<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001081400-22-000982.txt : 20221223
<SEC-HEADER>0001081400-22-000982.hdr.sgml : 20221223
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20221223165902
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001081400-22-000982
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEF 14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20230206
FILED AS OF DATE:		20221223
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20221223

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ALLSPRING GLOBAL DIVIDEND OPPORTUNITY FUND
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001386067
		IRS NUMBER:				208293094
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEF 14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-22005
		FILM NUMBER:		221485956

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		525 MARKET STREET
		STREET 2:		FLOOR 13
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94105
		BUSINESS PHONE:		857-776-4824

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		101 SEAPORT BLVD
		STREET 2:		FLOOR 11
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02210

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	WELLS FARGO GLOBAL DIVIDEND OPPORTUNITY FUND
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20151216

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE GLOBAL DIVIDEND OPPORTUNITY FUND
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20100720

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20100719
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>DEF 14A
<SEQUENCE>1
<FILENAME>eodwrapper.htm
<DESCRIPTION>ALLSPRING GLOBAL DIVIDEND OPPORTUNITY FUND PROXY STATEMENT AND PROXY CARD
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF</font><br><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">ALLSPRING GLOBAL DIVIDEND OPPORTUNITY FUND</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the &#8220;Meeting&#8221;) </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">of the  </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Allspring Global Dividend Opportunity Fund  (the &#8220;Fund&#8221;) will be held </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">on  </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">February 6, 2023  at  </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">10:00 a.m. Pacific time, at 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">San Francisco, California 94105, for the following purposes:</font></p>
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               <td valign="top" style="padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width:97%;padding-left:2pt;align:left;valign:top;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">To elect  </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">three Trustees to the Board of Trustees of the Fund to serve for the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">term indicated herein and until their successors shall have been duly elected </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">and qualified; and</font></td>
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               <td valign="top" style="padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width:97%;padding-left:2pt;align:left;valign:top;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">any adjournments thereof.</font></td>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Shareholders of record at the close of business on  </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">December 9, 2022 will be </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">entitled to vote at the Meeting to the extent described in the accompanying </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">proxy statement.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">It is hoped that you will attend the Meeting, but if you cannot do so, please </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">complete and sign the enclosed proxy card and return it in the accompanying </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">envelope as promptly as possible or vote by telephone or Internet. Any </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">shareholder attending the Meeting can vote in person even though a proxy may </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">have already been designated by the shareholder. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>Instructions for the proper </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>execution of the proxy card, as well as instructions on how to vote by </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>telephone and Internet, are set forth at the end of the proxy statement.</b></font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE FUND UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">YOU VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF EACH NOMINEE AS A TRUSTEE.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">By Order of the Board of Trustees,</font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:4;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><a name="chapter_2_9513"></a><a name="chapter_2-sect1_1_9513"></a><font style="text-transform:uppercase;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;"><b>ALLSPRING GLOBAL DIVIDEND OPPORTUNITY FUND</b></font></font><br><font style="text-transform:uppercase;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;"><b>PROXY STATEMENT</b></font></font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:6;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">This proxy statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">by and on behalf of the Board of Trustees  (the &#8220;Board&#8221;)  of the  </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Allspring Global </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Dividend Opportunity Fund  (the &#8220;Fund&#8221;) for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">(the &#8220;Meeting&#8221;) to be held at 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">California 94105, on  </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">February 6, 2023  at  </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">10:00 a.m. Pacific time. If you wish to </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">participate in the Meeting, you may submit the proxy card included with this </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">proxy statement by mail, vote by telephone or Internet, or attend the Meeting in </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">person. (See &#8220;Instructions for Executing Proxy Card&#8221; at  the end of this proxy </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">statement for voting instructions.) If you wish to attend the Meeting in person, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">please call the Fund&#8217;s proxy solicitor, Computershare Fund Services, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">at  </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">866-905-8159 for instructions.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>Special Note Regarding the Meeting</b></font><br><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">We intend to hold the Meeting in person. However, we are sensitive to the public </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">health and travel concerns our shareholders may have and recommendations </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">that public health officials may issue in light of the evolving coronavirus </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">(COVID-19) situation. As a result, we may impose additional procedures or </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">limitations on Meeting attendees or may decide to hold the Meeting in a </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">different location or solely by means of remote communication. We plan to </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">announce any such updates on our website (allspringglobal.com), and we </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">encourage you to check this website prior to the Meeting if you plan to attend.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">This proxy statement, the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Shareholders, the proxy card and the Annual Report for the Fund for the fiscal </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">year ended  </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">October 31, 2022  will be first sent to shareholders on or </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">about  </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">December 31, 2022.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON  </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>FEBRUARY 6, </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>2023.</b></font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>You may obtain a copy of this proxy statement, the accompanying Notice of </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the proxy card  and the Annual Report for the </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>Fund for the period ended  </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>October 31, 2022  without charge by visiting the </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>website indicated on your proxy card.</b></font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:10;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.424pt;"><b>PROXY SOLICITATION</b></font><hr color="#000000" width="100%" align="left" size="0.4"></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">The Board intends to bring before the Meeting the matter set forth in the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">accompanying notice.  Holders of common shares (&#8220;Shares&#8221;) of the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Fund  (&#8220;Shareholders&#8221;)  are being asked to vote for  the re-election of Messrs. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Isaiah Harris, Jr. and David Larcker and Ms. Olivia Mitchell as Trustees. You can </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">vote by returning your properly executed proxy card in the envelope provided or </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">you may vote by telephone or Internet by following the instructions at the end of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">this proxy statement. When you complete and sign your proxy card, the proxies </font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">named will vote on your behalf at the Meeting (or any adjournments thereof) </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">exactly as you have indicated. If you return a signed  proxy card but  no choice is </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">specified, your Shares will be voted FOR the election of each of the nominees </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">named in the enclosed proxy card. If any other matters are properly presented </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">at the Meeting for action, the persons named as proxies will vote in accordance </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">with the views of management of the Fund. Shareholders, including a  broker </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">who may hold Shares on your behalf,  may revoke a proxy prior to the Meeting by </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">giving timely written notice of such revocation to the Fund at the address above, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">by submitting a subsequent proxy timely and in accordance with the methods </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">prescribed by this proxy statement, or by attending the Meeting and voting in </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">person.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">The Fund&#8217;s Second Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">(the &#8220;Declaration&#8221;) provides that the holders of thirty-three and a third percent </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">(33 1/3%) of the Shares issued and outstanding, present in person or by proxy, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at the Meeting. With </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">regard to the election of Trustees, votes may be cast FOR all nominees or votes </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">may be WITHHELD either with respect to all of the nominees or any individual </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">nominee. Abstentions, broker non-votes (i.e., Shares held by brokers or nominee </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">entities as to which (i) instructions have not been received from the beneficial </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">owners or other persons entitled to vote and (ii) the broker or nominee entity </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">does not have discretionary voting power on a particular matter), and votes that </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">are withheld will count for purposes of determining whether a quorum is </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">present but will have no effect with respect to the election of Trustees.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">A plurality vote of the shares represented in person or by proxy at the Meeting </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">and entitled to vote is required for the election of Trustees.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">In the event a quorum is not present at the Meeting or a quorum is present but </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">sufficient votes to approve a proposal are not received, the persons named as </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">proxies may propose one or more adjournments of the Meeting to permit further </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">solicitation of proxies as to a proposal. The persons named as proxies will vote in </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">favor of an adjournment those votes that may be voted in favor of the proposal. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">The persons named as proxies will vote against any such adjournment those </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">votes marked as withheld. The Meeting, whether or not a quorum is present, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">may be adjourned from time to time by the vote of a majority of the Shares </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">represented at the Meeting, either in person or by proxy; or by the chair of the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Meeting, in his or her discretion. Abstentions and broker non-votes will not be </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">voted on a motion to adjourn.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Any proposal for which sufficient favorable votes have been received by the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">time of the Meeting may be acted upon and considered final regardless of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">whether the Meeting is adjourned to permit additional solicitation with respect </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">to any other proposal. In certain circumstances in which the Fund has received </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">sufficient votes to approve a matter being recommended for approval by the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Board, the Fund may request that brokers and nominee entities, in their </font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">discretion, withhold or withdraw  submission of broker non-votes in order to </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">avoid the need for solicitation of additional votes in favor of the proposal.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">The Fund will bear the costs typically associated with the election of Trustees. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Solicitation may be undertaken by mail, telephone, facsimile and personal </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">contact. The Fund has engaged Computershare Fund Services to solicit proxies </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">from brokers, banks, other institutional holders and individual Shareholders for a </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">fee of approximately $</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">2,823. This fee will be borne by the Fund.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:10;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.424pt;"><b>Voting Securities and Principal Holders Thereof</b></font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Shareholders of record at the close of business on </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">December 9, 2022  are </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">entitled to vote at the Meeting or any adjournment thereof to the extent set </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">forth in this proxy statement. As of  </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">December 9, 2022  the Fund had </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">outstanding  </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">43,256,668  Shares. Each Share  is entitled to one vote for each </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">dollar, and a fractional vote for each fraction of a dollar as to any matter on </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">which the Share is entitled to vote.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Listed below are entities that have made filings with the Securities and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Exchange Commission (&#8220;SEC&#8221;) disclosing beneficial ownership of 5% or more of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">the outstanding Shares of the Fund as of  </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">December 9, 2022. The filings are </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">available at the SEC&#8217;s website (</font><a name="DUMMY"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">www.sec.gov</font></a><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">).</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Shareholder Name and Address</b></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Number of </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Shares Owned</b></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Percentage </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Owned</b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:5.5pt;"><sup><b>1</b></sup></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Common </font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">(94987C103)</font></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;"><b>First Trust Portfolios L.P.</b></font><br><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;margin-left:NaNpt;"><b>First Trust Advisors L.P.</b></font><br><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;margin-left:NaNpt;"><b>The Charger Corporation</b></font><br><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;margin-left:NaNpt;">120 East Liberty Drive, Suite </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">400</font><br><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;margin-left:NaNpt;">Wheaton, Illinois 60187</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">4,342,145</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">10.04%</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Common </font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">(94987C103)</font></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;"><b>Morgan Stanley</b></font><br><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;margin-left:NaNpt;"><b>Morgan Stanley Smith Barney </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;"><b>LLC</b></font><br><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;margin-left:NaNpt;">1585 Broadway</font><br><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;margin-left:NaNpt;">New York, NY 10036</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">3,166,623</font></p>
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               <td style="valign:top;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:6pt;align:right;width:3%;" valign="top"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">1.</font></td>
               <td style="padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:-9.02pt;padding-left:2pt;padding-right:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">The filing by the listed entities indicates that the entities share dispositive power over the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">securities.</font></td>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:8;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">As of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">December 9, 2022, the officers and Trustees of the Fund as a group </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">beneficially owned in the aggregate less than 1% of the Shares of the Fund and, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">together with their immediate family members, less than 1% of the outstanding </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">securities of Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC, the parent company of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Allspring Funds Management, LLC (&#8220;Allspring Funds Management&#8221;), the Fund&#8217;s </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">investment adviser, and Allspring Global Investments, LLC (&#8220;Allspring </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Investments&#8221;), the Fund&#8217;s sub-adviser.</font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:9;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><a name="chapter_2-sect1_2_9513"></a><font style="text-transform:uppercase;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;"><b>I. ELECTION OF TRUSTEES (PROPOSAL 1)</b></font></font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:6;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">The Board has nominated  </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">three persons for election to the Fund&#8217;s Board. Each of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">these nominees currently serves on the Fund&#8217;s Board and is thus sometimes </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">referred to as a &#8220;nominee Trustee&#8221;. In accordance with the Declaration, the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Trustees have been divided into three classes (each a &#8220;Class&#8221;): Class I, Class II </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">and Class III. The Trustees in each Class serve until the annual meeting for the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">year indicated: Class I, 2026; Class II, 2024; and Class III, 2025; or, if later, until </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">their respective successors are elected and qualified. At each subsequent </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">annual meeting, the persons elected to the Class of Trustees whose terms are </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">expiring will generally be nominated for a three-year term. Staggered terms are </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">adopted by many closed-end fund boards and can have the effect of promoting </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">greater stability and long-term perspective. Staggered terms also have the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">effect of limiting the ability of other entities or persons to acquire control of a </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">board by delaying replacement of a majority of the board. If any nominee </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Trustee for any reason becomes unable to serve or is unwilling to serve, the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">persons named as proxies in the enclosed proxy card, in consultation with the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Board, will vote for the election of such other person or persons as they may </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">consider qualified. Each of the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">three nominee Trustees has agreed to continue </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">to serve as a Trustee on the Board if elected by Shareholders. The nominee </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Trustees for Class I are expected to serve the full term until the 2026 annual </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">meeting, with the exception of Mr. Larcker, who is expected to retire on </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">December 31, 2025.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">The Board of the Fund proposes the following nominee Trustees for election at </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">the Meeting:</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Expiration of Term if </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Elected</b></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Isaiah Harris, Jr.</font></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Class I</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2026</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:6pt;"><sup>1</sup></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Olivia S. Mitchell</font></font></p>
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               <td style="padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:-9.02pt;padding-left:2pt;padding-right:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Or, if later, until their respective successors are elected and qualified.</font></td>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:8;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">You cannot vote by proxy for anyone other than the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">three  nominee Trustees </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">currently proposed to serve on the Board.</font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">The following table contains specific information about each Trustee and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">nominee Trustee, as of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">October 31, 2022, including: name and year of birth, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">principal occupation(s) during the past five years or longer, position held with </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">the Fund, length of time served, any other directorships held outside the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Allspring Funds family of funds (the &#8220;Fund Complex&#8221;) and number of portfolios </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">in the Fund Complex overseen by such Trustee and nominee Trustee. The </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">address for each Trustee and nominee Trustee is c/o </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Allspring Global Dividend </font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Position </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Held </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>with </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Fund/</b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Length </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>of Time </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Served</b></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Years</b></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Number </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>of </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Portfolios </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>in Fund </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Complex </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Overseen </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>by </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Trustee</b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:5.5pt;"><sup><b>1</b></sup></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Other </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Directorships </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Held by </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Trustee </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>During </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Past 5 </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Years</b></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;"><b>Class I - Non-Interested Nominee Trustees to serve until 2026 Annual Meeting of </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;"><b>Shareholders</b></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Isaiah </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Harris, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Jr., 1952</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Trustee, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">since </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2010; </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Audit </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Committee </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Chair, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">since </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2019</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Retired. Chairman of the Board of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">CIGNA Corporation from 2009 to </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2021, and Director from 2005 to </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2008. From 2003 to 2011, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Director of Deluxe Corporation. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Prior thereto, President and CEO </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">of BellSouth Advertising and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Publishing Corp. from 2005 to </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2007, President and CEO of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">BellSouth Enterprises from 2004 </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">to 2005 and President of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">BellSouth Consumer Services </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">from 2000 to 2003. Emeritus </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">member of the Iowa State </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">University Foundation Board of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Governors. Emeritus Member of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">the Advisory Board of Iowa State </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">University School of Business. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Advisory Board Member, Palm </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Harbor Academy (private school). </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Mr. Harris is a certified public </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">accountant (inactive status).</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">124</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">CIGNA </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Corporation </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">(2005-2021)</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">David F. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Larcker</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:6pt;"><sup>2</sup></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">1950</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Trustee, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">since </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2010</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">James Irvin Miller Professor of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Accounting at the Graduate </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">School of Business (Emeritus), </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Stanford University, Director of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">the Corporate Governance </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Research Initiative and Senior </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Faculty of The Rock Center for </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Corporate Governance since </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2006. From 2005 to 2008, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Professor of Accounting at the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Graduate School of Business, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Stanford University. Prior thereto, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Ernst &amp; Young Professor of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Accounting at The Wharton </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">School, University of Pennsylvania </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">from 1985 to 2005.</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Position </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Held </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>with </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Fund/</b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Length </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>of Time </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Served</b></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Years</b></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Number </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>of </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Portfolios </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>in Fund </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Complex </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Overseen </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>by </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Trustee</b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:5.5pt;"><b><sup>1</sup></b></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Other </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Directorships </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Held by </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Trustee </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>During </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Past 5 </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Years</b></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Olivia S. </font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Mitchell, </font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">1953</font></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Trustee, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">since </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2010; </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Nominating </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Governance </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Committee </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Chair, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">since </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2018</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">International Foundation of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Employee Benefit Plans Professor, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Wharton School of the University </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">of Pennsylvania since 1993. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Director of Wharton&#8217;s Pension </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Research Council and Boettner </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Center on Pensions &amp; Retirement </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Research, and Research Associate </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">at the National Bureau of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Economic Research. Previously, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Cornell University Professor from </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">1978 to 1993.</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">124</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">None</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;"><b>Class II - Non-Interested Trustees to serve until 2024 Annual Meeting of </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;"><b>Shareholders</b></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">William </font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">R. </font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Ebsworth, </font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">1957</font></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Trustee, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">since </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2015</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Retired. From 1984 to 2013, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">equities analyst, portfolio </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">manager, research director and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">chief investment officer at Fidelity </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Management and Research </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Company in Boston, Tokyo, and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Hong Kong, and retired in 2013 as </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Chief Investment Officer of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Fidelity Strategic Advisers, Inc. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">where he led a team of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">investment professionals </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">managing client assets. Prior </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">thereto, Board member of Hong </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Kong Securities Clearing Co., </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Hong Kong Options Clearing </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Corp., the Thailand International </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Fund, Ltd., Fidelity Investments </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Life Insurance Company, and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Empire Fidelity Investments Life </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Insurance Company. Audit </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Committee Chair and Investment </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Committee Chair of the Vincent </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Memorial Hospital Endowment </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">(non-profit organization). Mr. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Ebsworth is a CFA&#174; charterholder.</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Position </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Held </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>with </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Fund/</b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Length </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>of Time </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Served</b></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Years</b></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Number </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>of </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Portfolios </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>in Fund </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Complex </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Overseen </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>by </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Trustee</b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:5.5pt;"><b><sup>1</sup></b></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Other </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Directorships </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Held by </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Trustee </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>During </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Past 5 </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Years</b></font></p>
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               <td align="left" valign="top" colspan="1" style="background-color:#F1F1F1;;border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:top">
                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Jane A. </font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Freeman, </font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">1953</font></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Trustee, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">since </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2015; </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Chair </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Liaison, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">since </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2018</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Retired. From 2012 to 2014 and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">1999 to 2008, Chief Financial </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Officer of Scientific Learning </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Corporation. From 2008 to 2012, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Ms. Freeman provided consulting </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">services related to strategic </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">business projects. Prior to 1999, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Portfolio Manager at Rockefeller &amp; </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Co. and Scudder, Stevens &amp; Clark. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Board member of the Harding </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Loevner Funds from 1996 to </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2014, serving as both Lead </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Independent Director and chair of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">the Audit Committee. Board </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">member of the Russell Exchange </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Traded Funds Trust from 2011 to </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2012 and the chair of the Audit </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Committee. Ms. Freeman is also </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">an inactive Chartered Financial </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Analyst.</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">124</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">None</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;"><b>Class III - Non-Interested Trustees to serve until 2025 Annual Meeting of </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;"><b>Shareholders</b></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Timothy </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">J. Penny, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">1951</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Trustee, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">since </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2010; </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Chair, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">since </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2018</font></p>
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               <td align="left" valign="top" colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top">
                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">President and Chief Executive </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Officer of Southern Minnesota </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Initiative Foundation, a non-profit </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">organization, since 2007.    Vice </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Chair of the Economic Club of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Minnesota, since 2007.    Co-Chair </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">of the Committee for a </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Responsible Federal Budget, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">since 1995.    Member of the Board </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">of Trustees of NorthStar </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Education Finance, Inc., a </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">non-profit organization, since </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2007.    Senior Fellow of the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">University of Minnesota </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Humphrey Institute from 1995 to </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2017.</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">124</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Name </b></font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>and Year </b></font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>of Birth</b></font></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Position </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Held </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>with </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Fund/</b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Length </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>of Time </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Served</b></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Years</b></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Number </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>of </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Portfolios </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>in Fund </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Complex </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Overseen </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>by </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Trustee</b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:5.5pt;"><b><sup>1</sup></b></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Other </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Directorships </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Held by </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Trustee </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>During </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Past 5 </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Years</b></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">James </font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">G. </font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Polisson, </font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">1959</font></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Trustee, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">since </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2018</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Retired. Chief Marketing Officer, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Source (ETF) UK Services, Ltd, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">from 2015 to 2017. From 2012 to </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2015, Principal of The Polisson </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Group, LLC, a management </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">consulting, corporate advisory </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">and principal investing company. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Chief Executive Officer and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Managing Director at Russell </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Investments, Global Exchange </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Traded Funds from 2010 to 2012. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Managing Director of Barclays </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Global Investors from 1998 to </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2010 and Global Chief Marketing </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Officer for iShares and Barclays </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Global Investors from 2000 to </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2010. Trustee of the San </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Francisco Mechanics&#8217; Institute, a </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">non-profit organization, from </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2013 to 2015. Board member of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">the Russell Exchange Traded Fund </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Trust from 2011 to 2012. Director </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">of Barclays Global Investors </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Holdings Deutschland GmbH </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">from 2006 to 2009. Mr. Polisson is </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">an attorney and has a retired </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">status with the Massachusetts </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">and District of Columbia Bar </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Associations.</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Name </b></font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>and Year </b></font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>of Birth</b></font></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Position </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Held </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>with </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Fund/</b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Length </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>of Time </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Served</b></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Number </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>of </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Portfolios </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>in Fund </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Complex </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Overseen </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>by </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Trustee</b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:5.5pt;"><b><sup>1</sup></b></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Other </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Directorships </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Held by </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Trustee </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>During </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Past 5 </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Years</b></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Pamela </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Wheelock,</font><br><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;margin-left:NaNpt;">1959</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Retired. Executive and Senior </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Financial leadership positions in </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">the public, private and nonprofit </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">sectors. Interim President and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">CEO, McKnight Foundation, 2020. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Interim Commissioner, Minnesota </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Department of Human Services, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2019. Chief Operating Officer, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2017-2019. Vice President for </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">University Services, University of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Minnesota, 2012-2016. Interim </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">President and CEO, Blue Cross </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">and Blue Shield of Minnesota, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2011-2012. Executive </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Vice-President and Chief Financial </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Officer, Minnesota Wild, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2002-2008. Commissioner, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Minnesota Department of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Finance, 1999-2002. Chair of the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Board of Directors of Destination </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Medical Center Corporation. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Board member of the Minnesota </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Wild Foundation.</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">124</font></p>
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               <td style="padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:-9.02pt;padding-left:2pt;padding-right:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">As of August 31, 2022, the Fund Complex consisted of 124 funds.</font></td>
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               <td style="padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:-9.02pt;padding-left:2pt;padding-right:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Mr. Larcker is expected to retire on December 31, 2025.</font></td>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:8;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">The following table contains specific information about the dollar range of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">equity securities beneficially owned by each Trustee and nominee Trustee in the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Fund and the aggregate dollar range of equity securities in other funds in the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Fund Complex overseen by the Trustees.</font></p>
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               <td align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="background-color:#F1F1F1;;border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Name of Trustee</b></font></font></p>
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               <td align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="background-color:#F1F1F1;;border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Dollar Range of Equity Securities in </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>the Fund as of October 31, 2022</b></font></p>
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               <td align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="background-color:#F1F1F1;;border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Aggregate Dollar </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Range of Equity </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Securities in the </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Fund Complex as of </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>October 31, 2022</b></font></p>
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               <td align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3" style="background-color:#F1F1F1;;border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;"><b>Non-Interested Nominee Trustees</b></font></p>
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               <td align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="background-color:#F1F1F1;;border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Isaiah Harris, Jr.</font></font></p>
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">$1-$10,000</font></p>
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Over $100,000</font></p>
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               <td align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="background-color:#F1F1F1;;border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">David F. Larcker</font></font></p>
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               <td align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">$1-$10,000</font></p>
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Over $100,000</font></p>
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               <td align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="background-color:#F1F1F1;;border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Olivia S. Mitchell</font></font></p>
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               <td align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">$1-$10,000</font></p>
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               <td align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Over $100,000</font></p>
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               <td align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3" style="background-color:#F1F1F1;;border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;"><b>Non-Interested Trustees</b></font></p>
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               <td align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="background-color:#F1F1F1;;border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">William R. Ebsworth</font></font></p>
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               <td align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">$10,001-$50,000</font></p>
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               <td align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Over $100,000</font></p>
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            <tr>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="background-color:#F1F1F1;;border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Jane A. Freeman</font></font></p>
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               <td align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">$1-$10,000</font></p>
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Over $100,000</font></p>
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               <td align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="background-color:#F1F1F1;;border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Timothy J. Penny</font></font></p>
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               <td align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">$1-$10,000</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Over $100,000</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">James G. Polisson</font></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">$1-$10,000</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Over $100,000</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Pamela Wheelock</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">$1-$10,000</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Over $100,000</font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:12.5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.424pt;"><b>The Board of Trustees and Its Leadership Structure</b></font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Overall responsibility for oversight of the Fund rests with the Board. The Board </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">has engaged Allspring Funds Management to manage the Fund on a day-to-day </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">basis. The Board is responsible for overseeing Allspring Funds Management and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">other service providers in the operation of the Fund in accordance with the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the &#8220;1940 Act&#8221;), applicable </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">provisions of Delaware law, other applicable laws and the Declaration.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">The Board is currently composed of  nine members, each of whom is not an </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">&#8220;interested person&#8221; of the Fund, as defined in the 1940 Act (an &#8220;Independent </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Trustee&#8221;). The Board typically conducts regular in-person meetings five times a </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">year. In addition, the Board may hold special in-person or telephonic meetings </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">or informal conference calls to discuss specific matters that may arise or require </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">action between regular meetings.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">The Independent Trustees have engaged independent legal counsel to assist </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">them in performing their oversight responsibilities. The Board has appointed an </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Independent Trustee to serve in the role of Chairman. The Chairman&#8217;s role is to </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">preside at all meetings of the Board and to act as a liaison with respect to </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">governance-related matters with service providers, officers, attorneys, and other </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Trustees generally between meetings. The Chairman may also perform such </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">other functions as may be delegated by the Board from time to time. Timothy </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Penny serves as Chairman of the Board. In order to assist the Chairman in </font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">maintaining effective communications with the other Trustees and Allspring </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Funds Management, the Board has appointed a Chair Liaison to work with the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Chairman to coordinate Trustee communications and to help coordinate timely </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">responses to Trustee inquiries relating to board governance and fiduciary </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">matters. The Chair Liaison serves for a one-year term, which may be extended </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">with the approval of the Board. Ms. Freeman serves as Chair Liaison. Except for </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">any duties specified herein or pursuant to the Declaration, the designation of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Chairman or Chair Liaison does not impose on such Independent Trustee any </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">duties, obligations or liability that are greater than the duties, obligations or </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">liability imposed on such person as a member of the Board generally.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">The Board also has established a Nominating and Governance Committee and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">an Audit Committee to assist the Board in the oversight and direction of the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">business and affairs of the Fund and from time to time may establish informal </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">working groups to review and address the policies and practices of the Fund </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">with respect to certain specified matters. Additionally, the Board has established </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">an investment team to review in detail the performance of the Fund, to meet </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">with portfolio managers, and to report back to the full Board. The Board </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">occasionally engages independent consultants to assist it in evaluating </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">initiatives or proposals. The Board believes that the Board&#8217;s current leadership </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">structure is appropriate because it allows the Board to exercise informed and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">independent judgment over matters under its purview, and it allocates areas of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">responsibility among committees of Trustees and the full Board in a manner that </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">enhances effective oversight. The leadership structure of the Board may be </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">changed, at any time and in the discretion of the Board, including in response to </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">changes in circumstances or the characteristics of the Fund.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">As noted above, the Board has established a standing Nominating and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Governance Committee and a standing Audit Committee to assist the Board in </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">the oversight and direction of the business and affairs of the Fund. The </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Nominating and Governance Committee and Audit Committee operate pursuant </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">to charters approved by the Board. Each Independent Trustee is a member of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">the Fund&#8217;s Nominating and Governance Committee and Audit Committee.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><u style="0.5 #000000 solid baseline 0 1 0">Nominating and Governance Committee</u></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">. Except with respect to any trustee </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">nomination made by an eligible Shareholder or Shareholder group as permitted </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">by applicable law and applicable provisions of the Declaration and By-Laws of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">the Fund, the Nominating and Governance Committee shall make all </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">nominations for membership on the Board. The Nominating and Governance </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Committee shall evaluate each candidate&#8217;s qualifications for Board membership </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">and his or her independence from the Fund&#8217;s investment adviser and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">sub-adviser and, as it deems appropriate, other principal service providers. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Olivia Mitchell serves as the Chair of the Nominating and Governance </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Committee.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">The Nominating and Governance Committee has adopted procedures by which </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">a Shareholder may properly submit a nominee recommendation for the </font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Nominating and Governance Committee&#8217;s consideration, which are set forth in </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Appendix A to the Fund&#8217;s Nominating and Governance Committee Charter. The </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Shareholder must submit any such recommendation (a &#8220;Shareholder </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Recommendation&#8221;) in writing to the Fund, to the attention of the Fund&#8217;s </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Secretary, at the address of the principal executive office of the Fund. The </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Nominating and Governance Committee has full discretion to reject candidates </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">recommended by Shareholders, and there is no assurance that any such person </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">properly recommended and considered by the Nominating and Governance </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Committee will be nominated for election to the Board. For more information </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">relating to Shareholder recommendations, please see the Fund&#8217;s Nominating </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">and Governance Committee Charter attached as Exhibit A.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">The Nominating and Governance Committee may from time-to-time propose </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">nominations of one or more individuals to serve as members of an &#8220;advisory </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">board,&#8221; as such term is defined in Section 2(a)(1) of the 1940 Act.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><u style="0.5 #000000 solid baseline 0 1 0">Audit Committee</u></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">. The Audit Committee oversees the Fund&#8217;s accounting and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">financial reporting policies, including their internal controls over financial </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">reporting; oversees the quality and objectivity of the Fund&#8217;s financial statements </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">and the independent audit thereof; and interacts with the Fund&#8217;s independent </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">registered public accounting firm on behalf of the full Board and with </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">appropriate officers of the Fund. Isaiah Harris, Jr. serves as the Chairman of the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Audit Committee.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">The Board and individual committees met the following number of times during </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">the most recently completed fiscal year:</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Number of Meetings During Last Fiscal Year</b></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">7</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">0</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Nominating and </font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Governance Committee </font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Meetings</font></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">3</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Audit Committee Meetings</font></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">6</font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:12;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Each Trustee attended at least 75% of the aggregate of the total number of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">meetings of the Board and committees on which he or she served.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:10;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.424pt;"><b>The Board of Trustees and Risk Oversight</b></font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">The Fund is subject to a number of risks, including investment, compliance, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">operational, and valuation risks, among others. Day-to-day risk management </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">functions are subsumed within the responsibilities of Allspring Funds </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Management, Allspring Investments and other service providers (depending on </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">the nature of the risk), who carry out the Fund&#8217;s investment management and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">business affairs. Each of Allspring Funds Management, Allspring Investments </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">and other service providers have their own, independent approach to risk </font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">management, and their policies and methods of carrying out risk management </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">functions will depend, in part, on their individual priorities, resources and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">controls.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Risk oversight forms part of the Board&#8217;s general oversight of the Fund and is </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">addressed as part of various Board and Committee activities. The Board </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">recognizes that it is not possible to identify all of the risks that may affect the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Fund or to develop processes and controls to eliminate or mitigate their </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">occurrence or effects and that it is necessary for the Fund to bear certain risks </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">(such as investment-related risks) to pursue its goals. As part of its regular </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">oversight of the Fund, the Board, directly or through a Committee, interacts with </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">and reviews reports from, among others, Allspring Funds Management, Allspring </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Investments, the Chief Compliance Officer of the Fund, the Chief Risk Officer of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Allspring Funds Management, the independent registered public accounting </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">firm for the Fund, and internal compliance auditors for Allspring Funds </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Management or its affiliates, as appropriate, regarding risks faced by the Fund </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">and relevant risk functions. The Board, with the assistance of its investment </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">teams, also reviews investment policies and risks in connection with its review </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">of the Fund&#8217;s performance. The Board has appointed a Chief Compliance Officer </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">who oversees the implementation and testing of the Fund&#8217;s compliance </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">program and regularly reports to the Board regarding compliance matters for </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">the Fund and its principal service providers. Allspring Funds Management has </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">appointed a Chief Risk Officer to enhance the framework around the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">assessment, management, measurement and monitoring of risk indicators and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">other risk matters concerning the Fund and develop periodic reporting of risk </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">management matters to the Board. In addition, as part of the Board&#8217;s periodic </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">review of the Fund&#8217;s advisory, sub-advisory and other service provider </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">agreements, the Board may consider risk management aspects of their </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">operations and the functions for which they are responsible. With respect to </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">valuation, the Board oversees a management valuation team comprised of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">officers and employees of Allspring Funds Management, and has approved and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">periodically reviews written valuation policies and procedures applicable to </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">valuing the Fund portfolio investments. The Board may, at any time and in its </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">discretion, change the manner in which it conducts its risk oversight role.</font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">The Declaration does not set forth any specific qualifications to serve as a </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Trustee. The Charter and the Statement of Governance Principles of the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Nominating and Governance Committee also do not set forth any specific </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">qualifications, but do set forth certain factors that the Nominating and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Governance Committee may take into account in considering Trustee </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">candidates and a process for evaluating potential conflicts of interest, which </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">identifies certain disqualifying conflicts.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Among the attributes or skills common to all Trustees are their ability to review </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">critically, evaluate, question and discuss information provided to them, to </font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">interact effectively with the other Trustees, Allspring Funds Management, the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Fund&#8217;s sub-adviser(s), other service providers, counsel and the independent </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">registered public accounting firm, and to exercise effective and independent </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">business judgment in the performance of their duties as Trustees. Each Trustee&#8217;s </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">ability to perform his or her duties effectively has been attained through the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Trustee&#8217;s business, consulting, public service, professional and/or academic </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">positions and through experience from service as a board member of the Fund </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">and the other funds in the Fund Complex (and/or in other capacities, including </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">for any predecessor funds), other registered investment companies, public </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">companies, and/or non-profit entities or other organizations. Each Trustee&#8217;s </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">ability to perform his or her duties effectively also has been enhanced by his or </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">her educational background, professional training, and/or other life experiences. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">The specific experience, qualifications, attributes and/or skills that led to the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">conclusion that a Trustee should serve as a Trustee of the Fund are as set forth </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">below.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><i>William R. Ebsworth</i></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">. Mr. Ebsworth has served as a Trustee of the Trusts in the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Fund Complex since January 1, 2015. He also served as a trustee of Asset </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Allocation Trust from 2015 to 2018. From 1984 to 2013, he held positions as an </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">equities analyst, portfolio manager, and research director at Fidelity </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Management and Research Company in Boston, Tokyo, and Hong Kong, and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">retired in 2013 as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Strategic Advisers, Inc., </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">where he led a team of investment professionals managing client assets. Prior </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">thereto, he served as a Board member of Hong Kong Securities Clearing Co., </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Hong Kong Options Clearing Corp., the Thailand International Fund, Ltd., </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company, and Empire Fidelity Investments </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Life Insurance Company. Mr. Ebsworth is a CFA&#174; charterholder.</font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><i>David F. Larcker.</i></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"> Mr. Larcker has served as a Trustee of the Trusts in the Fund </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Complex since 2009 and was an Advisory Board member from 2008 to 2009. He </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">also served as a trustee of Asset Allocation Trust from 2010 to 2018. Mr. Larcker </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">is the James Irvin Miller Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Business (Emeritus)  of Stanford University. He is also the Morgan Stanley </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Director of the Center for Leadership Development and Research and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Co-director of The Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">University. He has been a professor of accounting for over 30 years. He has </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">written numerous articles on a range of topics, including managerial </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">accounting, financial statement analysis and corporate governance.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><i>Olivia S. Mitchell.</i></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"> Ms. Mitchell has served as a Trustee of the Trusts in the Fund </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Complex since 2006 and as Chair of the Nominating and Governance </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Committee since 2018. She also served as a trustee of Asset Allocation Trust </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">from 2010 to 2018. Ms. Mitchell is the International Foundation of Employee </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Benefit Plans Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">where she is also Professor of Insurance/Risk Management and Business </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Economics/Policy. She also serves in senior positions with academic and policy </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">organizations that conduct research on pensions, retirement, insurance, risk </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">management, and related topics, including as Executive Director of the Pension </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Research Council and Director of the Boettner Center on Pensions and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Retirement Research, both at the University of Pennsylvania. She has taught on </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">and served as a consultant on economics, insurance, and risk management, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">served as Department Chair, advised numerous governmental entities, and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">written numerous articles and books on topics including retirement systems, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">private and social insurance, and health and retirement policy.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><i>Timothy J. Penny.</i></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"> Mr. Penny has served as a Trustee of the Trusts in the Fund </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Complex and their predecessor funds since 1996, and Chair of the Board of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Trustees since 2018. He also served as a Trustee of Asset Allocation Trust from </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">2010 to 2018. He has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Minnesota Initiative Foundation since 2007. He has served as Vice Chair of the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Economic Club of Minnesota since 2007 and as Co-Chair of the Committee for a </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Responsible Federal Budget since 1995. He also serves as a member of the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">board of another non-profit organization and served as a Senior Fellow of the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute from 1995 to 2017. Mr. Penny was a </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 12 years representing </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Southeastern Minnesota&#8217;s First Congressional District.</font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><i>James G. Polisson.</i></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"> Mr. Polisson has served as a Trustee of the Trusts in the Fund </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Complex since 2018 and was an Advisory Board member in 2017. Mr. Polisson </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">has extensive experience in the financial services industry, including over 15 </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">years in the ETF industry. From 2015 to July 31, 2017, Mr. Polisson was the Chief </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Marketing Officer of Source (ETF) UK Services, Ltd., one of the largest providers </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">of exchange-traded products in Europe. From 2012 to 2015, Mr. Polisson was </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Principal of The Polisson Group, LLC, a management consulting, corporate </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">advisory and principal investing firm. Prior to 2012, Mr. Polisson was Chief </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Executive Officer and Managing Director of Russell Investments&#8217; global ETF </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">business from 2010 to 2012. He was also a member of the Board of Trustees of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Russell Exchange Traded Funds Trust, where he served as Chairman, President </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">and Chief Executive Officer from 2011 to 2012. Mr. Polisson also served as Chief </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Marketing Officer for Barclays Global Investors from 2000 to 2010, where he led </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">global marketing for the iShares ETF business.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><i>Pamela Wheelock.</i></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"> Ms. Wheelock has served as a Trustee of the Trusts in the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Fund Complex since January 2020 and previously from January 2018 until July </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">2019 and was an Advisory Board member in 2017. Ms. Wheelock has more than </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">25 years of leadership experience in the private, public and nonprofit sectors. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">She is currently Chair of the Board of Directors of Destination Medical Center </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Corporation and a Board member of the Minnesota Wild Foundation, where she </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">previously served as Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer from </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">2002-2008.  She was Interim President of the McKnight Foundation from January </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">to September 2020. She served as the acting Commissioner of the Minnesota </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Department of Human Services from July 2019 through September 2019 and as </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">a consultant (part-time) of the Minnesota Department of Human Services from </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">October 2019 through December 2019. Ms. Wheelock was the Chief Operating </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Officer of Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity from 2017 through 2019. Prior to </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">joining Habitat for Humanity in 2017, Ms. Wheelock was the Vice President of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">University Services at the University of Minnesota from 2012, where she served </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">as chief operations officer of the University. She also served as Interim President </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">and Chief Executive Officer of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota from 2011 to </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">2012, Vice President of the Bush Foundation from 2009 to 2011.</font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">The Nominating and Governance Committee takes the overall diversity of the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Board into account when considering and evaluating nominees for Trustee. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">While the Nominating and Governance Committee has not adopted a specific </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">policy on diversity or a particular definition of diversity, when considering </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">nominees, the Nominating and Governance Committee generally considers the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">manner in which each nominee&#8217;s professional experience, background, skills in </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">matters that are relevant to the oversight of the funds (e.g., investment </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">management, distribution, accounting, trading, compliance and legal), and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">general leadership experience are complementary to the existing Trustees&#8217; </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">attributes.</font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">The members of the Nominating and Governance Committee are &#8220;independent&#8221; </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">as defined in the  </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">New York Stock Exchange&#8217;s listing standards. The Board has </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">adopted a written Nominating and Governance Committee Charter which is </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">attached to this proxy statement as Exhibit A. The Nominating and Governance </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Committee Charter describes the Nominating and Governance Committee </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">functions. The Nominating and Governance Committee reviews the Nominating </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">and Governance Committee Charter at least annually and may recommend </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">changes to the Board.</font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">The Board has approved a policy for communications with Board members. Any </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Shareholder who wishes to send a communication to the Board should send the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">communication to the  </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Allspring Global Dividend Opportunity Fund Board of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Trustees, 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, California 94105. If a </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Shareholder wishes to send a communication directly to an individual Trustee or </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">to a committee of the Fund&#8217;s Board, the communication should be specifically </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">addressed to such individual Trustee or committee and sent to the above </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">address.</font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Funds that are listed on the  </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">New York Stock Exchange are required each year to </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">hold an Annual Meeting of Shareholders. It is the policy of the Fund to </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">encourage at least one Trustee to attend each such Annual Meeting of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Shareholders either in person, by video conference, or by teleconference.  </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Ms. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Olivia Mitchell attended the previous year&#8217;s Annual Meeting of Shareholders </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">telephonically.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:10;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.424pt;"><b>Current Officers</b></font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">The following table contains specific information about each executive officer of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">the Fund as of  </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">October 31, 2022, including: name, address and year of birth, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">position held with the Fund, length of time served and principal occupation(s) </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">during the past five years or longer, including offices held with Allspring Funds </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Management, Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC and their affiliated </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">companies.</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;"><b>Andrew Owen</b></font><br><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;margin-left:NaNpt;">525 Market Street</font><br><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;margin-left:NaNpt;">San Francisco, CA </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">94105</font><br><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;margin-left:NaNpt;">Year of Birth: 1960</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">President, since </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2017</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">President and Chief Executive </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Officer of Allspring Funds </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Management, LLC since 2017 and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Head of Global Fund Governance of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Allspring Global Investments since </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2022. Prior thereto, co-president of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Galliard Capital Management, LLC, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">an affiliate of Allspring Funds </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Management, LLC, from 2019 to </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2022 and Head of Affiliated </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Managers, Allspring Global </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Investments, from 2014 to 2019 and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Executive Vice President responsible </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">for marketing, investments and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">product development for Allspring </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Funds Management, LLC, from 2009 </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">to 2014.</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;"><b>Jeremy M. DePalma</b></font><br><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;margin-left:NaNpt;">101 Seaport Blvd</font><br><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;margin-left:NaNpt;">Boston, MA 02210</font><br><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;margin-left:NaNpt;">Year of Birth: 1974</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Treasurer since, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2012 (for certain </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">funds in the Fund </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Complex); since </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2021 (for the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">remaining funds </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">in the Fund </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Complex)</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Senior Vice President of Allspring </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Funds Management, LLC since 2009. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Senior Vice President of Evergreen </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Investment Management Company, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">LLC from 2008 to 2010 and head of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">the Fund Reporting and Control </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Team within Fund Administration </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">from 2005 to 2010.</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;"><b>Christopher Baker</b></font><br><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;margin-left:NaNpt;">101 Seaport Blvd</font><br><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;margin-left:NaNpt;">Boston, MA 02210</font><br><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;margin-left:NaNpt;">Year of Birth: 1976</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Chief </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Compliance </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Officer, since </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">2022</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Total Compensation From the </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>Fund and Fund Complex Paid </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>to Trustees</b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:5.5pt;"><sup><b>1</b></sup></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;"><b>Non-Interested Nominee Trustees</b></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Isaiah Harris, Jr.</font></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">$2,939</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">$364,500</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">David F. Larcker</font></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">$2,669</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">$331,000</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Olivia S. Mitchell</font></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">$2,850</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">$353,500</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;"><b>Non-Interested Trustees</b></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">William R. Ebsworth</font></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">$2,681</font></p>
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               <td align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">$332,500</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Jane A. Freeman</font></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">$2,838</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Timothy J. Penny</font></font></p>
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               <td align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">$3,310</font></p>
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               <td align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">$410,500</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">James G. Polisson</font></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">$2,681</font></p>
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               <td align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">$332,500</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">$2,681</font></p>
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               <td style="padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:-9.02pt;padding-left:2pt;padding-right:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">As of August 31, 2022, the Fund Complex consisted of 124 funds.</font></td>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:12;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><a name="chapter_2-sect1_3_9513"></a><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.424pt;"><b>Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance</b></font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires the Fund&#8217;s Trustees, principal </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">executive officers and certain other persons (&#8220;Reporting Entities&#8221;)  to file reports </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">regarding ownership of, and transactions in, the Fund&#8217;s securities with the SEC. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Copies of the required filings must also be furnished to the Fund. During the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">most recent fiscal year, the Fund believes that all reports required to be filed by </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">the Reporting Entities were filed on a timely basis, except that a Form 4 was not </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">timely filed for a Trustee of the Fund.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Forms 3, 4, and 5 for the officers and Trustees of the Fund may be accessed </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">through the Allspring Funds website at www.allspringglobal.com.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:10;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><a name="chapter_2-sect1_4_9513"></a><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.424pt;"><b>SERVICE PROVIDERS</b></font><hr color="#000000" width="100%" align="left" size="0.4"></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Allspring Funds Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of Allspring Global </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Investments Holdings, LLC, a holding company indirectly owned by certain </font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">private funds of GTCR LLC and Reverence Capital Partners, L.P., currently serves </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">as both the Fund&#8217;s adviser and administrator. The principal business address of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Allspring Funds Management is 525 Market Street, San Francisco, California </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">94105.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Allspring Investments, a wholly owned subsidiary of Allspring Global </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Investments Holdings, LLC and an affiliate of Allspring Funds Management, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">currently serves as the sub-adviser to the Fund. The principal business address </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">of Allspring Investments is 525 Market Street, San Francisco, California 94105.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Computershare Fund Services is the Fund&#8217;s transfer agent and is located at P.O. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Box 43006, Providence, Rhode Island 02940-3078.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">KPMG LLP (&#8220;KPMG&#8221;), Two Financial Center, 60 South Street, Boston, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Massachusetts 02111, has been approved by the Trustees of the Fund as the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">independent registered public accounting firm of the Fund for the current fiscal </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">year ending </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">October 31, 2022.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">The Audit Committee of the Board unanimously recommended the selection of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">KPMG, and the Board unanimously approved such selection, at meetings held </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">on </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">November 15, 2022.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">The Fund&#8217;s Audit Committee has established and adopted policies and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">procedures whereby the Audit Committee Chairman is authorized to </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">pre-approve: (1) audit services to the Fund; (2) non-audit tax or compliance </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">consulting or training services provided to the Fund by its independent </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">registered accounting firm if the fees for any particular engagement are not </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">anticipated to exceed a specified dollar amount; and (3) non-audit tax or </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">compliance consulting or training services provided by the independent </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">registered public accounting firm to the Fund&#8217;s investment adviser and its </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">adviser affiliates (where pre-approval is required because the engagement </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund) if the fee </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">for any particular engagement is not anticipated to exceed a specified dollar </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">amount. For any pre-approval sought from the Chairman, the adviser shall </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">prepare a brief description of the proposed services. If the Chairman approves </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">such service, he or she shall sign the statement prepared by the adviser, and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">such written statement shall be presented to the full Audit Committee at its next </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">regularly scheduled meeting.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">A representative of KPMG, if requested in advance by any Shareholder, will be </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">present via telephone at the Meeting to respond to appropriate questions from </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Shareholders and will have an opportunity to make a statement if he or she </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">chooses to do so. Absent such a Shareholder request, it is not expected that </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">such representative will be present at the Meeting.</font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">for certain related parties for which KPMG received non-audit fees are </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">compatible with maintaining the independence of KPMG as the Fund&#8217;s </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">independent registered public accounting firm.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">On </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">December 15, 2022, the Audit Committee reviewed and discussed with </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">management the Fund&#8217;s audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">October 31, 2022. The Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed with KPMG </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">the matters required to be discussed by Statements on Auditing Standards, No. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">114, Communication with Audit Committees. The Audit Committee has received </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">the written disclosures and the letter from KPMG required by the Public </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding certain communications, and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">has discussed with KPMG its independence. Based on these reviews and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">discussions, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board that the audited </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">financial statements be included in the annual report to Shareholders for the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">previous fiscal year for filing with the SEC.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">The following table presents fees billed for professional audit services rendered </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">by KPMG for the audit of the Fund&#8217;s annual financial statements for the past two </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">fiscal years and for fees billed for other services rendered by KPMG to the Fund. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">There were no fees paid to KPMG during the fiscal years where the de minimis </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">exception was used.</font></p>
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               <td align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="background-color:#F1F1F1;;border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>2022</b></font></p>
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               <td align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="background-color:#F1F1F1;;border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;"><b>2021</b></font></p>
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               <td align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="background-color:#F1F1F1;;border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Audit fees</font></font></p>
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">$57,810</font></p>
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               <td align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:2;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">$48,970</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Audit-related fees</font></font></p>
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">$0</font></p>
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">$0</font></p>
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               <td align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="background-color:#F1F1F1;;border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Tax fees</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:6pt;"><sup>1</sup></font></p>
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               <td align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">$6,105</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">$5,850</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Non-audit fees</font></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">$0</font></p>
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               <td align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="border-bottom:0.9pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom">
                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">$0</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">All other fees</font></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:9;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">$0</font></p>
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               <td style="valign:top;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:6pt;align:right;width:3%;" valign="top"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">1.</font></td>
               <td style="padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:-9.02pt;padding-left:2pt;padding-right:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Tax fees consist of fees for tax compliance, tax advice, tax planning and excise tax.</font></td>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:8;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">The Board has adopted a written charter for the Audit Committee which is </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">attached to this proxy statement as Exhibit  B. The Audit Committee reviews the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">charter at least annually and may recommend changes to the Board.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:10;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><a name="chapter_2-sect1_5_9513"></a><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.424pt;"><b>SIMULTANEOUS MEETINGS</b></font><hr color="#000000" width="100%" align="left" size="0.4"></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">As of the date of this proxy statement, neither the  </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Fund&#8217;s officers nor Allspring </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Funds Management are aware of any other business to come before the Meeting </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">other than as set forth in the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders. If any </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">other business is properly brought before the Meeting or any adjournment </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">thereof, the persons named as proxies in the enclosed proxy card will vote in </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">accordance with the views of management of the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Fund.</font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;margin-left:0 pt;">Allspring Global Dividend Opportunity Fund Proxy Statement</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;margin-left:0 pt;">&#160;|&#160;</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;margin-left:0.8828722778104767%;"><b>22</b></font>&#160;</p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:10;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><a name="chapter_2-sect1_6_9513"></a><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.424pt;"><b>REQUIRED VOTE FOR EACH PROPOSAL</b></font><hr color="#000000" width="100%" align="left" size="0.4"></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">The vote of a plurality of the votes cast by Shareholders present in person or </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">represented by proxy at the Meeting is required for the election of trustees.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:10;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><a name="chapter_2-sect1_7_9513"></a><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.424pt;"><b>Notice</b></font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">A Certificate of Trust in respect of the Fund is on file with the Secretary of the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">State of Delaware. As provided in the Declaration, the obligations of any </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">instrument made or issued by any Trustee or Trustees or by any officer or </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">officers of the Fund are not binding upon any of them or the Shareholders </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">individually, but are binding only upon the assets and property of the Fund.</font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:10;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><a name="chapter_2-sect1_8_9513"></a><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.424pt;"><b>Shareholder Proposals</b></font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Proposals intended to be presented by a Shareholder at the annual meeting of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Shareholders to be held in 2024 must be received by the Fund&#8217;s Secretary at the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Fund&#8217;s principal executive office by August 31, 2023 in order to be considered </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">for inclusion in the Fund&#8217;s proxy statement and proxy card relating to that </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">meeting pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act. If a Shareholder wishes </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">to present a proposal at the annual meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2024 </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">without having the proposal included in the Fund&#8217;s proxy statement, including a </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">proposal to nominate any persons for election to the Board, such proposal must </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">be delivered to the Fund&#8217;s Secretary at the Fund&#8217;s principal executive office not </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">earlier than the close of business on August 31, 2023 and not later than the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">close of business on October 2, 2023. Timely receipt or delivery of a proposal </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">does not necessarily mean that such proposal will be included in the Fund&#8217;s </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">proxy statement or presented at the meeting, given that such inclusion and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">presentation are subject to various conditions and requirements, including </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">those specified by applicable law and by the Fund&#8217;s governing documents. The </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Chair of the meeting may refuse to acknowledge a nomination or other proposal </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">by a Shareholder that is not made in the manner described above.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE FUND UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">YOU VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF EACH NOMINEE AS A TRUSTEE.</font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">December 31, 2022</font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:right;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;margin-left:0 pt;">Allspring Global Dividend Opportunity Fund Proxy Statement</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;margin-left:0 pt;">&#160;|&#160;</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:7.02pt;margin-left:0.8828722778104767%;"><b>24</b></font>&#160;</p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:9;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><a name="chapter_2-sect1_9_9513"></a><font style="text-transform:uppercase;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;"><b>INSTRUCTIONS FOR EXECUTING PROXY CARD</b></font></font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:6;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">The following general rules for signing proxy cards may be of assistance to you </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">and may help to avoid the time and expense involved in validating your vote if </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">you fail to sign your proxy card properly.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">1. INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS: Sign your name exactly as it appears in the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Registration on the proxy card.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">2. JOINT ACCOUNTS: Either party may sign, but the name of the party signing </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">should conform exactly to a name shown in the Registration on the proxy card.  </font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">3. ALL OTHER ACCOUNTS: The capacity of the individual signing the proxy card </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">should be indicated unless it is reflected in the form of Registration. For </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">example:</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">John Doe, Trustee</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:6pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">(1) ABC Trust</font></font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:12;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">After completing your proxy card, return it in the enclosed postage-paid </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">envelope.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>OTHER WAYS TO VOTE YOUR PROXY</b></font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">VOTE BY TELEPHONE:</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">1. Read the proxy statement and have your proxy card at hand.</font><br><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">2. Call the toll-free number on your proxy card.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">VOTE BY INTERNET:</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">1. Read the proxy statement and have your proxy card at hand.</font><br><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">2. Go to the website indicated on your proxy card and follow the voting </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">instructions.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">The telephone and Internet voting procedures are designed to authenticate </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Shareholder identities, to allow Shareholders to give their voting instructions, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">and to confirm that Shareholders&#8217; instructions have been recorded properly. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Please note that, although there is no charge to you for voting by telephone or </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Internet, there may be costs associated with electronic access, such as usage </font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">charges from telephone companies and Internet service providers, that must be </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">borne by the Shareholders.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Voting by telephone or Internet is generally available 24 hours a day. Do not mail </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">the proxy card if you are voting by telephone or Internet. If you have any </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">questions about voting, please call Computershare Fund Services, our proxy </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">solicitor, at  </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">866-905-8159 (toll free).</font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:4;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><a name="chapter_3_9513"></a><a name="chapter_3-sect1_1_9513"></a><font style="text-transform:uppercase;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;"><b>EXHIBIT A</b></font></font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:6;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="text-transform:uppercase;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;"><b>ALLSPRING FUNDS TRUST</b></font></font><br><font style="text-transform:uppercase;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;"><b>ALLSPRING MASTER TRUST</b></font></font><br><font style="text-transform:uppercase;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;"><b>ALLSPRING VARIABLE TRUST</b></font></font><br><font style="text-transform:uppercase;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;"><b>ALLSPRING GLOBAL DIVIDEND OPPORTUNITY FUND</b></font></font><br><font style="text-transform:uppercase;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;"><b>ALLSPRING INCOME OPPORTUNITIES FUND</b></font></font><br><font style="text-transform:uppercase;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;"><b>ALLSPRING MULTI-SECTOR INCOME FUND</b></font></font><br><font style="text-transform:uppercase;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;"><b>ALLSPRING UTILITIES AND HIGH INCOME FUND</b></font></font><br><font style="text-transform:uppercase;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;"><b>(collectively, the &#8220;Trusts&#8221;)</b></font></font><br><br><font style="text-transform:uppercase;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.024pt;text-transform:uppercase;"><b>CHARTER OF THE NOMINATING AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEES</b></font></font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:6;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b><u style="0.5 #000000 solid baseline 0 1 0">Nominating and Governance Committee Membership and Chair</u></b></font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">The Nominating and Governance Committee of each Trust (collectively or </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">individually, as the context requires, the &#8220;Committee&#8221;) shall be composed only </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">of Trustees who are not &#8220;interested persons&#8221; of the Trusts, or of any investment </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">adviser or principal underwriter of the Trusts or any series thereof (a &#8220;Fund&#8221;), as </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (&#8220;Independent Trustees&#8221;). The </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Board of Trustees (collectively or individually, as the context requires, the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">&#8220;Board&#8221;) of each Trust shall designate the members of the Committee and the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Chair, after due consideration of recommendations, if any, from the Committee.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b><u style="0.5 #000000 solid baseline 0 1 0">Board Nominations</u></b></font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">1. Except with respect to any trustee nomination made by an eligible </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">shareholder or shareholder group as permitted by applicable law (and, with </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">respect to each Trust that is a registered closed-end management investment </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">company (&#8220;Closed-End Fund&#8221;), in accordance with the By-Laws of such </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Closed-End Fund), the Committee shall make all nominations for membership on </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">the Board of Trustees of each Trust. The Committee shall evaluate each </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">candidate&#8217;s qualifications for Board membership and his or her independence </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">from the Funds&#8217; investment adviser(s) and principal underwriter(s) and, as it </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">deems appropriate, other principal service providers. Any person nominated to </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">serve as an Independent Trustee must not be, on the effective date of his or her </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">appointment or election, an &#8220;interested person&#8221; of the Trusts, or of any </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">investment adviser or principal underwriter of the Funds, as defined in the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Investment Company Act of 1940 (the &#8220;1940 Act&#8221;), and, with respect to each </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Closed-End Fund, such person must also satisfy, on such date, applicable </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">independence requirements of the listing standards of securities exchanges on </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">which shares of such Closed-End Fund are traded.</font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">committee financial expertise, (v) an assessment of the candidate&#8217;s ability, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">judgment and expertise and the candidate&#8217;s ability to work effectively and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">collaboratively with other members of the Board, and (vi) overall diversity of the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Board&#8217;s composition and how the candidate&#8217;s skills, experiences and attributes </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">would contribute to the mix of relevant skills and experience on the Board.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">b. The Committee will consider and evaluate nominee candidates properly </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">submitted by shareholders on the same basis as it considers and evaluates </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">candidates recommended by other sources. Appendix A to this Charter, as it </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">may be amended from time to time by the Committee, sets forth procedures </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">that must be followed by shareholders to properly submit a candidate for </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">nomination by the Committee. Shareholder recommendations not properly </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">submitted in accordance with the requirements of Appendix A will not be </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">considered for nomination by the Committee.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">2. Process for evaluating independence and potential conflicts of interest of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Independent Trustee candidates.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">a. As a threshold matter, the background of a candidate and the candidate&#8217;s </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">business and personal connections (as reflected in the responses to questions in </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">the Trustees&#8217; and Officers&#8217; Questionnaire completed by each current and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">prospective Trustee) must be reviewed to confirm that the person meets or, on </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">the effective date of his or her appointment or election will meet, the technical </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">requirements under the 1940 Act for being an Independent Trustee, and, with </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">respect to Independent Trustee candidates for the Board of each Closed-End </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Fund, that such person satisfies or, on the effective date of his or her </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">appointment or election will satisfy, applicable independence requirements of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">the listing standards of securities exchanges on which shares of such </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Closed-End Fund are traded.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">b. In addition to satisfying the applicable technical requirements set forth in 2.a., </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">above, the background of a candidate and the candidate&#8217;s business and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">personal connections must be reviewed to confirm that they do not create any </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">actual or potential impairment to the person&#8217;s independence with respect to the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Funds.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">c. With respect to any candidate, the Committee shall elicit such information </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">from senior management or other sources that the Committee deems </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">appropriate, if any, to evaluating the merits of the candidate.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">d. Disqualifying factors:</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">i. No candidate shall be nominated for membership on the Board if, upon </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">appointment or election to the Board, that candidate serves or has agreed to </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">serve on the board of any registered investment company outside of the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Allspring Funds family, unless otherwise approved by the Committee.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">ii. No candidate shall be nominated for membership on the Board if that </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">candidate serves or has agreed to serve as an officer, partner, employee, or in </font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">any similar capacity with a firm that serves as an investment adviser, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">sub-adviser, or principal underwriter of any registered investment company </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">outside of the Allspring Funds family. If a candidate serves in such capacity for a </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">registered investment adviser or registered broker-dealer, but that firm currently </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">does not serve as an investment adviser, sub-adviser, or principal underwriter </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">for any such registered investment company, such candidate shall be </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">nominated only upon the express agreement that he or she would resign from </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">the Board in the event that such firm subsequently undertakes such a role for </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">any registered investment company outside of the Allspring Funds family. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a candidate is an officer, partner, or employee </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">of, or serves in a similar capacity for, a broker-dealer, nothing herein is intended </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">to confer on such candidate eligibility for nomination as an Independent Trustee </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">if he or she would be an &#8220;interested person&#8221; of the Funds pursuant to the 1940 </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Act by virtue of the activities of such broker-dealer.</font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">2. The Committee shall review as necessary the responsibilities of any </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">committees of the Board, whether there is a continuing need for each </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">committee, whether there is a need for additional committees, and whether </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">committees should be combined or reorganized. The Committee shall make </font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">recommendations for any such action to the Board. With respect to any </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">committee of the Board of a Closed-End Fund, the powers, functions, size, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">membership and other aspects of the committee shall conform with any </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">applicable requirements of the By-Laws of such Closed-End Fund.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b><u style="0.5 #000000 solid baseline 0 1 0">Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee</u></b></font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">1. Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">a. In addition to any powers and duties specified in this Charter, the Chair of the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Committee&#8217;s role is to preside at all meetings of the Committee and to act as a </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">liaison with respect to governance-related matters with service providers, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">officers, attorneys, and other Committee members generally between meetings.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">b. The Chair of the Committee shall be entitled to receive an additional annual </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">fee in such amount, and payable in such frequency and manner, as may be </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">determined from time to time by the Board, for the additional duties and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">powers, and work and time devoted by the Chair of the Committee.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">c. The Chair of the Committee shall serve for a three-year term, which may be </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">extended with the approval of the Board. However, the Chair shall not serve </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">more than two consecutive three-year (or longer if extended) terms, unless such </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">term limit is waived by the Board. This term limit shall not apply to </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">non-consecutive terms.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">2. Except for any duties specified herein or pursuant to a Trust&#8217;s charter </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">document, the designation of Chair of the Committee does not impose on such </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Trustee any duties, obligations or liability that are greater than the duties, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">obligations or liability imposed on such person as a member of the Board </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">generally.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b><u style="0.5 #000000 solid baseline 0 1 0">Compensation</u></b></font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">1. The Committee shall periodically review and recommend any appropriate </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">changes to trustee compensation to the Board.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b><u style="0.5 #000000 solid baseline 0 1 0">Fund Share Ownership</u></b></font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">1. The Committee shall periodically review and recommend any appropriate </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">changes in respect of policies regarding share ownership in Allspring Funds by </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Trustees.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b><u style="0.5 #000000 solid baseline 0 1 0">Board Leadership Structure</u></b></font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">1. The Committee shall periodically review the Board leadership structure and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">shall recommend any appropriate leadership structure changes to the Board.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b><u style="0.5 #000000 solid baseline 0 1 0">Advisory Trustee Nominations</u></b></font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">1. The Committee may from time-to-time propose nominations of one or more </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">individuals to serve as members of an &#8220;advisory board,&#8221; as such term is defined </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">in Section 2(a)(1) of the 1940 Act  (&#8220;Advisory Trustees&#8221;). An individual shall be </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">eligible to serve as an Advisory Trustee only if that individual meets the </font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">requirements to be an Independent Trustee and does not otherwise serve the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Trusts in any other capacity. Any Advisory Trustee shall serve at the pleasure of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">the Board and may be removed, at any time, with or without cause, by the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Board. An Advisory Trustee may be nominated and appointed or elected as a </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Trustee, at which time he or she shall cease to be Advisory Trustee. Any </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Advisory Trustee may resign at any time.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b><u style="0.5 #000000 solid baseline 0 1 0">Other Powers and Responsibilities</u></b></font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">1. The Committee shall review this Charter at least annually and recommend </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">changes, if any, to the Board.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">2. The Committee shall at least annually review and address matters relating to </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">the engagement and independence of legal counsel employed by the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Independent Trustees and shall recommend any appropriate actions to the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Board.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">3. The Committee shall have the resources and authority to discharge its </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">responsibilities, including authority to retain special counsel and other experts </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">or consultants, advisers or employees at the expense of the appropriate Fund(s).</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">4. In consultation with independent legal counsel to the Independent Trustees, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">the Committee shall consider the processes to be undertaken by the Board in </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">connection with the annual assessment of the performance of the Board and the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">committees of the Board pursuant to Rule 0-1(a)(7)(v) under the 1940 Act and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">under any applicable listing requirements.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">5. The Committee shall set forth and periodically review governance principles </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">for the Board and its committees and shall recommend changes, if any, to the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Board. Those principles have been outlined in a separate document (Statement </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">of Governance Principles).</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">6. The actions taken at meetings of the Committee shall be recorded in the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">minutes of such meetings. Meetings of the Committees may be conducted in </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">person, telephonically, or via video-conference.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">7. If the Committee&#8217;s membership does not include all of the Trustees, the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Committee will report on actions taken at its meetings to the Board.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">8. The Committee shall have such further responsibilities as may be given to it </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">from time to time by the Board.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><br><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Date of most recent Charter amendment: November 15, 2022</font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">A shareholder of any series of the Trust must follow the following procedures in </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">order to submit properly a nominee candidate recommendation for the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Committee&#8217;s consideration.</font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">The shareholder must submit any nominee candidate recommendation (a </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">&#8220;Shareholder Recommendation&#8221;) in writing to the Trust, to the attention of the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Trust&#8217;s Secretary, at the address of the principal executive offices of the Trust.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">The Shareholder Recommendation must include: (i) a statement in writing </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">setting forth (A) the name, age, date of birth, business address, residence </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">address and nationality of the person recommended by the shareholder (the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">&#8220;candidate&#8221;); (B) the series (and, if applicable, class) and number of all shares of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">the Trust owned of record or beneficially by the candidate, as reported to such </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">shareholder by the candidate; (C) any other information regarding the candidate </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">called for with respect to director nominees by paragraphs (a), (d), (e) and (f) of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Item 401 of Regulation S-K or paragraph (b) of Item 22 of Rule 14a-101 </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">(Schedule 14A) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">&#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (or the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">corresponding provisions of any regulation or rule subsequently adopted by the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency applicable to the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Trust); (D) any other information regarding the candidate that would be required </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">to be disclosed if the candidate were a nominee in a proxy statement or other </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">filing required to be made in connection with solicitation of proxies for election </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">regulations promulgated thereunder; and (E) whether the recommending </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">shareholder believes that the candidate is or will be an &#8220;interested person&#8221; of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">the Trust (as defined in the 1940 Act) and information regarding the candidate </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">that will be sufficient for the Trust to make such determination; (ii) the written </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">and signed consent of the candidate to be named as a nominee and to serve as </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">a Trustee if elected; (iii) the recommending shareholder&#8217;s name as it appears on </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">the Trust&#8217;s books; (iv) the series (and, if applicable, class) and number of all </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">shares of the Trust owned beneficially and of record by the recommending </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">shareholder; and (v) a description of all arrangements or understandings </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">between the recommending shareholder and the candidate and any other </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">recommendation is being made by the recommending shareholder. In addition, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">the Committee may require the candidate to interview in person and furnish </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">such other information as it may reasonably require or deem necessary to </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">determine the eligibility of such candidate to serve as a Trustee of the Trust. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">With respect to each Closed-End Fund, the Shareholder Recommendation also </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">must comply with any timing or additional requirements applicable to </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">shareholder nominations, as set forth in the By-Laws of such Closed-End Fund. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">In the event of any conflict or inconsistency with respect to the requirements </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">applicable to a Shareholder Recommendation as between those established in </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">these procedures and those in the By-Laws of a Closed-End Fund, the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">requirements of the By-Laws of such Closed-End Fund shall control.</font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:6;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">1. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><u style="0.5 #000000 solid baseline 0 1 0">Composition, Chair and Audit Committee Financial Expert</u></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">. The Audit </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Committees (&#8220;Committees&#8221;) of the Boards of Trustees (the &#8220;Boards&#8221;) of Allspring </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Funds Trust, Allspring Variable Trust, and Allspring Master Trust (collectively, the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">&#8220;Open-End Trusts&#8221;), Allspring Global Dividend Opportunity Fund (&#8220;EOD&#8221;), </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Allspring Income Opportunities Fund (&#8220;EAD&#8221;), Allspring Multi-Sector Income </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Fund (&#8220;ERC&#8221;), and Allspring Utilities and High Income Fund (&#8220;ERH&#8221;) (collectively, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">the &#8220;Closed-End Funds&#8221; and together, with the Open-End Trusts, the &#8220;Trusts&#8221;) </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">shall be composed entirely of Trustees who are not &#8220;interested persons&#8221; of the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Trusts or of any series thereof, or of any investment adviser or principal </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">underwriter, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (&#8220;Independent </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Trustees&#8221;). The Committees of the Closed-End Funds (the &#8220;Closed-End Fund </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Committees&#8221;) shall have at least three members who are &#8220;independent&#8221; as that </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">term is interpreted under Rule 10A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">and under the listing standards of each exchange on which shares of the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Closed-End Funds are traded, except as otherwise set forth by statute, rule, or </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">listing standard. The full Boards shall designate the members of the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Committees, after due consideration of nominations, if any, from the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Governance Committee, and shall designate the Chair. Except for any duties </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">specified herein or pursuant to a Trust&#8217;s charter document, the designation of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Chair of the Audit Committee does not impose on such Trustee any duties, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">obligations or liability that are greater than the duties, obligations or liability </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">imposed on such person as a member of the Committees and the Boards in the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">absence of such designation.</font></p>
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               <td valign="top" style="padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:0pt;width:97%;padding-left:2pt;align:left;valign:top;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Closed-End Fund, as well as any financial information provided to analysts or </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">rating agencies. The NYSE Closed-End Fund Committee may discharge this </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">responsibility by discussing the general types of information to be disclosed </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">by the Fund and the form of presentation (i.e., a case-by-case review is not </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">required) and need not discuss in advance each such release of information;</font></font></td>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Nothing in this Charter shall be interpreted as diminishing or derogating the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">responsibilities of the Boards.</font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:5;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Date of most recent Charter Amendment: November 15, 2022</font></p>
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               <td style="padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:-9.02pt;padding-left:2pt;padding-right:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">As of August 2021, shares of EAD, ERC and ERH were listed on the NYSE American. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Although the NYSE American Company Guide exempts closed-end funds from certain </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">listing requirements, this Charter has been drafted according to the view expressed by </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">regulators that they may, in fact, apply some of those requirements to closed-end funds.</font></td>
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               <td style="padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:-9.02pt;padding-left:2pt;padding-right:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">One is &#8220;financially sophisticated&#8221; if that individual qualifies as an &#8220;audit committee </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">financial expert&#8221; under Item 3 of Form N-CSR.</font></td>
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               <td style="padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:-9.02pt;padding-left:2pt;padding-right:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">As of August 2021, shares of EOD were listed on the NYSE.</font></td>
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               <td style="padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:-9.02pt;padding-left:2pt;padding-right:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">&#8220;Financial literacy&#8221; is generally interpreted to signify the ability to read and understand </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">fundamental financial statements, including a company&#8217;s balance sheet, income </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">statement and cash flow statement.</font></td>
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               <td style="padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:-9.02pt;padding-left:2pt;padding-right:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">One has &#8220;accounting or related financial expertise&#8221; if that individual qualifies as an &#8220;audit </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">committee financial expert&#8221; under the Item 407(d)(5)(ii) of Regulation S-K standard, which </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">is identical to that of Item 3 of Form N-CSR.</font></td>
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               <td style="padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:-9.02pt;padding-left:2pt;padding-right:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">The NYSE Closed-End Fund Committee may consider and discuss with the Auditors any </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">material issues on which the national office of the Auditors was consulted by the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Closed-End Fund&#8217;s audit team.</font></td>
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               <td style="padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:-9.02pt;padding-left:2pt;padding-right:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Service on multiple boards in the same fund complex is counted as service on one board </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">for the purposes of this requirement.</font></td>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Assistance with Internal Revenue Code </font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Sections 851(b) and 817(h) </font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">diversification testing (upon specific </font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">request as Allspring Fund Tax </font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Department is currently responsible for </font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">diversification testing).</font></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Not to exceed $3,500 per fund</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Tax assistance and advice regarding tax </font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">consequences of new investment </font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">products or proposed changes to </font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">existing products.</font></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Not to exceed $15,000</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Tax assistance and advice regarding </font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">statutory, regulatory or administrative </font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">developments.</font></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Not to exceed $15,000</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Services related to contesting any </font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">assessed Internal Revenue Service </font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">penalties for incorrect reporting of Fund </font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Forms 1120-RIC and Form 1099.</font></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Not to exceed $10,000</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Other International tax services </font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">(generally related to foreign tax </font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">withholding).</font></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Not to exceed $15,000</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#F1F1F1;padding-left:5.7pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Tax assistance and advice regarding </font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">evaluation of complex security </font></font><font style="padding-left:0pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">transactions.</font></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Not to exceed $30,000</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:9pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">Not to exceed $8,000 per fund merger/ </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8.02pt;">liquidation</font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:6;padding-bottom:0;align:center;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>Please detach at perforation before mailing.</b></font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:6;padding-bottom:0;align:center;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>ALLSPRING GLOBAL DIVIDEND OPPORTUNITY FUND</b></font><br><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>COMMON SHARES</b></font><br><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>PROXY FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>FEBRUARY 6, 2023</b></font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:6;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>This Proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Trustees of the </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>Allspring Global Dividend Opportunity Fund (the </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>&#8220;Fund&#8221;) for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders.</b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"> The undersigned, revoking any previously executed proxies, hereby </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">appoints R. Matthew Prasse, Maureen E. Towle and Johanne F. Castro, or each of them acting individually, as proxies of </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">the undersigned, each with full power of substitution, to represent and vote all of the shares of the Fund that the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">undersigned would be entitled to vote at the 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund to be held at 525 </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, California 94105 on </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">February 6, 2023, at </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">10:00 a.m., Pacific time, and at any </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">and all adjournments thereof.</font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:6;padding-bottom:0;align:center;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>Please detach at perforation before mailing.</b></font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:6;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>The common shares represented by this proxy will be voted as specified in the following Item 1, but if you return a </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>signed proxy card and no choice is specified, they will be voted FOR the election of the three (3) persons named </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>below as nominee Trustees under &#8220;Election of Trustees (Proposal 1).&#8221; If any nominee for any reason becomes unable </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>to serve or is unwilling to serve or for good cause will not serve, the persons named as proxies on the other side of </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>this proxy card will vote for the election of such other person or persons as they may consider qualified. The Board </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>of Trustees has no reason to believe that any of the three (3) nominee Trustees will be unable or unwilling to serve.</b></font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:6;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>If any other matters about which the Fund did not have timely notice properly come before the meeting, </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>authorization is given to the proxy holders to vote in accordance with the views of management of the Fund.</b></font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:6;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>TO VOTE MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS Example: X</b></font></p>
         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:6;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>A Proposal THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE FUND UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE FOR THE </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>ELECTION OF EACH NOMINEE AS A TRUSTEE.</b></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:center;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="center">&nbsp;</p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:center;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>FOR ALL</b></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:center;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>WITHHOLD </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>ALL</b></font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">01. Isaiah Harris, Jr.                    02. David F. Larcker                    03. Olivia S. Mitchell</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s) mark the box &#8220;FOR </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">ALL EXCEPT&#8221; and write the nominee number(s) on the line provided.</font></p>
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                  <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:1pt;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">2. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">or any adjournment thereof</font></p>
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         <p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding-left:2pt;padding-top:6;padding-bottom:0;align:left;padding-right:2pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0;" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"><b>Note:</b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;"> Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on this proxy card, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">holder should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, officer of corporation or other entity or </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9.02pt;">in another representative capacity, please give the full title under the signature.</font></p>
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