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ALLSPRING FUNDS TRUST
2026-08-01
Investment Objective
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</span></div>
Fees and Expenses
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy, hold and sell </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">which are not reflected in the tables and examples below. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below. </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">You may qualify for </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least </span><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">$50,000</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> in the aggregate in </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">specified classes of certain </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Allspring Funds.</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> More information about these and other discounts is available from your </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">financial professional and in “Share Class Features” and “Reductions and Waivers of Sales Charges” on </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">pages </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">24 and 25 </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">of the Prospectus and “Additional Purchase and Redemption Information” on page </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">79 of the Statement of Additional </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Information. Investors who purchase through certain intermediaries may be subject to different sales charge discounts </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">than those outlined shares in these sections. Please see Appendix A on page </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">44 for further information.</span></div>
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 aggregate in specified classes of certain Allspring Funds.
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<span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;;">Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;;">charge of 1.00% if redeemed within 18 months from the date of purchase.</span>
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Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund’s most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
July 31, 2027
Example of Expenses
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">other funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">remain the same as in the tables above. To the extent that the Manager is waiving fees or reimbursing expenses, the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">example assumes that such waiver or reimbursement will only be in place through the date noted above. Although </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:</span></div>
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<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">$663</span></div>
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<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">$889</span></div>
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<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">$51</span></div>
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<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">$61</span></div>
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Portfolio Turnover
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was </span><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">48</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">% of the average value of its portfolio.</span></div>
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<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</span></div><div>
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<div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">at least 80% of the Fund’s net assets in equity securities of small-capitalization companies (this strategy may only be </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">changed upon 60 days’ prior notice to shareholders).</span></div>
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</table></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">To the extent the Fund uses derivatives, when such instruments provide investment exposure to the investments set </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">forth in the first bullet above or exposure to one or more market risk factors associated with such investments, the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Fund may include such derivatives in complying with the 80% requirement set out in this bullet.</span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">We invest principally in equity securities of small-capitalization companies, which we define as companies with market </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">capitalizations within the range of the Russell 2000<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 7pt"><sup>®</sup></span> Index. The market capitalization range of the Russell 2000</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7pt;;"><sup>®</sup></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> Index </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">was approximately $500 million to $13.78 billion, as of June 30, 2026 and is expected to change frequently. </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Furthermore, we may use futures contracts in order to equitize cash.</span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">We employ a risk controlled investment approach in seeking to construct a broadly diversified portfolio of companies </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">with a superior valuation and earnings profile. Our research, which utilizes a combination of quantitative methods and </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">fundamental analysis, identifies companies based on valuation, earnings and trading momentum characteristics that </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">give a comprehensive view of each company’s relative valuation, operational and financial performance, and stock </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">price behavior. We regularly review the investments of the portfolio and may sell a portfolio holding when, among other </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">reasons, we believe there is deterioration in the underlying fundamentals of the business, or we have identified a more </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">attractive investment opportunity.</span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">We may actively trade portfolio securities, which may lead to higher transaction costs that may affect the Fund’s </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">performance. In addition, active trading of portfolio securities may lead to higher taxes if your shares are held in a </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">taxable account.</span></div>
<span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">An investment in the Fund may lose money</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">, is not a deposit of a bank or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency</span>
<span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">An investment in the Fund may lose money</span>
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>Market Risk.</b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by the Fund may decline due to general </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Securities markets </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.</span></div>
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>Equity Securities Risk.</b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> The values of equity securities may experience periods of substantial price volatility and may </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">decline significantly over short time periods. In general, the values of equity securities are more volatile than those of </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">debt securities. Equity securities fluctuate in value and price in response to factors specific to the issuer of the security, </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">such as management performance, financial condition, and market demand for the issuer’s products or services, as </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">well as factors unrelated to the fundamental condition of the issuer, including general market, economic and political </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">conditions. Different parts of a market, industry and sector may react differently to adverse issuer, market, regulatory, </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">political, and economic developments.</span></div>
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>Smaller Company Securities Risk.</b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">and less liquid than those of larger companies.</span></div>
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>Futures Contracts Risk.</b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes, and there may at </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.</span></div>
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>Growth/Value Investing Risk.</b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> Securities that exhibit growth or value characteristics tend to perform differently and </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.</span></div>
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>Management Risk.</b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund’s manager or </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund’s investment objective may not produce expected returns, may cause the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Fund’s shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.</span></div>
Performance
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Fund’s performance from year to year.</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> The Fund’s average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">or more indices. </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results.</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> Current month-end </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">performance is available on the Fund’s website at </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">allspringglobal.com</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">.</span></div>
The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year.
Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results.
allspringglobal.com
Calendar Year Total Returns for Class A as of 12/31 each year1(returns do not reflect sales charges and would be lower if they did)
returns do not reflect sales charges and would be lower if they did
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<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>Highest Quarter: </b></span><br/><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">December 31, </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">2020</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">+28.09%</span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>Lowest Quarter: </b></span><br/><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">March 31, 2020</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">-33.33%</span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Year-to-date total </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">return as of </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">June </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">30, 2026</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> is </span><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">+28.02%</span></div>
Highest Quarter: December 31, 2020
2020-12-31
0.2809
Lowest Quarter: March 31, 2020
2020-03-31
-0.3333
Year-to-date total return as of June 30, 2026 is +28.02%
2026-06-30
0.2802
returns reflect applicable sales charges
2018-07-31
0.1116
0.0894
0.0899
2018-07-31
0.1012
0.0838
0.0648
2018-07-31
0.0726
0.0697
0.0639
2014-10-31
0.1832
0.1042
0.098
0.1281
0.0609
0.0962
0.1715
0.1315
0.1429
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts. </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">After-tax </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">returns are shown for only one class of shares.</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> After-tax returns for any other class will vary.</span></div>
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes.
Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.
After-tax returns are shown for only one class of shares.
Investment Objective
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">The Fund seeks to replicate the total return of the S&P 500 Index, before fees and expenses.</span></div>
Fees and Expenses
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy, hold and sell </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">which are not reflected in the tables and examples below. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below. </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">You may qualify for </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least </span><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">$50,000</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> in the aggregate in </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">specified classes of certain </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Allspring Funds.</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> More information about these and other discounts is available from your </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">financial professional and in “Share Class Features” and “Reductions and Waivers of Sales Charges” on </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">pages </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">24 and 25 </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">of the Prospectus and “Additional Purchase and Redemption Information” on page </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">79 of the Statement of Additional </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Information. Investors who purchase through certain intermediaries may be subject to different sales charge discounts </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">than those outlined shares in these sections. Please see Appendix A on page </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">44 for further information.</span></div>
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 aggregate in specified classes of certain Allspring Funds.
50000
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
0.0575
0
0
0.01
0
<span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;;">Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;;">charge of 1.00% if redeemed within 18 months from the date of purchase.</span>
0.0014
0.0014
0.0014
0
0.0075
0
0.0048
0.0048
0.0027
0.0062
0.0137
0.0041
-0.0018
-0.0018
-0.0016
Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund’s most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
July 31, 2027
Example of Expenses
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">other funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">remain the same as in the tables above. To the extent that the Manager is waiving fees or reimbursing expenses, the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">example assumes that such waiver or reimbursement will only be in place through the date noted above. Although </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:</span></div>
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ASSUMING YOU SOLD YOUR SHARES, YOU WOULD PAY:
617
745
884
1289
221
416
733
1631
26
115
214
502
ASSUMING YOU HELD YOUR SHARES, YOU WOULD PAY:
121
416
733
1631
Portfolio Turnover
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was </span><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">3</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">% of </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">the average value of its portfolio.</span></div>
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Principal Investment Strategies
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</span></div><div>
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<div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">at least 80% of the Fund’s net assets in a diversified portfolio of equity securities designed to replicate the holdings </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">and weightings of the stocks comprising the S&P 500 Index.</span></div>
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</table></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">We invest in substantially all of the common stocks comprising the S&P 500 Index and attempt to achieve at least a </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">95% correlation between the performance of the S&P 500 Index and the Fund’s investment results, before fees and </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">expenses. This correlation is sought regardless of market conditions. If we are unable to achieve this correlation, then </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">we will closely monitor the performance and composition of the S&P 500 Index and adjust the Fund’s securities </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">holdings as necessary to seek the correlation. We may use futures contracts in order to equitize cash.</span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">A precise duplication of the performance of the S&P 500 Index would mean that the net asset value (“NAV”) of Fund </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">shares, including dividends and capital gains, would increase or decrease in exact proportion to changes in the S&P </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">500 Index. Such a 100% correlation is not feasible. Our ability to track the performance of the S&P 500 Index may be </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions. We continuously </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">monitor the performance and composition of the S&P 500 Index and adjust the Fund’s portfolio as necessary to reflect </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">any changes to the S&P 500 Index and to maintain a 95% or better performance correlation before fees and expenses. </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">The Fund may become non-diversified, as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, solely as a result of a </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">change in relative market capitalization or index weighting of one or more constituents of the S&P 500 Index.</span></div>
<span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">An investment in the Fund may lose money</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">, is not a deposit of a bank or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency</span>
<span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">An investment in the Fund may lose money</span>
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>Market Risk.</b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by the Fund may decline due to general </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Securities markets </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.</span></div>
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>Equity Securities Risk.</b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> The values of equity securities may experience periods of substantial price volatility and may </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">decline significantly over short time periods. In general, the values of equity securities are more volatile than those of </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">debt securities. Equity securities fluctuate in value and price in response to factors specific to the issuer of the security, </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">such as management performance, financial condition, and market demand for the issuer’s products or services, as </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">well as factors unrelated to the fundamental condition of the issuer, including general market, economic and political </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">conditions. Different parts of a market, industry and sector may react differently to adverse issuer, market, regulatory, </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">political, and economic developments.</span></div>
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>Derivatives Risk.</b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain </span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.</span></div>
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>Futures Contracts Risk.</b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes, and there may at </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.</span></div>
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>Index Tracking Risk.</b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">the composition of the index. The Fund may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">replicate an index’s composition or performance could cause the Fund’s returns to be lower than if the Fund employed </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">an active strategy.</span></div>
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>Management Risk.</b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund’s manager or </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund’s investment objective may not produce expected returns, may cause the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Fund’s shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.</span></div>
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>Non-Diversification Risk.</b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> To closely track the composition of the Fund’s target index, more than 25% of the Fund’s total </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">assets may be invested in issuers representing more than 5% of the Fund’s total assets. In that case, the Fund would be </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">non-diversified under the Investment Company Act of 1940, although it would continue to hold approximately 500 </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">stocks across a number of sectors. When the Fund is operating as non-diversified, the Fund’s performance may be hurt </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">disproportionately by the poor performance of relatively few stocks, or even a single stock, and the Fund’s shares may </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">experience more significant fluctuations in value than if the Fund was diversified.</span></div>
Performance
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Fund’s performance from year to year.</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> The Fund’s average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">or more indices. </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results.</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> Current month-end </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">performance is available on the Fund’s website at </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">allspringglobal.com</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">.</span></div>
The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year.
Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results.
allspringglobal.com
Calendar Year Total Returns for Class A as of 12/31 each year(Returns do not reflect sales charges and would be lower if they did)
Returns do not reflect sales charges and would be lower if they did
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<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>Highest Quarter: </b></span><br/><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">June 30, 2020</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">+20.34%</span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>Lowest Quarter: </b></span><br/><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">March 31, 2020</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">-19.85%</span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Year-to-date total </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">return as of </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">June </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">30, 2026</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> is </span><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">+9.95%</span></div>
Highest Quarter: June 30, 2020
2020-06-30
0.2034
Lowest Quarter: March 31, 2020
2020-03-31
-0.1985
Year-to-date total return as of June 30, 2026 is +9.95%
2026-06-30
0.0995
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<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:10pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>INCEPTION </b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>DATE OF </b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>SHARE </b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>CLASS</b></span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:10pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>1 YEAR</b></span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:10pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>5 YEAR</b></span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:10pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>10 YEAR</b></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Class A (before taxes)</span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">11/4/1998</span>
</div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">10.63%</span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">12.58%</span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">13.61%</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Class A (after taxes on distributions)</span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">11/4/1998</span>
</div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">8.88%</span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">10.42%</span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">10.07%</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
</table></div><div>
<table cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;cellspacing:0;padding-bottom:5pt;padding-top:5pt;margin-left:0pt;">
<tr style="height:1px;">
<td style="height:1px;width:47.20081135902637%"></td>
<td style="height:1px;width:13.20081135902637%"></td>
<td style="height:1px;width:13.20081135902637%"></td>
<td style="height:1px;width:13.20081135902637%"></td>
<td style="height:1px;width:13.198782961460445%"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5" style="vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2025 (returns reflect applicable sales charges)</b></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"> </div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:10pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>INCEPTION </b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>DATE OF </b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>SHARE </b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>CLASS</b></span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:10pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>1 YEAR</b></span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:10pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>5 YEAR</b></span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:10pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>10 YEAR</b></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Class A (after taxes on distributions and the sale of </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Fund Shares)</span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">11/4/1998</span>
</div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">7.54%</span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">9.58%</span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">9.95%</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Class C (before taxes)</span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">4/30/1999</span>
</div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">15.47%</span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">13.06%</span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">13.61%</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Administrator Class (before taxes)</span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">2/14/1985</span>
</div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">17.57%</span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">14.13%</span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">14.50%</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">S&P 500 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">expenses, or taxes)</span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"> </div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">17.88%</span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">14.42%</span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">14.82%</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2025 (returns reflect applicable sales charges)
returns reflect applicable sales charges
1998-11-04
0.1063
0.1258
0.1361
1998-11-04
0.0888
0.1042
0.1007
1998-11-04
0.0754
0.0958
0.0995
1999-04-30
0.1547
0.1306
0.1361
1985-02-14
0.1757
0.1413
0.145
0.1788
0.1442
0.1482
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts. </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">After-tax </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">returns are shown for only one class of shares.</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> After-tax returns for any other class will vary.</span></div>
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes.
Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.
After-tax returns are shown for only one class of shares.
Investment Objective
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.</span></div>
Fees and Expenses
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy, hold and sell </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">which are not reflected in the tables and examples below. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below. </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">You may qualify for </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least </span><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">$50,000</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> in the aggregate in </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">specified classes of certain </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Allspring Funds.</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> More information about these and other discounts is available from your </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">financial professional and in “Share Class Features” and “Reductions and Waivers of Sales Charges” on </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">pages </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">24 and 25 </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">of the Prospectus and “Additional Purchase and Redemption Information” on page </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">79 of the Statement of Additional </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Information. Investors who purchase through certain intermediaries may be subject to different sales charge discounts </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">than those outlined shares in these sections. Please see Appendix A on page </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">44 for further information.</span></div>
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 aggregate in specified classes of certain Allspring Funds.
50000
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
0.0575
0
0
0
0
0
0
<span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;;">Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;;">charge of 1.00% if redeemed within 18 months from the date of purchase.</span>
0.0079
0.0079
0.0079
0.0079
0
0
0
0
0.0046
0.0005
0.004
0.0015
0.0001
0.0001
0.0001
0.0001
0.0126
0.0085
0.012
0.0095
0
0
0
0
Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund’s most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
July 31, 2027
Example of Expenses
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">other funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">remain the same as in the tables above. To the extent that the Manager is waiving fees or reimbursing expenses, the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">example assumes that such waiver or reimbursement will only be in place through the date noted above. Although </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:</span></div>
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<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">$696</span></div>
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<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">$952</span></div>
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<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">$87</span></div>
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<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">$271</span></div>
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</td>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">$122</span></div>
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<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">$381</span></div>
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</td>
<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">$97</span></div>
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<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">$303</span></div>
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<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">$525</span></div>
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<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">$1,166</span></div>
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ASSUMING YOU SOLD YOUR SHARES, YOU WOULD PAY:
696
952
1227
2010
87
271
471
1049
122
381
660
1455
97
303
525
1166
Portfolio Turnover
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was </span><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">28</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">% of the average value of its portfolio.</span></div>
0.28
Principal Investment Strategies
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Under normal circumstances, we invest:</span></div><div>
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</table></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">To the extent the Fund uses derivatives, when such instruments provide investment exposure to the investments set </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">forth in the first bullet above or exposure to one or more market risk factors associated with such investments, the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Fund may include such derivatives in complying with the 80% requirement set out in this bullet.</span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">We invest principally in equity securities of small-capitalization value companies, which we define as companies with </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">market capitalizations within the range of the Russell 2000<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 7pt"><sup>®</sup></span> Index that are constituents of the Russell 3000<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 7pt"><sup>®</sup></span> Value </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Index, the S&P Composite 1500<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 7pt"><sup>®</sup></span> Value Index or the Bloomberg 3000 Value Index, or that have weighted average price </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">to earnings ratios that are lower than the median of the Russell 3000<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 7pt"><sup>®</sup></span> Index. The market capitalization range of the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Russell 2000</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7pt;;"><sup>®</sup></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> Index was $500 million to $13.78 billion as of June 30, 2026, and is expected to change frequently.</span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">We look for undervalued companies that we believe have the potential for above average capital appreciation with </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">below average risk. Rigorous fundamental research drives our search for companies with favorable reward-to-risk ratios </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">and that possess, a long-term competitive advantage provided by a durable asset base, strong balance sheets, and </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">sustainable and superior cash flows. Typical investments include stocks of companies that are generally out of favor in </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">the marketplace, or are undergoing reorganization or other corporate action that may create above-average price </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">appreciation. We regularly review the investments of the portfolio and may sell a portfolio holding when a stock nears </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">its price target, downside risks increase considerably, the company’s fundamentals have deteriorated, or we identify a </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">more attractive investment opportunity.</span></div>
<span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">An investment in the Fund may lose money</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">, is not a deposit of a bank or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency</span>
<span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">An investment in the Fund may lose money</span>
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>Market Risk.</b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by the Fund may decline due to general </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Securities markets </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.</span></div>
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>Equity Securities Risk.</b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> The values of equity securities may experience periods of substantial price volatility and may </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">decline significantly over short time periods. In general, the values of equity securities are more volatile than those of </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">debt securities. Equity securities fluctuate in value and price in response to factors specific to the issuer of the security, </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">such as management performance, financial condition, and market demand for the issuer’s products or services, as </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">well as factors unrelated to the fundamental condition of the issuer, including general market, economic and political </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">conditions. Different parts of a market, industry and sector may react differently to adverse issuer, market, regulatory, </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">political, and economic developments.</span></div>
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>Smaller Company Securities Risk.</b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">and less liquid than those of larger companies.</span></div>
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>Growth/Value Investing Risk.</b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> Securities that exhibit growth or value characteristics tend to perform differently and </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.</span></div>
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>Management Risk.</b></span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund’s manager or </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund’s investment objective may not produce expected returns, may cause the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Fund’s shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.</span></div>
Performance
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Fund’s performance from year to year.</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> The Fund’s average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">or more indices. </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results.</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> Current month-end </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">performance is available on the Fund’s website at </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">allspringglobal.com</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">.</span></div>
The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year.
Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results.
allspringglobal.com
Calendar Year Total Returns for Class A as of 12/31 each year(Returns do not reflect sales charges and would be lower if they did)
Returns do not reflect sales charges and would be lower if they did
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<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>Highest Quarter: </b></span><br/><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">December 31, </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">2020</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">+28.16%</span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"><b>Lowest Quarter: </b></span><br/><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">March 31, 2020</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">-33.62%</span></div><div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Year-to-date total </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">return as of </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">June </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">30, 2026</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> is </span><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">+16.20%</span></div>
Highest Quarter: December 31, 2020
2020-12-31
0.2816
Lowest Quarter: March 31, 2020
2020-03-31
-0.3362
Year-to-date total return as of June 30, 2026 is +16.20%
2026-06-30
0.162
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<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Class A (after taxes on distributions)</span></div>
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<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Administrator Class (before taxes)</span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">7/23/1996</span>
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<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">-3.04%</span></div>
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<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">6.23%</span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">8.07%</span></div>
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<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Institutional Class (before taxes)</span></div>
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<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">7/30/2010</span>
</div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">-2.81%</span></div>
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<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">6.48%</span></div>
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<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">8.34%</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
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<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Russell 2000® Value Index (reflects no deduction for </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">fees, expenses, or taxes)</span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"> </div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">12.59%</span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">8.88%</span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #333333;vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">9.27%</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;text-align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">expenses, or taxes)</span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"> </div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">17.15%</span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">13.15%</span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align:bottom">
<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;text-align:right;padding-right:6%;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">14.29%</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2025 (returns reflect applicable sales charges)
returns reflect applicable sales charges
1993-05-07
-0.0868
0.0488
0.0734
1993-05-07
-0.1033
0.0325
0.0606
1993-05-07
-0.0394
0.0367
0.0574
2014-10-31
-0.027
0.0659
0.0844
1996-07-23
-0.0304
0.0623
0.0807
2010-07-30
-0.0281
0.0648
0.0834
0.1259
0.0888
0.0927
0.1715
0.1315
0.1429
<div><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts. </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">After-tax </span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;">returns are shown for only one class of shares.</span><span style="clear:both;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;;"> After-tax returns for any other class will vary.</span></div>
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes.
Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.
After-tax returns are shown for only one class of shares.
1.Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within 18 months from the date of purchase.
1.Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund’s most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2.The Manager has contractually committed through July 31, 2027, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at 0.91% for Class A, 0.50% for Class R6 and 0.60% for Institutional Class. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses (if any), and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the expense cap. Prior to or after the commitment expiration date, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.
1.Historical performance shown for the Class A shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of the former Administrator Class shares, and is adjusted to reflect the higher expenses and sales charges of the Class A shares.
2.Historical performance shown for the Class R6 shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of the Institutional Class shares, and includes the higher expenses applicable to the Institutional Class shares. If these expenses had not been included, returns for the Class R6 shares would be higher.
1.Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within 18 months from the date of purchase.
1.Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund’s most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2.The Manager has contractually committed through July 31, 2027, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at 0.44% for Class A, 1.19% for Class C and 0.25% for Administrator Class. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses (if any), and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the expense cap. Prior to or after the commitment expiration date, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.
1.Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within 18 months from the date of purchase.
1.Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund’s most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2.The Manager has contractually committed through July 31, 2027, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at 1.29% for Class A, 0.88% for Class R6, 1.19% for Administrator Class and 0.94% for Institutional Class. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses (if any), and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the expense cap. Prior to or after the commitment expiration date, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.