling Fund Trust, with respect to the Target Fund that:

(1) The WFA Fund Trust is an open-end, management investment company registered under the 1940 Act;

(2) The execution and delivery of this Plan did not, and the consummation of the Reorganization will not, violate any Material Agreement or any law, rule or regulation to which the WFA Fund Trust is a party or by which it is bound;

(3) The Registration Statement has become effective under the 1933 Act, and to the best of the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the SEC and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or contemplated under the 1933 Act; and

(4) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental authority is required for the consummation by the WFA Fund Trust of the Reorganization, except those that have been obtained under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations under those acts, or that may be required under state securities or blue sky laws.

In rendering such opinion, such counsel may (i) rely on the opinion of other counsel to the extent set forth in such opinion, (ii) make assumptions regarding the authenticity, genuineness and/or conformity of documents and copies thereof without independent verification thereof, (iii) limit such opinion to applicable federal and Delaware law, (iv) rely on certificates (reasonably acceptable to the Selling Fund Trust) of officers or Trustees of the WFA Fund Trust, (v) assume that each of this Plan and each Material Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Delaware or the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

(g) The Selling Fund Trust shall have received an opinion, dated as of the Closing Date, of Proskauer Rose LLP, upon which each Target Fund and its shareholders may rely based upon factual representations required by Proskauer Rose LLP made in certificates provided to Proskauer Rose LLP by the WFA Fund Trust and Selling Fund Trust, and in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Selling Fund Trust substantially to the effect that, on the basis of existing provisions of the Code, Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, current administrative rules, pronouncements and court decisions, for federal income tax purposes, the Reorganization will constitute a "reorganization," within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.

(h) There shall not be in effect on the Closing Date any order, judgment, injunction or other decree of any court of competent jurisdiction restraining, enjoining, or otherwise prohibiting or making illegal the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Plan. No action, suit or other proceeding shall be threatened or pending before any court or governmental agency in which it is sought to restrain or prohibit or obtain damages or other relief in connection with the Reorganization.

(i) If applicable, the Registration Statement shall have become effective under the 1933 Act, and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued by the SEC and, to the best knowledge of the parties hereto, no investigation or proceeding for that purpose shall have been instituted or be pending, threatened or contemplated under the 1933 Act. The SEC has not issued any unfavorable advisory report under Section 25(b) of the 1940 Act relating to, or instituted any proceeding seeking to enjoin consummation of, the Reorganization under Section 25(c) of the 1940 Act.

(j) The WFA Fund Trust shall have performed and complied in all material respects with each of its agreements and covenants required by this Plan to be performed or complied with by it prior to or at the Reorganization's Valuation Time and Closing Date.

(k) The Selling Fund Trust shall have received from the WFA Fund Trust a duly executed instrument reasonably acceptable to it whereby the Acquiring Fund assumes its Corresponding Target Fund's Liabilities.

(l) Wells Fargo Funds Management, EIMC and the Board of each WFA Fund Trust and each Evergreen Fund Trust (collectively, the "Addressees") shall have received a letter dated as of the effective date of the Registration Statement from KPMG LLP ("KPMG") addressed to the Addressees with respect to each Target Fund and each Acquiring Fund (that is not a Shell Acquiring Fund) for which KPMG serves as the independent registered public accounting firm in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Addressees, that, on the basis of limited procedures reasonably agreed to by the Addressees and described in such letter (but not an examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards), describes KPMG's determinations as to whether:

(1) The unaudited pro forma financial statements and pro forma adjustments included in the Registration Statement materially agree to the underlying accounting records or with written estimates provided by the Addressees in respect of the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund;

(2) The data utilized in the calculations of the pro forma expense ratios appearing in the Registration Statement materially agree to the underlying accounting records or with written estimates provided by the Addressees in respect of the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund; and

(3) The pro forma capitalization tables appearing in the Registration Statement agree to the information set forth in item (1) of this Section 7(l) for the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund.

(m) With respect to each Shell Reorganization, the Addressees shall have received a letter dated as of the effective date of the Registration Statement from KPMG addressed to them with respect to each Shell Acquiring Fund and its Corresponding Target Fund for which KPMG serves as the independent registered public accounting firm in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Addressees, that, on the basis of limited procedures reasonably agreed to by the Addressees and described in such letter (but not an examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards), describes KPMG's determinations as to whether:

(1) The data utilized in the calculations of the pro forma expense ratios appearing in the Registration Statement materially agree to the underlying accounting records or with written estimates provided by the Addressees in respect of the Shell Acquiring Fund and its Corresponding Target Fund; and

(2) The pro forma capitalization tables appearing in the Registration Statement materially agree to the underlying accounting records or with written estimates provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management in respect of a Shell Acquiring Fund and EIMC in respect of its Corresponding Target Fund.

(n) Neither party shall have terminated this Plan with respect to the Reorganization pursuant to Section 10 of this Plan.

(o) The Selling Fund Trust shall have taken all steps required to terminate any agreements with its service providers with respect to the Target Fund and shall have discharged in the normal course of business any and all payment obligations under such agreements prior to or simultaneously with the Reorganization.

(p) In connection with its evaluation of qualified candidates and its independent determination to nominate Michael S. Scofield and K. Dun Gifford to the Board of each WFA Fund Trust and Wells Fargo Master Trust ("WFA Master Trust"), the Board of each WFA Fund Trust and WFA Master Trust shall have taken all action necessary or appropriate to appoint and constitute such nominees duly appointed members of the Board of each such Trust, their service as such to become effective at the Effective Time of any Reorganization with a Closing Date of July 9, 2010 as listed in Annex A, and such action shall be in full force and effect. Simultaneously with the effectiveness of his appointment as a member of the Board of a WFA Fund Trust or WFA Master Trust, each of Messrs. Scofield and Gifford shall resign his service as a member of the Board of all Evergreen Fund Trusts that are open-end management investment companies (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding Asset Allocation Trust).

(q) The Advisory Committee of the Trustees of the Legacy Evergreen Funds shall have been duly established in accordance with the "Charter of the Advisory Committee of the Trustees of the Legacy Evergreen Funds," and the related letter agreement of Wells Fargo Funds Management shall be in full force and effect.

(r) Arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Board of the Selling Fund Trust shall have been implemented in respect of insurance; deferred compensation; indemnity; pending or threatened litigation, actions, claims, or proceedings of any kind in respect of any of the Evergreen Funds or any of their Trustees or officers; and such other matters as the Board may reasonably determine.

8. Conditions to an Acquiring Fund's Obligations. The obligations of each WFA Fund Trust with respect to each of its series that is an Acquiring Fund in a Reorganization shall be subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, provided however, that Sections 8(e) and 8(f) are conditions precedent only with respect to Reorganizations involving Target Funds that are series of an Evergreen Fund Trust:

(a) The shareholders of the Target Fund shall have approved the Reorganization if and to the extent, and in the manner, required by the Selling Fund Trust's Declaration of Trust or By-Laws and applicable law, or if shareholder approval is otherwise sought by the Selling Fund Trust in respect of the Target Fund. For clarity, the failure of any one Target Fund's shareholders to satisfy this condition shall release the WFA Fund Trust of its obligation under this Plan with respect to the Reorganization involving that Target Fund but not with respect to any other Reorganization.

(b) This Plan and the transactions contemplated by it shall have been approved by the affirmative vote of (i) at least a majority of the Board of the WFA Fund Trust (including a majority of those Trustees who are not "interested persons" of any party to this Plan, as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) and (ii) at least a majority of the Board of the Selling Fund Trust (including a majority of those Trustees who are not "interested persons" of any party to this Plan, as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act). The Selling Fund Trust shall have duly executed and delivered to the Acquiring Fund its Corresponding Target Fund's Reorganization Documents.

(c) All representations and warranties of the Selling Fund Trust made in this Plan that are not by their terms qualified as to materiality shall be true and correct in all material respects, and all representations and warranties of the Selling Fund Trust made in this Plan that by their terms are qualified as to materiality are true and correct in all respects, in each case as if made at and as of the Valuation Time and the Effective Time.

(d) The Selling Fund Trust shall have delivered to the WFA Fund Trust a certificate dated as of the Closing Date and executed in its name by its Secretary or Treasurer (or Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer) stating: 1) that all representations and warranties of the Selling Fund Trust made in this Plan that by their terms are not qualified as to materiality are true and correct in all material respects, and all representations and warranties of the Selling Fund Trust in this Plan that by their terms are qualified as to materiality are true and correct in all respects, in each case at and as of the Valuation Time; and 2) that the Selling Fund Trust with respect to the Target Fund has complied with all of the agreements and covenants to be performed or satisfied by it under this Plan.

(e) The WFA Fund Trust shall have received an opinion of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., as special Delaware counsel to the Evergreen Fund Trust, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the WFA Fund Trust and dated as of the Closing Date, addressed to the WFA Fund Trust, with respect to the Acquiring Fund, substantially to the effect that:

(1) The Evergreen Fund Trust has been duly formed and is validly existing in good standing as a statutory trust under 12 Del. C. § 3801, et seq. of the Act, and has the power and authority under its Declaration of Trust and the Act to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Plan. Under the Act and its Declaration of Trust, the Evergreen Fund Trust has the requisite trust power and authority to own all of its properties and conduct its business all as described in its Declaration of Trust;

(2) Assuming that the shareholders of the Target Fund have duly approved the Reorganization, the execution and delivery of this Plan and the consummation by the Evergreen Fund Trust of the applicable transactions contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by all requisite statutory trust action on the part of the Evergreen Fund Trust under its Declaration of Trust and the Act. Assuming execution and delivery by duly authorized officers of the Evergreen Fund Trust, this Plan has been duly executed and delivered by the Evergreen Fund Trust;

(3) The Evergreen Fund Trust has the power to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Plan;

(4) This Plan constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Evergreen Fund Trust, enforceable against the Evergreen Fund Trust, in accordance with its terms;

(5) The Target Fund that is a series of the Evergreen Fund Trust has been duly established as a separate series under the Evergreen Fund Trust's Declaration of Trust and Section 3806(b)(2) of the Act;

(6) Each Target Class of the Target Fund that is a series of the Evergreen Fund Trust has been duly established as a class of beneficial interests of the Target Fund under the Evergreen Fund Trust's Declaration of Trust and Section 3806(b)(1) of the Act;

(7) Assuming that the shareholders of the Target Fund have duly approved the Reorganization, neither the execution, delivery and performance by the Evergreen Fund Trust of this Plan, nor the consummation by the Evergreen Fund Trust of the applicable transactions contemplated thereby, violates (i) the Declaration of Trust or By-Laws of the Evergreen Fund Trust or (ii) any law, rule or regulation of the State of Delaware applicable to the Evergreen Fund Trust; and

(8) Neither the execution, delivery and performance by Evergreen Fund Trust of this Plan, nor the consummation by such Evergreen Fund Trust of any of the applicable transactions contemplated thereby, requires the consent or approval of, the withholding of objection on the part of, the giving of notice to, the filing, registration or qualification with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any governmental authority or agency of the State of Delaware.

In rendering such opinion, such counsel may assume all conditions precedent set forth in this Plan have been satisfied and such counsel may include other customary assumptions and qualifications for opinions of this type, including without limitation, customary enforceability assumptions (including the effect of principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness and good faith and fair dealing) and that that the Trustees of the Evergreen Fund Trust have complied with their fiduciary duties in approving this Plan and that the Reorganizations are fair in all respects. In addition, such counsel need not express an opinion with respect to any provisions of this Plan that purport to obligate the Evergreen Fund Trust to cause other persons or entities to take certain actions or act in a certain way insofar as such opinion would relate to the actions of such other persons or entities, any provisions of this Plan to the extent that such provisions purport to bind the Trustees of the Evergreen Fund Trust in the exercise of their fiduciary duties or to bind parties not a signatory to this Plan and any provision of this Plan to the extent such provision relates to the dissolution or liquidation of the Evergreen Fund Trust or series thereof.

(f) The WFA Fund Trust shall have received an opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP, as counsel to the Evergreen Fund Trust, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the WFA Fund Trust and dated as of the Closing Date, addressed to the WFA Fund Trust, with respect to the Acquiring Fund, substantially to the effect that:

(1) The Evergreen Fund Trust is an open-end, management investment company registered under the 1940 Act;

(2) The execution and delivery of this Plan did not, and the consummation of the Reorganization will not, violate any Material Agreement or any law, rule or regulation to which the Evergreen Fund Trust is a party or by which it is bound; and

(3) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental authority is required for the consummation by the Evergreen Fund Trust of the Reorganization, except those that have been obtained under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations under those acts, or that may be required under state securities or blue sky laws, or the HSR Act;

In rendering such opinion, such counsel may (i) rely on the opinion of other counsel to the extent set forth in such opinion, (ii) make assumptions regarding the authenticity, genuineness and/or conformity of documents and copies thereof without independent verification thereof, (iii) limit such opinion to applicable federal and Massachusetts law, (iv) rely on certificates (reasonably acceptable to the WFA Fund Trust) of officers or Trustees of the Evergreen Fund Trust, and (v) assume that each Material Agreement is governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

(g) The WFA Fund Trust shall have received an opinion, dated as of the Closing Date, of Proskauer Rose LLP, upon which each Acquiring Fund and its shareholders may rely, based upon factual representations required by Proskauer Rose LLP made in certificates provided to Proskauer Rose LLP by the WFA Fund Trust and the Selling Fund Trust and in a form reasonably satisfactory to the WFA Fund Trust substantially to the effect that, on the basis of existing provisions of the Code, Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, current administrative rules, pronouncements and court decisions, for federal income tax purposes, the Reorganization will constitute a "reorganization," within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.

(h) There shall not be in effect on the Closing Date any order, judgment, injunction or other decree of any court of competent jurisdiction restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting or making illegal the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Plan. No action, suit or other proceeding shall be threatened or pending before any court or governmental agency in which it is sought to restrain or prohibit or obtain damages or other relief in connection with the Reorganization.

(i) If applicable, the Registration Statement shall have become effective under the 1933 Act, and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued by the SEC and, to the best knowledge of the parties hereto, no investigation or proceeding for that purpose shall have been instituted or be pending, threatened or contemplated under the 1933 Act. The SEC has not issued any unfavorable advisory report under Section 25(b) of the 1940 Act relating to, or instituted any proceeding seeking to enjoin consummation of, the Reorganization under Section 25(c) of the 1940 Act.

(j) The Selling Fund Trust shall have performed and complied in all material respects with each of its agreements and covenants required by this Plan to be performed or complied with by it prior to or at the Reorganization's Valuation Time and Closing Date.

(k) The Addressees shall have received a letter dated as of the effective date of the Registration Statement from KPMG addressed to the Addressees with respect to each Target Fund and each Acquiring Fund (that is not a Shell Acquiring Fund) for which KPMG serves as the independent registered public accounting firm in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Addressees that, on the basis of limited procedures reasonably agreed to by the Addressees and described in such letter (but not an examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards), describes KPMG's determinations as to whether:

(1) The unaudited pro forma financial statements and pro forma adjustments included in the Registration Statement materially agree to the underlying accounting records or with written estimates provided by the Addressees in respect of the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund;

(2) The data utilized in the calculations of the pro forma expense ratios appearing in the Registration Statement materially agree to the underlying accounting records or with written estimates provided by the Addressees in respect of the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund; and

(3) The pro forma capitalization tables appearing in the Registration Statement agree to the information set forth in item (1) of this Section 8(k) for the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund.

(l) With respect to each Shell Reorganization, the Addressees shall have received a letter dated as of the effective date of the Registration Statement from KPMG addressed to them with respect to each Shell Acquiring Fund and its Corresponding Target Fund for which KPMG serves as the independent registered public accounting firm in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Addressees that, on the basis of limited procedures  reasonably agreed to by the Addressees and described in such letter (but not an examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards) describes KPMG's determinations as to whether:

(1) The data utilized in the calculations of the pro forma expense ratios appearing in the Registration Statement materially agree to the underlying accounting records or with written estimates provided by the Addressees in respect of the Shell Acquiring Fund and its Corresponding Target Fund; and

(2) The pro forma capitalization tables appearing in the Registration Statement materially agree to the underlying accounting records or with written estimates provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management in respect of a Shell Acquiring Fund and EIMC in respect of its Corresponding Target Fund.

(m) Except to the extent prohibited by law, and unless, in the opinion of Proskauer Rose LLP, a Target Fund's Reorganization constitutes a "reorganization" within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(F) of the Code prior to the Valuation Time, each Target Fund shall have declared a dividend or dividends, with a record date and ex-dividend date prior to the Valuation Time, which, together with all previous dividends, shall have the effect of distributing to the Target Fund shareholders, with respect to taxable periods or years ending on or before the Effective Time for which the Target Fund is eligible to take a deduction for dividends paid, all of its previously undistributed (i) "investment company taxable income" within the meaning of Section 852(b) of the Code (determined without regard to Section 852(b)(2)(D) of the Code), (ii) amounts constituting the excess of (A) the amount specified in Section 852(a)(1)(B)(i) of the Code over (B) the amount specified in Section 852(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the Code, and (iii) net capital gain (within the meaning of Section 1222(11) of the Code), if any.

(n) Neither party shall have terminated this Plan with respect to the Reorganization pursuant to Section 10 of this Plan.

(o) The Selling Fund Trust shall have taken all steps required to terminate any agreements with its service providers with respect to the Target Fund and shall have discharged in the normal course of business any and all payment obligations under such agreements prior to or simultaneously with the Reorganization.

(p) The Selling Fund Trust shall have delivered to the WFA Fund Trust, or shall have made provision for delivery as promptly as practicable after the Effective Time of, a statement, accurate and complete in all material respects, of (i) Assets of the Target Fund, showing the tax basis of such Assets for federal income tax purposes by lot and the holding periods of such Assets for such purposes, as of the Valuation Time; (ii) the capital loss carryforwards for each Target Fund for federal income tax purposes and the taxable year(s) of the Target Fund (or its predecessors) in which such capital losses were recognized; (iii) any limitations on the use of such losses imposed under Section 382 of the Code (determined without regard to the transactions contemplated by this Plan); (iv) any unrealized gain or loss in such Assets (as determined as of the Valuation Time) for federal income tax purposes; (v) the tax books and records of each Target Fund for preparing any tax returns required by law to be filed after the Closing Date; and (vi) such other tax information reasonably requested by the WFA Fund Trust.

9. Tax Matters. Except where otherwise required by law, the parties shall not take a position on any tax returns inconsistent with the treatment of each Reorganization for tax purposes as a "reorganization," within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code and each Acquiring Fund and the Corresponding Target Fund will comply with the record keeping and information filing requirements of Section 1.368-3 of the Treasury Regulation in accordance therewith.

10. Termination of Plan. The Board of either a Selling Fund Trust or a WFA Fund Trust, as the case may be, may terminate this Plan with respect to any Reorganization, by majority vote, upon notice to the other party, if: (i) the conditions precedent set forth in Sections 7 or 8, as the case may be, are not satisfied on the Closing Date; (ii) it becomes reasonably apparent to such Board that such conditions precedent will not be satisfied by the Effective Time; or (iii) it determines that the consummation of the Reorganization is not in the best interests of the shareholders of any of its participating Funds. The termination of this Plan with respect to any Reorganization shall not affect the continued effectiveness of this Plan with respect to any other Reorganization. No Trust or Fund or any Trustee, officer, or agent of any thereof shall incur any liability or other obligation, by way of damages or otherwise, for any determination by its Board not to consummate any Reorganization for any reason or for any breach of any provision of this Agreement that results in such Reorganization not being consummated.

11. Governing Law. This Plan and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be governed, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, except to the extent preempted by federal law, without regard to conflicts of law principles.

12. Amendments. The parties may, by written agreement, amend this Plan or any annex or schedule to this Plan with respect to any Reorganization at any time, including, with respect to any Target Fund whose shareholders are being asked to approve the Reorganization, before or after such Target Fund's shareholders approve of the Reorganization; provided, however, that, after approval of this Plan by shareholders of the Target Fund, the parties may not amend this Plan in a manner that the Board of the Selling Fund Trust determines materially adversely affects the interests of the Target Fund's shareholders with respect to that Reorganization. This section shall not preclude the parties from changing the Valuation Time, Closing Date or the Effective Time of a Reorganization.

13. Waivers. At any time prior to the Effective Time, a WFA Fund Trust or a Selling Fund Trust may by written instrument signed by it (i) waive the effect of any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties made to it herein or (ii) waive compliance with any of the agreements, covenants or conditions made for its benefit contained herein. Each WFA Fund Trust and Selling Fund Trust agree that any waiver shall apply only to the particular inaccuracy or requirement for compliance waived, and not any other or future inaccuracy or lack of compliance.

14. Limitation on Liabilities. The obligations of a WFA Fund Trust or a Selling Fund Trust shall not bind any of the Trustees, shareholders, nominees, officers, agents, or employees of the WFA Fund Trust or the Selling Fund Trust personally, but shall bind only the Assets and property of the particular Fund, in respect of which the obligations arise. The execution and delivery of this Plan by the parties' officers shall not be deemed to have been made by any of them individually or to impose any liability on any of them personally, but shall bind only the Assets and the property of the Acquiring Fund or the Target Fund, as appropriate.

Each of the parties hereby acknowledges that use of this form of agreement, governing multiple Reorganizations by various Funds, is for ease of administration only, and it is hereby acknowledged and agreed that by executing this Plan each WFA Fund Trust and each Selling Fund Trust shall be deemed to have entered into and executed a separate agreement with respect to each of its Funds separately with the other Fund(s) (and only such other Fund(s)) with which this Plan contemplates it will enter into a Reorganization, Wells Fargo Funds Management, and EIMC, each such agreement containing terms and provisions identical to those contained in this Plan, and without reference to any other entity. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, each Reorganization shall for all purposes be and be deemed to be entered into between the entities named on Annex A as parties to such Reorganization, Wells Fargo Funds Management, and EIMC, and no other person or entity, whether listed on Annex A or not, shall have any obligation or incur any liability in respect of such Reorganization. For clarity and without limiting the foregoing, where a series of shares of a Trust is a party to a Reorganization, the obligations under this Plan of such series (or of the Trust with respect to such series) in respect of such Reorganization shall be those of such series alone, and shall not be obligations of or binding on (or satisfied out of the assets of) the Trust generally or any other series of the Trust.

15. Indemnification. Each WFA Fund Trust with respect to each of its series that is an Acquiring Fund agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each of the Corresponding Target Funds of an Evergreen Fund Trust, the Trustees of the Evergreen Fund Trust of which it is a series, and the officers and agents of such Evergreen Fund Trust (each, an "Indemnified Party" and collectively, the "Indemnified Parties") against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, and reasonable expenses at any time imposed upon or reasonably incurred by any one or more of the Indemnified Parties in connection with, arising out of, or resulting from any action, suit, or other proceeding, whether civil, administrative, regulatory, or criminal, before any court or administrative or legislative body, in which any one or more of the Indemnified Parties may be involved or with which any one or more of the Indemnified Parties may be threatened by reason of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus/Proxy Statement, the Acquiring Fund's prospectus or statement of additional information, or any amendment or supplement to any thereof, or arising out of, or based upon, the omission or alleged omission to state in any of the foregoing a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, including without limitation any amounts paid by any one or more of the Indemnified Parties in a compromise or settlement of any such claim, action, suit, or proceeding, or threatened claim, action, suit, or proceeding made with the consent of Acquiring Fund, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld; unless such statement or omission was made based on and in accordance with information furnished by the Indemnified Party in respect of a Target Fund in writing (including by any electronic communication) for use in the Registration Statement. An Indemnified Party will notify the Acquiring Fund in writing within thirty days after the receipt by such Indemnified Party of any notice of legal process or any suit brought against or claim made against such Indemnified Party as to any matters covered by this Section 15. Each WFA Fund Trust with respect to each of its series that is an Acquiring Fund shall be entitled to participate at its own expense in the defense of any action, suit, or other proceeding covered by this Section 15, or, if it so elects, to assume at its expense by counsel satisfactory to the Indemnified Parties in question the defense of any such action, suit, or other proceeding, and, if the WFA Fund Trust with respect to the Acquiring Fund elects to assume such defense, the Indemnified Parties shall be entitled to participate in the defense of any such action, suit, or other proceeding at their own expense (except as provided below in this paragraph). Notwithstanding the foregoing, counsel selected by an Indemnified Party shall conduct the defense of such Indemnified Party to the extent reasonably determined by such counsel to be necessary to protect the interests of the Indemnified Party, and the WFA Fund Trust shall indemnify the Indemnified Party for the expenses of such defense, if (1) the Indemnified Party reasonably determines that there may be a conflict between the positions of the Indemnified Party and the positions of any other Indemnified Party or other parties to the action, suit or other proceeding that are indemnified by the WFA Fund Trust or any of its affiliates and not represented by separate counsel, or the Indemnified Party otherwise reasonably concludes that representation of both the Indemnified Party and any such other Indemnified Parties or other parties by the same counsel would not be appropriate, or (2) the action, suit or proceeding involves the Indemnified Party, but not the WFA Fund Trust nor any such other Indemnified Party or other party who is indemnified by the WFA Fund Trust or any of its affiliates, and the Indemnified Party reasonably withholds consent to being represented by counsel selected by the WFA Fund Trust. If the WFA Fund Trust shall not have elected to assume the defense of any such action, suit or proceeding for an Indemnified Party within thirty days after receiving written notice thereof from the Indemnified Party, the WFA Fund Trust shall be deemed to have waived any right it might otherwise have to assume such defense.

Each WFA Fund Trust's obligation with respect to any of its series that is an Acquiring Fund under this Section 15 to indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnified Parties constitutes a guarantee of payment so that the WFA Fund Trust with respect to that Acquiring Fund will pay in the first instance any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, and reasonable expenses required to be paid by it under this Section 15 without the necessity of the Indemnified Parties' first paying the same. Each WFA Fund Trust with respect to each of its series that is an Acquiring Fund will promptly pay all expenses, including without limitation accountants' and counsel fees, incurred by an Indemnified Party from time to time in the defense or investigation of any action, suit, or other proceeding, whether civil, administrative, regulatory, or criminal, before any court or administrative or legislative body, upon demand by such Indemnified Party in advance of the final disposition of any such action, suit, or other proceeding; provided that the Indemnified Party shall have undertaken to repay the amounts so paid to him or her if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction upon a final, non-appealable adjudication that indemnification of such expenses is not authorized under this Section 15. The phrase "action, suit, or other proceeding, whether civil, administrative, regulatory, or criminal, before any court or administrative or legislative body," wherever used in this Section 15, includes without limitation any threatened, pending, or completed claim, demand, threat, discovery request, request for testimony or information, action, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute mechanism, review, hearing, or any formal or informal inquiry, exam, inspection, audit, or investigation, or any other proceeding, including any appeal from any of the foregoing, whether civil, criminal, administrative, regulatory, or investigative, and whether by or on behalf of any court, the SEC, or any other federal, state, or other governmental, regulatory, or administrative body, authority, or agency, or any self-regulatory organization, of any kind.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained within this section or elsewhere in this Plan shall permit the payment of any indemnification of any Indemnified Party in respect of any matter as to which (and then only to the extent that) such Indemnified Party shall have been finally adjudicated in such action, suit, or other proceeding (such adjudication not being subject to appeal) to be liable to the Evergreen Fund in question or its shareholders by reason of such Indemnified Party's willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of such Indemnified Party's office.

16. Notices. Any notice, report, statement, certificate or demand required or permitted by any provision of this Plan shall be in writing and shall be sent by a reputable overnight express carrier, or by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows or to such other address of which the parties may have given notice:

For each Evergreen Fund Trust with respect to any Target Fund of an Evergreen Fund Trust:

Evergreen Investment Management Company
200 Berkeley Street,
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
Attn.: Legal Department

With a copy (which will not constitute notice) sent at the same time and by the same means to:

Ropes & Gray LLP
One International Place
Boston, MA 02110-2624
Attention: Timothy W. Diggins

For each WFA Fund Trust with respect to any Acquiring Fund and any Target Fund of a WFA Fund Trust:

Karla M. Rabusch, President
Wells Fargo Funds Trust
Wells Fargo Variable Trust
525 Market Street, 12th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105

With a copy (which will not constitute notice) sent at the same time and by the same means to:

C. David Messman, Secretary
Wells Fargo Funds Trust
Wells Fargo Variable Trust
45 Fremont Street, 26th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105

17. Expenses. EIMC and Wells Fargo Funds Management hereby agree, jointly and severally, to bear all expenses incurred by any party hereto that are not otherwise borne by an affiliated person of EIMC or Wells Fargo Funds Management (which affiliated persons do not include any Fund of a WFA Fund Trust or an Evergreen Fund Trust) in connection with the Reorganization and with this Plan (other than any brokerage or other transaction costs associated with the sale or purchase of portfolio securities in connection with the Reorganization), whether or not the Reorganization is consummated. Notwithstanding the foregoing, expenses will in any event be paid by the party directly incurring them if and to the extent that the payment by another party of such costs and expenses would result in the disqualification of such party as a "regulated investment company" within the meaning of Section 851 of the Code.

18. General. This Plan supersedes all prior agreements between the parties (written or oral), is intended as a complete and exclusive statement of the terms of the agreement between the parties and may not be changed or terminated orally. The parties may execute this Plan in counterparts, which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when the counterparts have been executed by and delivered to all the parties. The headings contained in this Plan are for reference only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Plan. Nothing in this Plan, expressed or implied, confers upon any other person any rights or remedies under or by reason of this Plan. Neither party may assign or transfer any right or obligation under this Plan without the written consent of the other party.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their duly authorized officers designated below to execute this Plan as of the date first written above.

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST
WELLS FARGO VARIABLE TRUST
for themselves and with respect to the Acquiring Funds and the Target Funds that are their series as listed in Annex A:

ATTEST:

By:      /s/ C. David Messman    /s/ Kasey Phillips
Name: C. David Messman         Name: Kasey Phillips
Title: Secretary                        Title: Treasurer

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their duly authorized officers designated below to execute this Plan as of the date first written above.

EVERGREEN FUND TRUST,
EVERGREEN EQUITY TRUST
EVERGREEN FIXED INCOME TRUST
EVERGREEN INTERNATIONAL TRUST
EVERGREEN MONEY MARKET TRUST
EVERGREEN MUNICIPAL TRUST
EVERGREEN SELECT EQUITY TRUST
EVERGREEN SELECT FIXED INCOME TRUST
EVERGREEN SELECT MONEY MARKET TRUST
EVERGREEN VARIABLE ANNUITY TRUST
for themselves and with respect to the Target Funds that are their series as listed in Annex A:

ATTEST:

By:  /s/ Michael H. Koonce    /s/ W. Douglas Munn Name: Michael H. Koonce     Name: W. Douglas Munn
Title: Secretary                   Title: President


WELLS FARGO FUNDS MANAGEMENT, LLC (a party to this Plan as to Section 17 only)

ATTEST:

By:    /s/ C. David Messman      /s/ Erdem Cimen
Name: C. David Messman         Name: Erdem Cimen
Title: Secretary                        Title: Senior Vice President

EVERGREEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC
(a party to this Plan as to Section 17 only)

ATTEST:

By:      /s/ Michael H. Koonce          /s/ W. Douglas Munn
Name: Michael H. Koonce               Name: W. Douglas Munn
Title: Secretary                             Title: Executive Managing Director

ANNEX A

 

ACTIVE REORGANIZATION TABLE

Target Fund

Acquiring Fund

Closing Date

Evergreen Fundamental Mid Cap Value Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I

Mid Cap Disciplined Fund (to be renamed Special Mid Cap Value Fund)
Class A
Class A
Class C
Institutional Class

July 16, 2010

Evergreen Mid Cap Growth Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I

Mid Cap Growth Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Institutional Class

July 16, 2010

Evergreen International Equity Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I
Class R

International Core Fund (to be renamed International Equity Fund)
Class A
Class B
Class C
Institutional Class (new class)
Class R (new class)

July 16, 2010

Evergreen Short-Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I

Short-Term Municipal Bond Fund
Class A
Class A
Class C
Class A

July 9, 2010

Evergreen Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I
Class IS

Intermediate Tax/AMT-Free Fund
Class A
Class A
Class C
Administrator Class
Class A

July 9, 2010

Evergreen High Income Municipal Bond Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I

Municipal Bond Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Administrator Class

July 9, 2010

Evergreen Municipal Bond Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I

Municipal Bond Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Institutional Class

July 9, 2010

Evergreen California Municipal Bond Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I

California Tax-Free Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Administrator Class

July 9, 2010

WFA Strategic Income Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C

High Income Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C

July 9, 2010

Evergreen Core Plus Bond Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I

Income Plus Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Institutional Class

July 9, 2010

Evergreen U.S. Government Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I

Government Securities Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Administrator Class

July 9, 2010

Evergreen Municipal Money Market Fund
Class A
Class I
Class S

Municipal Money Market Fund
Class A (new class)
Service Class (new class)
Sweep Class (new class)

July 9, 2010

Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund
Institutional Class
Institutional Service Class

100% Treasury Money Market Fund
Administrator Class (new class)
Service Class

July 9, 2010

Evergreen Treasury Money Market Fund
Class A
Class I
Class S

Treasury Plus Money Market Fund
Class A
Service Class
Sweep Class (new class)

July 9, 2010

Evergreen Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund
Administrative Class
Institutional Class
Institutional Service Class
Investor Class
Participant Class

Treasury Plus Money Market Fund
Institutional Class
Institutional Class
Service Class
Institutional Class
Service Class

July 9, 2010

Evergreen U.S. Government Money Market Fund
Class A
Class S

Government Money Market Fund
Class A
Sweep Class (new class)

July 9, 2010

Evergreen Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund
Institutional Class
Institutional Service Class
Investor Class
Participant Class

Government Money Market Fund
Institutional Class
Service Class
Institutional Class
Service Class

July 9, 2010

Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund
Administrative Class
Institutional Class
Institutional Service Class
Investor Class
Participant Class

Heritage Money Market Fund
Institutional Class
Institutional Class
Service Class (new class)
Institutional Class
Service Class (new class)

July 9, 2010

Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund
Administrative Class
Institutional Class
Institutional Service Class
Investor Class
Participant Class

Heritage Money Market Fund
Institutional Class
Institutional Class
Service Class (new class)
Institutional Class
Service Class (new class)

July 9, 2010

Evergreen Money Market Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I
Class S

Money Market Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C (new class)
Service Class (new class)
Daily Class (new class)

July 9, 2010

WFA Overland Express Sweep
Unnamed Class

Money Market Fund
Daily Class (new class)

July 9, 2010

Evergreen VA Core Bond Fund
Class 1 (will be liquidated)
Class 2

VT Total Return Bond Fund
N/A
Class 2 (formerly unnamed class)

July 16, 2010

Evergreen VA Special Values Fund
Class 1
Class 2

VT Small/Mid Cap Value Fund (to be renamed VT Small Cap Value Fund)
Class 1 (new class)
Class 2 (formerly unnamed class)

July 16, 2010

Evergreen VA Growth Fund
Class 1
Class 2

VT Small Cap Growth Fund
Class 1 (new class)
Class 2 (formerly unnamed class)

July 16, 2010

Evergreen VA International Equity Fund
Class 1
Class 2

VT International Core Fund (to be renamed VT International Equity Fund)
Class 1 (new class)
Class 2 (formerly unnamed class)

July 16, 2010

WFA Diversified Bond Fund
Administrator Class

Total Return Bond Fund
Administrator Class

July 9, 2010

WFA Aggressive Allocation Fund
Administrator Class

Growth Balanced Fund
Administrator Class

July 16, 2010

WFA Growth Equity Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Administrator Class
Institutional Class

Diversified Equity Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Administrator Class
Administrator Class

July 16, 2010

WFA Large Cap Appreciation Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Administrator Class
Institutional Class

Capital Growth Fund
Class A
Class A
Class C
Administrator Class
Institutional Class

July 16, 2010

WFA Stable Income Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Administrator Class

Ultra Short-Term Income Fund
Class A
Class A
Class C
Administrator Class

July 9, 2010

Evergreen California Municipal Money Market Fund
Class A
Class I
Class S

California Municipal Money Market Fund
Class A
Service Class
Sweep Class (new class)

July 9, 2010

 

SHELL REORGANIZATION TABLE

Target Fund

Acquiring Fund

Closing Date

Evergreen Equity Income Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I
Class R

Classic Value Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Class B (new class)
Class C (new class)
Administrator Class (new class)
Class R (new class)

July 16, 2010

WFA Specialized Financial Services Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C

Classic Value Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Class B (new class)
Class C (new class)

July 16, 2010

Evergreen Disciplined Value Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I

Disciplined Value Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Class A (new class)
Class C (new class)
Administrator Class (new class)

July 16, 2010

WFA Equity Income Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Administrator Class

Disciplined Value Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Class A (new class)
Class C (new class)
Administrator Class (new class)

July 16, 2010

WFA U.S. Value Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Administrator Class
Investor Class

Disciplined Value Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Class A (new class)
Class C (new class)
Administrator Class (new class)
Investor Class (new class)

July 16, 2010

Evergreen Golden Large Cap Core Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I

Large Cap Core Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Class A (new class)
Class C (new class)
Institutional Class (new class)

July 16, 2010

WFA Large Company Core Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Administrator Class
Investor Class
Institutional Class

Large Cap Core Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Class A (new class)
Class C (new class)
Administrator Class (new class)
Investor Class (new class)
Institutional Class (new class)

July 16, 2010

Evergreen Large Company Growth Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I

Premier Large Company Growth Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Class B (new class)
Class C (new class)
Institutional Class (new class)

July 16, 2010

WFA Large Company Growth Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Administrator Class
Investor Class
Institutional Class

Premier Large Company Growth Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Class B (new class)
Class C (new class)
Administrator Class (new class)
Investor Class (new class)
Institutional Class (new class)

July 16, 2010

Evergreen Special Values Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I
Class R

Special Small Cap Value Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Class B (new class)
Class C(new class)
Administrator Class (new class)
Class A (new class)

July 16, 2010

Evergreen Small Cap Value Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I

Special Small Cap Value Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Class B (new class)
Class C (new class)
Administrator Class (new class)

July 16, 2010

Evergreen Emerging Markets Growth Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I

Emerging Markets Equity Fund II (New Shell) (to be renamed Emerging Markets Equity Fund)
Class A (new class)
Class B (new class)
Class C (new class)
Administrator Class (new class)

July 16, 2010

WFA Emerging Markets Equity Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Administrator Class

Emerging Markets Equity Fund II (New Shell) (to be renamed Emerging Markets Equity Fund)
Class A (new class)
Class B (new class)
Class C (new class)
Administrator Class (new class)

July 16, 2010

Evergreen VA Omega Fund
Class 1
Class 2

VT Omega Growth Fund (New Shell)
Class 1 (new class)
Class 2 (new class)

July 16, 2010

WFA VT Large Company Growth Fund
Unnamed share class / Class 2

VT Omega Growth Fund (New Shell)
Class 2 (new class)

July 16, 2010

Evergreen VA Fundamental Large Cap Fund
Class 1
Class 2

VT Core Equity Fund (New Shell)
Class 1 (new class)
Class 2 (new class)

July 16, 2010

WFA VT Large Company Core Fund
Unnamed share class / Class 2

VT Core Equity Fund (New Shell)
Class 2 (new class)

July 16, 2010

WFA VT Equity Income Fund
Unnamed share class / Class 2

VT Intrinsic Value Fund (New Shell)
Class 2 (new class)

July 16, 2010

WFA VT C&B Large Cap Value Fund
Unnamed share class/Class 2

VT Intrinsic Value Fund (New Shell)
Class 2 (new class)

July 16, 2010

Evergreen Intrinsic Value Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I

Intrinsic Value Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Class B (new class)
Class C (new class)
institutional Class (new class)

July 16, 2010

Evergreen Enhanced S&P 500 Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I
Class IS

Disciplined U.S. Core Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Class A (new class)
Class C (new class)
Administrator Class (new class)
Class A (new class)

July 16, 2010

Evergreen Fundamental Large Cap Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I

Core Equity Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Class B (new class)
Class C (new class)
Administrator Class (new class)

July 16, 2010

Evergreen Omega Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I
Class R

Omega Growth Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Class B (new class)
Class C (new class)
Administrator Class (new class)
Class R (new class)

July 16, 2010

Evergreen Golden Core Opportunities Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I

Small/Mid Cap Core Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Class A (new class)
Class C (new class)
Administrator Class (new class)

July 16, 2010

Evergreen Global Large Cap Equity Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I

Disciplined Global Equity Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Class A (new class)
Class C (new class)
Administrator Class (new class)

July 16, 2010

Evergreen Global Opportunities Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I

Global Opportunities Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Class B (new class)
Class C (new class)
Administrator Class (new class)

July 16, 2010

Evergreen Intrinsic World Equity Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I

Intrinsic World Equity Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Class A (new class)
Class C (new class)
Administrator Class (new class)

July 16, 2010

Evergreen Strategic Municipal Bond Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I

Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Class B (new class)
Class C (new class)
Administrator Class (new class)

July 9, 2010

Evergreen North Carolina Municipal Bond Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I

North Carolina Tax-Free Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Class A (new class)
Class C (new class)
Institutional Class (new class)

July 9, 2010

Evergreen Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I

Pennsylvania Tax-Free Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Class B (new class)
Class C (new class)
Institutional Class (new class)

July 9, 2010

Evergreen Adjustable Rate Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I
Class IS

Adjustable Rate Government Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Class B (new class)
Class C (new class)
Institutional Class (new class)
Class A (new class)

July 9, 2010

Evergreen International Bond Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I
Class IS

International Bond Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Class B (new class)
Class C (new class)
Institutional Class (new class)
Class A (new class)

July 9, 2010

Evergreen New Jersey Municipal Money Market Fund
Class A
Class I
Class S

New Jersey Municipal Money Market Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Service Class (new class)
Sweep Class (new class)

July 9, 2010

Evergreen New York Municipal Money Market Fund
Class A
Class I
Class S

New York Municipal Money Market Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Service Class (new class)
Sweep Class (new class)

July 9, 2010

Evergreen Pennsylvania Municipal Money Market Fund
Class A
Class I
Class S

Pennsylvania Municipal Money Market Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Service Class (new class)
Sweep Class (new class)

July 9, 2010

Evergreen Health Care Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I

Health Care Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Class B (new class)
Class C (new class)
Administrator Class (new class)

July 16, 2010

Evergreen Precious Metals Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I

Precious Metals Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Class B (new class)
Class C (new class)
Institutional Class (new class)

July 16, 2010

Evergreen Utility & Telecommunications Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I

Utility & Telecommunications Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Class B (new class)
Class C (new class)
Institutional Class (new class)

July 16, 2010

Evergreen Asset Allocation Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I
Class R

Asset Allocation Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Class B (new class)
Class C (new class)
Administrator Class (new class)
Class R (new class)

July 16, 2010

Evergreen Diversified Capital Builder Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I

Diversified Capital Builder Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Class B (new class)
Class C (new class)
Institutional Class (new class)

July 9, 2010

Evergreen Diversified Income Builder Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I

Diversified Income Builder Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Class B (new class)
Class C (new class)
Institutional Class (new class)

July 9, 2010

Evergreen Strategic Growth Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I
Class IS
Class R

Strategic Large Cap Growth Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Class A (new class)
Class C (new class)
Institutional Class (new class)
Class A (new class)
Class R (new class)

July 16, 2010

Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund
Administrative Class
Institutional Class
Institutional Service Class
Investor Class
Participant Class

Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund (New Shell)
Institutional Class (new class)
Institutional Class (new class)
Service Class (new class)
Institutional Class (new class)
Service Class (new class)

July 9, 2010

Evergreen Growth Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I

Traditional Small Cap Growth Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Class A (new class)
Class A (new class)
Institutional Class (new class)

July 16, 2010

Evergreen Small-Mid Growth Fund
Class A
Class I

Growth Opportunities Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Institutional Class (new class)

July 16, 2010

Evergreen High Income Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I

High Yield Bond Fund (New Shell)
Class A (new class)
Class B (new class)
Class C (new class)
Administrator Class (new class)

July 9, 2010

SCHEDULE A

MATERIAL AGREEMENTS

The following agreements shall be Material Agreements:

For the WFA Fund Trusts:

Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Wells Fargo Funds Trust dated March 10, 1999, and amended and restated on March 26, 1999, August 19, 1999, November 5, 2002 and February 8, 2005.

Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Wells Fargo Variable Trust dated March 10, 1999, and amended and restated on March 26, 1999, August 19, 1999, November 5, 2002 and February 8, 2005.

Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement between Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC ("Wells Fargo Funds Management") and Wells Fargo Funds Trust, dated August 6, 2003, and amended October 1, 2005 and March 27, 2009, with Schedule A amended March 27, 2009.

Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement between Wells Fargo Funds Management and Wells Fargo Variable Trust, dated August 6, 2003, and amended October 1, 2005, with Schedule A amended March 28, 2008.

Amended and Restated Investment Sub-Advisory Contract among Wells Capital Management Incorporated, Wells Fargo Funds Management and Wells Fargo Funds Trust, dated March 1, 2001, with Schedule A amended August 12, 2009.

Amended and Restated Investment Sub-Advisory Contract among Wells Capital Management Incorporated, Wells Fargo Funds Management and Wells Fargo Variable Trust, dated March 1, 2001, with Schedule A amended February 8, 2006.

Investment Sub-Advisory Contract among Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Wells Fargo Funds Management and Wells Fargo Funds Trust, dated February 1, 2005, with Appendix A dated February 1, 2005 and Appendix B amended on November 8, 2005.

Investment Sub-Advisory Contract among Cooke & Bieler, L.P., Wells Fargo Funds Management and Wells Fargo Funds Trust, dated March 24, 2004, with Appendix A amended July 18, 2008.

Investment Sub-Advisory Contract among Cooke & Bieler, L.P., Wells Fargo Funds Management and Wells Fargo Variable Trust, dated February 1, 2005, with Appendix A and Appendix B amended February 8, 2006.

Investment Sub-Advisory Contract among Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC, Wells Fargo Funds Management and Wells Fargo Funds Trust, dated March 2, 2009, with Appendix A and Appendix B dated March 2, 2009.

Investment Sub-Advisory Contract among Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC, Wells Fargo Funds Management and Wells Fargo Variable Trust, dated March 2, 2009, with Appendix A and Appendix B dated March 2, 2009.

Investment Sub-Advisory Contract among Global Index Advisors, Inc., Wells Fargo Funds Management and Wells Fargo Funds Trust, dated June 26, 2006, with Appendix A amended February 7, 2007 and Appendix B amended August 12, 2009.

Investment Sub-Advisory Contract among LSV Asset Management, Wells Fargo Funds Management and Wells Fargo Funds Trust, dated February 1, 2005, with Appendix A and Appendix B dated February 1, 2005.

Investment Sub-Advisory Contract among Matrix Asset Advisors, Inc., Wells Fargo Funds Management and Wells Fargo Funds Trust, dated April 11, 2005, with Appendix A amended December 1, 2007 and Schedule A amended December 1, 2007.

Investment Sub-Advisory Contract among Matrix Asset Advisors, Inc., Wells Fargo Funds Management and Wells Fargo Variable Trust, dated February 1, 2005, with Appendix A amended February 8, 2006 and Schedule A amended February 8, 2006.

Investment Sub-Advisory Contract among Nelson Capital Management, Wells Fargo Funds Management and Wells Fargo Funds Trust, dated October 1, 2008, with Appendix A and Appendix B dated October 1, 2008.

Investment Sub-Advisory Contract among Peregrine Capital Management, Inc., Wells Fargo Funds Management and Wells Fargo Variable Trust, dated March 1, 2001, with Appendix A amended February 8, 2006 and Schedule A amended May 9, 2007.

Investment Sub-Advisory Contract among Phocas Financial Corporation, Wells Fargo Funds Management and Wells Fargo Funds Trust, dated March 21, 2008, with Appendix A and Appendix B dated March 21, 2008.

Investment Sub-Advisory Contract among Dresdner RCM Global Investors LLC, Wells Fargo Funds Management and Wells Fargo Funds Trust, dated October 29, 2001, with Appendix A amended January 26, 2008 and Schedule A dated January 26, 2008.

Investment Sub-Advisory Contract among Schroder Investment Management North America, Inc., Wells Fargo Funds Management and Wells Fargo Funds Trust, dated March 1, 2001, with Appendix A and Schedule A dated May 1, 2003.

Amended and Restated Accounting Services Agreement and Amended and Restated Letter Agreement among Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust, Wells Fargo Variable Trust and PFPC, Inc., each dated May 10, 2006, including Exhibit A amended June 2, 2009 and Exhibit B.

Administration Agreement between Wells Fargo Funds Management and Wells Fargo Funds Trust dated March 1, 2003, with Appendix A amended August 6, 2008 and Schedule A amended August 12, 2009.

Administration Agreement between Wells Fargo Funds Management and Wells Fargo Variable Fund Trust dated March 1, 2003, with Appendix A amended February 8, 2006.

Master Custodian Agreement among State Street Bank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust and Wells Fargo Variable Trust dated August 10, 2009, with Appendix A and Schedules A, B, C and D.

Distribution Agreement between Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC and Wells Fargo Funds Trust, dated April 8, 2005, with Schedule I amended August 12, 2009.

Distribution Agreement between Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC and Wells Fargo Variable Trust, dated April 8, 2005, with Schedule I amended February 8, 2006.

Distribution Plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 approved by the Wells Fargo Funds Trust Board on March 28, 2008, with Appendix A amended June 2, 2009.

Distribution Plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 approved by the Wells Fargo Variable Trust Board on March 28, 2008, with Appendix A amended February 8, 2006.

Expense Assumption Agreement between Wells Fargo Funds Trust and Wells Fargo Funds Management dated February 29, 2008, with Schedule A.

Amended and Restated Fee and Expense Agreement among Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust and Wells Fargo Funds Management, dated October 3, 2008, with Schedule A amended August 12, 2009.

Amended and Restated Fee and Expense Agreement between Wells Fargo Variable Trust and Wells Fargo Funds Management, dated October 3, 2008, with Schedule A.

Shareholder Servicing Plan approved by the Board of Wells Fargo Fund Trust on March 27, 2009, with Appendix A amended June 2, 2009.

Amended and Restated Joint Fidelity Bond Allocation Agreement between Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust, Wells Fargo Variable Trust amended and restated on May 1, 2006, with Appendix A amended November 14, 2008.

Rule 18f-3 Multi-Class Plan approved by the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust on March 26, 1999 and amended August 6, 2008, with Appendix A amended June 2, 2009 and Appendix B amended March 28, 2008.

Amended and Restated Securities Lending Agreement between Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust, Wells Fargo Variable Trust, Wells Fargo Funds Management and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. amended and restated on November 1, 2008, with accompanying schedules and Letter regarding Account Revenues dated September 1, 2007.

Transfer Agency and Service Agreement among Boston Financial Data Services, Inc., Wells Fargo Funds Trust and Wells Fargo Variable Trust, dated April 11, 2005, amended on December 18, 2007 and Schedule A amended December 1, 2009.

For the Evergreen Fund Trusts:

EVERGREEN EQUITY TRUST
With respect to Evergreen Asset Allocation Fund, Evergreen Disciplined Value Fund, Evergreen Diversified Capital Builder Fund, Evergreen Enhanced S&P 500 Fund, Evergreen Equity Income Fund, Evergreen Fundamental Large Cap Fund, Evergreen Fundamental Mid Cap Value Fund, Evergreen Golden Core Opportunities Fund, Evergreen Golden Large Cap Core Fund, Evergreen Growth Fund, Evergreen Health Care Fund, Evergreen Intrinsic Value Fund, Evergreen Large Company Growth Fund, Evergreen Mid Cap Growth Fund, Evergreen Omega Fund, Evergreen Small Cap Value Fund, Evergreen Small-Mid Growth Fund, Evergreen Special Values Fund, and Evergreen Utility & Telecommunication Fund


Advisory Agreements
Investment Advisory and Management Agreement between Evergreen Equity Trust and Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC (dated 2/12/2009, with respect to Evergreen Asset Allocation Fund, Evergreen Diversified Capital Builder Fund, Evergreen Disciplined Value Fund, Evergreen Enhanced S&P 500® Fund, Evergreen Equity Income Fund, Evergreen Fundamental Large Cap Fund, Evergreen Growth Fund, Evergreen Health Care Fund, Evergreen Large Company Growth Fund, Evergreen Mid Cap Growth Fund, Evergreen Omega Fund, Evergreen Small Cap Value Fund, Evergreen Special Values Fund and Evergreen Utility & Telecommunications Fund)

Investment Advisory and Management Agreement between Evergreen Equity Trust and Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC (dated 2/12/2009, with respect to Evergreen Small-Mid Growth Fund, Evergreen Intrinsic Value Fund, Evergreen Fundamental Mid Cap Value Fund, Evergreen Golden Core Opportunities Fund, and Evergreen Golden Large Cap Core Fund)

Underwriting Agreements
Principal Underwriting Agreement between Evergreen Equity Trust and Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC (dated 1/4/2010)

Principal Underwriting Agreement between Evergreen Equity Trust and Kokusai Securities Company Limited (dated 1/23/1998)

Principal Underwriting Agreement between Evergreen Equity Trust and Nomura Securities Company (dated 1/23/1998)

Deferred Compensation Plan
Deferred Compensation Plan (dated 1/1/2005)

Custodian Agreement
Custodian Agreement between Evergreen Equity Trust and State Street Bank and Trust Company (dated 9/18/1997, as amended 10/18/1999 (with respect to Evergreen Growth Fund), 7/6/2000, 6/29/2001, 6/14/2002 (with respect to Evergreen Special Values Fund), 9/11/2002 (with respect to Evergreen Asset Allocation Fund), 3/7/2005 (with respect to Evergreen Disciplined Value Fund), 10/1/2005 (with respect to Evergreen Small-Mid Growth Fund), 10/12/2005 (with respect to Evergreen Small-Mid Growth Fund), 1/19/2006, 12/7/2006, 7/16/2007 (with respect to Evergreen Fundamental Mid Cap Value Fund), and 12/10/2007 (with respect to Evergreen Golden Core Opportunities Fund and Evergreen Golden Large Cap Core Fund))

Amended Pricing Schedule to Custodian Agreement (dated 12/19/2006)

Remote Access Services Agreement between Evergreen Equity Trust and State Street Bank and Trust Company (dated 4/4/2007)

Administrative Services Agreement
Master Administrative Services Agreement between Evergreen Equity Trust and Evergreen Investment Services, Inc. (dated 1/2/2002)

Transfer and Assumption of Master Administrative Services Agreement between Evergreen Equity Trust, Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC, and Evergreen Investment Services, Inc. (dated 1/1/2008)

Amended and Restated Master Transfer and Recordkeeping Agreement between Evergreen Equity Trust and Evergreen Service Company, LLC (dated 9/21/2006)

Distribution Plans
Distribution Plan for Class A Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Distribution Plan for Class B Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Distribution Plan for Class C Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Distribution Plan for Class R Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Distribution Plan for Class IS Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Multiple Class Plan
Multiple Class Plan (dated 10/7/2003)


EVERGREEN SELECT EQUITY TRUST
With respect to Evergreen Strategic Growth Fund

Advisory Agreement
Investment Advisory and Management Agreement between Evergreen Select Equity Trust and Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC (dated 2/12/2009)

Underwriting Agreement
Principal Underwriting Agreement between Evergreen Select Equity Trust and Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC (dated 1/4/2010)

Deferred Compensation Plan
Deferred Compensation Plan (dated 1/1/2005)

Custodian Agreement
Custodian Agreement between Evergreen Select Equity Trust and State Street Bank and Trust Company (dated 9/18/1997, as amended 7/6/2000, 6/29/2001, 1/19/2006, and 12/7/2006)

Amended Pricing Schedule to Custodian Agreement (dated 1/1/2007)

Administrative Services Agreement
Master Administrative Services Agreement between Evergreen Select Equity Trust and Evergreen Investment Services, Inc. (dated 1/2/2002)

Transfer and Assumption of Master Administrative Services Agreement between Evergreen Investment Management Company LLC, Evergreen Investment Services, Inc., and Evergreen Select Equity Trust (dated 1/1/2008)

Amended and Restated Master Transfer and Recordkeeping Agreement between Evergreen Select Equity Trust and Evergreen Service Company, LLC (dated 9/21/2006)

Distribution Plans
Distribution Plan for Class A Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Distribution Plan for Class B Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Distribution Plan for Class C Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Distribution Plan for Class R Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Distribution Plan for Class IS Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Multiple Class Plan
Multiple Class Plan (dated 10/7/2003)


EVERGREEN FIXED INCOME TRUST
With respect to Evergreen Core Plus Bond Fund, Evergreen Diversified Income Builder Fund, Evergreen High Income Fund and Evergreen U.S. Government Fund

Advisory Agreement
Investment Advisory and Management Agreement between Evergreen Fixed Income Trust and Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC (dated 2/12/2009)

Letter Amendment to the Investment Advisory and Management Agreement between Evergreen Fixed Income Trust and Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC (dated 9/19/2008, with respect to Evergreen High Income Fund)

Underwriting Agreement
Principal Underwriting Agreement between Evergreen Fixed Income Trust and Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC (dated 1/4/2010)

Deferred Compensation Plan
Deferred Compensation Plan (as of 9/18/1997)

Custodian Agreement
Custodian Agreement between Evergreen Fixed Income Trust and State Street Bank and Trust Company (dated 9/18/1997, as amended 7/6/2000, 6/29/2001, 1/19/2006, and 12/7/2006)

Amended Pricing Schedule to Custodian Agreement (dated 1/1/2007)

Administrative Services Agreement
Master Administrative Services Agreement between Evergreen Fixed Income Trust and Evergreen Investment Services, Inc. (dated 1/2/2002)

Transfer and Assumption of Master Administrative Services Agreement between Evergreen Fixed Income Trust, Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC, and Evergreen Investment Services, Inc. (dated 1/1/2008)

Amended and Restated Master Transfer and Recordkeeping Agreement between Evergreen Fixed Income Trust and Evergreen Service Company, LLC (dated 9/21/2006)

Distribution Plans
Distribution Plan for Class A Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Distribution Plan for Class B Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Distribution Plan for Class C Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Multiple Class Plan
Multiple Class Plan (dated 10/7/2003)


EVERGREEN SELECT FIXED INCOME TRUST
With respect to Evergreen Adjustable Rate Fund, Evergreen Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund, and Evergreen International Bond Fund

Advisory Agreement
Investment Advisory and Management Agreement between Evergreen Select Fixed Income Trust and Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC (dated 2/12/2009)

Underwriting Agreement
Principal Underwriting Agreement between Evergreen Select Fixed Income Trust and Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC (dated 1/4/2010)

Deferred Compensation Plan
Deferred Compensation Plan (dated 1/1/2005)

Custodian Agreement
Custodian Agreement between Evergreen Select Fixed Income Trust and State Street Bank and Trust Company (dated 11/18/1997, as amended 7/6/2000, 6/29/2001, 1/19/2006, and 12/7/2006)

Amended Pricing Schedule to Custodian Agreement (dated 1/1/2007)

Administrative Services Agreement
Master Administrative Services Agreement between Evergreen Select Fixed Income Trust and Evergreen Investment Services, Inc. (dated 1/2/2002)

Transfer and Assumption of Master Administrative Services Agreement between Evergreen Select Fixed Income Trust, Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC, and Evergreen Investment Services, Inc. (dated 1/1/2008)

Amended and Restated Master Transfer and Recordkeeping Agreement between Evergreen Select Fixed Income Trust and Evergreen Service Company, LLC (dated 9/21/2006)

Distribution Plans
Distribution Plan for Institutional Service Class Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Distribution Plan for Class A Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Distribution Plan for Class B Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Distribution Plan for Class C Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Distribution Plan for Class R Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Multiple Class Plan
Multiple Class Plan (dated 10/7/2003)


EVERGREEN MUNICIPAL TRUST
With respect to Evergreen California Municipal Bond Fund, Evergreen High Income Municipal Bond Fund, Evergreen Municipal Bond Fund, Evergreen North Carolina Municipal Bond Fund, Evergreen Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund, Evergreen Short-Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund and Evergreen Strategic Municipal Bond Fund

Advisory Agreement
Investment Advisory and Management Agreement between Evergreen Municipal Trust and Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC (dated 2/12/2009)

Underwriting Agreement
Principal Underwriting Agreement between Evergreen Municipal Trust and Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC (dated 1/4/2010)

Deferred Compensation Plan
Deferred Compensation Plan (dated 1/1/2005)

Custodian Agreement
Custodian Agreement between Evergreen Municipal Trust and State Street Bank and Trust Company (dated 9/18/1997, as amended 7/6/2000, 6/29/2001, 1/19/2006, and 12/7/2006)

Amended Pricing Schedule to Custodian Agreement (dated 12/7/2006)

Administrative Services Agreement
Master Administrative Services Agreement between Evergreen Municipal Trust and Evergreen Investment Services, Inc. (dated 1/2/2002)

Transfer and Assumption of Master Administrative Services Agreement (dated 1/1/2008)

Amended and Restated Master Transfer and Recordkeeping Agreement between Evergreen Municipal Trust and Evergreen Service Company, LLC (dated 9/21/2006)

Distribution Plans
Distribution Plan for Class A Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Distribution Plan for Class B Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Distribution Plan for Class C Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Multiple Class Plan
Multiple Class Plan (dated 10/7/2003)

EVERGREEN VARIABLE ANNUITY TRUST
With respect to Evergreen VA Core Bond Fund, Evergreen VA Fundamental Large Cap Fund, Evergreen VA Growth Fund, Evergreen VA International Equity Fund, Evergreen VA Omega Fund and Evergreen VA Special Values Fund

Advisory Agreement
Investment Advisory and Management Agreement between Evergreen Variable Annuity Trust and Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC (dated 2/12/2009)

Underwriting Agreement
Principal Underwriting Agreement between Evergreen Variable Annuity Trust and Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC (dated 1/4/2010)

Deferred Compensation Plan
Deferred Compensation Plan (dated 1/1/2005)

Custodian Agreement
Custodian Agreement between Evergreen Variable Annuity Trust and State Street Bank and Trust Company (dated 5/1/1998, as amended 8/10/1998 (with respect to Evergreen VA International Equity Fund), 2/1/2000 (with respect to Evergreen VA Growth Fund), 7/6/2000, 6/29/2001, 8/1/2002 (with respect to Evergreen VA Core Bond Fund), 1/19/2006, and 12/7/2006)

Amended Pricing Schedule to Custodian Agreement (dated 12/15/2006)

Administrative Services Agreement
Master Administrative Services Agreement between Evergreen Variable Annuity Trust and Evergreen Investment Services, Inc. (dated 1/2/2002)

Transfer and Assumption of Master Administrative Services Agreement between Evergreen Variable Annuity Trust, Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC, and Evergreen Investment Services, Inc. (dated 1/1/2008)

Amended and Restated Master Transfer and Recordkeeping Agreement between Evergreen Variable Annuity Trust and Evergreen Service Company, LLC (dated 9/21/2006)

Distribution Plan
Distribution Plan for Class 2 Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Multiple Class Plan
Multiple Class Plan (dated 10/7/2003)

EVERGREEN MONEY MARKET TRUST
With respect to Evergreen California Municipal Money Market Fund, Evergreen Money Market Fund, Evergreen Municipal Money Market Fund, Evergreen New Jersey Municipal Money Market Fund, Evergreen New York Municipal Money Market Fund, Evergreen Pennsylvania Municipal Money Market Fund, Evergreen Treasury Money Market Fund and Evergreen U.S. Government Money Market Fund

Advisory Agreement
Investment Advisory and Management Agreement between Evergreen Money Market Trust and Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC (dated 3/12/2009)

Underwriting Agreement
Principal Underwriting Agreement between Evergreen Money Market Trust and Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC (dated 1/4/2010)

Deferred Compensation Plan
Deferred Compensation Plan (dated 1/1/2005)

Custodian Agreement
Custodian Agreement between Evergreen Money Market Trust and State Street Bank and Trust Company (dated 9/18/1997, as amended in 1998 (as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 5/31/2007, with respect to Evergreen New Jersey Municipal Money Market Fund), 7/27/1999 (with respect to Evergreen California Municipal Money Market Fund and Evergreen U.S. Government Money Market Fund), 7/6/2000, 6/19/2001, 7/1/2001 (with respect to Evergreen New York Municipal Money Market Fund), 1/19/2006, and 12/7/2006)

Amended Pricing Schedule to Custodian Agreement (dated 1/1/2007)

Administrative Services Agreement
Master Administrative Services Agreement between Evergreen Investment Services, Inc. and Evergreen Money Market Trust (dated 1/2/2002)

Transfer and Assumption of Master Administrative Services Agreement between Evergreen Money Market Trust, Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC, and Evergreen Investment Services, Inc. (dated 1/1/2008)

Amended and Restated Master Transfer and Recordkeeping Agreement between Evergreen Money Market Trust and Evergreen Service Company, LLC (dated 9/21/2006)

Distribution Plans
Distribution Plan for Class A Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Distribution Plan for Class B Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Distribution Plan for Class C Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Distribution Plan for Class S Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Multiple Class Plan
Multiple Class Plan (dated 10/7/2003)

EVERGREEN SELECT MONEY MARKET TRUST
With respect to Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund, Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund, Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund, Evergreen Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund, Evergreen Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund and Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund

Advisory Agreement
Investment Advisory and Management Agreement between Evergreen Select Money Market Trust and Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC (dated 2/12/2009)

Underwriting Agreement
Principal Underwriting Agreement between Evergreen Select Money Market Trust and Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC (dated 1/4/2010)

Deferred Compensation Plan
Deferred Compensation Plan (restated as of 1/1/2005)

Custodian Agreement
Custodian Agreement between Evergreen Select Money Market Trust and State Street Bank and Trust Company (dated 9/18/1997, as amended 7/27/1999 (with respect to Evergreen Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund), 7/6/2000, 6/29/2001, 2/15/2002 (with respect to Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund), 1/19/2006, and 12/7/2006)

Amended Pricing Schedule to Custodian Agreement (dated 12/15/2006)

Administrative Services Agreement
Master Administrative Services Agreement between Evergreen Investment Services, Inc. and Evergreen Select Money Market Trust (dated 1/2/2002)

Transfer and Assumption of Master Administrative Services Agreement between Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC, Evergreen Investment Services, Inc. and Evergreen Select Money Market Trust (dated 1/1/2008)

Amended and Restated Master Transfer and Recordkeeping Agreement between Evergreen Select Money Market Trust and Evergreen Service Company, LLC (dated 9/21/2006)

Distribution Plans
Distribution Plan for Administrative Class Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Distribution Plan for Investor Class Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Distribution Plan for Institutional Service Class Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Distribution Plan for Participant Class Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Multiple Class Plan
Multiple Class Plan (dated 10/7/2003)

EVERGREEN INTERNATIONAL TRUST
With respect to Evergreen Emerging Markets Growth Fund, Evergreen Global Large Cap Equity Fund, Evergreen Global Opportunities Fund, Evergreen International Equity Fund, Evergreen Intrinsic World Equity Fund and Evergreen Precious Metals Fund

Advisory Agreements
Investment Advisory and Management Agreement between Evergreen International Trust and Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC (dated 2/12/2009, with respect to Evergreen Emerging Markets Growth Fund, Evergreen Global Large Cap Equity Fund, Evergreen Global Opportunities Fund, Evergreen International Equity Fund and Evergreen Precious Metals Fund)

Investment Advisory and Management Agreement between Evergreen International Trust and Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC (dated 3/12/2009, with respect to the Evergreen Intrinsic World Equity Fund)

Underwriting Agreement
Principal Underwriting Agreement between Evergreen International Trust and Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC (dated 1/4/2010)

Deferred Compensation Plan
Deferred Compensation Plan (dated 1/1/2005)

Custodian Agreement
Custodian Agreement between Evergreen International Trust and State Street Bank and Trust Company (dated 6/29/2001, as amended 1/19/2006, 12/7/2006, and 12/7/2006 (with respect to Evergreen Intrinsic World Equity Fund)

Amended Pricing Schedule to Custodian Agreement (dated 12/15/2006)

Administrative Services Agreement
Master Administrative Services Agreement between Evergreen International Trust and Evergreen Investment Services, Inc. (dated 1/2/2002)

Transfer and Assumption of Master Administrative Services Agreement between Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC, Evergreen Investment Services Inc., and Evergreen International Trust (dated 1/1/2008)

Amended and Restated Master Transfer and Recordkeeping Agreement between Evergreen International Trust and Evergreen Service Company, LLC (dated 9/21/2006)

Letter Amendment to Master Transfer and Recordkeeping Agreement between Evergreen International Trust and Evergreen Service Company, LLC (dated 12/7/2006, with respect to Evergreen Intrinsic World Equity Fund)

Distribution Plans
Distribution Plan for Class A Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Distribution Plan for Class B Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Distribution Plan for Class C Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Distribution Plan for Class R Shares (dated 12/31/2008)

Multiple Class Plan
Multiple Class Plan (dated 10/7/2003)

 

Exhibit B

Comparison of the Funds' Fundamental Investment Policies

EVERGREEN INSTITUTIONAL 100% TREASURY MONEY MARKET FUND INTO WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE 100% TREASURY MONEY MARKET FUND 

EVERGREEN INSTITUTIONAL MUNICIPAL MONEY MARKET FUND INTO WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE MUNICIPAL CASH MANAGEMENT MONEY MARKET FUND

Borrowing

Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund

Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund

The Fund may not borrow money, except to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act, including the rules, regulations and any exemptive orders obtained thereunder.

The Fund may not borrow money, except to the extent permitted by applicable law. Further Explanation of Borrowing Policy: Under the 1940 Act generally, the Fund may borrow from banks in an amount up to 33 1/3% of its total assets (including amounts borrowed) for any reason, and the Fund may also borrow up to an additional 5% of its total assets from banks or others for temporary or emergency purposes. The Fund may also borrow from certain other Evergreen funds pursuant to applicable exemptive relief, within the limitations described above.

 

Commodities

Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund

Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund

The Fund may not purchase or sell commodities, provided that (i) currency will not be deemed to be a commodity for purposes of this restriction, (ii) this restriction does not limit the purchase or sale of futures contracts, forward contracts or options, and (iii) this restriction does not limit the purchase or sale of securities or other instruments backed by commodities or the purchase or sale of commodities acquired as a result of ownership of securities or other instruments.

The Fund may not purchase or sell commodities or contracts on commodities, except to the extent that the Fund may engage in financial futures contracts and related options and currency contracts and related options and may otherwise do so in accordance with applicable law and without registering as a commodity pool operator under the Commodity Exchange Act.

 

Concentration

Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund

Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund

The Fund may not purchase the securities of issuers conducting their principal business activity in the same industry if, immediately after the purchase and as a result thereof, the value of a Fund's investments in that industry would equal or exceed 25% of the current value of a Fund's total assets, provided that this restriction does not limit a Fund's: (i) investments in securities of other investment companies, (ii) investments in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities, (iii) investments in municipal securities (for the purpose of this restriction, private activity bonds and notes shall not be deemed municipal securities if the payments of principal and interest on such bonds or notes is the ultimate responsibility of non-government issuers), (iv) investments in repurchase agreements provided further that each Fund reserves freedom of action to concentrate in the obligations of domestic banks (as such term is interpreted by the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff); and provided further that the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund (a) may invest 25% or more of the current value of its total assets in private activity bonds or notes that are the ultimate responsibility of non-government issuers conducting their principal business activity in the same industry and (b) may invest 25% or more of the current value of its total assets in securities the interest and principal on which are paid from revenues of similar type projects.

Neither Fund has a fundamental investment policy with respect to concentration.

 

Diversification

Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund

Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund

The Fund may not purchase securities of any issuer if, as a result, with respect to 75% of a Fund's total assets, more than 5% of the value of its total assets would be invested in the securities of any one issuer or a Fund's ownership would be more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer, provided that this restriction does not limit a Fund's investments in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies and instrumentalities, or investments in securities of other investment companies.

The Fund may not make any investment that is inconsistent with the Fund's classification as a diversified investment company under the 1940 Act. Further Explanation of Diversification Policy: To remain classified as a diversified investment company under the 1940 Act, the Fund must conform with the following: With respect to 75% of its total assets, a diversified investment company may not invest more than 5% of its total assets, determined at market or other fair value at the time of purchase, in the securities of any one issuer, or invest in more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of any one issuer, determined at the time of purchase. The 5% and 10% limitations do not apply to (1) the Fund's assets represented by cash or cash equivalents, (2) investments in securities issued or guaranteed by the United States ("U.S.") government or its agencies or instrumentalities, and (3) shares of other investment companies.

 

Investments in Federally Tax-Exempt Securities

Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund

Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund

The Fund may not invest less than 80% of its net assets plus investment borrowings, under normal circumstances, in municipal obligations that pay interest exempt from federal income tax, but not necessarily from federal AMT.

As appropriate, Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund will, during periods of normal market conditions, invest its assets in accordance with applicable guidelines issued by the SEC or its staff concerning investment in tax-exempt securities for funds with the words tax-exempt, tax free or municipal in their names.

 

Issuing Senior Securities

Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund

Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund

The Fund may not issue senior securities, except to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act, including the rules, regulations and any exemptive orders obtained thereunder.

Except as permitted under the 1940 Act, the Fund may not issue senior securities.

 

Lending

Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund

Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund

The Fund may not make loans to other parties if, as a result, the aggregate value of such loans would exceed one-third of a Fund's total assets. For the purposes of this limitation, entering into repurchase agreements, lending securities and acquiring any debt securities are not deemed to be the making of loans.

The Fund may not make loans to other persons, except that the Fund may lend its portfolio securities or cash in accordance with applicable law. The acquisition of investment securities or other investment instruments shall not be deemed to be the making of a loan. Further Explanation of Lending Policy: To generate income and offset expenses, the Fund may lend portfolio securities to broker-dealers and other financial institutions in an amount up to 33 1/3% of its total assets. While securities are on loan, the borrower will pay the Fund any income accruing on the security. The Fund may invest any collateral it receives in additional portfolio securities, such as U.S. Treasury notes, certificates of deposit, other high-grade, short-term obligations or interest bearing cash equivalents. Increases or decreases in the market value of a security lent will affect the Fund and its shareholders. When the Fund lends its securities, it will require the borrower to give the Fund collateral in cash, cash equivalents or government securities. The Fund will require collateral in an amount equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the securities lent, including accrued interest. The Fund has the right to call a loan and obtain the securities lent any time on notice of not more than five business days. The Fund may pay reasonable fees in connection with such loans.

 

Real Estate

Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund

Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund

The Fund may not purchase or sell real estate unless acquired as a result of ownership of securities or other investments (but this shall not prevent a Fund from investing in securities or other instruments backed by real estate or securities of companies engaged in the real estate business).

The Fund may not purchase or sell real estate, except that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Fund may invest in (a) securities that are directly or indirectly secured by real estate, or (b) securities issued by issuers that invest in real estate. Further explanation of Real Estate Policy: Each Fund may acquire or dispose of real estate or interest in real estate acquired through the exercise of its rights as the holder of debt obligations secured by real estate or interest therein.

 

Underwriting

Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund

Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund

The Fund may not underwrite securities of other issuers, except to the extent that the purchase of permitted investments directly from the issuer thereof or from an underwriter for an issuer and the later disposition of such securities in accordance with a Fund's investment program may be deemed to be an underwriting.

The Fund may not underwrite securities of other issuers, except insofar as the Fund may be deemed to be an underwriter in connection with the disposition of its portfolio securities.

EVERGREEN PRIME CASH MANAGEMENT MONEY MARKET FUND AND EVERGREEN INSTITUTIONAL MONEY MARKET FUND INTO WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE HERITAGE MONEY MARKET FUND 

 

Borrowing

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund

Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund

Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund

The Fund may not borrow money, except to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act, including the rules, regulations and any exemptive orders obtained thereunder.

The Fund may not borrow money, except to the extent permitted by applicable law. Further Explanation of Borrowing Policy: Under the 1940 Act generally, the Fund may borrow from banks in an amount up to 33 1/3% of its total assets (including amounts borrowed) for any reason, and the Fund may also borrow up to an additional 5% of its total assets from banks or others for temporary or emergency purposes. The Fund may also borrow from certain other Evergreen funds pursuant to applicable exemptive relief, within the limitations described above.

The Fund may not borrow money, except to the extent permitted by applicable law. Further Explanation of Borrowing Policy: Under the 1940 Act generally, the Fund may borrow from banks in an amount up to 33 1/3% of its total assets (including amounts borrowed) for any reason, and the Fund may also borrow up to an additional 5% of its total assets from banks or others for temporary or emergency purposes. The Fund may also borrow from certain other Evergreen funds pursuant to applicable exemptive relief, within the limitations described above.

 

Commodities

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund

Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund

Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund

The Fund may not purchase or sell commodities, provided that (i) currency will not be deemed to be a commodity for purposes of this restriction, (ii) this restriction does not limit the purchase or sale of futures contracts, forward contracts or options, and (iii) this restriction does not limit the purchase or sale of securities or other instruments backed by commodities or the purchase or sale of commodities acquired as a result of ownership of securities or other instruments.

The Fund may not purchase or sell commodities or contracts on commodities, except to the extent that the Fund may engage in financial futures contracts and related options and currency contracts and related options and may otherwise do so in accordance with applicable law and without registering as a commodity pool operator under the Commodity Exchange Act.

The Fund may not purchase or sell commodities or contracts on commodities, except to the extent that the Fund may engage in financial futures contracts and related options and currency contracts and related options and may otherwise do so in accordance with applicable law and without registering as a commodity pool operator under the Commodity Exchange Act.

 

Concentration

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund

Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund

Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund

The Fund may not purchase the securities of issuers conducting their principal business activity in the same industry if, immediately after the purchase and as a result thereof, the value of the Fund's investments in that industry would equal or exceed 25% of the current value of the Fund's total assets, provided that this restriction does not limit the Fund's: (i) investments in securities of other investment companies, (ii) investments in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities, (iii) investment in municipal securities (for the purpose of this restriction, private activity bonds and notes shall not be deemed municipal securities if the payments of principal and interest on such bonds or notes is the ultimate responsibility of non-government issuers), (iv) investments in repurchase agreements provided further that the Fund reserves freedom of action to concentrate in the obligations of domestic banks (as such term is interpreted by the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff).

The Fund may not concentrate its investments in the securities of issuers primarily engaged in any particular industry (other than securities that are issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities). Further Explanation of Concentration Policy: The Fund may not invest more than 25% of its total assets, taken at market value, in the securities of issuers primarily engaged in any particular industry (other than securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, any state or territory of the U.S., its agencies, instrumentalities or political subdivisions).

The Fund may not concentrate its investments in the securities of issuers primarily engaged in any particular industry (other than securities that are issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities). Further Explanation of Concentration Policy: The Fund may not invest more than 25% of its total assets, taken at market value, in the securities of issuers primarily engaged in any particular industry (other than securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, any state or territory of the U.S., its agencies, instrumentalities or political subdivisions).

 

Diversification

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund

Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund

Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund

The Fund may not purchase securities of any issuer if, as a result, with respect to 75% of the Fund's total assets, more than 5% of the value of its total assets would be invested in the securities of any one issuer or the Fund's ownership would be more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer, provided that this restriction does not limit a Fund's investment in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies and instrumentalities, or investments in securities of other investment companies.

The Fund may not make any investment that is inconsistent with the Fund's classification as a diversified investment company under the 1940 Act. Further Explanation of Diversification Policy: To remain classified as a diversified investment company under the 1940 Act, the Fund must conform with the following: With respect to 75% of its total assets, a diversified investment company may not invest more than 5% of its total assets, determined at market or other fair value at the time of purchase, in the securities of any one issuer, or invest in more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of any one issuer, determined at the time of purchase. The 5% and 10% limitations do not apply to (1) the Fund's assets represented by cash or cash equivalents, (2) investments in securities issued or guaranteed by the United States ("U.S.") government or its agencies or instrumentalities, and (3) shares of other investment companies.

The Fund may not make any investment that is inconsistent with the Fund's classification as a diversified investment company under the 1940 Act. Further Explanation of Diversification Policy: To remain classified as a diversified investment company under the 1940 Act, the Fund must conform with the following: With respect to 75% of its total assets, a diversified investment company may not invest more than 5% of its total assets, determined at market or other fair value at the time of purchase, in the securities of any one issuer, or invest in more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of any one issuer, determined at the time of purchase. The 5% and 10% limitations do not apply to (1) the Fund's assets represented by cash or cash equivalents, (2) investments in securities issued or guaranteed by the United States ("U.S.") government or its agencies or instrumentalities, and (3) shares of other investment companies.

 

Issuing Senior Securities

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund

Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund

Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund

The Fund may not issue senior securities, except to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act, including the rules, regulations and any exemptive orders obtained thereunder.

Except as permitted under the 1940 Act, the Fund may not issue senior securities.

Except as permitted under the 1940 Act, the Fund may not issue senior securities.

 

Lending

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund

Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund

Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund

The Fund may not make loans to other parties if, as a result, the aggregate value of such loans would exceed one-third of the Fund's total assets. For the purposes of this limitation, entering into repurchase agreements, lending securities and acquiring any debt securities are not deemed to be the making of loans.

The Fund may not make loans to other persons, except that the Fund may lend its portfolio securities or cash in accordance with applicable law. The acquisition of investment securities or other investment instruments shall not be deemed to be the making of a loan. Further Explanation of Lending Policy: To generate income and offset expenses, the Fund may lend portfolio securities to broker-dealers and other financial institutions in an amount up to 33 1/3% of its total assets. While securities are on loan, the borrower will pay the Fund any income accruing on the security. The Fund may invest any collateral it receives in additional portfolio securities, such as U.S. Treasury notes, certificates of deposit, other high-grade, short-term obligations or interest bearing cash equivalents. Increases or decreases in the market value of a security lent will affect the Fund and its shareholders. When the Fund lends its securities, it will require the borrower to give the Fund collateral in cash, cash equivalents or government securities. The Fund will require collateral in an amount equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the securities lent, including accrued interest. The Fund has the right to call a loan and obtain the securities lent any time on notice of not more than five business days. The Fund may pay reasonable fees in connection with such loans.

The Fund may not make loans to other persons, except that the Fund may lend its portfolio securities or cash in accordance with applicable law. The acquisition of investment securities or other investment instruments shall not be deemed to be the making of a loan. Further Explanation of Lending Policy: To generate income and offset expenses, the Fund may lend portfolio securities to broker-dealers and other financial institutions in an amount up to 33 1/3% of its total assets. While securities are on loan, the borrower will pay the Fund any income accruing on the security. The Fund may invest any collateral it receives in additional portfolio securities, such as U.S. Treasury notes, certificates of deposit, other high-grade, short-term obligations or interest bearing cash equivalents. Increases or decreases in the market value of a security lent will affect the Fund and its shareholders. When the Fund lends its securities, it will require the borrower to give the Fund collateral in cash, cash equivalents or government securities. The Fund will require collateral in an amount equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the securities lent, including accrued interest. The Fund has the right to call a loan and obtain the securities lent any time on notice of not more than five business days. The Fund may pay reasonable fees in connection with such loans.

 

Real Estate

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund

Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund

Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund

The Fund may not purchase or sell real estate unless acquired as a result of ownership of securities or other investments (but this shall not prevent the Fund from investing in securities or other instruments backed by real estate or securities of companies engaged in the real estate business).

The Fund may not purchase or sell real estate, except that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Fund may invest in (a) securities that are directly or indirectly secured by real estate, or (b) securities issued by issuers that invest in real estate. Further explanation of Real Estate Policy: Each Fund may acquire or dispose of real estate or interest in real estate acquired through the exercise of its rights as the holder of debt obligations secured by real estate or interest therein.

The Fund may not purchase or sell real estate, except that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Fund may invest in (a) securities that are directly or indirectly secured by real estate, or (b) securities issued by issuers that invest in real estate. Further explanation of Real Estate Policy: Each Fund may acquire or dispose of real estate or interest in real estate acquired through the exercise of its rights as the holder of debt obligations secured by real estate or interest therein.

 

Underwriting

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund

Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund

Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund

The Fund may not underwrite securities of other issuers, except to the extent that the purchase of permitted investments directly from the issuer thereof of from an underwriter for an issuer and the later disposition of such securities in accordance with the Fund's investment program may be deemed to be an underwriting.

The Fund may not underwrite securities of other issuers, except insofar as the Fund may be deemed to be an underwriter in connection with the disposition of its portfolio securities.

The Fund may not underwrite securities of other issuers, except insofar as the Fund may be deemed to be an underwriter in connection with the disposition of its portfolio securities.

Exhibit C

Additional Target and Acquiring Fund Expense Information

This section compares the expenses you pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund (other than the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund) and the tables entitled "Pro Forma" also show what your fees and expenses are expected to be if the Merger takes place. The Annual Fund Operating Expenses tables and the examples that follow are based upon the actual expenses incurred by the Target and Acquiring Funds during the fiscal year ended February 28, 2009. The pro forma Annual Fund Operating Expenses table for the Acquiring Funds shows you what the annual operating expenses would have been for the Acquiring Fund for the 12-month period ended August 31, 2009, assuming the Mergers had taken place at the beginning of that 12-month period.

Since the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund has not yet commenced operations, the table entitled "Annual Fund Operating Expenses" has not been provided for this Fund and the information presented in the table entitled "Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Pro Forma)" is based on estimates. Since the Administrator Class shares of the Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund and the Service Class shares of the Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund have not yet commenced operations, these share classes are not included in the table entitled "Annual Fund Operating Expenses" for the respective Acquiring Fund.

The pro forma expense information presented for the Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund assumes that shareholders of each of Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund and Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund approve their respective Merger with the Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund and that each Merger is consummated.

EVERGREEN INSTITUTIONAL 100% TREASURY MONEY MARKET FUND INTO WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE 100% TREASURY MONEY MARKET FUND 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Management Fees

Distribution and/or Service (Rule 12b-1) Fees

Other Expenses1

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses2

Institutional Class

0.21%

0.00%

0.08%

0.29%

Institutional Service Class

0.21%

0.25%

0.08%

0.54%

Other Expenses have not been adjusted to take into account the Fund's participation in the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Temporary Guarantee Program for Money Market Funds. Such fees are not reflected in the table. Had these fees been taken into account, Other Expenses would have been 0.10% for all Classes.
The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses listed above do not reflect voluntary fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements made by the Fund's investment adviser in order to reduce expense ratios. Including voluntary fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements as of the most recently completed fiscal year, Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses were 0.21% for Institutional Class and 0.46% for Institutional Service Class. The Fund's investment adviser may cease these voluntary waivers and/or reimbursements at any time.

Expense Example. 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 table above. It shows costs if you sold all of your shares at the end of the period or continued to hold them. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

After:

Institutional Class

Institutional Service Class

1 Year

$30

$55

3 Years

$93

$173

5 Years

$163

$302

10 Years

$368

$677

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

 

Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Management Fees1

Distribution (Rule 12b-1) Fees

Other Expenses2,3

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Before Waiver)4

Waiver of Fund Expenses

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver)5,6

Service Class

0.27%

0.00%

0.45%

0.72%

(0.22%)

0.50%

The Fund has a breakpoint schedule under which the management fee will decrease on Fund net assets above designated levels, as shown in the "Management of the Funds - Advisory Fees" section.
Includes expenses payable to affiliates of Wells Fargo & Company.
Other Expenses have not been adjusted to take into account the Fund's participation in the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Temporary Guarantee Program for Money Market Funds.  Such fees are not reflected in the table.  Had these fees been taken into account, Other Expenses would have been 0.46%.
Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
Funds Management has committed through 6/30/2010, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver), excluding brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, extraordinary expenses, and the expenses of any money market fund or other fund held by the Fund, do not exceed the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver) shown. After this date, the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver) may be increased only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.
The adviser has also voluntarily agreed to further reduce fund expenses.  Such fee reduction is not reflected in the table.  Had this voluntary reduction been taken into account, net fund expenses would have been 0.46% for Service Class.  This expense reduction is voluntary and temporary and may be revised or terminated by the adviser at any time without notice.

Expense Example. 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 table above. It shows costs if you sold all of your shares at the end of the period or continued to hold them. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

After:

Service Class

1 Year

$51

3 Years

$208

5 Years

$379

10 Years

$874

Pro Forma Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) and Pro Forma Example

 

Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Management Fees1

Distribution (Rule 12b-1) Fees

Other Expenses2

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Before Waiver)3

Waiver of Fund Expenses

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver)4

Administrator Class

0.27%

0.00%

0.26%

0.53%

(0.23%)

0.30%

Service Class

0.27%

0.00%

0.43%

0.70%

(0.20%)

0.50%

The Fund has a breakpoint schedule under which the management fee will decrease on Fund net assets above designated levels, as shown in the "Management of the Funds - Advisory Fees" section.
Includes expenses payable to affiliates of Wells Fargo & Company.
Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
Funds Management has committed for three years after the closing of the Merger to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver), excluding brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, extraordinary expenses, and the expenses of any money market fund or other fund held by the Fund, do not exceed the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver) shown. After this time, the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver) may be increased only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

Expense Example. 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 table above. It shows costs if you sold all of your shares at the end of the period or continued to hold them. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

After:

Administrator Class

Service Class

1 Year

$31

$51

3 Years

$97

$160

5 Years

$224

$327

10 Years

$595

$811

EVERGREEN PRIME CASH MANAGEMENT MONEY MARKET FUND AND EVERGREEN INSTITUTIONAL MONEY MARKET FUND INTO WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE HERITAGE MONEY MARKET FUND 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

 

Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund

Management Fees

Distribution and/or Service (Rule 12b-1) Fees

Other Expenses1

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses2

Administrative Class

0.18%

0.05%

0.10%

0.33%

Institutional Class

0.18%

0.00%

0.10%

0.28%

Investor Class

0.18%

0.10%

0.10%

0.38%

Institutional Service Class

0.18%

0.25%

0.10%

0.53%

Participant Class

0.18%

0.50%

0.10%

0.78%

Other Expenses have not been adjusted to take into account the Fund's participation in the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Temporary Guarantee Program for Money Market Funds. Such fees are not reflected in the table. Had these fees been taken into account, Other Expenses would have been 0.12% for all Classes.
The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses listed above do not reflect voluntary fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements made by the Fund's investment adviser in order to reduce expense ratios. Including voluntary fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements as of the most recently completed fiscal year, Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses were 0.25% for Administrative Class, 0.20% for Institutional Class, 0.30% for Investor Class, 0.45% for Institutional Service Class, and 0.70% for Participant Class. The Fund's investment adviser may cease these voluntary waivers and/or reimbursements at any time.

Expense Example. 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 table above. It shows costs if you sold all of your shares at the end of the period or continued to hold them. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund

After:

Administrative
Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

Institutional Service Class

Participant Class

1 Year

$34

$29

$39

$54

$80

3 Years

$106

$90

$122

$170

$249

5 Years

$185

$157

$213

$296

$433

10 Years

$418

$356

$480

$665

$966

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

 

Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund

Management Fees

Distribution and/or Service (Rule 12b-1) Fees

Other Expenses1

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

Administrative Class

0.11%

0.05%

0.10%

0.26%

Institutional Class

0.11%

0.00%

0.10%

0.21%

Investor Class

0.11%

0.10%

0.10%

0.31%

Institutional Service Class

0.11%

0.25%

0.10%

0.46%

Participant Class

0.11%

0.50%

0.10%

0.71%

Other Expenses have not been adjusted to take into account the Fund's participation in the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Temporary Guarantee Program for Money Market Funds. Such fees are not reflected in the table. Had these fees been taken into account, Other Expenses would have been 0.12% for all Classes.

Expense Example. 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 table above. It shows costs if you sold all of your shares at the end of the period or continued to hold them. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund

After:

Administrative
Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

Institutional Service Class

Participant Class

1 Year

$27

$22

$32

$47

$73

3 Years

$84

$68

$100

$148

$227

5 Years

$146

$118

$174

$258

$395

10 Years

$331

$268

$393

$579

$883

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

 

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund

Management Fees

Distribution (Rule 12b-1) Fees

Other Expenses1,2

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Before Waiver)

Waiver of Fund Expenses

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver)3

Institutional Class

0.10%

0.00%

0.15%

0.25%

(0.05%)

0.20%

Includes expenses payable to affiliates of Wells Fargo & Company.
Other Expenses have not been adjusted to take into account the Fund's participation in the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Temporary Guarantee Program for Money Market Funds. Such fees are not reflected in the table. Had these fees been taken into account, Other Expenses would have been 0.17%.
Funds Management has committed through 6/30/2010, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver), excluding brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, extraordinary expenses, and the expenses of any money market fund or other fund held by the Fund, do not exceed the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver) shown. After this date, the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver) may be increased only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

Expense Example. 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 table above. It shows costs if you sold all of your shares at the end of the period or continued to hold them. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund

After:

Institutional Class

1 Year

$20

3 Years

$75

5 Years

$136

10 Years

$313

Pro Forma Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) and Pro Forma Example

 

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund

Management Fees

Distribution (Rule 12b-1) Fees

Other Expenses1

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Before Waiver)2

Waiver of Fund Expenses

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver)3

Institutional Class

0.10%

0.00%

0.13%

0.23%

(0.03%)

0.20%

Service Class

0.10%

0.00%

0.42%

0.52%

(0.09%)

0.43%

Includes expenses payable to affiliates of Wells Fargo & Company.
If one, but not both, of the Mergers is consummated, the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Before Waiver) shown would have been less than 0.01% higher for each class.
Funds Management has committed for three years after the closing of the Merger to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver), excluding brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, extraordinary expenses, and the expenses of any money market fund or other fund held by the Fund, do not exceed the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver) shown. After this time, the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver) may be increased only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

Expense Example. 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 table above. It shows costs if you sold all of your shares at the end of the period or continued to hold them. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund

After:

Institutional Class

Service Class

1 Year

$20

$44

3 Years

$64

$138

5 Years

$120

$262

10 Years

$284

$625

EVERGREEN INSTITUTIONAL MUNICIPAL MONEY MARKET FUND INTO WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE MUNICIPAL CASH MANAGEMENT MONEY MARKET FUND

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

 

Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund

Management Fees

Distribution and/or Service (Rule 12b-1) Fees

Other Expenses1

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

Administrative Class

0.11%

0.05%

0.09%

0.25%

Institutional Class

0.11%

0.00%

0.09%

0.20%

Investor Class

0.11%

0.10%

0.09%

0.30%

Institutional Service Class

0.11%

0.25%

0.09%

0.45%

Participant Class

0.11%

0.50%

0.09%

0.70%

Other Expenses have not been adjusted to take into account the Fund's participation in the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Temporary Guarantee Program for Money Market Funds. Such fees are not reflected in the table. Had these fees been taken into account, Other Expenses would have been 0.11% for all classes.

Expense Example. 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 table above. It shows costs if you sold all of your shares at the end of the period or continued to hold them. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund

After:

Administrative Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

Institutional Service Class

Participant Class

1 Year

$26

$20

$31

$46

$72

3 Years

$80

$64

$97

$144

$224

5 Years

$141

$113

$169

$252

$390

10 Years

$318

$255

$381

$567

$871

Pro Forma Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) and Pro Forma Example

 

Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund

Management Fees

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

Other Expenses1

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Before Waiver)

Waiver of Fund Expenses

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver)2

Institutional Class

0.10%

0.00%

0.14%

0.24%

(0.04%)

0.20%

Service Class

0.10%

0.00%

0.43%

0.53%

(0.08%)

0.45%

Includes expenses payable to affiliates of Wells Fargo & Company.
Funds Management has committed for three years after the closing of the Merger to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver), excluding brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, extraordinary expenses, and the expenses of any money market fund or other fund held by the Fund, do not exceed the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver) shown. After this time, the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Waiver) may be increased only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

Expense Example. 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 table above. It shows costs if you sold all of your shares at the end of the period or continued to hold them. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund

After:

Institutional Class

Service Class

1 Year

$20

$46

3 Years

$64

$144

5 Years

$122

$271

10 Years

$293

$641

Exhibit D

Pro Forma Capitalization

The following table sets forth the capitalizations of each of the Target and Acquiring Funds as of August 31, 2009, and the capitalization of each Acquiring Fund on a pro forma basis as of that date after giving effect to the proposed acquisition of assets at net asset value. The pro forma data reflects an exchange ratio of 1.00 for each Institutional Class, Service Class, Service Class, Institutional Class and Institutional Class share of the Acquiring Fund issued for each Institutional Class, Institutional Service Class, Participant Class, Administrator Class and Investor Class share, respectively, of the Target Funds. The Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund will be the accounting survivor following the Merger.

Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund

Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund

Adjustments

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund Proforma

Total Net Assets

Institutional Class

$7,719,789,808

$4,259,290,770

N/A

($11,979,080,578)

N/A

Administrative Class

$33,331,532

$1,000

N/A

($33,332,532)

N/A

Investor Class

$50,823,285

$6,362,284

N/A

($57,185,569)

N/A

Institutional Service Class

$1,804,404,789

$393,456,572

N/A

($2,197,861,361)

N/A

Participant Class

$39,337,372

$39,286,063

N/A

($78,623,435)

N/A

Administrator Class1

N/A

N/A

$1,548,569,251

N/A

$1,548,569,251

Institutional Class

N/A

N/A

$11,295,017,773

$12,069,598,679

$23,364,616,452

Select Class1

N/A

N/A

$11,735,676,018

N/A

$11,735,676,018

Service Class

N/A

N/A

N/A

$2,276,484,796

$2,276,484,796

Total

$9,647,686,786

$4,698,396,689

$24,579,263,042

$0

$38,925,346,517

Net Asset Value per Share

Institutional Class

$1.00

$1.00

N/A

N/A

N/A

Administrative Class

$1.00

$1.00

N/A

N/A

N/A

Investor Class

$1.00

$1.00

N/A

N/A

N/A

Institutional Service Class

$1.00

$1.00

N/A

N/A

N/A

Participant Class

$1.00

$1.00

N/A

N/A

N/A

Administrator Class1

N/A

N/A

$1.00

N/A

$1.00

Institutional Class

N/A

N/A

$1.00

N/A

$1.00

Select Class1

N/A

N/A

$1.00

N/A

$1.00

Service Class

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

$1.00

Total Shares Outstanding

Institutional Class

7,710,047,742

4,262,101,373

N/A

(11,972,149,115)

N/A

Administrative Class

33,256,830

1,000

N/A

(33,257,830)

N/A

Investor Class

50,696,505

6,368,856

N/A

(57,065,361)

N/A

Institutional Service Class

1,802,157,130

393,771,380

N/A

(2,195,928,510)

N/A

Participant Class

39,222,393

39,304,669

N/A

(78,527,062)

N/A

Administrator Class1

N/A

N/A

1,548,513,283

N/A

1,548,513,283

Institutional Class

N/A

N/A

11,294,845,716

12,062,472,306

23,357,318,022

Select Class1

N/A

N/A

11,735,420,027

N/A

11,735,420,027

Service Class

N/A

N/A

N/A

2,274,455,572

2,274,455,572

Total

9,635,380,600

4,701,547,278

24,578,779,026

0

38,915,706,904

This share class is not involved in the Merger.

The following table sets forth the capitalizations of each of the Target and Acquiring Funds as of August 31, 2009, and the capitalization of each Acquiring Fund on a pro forma basis as of that date after giving effect to the proposed acquisition of assets at net asset value. The pro forma data reflects an exchange ratio of 1.00 for each Administrator Class and Service Class share of the Acquiring Fund issued for each Institutional Class and Institutional Service Class share, respectively, of the Target Fund. The Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund will be the accounting survivor following the Merger.

 

Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Adjustments

Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund Proforma

Total Net Assets

Class A1

N/A

$251,224,605

N/A

$251,224,605

Institutional Class

$599,094,132

N/A

($599,094,132)

N/A

Institutional Service Class

$154,892,362

N/A

($154,892,362)

N/A

Administrator Class

N/A

N/A

$599,094,132

$599,094,132

Service Class

N/A

$6,043,217,864

$154,892,362

$6,198,110,226

Total

$753,986,494

$6,294,442,469

$0

$7,048,428,963

Net Asset Value per Share

Class A1

N/A

$1.00

N/A

$1.00

Institutional Class

$1.00

N/A

N/A

N/A

Institutional Service Class

$1.00

N/A

N/A

N/A

Administrator Class

N/A

N/A

N/A

$1.00

Service Class

N/A

$1.00

N/A

$1.00

Total Shares Outstanding

Class A1

N/A

251,110,548

N/A

251,110,548

Institutional Class

599,090,226

N/A

(599,090,226)

N/A

Institutional Service Class

154,841,601

N/A

(154,841,601)

N/A

Administrator Class

N/A

N/A

599,090,226

599,090,226

Service Class

N/A

6,041,535,529

154,841,601

6,196,377,130

Total

753,931,827

6,292,646,077

0

7,046,577,904

This share class is not involved in the Merger.

The following table sets forth the capitalizations of each of the Target  and Acquiring Funds as of November 30, 2009, and the capitalization of each Acquiring Fund on a pro forma basis as of that date after giving effect to the proposed acquisition of assets at net asset value. The pro forma data reflects an exchange ratio of 1.00 for each Institutional Class, Service Class, Service Class, Institutional Class and Institutional Class share of the Acquiring Fund issued for each Institutional Class, Institutional Service Class, Participant Class, Administrative Class and Investor Class share, respectively, of the Target Fund. The Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund will be the accounting survivor following the Merger.

 

Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund

Adjustments

Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund Proforma

Total Net Assets

Administrative Class

$99,883,206

($99,883,206)

$0

Institutional Class

$6,207,156,716

($6,207,156,716)

$0

Investor Class

$52,642,339

($52,642,339)

$0

Institutional Service Class

$635,144,727

($635,144,727)

$0

Participant Class

$3,489,086

($3,489,086)

$0

Institutional Class

N/A

$6,359,682,261

$6,359,682,261

Service Class

N/A

$638,633,813

$638,633,813

Total

$6,998,316,074

$0

$6,998,316,074

Net Asset Value per Share

Administrative Class

$1.00

N/A

N/A

Institutional Class

$1.00

N/A

N/A

Investor Class

$1.00

N/A

N/A

Institutional Service Class

$1.00

N/A

N/A

Participant Class

$1.00

N/A

N/A

Institutional Class

N/A

N/A

$1.00

Service Class

N/A

N/A

$1.00

Total Shares Outstanding

Administrative Class

99,922,496

(99,922,496)

0

Institutional Class

6,208,091,703

(6,208,091,703)

0

Investor Class

52,657,906

(52,657,906)

0

Institutional Service Class

635,148,853

(635,148,853)

0

Participant Class

3,491,663

(3,491,663)

0

Institutional Class

N/A

6,360,672,105

6,360,672,105

Service Class

N/A

638,640,516

638,640,516

Total

6,999,312,621

0

6,999,312,621

Exhibit E

Additional Acquiring Fund Information - Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund, Administrator Class of the Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund and Service Class shares of the Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund

Dormant Multi-Manager Disclosure

The Board has adopted a "multi-manager" arrangement for the Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund and the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund. Under this arrangement, each Fund and Funds Management may engage one or more sub-advisers to make day-to-day investment decisions for the Fund's assets. Funds Management would retain ultimate responsibility (subject to oversight of the Board) for overseeing the sub-advisers and may, at times, recommend to the Board that the Fund: (1) change, add or terminate one or more sub-advisers; (2) continue to retain a sub-adviser even though the sub-adviser's ownership or corporate structure has changed; or (3) materially change a sub-advisory agreement with a sub-adviser.

Applicable law generally requires a Fund to obtain shareholder approval for most of these types of recommendations, even if the Board approves the proposed action. Under the "multi-manager" arrangement approved by the Board, the Fund will seek exemptive relief, if necessary, from the SEC to permit Funds Management (subject to the Board's oversight and approval) to make decisions about the Fund's sub-advisory arrangements without obtaining shareholder approval. The Fund will continue to submit matters to shareholders for their approval to the extent required by applicable law. Meanwhile, this multi-manager arrangement will remain dormant and will not be implemented until shareholders are further notified.

Additional Payments to Dealers

In addition to dealer reallowances and payments made by each Fund for distribution and shareholder servicing, the Fund's adviser, the distributor or their affiliates make additional payments ("Additional Payments") to certain selling or shareholder servicing agents for the Fund, which include broker-dealers.These Additional Payments are made in connection with the sale and distribution of shares of the Fund or for services to the Fund and its shareholders.These Additional Payments, which may be significant, are paid by the Fund's adviser, the distributor or their affiliates, out of their revenues, which generally come directly or indirectly from fees paid by the entire Fund complex.

In return for these Additional Payments, the Fund's adviser and distributor expect to receive certain marketing or servicing advantages that are not generally available to mutual funds that do not make such payments. Such advantages are expected to include, without limitation, placement of the Fund on a list of mutual funds offered as investment options to the selling agent's clients (sometimes referred to as"Shelf Space"); access to the selling agent's registered representatives; and/or ability to assist in training and educating the selling agent's registered representatives.

Certain selling or shareholder servicing agents receive these Additional Payments to supplement amounts payable by the Fund under the shareholder servicing plans. In exchange, these agents provide services including, but not limited to, establishing and maintaining accounts and records; answering inquiries regarding purchases, exchanges and redemptions; processing and verifying purchase, redemption and exchange transactions; furnishing account statements and confirmations of transactions; processing and mailing monthly statements, prospectuses, shareholder reports and other SEC-required communications; and providing the types of services that might typically be provided by a Fund's transfer agent (e.g., the maintenance of omnibus or omnibus-like accounts, the use of the National Securities Clearing Corporation for the transmission of transaction information and the transmission of shareholder mailings).

The Additional Payments may create potential conflicts of interests between an investor and a selling agent who is recommending a particular mutual fund over other mutual funds. Before investing, you should consult with your financial consultant and review carefully any disclosure by the selling agent as to what monies they receive from mutual fund advisers and distributors, as well as how your financial consultant is compensated.

The Additional Payments are typically paid in fixed dollar amounts, or based on the number of customer accounts maintained by the selling or shareholder servicing agent, or based on a percentage of sales and/or assets under management, or a combination of the above.The Additional Payments are either up-front or ongoing or both.The Additional Payments differ among selling and shareholder servicing agents. Additional Payments to a selling agent that is compensated based on its customers' assets typically range between 0.05% and 0.30% in a given year of assets invested in the Fund by the selling agent's customers. Additional Payments to a selling agent that is compensated based on a percentage of sales typically range between 0.10% and 0.15% of the gross sales of the Fund attributable to the selling agent. In addition, representatives of the Fund's distributor visit selling agents on a regular basis to educate their registered representatives and to encourage the sale of Fund shares.The costs associated with such visits may be paid for by the Fund's adviser, distributor, or their affiliates, subject to applicable FINRA regulations.

More information on the FINRA member firms that have received the Additional Payments described in this section is available in the Acquiring Funds' Statement of Additional Information, which is on file with the SEC and is also available on the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds website at www.wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com (other than for the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund, for which information can be found in this prospectus/proxy statement and the Merger SAI).

How to Open an Account

Service Class shares are offered through any of the following means:

  • Directly with the Fund. Complete a Wells Fargo Advantage Funds application, which you may obtain by visiting our Web site at www.wellsfargo.com/advantagefunds or by calling Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222; if you are an Institutional Investor call 1-800-260-5969. Be sure to indicate the Fund name and the share class into which you intend to invest when completing the application;



  • Through a brokerage account with an approved selling agent;



  • Through certain retirement, benefit and pension plains or certain packaged investment products. (Please contact the providers of the plan or product for instructions.)



Administrator Class and Institutional Class shares are offered primarily for direct investment by institutions such an pension and profit sharing plans, employee benefit trusts, endowments, foundations and corporations. Administrator Class and Institutional Class shares may also be offered through certain financial intermediaries that charge their customers transaction or other fees with respect to their customers' investments in the Funds.

Special Considerations When Investing Through Financial Intermediaries:
If a financial intermediary purchases shares on your behalf, you should understand the following:

  • Minimum Investments and Other Terms of Your Account. Share purchases are made through a customer account at your financial intermediary following that firm's terms. Financial intermediaries may require different minimum and subsequent investment amounts and/or earlier transaction deadlines than those stated in this prospectus/proxy statement. Please consult an account representative from your financial intermediary for specifics.



  • Records are Held in Financial Intermediary's Name. Financial intermediaries are usually the holders of record for shares held through their customer accounts.The financial intermediaries maintain records reflecting their customers' beneficial ownership of the shares.



  • Purchase/Redemption Orders. Financial intermediaries are responsible for transmitting their customers' purchase and redemption orders to the Funds and for delivering required payment on a timely basis.



  • Shareholder Communications. Financial intermediaries are responsible for delivering shareholder communications and voting information from the Funds, and for transmitting shareholder voting instructions to the Funds.



All Investors Should Understand the Following:

  • U.S. Dollars Only. All payments must be made in U.S. dollars and all checks must be drawn on U.S. banks. It is expected that purchases in the form of investment checks do not accrue dividends until the next business day after receipt.



  • Right to Refuse an Order. We reserve the right to refuse or cancel a purchase or exchange order for any reason, including if we believe that doing so would be in the best interests of a Fund and its shareholders.



  • Trade Requests. For the benefit of the Funds, we request that trades be placed as early in the day as possible.



How to Buy Shares

This section explains how you can buy Administrator Class or Service Class shares directly from Wells Fargo Advantage Funds. If you're opening a new account, an account application is available on-line at www.wellsfargo.com/advantagefunds or by calling Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222. Institutional investors interested in purchasing Institutional Class shares directly from a Fund should contact Investor Services at 1-800-260-5969. For Fund shares held through brokerage and other types of accounts, please consult your selling agent.

Buying Administrator Class or Service Class Shares

Opening an Account

Adding to an Account

By Internet

A new account may not be opened by Internet unless you have another Wells Fargo Advantage Funds account with your bank information on file. If you do not currently have an account, refer to the section on buying shares by mail or wire.

To buy additional shares or buy shares of a new Fund, visit www.wellsfargo.com/advantagefunds. Subsequent online purchases have a minimum of $100 (Administrator Class shares only) and a maximum of $100,000. You may be eligible for an exception to this maximum. Please call Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222 for more information.

By Mail

Complete and sign your account application. Mail the application with your check made payable to the Fund to Investor Services at:
(Regular Mail)
Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
(Overnight Only)
Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
c/o Boston Financial Data Services
30 Dan Road
Canton, MA 02021-2809

Enclose a voided check (for checking accounts) or a deposit slip (for savings accounts). Alternatively, include a note with your name, the Fund name, and your account number. Mail the deposit slip or note with your check made payable to the Fund to the address on the left.

By Telephone

A new account may not be opened by telephone or internet unless the institution has another Wells Fargo Advantage Fund account. If the institution does not currently have an account, contact your investment representative.

To buy additional shares or buy shares of a new Fund: Call Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222 or call 1800-368-7550 for the automated phone system or visit our Web site at www.wellsfargo.com/advantagefunds.

In Person

Investors are welcome to visit the Investor Center in person to ask questions or conduct any Fund transaction. The Investor Center is located at 100 Heritage Reserve, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin 53051

See instructions shown to the left.

By Wire

Complete and sign the account application applicable for your class of shares.

Provide the following instructions to your financial institution.

State Street Bank & Trust
Boston, MA
Bank Routing Number:
ABA 011000028
Wire Purchase Account: 9905-437-1
Attention: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds (Name of Fund, account Number and any applicable share class)
Account Name: Provide your name as registered on the Fund account

To buy additional shares, instruct your bank or financial institution to use the same wire instructions shown to the left.

Through Your Investment Representative (Does not apply to Service Class shares)

Contact your investment representative.

Contact your investment representative.

General Notes for Buying Shares

Proper Form. For Administrative Class shares and Service Class shares, if the transfer agent receives your application in proper order before the Fund's NAV is calculated, your transactions will be priced at the next calculated NAV. If your application is received after the Fund's last intra-day NAV is calculated, it will be priced at the next business day's first calculated NAV. Failure to complete an account application properly may result in a delay in processing your request. Shares begin earning dividends after the transfer agent receives your purchase order in proper form and the purchase amount is received by the Fund's custodian. For Institutional Class shares, we will process requests to sell shares at the next NAV calculated after a request in proper form is received by the transfer agent.

Insufficient Funds. You will be charged a $25.00 fee for every check or Electronic Funds Transfer that is returned to us as unpaid. In the event that your purchase amount is not received by the close of the Federal Funds wire for purchases by wire or Electronic Funds Transfer, we reserve the right to hold you responsible for any losses, expenses or fees incurred by the Fund, its transfer agent or its custodian.

No Fund Named. For Service Class or Administrator Class shares, when all or a portion of a payment is received for investment without a clear Fund designation, we may direct the undesignated portion or the entire amount, as applicable, into the Wells Fargo Advantage Money Market Fund.We will treat your inaction as approval of this purchase until you later direct us to sell or exchange these shares of the Money Market Fund, at the next NAV calculated after we receive your order in proper form.

Minimum Initial and Subsequent Investment Waivers for Service Class Shares. We may waive or reduce the minimum initial and subsequent investment amounts for purchases made through certain retirement, benefit and pension plans, through certain packaged investment products, or for certain classes of shareholders as permitted by the SEC. Check the specific disclosure statements and applications for the program through which you intend to invest. Please refer to the Statement of Additional Information for details on additional minimum initial investment waivers (other than for the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund, for which information can be found in this prospectus/proxy statement and the Merger SAI).

Retirement Plans and Other Products. For Administrator Class shares, if you purchased shares through a packaged investment product or retirement plan, read the directions for selling shares provided by the product or plan. There may be special requirements that supersede the directions in this prospectus/proxy statement.

Earnings Distributions.  Assuming the purchase amount is received by the Fund's custodian no later than the close of the Federal Funds Wire, which is normally 6:00p.m. (ET), dividends will accrue as follows:

 

If A Proper Order is Received:

Dividends Begin to Accrue:

Municipal Cash Management Money Market

By 12:00 p.m. (ET)

Same Business Day

After 12:00 p.m. (ET)

Next Business Day

100% Treasury Money Market

By 1:00 p.m. (ET)

Same Business Day

After 1:00 p.m. (ET)

Next Business Day

Heritage Money Market

By 5:00 p.m. (ET)

Same Business Day

After 5:00 p.m. (ET)

Next Business Day

How to Sell Shares

The following section explains how you can sell Service Class shares held directly through an account with Wells Fargo Advantage Funds. For Fund shares held through brokerage or other types of accounts, please consult your selling agent.

 

Selling Shares

To Sell Some or All of Your Shares

By Internet

Visit our Web site at www.wellsfargo.com/advantagefunds. Redemptions requested online are limited to a maximum of $100,000. You may be eligible for an exception to this maximum. Please call Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222 for more information.

By Mail (Does not apply to Administrator Class shares)

Send a Letter of Instruction providing your name, account number, the Fund from which you wish to redeem and the dollar amount you wish to receive (or write "Full Redemption" to redeem your remaining balance) to the address below. Make sure all account owners sign the request exactly as their names appear on the account application. A medallion guarantee may be required under certain circumstances (see "General Notes for Selling Shares").

Regular Mail
Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266

Overnight Only
Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
c/o Boston Financial Data Services
30 Dan Road
Canton, MA 02021-2809

By Wire

To arrange for a Federal Funds wire, call 1-800-222-8222. Be prepared to provide information on the commercial bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve wire system. We reserve the right to charge a fee for wiring funds although it is not currently our practice to do so. Please contact your bank to verify any charges that it may assess for an incoming wire transfer.

In Person

Investors are welcome to visit the Investor Center in person to ask questions or conduct any Fund transaction. The Investor Center is located at 100 Heritage Reserve, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin 53051

By Telephone/Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)

Call an Investor Services representative at 1-800-222-822 or use the automated phone system 1-800-368-7550. Telephone privileges are automatically made available to you unless you specifically decline them on your account application or subsequently in writing. Redemption requests may not be made by phone if the address on your account was changed in the last 15 days. In this event, you must request your redemption by mail (refer to the section on selling shares by mail). A check will be mailed to the address on record (if there have been no changes communciated to us within the last 15 days) or transferred to a linked bank account. Transfer made to a Wells Fargo Bank account are made available sooner than transfers to an unaffiliated institutiion. Redemptions processed by EFT to a linked Wells Fargo Bank account occur same day for Wells Fargo Advantage money market funds, and next day for all other Wells Fargo Advantage Funds. Redemptions to any other linked bank account may post in two business days. Please check with your financial institution for timing of posting and availability of funds. Note: Telephone transaction such as redemption requests made over the phone generally require only one of the account owners to call unless you have instructed us otherwise.

Through Your Investments Representative

Contact your investment representative

The following section explains how you can sell Administrator Class shares held directly or through an account with Wells Fargo Advantage Funds. For Administrator Class shares held through brokerage or other types of accounts, please consult your investment representative. This section also explains how to sell Institutional Class shares, which must be redeemed according to the terms of your customer account with your financial intermediary. You should contact your investment representative when you wish to sell Institutional Class shares.

 

Selling Shares (Institutional Class shares)

To Sell Some or All of Your Shares

By Telephone/Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)

To speak with an investor services representative call 1-800-260-5969 or use the automated phone system 1-800-368-7550. Redemptions processed by EFT to a linked Wells Fargo Bank account, and received by the deadlines listed in the "Redemption Orders" section below, will occur same day for Wells Fargo Advantage money market funds. Transfers made to a Wells Fargo Bank account are made available sooner than transfers to an unaffiliated institution. Redemptions to any other linked bank account may post in two business days, please check with your financial institution for funds posting and availability. Note: Telephone transactions such as redemption requests made over the phone generally require only one of the account owners to call unless you have instructed us otherwise.

By Wire

To arrange for a Federal Funds wire, call 1-800-222-8222 (Administrator Class shares) or 1-800-260-5969 (Institutional Class shares). Be prepared to provide information on the commercial bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve wire system. We reserve the right to charge a fee for wiring funds although it is not currently our practice to do so. Please contact your bank to verify any charges that it may assess for an incoming wire transfer.

By Internet

Visit our Web site at www.wellsfargo.com/advantagefunds.

In Person

Investors are welcome to visit the Investor Center in person to ask questions or conduct any Fund transaction. The Investor Center is located at 100 Heritage Reserve, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin 53051.

Through Your Investment Representative (Does not apply to Institutional Class shares)

Contact your investment representative.

General Notes For Selling Shares

Proper Form. We will process requests to sell shares at the next NAV calculated after a request in proper form is received by the transfer agent. If your request is not in proper form, you may have to provide us with additional documentation to redeem your shares.

Telephone/Internet Redemptions. We will take reasonable steps to confirm that telephone and internet instructions are genuine. For example, we require proof of your identification, such as a Taxpayer Identification Number or username and password, before we will act on instructions received by telephone or the internet.We will not be liable for any losses incurred if we follow telephone or internet instructions we reasonably believe to be genuine.Your call may be recorded.

Right to Delay Payment. For Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund and 100% Treasury Money Market Fund, we can delay the payment of a redemption for up to seven days.We may delay the payment of a redemption for longer than seven days under extraordinary circumstances. For Heritage Money Market Fund, we can delay the payment of a redemption for longer than one day if there is a non-routine closure of the Fedwire or Federal Reserve Bank or under extraordinary circumstances.

We normally will send out checks within one business day, and in any event no more than seven days, after we accept your request to redeem. If you redeem shares recently purchased by check or through EFT or the Automatic Investment Plan, you may be required to wait up to seven business days before we will send your redemption proceeds. Our ability to determine with reasonable certainty that investments have been finally collected is greater for investments coming from accounts with banks affiliated with Funds Management than it is for investments coming from accounts with unaffiliated banks. Redemption payments also may be delayed under extraordinary circumstances or as permitted by the SEC in order to protect remaining shareholders.

Under the extraordinary circumstances discussed under Section 22(e) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, we may suspend the right of redemption or postpone the date of payment of a redemption for longer than one day for Heritage Money Market Fund and for longer than seven days for Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund and 100% Treasury Money Market Fund. Generally, those extraordinary circumstances are when: (i) the New York Stock Exchange is closed or trading thereon is restricted; (ii) an emergency exists which makes the disposal by a Fund of securities it owns, or the fair determination of the value of the Fund's net assets not reasonable practical; or (iii) the SEC, by order, permits the suspension of the right of redemption for the protection of shareholders.

Retirement Plans and Other Products. If you purchased shares through a packaged investment product or retirement plan, read the directions for selling shares provided by the product or plan.There may be special requirements that supercede the directions in this prospectus/proxy statement.

Redemption in Kind. Although generally, we pay redemption requests in cash, we reserve the right to determine in our sole discretion, whether to satisfy redemption requests by making payment in securities (known as a redemption in kind). In such case, we may pay all or part of the redemption in securities of equal value as permitted under the 1940 Act, and the rules thereunder.The redeeming shareholder should expect to incur transaction costs upon the disposition of the securities received.

Medallion Guarantees. Medallion guarantees are required for mailed redemption requests for Service Class Shares under the following circumstances: (1) if the request is for over $100,000; (2) if the address on your account was changed within the last 15 days; or (3) if the redemption is made payable to a third party.You can get a Medallion guarantee at a financial institution such as a bank or brokerage house.We do not accept notarized signatures.

Payment of Dividends. Requests for redemption proceeds by check or Electronic Funds Transfer that are received in proper form will be sent out by the next business day after receipt and will earn a dividend until the day such proceeds are sent.

Redemption Orders. Wire redemptions will be processed and earn dividends as listed in the table below.

 

If A Proper Order is Received:

Proceeds Wired:

Dividends:

Municipal Cash Management Money Market

By 12:00 p.m. (ET)

Same Business Day

Not earned on day of request

After 12:00 p.m. (ET)

Next Business Day

Earned on day of request

100% Treasury Money Market

By 1:00 p.m. (ET)

Same Business Day

Not earned on day of request

After 1:00 p.m. (ET)

Next Business Day

Earned on day of request

Heritage Money Market

By 5:00 p.m. (ET)

Same Business Day

Not earned on day of request

After 5:00 p.m. (ET)

Next Business Day

Earned on day of request

How to Exchange Shares

Exchanges between Wells Fargo Advantage Funds involve two transactions: (1) a sale of shares of one Fund; and (2) the purchase of shares of another. In general, the same rules and procedures that apply to sales and purchases apply to exchanges.There are, however, additional factors you should keep in mind while making or considering an exchange:

In general, exchanges may be made between like share classes of any Wells Fargo Advantage Fund offered to the general public for investment (i.e., a Fund not closed to new accounts), with the following exception:

Service Class shares may be exchanged for other Service Class shares, or for any non-money market fund Class A shares.

Administrator Class shares of the Heritage Money Market Fund may be exchanged for Investor Class shares of any money market or non-money market fund.

An exchange request will be processed on the same business day, provided that both Funds are open at the same time the request is received. If one or both Funds are closed, the exchange will be processed on the following business day.

You should carefully read the prospectus for the Wells Fargo Advantage Fund into which you wish to exchange.

If you exchange between a money market Fund and a Fund with a sales load, you will buy shares at the Public Offering Price (POP) of the new Fund, which includes a sales load, unless you are otherwise eligible to purchase shares at NAV.

If you are making an initial investment into a Fund through an exchange, you must exchange at least the minimum initial purchase amount for the new Fund, unless your balance has fallen below that amount due to market conditions.

Any exchange between two Wells Fargo Advantage Funds must meet the minimum redemption and subsequent purchase amounts.

Generally, we will notify you at least 60 days in advance of any changes in our exchange policy.

Account Policies

Automatic Plans

With respect to investments in Service Class and Administrator Class shares, the following plans help you conveniently purchase and/or redeem shares each month. Once you select a plan, tell us the day of the month you would like the transaction to occur. For Service Class shares, specify an amount of at least $50 for Automatic Investment Plans and at least $100 for Automatic Exchange and Systematic Withdrawal Plans. If you do not specify a date, we will process the transaction on or about the 25th day of the month. Call Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222 for more information.

Automatic Investment Plan - With this plan, you can regularly purchase shares of a Wells Fargo Advantage Fund with money automatically transferred from a linked bank account.

Automatic Exchange Plan - With this plan, you can regularly exchange shares of a Wells Fargo Advantage Fund you own for shares of another Wells Fargo Advantage Fund. See the"How to Exchange Shares"section of this prospectus/proxy statement for the conditions that apply to your shares.This feature may not be available for certain types of accounts.

Systematic Withdrawal Plan - With this plan, you can regularly redeem shares and receive the proceeds by check or by transfer to a linked bank account.To participate in this plan, you:

must have a Fund account valued at $10,000 or more; and

must have your distributions reinvested.

Payroll Direct Deposit - With this plan, you may transfer all or a portion of your paycheck, social security check, military allotment, or annuity payment for investment into the Fund of your choice.

It generally takes about ten business days to establish a plan once we have received your instructions. It generally takes about five business days to change or cancel participation in a plan. We may automatically cancel your plan if the linked bank account you specified is closed, or for other reasons.

Advance Notice of Large Transactions

We strongly urge you to begin all purchases and redemptions as early in the day as possible and to notify us at least one day in advance of transactions in excess of $50,000,000. This will allow us to manage the Funds most effectively. When you give us this advance notice, you must provide us with your name and account number.

Householding

To help keep Fund expenses low, a single copy of a prospectus or shareholder report may be sent to shareholders of the same household. If your household currently receives a single copy of a prospectus or shareholder report and you would prefer to receive multiple copies, please contact your financial intermediary.

Small Account Redemptions

With respect to investments in Service Class shares, we reserve the right to redeem certain accounts that fall below the minimum initial investment amount as the result of shareholder redemptions. Before doing so, we will give you approximately 60 days to bring your account above the minimum investment amount. Please call Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222 or contact your selling agent for further details.

Statements and Confirmations

Statements summarizing activity in your account are mailed quarterly. Confirmations are mailed following each purchase, sale, exchange, or transfer of Fund shares, except generally for Automatic Investment Plan transactions, Systematic Withdrawal Plan transactions using Electronic Funds Transfer, and purchases of new shares through the automatic reinvestment of distributions. Upon your request and for the applicable fee, you may obtain a reprint of an account statement. Please call Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222 for more information.

Statement Inquiries

Contact us in writing regarding any errors or discrepancies noted on your account statement within 60 days after the date of the statement confirming a transaction. We may deny your ability to refute a transaction if we do not hear from you within those 60 days.

Transaction Authorizations

Telephone, electronic, and clearing agency privileges allow us to accept transaction instructions by anyone representing themselves as the shareholder and who provides reasonable confirmation of their identity. Neither we nor Wells Fargo Advantage Funds will be liable for any losses incurred if we follow such instructions we reasonably believe to be genuine. For transactions through the automated phone system and our Web site, we will assign personal identification numbers (PINs) and/or passwords to help protect your account information. To safeguard your account, please keep your PINs and passwords confidential. Contact us immediately if you believe there is a discrepancy on your confirmation statement or if you believe someone has obtained unauthorized access to your account, PIN or password.

USA PATRIOT Act

In compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act, all financial institutions (including mutual funds) at the time an account is opened, are required to obtain, verify and record the following information for all registered owners or others who may be authorized to act on the account: full name, date of birth, taxpayer identification number (usually your Social Security Number), and permanent street address. Corporate, trust and other entity accounts require additional documentation. This information will be used to verify your identity. We will return your application if any of this information is missing, and we may request additional information from you for verification purposes. In the rare event that we are unable to verify your identity, we reserve the right to redeem your account at the current day's NAV. You will be responsible for any losses, taxes, expenses, fees, or other results of such a redemption.

Distributions

The Funds declare distributions of any net investment income daily, and make such distributions monthly.The Funds make distributions of any realized net capital gains annually.Your distributions will be automatically reinvested in additional shares, unless your Institution directs otherwise.Your other options are to receive checks for these payments, have them automatically invested in the same class of another Wells Fargo Advantage Fund, or have them deposited into your bank account.With the check payment option, if checks remain uncashed for six months or are undeliverable by the Post Office, we will reinvest the distributions at the earliest date possible, and future distributions will be automatically reinvested.

We offer the following distribution options for Service Class and Administrator Class shares. To change your current option for payment of distributions, please contact your institution or call 1-800-222-8222.

Automatic Reinvestment Option - Allows you to buy new shares of the same class of the Fund that generated the distributions. The new shares are purchased at NAV generally on the day the distribution is paid. This option is automatically assigned to your account unless you specify another option.

Check Payment Option - Allows you to have checks for distributions mailed to your address of record or to another name and address which you have specified in written, medallion guaranteed instructions. If checks remain uncashed for six months or are undeliverable by the Post Office, we will reinvest the distributions at the earliest date possible, and future distributions will be automatically reinvested.

Bank Account Payment Option - Allows you to receive distributions directly in a checking or savings account through Electronic Funds Transfer. The bank account must be linked to your Wells Fargo Advantage Fund account. In order to establish a new linked bank account, you must send a written, medallion guaranteed instruction along with a copy of a voided check or deposit slip. Any distribution returned to us due to an invalid banking instruction will be sent to your address of record by check at the earliest date possible, and future distributions will be automatically reinvested.

Directed Distribution Purchase Option - Allows you to buy shares of a different Wells Fargo Advantage Fund of the same share class. The new shares are purchased at NAV generally on the day the distribution is paid. In order to establish this option, you need to identify the Fund and account the distributions are coming from, and the Fund and account to which the distributions are being directed. You must meet any required minimum purchases in both Funds prior to establishing this option.

Exhibit F

Financial Highlights

Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 (unaudited)

Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Institutional Class

Institutional Service Class

Net asset value, beginning of period

$1.00

$1.00

Income from investment operations

Net investment income (loss)

0.001

0.001

Distributions to shareholders from

Net investment income

0.001

0.001

Net asset value, end of period

$1.00

$1.00

Total return

0.04%

0.01%

Ratios and supplemental data

Net assets, end of period (thousands)

$599,094

$154,892

Ratios to average net assets

Expenses including waivers/reimbursements but excluding expense reductions

0.25%2

0.31%2

Expenses excluding waivers/reimbursements and expense reductions

0.33%2

0.58%2

Net investment income (loss)

0.09%2

0.02%2

Amount represents less than $0.005 per share.
Annualized

 

Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 (unaudited)

Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Service Class

Beginning Net Asset Value Per Share

$1.00

Net Investment Income (Loss)

0.00

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments

0.00

Distribution from Net Investment Income

0.001

Distribution from Net Realized Gains

0.00

Ending Net Asset Value Per Share

$1.00

Ratios to Average Net Assets (Annualized)2

Net Investment Income (Loss)

0.01%

Gross Expenses

0.74%3

Expenses Waived

(0.50)%

Net Expenses

0.24%3

Total Return4

0.01%

Net Assets at End of Period (000's omitted)

$6,043,218

Amount represents less than $0.005 per share.
During each period, various fees and expenses were waived and reimbursed as indicated.  The ratio of Gross Expenses to Average Net Assets reflects the expense ratio in the absence of any waivers and reimbursements.
The following represents expense ratios excluding expenses related to Temporary Government Guarantee Program.
Total return calculations would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived or reimbursed during the periods shown.  Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

Since Administrator Class shares of the Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund are being created to receive the assets of Institutional Class shares of Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund, no historical financial statement information is available.

 

Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 (unaudited)

Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund

Institutional Class

Administrative Class

Investor Class

Institutional Service Class

Participant Class

Net asset value, beginning of period

$1.00

$1.00

$1.00

$1.00

$1.00

Income from investment operations

Net investment income (loss)

0.001

0.001

0.001

0.001

0.001

Distributions to shareholders from

Net investment income

0.001

0.001

0.001

0.001

0.001

Net asset value, end of period

$1.00

$1.00

$1.00

$1.00

$1.00

Total return

0.19%

0.17%

0.14%

0.08%

0.04%

Ratios and supplemental data

Net assets, end of period (thousands)

$4,259,291

$1

$6,362

$393,457

$39,286

Ratios to average net assets

Expenses including waivers/reimbursements but excluding expense reductions

0.23%2

0.26%2

0.33%2

0.46%2

0.54%2

Expenses excluding waivers/reimbursements and expense reductions

0.32%2

0.35%2

0.42%2

0.58%2

0.82%2

Net investment income (loss)

0.39%2

0.36%2

0.28%2

0.18%2

0.08%2

Amount represents less than $0.005 per share.
Annualized

 

Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 (unaudited)

Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund

Institutional Class

Administrative Class

Investor Class

Institutional Service Class

Participant Class

Net asset value, beginning of period

$1.00

$1.00

$1.00

$1.00

$1.00

Income from investment operations

Net investment income (loss)

0.001

0.001

0.001

0.001

0.001

Distributions to shareholders from

Net investment income

0.00

0.001

0.001

0.001

0.001

Net asset value, end of period

$1.00

$1.00

$1.00

$1.00

$1.00

Total return

0.22%

0.19%

0.17%

0.10%

0.05%

Ratios and supplemental data

Net assets, end of period (thousands)

$7,719,790

$33,332

$50,823

$1,804,405

$39,337

Ratios to average net assets

Expenses including waivers/reimbursements but excluding expense reductions

0.26%2

0.31%2

0.36%2

0.49%2

0.59%2

Expenses excluding waivers/reimbursements and expense reductions

0.26%2

0.31%2

0.36%2

0.51%2

0.76%2

Net investment income (loss)

0.44%2

0.39%2

0.33%2

0.22%2

0.11%2

Amount represents less than $0.005 per share.
Annualized

 

Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 (unaudited)

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund

Institutional Class

Beginning Net Asset Value Per Share

$1.00

Net Investment Income (Loss)

0.00

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments

0.00

Distribution from Net Investment Income

0.001

Distribution from Net Realized Gains

0.00

Ending Net Asset Value Per Share

$1.00

Ratios to Average Net Assets (Annualized)2

Net Investment Income (Loss)

0.49%

Gross Expenses

0.27%3

Expenses Waived

(0.05)%

Net Expenses

0.22%3

Total Return4

0.26%

Net Assets at End of Period (000's omitted)

$11,295,018

Amount represents less than $0.005 per share.
During each period, various fees and expenses were waived and reimbursed as indicated.  The ratio of Gross Expenses to Average Net Assets reflects the expense ratio in the absence of any waivers and reimbursements.
The following represents expense ratios excluding expenses related to Temporary Government Guarantee Program.
Total return calculations would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived or reimbursed during the periods shown.  Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

Since Service Class shares of the Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund are being created to receive the assets of Institutional Service Class and Participant Class shares of Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund and Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund, no historical financial statement information is available.

 

Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 (unaudited)

Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund

Institutional Class

Administrative Class

Investor Class

Institutional Service Class

Participant Class

Net asset value, beginning of period

$1.00

$1.00

$1.00

$1.00

$1.00

Income from investment operations

Net investment income (loss)

0.001

0.001

0.001

0.001

0.001

Distributions to shareholders from

Net investment income

0.00

0.001

0.001

0.001

0.001

Net asset value, end of period

$1.00

$1.00

$1.00

$1.00

$1.00

Total return

0.32%

0.29%

0.27%

0.19%

0.10%

Ratios and supplemental data

Net assets, end of period (thousands)

$6,631,508

$104,197

$78,090

$730,273

$3,592

Ratios to average net assets

Expenses including waivers/reimbursements but excluding expense reductions

0.23%2

0.28%2

0.33%2

0.48%2

0.66%2

Expenses excluding waivers/reimbursements and expense reductions

0.23%2

0.28%2

0.33%2

0.48%2

0.72%2

Net investment income (loss)

0.62%2

0.52%2

0.53%2

0.38%2

0.21%2

Amount represents less than $0.005 per share.
Annualized


WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST

PART B

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION


STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST

525 Market Street

San Francisco, California 94105

(800) 222-8222

 

PART B

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

April 1, 2010

 

Relating to the acquisition of assets of

 

EVERGREEN INSTITUTIONAL 100% TREASURY MONEY MARKET FUND

a series of

EVERGREEN SELECT MONEY MARKET TRUST

by and in exchange for shares of

WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE 100% TREASURY MONEY MARKET FUND

a series of

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST

 

EVERGREEN PRIME CASH MANAGEMENT MONEY MARKET FUND

and

EVERGREEN INSTITUTIONAL MONEY MARKET FUND

each a series of

EVERGREEN SELECT MONEY MARKET TRUST

by and in exchange for shares of

WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE HERITAGE MONEY MARKET FUND

a series of

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST

 

EVERGREEN INSTITUTIONAL MUNICIPAL MONEY MARKET FUND

a series of

EVERGREEN SELECT MONEY MARKET TRUST

by and in exchange for shares of

WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE MUNICIPAL CASH MANAGEMENT MONEY MARKET FUND

a series of

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST

 

Administrator Class and Service Class – Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Institutional Class and Service Class – Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund and Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund

This Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) is not a prospectus but should be read in conjunction with the Combined Prospectus/Proxy Statement dated April 1, 2010, for the Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Target Funds listed above to be held on June 8, 2010. The Prospectus/Proxy Statement, into which this SAI has been incorporated by reference, may be obtained without charge by calling 1-800-222-8222 or writing to Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, P.O. Box 8266, Boston, MA 02266-8266. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the same meanings as are given to them in the Prospectus/Proxy Statement.


  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

IN STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This SAI consists of this cover page and the following described items, which are hereby incorporated by reference and are legally deemed to be part of this SAI:

 

 

1.

The Statement of Additional Information dated July 1, 2009, as supplemented from time to time including July 14, 2009, December 30, 2009 and January 4, 2010, for Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund, Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund, Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund and Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund, which was filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30, 2009, File No. 811-08405, on Form N-1A, accession no. 0000907244-09-000409.

 

 

2.

The Statement of Additional Information dated July 1, 2009, as supplemented from time to time, including December 1, 2009, January 11, 2010 and March 18, 2010, for Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund and Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund, which was filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 26, 2009, File No. 811-09253, on Form N-1A, accession no. 0001193125-09-139077.

 

 

3.

The financial statements, including the notes to the financial statements, and the reports of the independent registered public accounting firm thereon contained in the annual reports for Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund, Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund, Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund and Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2009, filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2009, File No. 811-08405, accession no. 0001133228-09-000325.

 

 

4.

The unaudited financial statements, including the notes to the financial statements, contained in the semi-annual reports for Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund, Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund, Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund and Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market for the fiscal period ended August 31, 2009, filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 2, 2009, File No. 811-08405, accession no. 0001133228-09-000780.

 

 

5.

The financial statements, including the notes to the financial statements, and the reports of the independent registered public accounting firm thereon contained in the annual reports for Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund and Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2009, filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 4, 2009, File No. 811-09253, accession no. 0000935069-09-001146.

 

6.

The unaudited financial statements, including the notes to the financial statements, contained in the semi-annual reports for Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund and Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund for the fiscal period ended August 31, 2009, filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 3, 2009, File No. 811-09253, accession no. 0000950123-09-056384.

 

7.

The Pro Forma Combining Financial Statements with respect to each Merger, except the Merger involving the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund, filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 16, 2009, File No. 333-164931, accession no. 0000907244-10-000197.

This SAI also contains certain other additional information regarding Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund and the Administrator Class shares of Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund.


Information Regarding the Trustees of the Acquiring Funds

 

MANAGEMENT

 

The following information supplements, and should be read in conjunction with, the section in each Fund’s prospectus entitled “Organization and Management of the Funds.”

 

General.

 

The following table provides basic information about the Trustees and Officers of the Trust. Each of the Trustees and Officers listed below acts in identical capacities for the Wells Fargo Advantage family of funds which consists of, as of December 1, 2009, 133 series comprising the Trust, Wells Fargo Variable Trust and Wells Fargo Master Trust (collectively the “Fund Complex” or the “Trusts”). The business address of each Trustee and Officer is 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. Each Trustee and Officer serves an indefinite term, with the Trustees subject to retirement from service as required pursuant to the Trust’s retirement policy at the end of the calendar year in which a Trustee turns 74.

 

Information for Trustees, all of whom are not “interested” persons of the Trust, as that term is defined under the 1940 Act (“Independent Trustees”), appears below. In addition to the Officers listed below, the Funds have appointed an Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer.

 

Name and Age

Position Held with Registrant/Length of Service1

Principal Occupation(s) During

  the Past 5 Years

Other Public Company or Investment Company Directorships during the Past 5 Years

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES2

Peter G. Gordon, 67

Trustee, since  1998, Chairman of Board and Governance Committee (Lead Independent Trustee from 2001 until 2005)

Co-Founder, Chairman, President and CEO of Crystal Geyser Water Company.

N/A

Isaiah Harris, Jr., 56

Trustee, since  2009, Advisory  Board Member,  from 2008 to 2009

Retired.  President and CEO of BellSouth Advertising and Publishing Corp from 2005 to 2007, President and CEO of BellSouth Enterprises from 2004 to 2005 and President of BellSouth Consumer Services from 2000 to 2003. Currently a member of the Iowa State University Foundation Board of Governors and a member of the Advisory Board of Iowa State University School of Business.

CIGNA Corporation (insurance);

Deluxe Corporation  (financial and small business services)

Judith M. Johnson, 60

Trustee, since 2008, Chair of Audit Committee

Retired. Prior thereto, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund from 1996 to 2008.

N/A

David F. Larcker, 59

Trustee, since 2009, Advisory  Board Member, from 2008 to 2009

James Irvin Miller Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. Director of Corporate Governance Research Program and Co-Director of The Rock Center for Corporate Governance since 2006. From 2005 to 2008, Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. Prior thereto, Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania from 1985 to 2005.

 

N/A

Olivia S. Mitchell, 57

Trustee, since 2006

International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor of Insurance and Risk Management, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania since 1993. Director of the Pension Research Council and the Boettner Center on Pensions and Retirement Research. Research associate and board member, Penn Aging Research Center.  Research associate, National Bureau of Economic Research.  Prior thereto, Professor at Cornell University from 1978 to 1993.

N/A

Timothy J. Penny, 57

Trustee, since 1996

President and CEO of Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, a non-profit organization, since 2007 and Senior Fellow at the Humphrey Institute Policy Forum at the University of Minnesota since 1995. Member of the Board of Trustees of NorthStar Education Finance, Inc., a non-profit organization, since 2007.

N/A

Donald C. Willeke, 69

Trustee, since 1996

Principal of the law firm of Willeke & Daniels. General Counsel of the Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund from 1984 to present.

N/A

OFFICERS

Karla M. Rabusch, 50

President, since 2003

Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2003. Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC from 2001 to 2003.

N/A

C. David Messman, 49

Secretary, since 2000; Chief Legal Officer, since 2003

Senior Vice President and Secretary of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2001. Vice President and Managing Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 1996.

N/A

Debra Ann Early, 45

Chief Compliance Officer, since 2007

Chief Compliance Officer of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2007. Chief Compliance Officer of Parnassus Investments from 2005 to 2007. Chief Financial Officer of Parnassus Investments from 2004 to 2007 and Senior Audit Manager of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from 1998 to 2004.

N/A

Kasey Phillips, 38

Treasurer, since 2009

Senior Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC since 2006 and currently the Treasurer of the Evergreen Funds since 2005. Vice President and Assistant Vice President of Evergreen Investment Services, Inc. from 1999 to 2006.

N/A

David Berardi, 34

Assistant Treasurer, since 2009

Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC since 2008. Assistant Vice President of Evergreen Investment Services, Inc. from 2004 to 2008. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC since 2004.

N/A

Jeremy DePalma, 35

Assistant Treasurer, since 2009

Senior Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC since 2008. Vice President, Evergreen Investment Services, Inc. from 2004 to 2007. Assistant Vice President, Evergreen Investment Services, Inc. from 2000 to 2004 and the head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration since 2005.

N/A

 

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

2 Immediately following the consummation of the first reorganization of an Evergreen fund with a Wells Fargo Advantage Fund (presently expected to occur on or about July 9, 2010), Mr. Michael S. Scofield and Mr. K. Dun Gifford, current Trustees of the Evergreen funds will join the Board of Trustees of the Trust. Messrs. Scofield and Gifford have each served as Trustees of the Evergreen fund family for over 25 years. Mr. Scofield is a retired attorney of the Law Offices of Michael S. Scofield, and a Director and Chairman of Branded Media Corporation (a multi-media branding company). Mr. Gifford is the Chairman and President of Oldways Preservation and Exchange Trust (education) and a Trustee, Member of the Executive Committee, and former Treasurer of Cambridge College.

 

The Trust’s Declaration of Trust does not set forth any specific qualifications to serve as a Trustee other than that no person shall stand for election or be appointed as a Trustee if such person has already reached the age of 72. The Charter of the Governance Committee also does not set forth any specific qualifications, but does set forth certain factors that the Committee may take into account in considering Trustee candidates and a process for evaluating potential conflicts of interest, which identifies certain disqualifying conflicts.  None of the current Trustees is an “interested person” of the Trust as that term is defined in the 1940 Act.

 

Among the attributes or skills common to all Trustees are their ability to review critically, evaluate, question and discuss information provided to them, to interact effectively with the other Trustees, Funds Management, sub-advisers, other service providers, counsel and the independent registered public accounting firm, and to exercise effective and independent business judgment in the performance of their duties as Trustees.  Each Trustee’s ability to perform his or her duties effectively has been attained through the Trustee’s business, consulting, public service and/or academic positions and through experience from service as a board member of the Trust and the other Trusts in the Fund Complex (and/or in other capacities, including for any predecessor funds), public companies, or non-profit entities or other organizations as set forth below.  Each Trustee’s ability to perform his or her duties effectively also has been enhanced by his or her educational background, professional training, and/or other life experiences.

 

Peter G. Gordon.    Mr. Gordon has been a Trustee since 1998, Chairman of the Board of Trustees since 2005, the Lead Independent Trustee from 2001 through 2005, and Chairman of the Governance Committee since 2005, with respect to all of the Trusts in the Fund Complex.  In addition, he has over 30 years of executive and business experience as the co-founder, Chairman, President and CEO of Crystal Geyser Water Company.

 

Isaiah Harris, Jr.   Mr. Harris has served as a Trustee of the Trusts in the Fund Complex since 2009 and was an Advisory Board Member from 2008 to 2009.  He has been the Chairman of the Board of CIGNA Corporation since 2009, and has been a director of CIGNA Corporation since 2005.  He also has been a director of Deluxe Corporation since 2003.  As a director of these and other public companies, he has served on board committees, including Governance, Audit and Compensation Committees.  Mr. Harris served in senior executive positions, including as president, chief executive officer, vice president of finance and/or chief financial officer, of operating companies for approximately 20 years. 

 

Judith M. Johnson.   Ms. Johnson has served as a Trustee of the Trusts in the Fund Complex since 2008 and as Chair of the Audit Committee since 2009.  She served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of the Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund for twelve years until her retirement in 2008.   Ms. Johnson is a licensed attorney, as well as a certified public accountant and a certified managerial accountant. Ms. Johnson has been determined by the Board to be an audit committee financial expert as such term is defined in the applicable rules of the SEC.

 

David F. Larcker.  Mr. Larcker has served as a Trustee of the Trusts in the Fund Complex since 2009 and was an Advisory Board Member from 2008 to 2009.  Mr. Larcker is the James Irvin Miller Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business of Stanford University.  He is also the Director of the Corporate Governance Research Program and Co-director of The Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University.  He has been a professor of accounting for over 30 years.  He has written numerous articles on a range of topics, including managerial accounting, financial statement analysis and corporate governance.

 

Olivia S. Mitchell.   Ms. Mitchell has served as a Trustee of the Trusts in the Fund Complex since 2006.  Ms. Mitchell is Department Chair and Professor, Department of Insurance and Risk Management, and International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.  She also serves in senior positions with academic and policy organizations that conduct research on pensions, retirement, insurance and related topics, including as Executive Director of the Pension Research Council and Director of the Boettner Center on Pensions and Retirement Research, both of the University of Pennsylvania.  She has been a professor of economics, insurance and risk management for over 30 years.  She has written numerous articles and books on a range of topics, including retirement risk management, private and social insurance, and health and retirement analysis and policy.

 

Timothy J. Penny.  Mr. Penny has been a Trustee of the Trusts in the Fund Complex and their predecessor funds since 1996.  He has been President and CEO of Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation since 2007 and a Senior Fellow at the Humphrey Institute Policy Forum at the University of Minnesota since 1995.  He also serves as a member of the board of another non-profit organization.  Mr. Penny was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 12 years representing Southeastern Minnesota’s First Congressional District.

 

Donald C. Willeke.  Mr. Willeke has been a Trustee of the Trusts in the Fund Complex and their predecessor funds since 1996.  Previously, he served on the board of trustees of another registered investment company.  He is an attorney in private practice and has served as General Counsel of the Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund for more than 25 years. 

 

Board of Trustees – Leadership Structure and Oversight Responsibilities

 

Overall responsibility for oversight of the Trust and the Funds rests with the Board of Trustees. The Board has engaged Funds Management to manage the Funds on a day-to day basis.  The Board is responsible for overseeing Funds Management and other service providers in the operation of the Trust in accordance with the provisions of the 1940 Act, applicable provisions of Delaware law, other applicable laws and the Fund’s charter. The Board is currently composed of seven members, each of whom is an Independent Trustee. The Board currently conducts regular meetings five times a year. In addition, the Board frequently holds special in-person or telephonic meetings or informal conference calls to discuss specific matters that may arise or require action between regular meetings.  The Independent Trustees have engaged independent legal counsel to assist them in performing their oversight responsibilities. 

 

The Board has appointed an Independent Trustee to serve in the role of Chairman. The Chairman’s role is to preside at all meetings of the Board and to act as a liaison with service providers, officers, attorneys, and other Trustees generally between meetings. The Chairman may also perform such other functions as may be delegated by the Board from time to time. Except for any duties specified herein or pursuant to the Trust’s charter document, the designation of Chairman does not impose on such Independent Trustee any duties, obligations or liability that are greater than the duties, obligations or liability imposed on such person as a member of the Board generally.  The Board has established a Governance Committee and an Audit Committee to assist the Board in the oversight and direction of the business and affairs of the Trust, and from to time may establish informal working groups or appoint independent consultants to review and address the policies and practices of the Trust with respect to certain specified matters. Additionally, the Board has established investment teams to review in detail the performance of each of the Funds, in light of each Fund’s investment objectives and strategies, to meet with portfolio managers, and to report back to the full Board.  The Board believes that the Board’s current leadership structure is appropriate because it allows the Board to exercise informed and independent judgment over matters under its purview, and it allocates areas of responsibility among committees of Trustees and the full Board in a manner that enhances effective oversight.  The leadership structure of the Board may be changed, at any time and in the discretion of the Board, including in response to changes in circumstances or the characteristics of the Trust.

 

The Funds and Trusts are subject to a number of risks, including investment, compliance, operational, and valuation risks, among others.  Day-to-day risk management functions are subsumed within the responsibilities of Funds Management, the sub-advisers and other service providers (depending on the nature of the risk), who carry out the Funds’ investment management and business affairs.  Each of Funds Management, the sub-advisers and other service providers have their own, independent interest in risk management, and their policies and methods of carrying out risk management functions will depend, in part, on their individual priorities, resources and controls. 

 

Risk oversight forms part of the Board’s general oversight of the Funds and Trusts and is addressed as part of various Board and Committee activities.  The Board recognizes that it is not possible to identify all of the risks that may affect a Fund or to develop processes and controls to eliminate or mitigate their occurrence or effects.  As part of its regular oversight of the Trusts, theBoard, directly or through a Committee, interacts with and reviews reports from, among others, Funds Management, sub-advisers, the Chief Compliance Officer of the Funds, the independent registered public accounting firm for the Funds, and internal auditors for Funds Management or its affiliates, as appropriate, regarding risks faced by the Funds and relevant risk functions.   The Board, with the assistance of its investment teams, reviews investment policies and risks in connection with its review of the Funds’ performance.  The Board has appointed a Chief Compliance Officer who oversees the implementation and testing of the Funds’ compliance program and reports to the Board regarding compliance matters for the Funds and their principal service providers.  In addition, as part of the Board’s periodic review of the Funds’ advisory, sub-advisory and other service provider agreements, the Board may consider risk management aspects of their operations and the functions for which they are responsible.  With respect to valuation, the Board oversees a management valuation team comprised of officers of Funds Management, has approved and periodically reviews valuation policies applicable to valuing the Fund shares and has established a valuation committee of Trustees.  The Board may, at any time and in its discretion, change the manner in which it conducts its risk oversight role.

 

Committees

 

As noted above, the Board has established a standing Governance Committee, a standing Audit Committee and a standing Valuation Committee to assist the Board in the oversight and direction of the business and affairs of the Trust. Each such Committee operates pursuant to a charter approved by the Board and is chaired by an Independent Trustee. Each Independent Trustee is a member of the Trust’s Governance Committee, Audit Committee and Valuation Committee.

 

(1) Governance Committee. Whenever a vacancy occurs on the Board, the Governance Committee is responsible for recommending to the Board persons to be appointed as Trustees by the Board, and persons to be nominated for election as Trustees in circumstances where a shareholder vote is required by or under the 1940 Act. Generally, the Governance Committee selects the candidates for consideration to fill Trustee vacancies, or considers candidates recommended by the other Trustees or by the Trust’s management. Pursuant to the Trust’s charter document, only Independent Trustees may nominate and select persons to become Independent Trustees for the Trust, so long as the Trust has in effect one or more plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The Governance Committee meets only as necessary and met once during 2009 (other than with respect the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund). Peter G. Gordon serves as the chairman of the Governance Committee.

 

The Governance Committee has adopted procedures by which a shareholder may properly submit a nominee recommendation for the Committee’s consideration, which are set forth in the Trusts’ Governance Committee Charter. The shareholder must submit any such recommendation (a “Shareholder Recommendation”) in writing to the Trust, to the attention of the Trust’s Secretary, at the address of the principal executive offices of the Trust. The Shareholder Recommendation must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the Trust not less than forty-five calendar days nor more than seventy-five calendar days prior to the date of the Governance Committee meeting at which the nominee would be considered. The Shareholder Recommendation must include: (i) a statement in writing setting forth (A) the name, age, date of birth, business address, residence address, and nationality of the person recommended by the shareholder (the “candidate”), (B) the series (and, if applicable, class) and number of all shares of the Trust owned of record or beneficially by the candidate, as reported to such shareholder by the candidate; (C) any other information regarding the candidate called for with respect to director nominees by paragraphs (a), (d), (e), and (f) of Item 401 of Regulation S-K or paragraph (b) of Item 22 of Rule 14a-101 (Schedule 14A) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), adopted by the SEC (or the corresponding provisions of any regulation or rule subsequently adopted by the SEC or any successor agency applicable to the Trust); (D) any other information regarding the candidate that would be required to be disclosed if the candidate were a nominee in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitation of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and (E) whether the recommending shareholder believes that the candidate is or will be an “interested person” of the Trust (as defined in the 1940 Act) and, if not an “interested person,” information regarding the candidate that will be sufficient for the Trust to make such determination; (ii) the written and signed consent of the candidate to be named as a nominee and to serve as a Trustee if elected; (iii) the recommending shareholder’s name as it appears on the Trust’s books; (iv) the series (and, if applicable, class) and number of all shares of the Trust owned beneficially and of record by the recommending shareholder; and (v) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the recommending shareholder and the candidate and any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the recommendation is being made by the recommending shareholder. In addition, the Governance Committee may require the candidate to interview in person or furnish such other information as it may reasonably require or deem necessary to determine the eligibility of such candidate to serve as a Trustee of the Trust. The Governance Committee has full discretion to reject nominees recommended by shareholders, and there is no assurance that any such person properly recommended and considered by the Committee will be nominated for election to the Board.

 

The Governance Committee may from time-to-time propose nominations of one or more individuals to serve as members of an “advisory board,” as such term is defined in Section 2(a)(1) of the 1940 Act (“Advisory Trustees”). An individual may be eligible to serve as an Advisory Trustee only if that individual meets the requirements to be a “non-interested” Trustee under the 1940 Act and does not otherwise serve the Trust in any other capacity. Any Advisory Trustee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board and may be removed, at any time, with or without cause, by the Board. An Advisory Trustee may be nominated and elected as a Trustee, at which time he or she shall cease to be an Advisory Trustee. Advisory Trustees shall perform solely advisory functions. Unless otherwise specified by the Committee or the Board, Advisory Trustees are invited to attend meetings of the Board and all committees of the Board. Advisory Trustees shall participate in meeting discussions but do not have a vote upon any matter presented to the Board or any committee of the Board, nor do they have any power or authority to act on behalf of or to bind the Board, any committee of the Board or the Trust. Advisory Trustees shall not have any responsibilities or be subject to any liabilities imposed upon Trustees by law or otherwise. Advisory Trustees shall be entitled, to the maximum extent permitted by law, to be indemnified by the Trust and shall be covered by any liability insurance coverage that extends to Trustees and officers of the Trust. Advisory Trustees shall be paid the same meeting fees payable to Trustees and shall have their expenses reimbursed in accordance with existing Board expense reimbursement policies. Advisory Trustees shall not receive any retainer fees.

 

(2) Audit Committee. The Audit Committee oversees the Funds’ accounting and financial reporting policies and practices, reviews the results of the annual audits of the Funds’ financial statements, and interacts with the Funds’ independent registered public accounting firm on behalf of the full Board. The Audit Committee operates pursuant to a separate charter, and met four times during 2009 (other than with respect to the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund). Judith M. Johnson serves as the chairperson of the Audit Committee.

 

(3) Valuation Committee.  The Board has delegated to the Valuation Committee the authority to take any necessary or appropriate action and address any issues regarding the valuation of Fund portfolio securities under the Trust’s valuation procedures, including determining the fair value of securities between Board regularly scheduled meetings in instances where that determination has not otherwise been delegated to the valuation team (“Management Valuation Team”) of Funds Management.  The Board considers for ratification at each quarterly meeting any valuation actions taken by the Valuation Committee or the Management Valuation Team during the previous quarter that require ratification.  Any one member of the Valuation Committee may constitute a quorum for a meeting of the committee.  The Valuation Committee convened approximately four times during 2009 (other than with respect to the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund).

 

Beneficial Equity Ownership Information. As of the calendar year ended December 31, 2009, the Trustees, the Advisory Board Members and Officers of the Trust, as a group, beneficially owned less than 1% of the outstanding shares of the Trust. The table below shows for each Trustee, the dollar value of Fund equity securities beneficially owned by the Trustee, and the aggregate value of all investments in equity securities of the Fund Complex, stated as one of the following ranges: $0; $1-$10,000; $10,001- $50,000; $50,001-$100,000; and over $100,000.

Beneficial Equity Ownership in the Fund Complex Calendar Year Ended December 31, 2009

 

 

Independent Trustees 

 

 

 

 

 

Peter G. 

Isaiah 

Judith M. 

David F. 

Olivia S. 

Timothy J. 

Donald C. 

 

Gordon 

Harris, Jr.2 

Johnson 

Larcker2 

Mitchell 

Penny 

Willeke 

Fund 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Complex1 

over $100,000 

over $100,000 

$0 

$0 

over $100,000 

over $100,000 

over $100,000 


1     

Includes Trustee ownership in shares of other funds within the entire Fund Complex (consisting of 133 funds) as of the calendar year end.

 

2     

Messrs. Harris and Larcker were elected to the Board as Independent Trustees effective April 17, 2009.

     Ownership of Securities of Certain Entities. As of the calendar year ended December 31, 2009, none of the Independent Trustees and/or their immediate family members own securities of the adviser, any sub-advisers, or the distributor, or any entity directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser, any sub-advisers, or the distributor.

 

Ticker Symbols

 

Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Plus Money Market Fund – Service Class (NWTXX)

 

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund –  Institutional Class (SHIXX)

 


Additional Information regarding the following series of Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”)

Wells Fargo Advantage MunicipalCash Management Money Market Fund and Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund (Administrator Class shares) (each a “Fund”, and together with the other series of the Trust, the “Funds”)

 

Trust History

 

On March 25, 1999, the Board of Trustees of Norwest Advantage Funds (“Norwest”), the Board of Directors of Stagecoach Funds, Inc. (“Stagecoach”) and the Board of Trustees of the Trust (each, a “Trustee” and collectively, the “Board” or “Trustees”) approved an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization providing for, among other things, the transfer of the assets and stated liabilities of various predecessor Norwest and Stagecoach portfolios to certain Funds of the Trust (the “Reorganization”). Prior to

November 5, 1999, the effective date of the Reorganization, the Trust had only nominal assets.

Fundamental Investment Policies

The Fund’s Fundamental Investment Policies can be found in Exhibit B to the Prospectus/Proxy Statement.

Non-Fundamental Investment Policies

     Each Fund has adopted the following non-fundamental policies; that is, they may be changed by the Trustees at any time without approval of such Fund's shareholders.

(1)     

Each Fund may invest in shares of other investment companies to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act, including the rules, regulations and any exemptive orders obtained thereunder, provided however, that no Fund that has knowledge that its shares are purchased by another investment company investor pursuant to Section 12(d)(1)(G) of the 1940 Act will acquire any securities of registered open-end management investment companies or registered unit investment trusts in reliance on Section 12(d)(1)(F) or 12(d)(1)(G) of the 1940 Act.

 

(2)     

Each Fund may not invest or hold more than 10% of the Fund's net assets in illiquid securities. For this purpose, illiquid securities include, among others, (a) securities that are illiquid by virtue of the absence of a readily available market or legal or contractual restrictions on resale, (b) fixed time deposits that are subject to withdrawal penalties and that have maturities of more than seven days, and (c) repurchase agreements not terminable within seven days.

 

(3)     

Each Fund may lend securities from its portfolio to approved brokers, dealers and financial institutions, to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act, including the rules, regulations and exemptions thereunder, which currently limit such activities to one-third of the value of a Fund's total assets (including the value of the collateral received). Any such loans of portfolio securities will be fully collateralized based on values that are marked-to-market daily.

 

(4)     

Each Fund may not make investments for the purpose of exercising control or management, provided that this restriction does not limit a Fund's investments in securities of other investment companies or investments in entities created under the laws of foreign countries to facilitate investment in securities of that country.

 

(5)     

Each Fund may not purchase securities on margin (except for short-term credits necessary for the clearance of transactions).

  (6)     

Each Fund may not sell securities short, unless it owns or has the right to obtain securities equivalent in kind and amount to the securities sold short (short sales "against the box"), and provided that transactions in futures contracts and options are not deemed to constitute selling securities short.

 

(7)     

Each Fund that is subject to Rule 35d-1 (the "Names Rule") under the 1940 Act, and that has a non-fundamental policy or policies in place to comply with the Names Rule, has adopted the following policy:

     Shareholders will receive at least 60 days notice of any change to a Fund's non-fundamental policy complying with the Names Rule. The notice will be provided in plain English in a separate written document, and will contain the following prominent statement or similar statement in bold-face type: "Important Notice Regarding Change in Investment Policy." This statement will appear on both the notice and the envelope in which it is delivered, unless it is delivered separately from other communications to investors, in which case the statement will appear either on the notice or the envelope in which the notice is delivered.

General

     Notwithstanding the foregoing policies, any other investment companies in which the Funds may invest have adopted their own investment policies, which may be more or less restrictive than those listed above, thereby allowing a Fund to participate in certain investment strategies indirectly that are prohibited under the fundamental investment policies listed in the Prospectus/Proxy Statement and the non-fundamental investment policies listed above.

PERMITTED INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES AND ASSOCIATED RISKS

     Set forth below are descriptions of permitted investment activities for the Funds and their associated risks. The activities are organized into various categories. To the extent that an activity overlaps two or more categories, the activity is referenced only once in this section. The Funds are subject to the limitations as described in this section and elsewhere in this SAI and/or the accompanying Prospectuses. Not all of the Funds participate in all of the investment activities described below. For purposes of monitoring the investment policies and restrictions of the Funds (with the exception of the loans of portfolio securities policy described below), the amount of any securities lending collateral held by a Fund will be excluded in calculating total assets. Unless otherwise noted or required by applicable law, the percentage limitations and qualitative investment policies included in this SAI or a Fund's Prospectus apply at the time of purchase of a security.

     From time to time, as the prevailing market and interest rate environment dictates, and at the discretion of a Fund's portfolio manager, some portion of the Fund's total net assets may be un-invested. Such a strategy may be deemed advisable during periods where the interest rate on newly issued U.S. Treasury securities is extremely low or where no interest rate is paid at all or where there exists a lack of supply of eligible Treasuries or other government securities for investment. In such a case, fund assets will be held in cash in the Fund's custody account. Cash assets are not income generating and would impact the Fund's current yield.

DEBT SECURITIES

Asset-Backed Securities

     Asset-backed securities are securities that are secured or "backed" by pools of various types of assets on which cash payments are due at fixed intervals over set periods of time. Asset-backed securities are created in a process called securitization. In a securitization transaction, an originator of loans or an owner of accounts receivable of a certain type of asset class sells such underlying assets in a "true sale" to a special purpose entity, so that there is no recourse to such originator or owner. Payments of principal and interest on asset-backed securities typically are tied to payments made on the pool of underlying assets in the related securitization. Such payments on the underlying assets are effectively "passed through" to the asset-backed security holders on a monthly or other regular, periodic basis. The level of seniority of a particular asset-backed security will determine the priority in which the holder of such asset-backed security is paid, relative to other security holders and parties in such securitization. Examples of underlying assets include consumer loans or receivables, home equity loans, automobile loans or leases, and timeshares, although other types of receivables or assets also may be used as underlying assets.

     While asset-backed securities typically have a fixed, stated maturity date, low prevailing interest rates may lead to an increase in the prepayments made on the underlying assets. This may cause the outstanding balances due on the underlying assets to be paid down more rapidly. As a result, a decrease in the originally anticipated interest from such underlying securities may occur, causing the asset-backed securities to pay-down in whole or in part prior to their original stated maturity date. Prepayment proceeds would then have to be reinvested at the lower prevailing interest rates. Conversely, prepayments on the underlying assets may be less than anticipated, causing an extension in the duration of the asset-backed securities.

     Delinquencies or losses that exceed the anticipated amounts for a given securitization could adversely impact the payments made on the related asset-backed securities. This is a reason why, as part of a securitization, asset-backed securities are often accompanied by some form of credit enhancement, such as a guaranty, insurance policy, or subordination. Credit protection in the form of derivative contracts may also be purchased. In certain securitization transactions, insurance, credit protection, or both may be purchased with respect to only the most senior classes of asset-backed securities, on the underlying collateral pool, or both. The extent and type of credit enhancement varies across securitization transactions.

     In addition to the normal risks associated with debt securities discussed elsewhere in this SAI and the Prospectus/Proxy Statement, asset- backed securities carry additional risks including, but not limited to, the possibility that (i) the pace of payments on underlying assets may be faster or slower than anticipated or payments may be in default; (ii) the creditworthiness of the credit support provider may deteriorate; and (iii) such securities may become less liquid or harder to value as a result of market conditions or other circumstances.

Bank Obligations

     Bank obligations include certificates of deposit, time deposits, bankers' acceptances and other short-term obligations of domestic banks, foreign subsidiaries of domestic banks, foreign branches of domestic banks, domestic and foreign branches of foreign banks, domestic savings and loan associations and other banking institutions. With respect to such obligations issued by foreign branches of domestic banks, foreign subsidiaries of domestic banks, and domestic and foreign branches of foreign banks, a Fund may be subject to additional investment risks that are different in some respects from those incurred by a Fund that invests only in debt obligations of domestic issuers. Such risks include possible future political, regulatory or economic developments, the possible imposition of foreign withholding and other taxes (at potentially confiscatory levels) on amounts realized on such obligations, the possible establishment of exchange controls or the adoption of other foreign governmental restrictions that might adversely affect the payment of principal and interest on these obligations and the possible seizure or nationalization of foreign deposits. In addition, foreign branches of U.S. banks and foreign banks may be subject to less stringent reserve requirements and to different regulatory, accounting, auditing, reporting and recordkeeping standards than those applicable to domestic branches of U.S. banks.

     Certificates of deposit are negotiable certificates evidencing the obligation of a bank to repay funds deposited with it for a specified period of time.

     Time deposits are non-negotiable deposits maintained in a banking institution for a specified period of time at a stated interest rate. Time deposits that may be held by a Fund will not benefit from insurance from the Bank Insurance Fund or the Savings Association Insurance Fund administered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC"). Bankers' acceptances are credit instruments evidencing the obligation of a bank to pay a draft drawn on it by a customer. These instruments reflect the obligation both of the bank and of the drawer to pay the face amount of the instrument upon maturity. The other short-term obligations may include uninsured, direct obligations, bearing fixed, floating or variable interest rates.

Commercial Paper

     Commercial paper refers to short-term, unsecured promissory notes issued by corporations to finance short-term credit needs. Commercial paper is usually sold on a discount basis and typically has a maturity at the time of issuance not exceeding nine months. Investments by the Funds in commercial paper will consist of issues that are rated in one of the two highest rating categories by a Nationally Recognized Statistical Ratings Organization ("NRSRO"), except that the Funds may purchase unrated commercial paper if, in the opinion of the adviser, such obligations are of comparable quality to other rated investments that are permitted to be purchased by the Funds.

Corporate Debt Securities

     Certain of the debt instruments purchased by the Funds may be interest-bearing securities issued by a company, called corporate debt securities. The issuer of a corporate debt security has a contractual obligation to pay interest at a stated rate on specific dates and to repay principal periodically or on a specified maturity date. An issuer may have the right to redeem or "call" a corporate debt security before maturity, in which case the investor may have to reinvest the proceeds at lower market rates. The value of fixed-rate corporate debt securities will tend to fall when interest rates rise and rise when interest rates fall. The value of "floating-rate" or "variable-rate" corporate debt securities, on the other hand, fluctuate much less in response to market interest rate movements than the value of fixed-rate securities. Corporate debt securities may be senior or subordinated obligations. Senior obligations generally have the first claim on a corporation's earnings and assets and, in the event of liquidation, are paid before subordinated debt. Corporate debt securities may be unsecured (backed only by the issuer's general creditworthiness) or secured (also backed by specified collateral).

     Investors should be aware that even though interest-bearing securities are investments which promise a stable stream of income, the prices of such securities are inversely affected by changes in interest rates and, therefore, are subject to the risk of market price fluctuations. Long-term securities are affected to a greater extent by interest rates than shorter-term securities. The values of fixed-income corporate debt securities also may be affected by changes in the credit rating or financial condition of the issuing entities. Once the rating of a portfolio security has been changed to a rating below investment-grade, the particular Fund considers all circumstances deemed relevant in determining whether to continue to hold the security. Certain corporate debt securities that may be purchased by the Fund, such as those rated "Baa" by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's") and "BBB" by Standard & Poor's Rating Group ("S&P") may be subject to such risk with respect to the issuing entity and to greater market fluctuations than certain lower yielding, higher-rated fixed-income securities. Corporate debt securities which are rated "Baa" by Moody's are considered medium grade obligations; they are neither highly protected nor poorly secured, and are considered by Moody's to have speculative characteristics. Securities rated "BBB" by S&P are regarded as having adequate capacity to pay interest and repay principal, and, while such debt securities ordinarily exhibit adequate protection parameters, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity to pay interest and repay principal for securities in this category than in higher-rated categories. If a security held by a Fund is downgraded to a rating below investment-grade, such Fund may continue to hold the security until such time as the adviser determines it to be advantageous for the Fund to sell the security. The ratings of S&P, Fitch and Moody's are more fully described in the Appendix.

Dollar Roll Transactions

     Dollar roll transactions are transactions wherein a Fund sells fixed-income securities, typically mortgage-backed securities, and makes a commitment to purchase similar, but not identical, securities at a later date from the same party. Like a forward commitment, during the roll period no payment is made for the securities purchased and no interest or principal payments on the security accrue to the purchaser, but the Fund assumes the risk of ownership. A Fund is compensated for entering into dollar roll transactions by the difference between the current sales price and the forward price for the future purchase, as well as by the interest earned on the cash proceeds of the initial sale. Like other when-issued securities or firm commitment agreements, dollar roll transactions involve the risk that the market value of the securities sold by a Fund may decline below the price at which the Fund is committed to purchase similar securities. In the event the buyer of securities from a Fund under a dollar roll transaction becomes insolvent, the Fund's use of the proceeds of the transaction may be restricted pending a determination by the other party, or its trustee or receiver, whether to enforce the Fund's obligation to repurchase the securities. A Fund will engage in dollar roll transactions for the purpose of acquiring securities for its portfolio and not for investment leverage.

Floating- and Variable-Rate Obligations

     Certain Funds may purchase floating- and variable-rate obligations such as demand notes, bonds, and commercial paper. These obligations may have stated maturities in excess of 397 days to the extent permitted by Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. They may permit the holder to demand payment of principal at any time, or at specified intervals not exceeding 397 days. The Funds may only invest in floating- or variable-rate securities that bear interest at a rate that resets based on standard money market rate indices or which are remarketed at current market interest rates. The issuer of such obligations may have a right, after a given period, to prepay in its discretion the outstanding principal amount of the obligations plus accrued interest upon a specified number of days' notice to the holders of such obligations.

     The adviser, on behalf of each Fund, considers on an ongoing basis the creditworthiness of the issuers of the floating- and variable-rate demand obligations in such Fund's portfolio. Floating- and variable-rate instruments are subject to interest-rate risk and credit risk.

Foreign Government Securities

     Foreign government securities investments include the securities of "supranational" organizations such as the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Inter-American Development Bank if the adviser believes that the securities do not present risks inconsistent with a Fund's investment objective.

Foreign Obligations and Securities

     Investments in foreign obligations and securities include high-quality, short-term (thirteen months or less) debt obligations of foreign issuers, including foreign branches of U.S. banks, U.S. branches of foreign banks, foreign governmental agencies and foreign companies that are denominated in and pay interest in U.S. dollars. Investments in foreign obligations involve certain considerations that are not typically associated with investing in domestic obligations. There may be less publicly available information about a foreign issuer than about a domestic issuer and the available information may be less reliable. Foreign issuers also are not generally subject to the same accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards or government supervision as domestic issuers. In addition, with respect to certain foreign countries, taxes may be withheld at the source under foreign tax laws, and there is a possibility of expropriation or potentially confiscatory levels of taxation, political or social instability or diplomatic developments that could adversely affect investments in, the liquidity of, and the ability to enforce contractual obligations with respect to, obligations of issuers located in those countries. Amounts realized on certain foreign securities in which a Fund may invest may be subject to foreign withholding or other taxes that could reduce the return on these securities. Tax treaties between the United States and foreign countries, however, may reduce or eliminate the amount of foreign taxes to which the Fund would otherwise be subject.

Letters of Credit

     Certain of the debt obligations (including certificates of participation, commercial paper and other short-term obligations) which a Fund may purchase may be backed by an unconditional and irrevocable letter of credit of a bank, savings and loan association or insurance company which assumes the obligation for payment of principal and interest in the event of default by the issuer. Only banks, savings banks and insurance companies which, in the opinion of the adviser, are of comparable quality to issuers of other permitted investments of the Fund, may be used for letter of credit-backed investments.

Loan Participations

     A loan participation gives a Fund an undivided proportionate interest in a loan or instrument originated by a bank or other institution. Loan participations may carry a demand feature permitting the holder to tender the interests back to the bank or other institution. Loan participations, however, typically do not provide the Fund with any right to enforce compliance by the borrower, nor any rights of set-off against the borrower, and the Fund may not directly benefit from any collateral supporting the loan in which it purchased a loan participation. As a result, the Fund assumes the credit risk of both the borrower and the lender that is selling the loan participation.

Mortgage-Related Securities

     Certain Funds may invest in mortgage-related securities. Mortgage pass-through securities are securities representing interests in "pools" of mortgages in which payments of both interest and principal on the securities are made monthly, in effect "passing through" monthly payments made by the individual borrowers on the residential mortgage loans which underlie the securities (net of fees paid to the issuer or guarantor of the securities). Early repayment of principal on mortgage pass-through securities may expose the Fund to a lower rate of return upon reinvestment of principal. Also, if a security subject to prepayment has been purchased at a premium, in the event of prepayment the value of the premium would be lost. Like other fixed-income securities, when interest rates rise, the value of a mortgage-related security generally will decline; however, when interest rates decline, the value of mortgage-related securities with prepayment features may not increase as such as other fixed-income securities.

     Payment of principal and interest on some mortgage pass-through securities (but not the market value of the securities themselves) may be guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government or its agencies or instrumentalities. Mortgage pass-through securities created by non-government issuers (such as commercial banks, savings and loan institutions, private mortgage insurance companies, mortgage bankers and other secondary market issuers) may be supported by various forms of insurance or guarantees, including individual loan, title, pool and hazard insurance, and letters of credit, which may be issued by governmental entities, private insurers or the mortgage poolers.

Municipal Bonds

     Municipal bonds are debt obligations issued to obtain funds for various public purposes. The two principal classifications of municipal bonds are "general obligation" and "revenue" bonds. General obligation bonds are supported by the municipality's general taxing authority, while revenue bonds are supported by the revenues from one or more particular project or activity. Industrial development bonds are a specific type of revenue bond backed by the credit and security of a private user. Certain types of industrial development bonds are issued by or on behalf of public authorities to obtain funds to finance privately operated facilities.

     Certain of the municipal obligations held by the Funds may be insured as to the timely payment of principal and interest. The insurance policies usually are obtained by the issuer of the municipal obligation at the time of its original issuance. In the event that the issuer defaults on interest or principal payment, the insurer will be notified and will be required to make payment to the bondholders. Although the insurance feature is designed to reduce certain financial risks, the premiums for insurance and the higher market price sometimes paid for insured obligations may reduce a Fund's current yield. Insurance generally will be obtained from insurers with a claims-paying ability rated Aaa by Moody's or AAA by S&P or Fitch or otherwise rated investment grade. To the extent that securities held by a Fund are insured as to principal and interest payments by insurers whose claims- paying ability rating is downgraded by Moody's, S&P or Fitch, the value of such securities may be affected. There is, however, no guarantee that the insurer will meet its obligations. Moreover, the insurance does not guarantee the market value of the insured obligation or the net asset value of the Fund's shares. In addition, such insurance does not protect against market fluctuations caused by changes in interest rates and other factors. A Fund also may purchase municipal obligations that are additionally secured by bank credit agreements or escrow accounts. The credit quality of companies which provide such credit enhancements will affect the value of those securities.

     From time to time, proposals have been introduced before Congress for the purpose of restricting or eliminating the federal income tax exemption for interest on municipal obligations. For example, under federal tax legislation enacted in 1986, interest on certain private activity bonds must be included in a shareholder's federal alternative minimum taxable income. Moreover, a Fund cannot predict what legislation, if any, may be proposed in the state legislature regarding the state income tax status of interest on such obligations, or which proposals, if any, might be enacted. Such proposals, while pending or if enacted, might materially and adversely affect the availability of municipal obligations generally for investment by the Fund and the liquidity and value of the Fund's portfolio. In such an event, the Fund would re-evaluate its investment objective and policies and consider possible changes in its structure or possible dissolution.

     A Fund invests in municipal securities in reliance at the time of purchase on an opinion of bond counsel to the issuer that the interest paid on those securities will be excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes. Such opinion may have been issued as of a date prior to the date that the Fund acquires the municipal security. Subsequent to a Fund's acquisition of such a municipal security, however, the security may be determined to pay, or to have paid, taxable income. As a result, the treatment of dividends previously paid or to be paid by a Fund as "exempt-interest dividends" could be adversely affected, subjecting the Fund's shareholders to increased federal income tax liabilities. Under highly unusual circumstances, the Internal Revenue Service may determine that a municipal bond issued as tax-exempt should in fact be taxable. If any Fund held such a bond, it might have to distribute taxable income or reclassify as taxable, ordinary income that was previously distributed as exempt-interest dividends.

Municipal Notes

     Municipal notes include, but are not limited to, tax anticipation notes ("TANs"), bond anticipation notes ("BANs"), revenue anticipation notes ("RANs") and construction loan notes. Notes sold as interim financing in anticipation of collection of taxes, a bond sale or receipt of other revenues are usually general obligations of the issuer.

     TANs. An uncertainty in a municipal issuer's capacity to raise taxes as a result of such events as a decline in its tax base or a rise in delinquencies could adversely affect the issuer's ability to meet its obligations on outstanding TANs. Furthermore, some municipal issuers mix various tax proceeds into a general fund that is used to meet obligations other than those of the outstanding TANs. Use of such a general fund to meet various obligations could affect the likelihood of making payments on TANs.

     BANs. The ability of a municipal issuer to meet its obligations on its BANs is primarily dependent on the issuer's adequate access to the longer term municipal bond market and the likelihood that the proceeds of such bond sales will be used to pay the principal of, and interest on, BANs.

     RANs. A decline in the receipt of certain revenues, such as anticipated revenues from another level of government, could adversely affect an issuer's ability to meet its obligations on outstanding RANs. In addition, the possibility that the revenues would, when received, be used to meet other obligations could affect the ability of the issuer to pay the principal of, and interest on, RANs.

     RAWs. Revenue anticipation warrants, or reimbursement warrants, are issued to meet the cash flow needs of state governments at the end of a fiscal year and in the early weeks of the following fiscal year. These warrants are payable from unapplied money in a state's general fund, including the proceeds of RANs issued following enactment of a state budget or the proceeds of refunding warrants issued by the state, and are typically subordinated in right of payment to RANs.

     The values of outstanding municipal securities will vary as a result of changing market evaluations of the ability of their issuers to meet the interest and principal payments (i.e., credit risk). Such values also will change in response to changes in the interest rates payable on new issues of municipal securities (i.e., market risk).

Repurchase Agreements

     Repurchase agreements are agreements wherein the seller of a security to a Fund agrees to repurchase that security from a Fund at a mutually agreed upon time and price. All repurchase agreements will be fully "collateralized," as defined under the 1940 Act. The maturities of the underlying securities in a repurchase agreement transaction may be greater than twelve months, although the maximum term of a repurchase agreement will always be less than twelve months. If the seller defaults and the value of the underlying securities has declined, a Fund may incur a loss. In addition, if bankruptcy proceedings are commenced with respect to the seller of the security, a Fund's disposition of the security may be delayed or limited.

     A Fund may not enter into a repurchase agreement with a maturity of more than seven days, if, as a result, more than 10% of the market value of such Fund's net assets would be invested in repurchase agreements with maturities of more than seven days, restricted securities and illiquid securities. A Fund will only enter into repurchase agreements with broker-dealers and commercial banks that meet guidelines established by the Board and that are not affiliated with the adviser. The Funds may participate in pooled repurchase agreement transactions with other funds advised by the adviser.

     Each Fund may enter into reverse repurchase agreements (an agreement under which a Fund sells its portfolio securities and agrees to repurchase them at an agreed-upon date and price). At the time a Fund enters into a reverse repurchase agreement it will place in a segregated custodial account liquid assets such as U.S. Government securities or other liquid high-grade debt securities having a value equal to or greater than the repurchase price (including accrued interest) and will subsequently monitor the account to ensure that such value is maintained.

Unrated and Downgraded Investments

     The Funds may purchase instruments that are not rated if, in the opinion of the adviser, such obligations are of comparable quality to other rated investments that are permitted to be purchased by the Funds. The Funds may purchase unrated instruments only if they are purchased in accordance with the Funds' procedures adopted by the Board in accordance with Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. After purchase by a Fund, a security may cease to be rated or its rating may be reduced below the minimum required for purchase by the Fund. In the event that a portfolio security ceases to be an "Eligible Security" or no longer "presents minimal credit risks," immediate sale of such security is not required, provided that the Board has determined that disposal of the portfolio security would not be in the best interests of the Fund.

U.S. Government Obligations

     U.S. Government obligations include securities issued by the U.S. Treasury, U.S. Government agencies or U.S. Government- sponsored entities. While U.S. Treasury obligations are backed by the "full faith and credit" of the U.S. Government, securities issued by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. The Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), a wholly owned U.S. Government corporation, is authorized to guarantee, with the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government, the timely payment of principal and interest on securities issued by institutions approved by GNMA and backed by pools of mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration or the Department of Veterans Affairs. U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities (i.e. not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government) include the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC). Pass-through securities issued by FNMA are guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by FNMA but are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. FHLMC guarantees the timely payment of interest and ultimate collection or scheduled payment of principal, but its participation certificates are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. If a government-sponsored entity is unable to meet its obligations, the performance of a Fund that holds securities of the entity will be adversely impacted. U.S. Government obligations are subject to low but varying degrees of credit risk, and are still subject to interest rate and market risk.

     In addition to the securities discussed above, a Fund may also purchase debt guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), an independent agency of the U.S. Government, through the FDIC's Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program (TLGP). Under the TLGP, the FDIC guarantees newly issued senior unsecured debt issued on or before June 30, 2009 by FDIC- insured depository institutions, U.S. bank holding companies and financial holding companies and certain U.S. savings and loan holding companies (FDIC-backed debt). The expiration date of the FDIC's guarantee is the earlier of the maturity date of the FDIC-backed debt or June 30, 2012. FDIC-backed debt is backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government, but is still subject to interest rate and market risk.

Variable Rate and Amount Master Notes

     Certain Funds may invest in variable amount master demand notes, obligations which permit the investment of fluctuating amounts at varying market rates of interest pursuant to arrangements between the issuer and the Funds whereby both parties have the right to vary the amount of the outstanding indebtedness on the notes.

     Because these obligations are direct lending arrangements between the lender and borrower, it is not contemplated that such instruments generally will be traded, and there generally is no established secondary market for these obligations, although they are redeemable at face value. Accordingly, where these obligations are not secured by letters of credit or other credit support arrangements, a Fund's right to redeem is dependent on the ability of the borrower to pay principal and interest on demand. Such obligations frequently are not rated by credit rating agencies and each Fund may invest in obligations which are not so rated only if the adviser determines that at the time of investment the obligations are of comparable quality to the other obligations in which such Fund may invest.

OTHER INVESTMENTS AND TECHNIQUES

Borrowing

     Money may be borrowed for temporary or emergency purposes, including the meeting of redemption requests. Borrowing involves special risk considerations. Interest costs on borrowings may fluctuate with changing market rates of interest and may partially offset or exceed the return earned on borrowed funds (or on the assets that were retained rather than sold to meet the needs for which funds were borrowed). Under adverse market conditions, a Fund might have to sell portfolio securities to meet interest or principal payments at a time when investment considerations would not favor such sales. Reverse repurchase agreements, dollar roll transactions and other similar investments that involve a form of leverage have characteristics similar to borrowings, but are not considered borrowings if the Fund maintains a segregated account.

Diversification

     The Funds are non-diversified, which means that they have greater latitude than a diversified fund with respect to the investment of their assets in the securities of relatively few municipal issuers. As non-diversified portfolios, these Funds may present greater risks than a diversified fund. However, each Fund intends to comply with applicable diversification requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), as discussed further below under "Federal Income Taxes."

Forward Commitments, When-Issued and Delayed-Delivery Transactions

     Securities may be purchased or sold on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis and contracts to purchase or sell securities for a fixed price at a future date beyond customary settlement time may also be made. Delivery and payment on such transactions normally take place within 120 days after the date of the commitment to purchase. Securities purchased or sold on a when-issued, delayed-delivery or forward commitment basis involve a risk of loss if the value of the security to be purchased declines, or the value of the security to be sold increases, before the settlement date.

     The Funds have a segregated account in which they may maintain cash, U.S. Government obligations or other high-quality debt instruments in an amount at least equal in value to each Fund's commitments to purchase when-issued securities. If the value of these assets declines, a Fund will place additional liquid assets in the account on a daily basis so that the value of the assets in the account is at least equal to the amount of such commitments.

Funding Agreements

     Funding agreements are investment contracts with insurance companies which pay interest at a fixed, variable, or floating rate, and pay principal on a certain mutually agreeable maturity date. The term to maturity cannot exceed 397 days. Funding agreements may or may not allow the Fund to demand repayment of principal after an agreed upon waiting period or upon certain other conditions. The insurance company may also have a corresponding right to prepay the principal with accrued interest upon a specified number of days' notice to the Fund. The maturity date of some funding agreements may be extended upon the mutual agreement and consent of the insurance company and the Fund.

Illiquid Securities

     Securities not registered under the 1933 Act, and other securities subject to legal or other restrictions on resale may be less liquid than other investments and may be difficult to sell promptly at an acceptable price. Delay or difficulty in selling securities may result in a loss or be costly to a Fund. No Fund may invest or hold more than 10% of its net assets in illiquid securities.

Other Investment Companies

     A Fund may invest in shares of other open-end and closed-end management investment companies up to the limits prescribed in Section 12(d) under the 1940 Act, subject to the fund's non-fundamental investment policies. Currently, under the 1940 Act, a fund that invests directly in a portfolio of securities is limited to, subject to certain exceptions: (i) 3% of the total voting stock of any one investment company; (ii) 5% of such fund's total assets with respect to any one investment company; and (iii) 10% of such fund's total assets. Other investment companies in which the Fund invests can be expected to charge fees for operating expenses, such as investment advisory and administration fees, that would be in addition to those charged by the Fund.

     Other investment companies may include exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"), which are shares of publicly traded unit investment trusts, open-end funds or depositary receipts that seek to track the performance of specific indexes or companies in related industries. ETFs generally are subject to the same risks as the underlying securities the ETFs are designed to track and to the risks of the specific sector or industry tracked by the ETF. ETFs also are subject to the risk that their prices may not totally correlate to the prices of the underlying securities the ETFs are designed to track and the risk of possible trading halts due to market conditions or for other reasons. Although ETFs that track broad market indexes are typically large and their shares are fairly liquid, ETFs that track more specific indexes tend to be newer and smaller, and all ETFs have limited redemption features. Pursuant to certain exemptive relief granted by the SEC, the Fund's investments in certain ETFs may exceed certain of the limits described above.

Restricted Securities

     Certain Funds may invest in certain restricted securities, including those which may be resold only in accordance with Rule 144A under the 1933 Act ("Rule 144A Securities") and commercial paper issued in reliance on Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act ("4(2) Paper"). Rule 144A Securities and 4(2) Paper ("Restricted Securities") are not publicly traded, and thus the liquidity of the market for such securities may vary. Delay or difficulty in selling such securities may result in a loss to a Fund. Restricted Securities that are "illiquid" are subject to the Funds' policy of not investing or holding more than 10% of net assets in illiquid securities. The investment adviser, under guidelines approved by the Board, will evaluate the liquidity characteristics of each Restricted Security proposed for purchase by a Fund on a case-by-case basis and will consider the following factors, among others, in their evaluation: (1) the frequency of trades and quotes for the Restricted Security; (2) the number of dealers willing to purchase or sell the Restricted Security and the number of other potential purchasers; (3) dealer undertakings to make a market in the Restricted Security; and (4) the nature of the Restricted Security and the nature of the marketplace trades (e.g., the time needed to dispose of the Restricted Security, the method of soliciting offers and the mechanics of transfer). In order for the adviser to determine that 4(2) Paper is liquid, the adviser must find that, in addition to satisfying the factors identified above, the following conditions are met: (1) the 4(2) Paper must not be traded flat or be in default as to principal or interest; and (2) the 4(2) Paper must be rated in one of the two highest rating categories by at least two NRSROs or, if only one NRSRO rates the 4(2) Paper, by that NRSRO; or if the 4(2) Paper is unrated, the Board must have determined that the security is of equivalent quality.

Zero-Coupon, Step-Up Coupon, and Pay-in-Kind Securities

     These securities are debt securities that do not make regular cash interest payments. Zero-coupon securities are securities that make no periodic interest payments, but are instead sold at discounts from face value. Step-up coupon bonds are debt securities that may not pay interest for a specified period of time and then, after the initial period, may pay interest at a series of different rates. Pay-in-kind securities pay bondholders in more bonds instead of cash interest. If these securities do not pay current cash income, the market prices of these securities would generally be more volatile and likely to respond to a greater degree to changes in interest rates than the market prices of securities that pay cash interest periodically having similar maturities and credit qualities.

MANAGEMENT

Trustees and Officers

     The Board supervises each Fund's activities, monitors its contractual arrangements with various service providers, and decides upon matters of general policy.

     Compensation. For the calendar year ended December 31, 2009, each Trustee received an annual retainer (payable quarterly) of $160,000 from the Fund Complex. Each Trustee and Advisory Board Member also received a combined fee of $7,500 for attendance at in-person Fund Complex Board meetings, and a combined fee of $1,500 for attendance at telephonic Fund Complex Board meetings. In addition, the Chairperson of the Fund Complex Board received an additional $40,000 annual retainer and the Chairperson of the Audit Committee received an additional $20,000 annual retainer, for the additional work and time devoted by the Chairpersons.

     The Trustees do not receive any retirement benefits or deferred compensation from the Trust or any other member of the Fund Complex. The Trust's Officers are not compensated by the Trust for their services. Since the Fund has not yet commenced operations, information regarding Trustee compensation from the Fund is not available.

     Beneficial Equity Ownership Information. As of the calendar year ended December 31, 2009, the Trustees, the Advisory Board Members and Officers of the Trust, as a group, beneficially owned less than 1% of the outstanding shares of the Trust. The table below shows for each Trustee, the dollar value of Fund equity securities beneficially owned by the Trustee, and the aggregate value of all investments in equity securities of the Fund Complex, stated as one of the following ranges: $0; $1-$10,000; $10,001- $50,000; $50,001-$100,000; and over $100,000. Since the Fund has not yet commenced operations, beneficial ownership information with respect to the Fund is not available.

Beneficial Equity Ownership in the Fund Complex Calendar Year Ended December 31, 2009

 

 

Independent Trustees 

 

 

 

 

 

Peter G. 

Isaiah 

Judith M. 

David F. 

Olivia S. 

Timothy J. 

Donald C. 

 

Gordon 

Harris, Jr.2 

Johnson 

Larcker2 

Mitchell 

Penny 

Willeke 

Fund 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Complex1 

over $100,000 

over $100,000 

$0 

$0 

over $100,000 

over $100,000 

over $100,000 


1     

Includes Trustee ownership in shares of other funds within the entire Fund Complex (consisting of 133 funds) as of the calendar year end.

 

2     

Messrs. Harris and Larcker were elected to the Board as Independent Trustees effective April 17, 2009.

     Ownership of Securities of Certain Entities. As of the calendar year ended December 31, 2009, none of the Independent Trustees and/or their immediate family members own securities of the adviser, any sub-advisers, or the distributor, or any entity directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser, any sub-advisers, or the distributor.

Investment Adviser

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC ("Funds Management"), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company and an affiliate of Wells Fargo Bank, is the investment adviser for the Funds. Funds Management is responsible for implementing the investment policies and guidelines for the Funds, and for supervising the sub-adviser who is responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Funds.

     Affiliated Advisory Programs.Funds Management, on behalf of participants in programs managed by Funds Management, may invest a portion of the program's assets in any one Wells Fargo Advantage Fund that could represent a significant portion of the Fund's assets. In such an instance, Funds Management's decision to make changes to or rebalance the program's allocations may substantially impact the Fund's performance.

     Advisory Fees Paid. Since the Fund has not yet commenced operations, information regarding advisory fees paid to Funds Management is not available. The Fund’s advisory fee schedule can be found in the Prospectus/Proxy Statement.

 

     General. Each Fund's Advisory Agreement will continue in effect for more than two years from the effective date provided the continuance is approved annually (i) by the holders of a majority of the respective Fund's outstanding voting securities or by the Board and (ii) by a majority of the Trustees who are not parties to the Advisory Agreement or "interested persons" (as defined under the 1940 Act) of any such party. A Fund's Advisory Agreement may be terminated on 60 days written notice by either party and will terminate automatically if assigned.

Investment Sub-Adviser

     Funds Management has engaged Wells Capital Management Incorporated ("Wells Capital Management" or the "Sub- Adviser"), an affiliate of Funds Management, to serve as investment sub-adviser to the Fund. Subject to the direction of the Trust's Board and the overall supervision and control of Funds Management and the Trust, the Sub-Adviser makes recommendations regarding the investment and reinvestment of the Fund’s assets. The Sub-Adviser furnishes to Funds Management periodic reports on the investment activity and performance of the Fund. The Sub-Adviser also furnishes such additional reports and information as Funds Management and the Trust's Board and Officers may reasonably request. Funds Management may, from time to time and in its sole discretion, allocate and reallocate services provided by and fees paid to Wells Capital Management. Since the Fund has not yet commenced operations, it has not paid sub-advisory fees to Wells Capital Management. The Fund’s sub-advisory fee schedule can be found in the Prospectus/Proxy Statement.

Administrator

     The Trust has retained Funds Management (the "Administrator"), the investment adviser for the Funds, located at 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105, as administrator on behalf of the Funds pursuant to an Administration Agreement. Under the Administration Agreement with the Trust, Funds Management provides, among other things: (i) general supervision of the Funds' operations, including communication, coordination, and supervision services with regard to the Funds' transfer agent, custodian, fund accountant and other service organizations that render record-keeping or shareholder communication services; (ii) coordination of the preparation and filing of reports and other information materials regarding the Funds, including prospectuses, proxies and other shareholder communications; (iii) development and implementation of procedures for monitoring compliance with regulatory requirements and compliance with the Funds' investment objectives, policies and restrictions; and (iv) any other administrative services reasonably necessary for the operation of the Funds other than those services that are provided by the Funds' transfer agent, custodian, and fund accountant. Funds Management also furnishes office space and certain facilities required for conducting the Funds' business together with ordinary clerical and bookkeeping services.

     In addition, Funds Management has agreed to pay all of the Funds' fees and expenses for services provided by the Funds' transfer agent and various sub-transfer agents and omnibus account servicers and record-keepers out of the fees it receives as Administrator. Because the administrative services provided by Funds Management vary by class, the fees payable to Funds Management also vary by class. For providing administrative services, including paying the Funds' fees and expenses for services provided by the Funds' transfer agent and various sub-transfer agents and omnibus account servicers and record-keepers, Funds Management is entitled to receive an annual fee at the rates indicated below, as a percentage of each Fund's average daily net assets:

 

Fund-Level 

Class-Level 

 

Share Class 

Admin. Fee 

Admin. Fee 

Total Admin. Fee 

Administrator Class

First $5B 

0.05% 

0.10% 

First $5B 

0.15% 

 

Next $5B 

0.04% 

 

Next $5B 

0.14% 

 

Over $10B 

0.03% 

 

Over $10B 

0.13% 

Institutional Class 

First $5B 

0.05% 

0.08% 

First $5B 

0.13% 

 

Next $5B 

0.04% 

 

Next $5B 

0.12% 

 

Over $10B 

0.03% 

 

Over $10B 

0.11% 

Service Class

First $5B 

0.05% 

0.12% 

First $5B 

0.17% 

 

Next $5B 

0.04% 

 

Next $5B 

0.16% 

 

Over $10B 

0.03% 

 

Over $10B 

0.15% 

 

Administrative Fees Paid. Since the Fund has not yet commenced operations, information regarding administrative fees paid to Funds Management is not available.

Distributor

     Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC ("Funds Distributor"), an affiliate of Funds Management located at 525 Market Street, San Francisco, California 94105, serves as the distributor to the Funds.

Shareholder Servicing Agent

     The Funds have approved a Shareholder Servicing Plan and have entered into related Shareholder Servicing Agreements with financial institutions, including Wells Fargo Bank and Funds Management. Under the agreements, Shareholder Servicing Agents (including Wells Fargo Bank and Funds Management) agree to perform, as agents for their customers, administrative services, with respect to Fund shares, which include aggregating and transmitting shareholder orders for purchases, exchanges and redemptions; maintaining shareholder accounts and records; and providing such other related services as the Trust or a shareholder may reasonably request. For providing these services, a Shareholder Servicing Agent is entitled from each applicable Fund a fee up to the fees listed below on an annualized basis, of the average daily net assets of the class of shares owned of record or beneficially by the customers of the Shareholder Servicing Agent during the period for which payment is being made. The amounts payable under the Shareholder Servicing Plan and Agreements are shown below. The Shareholder Servicing Plan and related Shareholder Servicing Agreements were approved by the Board and provide that a Fund shall not be obligated to make any payments under such Plan or related Agreements that exceed the maximum amounts payable under the Conduct Rules of the NASD.

Class

 

Fee 

 

 

 

 Service Class 

 

0.25% 

 

General.The Shareholder Servicing Plan will continue in effect from year to year if such continuance is     approved by a majority vote of the Trustees of the Trust and the Non-Interested Trustees. Any form of Shareholder Servicing Agreement related to the Shareholder Servicing Plan also must be approved by such vote of the Trustees and the Non-Interested Trustees. Shareholder Servicing Agreements may be terminated at any time, without payment of any penalty, by vote of a majority of the Board, including a majority of the Non-Interested Trustees. No material amendment to the Shareholder Servicing Plan or related Shareholder Servicing Agreements may be made except by a majority of both the Board and the Non-Interested Trustees.

     The Shareholder Servicing Plan requires that the Administrator shall provide to the Trustees, and the Trustees shall review, at least quarterly, a written report of the amounts expended (and purposes therefore) under the Shareholder Servicing Plan.

Custodian and Fund Accountant

     State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”), located at State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street Boston, Massachusetts 02111, acts as Custodian and fund accountant for the Funds. As Custodian, State Street, among other things, maintains a custody account or accounts in the name of each Fund, handles the receipt and delivery of securities, selects and monitors foreign sub custodians as the Funds’ global custody manager, determines income and collects interest on each Fund’s investments and maintains certain books and records. As fund accountant, State Street is responsible for calculating each Fund’s net asset value per share and for maintaining its portfolio and general accounting records. For its services, State Street is entitled to receive certain transaction fees, asset-based fees and out-of-pocket costs.

Transfer and Distribution Disbursing Agent

     Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. ("BFDS"), located at Two Heritage Drive, Quincy, Massachusetts 02171, acts as transfer and distribution disbursing agent for the Funds. For providing such services, BFDS is entitled to receive fees from the Administrator.

Underwriting Commissions

The Distributor serves as the principal underwriter distributing securities of the Funds on a continuous basis. Since the Funds have not yet commenced operations, information regarding underwriting commissions is not available.

Code of Ethics

     The Fund Complex, the Adviser, the Distributor and the Sub-Adviser each has adopted a code of ethics which contains policies on personal securities transactions by "access persons" as defined in each of the codes. These policies comply with Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act and Rule 204A-1 under the Advisers Act, as applicable. Each code of ethics, among other things, permits access persons to invest in certain securities, subject to various restrictions and requirements. More specifically, each code of ethics either prohibits its access persons from purchasing or selling securities that may be purchased or held by a Fund or permits such access persons to purchase or sell such securities, subject to certain restrictions. Such restrictions do not apply to purchases or sales of certain types of securities, including shares of open-end investment companies that are unaffiliated with the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds family, money market instruments and certain U.S. Government securities. To facilitate enforcement, the codes of ethics generally require that an access person, other than "disinterested" directors or trustees, submit reports to a designated compliance person regarding transactions involving securities which are eligible for purchase by a Fund. The codes of ethics for the Fund Complex, the Adviser, the Distributor and the Sub-Adviser are on public file with, and are available from, the SEC.

DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE

     We determine the NAV of each Fund's shares each business day. We determine the NAV by subtracting a Fund Class' liabilities from its total assets. Expenses and fees, including advisory fees, are accrued daily and are taken into account for the purpose of determining the NAV of the Funds' shares.

     Each Fund uses the amortized cost method to determine the value of its portfolio securities pursuant to Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. The amortized cost method involves valuing a security at its cost and amortizing any discount or premium over the period until maturity, regardless of the impact of fluctuating interest rates on the market value of the security. While this method provides certainty in valuation, it may result in periods during which the value, as determined by amortized cost, is higher or lower than the price that the Funds would receive if the security were sold. During these periods the yield to a shareholder may differ somewhat from that which could be obtained from a similar fund that uses a method of valuation based upon market prices. Thus, during periods of declining interest rates, if the use of the amortized cost method resulted in a lower value of the Funds' portfolio on a particular day, a prospective investor in the Funds would be able to obtain a somewhat higher yield than would result from investment in a fund using solely market values, and existing Fund shareholders would receive correspondingly less income. The converse would apply during periods of rising interest rates.

     Rule 2a-7 provides that in order to value its portfolio using the amortized cost method, a Fund must maintain a dollar- weighted average portfolio maturity of 90 days or less, purchase securities having remaining maturities (as defined in Rule 2a-7) of thirteen months or less and invest only in those high-quality securities that are determined by the Board to present minimal credit risks. The maturity of an instrument is generally deemed to be the period remaining until the date when the principal amount thereof is due or the date on which the instrument is to be redeemed. However, Rule 2a-7 provides that the maturity of an instrument may be deemed shorter in the case of certain instruments, including certain variable- and floating-rate instruments subject to demand features. Pursuant to Rule 2a-7, the Board is required to establish procedures designed to stabilize, to the extent reasonably possible, a Fund's price per share as computed for the purpose of sales and redemptions at $1.00. Such procedures include review of the Fund's portfolio holdings by the Board, at such intervals as it may deem appropriate, to determine whether the Fund's NAV calculated by using available market quotations deviates from $1.00 per share based on amortized cost. The extent of any deviation will be examined by the Board. If such deviation exceeds 1/2 of 1%, the Board will promptly consider what action, if any, will be initiated. In the event the Board determines that a deviation exists that may result in material dilution or other unfair results to investors or existing shareholders, the Board will take such corrective action as it regards as necessary and appropriate, including the sale of portfolio instruments prior to maturity to realize capital gains or losses or to shorten average portfolio maturity, withholding dividends or establishing a NAV per share by using available market quotations. It is the intention of the Funds to maintain a per share NAV of $1.00, but there can be no assurance that each Fund will do so.

     Instruments having variable or floating interest rates or demand features may be deemed to have remaining maturities as follows: (a) a government security with a variable rate of interest readjusted no less frequently than every thirteen months may be deemed to have a maturity equal to the period remaining until the next readjustment of the interest rate; (b) an instrument with a variable rate of interest, the principal amount of which is scheduled on the face of the instrument to be paid in thirteen months or less, may be deemed to have a maturity equal to the period remaining until the next readjustment of the interest rate; (c) an instrument with a variable rate of interest that is subject to a demand feature may be deemed to have a maturity equal to the longer of the period remaining until the next readjustment of the interest rate or the period remaining until the principal amount can be recovered through demand; (d) an instrument with a floating rate of interest that is subject to a demand feature may be deemed to have a maturity equal to the period remaining until the principal amount can be recovered through demand; and (e) a repurchase agreement may be deemed to have a maturity equal to the period remaining until the date on which the repurchase of the underlying securities is scheduled to occur or, where no date is specified but the agreement is subject to demand, the notice period applicable to a demand for the repurchase of the securities.

ADDITIONAL PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION INFORMATION

     Shares of the Funds may be purchased on any day a Fund is open for business. Generally, each Fund is open for business each day the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading (a "Business Day"). However, the Funds may elect to remain open following an early close of the NYSE or to remain open on days when the Federal Reserve is open and the NYSE is closed. The New York Stock Exchange is currently closed in observance of New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Washington's Birthday, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day (each a "Holiday"). When any Holiday falls on a weekend, the NYSE typically is closed on the weekday immediately before or after such Holiday. The Federal Reserve is closed on all days listed above (except Good Friday), as well as Columbus Day and Veterans Day.

     Purchase orders for a Fund received before such Fund's final NAV calculation time, generally are processed at such time on that Business Day. Purchase orders received after a Fund's final NAV calculation time generally are processed at such Fund's first NAV calculation time on the next Business Day. Selling Agents may establish earlier cut-off times for processing your order.

Requests received by a Selling Agent after the applicable cut-off time will be processed on the next Business Day. On any day the NYSE closes early, the Funds will close early. On these days, the NAV calculation time and the distribution, purchase and redemption cut-off times for the Funds may be earlier than their stated NAV calculation time described above.

     Payment for shares may, in the discretion of the Adviser, be made in the form of securities that are permissible investments for the Fund. For further information about this form of payment, please contact the Distributor. In connection with an in-kind securities payment, the Funds will require, among other things, that the securities be valued on the day of purchase in accordance with the pricing methods used by a Fund and that such Fund receives satisfactory assurances that (i) it will have good and marketable title to the securities received by it; (ii) that the securities are in proper form for transfer to the Fund; and (iii) adequate information will be provided concerning the basis and other matters relating to the securities.

     Each Fund reserves the right to reject any purchase orders, and under the 1940 Act, may suspend the right of redemption or postpone the date of payment upon redemption for any period during which the NYSE is closed (other than customary weekend and holiday closings), or during which trading is restricted, or during which, as determined by SEC rule, regulation or order, an emergency exists as a result of which disposal or valuation of portfolio securities is not reasonably practicable, or for such periods as the SEC may permit. The Fund may also redeem shares involuntarily or make payment for redemption in securities or other property if it appears appropriate to do so in light of the Fund's responsibilities under the 1940 Act. In addition, the Fund may redeem shares involuntarily to reimburse the Fund for any losses sustained by reason of the failure of a shareholder to make full payment for shares purchased or to collect any charge relating to a transaction effected for the benefit of a shareholder which is applicable to shares of the Fund as provided from time to time in the Prospectuses.

     Purchases and Redemptions for Existing Wells Fargo Advantage Funds Account Holders Via the Internet. All shareholders with an existing Wells Fargo Advantage Funds account may purchase additional shares of funds or classes of funds within the Wells Fargo Advantage family of funds that they already own and redeem existing shares via the Internet. For purchases, such account holders must have a bank account linked to their Wells Fargo Advantage Funds account. Redemptions may be deposited into a linked bank account or mailed via check to the shareholder's address of record. Internet account access is available for institutional clients. Shareholders should contact Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222 or log on at www.wellsfargo.com/ advantagefunds for further details. Shareholders who hold their shares in a brokerage account should contact their selling agent.

     Extraordinary Circumstances Affecting Redemptions.Under the extraordinary circumstances discussed under Section 22(e) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, we may suspend the right of redemption or postpone the date of payment of a redemption for longer than one day or for longer than seven days for each Fund. Generally, those extraordinary circumstances are when: (i) the New York Stock Exchange is closed or trading thereon is restricted; (ii) an emergency exists which makes the disposal by a Fund of securities it owns, or the fair determination of the value of the Fund's net assets not reasonable or practical; or (iii) the SEC, by order, permits the suspension of the right of redemption for the protection of shareholders.

     Purchases and Redemptions Through Brokers and/or Their Affiliates. A broker may charge transaction fees on the purchase and/or sale of Fund shares in addition to those fees described in the Prospectuses in the Summary of Expenses. The Trust has authorized one or more brokers to receive on its behalf purchase and redemption orders, and such brokers are authorized to designate other intermediaries to receive purchase and redemption orders on the Trust's behalf. The Trust will be deemed to have received a purchase or redemption order for Fund shares when an authorized broker or, if applicable, a broker's authorized designee, receives the order, and such orders will be priced at the Fund's NAV next calculated after they are received by the authorized broker or the broker's designee.

     Minimum Initial Investment Waivers for Institutional and Service Class shares. Upon approval by Funds Management, the minimum initial investment amounts for Institutional and Service Class shares of Wells Fargo Advantage money market funds may be waived or satisfied for purchases made under the following circumstances:

  • Money market trading platforms and employee benefit plan programs that have plan assets of at least $100 million for Institutional Class shares.
  • Money Market trading platforms or employee benefit plan programs may invest in Service Class shares without a minimum restriction.
  • Former Strong money market fund shareholders who received shares of a Wells Fargo Advantage money market fund as a result of the reorganization of the Strong Funds into the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds and whose Wells Fargo Advantage money market fund account record remains active on the Fund's transfer agency system. An account remains on the transfer agency system indefinitely if a balance is maintained or for a period of at least six months for zero-balance accounts.

     Related shareholders or shareholder accounts may be aggregated in order to meet the minimum initial investment requirement for Institutional and Service Class shares. The following are examples of relationships that may qualify for aggregation:

 

Related business entities, including:

 

 

 

Corporations and their subsidiaries;

 

 

 

General and Limited partners; and

 

 

 

Other business entities under common ownership or control.

 

 

Shareholder accounts that share a common tax-id number.

 

 

Accounts over which the shareholder has individual or shared authority to buy or sell shares on behalf of the account (i.e., a trust account or a solely owned business account).

All of the minimum initial investment waivers listed above may be modified or discontinued at any time.

     Waiver of Minimum Initial and Subsequent Investment Amounts for All Shares Classes for Special Operational Accounts. Shares of any and all share classes of the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds may be acquired in special operational accounts (as defined below) without meeting the applicable minimum initial or subsequent investment amounts. Special operational accounts are designated accounts held by Funds Management or its affiliate that are used at all times exclusively for addressing operational matters related to shareholder accounts, such as testing of account functions.

     Compensation to Dealers and Shareholder Servicing Agents.Set forth below is a list of the member firms of FINRA to which the Adviser, the Funds' Distributor or their affiliates made payments out of their revenues in connection with the sale and distribution of shares of the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds or for services to the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds and their shareholders in the year ending December 31, 2009 ("Additional Payments"). (Such payments are in addition to any amounts paid to such FINRA firms in the form of dealer reallowances or fees for shareholder servicing or distribution. The payments are discussed in further detail in the Prospectuses under the title "Compensation to Dealers and Shareholder Servicing Agents"). Any additions, modifications, or deletions to the member firms identified in this list that have occurred since December 31, 2009, are not reflected:

FINRA member firms

• 401(k) Investment Services, Inc.

• ADP Broker-Dealer, Inc.

• A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.

• AIG Retirement Services Company

• Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.

• Barclays Capital, Inc.

• Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.

• Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

• CitiStreet Advisors LLC

• DWS Investments Distributors, Inc.

• Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC

• Goldman, Sachs & Co.

• GPC Securities, Inc.

• GWFS Equities, Inc.

• GunnAllen Financial, Inc.

• H.D. Vest Financial Services

• Hewitt Financial Services, LLC

• Hightower Securities, LLC

• J. P. Morgan Securities Inc.

• LPL Financial Corp.

• Mellon Financial Markets, LLC

• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.

     In addition to member firms of FINRA, Additional Payments are also made to other selling and shareholder servicing agents, and to affiliates of selling and shareholder servicing agents that sell shares of or provide services to the Funds and their shareholders, such as banks, insurance companies and plan administrators. These firms are not included on the list above, although they may be affiliated with companies on the above list.

     Also not included on the list above are other subsidiaries of Wells Fargo & Company who may receive revenue from the Adviser, the Funds' Distributor or their affiliates through intra-company compensation arrangements and for financial, distribution, administrative and operational services.

PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS

     The Trust has no obligation to deal with any broker-dealer or group of broker-dealers in the execution of transactions in portfolio securities. Subject to the supervision of the Trust's Board and the supervision of the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser is responsible for the Funds' portfolio decisions and the placing of portfolio transactions. In placing orders, it is the policy of the Sub-Adviser to obtain the best overall results taking into account various factors, including, but not limited to, the size and type of transaction involved; the broker-dealer's risk in positioning the securities involved; the nature and character of the market for the security; the confidentiality, speed and certainty of effective execution required for the transaction, the general execution and operational capabilities of the broker-dealer; the reputation, reliability, experience and financial condition of the firm, the value and quality of the services rendered by the firm in this and other transactions; and the reasonableness of the spread or commission. While the Sub-Adviser generally seeks reasonably competitive spreads or commissions, the Funds will not necessarily be paying the lowest spread or commission available.

     Purchases and sales of non-equity securities usually will be principal transactions. Portfolio securities normally will be purchased or sold from or to broker-dealers serving as market makers for the securities at a net price. The Funds also will purchase portfolio securities in underwritten offerings and may purchase securities directly from the issuer. Generally, municipal obligations and taxable money market securities are traded on a net basis and do not involve brokerage commissions. The cost of executing a Fund's portfolio securities transactions will consist primarily of broker-dealer spreads and underwriting commissions. Under the 1940 Act, persons affiliated with the Trust are prohibited from dealing with the Trust as a principal in the purchase and sale of securities unless an exemptive order allowing such transactions is obtained from the SEC or an exemption is otherwise available. The Fund may purchase securities from underwriting syndicates of which the Distributor or Funds Management is a member under certain conditions in accordance with the provisions of a rule adopted under the 1940 Act and in compliance with procedures adopted by the Trustees. However, the Funds and Funds Management have adopted a policy pursuant to Rule 12b-1(h) under the 1940 Act that prohibits the Funds from directing portfolio brokerage to brokers who sell Fund shares as compensation for such selling efforts.

     In placing orders for portfolio securities of the Fund, the Fund's Sub-Adviser is required to give primary consideration to obtaining the most favorable price and efficient execution. This means that the Sub-Adviser will seek to execute each transaction at a price and commission, if any, that provide the most favorable total cost or proceeds reasonably attainable in the circumstances. Commission rates are established pursuant to negotiations with the broker-dealer based, in part, on the quality and quantity of execution services provided by the broker-dealer and in the light of generally prevailing rates. Furthermore, the Adviser oversees the trade execution procedures of the Sub-Adviser to ensure that such procedures are in place, that they are adhered to, and that adjustments are made to the procedures to address ongoing changes in the marketplace.

     The Sub-Adviser may, in circumstances in which two or more broker-dealers are in a position to offer comparable results for a portfolio transaction, give preference to a broker-dealer that has provided statistical or other research services to the Sub-Adviser. In selecting a broker-dealer under these circumstances, the Sub-Adviser will consider, in addition to the factors listed above, the quality of the research provided by the broker-dealer.

     The Sub-Adviser may pay higher commissions than those obtainable from other broker-dealers in exchange for such research services. The research services generally include: (1) furnishing advice as to the value of securities, the advisability of investing in, purchasing, or selling securities, and the advisability of securities or purchasers or sellers of securities; (2) furnishing analyses and reports concerning issuers, industries, securities, economic factors and trends, portfolio strategy, and the performance of accounts; and (3) effecting securities transactions and performing functions incidental thereto. By allocating transactions in this manner, a Sub-Adviser is able to supplement its research and analysis with the views and information of securities firms. Information so received will be in addition to, and not in lieu of, the services required to be performed by the Sub-Adviser under the advisory contracts, and the expenses of the Sub-Adviser will not necessarily be reduced as a result of the receipt of this supplemental research information. Furthermore, research services furnished by broker-dealers through which a sub-adviser places securities transactions for a Fund may be used by the Sub-Adviser in servicing its other accounts, and not all of these services may be used by the Sub-Adviser in connection with advising the Funds.

     Brokerage Commissions.Since the Funds have not yet commenced operations, information regarding brokerage commissions is not available.

Securities of Regular Broker-Dealers. Since the Funds have not yet commenced operations, information regarding securities held by the Funds in their regular broker-dealers is not available.

 

FUND EXPENSES 

     From time to time, Funds Management may waive fees from a Fund in whole or in part. Any such waiver will reduce expenses and, accordingly, have a favorable impact on a Fund's performance.

     Except for the expenses borne by Funds Management, the Trust bears all costs of its operations, including the compensation of its Trustees who are not affiliated with Funds Management or any of its affiliates; advisory, shareholder servicing and administration fees; payments pursuant to any Plan; interest charges; taxes; fees and expenses of its independent auditors, legal counsel, transfer agent and distribution disbursing agent; expenses of redeeming shares; expenses of preparing and printing prospectuses (except the expense of printing and mailing prospectuses used for promotional purposes, unless otherwise payable pursuant to a Plan), shareholders' reports, notices, proxy statements and reports to regulatory agencies; insurance premiums and certain expenses relating to insurance coverage; trade association membership dues (including membership dues in the Investment Company Institute allocable to a Fund); brokerage and other expenses connected with the execution of portfolio transactions; fees and expenses of its custodian, including those for keeping books and accounts and calculating the NAV per share of a Fund; expenses of shareholders' meetings; expenses relating to the issuance, registration and qualification of a Fund's shares; pricing services, organizational expenses and any extraordinary expenses. Expenses attributable to a Fund are charged against Fund assets. General expenses of the Trust are allocated among all of the series of the Trust, including the Funds, in a manner proportionate to the net assets of each Fund, on a transactional basis, or on such other basis as the Trust's Board deems equitable.

FEDERAL INCOME TAXES

     The following information supplements and should be read in conjunction with the section in each Prospectus entitled "Taxes." Each Prospectus generally describes the federal income tax treatment of distributions by the Funds. This section of the SAI provides additional information concerning federal income taxes. It is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), applicable Treasury Regulations, judicial authority, and administrative rulings and practice, all as of the date of this SAI and all of which are subject to change, including changes with retroactive effect. Except as specifically set forth below, the following discussion does not address any state, local or foreign tax matters.

     A shareholder's tax treatment may vary depending upon the shareholder's particular situation. This discussion applies only to shareholders holding Fund shares as capital assets within the meaning of the Code. Except as otherwise noted, it may not apply to certain types of shareholders who may be subject to special rules, such as insurance companies, tax-exempt organizations, shareholders holding Fund shares through tax-advantaged accounts (such as 401(k) Plan Accounts or IRAs), financial institutions, broker-dealers, entities that are not organized under the laws of the United States or a political subdivision thereof, persons who are neither citizens nor residents of the United States, shareholders holding Fund shares as part of a hedge, straddle or conversion transaction, and shareholders who are subject to the federal alternative minimum tax.

     The Trust has not requested and will not request an advance ruling from the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") as to the federal income tax matters described below. The IRS could adopt positions contrary to those discussed below and such positions could be sustained. In addition, the following discussion and the discussions in each Prospectus applicable to each shareholder address only some of the federal income tax considerations generally affecting investments in the Funds. Prospective shareholders are urged to consult their own tax advisers and financial planners regarding the federal tax consequences of an investment in a Fund, the application of state, local or foreign laws, and the effect of any possible changes in applicable tax laws on their investment in the Funds.

     Qualification as a Regulated Investment Company. It is intended that each Fund qualify as a regulated investment company ("RIC") under Subchapter M of Subtitle A, Chapter 1 of the Code. Each Fund will be treated as a separate entity for federal income tax purposes. Thus, the provisions of the Code applicable to RICs generally will apply separately to each Fund even though each Fund is a series of the Trust. Furthermore, each Fund will separately determine its income, gains, losses and expenses for federal income tax purposes.

     In order to qualify as a RIC under the Code, each Fund must, among other things, derive at least 90% of its gross income each taxable year generally from (i) dividends, interest, certain payments with respect to securities loans, gains from the sale or other disposition of stock, securities or foreign currencies, and other income attributable to its business of investing in such stock, securities or foreign currencies (including, but not limited to, gains from options, futures or forward contracts) and (ii) net income derived from an interest in a qualified publicly traded partnership, as defined in the Code. Future Treasury Regulations may (possibly retroactively) exclude from qualifying income foreign currency gains that are not directly related to a Fund's principal business of investing in stock, securities or options and futures with respect to stock or securities. In general, for purposes of this 90% gross income requirement, income derived from a partnership will be treated as qualifying income only to the extent such income is attributable to items of income of the partnership which would be qualifying income if realized by the RIC. However, 100% of the net income derived from an interest in a qualified publicly traded partnership will be treated as qualifying income.

     Each Fund must also diversify its holdings so that, at the end of each quarter of the Fund's taxable year: (i) at least 50% of the fair market value of its assets consists of (A) cash and cash items (including receivables), U.S. government securities and securities of other RICs, and (B) securities of any one issuer (other than those described in clause (A)) to the extent such securities do not exceed 5% of the value of the Fund's total assets and do not exceed 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer, and (ii) not more than 25% of the value of the Fund's total assets consists of the securities of any one issuer (other than those described in clause (i)(A)), the securities of two or more issuers the Fund controls and which are engaged in the same, similar or related trades or businesses, or the securities of one or more qualified publicly traded partnerships. In addition, for purposes of meeting this diversification requirement, the term "outstanding voting securities of such issuer" includes the equity securities of a qualified publicly traded partnership. The qualifying income and diversification requirements applicable to a Fund may limit the extent to which it can engage in transactions in options, futures contracts, forward contracts and swap agreements.

     In addition, each Fund generally must distribute to its shareholders at least 90% of its investment company taxable income for the taxable year, which generally includes its ordinary income and the excess of any net short-term capital gain over net long- term capital loss, and at least 90% of its net tax-exempt interest income earned for the taxable year, if any. If a Fund meets all of the RIC requirements, it generally will not be subject to federal income tax on any of the investment company taxable income and net capital gain (i.e., the excess of net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss) it distributes to its shareholders. For this purpose, a Fund generally must make the distributions in the same year that it realizes the income and gain, although in certain circumstances, a Fund may make the distributions in the following taxable year. Shareholders generally are taxed on any distributions from a Fund in the year they are actually distributed. If a Fund declares a distribution to shareholders of record in October, November or December of one year and pays the distribution by January 31 of the following year, however, the Fund and its shareholders will be treated as if the Fund paid the distribution by December 31 of the first taxable year. Each Fund intends to distribute, or be deemed to have distributed, a sufficient amount of its investment company taxable income (as described above) and net tax-exempt interest income, if any, in a timely manner to maintain its status as a RIC and eliminate fund-level federal income taxation of such distributed income. However, no assurance can be given that a Fund will not be subject to federal income tax.

     Moreover, the Funds may retain for investment all or a portion of its net capital gain. If a Fund retains any net capital gain, it will be subject to a tax at corporate rates on the amount of net capital gain retained, but may designate the retained amount as undistributed capital gain in a notice to its shareholders, who (i) will be required to include in income for federal income tax purposes, as long-term capital gain, their shares of such undistributed amount, and (ii) will be entitled to credit their proportionate shares of the tax paid by the Fund on such undistributed amount against their federal income tax liabilities, if any, and to claim refunds to the extent the credit exceeds such liabilities. For federal income tax purposes, the tax basis of shares owned by a shareholder of the Fund will be increased by an amount equal to the difference between the amount of undistributed capital gain included in the shareholder's gross income and the tax deemed paid by the shareholder under clause (ii) of the preceding sentence.

     If, for any taxable year, a Fund fails to qualify as a RIC under the Code or fails to meet the distribution requirements, it will be taxed in the same manner as an ordinary corporation without any deduction for its distributions to shareholders, and all distributions from the Fund's current and accumulated earnings and profits (including any distributions of its net tax-exempt income and net long-term capital gain) to its shareholders will be taxable to shareholders as dividend income. To re-qualify to be taxed as a RIC in a subsequent year, the Fund may be required to distribute to its shareholders its earnings and profits attributable to non-RIC years reduced by an interest charge on 50% of such earnings and profits payable by the Fund to the IRS. In addition, if a Fund which had previously qualified as a RIC were to fail to qualify as a RIC for a period greater than two taxable years, the Fund generally would be required to recognize and pay tax on any net built-in gain (the excess of aggregate gain, including items of income, over aggregate loss that would have been realized if the Fund had been liquidated) or, alternatively, to be subject to tax on such built-in gain recognized for a period of ten years, in order to re-qualify as a RIC in a subsequent year.

     Equalization Accounting. Each Fund may use the so-called "equalization method" of accounting to allocate a portion of its "earnings and profits," which generally equals a Fund's undistributed net investment income and realized capital gains, with certain adjustments, to redemption proceeds. This method permits a Fund to achieve more balanced distributions for both continuing and redeeming shareholders. Although using this method generally will not affect a Fund's total returns, it may reduce the amount that the Fund would otherwise distribute to continuing shareholders by reducing the effect of redemptions of Fund shares on Fund distributions to shareholders. However, the IRS has not expressly sanctioned the particular equalization method used by a Fund, and thus the Fund's use of this method may be subject to IRS scrutiny.

     Capital Loss Carry-Forwards. A Fund is permitted to carry forward a net capital loss from any year to offset its capital gains, if any, realized during the eight years following the year of the loss. A Fund's capital loss carry-forward is treated as a short-term capital loss in the year to which it is carried. If future capital gains are offset by carried-forward capital losses, such future capital gains are not subject to fund-level federal income tax, regardless of whether they are distributed to shareholders. Accordingly, the Funds do not expect to distribute any such offsetting capital gains. The Funds cannot carry back or carry forward any net operating losses.

     If a Fund engages in a reorganization, either as an acquiring fund or acquired fund, its capital loss carry-forwards (if any), its unrealized losses (if any), and any such losses of other funds participating in the reorganization may be subject to severe limitations that could make such losses substantially unusable. The Funds have engaged in reorganizations in the past and/or may engage in reorganizations in the future.

     Excise Tax. If a Fund fails to distribute by December 31 of each calendar year at least the sum of 98% of its ordinary income for that year (excluding capital gains and losses), 98% of its capital gain net income (adjusted for certain net ordinary losses) for the 12-month period ending on October 31 of that year, and any of its ordinary income and capital gain net income from previous years that were not distributed during such years, the Fund will be subject to a nondeductible 4% excise tax on the undistributed amounts (other than to the extent of its tax-exempt interest income, if any). Each Fund generally intends to actually distribute or be deemed to have distributed substantially all of its ordinary income and capital gain net income, if any, by the end of each calendar year and thus expects not to be subject to the excise tax. However, no assurance can be given that a Fund will not be subject to the excise tax. Moreover, each Fund reserves the right to pay an excise tax rather than make an additional distribution when circumstances warrant (for example, the amount of excise tax to be paid is deemed de minimis by a Fund).

     Taxation of Investments. In general, realized gains or losses on the sale of securities held by a Fund will be treated as capital gains or losses, and long-term capital gains or losses if the Fund has held the disposed securities for more than one year at the time of disposition.

     If a Fund purchases a debt obligation with original issue discount ("OID") (generally, a debt obligation with a purchase price less than its principal amount, such as a zero-coupon bond), the Fund may be required to annually include in its taxable (or, in the case of the Tax-Free Funds (defined below), distributable) income a portion of the OID as ordinary income, even though the Fund will not receive cash payments for such discount until maturity or disposition of the obligation. Inflation-protected bonds generally can be expected to produce OID income as their principal amounts are adjusted upward for inflation. A portion of the OID includible in income with respect to certain high-yield corporate discount obligations may be treated as a dividend for federal income tax purposes. In general, gains recognized on the disposition of a debt obligation (including a municipal obligation) purchased by a Fund at a market discount, generally at a price less than its principal amount, will be treated as ordinary income to the extent of the portion of market discount which accrued, but was not previously recognized pursuant to an available election, during the term that the Fund held the debt obligation. A Fund generally will be required to make distributions to shareholders representing the OID income on debt obligations that is currently includible in income, even though the cash representing such income may not have been received by a Fund. Cash to pay such distributions may be obtained from borrowing or from sales proceeds of securities held by the Fund which a Fund otherwise might have continued to hold; obtaining such cash might be disadvantageous for the Fund.

     In addition, payment-in-kind securities similarly will give rise to income which is required to be distributed and is taxable even though a Fund holding such a security receives no interest payment in cash on the security during the year.

     If a Fund invests in debt obligations that are in the lowest rating categories or are unrated, including debt obligations of issuers not currently paying interest or who are in default, special tax issues may exist for the Fund. Tax rules are not entirely clear about issues such as when a Fund may cease to accrue interest, OID, or market discount, when and to what extent deductions may be taken for bad debts or worthless securities, and how payments received on obligations in default should be allocated between principal and income. These and other related issues will be addressed by a Fund when, as, and if it invests in such securities, in order to seek to ensure that it distributes sufficient income to preserve its status as a RIC and does not become subject to U.S. federal income or excise tax.

     If an option granted by a Fund is sold, lapses or is otherwise terminated through a closing transaction, such as a repurchase by the Fund of the option from its holder, the Fund will realize a short-term capital gain or loss, depending on whether the premium income is greater or less than the amount paid by the Fund in the closing transaction. Some capital losses realized by a Fund in the sale, exchange, exercise, or other disposition of an option may be deferred if they result from a position that is part of a "straddle," discussed below. If securities are sold by a Fund pursuant to the exercise of a covered call option granted by it, the Fund generally will add the premium received to the sale price of the securities delivered in determining the amount of gain or loss on the sale. If securities are purchased by a Fund pursuant to the exercise of a put option written by it, the Fund generally will subtract the premium received from its cost basis in the securities purchased.

     Some regulated futures contracts, certain foreign currency contracts, and non-equity, listed options used by a Fund will be deemed "Section 1256 contracts." A Fund will be required to "mark-to-market" any such contracts held at the end of the taxable year by treating them as if they had been sold on the last day of that year at market value. Sixty percent of any net gain or loss realized on all dispositions of Section 1256 contracts, including deemed dispositions under the "mark-to-market" rule, generally will be treated as long-term capital gain or loss, and the remaining 40% will be treated as short-term capital gain or loss, although certain foreign currency gains and losses from such contracts may be treated as ordinary income or loss (as described below). These provisions may require a Fund to recognize income or gains without a concurrent receipt of cash. Transactions that qualify as designated hedges are exempt from the mark-to-market rule and the "60%/40%" rule and may require the Fund to defer the recognition of losses on certain futures contracts, foreign currency contracts and non-equity options.

     Foreign currency gains and losses realized by a Fund in connection with certain transactions involving foreign currency- denominated debt obligations, certain options, futures contracts, forward contracts, and similar instruments relating to foreign currency, foreign currencies, or payables or receivables denominated in a foreign currency are subject to Section 988 of the Code, which generally causes such gains and losses to be treated as ordinary income or loss and may affect the amount and timing of recognition of the Fund's income. Under future Treasury Regulations, any such transactions that are not directly related to a Fund's investments in stock or securities (or its options contracts or futures contracts with respect to stock or securities) may have to be limited in order to enable the Fund to satisfy the 90% income test described above. If the net foreign currency loss exceeds a Fund's net investment company taxable income (computed without regard to such loss) for a taxable year, the resulting ordinary loss for such year will not be deductible by the Fund or its shareholders in future years.

     Offsetting positions held by a Fund involving certain derivative instruments, such as financial forward, futures, and options contracts, may be considered, for federal income tax purposes, to constitute "straddles." "Straddles" are defined to include "offsetting positions" in actively traded personal property. The tax treatment of "straddles" is governed by Section 1092 of the Code which, in certain circumstances, overrides or modifies the provisions of Section 1256. If a Fund is treated as entering into a "straddle" and at least one (but not all) of the Fund's positions in derivative contracts comprising a part of such straddle is governed by Section 1256 of the Code, described above, then such straddle could be characterized as a "mixed straddle." A Fund may make one or more elections with respect to "mixed straddles." Depending upon which election is made, if any, the results with respect to a Fund may differ. Generally, to the extent the straddle rules apply to positions established by a Fund, losses realized by the Fund may be deferred to the extent of unrealized gain in any offsetting positions. Moreover, as a result of the straddle rules, short-term capital loss on straddle positions may be recharacterized as long-term capital loss, and long-term capital gain may be characterized as short-term capital gain. In addition, the existence of a straddle may affect the holding period of the offsetting positions. As a result, the straddle rules could cause distributions that would otherwise constitute qualified dividend income to fail to satisfy the applicable holding period requirements and therefore to be taxed as ordinary income. Furthermore, the Fund may be required to capitalize, rather than deduct currently, any interest expense and carrying charges applicable to a position that is part of a straddle, including any interest expense on indebtedness incurred or continued to purchase or carry any positions that are part of a straddle. Because the application of the straddle rules may affect the character and timing of gains and losses from affected straddle positions, the amount which must be distributed to shareholders, and which will be taxed to shareholders as ordinary income or long-term capital gain, may be increased or decreased substantially as compared to the situation where a Fund had not engaged in such transactions.

     If a Fund enters into a "constructive sale" of any appreciated financial position in stock, a partnership interest, or certain debt instruments, the Fund will be treated as if it had sold and immediately repurchased the property and must recognize gain (but not loss) with respect to that position. A constructive sale of an appreciated financial position occurs when a Fund enters into certain offsetting transactions with respect to the same or substantially identical property, including: (i) a short sale; (ii) an offsetting notional principal contract; (iii) a futures or forward contract; or (iv) other transactions identified in future Treasury Regulations. The character of the gain from constructive sales will depend upon a Fund's holding period in the appreciated financial position. Losses realized from a sale of a position that was previously the subject of a constructive sale will be recognized when the position is subsequently disposed of. The character of such losses will depend upon a Fund's holding period in the position and the application of various loss deferral provisions in the Code. Constructive sale treatment does not apply to certain closed transactions, including if such a transaction is closed on or before the 30th day after the close of the Fund's taxable year and the Fund holds the appreciated financial position unhedged throughout the 60-day period beginning with the day such transaction was closed.

     The amount of long-term capital gain a Fund may recognize from certain derivative transactions with respect to interests in certain pass-through entities is limited under the Code's constructive ownership rules. The amount of long-term capital gain is limited to the amount of such gain a Fund would have had if the Fund directly invested in the pass-through entity during the term of the derivative contract. Any gain in excess of this amount is treated as ordinary income. An interest charge is imposed on the amount of gain that is treated as ordinary income.

     In addition, a Fund's transactions in securities and certain types of derivatives (e.g., options, futures contracts, forward contracts, and swap agreements) may be subject to other special tax rules, such as the wash sale rules or the short sale rules, the effect of which may be to accelerate income to the Fund, defer losses to the Fund, cause adjustments to the holding periods of the Fund's securities, convert long-term capital gains into short-term capital gains, and/or convert short-term capital losses into long- term capital losses. These rules could therefore affect the amount, timing, and character of distributions to shareholders.

     Certain of a Fund's hedging activities (including its transactions, if any, in foreign currencies or foreign currency-denominated instruments) are likely to produce a difference between its book income and its taxable income. If a Fund's book income exceeds its taxable income, the distribution (if any) of such excess generally will be treated as (i) a dividend to the extent of the Fund's remaining earnings and profits (including earnings and profits arising from tax-exempt income), (ii) thereafter, as a return of capital up to the amount of a shareholder's tax basis in the shareholder's Fund shares, and (iii) thereafter, as capital gain. If a Fund's book income is less than taxable income, the Fund could be required to make distributions exceeding book income in order to qualify as a RIC.

     Rules governing the federal income tax aspects of derivatives, including swap agreements, are in a developing stage and are not entirely clear in certain respects, particularly in light of a 2006 IRS revenue ruling that held that income from a derivative contract with respect to a commodity index is not qualifying income for a RIC. Accordingly, while each Fund intends to account for such transactions in a manner it deems appropriate, the IRS might not accept such treatment. If it did not, the status of the Fund as a RIC might be jeopardized. Certain requirements that must be met under the Code in order for each Fund to qualify as a RIC may limit the extent to which a Fund will be able to engage in derivatives transactions.

     In addition to the investments described above, prospective shareholders should be aware that other investments made by the Funds may involve complex tax rules that may result in income or gain recognition by the Funds without corresponding current cash receipts. Although the Funds seek to avoid significant non-cash income, such non-cash income could be recognized by the Funds, in which case the Funds may distribute cash derived from other sources in order to meet the minimum distribution requirements described above. In this regard, the Funds could be required at times to liquidate investments prematurely in order to satisfy their minimum distribution requirements.

     Taxation of Distributions.Except for exempt-interest dividends (defined below) paid out by the Fund (the "Tax-Free Fund"), distributions paid out of a Fund's current and accumulated earnings and profits (as determined at the end of the year), whether paid in cash or reinvested in the Fund, generally are deemed to be taxable distributions and must be reported by each shareholder who is required to file a U.S. federal income tax return. For federal income tax purposes, a Fund's earnings and profits, described above, are determined at the end of the Fund's taxable year and are allocated pro rata to distributions paid over the entire year. Distributions in excess of a Fund's current and accumulated earnings and profits will first be treated as a return of capital up to the amount of a shareholder's tax basis in the shareholder's Fund shares and then as capital gain. A Fund may make distributions in excess of its earnings and profits to a limited extent, from time to time.

     For federal income tax purposes, distributions of investment income are generally taxable as ordinary income, and distributions of gains from the sale of investments that a Fund owned for one year or less will be taxable as ordinary income. Distributions properly designated by a Fund as capital gain dividends will be taxable to shareholders as long-term capital gain (to the extent such distributions do not exceed the Fund's actual net long-term capital gain for the taxable year), regardless of how long a shareholder has held Fund shares, and do not qualify as dividends for purposes of the dividends-received deduction or as qualified dividend income. Each Fund will designate capital gain dividends, if any, in a written notice mailed by the Fund to its shareholders not later than 60 days after the close of the Fund's taxable year.

     Some states will not tax distributions made to individual shareholders that are attributable to interest a Fund earned on direct obligations of the U.S. government if the Fund meets the state's minimum investment or reporting requirements, if any. Investments in GNMA or FNMA securities, bankers' acceptances, commercial paper and repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities generally do not qualify for tax-free treatment. This exemption may not apply to corporate shareholders.

     Sales and Exchanges of Fund Shares. In general, as long as a Fund maintains a net asset value of $1.00 per share, no gain or loss should be recognized upon the sale or exchange of Fund shares. If a shareholder sells, pursuant to a cash or in-kind redemption, or exchanges the shareholder's Fund shares, subject to the discussion below, the shareholder generally will realize a taxable capital gain or loss on the difference between the amount received for the shares (or deemed received in the case of an exchange) and the shareholder's tax basis in the shares. This gain or loss will be long-term capital gain or loss if the shareholder has held such Fund shares for more than one year at the time of the sale or exchange, and short-term otherwise.

     If a shareholder sells or exchanges Fund shares within 90 days of having acquired such shares and if, as a result of having initially acquired those shares, the shareholder subsequently pays a reduced sales charge on a new purchase of shares of the Fund or a different RIC, the sales charge previously incurred in acquiring the Fund's shares generally shall not be taken into account (to the extent the previous sales charges do not exceed the reduction in sales charges on the new purchase) for the purpose of determining the amount of gain or loss on the disposition, but generally will be treated as having been incurred in the new purchase. Also, if a shareholder realizes a loss on a disposition of Fund shares, the loss will be disallowed under the "wash sale" rules to the extent the shareholder purchases substantially identical shares within the 61-day period beginning 30 days before and ending 30 days after the disposition. Any disallowed loss generally will be reflected in an adjustment to the tax basis of the purchased shares.

     If a shareholder receives or is deemed to receive a capital gain dividend with respect to any Fund share and such Fund share is held for six months or less, then (unless otherwise disallowed) any loss on the sale or exchange of that Fund share will be treated as a long-term capital loss to the extent of the capital gain dividend. If such loss is incurred from the redemption of shares pursuant to a periodic redemption plan then Treasury Regulations may permit an exception to this six-month rule. No such regulations have been issued as of the date of this SAI.

     In addition, if a shareholder holds shares of a Tax-Free Fund for six months or less, any loss on the sale or exchange of those shares will be disallowed to the extent of the amount of exempt-interest dividends (defined below) received with respect to the shares. If such loss is incurred from the redemption of shares pursuant to a periodic redemption plan then Treasury Regulations may permit an exception to this six-month rule. Additionally, where a Tax-Free Fund regularly distributes at least 90% of its net tax-exempt interest, if any, the Treasury Department is authorized to issue regulations reducing the six month holding period requirement to a period of not less than the greater of 31 days or the period between regular distributions. No such regulations have been issued as of the date of this SAI.

     Federal Income Tax Rates.As of the date of this SAI, the maximum stated federal income tax rate applicable to individuals generally is 35% for ordinary income and 15% for net long-term capital gain. Reductions in individual federal income tax enacted in 2003 on "qualified dividend income" generally will not apply to Fund distributions.

     The maximum stated corporate federal income tax rate applicable to ordinary income and net capital gain is 35%. Distributions from the Funds generally will not qualify for the "dividends-received deduction" applicable to corporate shareholders with respect to certain dividends.

     Actual marginal tax rates may be higher for some shareholders, for example, through reductions in deductions. Naturally, the amount of tax payable by any taxpayer will be affected by a combination of tax laws covering, for example, deductions, credits, deferrals, exemptions, sources of income and other matters. Federal income tax rates are set to increase in future years under various "sunset" provisions of federal income tax laws.

     Backup Withholding. A Fund is generally required to withhold and remit to the U.S. Treasury, subject to certain exemptions (such as for certain corporate or foreign shareholders), an amount equal to 28% of all distributions and redemption proceeds (including proceeds from exchanges and redemptions in-kind but excluding exempt-interest dividends (defined below)) paid or credited to a Fund shareholder if (i) the shareholder fails to furnish the Fund with a correct "taxpayer identification number" ("TIN"), (ii) the shareholder fails to certify under penalties of perjury that the TIN provided is correct, (iii) the shareholder fails to make certain other certifications, or (iv) the IRS notifies the Fund that the shareholder's TIN is incorrect or that the shareholder is otherwise subject to backup withholding. These backup withholding rules may also apply to distributions that are properly designed as exempt interest dividends (defined below). Backup withholding is not an additional tax imposed on the shareholder. The shareholder may apply amounts withheld as a credit against the shareholder's federal income tax liability and may obtain a refund of any excess amounts withheld, provided that the required information is furnished to the IRS. If a shareholder fails to furnish a valid TIN upon request, the shareholder can also be subject to IRS penalties. A shareholder may generally avoid backup withholding by furnishing a properly completed IRS Form W-9. The rate of backup withholding is set to increase for amounts distributed or paid after December 31, 2010.

     Foreign Shareholders.For purposes of this discussion, "foreign shareholders" include: (i) nonresident alien individuals, (ii) foreign trusts (i.e., a trust other than a trust with respect to which a U.S. court is able to exercise primary supervision over administration of that trust and one or more U.S. persons have authority to control substantial decisions of that trust), (iii) foreign estates (i.e., the income of which is not subject to U.S. tax regardless of source), and (iv) foreign corporations. "Exempt foreign shareholders" are foreign shareholders from whom a Fund obtains a properly completed and signed certificate of foreign status.

     Generally, subject to certain exceptions described below, distributions made to foreign shareholders will be subject to non- refundable federal income tax withholding at a 30% rate (or such lower rate provided under an applicable income tax treaty) even if they are funded by income or gains (such as portfolio interest, short-term capital gains, or foreign-source dividend and interest income) that, if paid to a foreign person directly, would not be subject to withholding. This federal income tax withholding generally will not apply to exempt-interest dividends (defined below) from a Tax-Free Fund. Moreover, for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2008, distributions made to exempt foreign shareholders and properly designated by a Fund as "interest-related dividends" will be exempt from federal income tax withholding. Interest-related dividends are generally attributable to the Fund's net interest income earned on certain debt obligations and paid to foreign shareholders. In order to qualify as an interest-related dividend, the Fund must designate a distribution as such in a written notice mailed to its shareholders not later than 60 days after the close of the Fund's taxable year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any distribution described above is "effectively connected" with a U.S. trade or business (or, if an applicable income tax treaty so requires, is attributable to a U.S. permanent establishment) of the recipient foreign shareholder, neither federal income tax withholding nor the exemption for interest-related dividends will apply and the distribution will be subject to the tax, withholding, and reporting requirements generally applicable to U.S. shareholders and an additional branch profits tax may apply if the foreign shareholder is a foreign corporation.

     In general, a foreign shareholder's capital gains realized on the disposition of Fund shares, capital gain dividends and, with respect to taxable years of a Fund beginning before January 1, 2010, "short-term capital gain dividends" (defined below) are not subject to federal income or withholding tax, provided that the Fund obtains a properly completed and signed certificate of foreign status, unless: (i) such gains or distributions are effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business (or, if an applicable income tax treaty so requires, are attributable to a permanent establishment) of the foreign shareholder; (ii) in the case of an individual foreign shareholder, the shareholder is present in the U.S. for a period or periods aggregating 183 days or more during the year of the disposition of Fund shares or the receipt of capital gain dividends and certain other conditions are met; or (iii) the Fund shares on which the foreign shareholder realized gain constitute U.S. real property interests ("USRPIs," defined below) or, in certain cases, distributions are attributable to gain from the sale or exchange of a USRPI. If the requirements of clause (i) are met, the tax, withholding, and reporting requirements applicable to U.S. shareholders generally will apply to the foreign shareholder, and an additional branch profits tax may apply if the foreign shareholder is a foreign corporation. If the requirements of clause (i) are not met but the requirements of clause (ii) are met, such gains and distributions will be subject to federal income tax at a 30% rate (or such lower rate provided under an applicable income tax treaty). If the requirements of clause (iii) are met, the foreign shareholder may be subject to certain tax, withholding, and/or reporting requirements, depending in part on whether the foreign shareholder holds (or has held in the prior 12 months) more than a 5% interest in the Fund. "Short-term capital gain dividends" are distributions attributable to a Funds' net short-term capital gain in excess of its net long-term capital loss and designated as such by the Fund in a written notice mailed by the Fund to its shareholders not later than 60 days after the close of the Fund's taxable year.

     In order to qualify for any exemptions from withholding described above or for lower withholding tax rates under income tax treaties, a foreign shareholder must comply with applicable certification requirements relating to its foreign status (including, in general, furnishing an IRS Form W-8BEN or substitute form). Foreign shareholders should consult their tax advisers in this regard.

     In the case of shares held through an intermediary, even if a Fund makes a designation with respect to a payment, no assurance can be made that the intermediary will respect such a designation. Foreign shareholders should contact their intermediaries regarding the application of these rules to their accounts. Even if permitted to do so, the Funds provide no assurance that they will designate any distributions as interest-related dividends or short-term capital gain dividends.

     Special tax rules apply to distributions that a qualified investment entity ("QIE") makes to foreign shareholders that are attributable to gain from the QIE's sale or exchange of a USRPI. Special tax rules also apply to the sale of shares in a U.S. real property holding corporation ("USRPHC"). However, the Funds do not expect such special tax rules to apply because the Funds do not expect to be QIEs or USRPHCs.

Special rules apply to foreign partnerships and those holding Fund shares through foreign partnerships.

     As discussed above, distributions and redemption proceeds paid or credited to a foreign shareholder are generally exempt from backup withholding. However, a foreign shareholder may be required to establish that exemption by providing certification of foreign status on an appropriate IRS Form W-8.

     Tax-Deferred Plans.Shares of the Funds may be available for a variety of tax-deferred retirement and other tax-advantaged plans and accounts. However, shares of the Tax-Free Fund may not be suitable for tax-deferred retirement and other tax- advantaged plans and accounts since such plans and accounts are generally tax-exempt and, therefore, would not benefit from the exempt status of certain distributions from the Tax-Free Fund (discussed below). Such distributions may ultimately be taxable to the beneficiaries when distributed to them. Prospective investors should contact their tax advisers and financial planners regarding the tax consequences to them of holding Fund shares through such plans and/or accounts.

     Tax-Exempt Shareholders.Shares of the Tax-Free Fund may not be suitable for tax-exempt shareholders since such shareholders generally would not benefit from the exempt status of distributions from the Tax-Free Fund (discussed below). Tax- exempt shareholders should contact their tax advisers and financial planners regarding the tax consequences to them of an investment in the Funds. Special tax consequences apply to charitable remainder trusts ("CRTs") (as defined in Section 664 of the Code) which invest in RICs that invest directly or indirectly in residual interests in REMICs or equity interests in TMPs. Although currently the Funds do not anticipate making any such investment, the Funds are not prohibited from doing so. CRTs are urged to consult their own tax advisers and financial planners concerning these special tax consequences.

     Tax Shelter Reporting Regulations.Under Treasury Regulations, if an individual shareholder recognizes a loss of $2 million or more or if a corporate shareholder recognizes a loss of $10 million or more, the shareholder must file with the IRS a disclosure statement on Form 8886. Direct shareholders of securities are in many cases exempt from this reporting requirement, but under current guidance, shareholders of a RIC are not exempt. Future guidance may extend the current exemption from this reporting requirement to shareholders of most or all RICs. The fact that a loss is reportable under these regulations does not affect the legal determination of whether the taxpayer's treatment of the loss is proper. Shareholders should consult their own tax advisers to determine the applicability of these regulations in light of their individual circumstances.

     Additional Considerations for the Tax-Free Fund.If at least 50% of the value of a Fund's total assets at the close of each quarter of its taxable year consists of debt obligations that generate interest exempt from federal income tax under Section 103 of the Code, then the Fund may qualify to pass through to its shareholders the tax-exempt character of its income from such debt obligations by paying exempt-interest dividends. The Tax-Free Fund intends to so qualify and is designed to provide shareholders with a high level of income exempt from federal income tax in the form of exempt-interest dividends. "Exempt-interest dividends" are dividends (other than capital gain dividends) paid by a RIC that are properly designated as such in a written notice mailed to its shareholders.

     No later than 60 days after the close of its taxable year, the Tax-Free Fund will notify its shareholders of the portion of the distributions for the taxable year that constitutes exempt-interest dividends. The designated portion cannot exceed the excess of the amount of interest excludable from gross income under Section 103 of the Code received by the Tax-Free Fund during the taxable year over any amounts disallowed as deductions under Sections 265 and 171(a)(2) of the Code. Interest on indebtedness incurred to purchase or carry shares of a Tax-Free Fund will not be deductible to the extent that the Tax-Free Fund's distributions are exempt from federal income tax.

     Although exempt-interest dividends are generally exempt from federal income tax, there may not be a similar exemption under the laws of a particular state or local taxing jurisdiction. Thus, exempt-interest dividends may be subject to state and local taxes.

     In addition, an investment in a Tax-Free Fund may result in liability for federal alternative minimum tax ("AMT"). Certain deductions and exemptions have been designated "tax preference items" which must be added back to taxable income for purposes of calculating the federal AMT. Tax preference items include tax-exempt interest on certain "private activity bonds." To the extent a Tax-Free Fund invests in certain private activity bonds, its shareholders will be required to report that portion of the Tax-Free Fund's distributions attributable to income from the bonds as a tax preference item in determining their federal AMT, if any. Shareholders will be notified of the tax status of distributions made by a Tax-Free Fund. Persons who may be "substantial users" (or "related persons" of substantial users) of facilities financed by private activity bonds should consult their tax advisers before purchasing shares in a Tax-Free Fund. Furthermore, shareholders will not be permitted to deduct any of their share of a Tax-Free Fund's expenses in computing their federal AMT. In addition, exempt-interest dividends paid by a Tax-Free Fund to a corporate shareholder are included in the shareholder's "adjusted current earnings" as part of its federal AMT calculation, and may also affect its federal "environmental tax" liability. As of the date of this SAI, individuals are subject to the federal AMT at a maximum rate of 28% and corporations are subject to the federal AMT at a maximum rate of 20%. Shareholders with questions or concerns about the federal AMT should consult their own tax advisers.

     The IRS is paying increased attention to whether debt obligations intended to produce interest exempt from federal income tax in fact meet the requirements for such exemption. Ordinarily, the Tax-Free Fund relies on an opinion from the issuer's counsel that interest on the issuer's debt obligation will be exempt from federal income tax. However, no assurance can be given that the IRS will not successfully challenge such exemption, which could cause interest on the debt obligation to be taxable and could jeopardize a Tax-Free Fund's ability to pay exempt-interest dividends. Similar challenges may occur with respect to state-specific exemptions.

     A shareholder who receives Social Security or railroad retirement benefits should consult the shareholder's own tax adviser to determine what effect, if any, an investment in a Tax-Free Fund may have on the federal taxation of such benefits. Exempt-interest dividends are included in income for purposes of determining the amount of benefits that are taxable.

     Distributions of a Tax-Free Fund's income other than exempt-interest dividends generally will be taxable to shareholders. Gains realized by a Tax-Free Fund on the sale or exchange of investments that generate tax-exempt income will also be taxable to shareholders.

PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

     The Trust and Funds Management have adopted policies and procedures ("Procedures") that are used to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities held by the Funds of the Trust. The Procedures are designed to ensure that proxies are voted in the best interests of Fund shareholders, without regard to any relationship that any affiliated person of the Fund (or an affiliated person of such affiliated person) may have with the issuer of the security.

     The responsibility for voting proxies relating to the Funds' portfolio securities has been delegated to Funds Management. In accordance with the Procedures, Funds Management exercises its voting responsibility with the goal of maximizing value to shareholders consistent with governing laws and the investment policies of each Fund. While each Fund does not purchase securities to exercise control or to seek to effect corporate change through share ownership, it supports sound corporate governance practices within companies in which it invests and reflects that support through its proxy voting process.

     Funds Management has established a Proxy Voting Committee (the "Proxy Committee") that is responsible for overseeing the proxy voting process and ensuring that the voting process is implemented in conformance with the Procedures. Funds Management has retained an independent, unaffiliated nationally recognized proxy voting company, as proxy voting agent. The Proxy Committee monitors the proxy voting agent and the voting process and, in certain situations, votes proxies or directs the proxy voting agent how to vote.

     The Procedures set out guidelines regarding how Funds Management and the proxy voting agent will vote proxies. Where the guidelines specify a particular vote on a particular matter, the proxy voting agent handles the proxy, generally without further involvement by the Proxy Committee. Where the guidelines specify a case-by-case determination, or where a particular issue is not addressed in the guidelines, the proxy voting agent forwards the proxy to the Proxy Committee for a vote determination by the Proxy Committee. In addition, even where the guidelines specify a particular vote, the Proxy Committee may exercise a discretionary vote if it determines that a case-by-case review of a particular matter is warranted. As a general matter, proxies are voted consistently in the same matter when securities of an issuer are held by multiple Funds of the Trusts. However, proxies for securities held by the Social Sustainability Fund related to social and environmental proposals will be voted pursuant to RiskMetrics Group's ("RMG") then current SRI Proxy Voting Guidelines. Accordingly, the Social Sustainability Fund may vote its proxies related to social and environmental proposals differently than the other Funds.

The Procedures set forth Funds Management's general position on various proposals, such as:

  • Routine Items – Funds Management will generally vote for uncontested director or trustee nominees, changes in company name, and other procedural matters related to annual meetings.
  • Corporate Governance – Funds Management will generally vote for charter and bylaw amendments proposed solely to conform with modern business practices or for purposes of simplification or to comply with what management's counsel interprets as applicable law.
  • Anti-Takeover Matters – Funds Management generally will vote for proposals that require shareholder ratification of poison pills, and on a case-by-case basis on proposals to redeem a company's poison pill.
  • Mergers/Acquisitions and Corporate Restructurings – Funds Management's Proxy Committee will examine these items on a case-by-case basis.
  • Shareholder Rights – Funds Management will generally vote against proposals that may restrict shareholder rights.

     In all cases where the Proxy Committee makes the decision regarding how a particular proxy should be voted, the Proxy Committee exercises its voting discretion in accordance with the voting philosophy of the Funds and in the best interests of Fund shareholders. In deciding how to vote, the Proxy Committee may rely on independent research, input and recommendations from third parties including independent proxy services, other independent sources, investment sub-advisers, company managements and shareholder groups as part of its decision-making process.

     In most cases, any potential conflicts of interest involving Funds Management or any affiliate regarding a proxy are avoided through the strict and objective application of the Fund's voting guidelines. However, when the Proxy Committee is aware of a material conflict of interest regarding a matter that would otherwise be considered on a case-by-case basis by the Proxy Committee, the Proxy Committee shall address the material conflict by using any of the following methods: (i) instructing the proxy voting agent to vote in accordance with the recommendation it makes to its clients; (ii) disclosing the conflict to the Board and obtaining their consent before voting; (iii) submitting the matter to the Board to exercise its authority to vote on such matter; (iv) engaging an independent fiduciary who will direct the Proxy Committee on voting instructions for the proxy; (v) consulting with outside legal counsel for guidance on resolution of the conflict of interest; (vi) erecting information barriers around the person or persons making voting decisions; (vii) voting in proportion to other shareholders; or (viii) voting in other ways that are consistent with each Fund's obligation to vote in the best interests of its shareholders. Additionally, the Proxy Committee does not permit its votes to be influenced by any conflict of interest that exists for any other affiliated person of the Funds (such as a sub- adviser or principal underwriter) and the Proxy Committee votes all such matters without regard to the conflict. The Procedures may reflect voting positions that differ from practices followed by other companies or subsidiaries of Wells Fargo & Company.

     While Funds Management uses its best efforts to vote proxies, in certain circumstances it may be impractical or impossible for Funds Management to vote proxies (e.g., limited value or unjustifiable costs). For example, in accordance with local law or business practices, many foreign companies prevent the sales of shares that have been voted for a certain period beginning prior to the shareholder meeting and ending on the day following the meeting ("share blocking"). Due to these restrictions, Funds Management must balance the benefits to its clients of voting proxies against the potentially serious portfolio management consequences of a reduced flexibility to sell the underlying shares at the most advantageous time. As a result, Funds Management will generally not vote those proxies in the absence of an unusual, significant vote or compelling economic importance. Additionally, Funds Management may not be able to vote proxies for certain foreign securities if Funds Management does not receive the proxy statement in time to vote the proxies due to custodial processing delays.

     As a general matter, securities on loan will not be recalled to facilitate proxy voting (in which case the borrower of the security shall be entitled to vote the proxy). However, if the Proxy Committee is aware of an item in time to recall the security and has determined in good faith that the importance of the matter to be voted upon outweighs the loss in lending revenue that would result from recalling the security (i.e., if there is a controversial upcoming merger or acquisition, or some other significant matter), the security will be recalled for voting.

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR DISCLOSURE OF FUND PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

I. Scope of Policies and Procedures. The following policies and procedures (the "Procedures") govern the disclosure of portfolio holdings and any ongoing arrangements to make available information about portfolio holdings for the separate series of Wells Fargo Funds Trust ("Funds Trust"), Wells Fargo Master Trust ("Master Trust") and Wells Fargo Variable Trust ("Variable Trust") (each of Funds Trust, Master Trust and Variable Trust referred to collectively herein as the "Funds" or individually as the "Fund") now existing or hereafter created.

II. Disclosure Philosophy. The Funds have adopted these Procedures to ensure that the disclosure of a Fund's portfolio holdings is accomplished in a manner that is consistent with a Fund's fiduciary duty to its shareholders. For purposes of these Procedures, the term "portfolio holdings" means the stock, bond and derivative positions held by a non-money market Fund and does not include the cash investments held by the Fund. For money market funds, the term "portfolio holdings" includes cash investments, such as investments in repurchase agreements.

Under no circumstances shall Funds Management or the Funds receive any compensation in return for the disclosure of information about a Fund's portfolio securities or for any ongoing arrangements to make available information about a Fund's portfolio securities.

III. Disclosure of Fund Portfolio Holdings. The complete portfolio holdings and top ten holdings information referenced below (except for the Funds of Master Trust and Variable Trust) will be available on the Funds' website until updated for the next applicable period. Funds Management may withhold any portion of a Fund's portfolio holdings from online disclosure when deemed to be in the best interest of the Fund. Once holdings information has been posted on the website, it may be further disseminated without restriction.

A.     

Complete Holdings. The complete portfolio holdings for each Fund (except for funds that operate as fund of funds) shall be made publicly available on the Funds' website (www.wellsfargo.com/advantagefunds) on a monthly, 30-day or more delayed basis. Money market Fund holdings shall be made publicly available on the Fund's website on a monthly, 7-day delayed basis.

 

B.     

Top Ten Holdings. Top ten holdings information (excluding derivative positions) for each Fund (except for funds that operate as fund of funds and money market funds) shall be made publicly available on the Funds' website on a monthly, seven- day or more delayed basis.

 

C.     

Fund of Funds Structure.

 

 

1.     

The underlying funds held by a fund that operates as a fund of funds shall be posted to the Funds' website and included in fund fact sheets on a monthly, seven-day or more delayed basis.

 

 

2.     

A change to the underlying funds held by a Fund in a fund of funds structure or changes in a Fund's target allocations between or among its fixed-income and/or equity investments may be posted to the Funds' website simultaneous with the change.

Furthermore, as required by the SEC, each Fund shall file its complete portfolio holdings schedule in public filings made with the SEC on a quarterly basis. Each Fund is required to file its complete portfolio schedules for the second and fourth fiscal quarter on Form N-CSR, and each Fund is required to file its complete portfolio schedules for the first and third fiscal quarters on From N-Q, in each instance within 60 days of the end of the Fund's fiscal quarter. Through Form N-CSR and Form N-Q filings made with the SEC, the Funds' full portfolio holdings will be publicly available to shareholders on a quarterly basis. Such filings shall be made on or shortly before the 60th day following the end of a fiscal quarter.

Each Fund's complete portfolio schedules for the second and fourth fiscal quarter, required to be filed on Form N-CSR, shall be delivered to shareholders in the Fund's semi-annual and annual reports. Each Fund's complete portfolio schedule for the first and third fiscal quarters, required to be filed on Form N-Q, will not be delivered to shareholders. Each Fund, however, shall include appropriate disclosure in its semi-annual and annual reports as to how a shareholder may obtain holdings information for the Fund's first and third fiscal quarters.

IV. List of Approved Recipients. The following list describes the limited circumstances in which a Fund's portfolio holdings may be disclosed to selected third parties in advance of the monthly release on the Funds' website. In each instance, a determination will be made by Funds Management that such advance disclosure is supported by a legitimate business purpose and that the recipients, where feasible, are subject to an independent duty not to disclose or trade on the nonpublic information.

 

A.     

Sub-Advisers. Sub-advisers shall have full daily access to Fund holdings for the Fund(s) for which they have direct management responsibility. Sub-advisers may also release and discuss portfolio holdings with various broker/dealers for purposes of analyzing the impact of existing and future market changes on the prices, availability/demand and liquidity of such securities, as well as for the purpose of assisting portfolio managers in the trading of such securities. A new Fund sub-adviser may periodically receive full portfolio holdings information for such Fund from the date of Board approval through the date upon which they take over day-to-day investment management activities. Such disclosure will be subject to confidential treatment.

 

 

B.     

Money Market Portfolio Management Team. The money market portfolio management team at Wells Capital Management Incorporated ("Wells Capital Management") shall have full daily access to daily transaction information across the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds for purposes of anticipating money market sweep activity which in turn helps to enhance liquidity management within the money market funds.

 

 

C.     

Funds Management/Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC.

 

 

 

1.     

Funds Management personnel that deal directly with the processing, settlement, review, control, auditing, reporting, and/ or valuation of portfolio trades shall have full daily access to Fund portfolio holdings through access to PNC's Datapath system.

 

 

 

2.     

Funds Management personnel that deal directly with investment review and analysis of the Funds shall have full daily access to Fund portfolio holdings through Factset, a program that is used to, among other things, evaluate portfolio characteristics against available benchmarks.

 

 

 

3.     

Funds Management and Funds Distributor personnel may be given advance disclosure of any changes to the underlying funds in a fund of funds structure or changes in a Fund's target allocations that result in a shift between or among its fixed-income and/or equity investments.

 

 

D.     

External Servicing Agents. Appropriate personnel employed by entities that assist in the review and/or processing of Fund portfolio transactions, employed by the fund accounting agent, the custodian and the trading settlement desk at Wells Capital Management (only with respect to the Funds that Wells Capital Management sub-advises), shall have daily access to all Fund portfolio holdings. In addition, certain of the sub-advisers utilize the services of software provider Advent to assist with portfolio accounting and trade order management. In order to provide the contracted services to the sub-adviser, Advent may receive full daily portfolio holdings information directly from the Funds' accounting agent however, only for those Funds in which such sub- adviser provides investment advisory services. Funds Management also utilizes the services of RMG and SG Constellation, L.L.C. to assist with proxy voting and B share financing, respectively. Both RMG and SG Constellation, L.L.C. may receive full Fund portfolio holdings on a weekly basis for the Funds for which they provide services.

 

 

E.     

Rating Agencies. Nationally Recognized Statistical Ratings Organizations ("NRSROs") may receive full Fund holdings for rating purposes.

 

V.     

Additions to List of Approved Recipients. Any additions to the list of approved recipients requires approval by the President and Chief Legal Officer of the Funds based on a review of: (i) the type of fund involved; (ii) the purpose for receiving the holdings information; (iii) the intended use of the information; (iv) the frequency of the information to be provided; (v) the length of the lag, if any, between the date of the information and the date on which the information will be disclosed; (vi) the proposed recipient's relationship to the Funds; (vii) the ability of Funds Management to monitor that such information will be used by the proposed recipient in accordance with the stated purpose for the disclosure; (viii) whether a confidentiality agreement will be in place with such proposed recipient; and (ix) whether any potential conflicts exist regarding such disclosure between the interests of Fund shareholders, on the one hand, and those of the Fund's investment adviser, principal underwriter, or any affiliated person of the Fund.

VI. Funds Management Commentaries. Funds Management may disclose any views, opinions, judgments, advice or commentary, or any analytical, statistical, performance or other information in connection with or relating to a Fund or its portfolio holdings (including historical holdings information), or any changes to the portfolio holdings of a Fund. The portfolio commentary and statistical information may be provided to members of the press, shareholders in the Funds, persons considering investment in the Funds or representatives of such shareholders or potential shareholders. The content and nature of the information provided to each of these persons may differ.

Certain of the information described above will be included in quarterly fund commentaries and will contain information that includes, among other things, top contributors/detractors from fund performance and significant portfolio changes during the calendar quarter. This information will be posted contemporaneously with their distribution on the Funds' website.

No person shall receive any of the information described above if, in the sole judgment of Funds Management, the information could be used in a manner that would be harmful to the Funds.

VII. Board Approval. The Board shall review and reapprove these Procedures, including the list of approved recipients, as often as they deem appropriate, but not less often than annually, and make any changes that they deem appropriate.

CAPITAL STOCK

     The Funds are series of the Trust in the Wells Fargo Advantage family of funds. The Trust was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on March 10, 1999.

     Most of the Trust's series are authorized to issue multiple classes of shares, one class generally subject to a front-end sales charge and, in some cases, classes subject to a CDSC, that are offered to retail investors. Certain of the Trust's series also are authorized to issue other classes of shares, which are sold primarily to institutional investors. Each share in a series represents an equal, proportionate interest in the series with all other shares. Shareholders bear their pro rata portion of a series' operating expenses, except for certain class-specific expenses (e.g., any state securities registration fees, shareholder servicing fees or distribution fees that may be paid under Rule 12b-1) that are allocated to a particular class. Please contact Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222 if you would like additional information about other series or classes of shares offered.

     With respect to matters affecting one class but not another, shareholders vote as a class; for example, the approval of a Plan. Subject to the foregoing, all shares of a Fund have equal voting rights and will be voted in the aggregate, and not by series, except where voting by a series is required by law or where the matter involved only affects one series. For example, a change in a Fund's fundamental investment policy affects only one series and would be voted upon only by shareholders of the Fund involved. Additionally, approval of an advisory agreement, since it affects only one Fund, is a matter to be determined separately by each series. Approval by the shareholders of one series is effective as to that series whether or not sufficient votes are received from the shareholders of the other series to approve the proposal as to those series.

     As used in the Prospectus/Proxy Statement and in this SAI, the term "majority," when referring to approvals to be obtained from shareholders of a class of shares of a Fund means the vote of the lesser of (i) 67% of the shares of the class represented at a meeting if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the class are present in person or by proxy, or (ii) more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the class of the Fund. The term "majority," when referring to approvals to be obtained from shareholders of the Fund, means the vote of the lesser of (i) 67% of the shares of the Fund represented at a meeting if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Fund are present in person or by proxy, or (ii) more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. The term "majority," when referring to the approvals to be obtained from shareholders of the Trust as a whole, means the vote of the lesser of (i) 67% of the Trust's shares represented at a meeting if the holders of more than 50% of the Trust's outstanding shares are present in person or by proxy, or (ii) more than 50% of the Trust's outstanding shares.

     Shareholders are not entitled to any preemptive rights. All shares are issued in uncertificated form only, and, when issued will be fully paid and non-assessable by the Trust. The Trust may dispense with an annual meeting of shareholders in any year in which it is not required to elect Trustees under the 1940 Act.

     Each share of a class of a Fund represents an equal proportional interest in the Fund with each other share of the same class and is entitled to such dividends and distributions out of the income earned on the assets belonging to the Fund as are declared in the discretion of the Trustees. In the event of the liquidation or dissolution of the Trust, shareholders of a Fund are entitled to receive the assets attributable to that Fund that are available for distribution, and a distribution of any general assets not attributable to a particular Fund that are available for distribution in such manner and on such basis as the Trustees in their sole discretion may determine.

     Since the Funds have not yet commenced operations, information regarding record and beneficial ownership is not available. Information regarding record and beneficial share ownership for the Predecessor Fund can be found in the Prospectus/Proxy Statement.

 

OTHER INFORMATION

The Trust's Registration Statement, the Prospectus/Proxy Statement and the exhibits filed therewith, may be examined at the office of the SEC, located at 100 "F" Street NE, in Washington, D.C., 20549-0102.  Statements contained in the Prospectus/Proxy Statement as to the contents of any contract or other document in the Registration Statement are not necessarily complete, and, in each instance, reference is made to the copy of such contract or other document filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus/Proxy Statement, each such statement being qualified in all respects by such reference.

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

     KPMG LLP has been selected as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Trust. KPMG LLP provides audit services, tax return preparation and assistance and consultation in connection with review of certain SEC filings. KPMG LLP's address is 1601 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103.


 

APPENDIX

 

The ratings of Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”), Moody’s Investors Services (“Moody’s”), Fitch Investor Services (“Fitch”), represent their opinion as to the quality of debt securities. It should be emphasized, however, that ratings are general and not absolute standards of quality, and debt securities with the same maturity, interest rate and rating may have different yields while debt securities of the same maturity and interest rate with different ratings may have the same yield. Subsequent to purchase by the Funds, an issue of debt securities may cease to be rated or its rating may be reduced below the minimum rating required for purchase by the Funds. The adviser will consider such an event in determining whether the Fund involved should continue to hold the obligation.

 

The following is a description of the ratings given by S&P, Fitch, and Moody’s to corporate and municipal bonds and corporate and municipal commercial paper and variable rate demand obligations.

 

Corporate Bonds

 

S&P

 

S&P rates the long-term debt obligations issued by various entities in categories ranging from “AAA” to “D,” according to quality, as described below. The first four ratings denote investment-grade securities. Plus (+) or minus(-) The ratings from AA to CCC may be modified by the addition of a plus or minus sign to show relative standing within the major rating categories.

 

AAA - This is the highest rating assigned by S&P to a debt obligation and indicates an extremely strong capacity to pay interest and repay principal.

 

AA - Debt rated AA is considered to have a very strong capacity to pay interest and repay principal and differs from AAA issues only in a small degree.

 

A - Debt rated A has a strong capacity to pay interest and repay principal although it is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than debt in higher-rated categories.

 

BBB - Debt rated BBB is regarded as having an adequate capacity to pay interest and repay principal. Whereas it normally exhibits adequate protection parameters, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity to pay interest and repay principal for debt in this category than for those in higher-rated categories.

 

BB - Debt rated BB has less near-term vulnerability to default than other speculative issues. However, it faces major ongoing uncertainties or exposure to adverse business, financial, or economic conditions which could lead to inadequate capacity to meet timely interest and principal payments.

 

B - Debt rated B has greater vulnerability to default but currently has the capacity to meet interest payments and principal repayments. Adverse business, financial, or economic conditions will likely impair capacity or willingness to pay interest and repay principal.

 

CCC - Debt CCC is currently vulnerable and is dependent upon favorable business, financial, and economic conditions to meet timely interest and principal payments.

 

CC - Debt rated CC is currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment. Debt rated CC is subordinate to senior debt rated CCC.

 

C - Debt rated C is currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment. Debt rated C is subordinate to senior debt rated CCC-. The C rating may be used to cover a situation where a bankruptcy petition has been filed or similar action taken, but payments on this obligation are being continued. Debt rated C also will be assigned to a preferred stock issue in arrears on dividends or sinking fund payments, but that is currently paying.

 

D - Debt rated D is currently in default, where payment of interest and/or repayment of principal is in arrears.

 

Moody’s

 

Moody’s rates the long-term debt obligations issued by various entities in categories ranging from “Aaa” to “C,” according to quality, as described below. The first four denote investment-grade securities.

 

Aaa- Bonds rated Aaa are judged to be of the best quality. They carry the smallest degree of investment risk, and interest payments are protected by a large or by an exceptionally stable margin and principal is secure. While the various protective elements are likely to change, such changes as can be visualized are most unlikely to impair the fundamentally strong position of such issues.

 

Aa- Bonds rated Aa are judged to be of high quality by all standards. Together with the Aaa group, such bonds comprise what are generally known as high grade bonds. They are rated lower than the best bonds because margins of protection may not be as large as in Aaa securities or fluctuation of protective elements may be of greater amplitude or there may be other elements present which make the long-term risks appear somewhat larger than in Aaa securities.

 

A - Bonds rated A possess many favorable investment attributes and are to be considered upper to medium

investment-grade obligations. Factors giving security to principal and interest are considered adequate, but elements may be present which suggest a susceptibility to impairment sometime in the future.

 

Baa - Bonds rated Baa are considered medium-grade (and still investment-grade) obligations, i.e., they are neither highly protected nor poorly secured. Interest payments and principal security appear adequate for the present but certain protective elements may be lacking or may be characteristically unreliable over any great length of time. Such bonds lack outstanding investment characteristics and in fact have speculative characteristics as well.

 

Ba - Bonds rated Ba are judged to have speculative elements; their future cannot be considered as well assured. Often the protection of interest and principal payments may be very moderate and thereby not as well safeguarded during both good times and bad times over the future. Uncertainty of position characterizes bonds in this class.

 

B - Bonds rated B generally lack characteristics of a desirable investment. Assurance of interest and principal payments or of maintenance of other terms of the contract over any long period of time may be small.

 

Caa- Bonds rated Caa are of poor standing. Issues may be in default or there may be present elements of danger with respect to principal or interest.

 

Ca - Bonds rated Ca are speculative in a high degree. Such bonds are often in default or have other

marked shortcomings.

 

C - Bonds rated C are the lowest rated class of bonds. Such bonds can be regarded as having extremely poor prospects of ever attaining any real investment standing.

 

Moody’s applies numerical modifiers (1, 2 and 3) to rating categories. The modifier 1 indicates that the bond being rated ranks in the higher end of its generic rating category; the modifier 2 indicates a mid-range ranking; and the modifier 3 indicates that the bond ranks in the lower end of its generic rating category. With regard to municipal bonds, those bonds in the Aa, A and Baa groups which Moody’s believes possess the strongest investment attributes are designated by the symbols Aal, A1 or Baal, respectively.

 

Fitch

 

National Long-Term Credit Ratings.A special identifier for the country concerned will be added at the end of all national ratings. For illustrative purposes, (xxx) has been used, below.

 

AAA(xxx) - ’AAA’ national ratings denote the highest rating assigned in its national rating scale for that country. This rating is assigned to the “best” credit risk relative to all other issuers or issues in the same country and will normally be assigned to all financial commitments issued or guaranteed by the sovereign state.

 

AA(xxx) - ’AA’ national ratings denote a very strong credit risk relative to other issuers or issues in the same country. The credit risk inherent in these financial commitments differs only slightly from the country’s highest rated issuers or issues.

 

A(xxx) - ’A’ national ratings denote a strong credit risk relative to other issuers or issues in the same country. However, changes in circumstances or economic conditions may affect the capacity for timely repayment of these financial commitments to a greater degree than for financial commitments denoted by a higher rated category.

 

BBB(xxx) - ’BBB’ national ratings denote an adequate credit risk relative to other issuers or issues in the same country. However, changes in circumstances or economic conditions are more likely to affect the capacity for timely repayment.

 

BB(xxx) - ’BB’ national ratings denote a fairly weak credit risk relative to other issuers or issues in the same country. Within the context of the country, payment of these financial commitments is uncertain to dome degree and capacity for timely repayment remains more vulnerable to adverse economic change over time.

 

B(xxx) - ’B’ national ratings denote a significantly weak credit risk relative to other issuers or issues in the same country. Financial commitments are currently being met but a limited margin of safety remains and capacity for continued timely payment is contingent upon a sustained, favorable business and economic environment.

 

CCC(xxx), CC(xxx), C(xxx) - These categories of national ratings denote an extremely weak credit risk relative to other issuers or issues in the same country. Capacity for meeting financial commitments is solely reliant upon sustained, favorable business or economic developments.

 

DDD(xxx), DD(xxx), D(xxx) - These categories of national ratings are assigned to entities or financial commitments which are currently in default.

 

Short-Term Issue Credit Ratings (including Commercial Paper)

S&P:

 

A-1 - Debt rated A-1 is rated in the highest category by S&P. The obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is strong. Within this category, certain obligations are designated with a plus sign (+). This indicates that the obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on these obligations is extremely strong.

 

A-2 - Debt rated A-2 is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in higher rating categories. However, the obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is satisfactory.

 

A-3 - Debt rated A-3 exhibits adequate protection parameters. However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

 

B - Debt rated B is regarded as having significant speculative characteristics. The obligor currently has the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation; however, it faces major ongoing uncertainties which could lead to the obligor’s inadequate capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

 

C - Debt rated C is currently vulnerable to nonpayment and is dependent upon favorable business, financial, and economic conditions for the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

 

D - Debt rated D is in payment default. The D rating category is used when payments on an obligation are not made on the date due even if the applicable grace period has not expired, unless S&P believes that such payments will be made during such grace period. The D rating also will be used upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition or the taking of a similar action if payments on an obligation are jeopardized.

 

Moody’s:

 

Prime-1: Issuers rated Prime-1 have a superior ability for repayment of senior short-term debt obligations.

 

Prime-2: Issuers rated Prime-2 have a strong ability to repay senior short-term debt obligations, but earnings trends, while sound, will be subject to more variation.

 

Prime-3: Issuers rated Prime-3 have acceptable credit quality and an adequate capacity for timely payment of short-term deposit obligations.

 

Not Prime: Issuers rated Not Prime have questionable to poor credit quality and an uncertain capacity for timely payment of short-term deposit obligations.

 

Fitch

 

National Long-Term Credit Ratings.A special identifier for the country concerned will be added at the end of all national ratings. For illustrative purposes, (xxx) has been used, below.

 

F1(xxx) - Indicates the strongest capacity for timely payment of financial commitments relative to other issuers or issues in the same country. Under their national rating scale, this rating is assigned to the“best” credit risk relative to all others in the same country and is normally assigned to all financial commitments issued or guaranteed by the sovereign state. Where the credit risk is particularly strong , a “+” is added to the assigned rating.

 

F2(xxx) - Indicates a satisfactory capacity for timely payment of financial commitments relative to other issuers or issues in the same country. However, the margin of safety is not as great as in the case of the higher ratings.

 

F3(xxx) - Indicates an adequate capacity for timely payment of financial commitments relative to other issuers or issues in the same country. However, such capacity is more susceptible to near-term adverse changes than for financial commitments in higher rated categories.

 

B(xxx) - Indicates an uncertain capacity for timely payment of financial commitments relative to other issuers or issues in the same country. Such capacity is highly susceptible to near-term adverse changes in financial and economic conditions.

 

C(xxx) - Indicates a highly uncertain capacity for timely payment of financial commitments relative to other issuers or issues in the same country. Capacity or meeting financial commitments is solely reliant upon a sustained, favorable business and economic environment.

 

D(xxx) - Indicates actual or imminent payment default.

 

Note to National Short-Term ratings: In certain countries, regulators have established credit rating scales, to be used within their domestic markets, using specific nomenclature. In these countries, our National Short-Term Ratings definitions for F1+(xxx), F1(xxx), F2(xxx) and F3(xxx) may be substituted by those regulatory scales, e.g. A1+, A1, A2 and A3.

 

Variable Rate Demand Obligations

 

S&P:

 

SP-1 - Strong capacity to pay principal and interest. An issue determined to possess a very strong capacity to pay debt service is given a plus (+) designation.

 

SP-2 - Satisfactory capacity to pay principal and interest, with some vulnerability to adverse financial and economic changes over the term of the notes.

 

SP-3 - Speculative capacity to pay principal and interest.

 

Moody’s:

 

VMIG 1: This designation denotes superior credit quality. Excellent protection is afforded by the superior short-term credit strength of the liquidity provider and structural and legal protections that ensure the timely payment of purchase price upon demand.

 

VMIG 2: This designation denotes strong credit quality. Good protection is afforded by the strong short-term credit strength of the liquidity provider and structural and legal protections that ensure the timely payment of purchase price upon demand.

 

VMIG 3: This designation denotes acceptable credit quality. Adequate protection is afforded by the satisfactory short-term credit strength of the liquidity provider and structural and legal protections that ensure the timely payment of purchase price upon demand.

 

SG: This designation denotes speculative-grade credit quality. Demand features rated in this category may be supported by a liquidity provider that does not have an investment grade short-term rating or may lack the structural and/or legal protections necessary to ensure the timely payment of purchase price upon demand.

 


 WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST

PROXY CARDS


 

At the Special Meeting, we will ask shareholders to vote on:



 

 

 

 

 

 


PROXY FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON JUNE 8, 2010

 

The undersigned hereby appoints Sally E. Ganem, Catherine F. Kennedy, Michael H. Koonce, Lloyd Lipsett, Kevin J. Ouellette, Brian J. Montana, and Maureen E. Towle or any of them as Proxies of the undersigned, with full power of substitution to each, to vote on behalf of the undersigned all shares of the Fund, a series of the Trust, that the undersigned is entitled to vote at the meeting of shareholders, and at any adjournment(s) thereof, of the Fund to be held at 10:00 a.m., Pacific time, on June 8, 2010, at the offices of Wells Fargo Advantage Funds®, 525 Market Street, San Francisco, California, 94105, as fully as the undersigned would be entitled to vote if personally present.  If you wish to attend the Meeting in person, please call 800-343-2898 for instructions.

The execution of this proxy is not intended to, and does not, revoke any prior proxies or powers of attorney other than the revocation, in accordance with the law of the State of Delaware and applicable federal securities laws, of any proxy previously granted specifically in connection with the voting of the shares subject hereto. 

The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice of the Special Meeting of Shareholders and the accompanying Prospectus/Proxy Statement, the terms of each of which are incorporated by reference.

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDs A VOTE “FOR” THE PROPOSAL.

 

NOTE: PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME(S) APPEAR ON THIS PROXY. If joint owners, EITHER may sign this Proxy. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, or custodian for a minor, please give your full title. When signing on behalf of a corporation or as a partner for a partnership, please give the full corporate or partnership name and your title, if any.

 

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Signature                                          Date                      Signature (if held jointly)           Date       

 

________________________________________

Title, if a corporation, partnership or other entity           

           

▲  PLEASEFOLD HERE – DO NOT TEAR  ▲

 

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT, NO MATTER HOW MANY SHARES YOU OWN.  THE MATTER WE ARE SUBMITTING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS SIGNIFICANT TO THE FUND AND TO YOU AS A FUND SHAREHOLDER.  PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND CAST YOUR VOTE USING ANY OF THE METHODS DESCRIBED BELOW.

Three simple methods to vote your proxy:

 

1.  Internet:

Log on to www.proxyonline.com. Make sure to have this proxy card available when you plan to vote your shares.  You will need the control number found in the box at the right at the time you execute your vote.

 

Control Number:

2.  Touchtone 

     Phone:               

Simply dial toll-free 1-866-458-9856 and follow the automated instructions.  Please have this proxy card available at the time of the call.

 

 

3.  Mail:

Simply sign, date, and complete the reverse side of this proxy card and return it in the postage paid envelope provided.

 

 

 

 

If you would like another copy of the proxy material, they are available at www.proxyonline.com.  You will need your control number above to log in.   

 

 

 

 

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THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TRUST. THE SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY WILL BE VOTED AS INDICATED BELOW OR FOR PROPOSAL 1 IF YOU SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THIS PROXY, BUT NO CHOICE IS INDICATED. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TRUST RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR PROPOSAL 1.   IF ANY OTHER MATTERS PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT THEREOF, THE PROXIES NAMED WILL BE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE IN THEIR DISCRETION UPON SUCH MATTERS.

THIS PROXY WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND APPLICABLE FEDERAL SECURITIES LAW.

 

PLEASE MARK YOUR VOTE AS IN THIS EXAMPLE.       Xx

 

Proposal 1:

As a Shareholder of the Fund, you are being asked to approve a fund merger between:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your Fund:

Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund (the “Fund”)

 

Acquiring Fund:

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund (the “Acquiring Fund”)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROPOSAL DETAILS:

 

 

 

 

 

To approve the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”) providing for the reorganization of the Fund, a series of the Trust, including the acquisition of all the assets of the Fund, by the Acquiring Fund, a series of Wells Fargo Funds Trust, in exchange for shares of the Acquiring Fund and the assumption by Acquiring Fund of all of the liabilities of the Fund.  The Plan also provides for the prompt distribution of those shares of the Acquiring Fund to shareholders of the Fund and the liquidation and termination of the Fund.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOR

AGAINST

ABSTAIN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YOU CAN VOTE ON THE INTERNET, BY TELEPHONE OR BY MAIL.   

PLEASE SEE THE REVERSE SIDE FOR INSTRUCTIONS.

 

 

 

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT.

WE URGE YOU TO VOTE PROMPTLY.

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 


PROXY FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON JUNE 8, 2010

 

The undersigned hereby appoints Sally E. Ganem, Catherine F. Kennedy, Michael H. Koonce, Lloyd Lipsett, Kevin J. Ouellette, Brian J. Montana, and Maureen E. Towle or any of them as Proxies of the undersigned, with full power of substitution to each, to vote on behalf of the undersigned all shares of the Fund, a series of the Trust, that the undersigned is entitled to vote at the meeting of shareholders, and at any adjournment(s) thereof, of the Fund to be held at 10:00 a.m., Pacific time, on June 8, 2010, at the offices of Wells Fargo Advantage Funds®, 525 Market Street, San Francisco, California, 94105, as fully as the undersigned would be entitled to vote if personally present.  If you wish to attend the Meeting in person, please call 800-343-2898 for instructions.

The execution of this proxy is not intended to, and does not, revoke any prior proxies or powers of attorney other than the revocation, in accordance with the law of the State of Delaware and applicable federal securities laws, of any proxy previously granted specifically in connection with the voting of the shares subject hereto. 

The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice of the Special Meeting of Shareholders and the accompanying Prospectus/Proxy Statement, the terms of each of which are incorporated by reference.

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDs A VOTE “FOR” THE PROPOSAL.

 

NOTE: PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME(S) APPEAR ON THIS PROXY. If joint owners, EITHER may sign this Proxy. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, or custodian for a minor, please give your full title. When signing on behalf of a corporation or as a partner for a partnership, please give the full corporate or partnership name and your title, if any.

 

____________________________________________________

Signature                                          Date                      Signature (if held jointly)           Date       

 

________________________________________

Title, if a corporation, partnership or other entity           

           

▲  PLEASEFOLD HERE – DO NOT TEAR  ▲

 

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT, NO MATTER HOW MANY SHARES YOU OWN.  THE MATTER WE ARE SUBMITTING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS SIGNIFICANT TO THE FUND AND TO YOU AS A FUND SHAREHOLDER.  PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND CAST YOUR VOTE USING ANY OF THE METHODS DESCRIBED BELOW.

Three simple methods to vote your proxy:

 

1.  Internet:

Log on to www.proxyonline.com. Make sure to have this proxy card available when you plan to vote your shares.  You will need the control number found in the box at the right at the time you execute your vote.

 

Control Number:

2.  Touchtone 

     Phone:               

Simply dial toll-free 1-866-458-9856 and follow the automated instructions.  Please have this proxy card available at the time of the call.

 

 

3.  Mail:

Simply sign, date, and complete the reverse side of this proxy card and return it in the postage paid envelope provided.

 

 

 

 

If you would like another copy of the proxy material, they are available at www.proxyonline.com.  You will need your control number above to log in.   

 

 

 

 

TAGID: “TAG ID”                                                                                                                                                                               CUSIP: “CUSIP”


 

 

 

 


THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TRUST. THE SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY WILL BE VOTED AS INDICATED BELOW OR FOR PROPOSAL 1 IF YOU SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THIS PROXY, BUT NO CHOICE IS INDICATED. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TRUST RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR PROPOSAL 1.   IF ANY OTHER MATTERS PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT THEREOF, THE PROXIES NAMED WILL BE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE IN THEIR DISCRETION UPON SUCH MATTERS.

THIS PROXY WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND COSNTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND APPLICABLE FEDERAL SECURITIES LAW.

 

PLEASE MARK YOUR VOTE AS IN THIS EXAMPLE.       Xx

 

Proposal 1:

As a Shareholder of the Fund, you are being asked to approve a fund merger between:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your Fund:

Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund (the “Fund”)

 

Acquiring Fund:

Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund (the “Acquiring Fund”)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROPOSAL DETAILS:

 

 

 

 

 

To approve the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”) providing for the reorganization of the Fund, a series of the Trust, including the acquisition of all the assets of the Fund, by the Acquiring Fund, a series of Wells Fargo Funds Trust, in exchange for shares of the Acquiring Fund and the assumption by Acquiring Fund of all of the liabilities of the Fund.  The Plan also provides for the prompt distribution of those shares of the Acquiring Fund to shareholders of the Fund and the liquidation and termination of the Fund.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOR

AGAINST

ABSTAIN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YOU CAN VOTE ON THE INTERNET, BY TELEPHONE OR BY MAIL.   

PLEASE SEE THE REVERSE SIDE FOR INSTRUCTIONS.

 

 

 

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT.

WE URGE YOU TO VOTE PROMPTLY.

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 


PROXY FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON JUNE 8, 2010

 

The undersigned hereby appoints Sally E. Ganem, Catherine F. Kennedy, Michael H. Koonce, Lloyd Lipsett, Kevin J. Ouellette, Brian J. Montana, and Maureen E. Towle or any of them as Proxies of the undersigned, with full power of substitution to each, to vote on behalf of the undersigned all shares of the Fund, a series of the Trust, that the undersigned is entitled to vote at the meeting of shareholders, and at any adjournment(s) thereof, of the Fund to be held at 10:00 a.m., Pacific time, on June 8, 2010, at the offices of Wells Fargo Advantage Funds®, 525 Market Street, San Francisco, California, 94105, as fully as the undersigned would be entitled to vote if personally present.  If you wish to attend the Meeting in person, please call 800-343-2898 for instructions.

The execution of this proxy is not intended to, and does not, revoke any prior proxies or powers of attorney other than the revocation, in accordance with the law of the State of Delaware and applicable federal securities laws, of any proxy previously granted specifically in connection with the voting of the shares subject hereto. 

The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice of the Special Meeting of Shareholders and the accompanying Prospectus/Proxy Statement, the terms of each of which are incorporated by reference.

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDs A VOTE “FOR” THE PROPOSAL.

 

NOTE: PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME(S) APPEAR ON THIS PROXY. If joint owners, EITHER may sign this Proxy. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, or custodian for a minor, please give your full title. When signing on behalf of a corporation or as a partner for a partnership, please give the full corporate or partnership name and your title, if any.

 

____________________________________________________

Signature                                          Date                      Signature (if held jointly)           Date       

 

________________________________________

Title, if a corporation, partnership or other entity           

           

▲  PLEASEFOLD HERE – DO NOT TEAR  ▲

 

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT, NO MATTER HOW MANY SHARES YOU OWN.  THE MATTER WE ARE SUBMITTING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS SIGNIFICANT TO THE FUND AND TO YOU AS A FUND SHAREHOLDER.  PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND CAST YOUR VOTE USING ANY OF THE METHODS DESCRIBED BELOW.

Three simple methods to vote your proxy:

 

1.  Internet:

Log on to www.proxyonline.com. Make sure to have this proxy card available when you plan to vote your shares.  You will need the control number found in the box at the right at the time you execute your vote.

 

Control Number:

2.  Touchtone 

     Phone:               

Simply dial toll-free 1-866-458-9856 and follow the automated instructions.  Please have this proxy card available at the time of the call.

 

 

3.  Mail:

Simply sign, date, and complete the reverse side of this proxy card and return it in the postage paid envelope provided.

 

 

 

 

If you would like another copy of the proxy material, they are available at www.proxyonline.com.  You will need your control number above to log in.   

 

 

TAGID: “TAG ID”                                                                                                                                                                               CUSIP: “CUSIP”


 

 

 

 


THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TRUST. THE SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY WILL BE VOTED AS INDICATED BELOW OR FOR PROPOSAL 1 IF YOU SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THIS PROXY, BUT NO CHOICE IS INDICATED. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TRUST RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR PROPOSAL 1.   IF ANY OTHER MATTERS PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT THEREOF, THE PROXIES NAMED WILL BE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE IN THEIR DISCRETION UPON SUCH MATTERS.

THIS PROXY WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND APPLICABLE FEDERAL SECURITIES LAW.

 

PLEASE MARK YOUR VOTE AS IN THIS EXAMPLE.       Xx

 

Proposal 1:

As a Shareholder of the Fund, you are being asked to approve a fund merger between:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your Fund:

Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund (the “Fund”)

 

Acquiring Fund:

Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund (the “Acquiring Fund”)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROPOSAL DETAILS:

 

 

 

 

 

To approve the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”) providing for the reorganization of the Fund, a series of the Trust, including the acquisition of all the assets of the Fund, by the Acquiring Fund, a series of Wells Fargo Funds Trust, in exchange for shares of the Acquiring Fund and the assumption by Acquiring Fund of all of the liabilities of the Fund.  The Plan also provides for the prompt distribution of those shares of the Acquiring Fund to shareholders of the Fund and the liquidation and termination of the Fund.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOR

AGAINST

ABSTAIN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YOU CAN VOTE ON THE INTERNET, BY TELEPHONE OR BY MAIL.   

PLEASE SEE THE REVERSE SIDE FOR INSTRUCTIONS.

 

 

 

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT.

WE URGE YOU TO VOTE PROMPTLY.

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 


PROXY FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON JUNE 8, 2010

 

The undersigned hereby appoints Sally E. Ganem, Catherine F. Kennedy, Michael H. Koonce, Lloyd Lipsett, Kevin J. Ouellette, Brian J. Montana, and Maureen E. Towle or any of them as Proxies of the undersigned, with full power of substitution to each, to vote on behalf of the undersigned all shares of the Fund, a series of the Trust, that the undersigned is entitled to vote at the meeting of shareholders, and at any adjournment(s) thereof, of the Fund to be held at 10:00 a.m., Pacific time, on June 8, 2010, at the offices of Wells Fargo Advantage Funds®, 525 Market Street, San Francisco, California, 94105, as fully as the undersigned would be entitled to vote if personally present.  If you wish to attend the Meeting in person, please call 800-343-2898 for instructions.

The execution of this proxy is not intended to, and does not, revoke any prior proxies or powers of attorney other than the revocation, in accordance with the law of the State of Delaware and applicable federal securities laws, of any proxy previously granted specifically in connection with the voting of the shares subject hereto. 

The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice of the Special Meeting of Shareholders and the accompanying Prospectus/Proxy Statement, the terms of each of which are incorporated by reference.

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDs A VOTE “FOR” THE PROPOSAL.

 

NOTE: PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME(S) APPEAR ON THIS PROXY. If joint owners, EITHER may sign this Proxy. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, or custodian for a minor, please give your full title. When signing on behalf of a corporation or as a partner for a partnership, please give the full corporate or partnership name and your title, if any.

 

____________________________________________________

Signature                                          Date                      Signature (if held jointly)           Date       

 

________________________________________

Title, if a corporation, partnership or other entity           

           

▲  PLEASEFOLD HERE – DO NOT TEAR  ▲

 

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT, NO MATTER HOW MANY SHARES YOU OWN.  THE MATTER WE ARE SUBMITTING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS SIGNIFICANT TO THE FUND AND TO YOU AS A FUND SHAREHOLDER.  PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND CAST YOUR VOTE USING ANY OF THE METHODS DESCRIBED BELOW.

Three simple methods to vote your proxy:

 

1.  Internet:

Log on to www.proxyonline.com. Make sure to have this proxy card available when you plan to vote your shares.  You will need the control number found in the box at the right at the time you execute your vote.

 

Control Number:

2.  Touchtone 

     Phone:               

Simply dial toll-free 1-866-458-9856 and follow the automated instructions.  Please have this proxy card available at the time of the call.

 

 

3.  Mail:

Simply sign, date, and complete the reverse side of this proxy card and return it in the postage paid envelope provided.

 

 

 

 

If you would like another copy of the proxy material, they are available at www.proxyonline.com.  You will need your control number above to log in.   

 

 

 

 

TAGID: “TAG ID”                                                                                                                                                                               CUSIP: “CUSIP”


 

 

 

 


THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TRUST. THE SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY WILL BE VOTED AS INDICATED BELOW OR FOR PROPOSAL 1 IF YOU SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THIS PROXY, BUT NO CHOICE IS INDICATED. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TRUST RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR PROPOSAL 1.   IF ANY OTHER MATTERS PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT THEREOF, THE PROXIES NAMED WILL BE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE IN THEIR DISCRETION UPON SUCH MATTERS.

THIS PROXY WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND APPLICABLE FEDERAL SECURITIES LAW.

 

PLEASE MARK YOUR VOTE AS IN THIS EXAMPLE.       Xx

 

Proposal 1:

As a Shareholder of the Fund, you are being asked to approve a fund merger between:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your Fund:

Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund (the “Fund”)

 

Acquiring Fund:

Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund (the “Acquiring Fund”)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROPOSAL DETAILS:

 

 

 

 

 

To approve the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”) providing for the reorganization of the Fund, a series of the Trust, including the acquisition of all the assets of the Fund, by the Acquiring Fund, a series of Wells Fargo Funds Trust, in exchange for shares of the Acquiring Fund and the assumption by Acquiring Fund of all of the liabilities of the Fund.  The Plan also provides for the prompt distribution of those shares of the Acquiring Fund to shareholders of the Fund and the liquidation and termination of the Fund.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOR

AGAINST

ABSTAIN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YOU CAN VOTE ON THE INTERNET, BY TELEPHONE OR BY MAIL.   

PLEASE SEE THE REVERSE SIDE FOR INSTRUCTIONS.

 

 

 

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT.

WE URGE YOU TO VOTE PROMPTLY.

 

 

 

 

 


WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST

PART C

OTHER INFORMATION 

Item 15.

INDEMNIFICATION.

Under the terms of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Registrant, incorporated by reference as Exhibit 1 hereto, provides for the indemnification of the Registrant’s Trustees, officers, employees and agents. The following sections of Article IX provide as follows:

Section 1.Limitation of Liability. All persons contracting with or having any claim against the Trust or a particular Series shall look only to the assets of the Trust or such Series, respectively, for payment under such contract or claim; and neither the Trustees nor any of the Trust’s officers, employees or agents, whether past, present or future (each a “Covered Person,” and collectively the “Covered Persons”), shall be personally liable therefor. Notwithstanding any provision in this Article IX, neither the investment adviser, Principal Underwriter or other service providers, nor any officers, employees or other agents of such entities, shall be indemnified pursuant to this Article IX, except that dual officers, employees or other agents of the Trust and such entities shall be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Article IX but only to the extent that such officer, employee or other agent was acting in his or her capacity as an officer, employee or agent of the Trust in the conduct that gave rise to the claim for indemnification. No Covered Person shall be liable to the Trust or to any Shareholder for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act performed or omitted by such Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Trust, a Series or a Class, and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on such Covered Person by this Declaration, except that a Covered Person shall be liable for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Covered Person’s bad faith, gross negligence, willful misconduct or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his or her office.

Section 2.Mandatory Indemnification. (a) Subject only to the express limitations in the 1940 Act, other applicable laws, and sub-paragraph (b) below, the Trust or the appropriate Series shall indemnify each of its Covered Persons to the fullest extent permitted under the 1940 Act and other applicable laws, including, but not limited to, against all liabilities and expenses reasonably incurred or paid by him or her in connection with any claim, action, suit or proceeding in which he or she becomes involved as a party or otherwise by virtue of his or her being or having been a Covered Person and against amounts paid or incurred in the settlement thereof.

As used herein, the words “claim,” “action,” “suit,” or “proceeding” shall apply to all claims, actions, suits or proceedings (civil, criminal or other, including appeals), actual or threatened, and the words “liability” and “expenses” shall include, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs, judgments, amounts paid in settlement, fines, penalties and other liabilities.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein, no Covered Person shall be entitled to indemnification for any liability arising by reason of such Covered Person’s willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or the reckless disregard of duties owed to the Trust (“disabling conduct”).

(c) No indemnification or advance shall be made under this Article IX to the extent such indemnification or advance:

would be inconsistent with a provision of the Declaration, or an agreement in effect at the time of accrual of the alleged cause of action asserted in the proceeding in which the expenses were incurred or other amounts were paid which prohibits or otherwise limits indemnification; or

would be inconsistent with any condition expressly imposed by a court in a judgment, order, or approval of a settlement.

(d) Any indemnification under this Article shall be made by the Trust only if authorized in the specific case on a determination that the Covered Person was not liable by reason of disabling conduct by: 

 

(i)

a final decision on the merits by a court or other body before whom the proceeding was brought; or

 


 

 

(ii)

in the absence of such a decision, by any reasonable and fair means established in accordance with, and subject to the requirements and limitations of, Section 17(h) of the 1940 Act and any interpretation thereunder by the Commission or its staff.

(e) The rights of indemnification herein provided may be insured against by policies of insurance maintained by the Trust, shall be severable, shall not be exclusive of or affect any other rights to which any Covered Person may now or hereafter be entitled, and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of a Covered Person.

(f) To the maximum extent permitted by the 1940 Act and other applicable laws, expenses in connection with the preparation and presentation of a defense to any claim, action, suit or proceeding of the character described in subsection (a) of this Article IX shall be paid by the Trust or applicable Series from time to time prior to final disposition thereof upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Covered Person that such amount will be paid over by him or her to the Trust or applicable Series if it is ultimately determined that he or she is not entitled to indemnification under this Article IX; provided, however, that either (i) such Covered Person shall have provided appropriate security for such undertaking, (ii) the Trust is insured against losses arising out of any such advance payments or (iii) either a majority of the Trustees who are neither Interested Persons of the Trust nor parties to the matter, or independent legal counsel in a written opinion, shall have determined, based upon a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type inquiry) that there is reason to believe that such Covered Person will not be disqualified from indemnification under this Article IX; provided, however, that the Trust shall not be obligated to pay the expenses of any agent acting pursuant to a written contract with the Trust, except to the extent required by such contract.

(g) Any repeal or modification of this Article IX shall be prospective only, to the extent that such repeal or modification would, if applied retrospectively, affect any limitation on the liability of any Covered Person in an a manner that would be adverse to such Covered Person or affect any indemnification available to any Covered Person in a manner that would be adverse to such Covered Person with respect to any act or omission which occurred prior to such repeal, modification or adoption. 

Item 16.

EXHIBITS.

All references to the “Registration Statement” in the following list of Exhibits refer to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-74295; 811-09253).

 

 

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

(1)

  

Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 83, filed April 11, 2005.

 

 

(2)

  

Not Applicable

 

 

(3)

  

Not Applicable.

 

 

(4)

  

Agreement and Plan of Reorganization. Included herewith as Exhibit A to the Prospectus/Proxy Statement in Part A of this Registration Statement.

 

 

(5)

  

Not Applicable.

  (6)(a)

  

Investment Advisory Agreement with Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 87, filed November 1, 2005; Schedule A, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 139, filed September 28, 2009.

 

 

(6)(b)

  

Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement with Schroder Investment Management North America Inc., incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 20, filed May 1, 2001; Schedule A, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 83, filed April 11, 2005.

 

 

(6)(c)

  

Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement with Wells Capital Management Incorporated, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 22, filed June 15, 2001; Schedule A, and Appendix A, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 139, filed September 28, 2009.

 

 

(6)(d)

  

Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement with RCM Capital Management, LLC (formerly Dresdner RCM Global Investors, LLC), incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 32, filed February 8, 2002; Appendix A and Schedule A, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 119, filed March 1, 2008.

 

 

(6)(e)

  

Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement with Global Index Advisors, Inc., incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 93, filed June 26, 2006. Appendix A and B, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 111, filed June 29, 2007.  Appendix B, included by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 139, filed September 28, 2009.

  (6)(f)

  

Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement with Systematic Financial Management, L.P., incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 66, filed October 1, 2003; Appendix A and Appendix B, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 88, filed December 1, 2005.

 

 

(6)(g)

  

Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement with LSV Asset Management, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 69, filed January 30, 2004; Appendix A, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 93, filed June 26, 2006.

 

 

(6)(h)

  

Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement with Cooke & Bieler, L.P., incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 74, filed July 26, 2004; Appendix A and Schedule A, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 136, filed April 30, 2009.

 

 

(6)(i)

  

Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement with Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 82, filed March 1, 2005; Appendix A and Appendix B, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 88, filed December 1, 2005.

 

 

(6)(j)

  

Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement with LSV Asset Management, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 147, filed January 28, 2010.

 

 

(6)(k)

  

Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement with Matrix Asset Advisors, Inc., incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 83, filed April 11, 2005; Appendix A and Schedule A, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 119, filed March 1, 2008.

 

 

(6)(l)

  

Sub-Advisory Agreement with Phocas Financial Corporation, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 122, filed March 21, 2008.

 

 

(6)(m)

 

Sub-Advisory Agreement with Nelson Capital Management, LLC, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 131, filed October 1, 2008.

(6)(n)

 

Sub-Advisory Agreement with Evergreen Investment Management, LLC (“Evergreen Investments”), incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 136, filed April 30, 2009.

(7)

  

Distribution Agreement with Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 84, filed July 1, 2005; Schedule I, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 139, filed September 28, 2009.

 

 

(8)

  

Not Applicable.

  (9)(a)

  

Master Custodian Agreement with State Street Bank & Trust Company incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 139, filed September 28, 2009.

 

 

(9)(b)

  

Securities Lending Agency Agreement by and among Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust, Wells Fargo Variable Trust, Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 134, filed January 28, 2009. Schedule 4 incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 139, filed September 28, 2009.

 

 

(10)(a)

  

Distribution Plan, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 87, filed November 1, 2005; Schedule I, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 127, filed July 1, 2008; Appendix A, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 139, filed September 28, 2009.

 

 

(10)(b)

  

Rule 18f-3 Multi-Class Plan, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. No. 131, filed October1, 2008; Appendix A, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 134, filed January 28, 2009.

 

 

(11)

  

Legal Opinion, incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form N-14 filed on February 16, 2010.

 

 

(12)

  

[See Item 17(3) of this Part C.]   Tax Opinion and Consent of Proskauer Rose LLP. To be filed by Amendment. 

 

 

(13)(a)

  

Amended and Restated Fee and Expense Agreement between Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust and Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 139, filed September 28, 2009.

 

 

(13)(b)

  

Administration Agreement with Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 65, filed August 15, 2003; Schedule A to Appendix A, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 139, filed September 28, 2009.

 

 

(13)(c)

  

Transfer Agency and Service Agreement with Boston Financial Data Services, Inc., incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 92, filed May 1, 2006; Schedule A, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 147, filed January 28, 2010.

  (13)(d)

  

Shareholder Servicing Plan, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 16, filed October 30, 2000; Appendix A, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 139, filed September 28, 2009.

 

 

(13)(e)

  

Administrative and Shareholder Servicing Agreement, Form of Agreement, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 111, filed June 29, 2007.

 

 

(14)(a)

  

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (Evergreen Select Money Market Trust on behalf of Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund, Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund, Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund and Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund), filed herewith.

 

 

 

(14)(b)

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (Wells Fargo Funds Trust on behalf of Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund and Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund), filed herewith.

 

 

(15)

  

Not Applicable.

 

 

(16)

  

Powers of Attorney, incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form N-14 filed on February 16, 2010.

 

 

 

 

 

 

ITEM 17.

UNDERTAKINGS.

 

(1)

Wells Fargo Advantage Funds agrees that, prior to any public reoffering of the securities registered through the use of a prospectus which is a part of this registration statement by any person or party who is deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of Rule 145(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, the reoffering prospectus will contain the information called for by the applicable registration form for the reofferings by persons who may be deemed underwriters, in addition to the information called for by the other items of the applicable form.

 

(2)

The undersigned Registrant agrees that every prospectus that is filed under paragraph (1) above will be filed as part of an amendment to the registration statement and will not be used until the amendment is effective, and that, in determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement for the securities offered therein, and the offering of the securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering of them.

 

(3)

The undersigned Registrant agrees to file, by post-effective amendment, an opinion of counsel or a copy of an IRS ruling supporting the tax consequences of the Reorganization within a reasonably prompt time after receipt of such opinion or ruling, but in any event no later than one business day after consummation of the Reorganization.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No.1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-14 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, in the City of San Francisco and State of California on the April 1, 2010.

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.1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-14 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the April 1, 2010.

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

TITLE

 

 

 

 

President and/or Principal Executive Officer

Karla M. Rabusch *

 

 

 

 

Kasey Phillips*

 

Treasurer

 

 

(Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Majority of the Trustees*

 

 

 

 

Trustee

Isaiah Harris, Jr.

 

Trustee

Peter G. Gordon

 

Trustee

Judith M, Johnson

 

Trustee

David F. Larcker

 

Trustee

Timothy J. Penny

 

Trustee

Donald C. Willeke

 

Trustee

Olivia S. Mitchell

 

Trustee

 

 

 

 /s/ C. David Messman

*By:

 

 

 

 

C. David Messman

 

 

(Attorney-in-Fact)


WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST

N-14 Exhibit Index

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

(14)(a)

  

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (Evergreen Select Money Market Trust on behalf of Evergreen Institutional 100% Treasury Money Market Fund, Evergreen Prime Cash Management Money Market Fund, Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund and Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund).

 

 

 

(14)(b)

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (Wells Fargo Funds Trust on behalf of Wells Fargo Advantage 100% Treasury Money Market Fund and Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market Fund).