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Supplement dated January 3, 2023 to the Wilmington Funds Statement of Additional Information dated August 31, 2022 (the “SAI”)
1. | Effective January 1, 2023 the information in the SAI with respect to the Wilmington Global Alpha Equities Fund (the “Fund”) will be amended as follows: |
The following amends and replaces information in the sub-section entitled “Who Manages and Provides Services to the Funds?” on pages 70 & 71 of the SAI relating to the Fund:
WILMINGTON FUND MANAGEMENT CORPORATION (“WFMC”). WFMC serves as the investment advisor to each of the Funds. WMFC is located at 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890 and is a Delaware corporation organized on September 17, 1981. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wilmington Trust Corporation, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of M&T Bank Corporation.
Several affiliates of WFMC are also engaged in the investment advisory business. Wilmington Trust Investment Management, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wilmington Trust Corporation, is a registered investment advisor.
Pursuant to an investment advisory agreement between the Trust and WFMC, WFMC manages the assets of the Funds (“Investment Advisory Contract”). The Investment Advisory Contract has an initial term of two years and continues in effect from year to year thereafter if such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by the Board of Trustees including a majority of the Independent Trustees casting votes in person at a meeting called for such purpose, or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund. The Investment Advisory Contract may be terminated by the Trust or the investment advisor on 60 days written notice without penalty. The Investment Advisory Contract will also terminate automatically in the event of its assignment as defined in the 1940 Act. Pursuant to the Investment Advisory Contract, WFMC is entitled to receive the following annual investment advisory fees, paid monthly as a percentage of average daily net assets:
Annual Fee (as a % of average daily net assets (“Assets”)) | ||||
Fund |
WFMC |
WTIA* | ||
Large-Cap Strategy Fund | 0.25% | None | ||
International Fund | 0.45% | 80% | ||
Global Alpha Equities Fund | 0.60% | 80% | ||
Real Asset Fund | 0.45% on all Assets except Assets allocated to the inflation-protected and fixed-income securities (“TIPS”) strategy or the Enhanced Cash strategy. The fee for assets allocated to the TIPS strategy: 0.52% of the first $25 million; 0.49% of the next $25 million; and 0.47% of Assets over $50 million. The fee for assets allocated to the Enhanced Cash strategy is 0.53% on the assets. | 80% | ||
Enhanced Dividend Income Strategy Fund | 0.40% | 50% | ||
Broad Market Bond Fund | 0.45% | None | ||
Municipal Bond Fund | 0.45% | None | ||
New York Municipal Bond Fund | 0.45% | None | ||
U.S. Government Money Market Fund | 0.25% | None | ||
U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund | 0.25% | None |
* | Percentage shown represents the portion of WFMC’s fees allocated to WTIA. |
WFMC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fees and reimburse expenses to the extent that the expenses of a Fund (excluding dividends or interest on short positions, acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes, extraordinary expenses, brokerage commissions and interest), expressed as an annual percentage of average daily net assets, do not exceed the expense limitations set forth below:
EXPENSE LIMITATION | ||||||
Fund | Class A | Class I | TERMINATION DATE | |||
Large-Cap Strategy Fund | N/A | 0.25% | August 31, 2023 | |||
International Fund | 1.08% | 0.83% | August 31, 2023 | |||
Global Alpha Equities Fund | 1.49% | 1.24% | August 31, 2023 | |||
Real Asset Fund | 0.82% | 0.57% | August 31, 2023 | |||
Enhanced Dividend Income Strategy Fund | 0.75% | 0.50% | August 31, 2023 | |||
Broad Market Bond Fund | 0.78% | 0.43% | August 31, 2023 | |||
Municipal Bond Fund | 0.74% | 0.49% | August 31, 2023 | |||
New York Municipal Bond Fund | 0.82% | 0.57% | August 31, 2023 |
EXPENSE LIMITATION | ||||||||||||||||||
Fund |
Institutional Class |
Select Class |
Administrative Class |
Service Class |
TERMINATION DATE | |||||||||||||
U.S. Government Money Market Fund | 0.25 | % | 0.35 | % | 0.60 | % | 0.75 | % | August 31, 2023 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund | 0.25 | % | 0.35 | % | 0.60 | % | 0.75 | % | August 31, 2023 |
Please keep this Supplement for future reference.