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Wilmington Diversified Income Fund
WILMINGTON DIVERSIFIED INCOME FUND SUMMARY
Investment Goal
The Fund seeks a high level of total return consistent with a moderate level of risk.
Fees and Expenses
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold the Fund’s Class A Shares and Class I Shares. “Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses” are expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund through its ownership of shares in other investment companies, such as business development companies. Business development company expenses are similar to the expenses paid by any operating company held by the Fund and are reflected in the business development company’s total operating expense ratio. They are not direct costs paid by Fund shareholders and are not used to calculate the Fund’s net asset value. They have no impact on the costs associated with fund operations. Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are not included in the Fund’s financial statements, which provide a clearer picture of a fund’s actual operating costs. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the Wilmington Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional, in the Fund’s prospectus in the section entitled “How are shares priced?”.
Shareholder Fees
(Fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees - Wilmington Diversified Income Fund
Class A
Class I
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 5.50% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) none none
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends (and other Distributions) none none
Redemption Fee none none
Exchange Fee none none
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses - Wilmington Diversified Income Fund
Class A
Class I
Management Fee 0.40% 0.40%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% none
Other Expenses 1.07% 1.07%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses 0.16% 0.16%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.88% 1.63%
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement [1] (1.13%) (1.13%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement 0.75% 0.50%
[1] The Fund’s Advisor, distributor and shareholder services provider have agreed to waive their fees and/or reimburse expenses so that the total annual fund operating expenses paid by the Fund’s Class A Shares and Class I Shares will not exceed 0.59% and 0.34%, respectively, not including the effects of acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes or extraordinary expenses. This waiver may be amended or withdrawn after August 31, 2019, or with the agreement of the Fund’s Board of Trustees.
Example
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund’s Class A Shares and Class I Shares for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. The costs for the Fund reflect the net expenses of the Fund that result from the fee waiver/expense reimbursement in the first year only. Although your actual costs and returns may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Expense Example - Wilmington Diversified Income Fund - USD ($)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Class A Shares 622 1,004 1,411 2,543
Class I Shares 51 403 780 1,837
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 85% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies of the Fund
The Fund seeks to achieve its investment goal by investing primarily in a diverse portfolio of high-yielding, exchange-traded, domestic and foreign common stocks of all capitalizations, and in a portfolio of investment-grade and non-investment grade fixed income securities. The Fund will also allocate a portion of the portfolio to real assets and to cash.

The equity portion of the Fund, which will make up approximately 60% of the portfolio (and may range from 35% to 70% of the portfolio), will consist of approximately 40% of U.S. equities and 20% of international equities. The U.S. equity allocation will consist of the Fund Investment Sub-advisor’s (Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors, Inc., or “WTIA”) Enhanced Dividend Income Strategy (“EDIS”). EDIS seeks to achieve at least twice the S&P 500 dividend yield while maintaining low volatility versus the S&P 500, with modest price appreciation over a three-to five-year period. WTIA employs a disciplined security selection process, which includes the following key screening criteria: (i) initial dividend yield equal to or greater than 1.5 times the S&P 500 Index; (ii) no dividend reductions in the last five years; (iii) positive free cash flow, or a comparable measure, over a five-year rolling period; (iv) positive expected price returns over the next five years based on WTIA’s internal rate of return model; and (v) debt rating of BB or better. The international equity allocation will consist of one or more exchange traded funds (or other liquid pooled investment vehicle) that invest in high-quality, non-U.S., developed market equities that have provided relatively high dividend yields over time.

The fixed income portion of the Fund, which will make up approximately 30% of the portfolio (and may range from 15% to 50% of the portfolio), will consist of WTIA’s Core Bond Strategy (“Core Bond”). Core Bond consists primarily of U.S. investment grade corporate and government fixed income securities, including mortgage- and asset-backed securities, as well as unrated securities determined to be of comparable quality. WTIA may also invest up to 15% of the fixed income portion of the Fund in lower-rated debt securities (“junk bonds”). WTIA will normally seek to maintain a dollar-weighted average maturity of four to ten years. However, the dollar-weighted average maturity of the Fund’s individual investments will vary depending on market conditions. In selecting securities for the Fund, WTIA considers a security’s credit quality, capital appreciation potential, maturity and yield to maturity. WTIA will monitor changing economic conditions and trends, including interest rates, and may sell securities in anticipation of an increase in interest rates or purchase securities in anticipation of a decrease in interest rates. WTIA may also fulfill the “junk bond” allocation through investment in an appropriate exchange-traded fund or other liquid pooled investment vehicle. The fixed income portion of the Fund will also include an allocation to cash of approximately 2.0% (which may range from 0% to 10% of the portfolio).

The real assets portion, which will make up approximately 10% of the portfolio (and may range from 0% to 35% of the portfolio), will consist of one or more exchange-traded funds, mutual funds or other pooled investment vehicles that invest in real estate-related companies, real estate investment trusts (“REITs”), and U.S. inflation-protected bonds. The real assets portion of the portfolio is intended to protect a portion of the Fund’s income and anticipated capital appreciation against inflation.

The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading as part of its principal investment strategy.
Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund
All mutual funds take investment risks. Therefore, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund. The primary factors that may reduce the Fund’s returns include:
  • Active Trading Risk. The Fund may trade securities actively, which could increase its transaction costs (thereby lowering its performance and increasing the amount of taxes that you pay).
  • Asset Allocation Risk. The Advisor’s asset allocation decisions among various investments, including equity securities and fixed income securities, may not anticipate market trends successfully. The Advisor may make less than optimal or poor asset allocation decisions. The Advisor attempts to identify investment allocations that will provide consistent, quality performance for the Fund, but there is no guarantee that the allocation techniques will produce the desired results. You could lose money on your investment in the Fund as a result of these allocation decisions.
  • Call Risk. Issuers of securities may redeem the securities prior to maturity at a price below their current market value.
  • Changing Fixed Income Market Conditions Risk. The current historically low interest rate environment was created in part by the Federal Reserve Board (the “FRB”) and certain foreign central banks keeping the federal funds and equivalent foreign rates at or near zero. There is a risk that interest rates will continue to increase as the FRB and central banks raise these rates. This risk is heightened due to the “tapering” of the FRB’s quantitative easing program and other similar foreign central bank actions. This tapering and increases in the federal funds and equivalent foreign rates may expose fixed income markets to heightened volatility and reduced liquidity for certain fixed income investments, particularly those with longer maturities. In addition, decreases in fixed income dealer market-making capacity may also potentially lead to heightened volatility and reduced liquidity in the fixed income markets. As a result, the value of the Fund’s investments and share price may decline. Changes in central bank policies could also result in higher than normal shareholder redemptions, which could potentially increase portfolio turnover and the Fund’s transaction costs.
  • Company Size Risk. The smaller companies in which the Fund may invest may have unproven track records, a limited product or service base, limited access to capital, and other attributes that can cause their share prices to fluctuate, and they may be more likely to fail than larger companies. Therefore, smaller companies may entail greater risks for investors than larger companies.
  • Credit Risk. There is a possibility that issuers of securities in which the Fund (and any Underlying Fund) invests may default in the payment of interest or principal on the securities when due, which would cause the Fund to lose money.
  • Exchange Traded Funds (“ETFs”) Risk. An investment in an ETF generally presents the same primary risks as an investment in a conventional fund (i.e., one that is not exchange-traded) that has the same investment objectives, strategies, and policies. The price of an ETF can fluctuate up or down, and a Fund could lose money investing in an ETF if the prices of the securities owned by the ETF go down. In addition, ETFs may be subject to the following risks that do not apply to conventional funds: (i) the market price of an ETF’s shares may trade above or below their net asset value; (ii) an active trading market for an ETF’s shares may not develop or be maintained; or (iii) trading of an ETF’s shares may be halted if the listing exchange’s officials deem such action appropriate, the shares are delisted from the exchange, or the activation of market-wide “circuit breakers” (which are tied to large decreases in stock prices) halts stock trading generally.
  • Foreign Investing Risks. Economic, political or regulatory conditions may be less favorable, and markets may be less liquid, less transparent and more volatile, in foreign countries, and in particular emerging markets, than in the United States. Currency fluctuations may reduce investment gains or add to investment losses.
  • Inflation-Indexed Securities Risks. Because of the inflation-adjustment feature, inflation-indexed securities typically have lower yields than conventional fixed-rate bonds. The value of inflation-indexed, fixed income securities generally fluctuates in response to changes in real interest rates, which are in turn tied to the relationship between nominal interest rates and the rate of inflation. If nominal interest rates increase at a faster rate than inflation, real interest rates might rise, leading to a decrease in value of an inflation-indexed security. Interest payments on inflation-indexed securities will fluctuate as the principal and/or interest is adjusted for inflation and can be unpredictable. The amounts of the income distributions from an inflation-indexed security are likely to fluctuate considerably more than the income distribution amounts of a conventional bond. The Fund may also experience a loss on an inflation-indexed security if there is deflation. If inflation is lower than expected during the period the Fund holds an inflation-indexed security, the Fund may earn less on the security than on a conventional bond. There can be no assurance that the inflation index used will accurately measure the real rate of inflation in the prices of goods and services. The Fund’s investment in inflation-indexed securities may lose value in the event that the actual rate of inflation is different than the rate of the inflation index.
  • Inflation-Indexed Securities Tax Risk. Any increase in the principal amount of an inflation-indexed security may be included for tax purposes in the Fund’s gross income, even though no cash attributable to such gross income has been received by the Fund. In such event, the Fund may be required to make annual distributions to shareholders that exceed the cash it has otherwise received. In order to pay such distributions, the Fund may be required to raise cash by selling portfolio investments. The sale of such investments could result in capital gains to the Fund. In addition, adjustments during the taxable year for deflation to an inflation-indexed bond held by the Fund may cause amounts previously distributed by the Fund in the taxable year as income to be recharacterized as a return of capital.
  • Information Risk. When the quantitative analytical tools (“Tools”) and information and data (“Data”) used in managing the Fund prove to be incorrect or incomplete, any investment decisions made in reliance on the Tools and Data may not produce the desired results and the Fund may realize losses.
  • Interest Rate Risk. The risk posed by the fact that prices of fixed income securities rise and fall inversely in response to interest rate changes. For instance, a rise in interest rate causes a fall in the value of a fixed income securities. In addition, this risk increases with the length of the maturity of the fixed income security. For example, the value of a security with a duration of five years would be expected to decrease by 5% for every 1% increase in interest rates. Accordingly, the yield earned by a Fund will vary with changes in interest rates. Also, when interest rates fall, the price of mortgage-backed securities may not rise to as great an extent as that of other fixed income securities. Duration is a measure of the expected life of a debt security that is used to determine the sensitivity of the security’s price to changes in interest rates. Generally, the longer the Fund’s duration, the more sensitive the Fund will be to changes in interest rates.
  • Liquidity Risk. The risk that certain securities or other instruments may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to sell or dispose of at the price at which the Fund has valued the security.
  • Mortgage-Backed and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Through its investments in mortgage-backed securities, the Fund may have some exposure to subprime loans, as well as to the mortgage and credit markets generally. Subprime loans, which are loans made to borrowers with weakened credit histories, have had in many cases higher default rates than loans that meet government underwriting requirements. The credit quality of most asset-backed securities depends primarily on the credit quality of the assets underlying such securities, how well the entity issuing the security is insulated from the credit risk of the originator or any other affiliated entities, and the amount and quality of any credit enhancement of the securities.
  • Non-Investment Grade Securities (Junk Bonds) Risk. High-yield bonds, which are rated below investment grade and are typically referred to as junk bonds, are generally more exposed to credit risk than investment grade securities. These securities are generally higher-yielding and higher-risk than investment grade, fixed income securities and are issued by entities whose ability to pay interest and principal on the debt in a timely manner is considered questionable.
  • Prepayment Risk. The risk that a mortgage-backed or other asset-backed security may be paid off and proceeds delivered to the Fund earlier than anticipated. Prepayment risk is more prevalent during periods of falling interest rates.
  • Real Estate-Related Risk. Investments in real estate (generally REITs) expose the Fund to the risks of owning real estate directly, such as market-specific conditions (economic, supply/ demand imbalances), creditworthiness of the issuer, quality of property management, and changing interest rates. Investing in REITs and REIT-like entities involves certain unique risks in addition to those risks associated with investing in the real estate industry in general. REITs and REIT-like entities are dependent upon management skill, may not be diversified, and are subject to heavy cash flow dependency and self-liquidation. REITs and REIT-like entities also are subject to the possibility of failing to qualify for tax free pass-through of income. Also, because REITs and REIT- like entities typically are invested in a limited number of projects or in a particular market segment, these entities are more susceptible to adverse developments affecting a single project or market segment than more broadly diversified investments.
  • Screening Criteria Risk. Strict application of the dividend-yield screening criterion for the U.S. equities portion of the Fund’s portfolio means that the Fund might have difficulty in finding suitable investments in certain markets, may be concentrated in a relatively small number of positions, and may not invest in companies experiencing, or expected to experience, meaningful capital appreciation.
  • Stock Market Risk. The value of equity securities in the Fund’s portfolio will fluctuate and, as a result, the Fund’s share price may decline suddenly or over a sustained period of time.
  • Underlying Funds Risk. The investment performance of the Fund is affected by the investment performance of the underlying funds in which it invests. The ability of the Fund to achieve its investment goal depends on the ability of the underlying funds to meet their investment goals and on the decisions of Wilmington Funds Management Corporation, as investment advisor, regarding the allocation of the Fund’s assets among the underlying funds. There can be no assurance that the investment goal of the Fund or any underlying fund will be achieved. Through its investments in underlying funds, the Fund is subject to the risks of the underlying funds’ investments. Certain of the risks of the underlying funds’ investments are described above. In addition, both the Fund and the underlying funds in which it invests bear fees and expenses, so investment in the Fund may be subject to certain duplicate expenses. The Advisor is subject to certain conflicts of interest in choosing the underlying funds in which the Fund may invest.
As with any mutual fund investment, loss of money is a risk of investing. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Performance Information
The bar chart and table immediately following show the variability of the Fund’s returns and are meant to provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year, with respect to its Class A Shares, and by showing how the Fund’s average annual total returns for 1, 5 and 10 years compare with those of broad measures of market performance. The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. The performance reflected in the bar chart for the Fund does not reflect any sales charges, which, if reflected, would lower returns. The Fund changed its investment strategy on August 31, 2017. Performance for the periods shown prior to August 31, 2017 is based on prior investment strategy. The table shows returns for the Fund’s primary broad-based market index, the Russell 1000 Value Index, and secondary broad-based market index, the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The Fund also compares its performance to the Diversified Blended Index constructed by the Advisor. Updated performance information for the Fund can be obtained by visiting www.wilmingtonfunds.com.

The performance information for the periods prior to June 11, 2010 for Class A Shares of the Fund is the historical performance information for the MTB Managed Allocation Fund – Moderate Growth (“Moderate Fund”), which, along with two other Wilmington Funds (formerly MTB Funds), was merged into the Fund at that time. The historic performance information of the Moderate Fund is shown because it was the accounting survivor of the merger.
Annual Total Returns – Class A Shares
Performance Over 10 Years
Bar Chart

Best Quarter

15.41%

6/30/2009

 

Worst Quarter

(14.87)%

12/31/2008

 


The Fund’s Class A Shares total return for the six-month period from January 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 was (1.22)%. The maximum Class A sales charge of 5.50%, which is normally deducted when you purchase shares, is not reflected in the best quarter/worst quarter returns or in the bar chart. If this fee were included, the returns would be less than those shown. The average annual total returns in the table below do include the sales charge for Class A Shares.
Average Annual Total Returns
(For the periods ended December 31, 2017)
Average Annual Total Returns - Wilmington Diversified Income Fund
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Inception Date
Class A Shares 8.21% 5.17% 3.00%  
Class A Shares | Return After Taxes on Distributions 4.67% 4.11% 2.25%  
Class A Shares | Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sales of Fund 7.07% 3.83% 2.23%  
Class I Shares 14.78% 6.64% 7.18% [1] Jun. 11, 2010
Russell 1000 Value Index (reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes) 13.66% 14.04% 7.10%  
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes) 3.54% 2.10% 4.01%  
Diversified Blended Index (reflects no deduction for taxes) [2] 11.47% 7.87% 5.39%  
[1] The total return shown for the Class I Shares is for the period beginning June 11, 2010 (commencement of operations). The total returns for same corresponding period for the Russell 1000 Value Index, Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index and the Diversified Blended Index were 13.62%, 3.27% and 8.83%, respectively.
[2] The Diversified Blended Index is calculated by the investment advisor and represents the weighted returns of the following indices: 36.0% Russell 1000 Value Index; 24.0% Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index; 17.0% MSCI EAFE Index; 7.0% Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index; 7.0%, Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government Inflation-Linked Bond Index; 4.5% Dow Jones Global ex-U.S. Select Real Estate Securities Index; 2.5% S&P U.S. REIT Index; and 2.0% Ibbotson Associates SBBI 30-Day U.S. T-Bill Index.
After-tax performance is presented only for Class A Shares of the Fund. The after-tax returns for other Fund classes may vary. Actual after-tax returns depend on your tax situation and may differ from those shown in the preceding table. When after-tax returns are calculated, it is assumed that the shareholder was in the highest individual federal marginal income tax bracket at the time of each distribution of income or capital gains or upon redemption. State and local income taxes are not reflected in the calculations. Please note that after-tax returns are not relevant for a shareholder who holds Fund shares in a tax-advantaged account, such as an individual retirement account or a 401(k) plan.