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SUPPLEMENT TO THE STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

OF

  WELLS FARGO LARGE CAP STOCK FUNDS

For Wells Fargo Large Company Value Fund (the “Fund”)

 

Sub-Advisor and Portfolio Manager Changes

           

Effective February 1, 2017, Phocas Financial Corporation (“Phocas”) will be replaced by Analytic Investors, LLC (“Analytic”) as the sub-adviser for the Fund. Accordingly, effective February 1, 2017, all references to Phocas in the SAI are deleted.

 

In additiona, effective February 1, 2017, Dennis Bein, CFA,Harindra de Silva, Ph.D., CFA, and Ryan Brown, CFA of Analytic will be listed as the Portfolio Managers for the Fund.    Accordingly, effective February 1, 2017, disclosure concerning the portfolio managers for the Fund in the table in the section entitled “Management – Portfolio Managers” is deleted and replaced with the following:

Fund

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Managers

Large Company Value Fund

Analytic

Dennis Bein, CFA

Harindra de Silva, Ph.D., CFA

Ryan Brown, CFA

 

Management Fee

 

Effective February 1, 2017, disclosure concerning the management fees for the Fund in the table in the section entitled “Management – Manager and Class-Level Administrator” is deleted and replaced with the following:

 

Fund

 

Fee

Large Company Value Fund

First $1B

0.400%

 

Next $4B

0.375%

 

Next $5B

0.340%

 

Over $10B

0.330%

 

Sub-Adviser Fees

 

Effective February 1, 2017, disclosure concerning the sub-advisory fees paid to the sub-adviser for the Fund in the table in the section entitled “Management – Sub-Advisers” is deleted and replaced with the following:

 

Fund

Sub-Adviser

 

Fee

Large Company Value Fund

Analytic

First $100 million

0.250%

 

 

Next $200 million

0.200%

 

 

Over $300 million

0.150%

 

Management of Other Accounts

 

Effective February 1, 2017, disclosure concerning the other accounts managed by the portfolio managers for the Fund in the table in the section entitled “Management – Portfolio Managers – Management of Other Accounts” is deleted and replaced with the following:

 

Analytic

Dennis Bein, CFA1

Registered Investment Companies

Number of Accounts

10

Total Assets Managed

$3.01B

Number of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

0

Assets of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

$0

Other Pooled Investment Vehicles

Number of Accounts

18

Total Assets Managed

$2.22B

Number of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

3

Assets of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

$197.86M

Other Accounts

Number of Accounts

31

Total Assets Managed

$7.01B

Number of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

2

Assets of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

$266.36M

Ryan Brown, CFA1

Registered Investment Companies

Number of Accounts

5

Total Assets Managed

$1.56B

Number of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

0

Assets of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

$0

Other Pooled Investment Vehicles

Number of Accounts

4

Total Assets Managed

$305.69M

Number of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

2

Assets of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

$69.28M

Other Accounts

Number of Accounts

21

Total Assets Managed

$4.89B

Number of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

1

Assets of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

$235.08M

Harindra de Silva, Ph.D.,CFA1

Registered Investment Companies

Number of Accounts

13

Total Assets Managed

$5.44M

Number of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

0

Assets of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

$0

Other Pooled Investment Vehicles

Number of Accounts

18

Total Assets Managed

$2.22M

Number of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

3

Assets of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

$197.86M

Other Accounts

Number of Accounts

32

Total Assets Managed

$7.32B

Number of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

2

Assets of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

$266.36M

1 The portfolio manager started managing the Large Company Value Fund on February 1, 2017. The information presented in this table is as of July 31, 2016, at which time they were not a manager of the Fund.

Beneficial Ownership in the Fund

 

Effective February 1, 2017, disclosure concerning the dollar value of Fund equity securities beneficially owned by the portfolio managers for the Fund in the Portfolio Manager Fund Holdings table in the section entitled “Management – Portfolio Managers – Beneficial Ownership in the Funds” is deleted and replaced with the following:

 

Sub-Adviser / Portfolio Manager

Fund

Dollar Range of Holdings in Fund

 

Analytic Investors, LLC

 

 

Dennis Bein, CFA

Large Company Value Fund

$0

Ryan Brown, CFA

Large Company Value Fund

$0

Harindra de Silva, Ph.D., CFA

Large Company Value Fund

$0

 

Material Conflicts of Interest

 

Effective February 1, 2017, disclosure concerning the material conflicts of interest relating to the portfolio managers for the Fund in the section entitled “Management – Portfolio Managers – Material Conflicts of Interest” is deleted and replaced with the following:

 

Analytic.Analytic's Portfolio Managers' management of "other accounts" may give rise to potential conflicts of interest in connection with their management of the Low Volatility U.S. Equity Fund. These other accounts might have similar investment objectives as the Fund or may hold, purchase or sell securities that are eligible to be held, purchased or sold by the Fund. While the portfolio managers' management of other accounts may give rise to potential conflicts of interest, Analytic does not believe that the conflicts, if any, are material or, to the extent any such conflicts are material, Analytic believes that it has designed policies and procedures to manage those conflicts in an appropriate way, including policies and procedures reasonably designed to allocate investment opportunities on a fair and equitable basis over time.

Compensation

 

Effective February 1, 2017, disclosure concerning the compensation of the portfolio managers for the Fund in the section entitled “Management – Portfolio Managers – Compensation” is deleted and replaced with the following:

 

Analytic.Analytic's compensation structure for professional employees consists of an industry median base salary (based on independent industry information) and an annual discretionary bonus. Bonus amounts are determined using the following factors: the overall success of the firm in terms of profitability; the overall success of the department or team; and an individual's contribution to the team, based on goals established during the performance period. Compensation based on investment strategy performance is not tied to individual account performance, but rather each strategy as a whole. Strategy performance information is based on pre-tax calculations for the prior calendar year. No portfolio manager is directly compensated a portion of an advisory fee based on the performance of a specific account. Portfolio managers' base salaries are typically reviewed on an annual basis determined by each portfolio manager's anniversary date of employment. Discretionary bonuses are determined annually, upon

analysis of information from the prior calendar year.

 

November 17, 2016