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Wells Fargo Utilities and High Income Fund

 

Portfolio of investments — May 31, 2020 (unaudited)

 

       Shares      Value  

Common Stocks : 81.24%

 

Energy : 0.05%

 

Energy Equipment & Services : 0.05%

 

Bristow Group Incorporated †(a)

 

     4,945      $ 35,518  

Bristow Group Incorporated †(a)

 

     3,510        25,227  
             60,745  
          

 

 

 

Utilities : 81.19%

 

Electric Utilities : 48.48%

 

Alliant Energy Corporation

 

     20,391        1,006,500  

American Electric Power Company Incorporated

 

     70,494        6,009,614  

Duke Energy Corporation

 

     63,986        5,479,121  

Edison International

 

     28,506        1,656,484  

Entergy Corporation

 

     26,186        2,666,259  

Eversource Energy

 

     54,793        4,586,174  

Exelon Corporation

 

     108,285        4,148,398  

NextEra Energy Incorporated

 

     60,427        15,442,724  

Pinnacle West Capital Corporation

 

     17,919        1,395,890  

The Southern Company

 

     89,221        5,091,842  

Xcel Energy Incorporated

 

     85,039        5,530,086  
             53,013,092  
          

 

 

 

Gas Utilities : 1.84%

 

Atmos Energy Corporation

 

     19,600        2,014,488  
          

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities : 27.08%

 

Ameren Corporation

 

     38,992        2,913,872  

CenterPoint Energy Incorporated

 

     40,223        715,165  

CMS Energy Corporation

 

     59,487        3,484,748  

Consolidated Edison Incorporated

 

     31,324        2,351,179  

Dominion Energy Incorporated

 

     67,465        5,735,200  

DTE Energy Company

 

     28,180        3,031,323  

Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated

 

     53,750        2,743,400  

Sempra Energy

 

     30,520        3,854,981  

WEC Energy Group Incorporated

 

     52,049        4,774,455  
             29,604,323  
          

 

 

 

Water Utilities : 3.79%

 

American Water Works Company Incorporated

 

     32,621        4,142,867  
          

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks (Cost $88,110,507)

 

     88,835,515  
          

 

 

 
     Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal         

Corporate Bonds and Notes : 31.54%

 

Communication Services : 5.28%

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services : 0.34%

 

Level 3 Financing Incorporated 144A

     4.63     9-15-2027      $ 50,000        51,240  

Level 3 Financing Incorporated

     5.13       5-1-2023        75,000        74,906  

Level 3 Financing Incorporated

     5.38       8-15-2022        105,000        105,250  

Level 3 Financing Incorporated

     5.38       1-15-2024        50,000        50,625  

Level 3 Financing Incorporated

     5.63       2-1-2023        90,000        90,168  
             372,189  
          

 

 

 

 

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Portfolio of investments — May 31, 2020 (unaudited)

 

Wells Fargo Utilities and High Income Fund

 

     Interest rate     Maturity date    Principal      Value  

Entertainment : 0.02%

 

Live Nation Entertainmen 144A

     6.50   5-15-2027    $ 25,000      $ 26,547  
          

 

 

 

Interactive Media & Services : 0.02%

 

Match Group Incorporated 144A

     4.13     8-1-2030      25,000        24,500  
          

 

 

 

Media : 4.26%

 

Block Communications Incorporated 144A

     4.88     3-1-2028      25,000        24,875  

CCO Holdings LLC 144A

     4.50     8-15-2030      100,000        103,750  

CCO Holdings LLC 144A

     4.50     5-1-2032      50,000        51,641  

CCO Holdings LLC 144A

     5.00     2-1-2028      25,000        26,184  

CCO Holdings LLC 144A

     5.13     5-1-2027      50,000        52,501  

CCO Holdings LLC 144A

     5.38     5-1-2025      300,000        308,250  

CCO Holdings LLC 144A

     5.50     5-1-2026      5,000        5,288  

CCO Holdings LLC 144A

     5.75     2-15-2026      300,000        312,804  

CCO Holdings LLC 144A

     5.88     4-1-2024      125,000        128,411  

Cinemark Incorporated 144A

     8.75     5-1-2025      25,000        26,063  

Communications Finance Incorporated

     6.88     9-1-2027      100,000        95,250  

CSC Holdings LLC 144A

     5.38     7-15-2023      200,000        203,000  

CSC Holdings LLC 144A

     5.50     5-15-2026      200,000        208,940  

CSC Holdings LLC 144A

     6.50     2-1-2029      200,000        220,792  

CSC Holdings LLC 144A

     7.50     4-1-2028      200,000        221,500  

CSC Holdings LLC 144A

     7.75     7-15-2025      100,000        104,250  

Diamond Sports Group LLC 144A

     5.38     8-15-2026      25,000        19,875  

Diamond Sports Group LLC 144A

     6.63     8-15-2027      275,000        165,468  

DISH Network Corporation

     3.38     8-15-2026      125,000        110,144  

Gray Television Incorporated 144A

     5.13     10-15-2024      100,000        101,250  

Gray Television Incorporated 144A

     5.88     7-15-2026      350,000        361,375  

Gray Television Incorporated 144A

     7.00     5-15-2027      100,000        105,625  

Lamar Media Corporation 144A

     3.75     2-15-2028      125,000        121,250  

Lamar Media Corporation 144A

     4.00     2-15-2030      125,000        120,313  

Nexstar Broadcasting Incorporated 144A

     5.63     7-15-2027      300,000        307,500  

Nielsen Finance LLC 144A

     5.00     4-15-2022      367,000        366,431  

Outfront Media Capital Corporation 144A

     4.63     3-15-2030      100,000        92,000  

Outfront Media Capital Corporation

     5.63     2-15-2024      54,000        54,270  

QVC Incorporated

     4.75     2-15-2027      50,000        47,625  

Salem Media Group Incorporated 144A

     6.75     6-1-2024      350,000        290,500  

Scripps Escrow Incorporated 144A

     5.88     7-15-2027      25,000        23,750  

The E.W. Scripps Company 144A

     5.13     5-15-2025      300,000        279,000  
             4,659,875  
          

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services : 0.66%

 

Sprint Capital Corporation

     8.75     3-15-2032      150,000        215,625  

T-Mobile USA Incorporated

     4.75     2-1-2028      25,000        26,563  

T-Mobile USA Incorporated

     5.13     4-15-2025      25,000        25,500  

T-Mobile USA Incorporated

     5.38     4-15-2027      175,000        185,938  

T-Mobile USA Incorporated

     6.38     3-1-2025      145,000        149,540  

T-Mobile USA Incorporated

     6.50     1-15-2024      5,000        5,111  

T-Mobile USA Incorporated

     6.50     1-15-2026      100,000        105,530  
             713,807  
          

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary : 4.25%

 

Auto Components : 0.77%

 

Allison Transmission Incorporated 144A

     4.75     10-1-2027      75,000        72,750  

Allison Transmission Incorporated 144A

     5.00     10-1-2024      425,000        428,188  

Allison Transmission Incorporated 144A

     5.88     6-1-2029      50,000        50,500  

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company

     7.63     3-15-2027      257,000        267,280  

Panther BF Aggregator 2 LP 144A

     6.25     5-15-2026      25,000        25,438  
             844,156  
          

 

 

 

 

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Wells Fargo Utilities and High Income Fund

 

Portfolio of investments — May 31, 2020 (unaudited)

 

     Interest rate     Maturity date    Principal      Value  

Automobiles : 0.23%

 

Ford Motor Company

     4.75   1-15-2043    $ 250,000      $ 191,250  

Ford Motor Company

     9.00     4-22-2025      25,000        26,281  

Ford Motor Company

     9.63     4-22-2030      25,000        27,750  
             245,281  
          

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services : 0.94%

 

Carriage Services Incorporated 144A

     6.63     6-1-2026      350,000        365,750  

Service Corporation International

     4.63     12-15-2027      100,000        105,230  

Service Corporation International

     7.50     4-1-2027      425,000        471,750  

Service Corporation International

     8.00     11-15-2021      85,000        89,675  
             1,032,405  
          

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure : 1.00%

 

CCM Merger Incorporated 144A

     3.00     3-15-2022      425,000        397,375  

Hilton Domestic Operating Company Incorporated

     4.88     1-15-2030      250,000        248,750  

KFC Holding Company 144A

     5.00     6-1-2024      100,000        102,359  

Royal Caribbean Cruises

     3.70     3-15-2028      75,000        50,661  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Company 144A

     5.38     4-15-2026      225,000        213,779  

Yum! Brands Incorporated 144A

     4.75     1-15-2030      50,000        51,831  

Yum! Brands Incorporated 144A

     7.75     4-1-2025      25,000        27,625  
             1,092,380  
          

 

 

 

Leisure Products : 0.03%

 

NCL Corporation Limited 144A

     3.63     12-15-2024      50,000        30,000  
          

 

 

 

Specialty Retail : 1.09%

 

Asbury Automotive Group Incorporated 144A

     4.50     3-1-2028      67,000        63,483  

Asbury Automotive Group Incorporated 144A

     4.75     3-1-2030      53,000        50,880  

Group 1 Automotive Incorporated

     5.00     6-1-2022      125,000        122,500  

Lithia Motors Incorporated 144A

     4.63     12-15-2027      25,000        24,125  

Lithia Motors Incorporated 144A

     5.25     8-1-2025      275,000        269,500  

Penske Auto Group Incorporated

     3.75     8-15-2020      50,000        49,505  

Penske Auto Group Incorporated

     5.38     12-1-2024      300,000        292,500  

Penske Auto Group Incorporated

     5.75     10-1-2022      125,000        125,313  

Sonic Automotive Incorporated

     6.13     3-15-2027      200,000        198,374  
             1,196,180  
          

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods : 0.19%

 

Levi Strauss & Company

     5.00     5-1-2025      100,000        102,000  

The William Carter Company 144A

     5.50     5-15-2025      25,000        25,750  

The William Carter Company 144A

     5.63     3-15-2027      75,000        76,612  
             204,362  
          

 

 

 

Consumer Staples : 0.43%

 

Beverages : 0.05%

 

Cott Beverages Incorporated 144A

     5.50     4-1-2025      50,000        50,427  
          

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing : 0.05%

 

Albertsons Companies Incorporated 144A

     4.63     1-15-2027      25,000        25,375  

Albertsons Companies Incorporated 144A

     4.88     2-15-2030      25,000        25,906  
             51,281  
          

 

 

 

Food Products : 0.31%

 

Darling Ingredients Incorporated 144A

     5.25     4-15-2027      75,000        78,000  

 

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Portfolio of investments — May 31, 2020 (unaudited)

 

Wells Fargo Utilities and High Income Fund

 

     Interest rate     Maturity date    Principal      Value  

Food Products (continued)

 

Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation 144A

     5.75   3-15-2025    $ 110,000      $ 112,475  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation 144A

     5.88     9-30-2027      25,000        26,000  

Prestige Brands Incorporated 144A

     5.13     1-15-2028      25,000        25,375  

Prestige Brands Incorporated 144A

     6.38     3-1-2024      100,000        102,875  
             344,725  
          

 

 

 

Household Products : 0.02%

 

Spectrum Brands Incorporated

     5.75     7-15-2025      25,000        25,781  
          

 

 

 

Energy : 6.10%

 

Energy Equipment & Services : 0.93%

 

Bristow Group Incorporated †(a)

     6.25     10-15-2022      450,000        0  

Diamond Offshore Drilling Incorporated

     4.88     11-1-2043      150,000        16,712  

Era Group Incorporated

     7.75     12-15-2022      265,000        243,800  

Hilcorp Energy Company 144A

     5.00     12-1-2024      150,000        132,000  

Hilcorp Energy Company 144A

     5.75     10-1-2025      225,000        202,500  

Hilcorp Energy Company 144A

     6.25     11-1-2028      75,000        64,125  

NGPL PipeCo LLC 144A

     4.38     8-15-2022      50,000        50,930  

Oceaneering International Incorporated

     6.00     2-1-2028      250,000        167,500  

USA Compression Partners LP

     6.88     4-1-2026      150,000        144,375  
             1,021,942  
          

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels : 5.17%

 

Antero Midstream Partners LP 144A

     5.75     1-15-2028      300,000        234,540  

Apache Corporation

     4.75     4-15-2043      200,000        154,882  

Archrock Partners LP 144A

     6.25     4-1-2028      25,000        23,813  

Archrock Partners LP 144A

     6.88     4-1-2027      100,000        95,500  

Buckeye Partners LP

     5.85     11-15-2043      150,000        125,063  

Callon Petroleum Company

     6.25     4-15-2023      25,000        8,125  

Callon Petroleum Company

     8.25     7-15-2025      225,000        68,625  

Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC

     5.13     6-30-2027      125,000        135,371  

Cheniere Energy Partners LP 144A

     4.50     10-1-2029      50,000        48,875  

Cheniere Energy Partners LP

     5.25     10-1-2025      525,000        530,250  

Cheniere Energy Partners LP

     5.63     10-1-2026      150,000        152,670  

Denbury Resources Incorporated

     6.38     12-31-2024      81,000        7,043  

Denbury Resources Incorporated 144A

     7.75     2-15-2024      113,000        46,330  

Denbury Resources Incorporated 144A

     9.00     5-15-2021      200,000        86,000  

Denbury Resources Incorporated 144A

     9.25     3-31-2022      86,000        34,400  

EnLink Midstream Partners LP

     4.40     4-1-2024      50,000        40,125  

EnLink Midstream Partners LP

     5.05     4-1-2045      325,000        188,988  

EnLink Midstream Partners LP

     5.45     6-1-2047      350,000        215,320  

EnLink Midstream Partners LP

     5.60     4-1-2044      250,000        150,910  

Enviva Partners LP 144A

     6.50     1-15-2026      275,000        290,813  

Kinder Morgan Incorporated

     6.50     9-15-2020      45,000        45,418  

Kinder Morgan Incorporated

     7.42     2-15-2037      90,000        104,550  

MPLX LP

     5.25     1-15-2025      50,000        51,838  

MPLX LP

     6.38     5-1-2024      25,000        25,818  

Murphy Oil Corporation

     4.75     9-15-2029      150,000        154,155  

Murphy Oil Corporation

     5.75     8-15-2025      15,000        14,044  

Murphy Oil Corporation

     5.88     12-1-2027      25,000        23,250  

Murphy Oil Corporation

     5.88     12-1-2042      75,000        57,375  

Occidental Petroleum Corporation

     4.63     6-15-2045      300,000        178,785  

Occidental Petroleum Corporation

     6.20     3-15-2040      100,000        68,250  

Occidental Petroleum Corporation

     6.45     9-15-2036      675,000        484,313  

Occidental Petroleum Corporation

     6.60     3-15-2046      75,000        52,125  

Rockies Express Pipeline LLC 144A

     3.60     5-15-2025      125,000        113,438  

Rockies Express Pipeline LLC 144A

     4.80     5-15-2030      125,000        114,100  

Rockies Express Pipeline LLC 144A

     4.95     7-15-2029      50,000        46,365  

Rockies Express Pipeline LLC 144A

     6.88     4-15-2040      275,000        266,283  

Rockies Express Pipeline LLC 144A

     7.50     7-15-2038      55,000        53,213  

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC

     5.63     2-1-2021      125,000        127,486  

 

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Wells Fargo Utilities and High Income Fund

 

Portfolio of investments — May 31, 2020 (unaudited)

 

     Interest rate     Maturity date    Principal      Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

 

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC

     6.25   3-15-2022    $ 100,000      $ 106,376  

Southwestern Energy Company

     7.50     4-1-2026      50,000        46,000  

Southwestern Energy Company

     7.75     10-1-2027      150,000        139,875  

Tallgrass Energy Partners LP 144A

     5.50     9-15-2024      450,000        429,750  

Ultra Resources Incorporated †144A

     7.13     4-15-2025      425,000        213  

Western Midstream Operating LP

     4.05     2-1-2030      100,000        89,720  

Western Midstream Operating LP

     5.25     2-1-2050      25,000        20,243  

Western Midstream Operating LP

     5.30     3-1-2048      225,000        175,500  

Whiting Petroleum Corporation

     1.25     4-1-2020      222,000        28,305  
             5,654,431  
          

 

 

 

Financials : 2.24%

 

Banks : 0.01%

 

Citigroup Incorporated

     4.13     3-9-2021      5,000        4,988  

Citigroup Incorporated

     6.13     3-9-2028      10,000        10,350  
             15,338  
          

 

 

 

Consumer Finance : 1.13%

 

FirstCash Incorporated 144A

     5.38     6-1-2024      175,000        175,474  

Ford Motor Credit Company LLC

     4.39     1-8-2026      250,000        235,000  

Ford Motor Credit Company LLC

     5.11     5-3-2029      375,000        350,175  

Springleaf Finance Corporation

     5.38     11-15-2029      100,000        88,650  

Springleaf Finance Corporation

     6.13     3-15-2024      50,000        48,515  

Springleaf Finance Corporation

     6.63     1-15-2028      125,000        119,375  

Springleaf Finance Corporation

     7.13     3-15-2026      125,000        123,125  

Springleaf Finance Corporation

     7.75     10-1-2021      25,000        25,625  

Springleaf Finance Corporation

     8.25     10-1-2023      65,000        66,151  
             1,232,090  
          

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services : 0.65%

 

Ladder Capital Securities LLC 144A

     5.25     10-1-2025      225,000        191,250  

LPL Holdings Incorporated 144A

     4.63     11-15-2027      50,000        48,938  

LPL Holdings Incorporated 144A

     5.75     9-15-2025      450,000        467,838  
             708,026  
          

 

 

 

Insurance : 0.41%

 

AmWINS Group Incorporated 144A

     7.75     7-1-2026      225,000        241,403  

HUB International Limited 144A

     7.00     5-1-2026      100,000        102,707  

USI Incorporated 144A

     6.88     5-1-2025      100,000        102,459  
             446,569  
          

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance : 0.04%

 

Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LP 144A

     5.25     3-15-2022      25,000        23,375  

Ladder Capital Finance LP 144A

     4.25     2-1-2027      25,000        20,875  
             44,250  
          

 

 

 

Health Care : 3.03%

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies : 0.51%

 

Hill-Rom Holdings Incorporated 144A

     4.38     9-15-2027      50,000        51,313  

Hill-Rom Holdings Incorporated 144A

     5.00     2-15-2025      75,000        77,063  

Hologic Incorporated 144A

     4.38     10-15-2025      250,000        255,573  

Hologic Incorporated 144A

     4.63     2-1-2028      125,000        129,375  

 

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Portfolio of investments — May 31, 2020 (unaudited)

 

Wells Fargo Utilities and High Income Fund

 

     Interest rate     Maturity date    Principal      Value  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)

 

Surgery Center Holdings Incorporated 144A

     6.75   7-1-2025    $ 50,000      $ 45,750  
             559,074  
          

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services : 1.75%

 

Centene Corporation 144A

     5.38     8-15-2026      25,000        26,410  

Community Health Systems Incorporated 144A

     6.63     2-15-2025      275,000        265,375  

Davita Incorporated 144A%%

     4.63     6-1-2030      100,000        99,750  

Encompass Health Corporation

     4.50     2-1-2028      50,000        50,750  

Encompass Health Corporation

     4.75     2-1-2030      50,000        50,729  

Encompass Health Corporation

     5.75     11-1-2024      15,000        15,090  

HealthSouth Corporation

     5.75     9-15-2025      75,000        76,875  

MEDNAX Incorporated 144A

     5.25     12-1-2023      25,000        24,500  

MEDNAX Incorporated 144A

     6.25     1-15-2027      75,000        70,125  

MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC 144A

     7.13     6-1-2024      325,000        307,125  

MPT Operating Partnership LP

     4.63     8-1-2029      50,000        49,500  

MPT Operating Partnership LP

     5.00     10-15-2027      100,000        103,375  

MPT Operating Partnership LP

     5.25     8-1-2026      150,000        153,750  

MPT Operating Partnership LP

     6.38     3-1-2024      25,000        25,680  

Polaris Intermediate Corporation 144A

     8.50     12-1-2022      50,000        43,782  

Select Medical Corporation 144A

     6.25     8-15-2026      175,000        183,969  

Tenet Healthcare Corporation

     4.63     7-15-2024      118,000        119,475  

Tenet Healthcare Corporation 144A

     4.88     1-1-2026      75,000        77,078  

Tenet Healthcare Corporation 144A

     5.13     11-1-2027      25,000        25,813  

Tenet Healthcare Corporation

     7.00     8-1-2025      90,000        90,431  

Tenet Healthcare Corporation 144A

     7.50     4-1-2025      25,000        27,250  

Vizient Incorporated 144A

     6.25     5-15-2027      25,000        26,228  
             1,913,060  
          

 

 

 

Health Care Technology : 0.51%

 

Change Healthcare Holdings Incorporated 144A

     5.75     3-1-2025      400,000        399,428  

IQVIA Incorporated 144A

     5.00     5-15-2027      150,000        156,375  
             555,803  
          

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services : 0.07%

 

Charles River Laboratories Incorporated 144A

     4.25     5-1-2028      25,000        25,211  

Charles River Laboratories Incorporated 144A

     5.50     4-1-2026      25,000        26,105  

Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Incorporated 144A

     7.25     2-1-2028      25,000        24,875  
             76,191  
          

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals : 0.19%

 

Bausch Health Companies Incorporated 144A

     6.25     2-15-2029      175,000        179,375  

Bausch Health Companies Incorporated 144A

     8.50     1-31-2027      25,000        27,321  
             206,696  
          

 

 

 

Industrials : 2.62%

 

Aerospace & Defense : 0.59%

 

RBS Global & Rexnord LLC 144A

     4.88     12-15-2025      275,000        273,625  

Signature Aviation US Holdings Incorporated 144A

     4.00     3-1-2028      100,000        88,500  

Signature Aviation US Holdings Incorporated 144A

     5.38     5-1-2026      300,000        284,757  
             646,882  
          

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies : 1.31%

 

ACCO Brands Corporation 144A

     5.25     12-15-2024      25,000        25,125  

Advanced Disposal Services Incorporated 144A

     5.63     11-15-2024      300,000        310,125  

Covanta Holding Corporation

     5.88     3-1-2024      175,000        175,438  

Covanta Holding Corporation

     5.88     7-1-2025      75,000        74,078  

 

6


Wells Fargo Utilities and High Income Fund

 

Portfolio of investments — May 31, 2020 (unaudited)

 

     Interest rate     Maturity date    Principal      Value  

Commercial Services & Supplies (continued)

 

IAA Spinco Incorporated 144A

     5.50   6-15-2027    $ 325,000      $ 329,875  

KAR Auction Services Incorporated 144A

     5.13     6-1-2025      550,000        519,635  
             1,434,276  
          

 

 

 

Machinery : 0.47%

 

Navistar International Corporation 144A

     9.50     5-1-2025      25,000        26,875  

Stevens Holding Company Incorporated 144A

     6.13     10-1-2026      250,000        257,595  

Trimas Corporation 144A

     4.88     10-15-2025      225,000        223,313  
             507,783  
          

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors : 0.23%

 

Fortress Transportation & Infrastructure Investors LLC 144A

     6.50     10-1-2025      300,000        251,250  
          

 

 

 

Information Technology : 2.82%

 

Communications Equipment : 0.16%

 

CommScope Technologies Finance LLC 144A

     6.00     6-15-2025      75,000        72,917  

CommScope Technologies Finance LLC 144A

     8.25     3-1-2027      100,000        104,250  
             177,167  
          

 

 

 

IT Services : 0.70%

 

Cardtronics Incorporated 144A

     5.50     5-1-2025      400,000        376,000  

Gartner Incorporated 144A

     5.13     4-1-2025      350,000        357,144  

Tempo Acquisition LLC 144A

     5.75     6-1-2025      25,000        26,094  
             759,238  
          

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment : 0.12%

 

Qorvo Incorporated 144A

     4.38     10-15-2029      125,000        127,969  
          

 

 

 

Software : 0.70%

 

CDK Global Incorporated 144A

     5.25     5-15-2029      25,000        25,500  

Fair Isaac Corporation 144A

     4.00     6-15-2028      25,000        25,094  

Fair Isaac Corporation 144A

     5.25     5-15-2026      400,000        431,272  

NortonLifeLock Incorporated 144A

     5.00     4-15-2025      75,000        76,500  

SS&C Technologies Incorporated 144A

     5.50     9-30-2027      200,000        210,062  
             768,428  
          

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals : 1.14%

 

Dell International LLC 144A

     5.88     6-15-2021      165,000        165,050  

Dell International LLC 144A

     7.13     6-15-2024      525,000        545,013  

NCR Corporation

     6.38     12-15-2023      500,000        511,195  

NCR Corporation 144A

     8.13     4-15-2025      25,000        26,906  
             1,248,164  
          

 

 

 

Materials : 1.82%

 

Chemicals : 0.09%

 

Valvoline Incorporated 144A

     4.25     2-15-2030      75,000        74,813  

Valvoline Incorporated 144A

     4.38     8-15-2025      25,000        25,375  
             100,188  
          

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging : 1.27%

 

Ball Corporation

     4.88     3-15-2026      50,000        55,031  

Ball Corporation

     5.25     7-1-2025      40,000        44,850  

 

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Portfolio of investments — May 31, 2020 (unaudited)

 

Wells Fargo Utilities and High Income Fund

 

     Interest rate     Maturity date    Principal      Value  

Containers & Packaging (continued)

 

Berry Global Incorporated 144A

     4.88   7-15-2026    $ 50,000      $ 52,266  

Berry Global Incorporated

     5.13     7-15-2023      50,000        50,500  

Berry Global Incorporated 144A

     5.63     7-15-2027      25,000        26,250  

Berry Global Incorporated

     6.00     10-15-2022      33,000        33,248  

Crown Americas Capital Corporation VI

     4.75     2-1-2026      75,000        77,935  

Crown Cork & Seal Company Incorporated

     7.38     12-15-2026      225,000        261,000  

Flex Acquisition Company Incorporated 144A

     6.88     1-15-2025      175,000        176,535  

Flex Acquisition Company Incorporated 144A

     7.88     7-15-2026      125,000        125,000  

Owens-Brockway Packaging Incorporated 144A

     5.88     8-15-2023      50,000        51,875  

Owens-Brockway Packaging Incorporated 144A

     6.38     8-15-2025      75,000        78,563  

Reynolds Group Issuer Incorporated 144A

     5.13     7-15-2023      125,000        126,563  

Sealed Air Corporation 144A

     5.13     12-1-2024      100,000        108,221  

Silgan Holdings Incorporated 144A

     4.13     2-1-2028      125,000        125,590  
             1,393,427  
          

 

 

 

Metals & Mining : 0.41%

 

Freeport-McMoRan Incorporated

     4.13     3-1-2028      250,000        243,125  

Kaiser Aluminum Corporation 144A

     4.63     3-1-2028      50,000        47,250  

Kaiser Aluminum Corporation 144A

     6.50     5-1-2025      50,000        51,313  

Novelis Corporation 144A

     5.88     9-30-2026      100,000        102,419  
             444,107  
          

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products : 0.05%

 

Clearwater Paper Corporation 144A

     5.38     2-1-2025      50,000        49,000  
          

 

 

 

Real Estate : 1.01%

 

Equity REITs : 1.01%

 

CoreCivic Incorporated

     4.63     5-1-2023      38,000        36,860  

CoreCivic Incorporated

     5.00     10-15-2022      125,000        122,500  

Equinix Incorporated

     5.88     1-15-2026      125,000        130,938  

Iron Mountain Incorporated 144A

     5.38     6-1-2026      100,000        101,413  

Iron Mountain Incorporated

     6.00     8-15-2023      267,000        269,670  

SBA Communications Corporation 144A

     3.88     2-15-2027      50,000        50,770  

The Geo Group Incorporated

     5.13     4-1-2023      75,000        65,813  

The Geo Group Incorporated

     5.88     1-15-2022      135,000        127,702  

The Geo Group Incorporated

     5.88     10-15-2024      175,000        144,813  

The Geo Group Incorporated

     6.00     4-15-2026      75,000        58,500  
             1,108,979  
          

 

 

 

Utilities : 1.94%

 

Electric Utilities : 0.41%

 

NextEra Energy Operating Partners LP 144A

     4.25     7-15-2024      125,000        129,063  

NextEra Energy Operating Partners LP 144A

     4.25     9-15-2024      25,000        25,813  

NextEra Energy Operating Partners LP 144A

     4.50     9-15-2027      275,000        291,500  
             446,376  
          

 

 

 

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers : 1.53%

 

NSG Holdings LLC 144A

     7.75     12-15-2025      337,827        341,205  

Pattern Energy Group Incorporated 144A

     5.88     2-1-2024      575,000        582,188  

TerraForm Power Operating LLC 144A

     4.25     1-31-2023      350,000        356,125  

TerraForm Power Operating LLC 144A

     4.75     1-15-2030      100,000        103,750  

TerraForm Power Operating LLC 144A

     5.00     1-31-2028      275,000        292,875  
             1,676,143  
          

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost $35,210,860)

 

     34,486,743  
          

 

 

 

 

8


Wells Fargo Utilities and High Income Fund

 

Portfolio of investments — May 31, 2020 (unaudited)

 

     Interest rate     Maturity date    Principal      Value  

Loans : 1.05%

 

Communication Services : 0.49%

 

Media : 0.49%

 

Ancestry.com Incorporated (1 Month LIBOR +4.25%) ±

     4.42   8-27-2026    $ 370,727      $ 342,922  

Hubbard Radio LLC (3 Month LIBOR +3.50%) ±‡

     4.50     3-28-2025      67,373        56,593  

Montreign Operating Company LLC (1 Month LIBOR +2.25%) ±‡

     2.42     3-22-2021      152,616        135,065  
             534,580  
          

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary : 0.03%

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure : 0.03%

 

CCM Merger Incorporated (1 Month LIBOR +2.25%) ±

     3.00     8-8-2021      37,300        34,549  
          

 

 

 

Energy : 0.26%

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels : 0.26%

 

Crestwood Holdings LLC (3 Month LIBOR +7.50%) ±

     7.81     3-6-2023      150,000        83,016  

Encino Acquisition Partners Holdings LLC (1 Month LIBOR +6.75%) ±

     7.75     10-29-2025      75,000        46,050  

EPIC Crude Services LP (3 Month LIBOR +5.00%) ±

     5.37     3-2-2026      200,000        149,500  
             278,566  
          

 

 

 

Financials : 0.25%

 

Capital Markets : 0.08%

 

VFH Parent LLC (1 Month LIBOR +3.00%) ±

     3.22     3-1-2026      90,014        88,326  
          

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services : 0.10%

 

Resolute Investment Managers Incorporated (3 Month LIBOR +7.50%) ±‡

     8.50     4-30-2023      125,000        115,000  
          

 

 

 

Insurance : 0.07%

 

HUB International Limited (3 Month LIBOR +4.00%) ±

     5.00     4-25-2025      49,875        48,754  

USI Incorporated (1 Month LIBOR +4.00%) ±

     4.17     12-2-2026      24,938        24,158  
             72,912  
          

 

 

 

Information Technology : 0.02%

 

IT Services : 0.02%

 

Fiserv Investment Solutions Incorporated (3 Month LIBOR +4.75%) ±‡

     5.14     2-18-2027      25,000        24,313  
          

 

 

 

Total Loans (Cost $1,294,799)

 

     1,148,246  
          

 

 

 
     Dividend yield          Shares         

Preferred Stocks : 0.31%

 

Energy : 0.31%

 

Energy Equipment & Services : 0.31%

 

Bristow Group Incorporated PIK 8.25 †(a)144A¥

     10.00          1,438        56,035  

 

9


Portfolio of investments — May 31, 2020 (unaudited)

 

Wells Fargo Utilities and High Income Fund

 

    

Dividend yield

          Shares      Value  

Energy Equipment & Services (continued)

 

Bristow Group Incorporated PIK 10 †(a)¥

     10.00%           7,161      $ 279,045  
              335,080  
           

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $260,436)

 

     335,080  
           

 

 

 
       Expiration date              

Rights : 0.02%

 

Utilities : 0.02%

 

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers : 0.02%

 

Vistra Energy Corporation †

 

   12-31-2046      23,978        23,978  
           

 

 

 

Total Rights (Cost $24,865)

 

     23,978  
           

 

 

 
     Interest rate      Maturity date    Principal         

Yankee Corporate Bonds and Notes : 2.67%

 

Communication Services : 0.28%

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services : 0.08%

 

Intelsat Connect Finance Company †144A

     9.50      2-15-2023    $ 50,000        12,500  

Intelsat Luxembourg SA †

     8.13      6-1-2023      100,000        5,250  

Telesat Canada Incorporated 144A

     6.50      10-15-2027      75,000        73,550  
              91,300  
           

 

 

 

Media : 0.20%

 

Nielsen Holding and Finance BV 144A

     5.00      2-1-2025      200,000        201,060  

Nielsen Holding and Finance BV 144A

     5.50      10-1-2021      20,000        20,025  
              221,085  
           

 

 

 

Energy : 0.30%

 

Energy Equipment & Services : 0.03%

 

Valaris plc

     5.75      10-1-2044      430,000        34,400  
           

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels : 0.27%

 

Baytex Energy Corporation 144A

     5.63      6-1-2024      200,000        102,000  

Baytex Energy Corporation 144A

     8.75      4-1-2027      375,000        189,375  

Griffin Coal Mining Company Limited †(a)144A

     9.50      12-1-2016      61,339        0  
              291,375  
           

 

 

 

Financials : 0.40%

 

Diversified Financial Services : 0.40%

 

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA †

     5.50      8-1-2023      520,000        274,300  

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA †144A

     8.50      10-15-2024      150,000        85,500  

Sensata Technologies UK Financing Company plc 144A

     6.25      2-15-2026      74,000        77,885  
              437,685  
           

 

 

 

Health Care : 0.99%

 

Pharmaceuticals : 0.99%

 

Bausch Health Companies Incorporated 144A

     5.00      1-30-2028      50,000        48,312  

Bausch Health Companies Incorporated 144A

     5.25      1-30-2030      75,000        73,688  

Bausch Health Companies Incorporated 144A

     5.50      3-1-2023      62,000        62,184  

Bausch Health Companies Incorporated 144A

     5.50      11-1-2025      50,000        51,651  

 

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Wells Fargo Utilities and High Income Fund

 

Portfolio of investments — May 31, 2020 (unaudited)

 

           Interest rate     Maturity date    Principal      Value  

Pharmaceuticals (continued)

 

Bausch Health Companies Incorporated 144A

       5.88   5-15-2023    $ 24,000      $ 23,985  

Bausch Health Companies Incorporated 144A

       6.13     4-15-2025      200,000        202,958  

Bausch Health Companies Incorporated 144A

       6.50     3-15-2022      25,000        25,433  

Bausch Health Companies Incorporated 144A

       7.00     3-15-2024      50,000        51,740  

Bausch Health Companies Incorporated 144A

       7.00     1-15-2028      100,000        105,063  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV

       4.10     10-1-2046      325,000        273,325  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV

       6.75     3-1-2028      150,000        160,500  
               1,078,839  
            

 

 

 

Industrials : 0.54%

 

Commercial Services & Supplies : 0.40%

 

Ritchie Brothers Auctioneers Incorporated 144A

       5.38     1-15-2025      425,000        437,750  
            

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment : 0.14%

 

Sensata Technologies BV 144A

       5.00     10-1-2025      45,000        46,688  

Sensata Technologies BV 144A

       5.63     11-1-2024      100,000        104,616  
               151,304  
            

 

 

 

Materials : 0.16%

 

Containers & Packaging : 0.16%

 

Ardagh Packaging Finance plc 144A

       4.13     8-15-2026      100,000        100,345  

Ardagh Packaging Finance plc 144A

       5.25     4-30-2025      25,000        26,094  

OI European Group BV 144A

       4.00     3-15-2023      50,000        49,375  
               175,814  
            

 

 

 

Total Yankee Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost $3,741,177)

 

     2,919,552  
            

 

 

 
           Yield          Shares         

Short-Term Investments : 3.14%

 

Investment Companies : 3.14%

 

Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class (l)(u)##

       0.12          3,427,933        3,427,933  
            

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $3,427,933)

 

            3,427,933  
            

 

 

 

Total investments in securities (Cost $132,070,577)

     119.97             131,177,047  
Other assets and liabilities, net      (19.97             (21,832,785
  

 

 

           

 

 

 

Total net assets

     100.00           $ 109,344,262  
  

 

 

           

 

 

 

 

Non-income-earning security

(a)

The security is fair valued in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees.

144A

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

%%

The security is purchased on a when-issued basis.

±

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

Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs.

¥

A payment-in-kind (PIK) security is a security in which the issuer may make interest or dividend payments in cash or additional securities or a combination of both. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end.

(l)

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

(u)

The rate represents the 7-day annualized yield at period end.

##

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

 

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Portfolio of investments — May 31, 2020 (unaudited)

 

Wells Fargo Utilities and High Income Fund

 

Abbreviations:

 

LIBOR

London Interbank Offered Rate

REIT

Real estate investment trust

 

12


Investments in Affiliates

An affiliated investment is an investment in which the Fund owns at least 5% of the outstanding voting shares of the issuer or as a result of other relationships, such as the Fund and the issuer having the same investment manager. Transactions with issuers that were either affiliates of the Fund at the beginning of the period or the end of the period were as follows:

 

     Shares,
beginning of
period
     Shares
purchased
     Shares
sold
    Shares,
end of
period
     Value,
end
of period
     % of
net
assets
 

Short-Term Investments

                

Investment Companies

                

Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class

     6,380,919        27,867,460        (30,820,446     3,427,933      $ 3,427,933        3.14


Wells Fargo Utilities and High Income Fund (the “Fund”)

Notes to Portfolio of investments – May 31, 2020 (unaudited)

 

Securities valuation

All investments are valued each business day as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m. Eastern Time), although the Fund may deviate from this calculation under unusual or unexpected circumstances.

The values of securities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at rates provided by an independent foreign currency pricing source at a time each business day specified by the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee at Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC.

Many securities markets and exchanges outside the U.S. close prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange and therefore may not fully reflect trading or events that occur after the close of the principal exchange in which the foreign securities are traded, but before the close of the New York Stock Exchange. If such trading or events are expected to materially affect the value of such securities, then fair value pricing procedures approved by the Board of Trustees of the Fund are applied. These procedures take into account multiple factors including movements in U.S. securities markets after foreign exchanges close. Foreign securities that are fair valued under these procedures are categorized as Level 2 and the application of these procedures may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. Depending on market activity, such fair valuations may be frequent. Such fair value pricing may result in net asset values that are higher or lower than net asset values based on the last reported sales price or latest quoted bid price. On May 31, 2020, such fair value pricing was not used in pricing foreign securities.

Debt securities are valued at the evaluated bid price provided by an independent pricing service (e.g. taking into account various factors, including yields, maturities, or credit ratings) or, if a reliable price is not available, the quoted bid price from an independent broker-dealer.

Investments in registered open-end investment companies are valued at net asset value.

Investments which are not valued using any of the methods discussed above are valued at their fair value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees has established a Valuation Committee comprised of the Trustees and has delegated to it the authority to take any actions regarding the valuation of portfolio securities that the Valuation Committee deems necessary or appropriate, including determining the fair value of portfolio securities, unless the determination has been delegated to the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee. The Board of Trustees retains the authority to make or ratify any valuation decisions or approve any changes to the Valuation Procedures as it deems appropriate. On a quarterly basis, the Board of Trustees receives reports on any valuation actions taken by the Valuation Committee or the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee which may include items for ratification.

Foreign currency translation

The accounting records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. The values of other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at rates provided by an independent foreign currency pricing source at a time each business day specified by the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee. Purchases and sales of securities, and income and expenses are converted at the rate of exchange on the respective dates of such transactions. Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually paid or received. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the fair value of assets and liabilities other than investments in securities resulting from changes in exchange rates. The changes in net assets arising from changes in exchange rates of securities and the changes in net assets resulting from changes in market prices of securities are not separately presented. Such changes are included in net realized and unrealized gains or losses from investments.

When-issued transactions

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

Loans

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

Fair valuation measurements

Fair value measurements of investments are determined within a framework that has established a fair value hierarchy based upon the various data inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The three-level hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3).


The Fund’s investments are classified within the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The inputs are summarized into three broad levels as follows:

 

Level 1 –   quoted prices in active markets for identical securities  
Level 2 –   other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)                                                
Level 3 –   significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)  

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments in securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities as of May 31, 2020:

 

     Quoted prices
(Level 1)
     Other significant
observable inputs
(Level 2)
    

Significant
unobservable
inputs

(Level 3)

     Total  

Assets

           

Investments in :

           

Common stocks

           

Energy

   $ 0      $ 60,745      $ 0      $ 60,745  

Utilities

     88,774,770        0        0        88,774,770  

Corporate bonds and notes

     0        34,486,743        0        34,486,743  

Loans

     0        817,275        330,971        1,148,246  

Preferred stocks

           

Energy

     0        335,080        0        335,080  

Rights

           

Utilities

     0        23,978        0        23,978  

Yankee corporate bonds and notes

     0        2,919,552        0        2,919,552  

Short-term investments

           

Investment companies

     3,427,933        0        0        3,427,933  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 92,202,703      $ 38,643,373      $ 330,971      $ 131,177,047  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

For the nine months ended May 31, 2020, the Fund did not have any transfers into/out of Level 3.