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Terms and Conditions of Use

Welcome to the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds^® (WFAF) Web site. For your protection, we want you to understand the purpose and limits of the WFAF Web site. It is an informational tool we provide free of charge, but like all services, your use is subject to certain limits and conditions. The WFAF Web site is operated according to the Web Site Terms defined below by one or more of the following companies: Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC, and Wells Fargo Advisory Services and affiliated companies (collectively "Wells Fargo").

By accessing any of the WFAF Internet Web Sites ("the Sites"), you have a free limited use license to use its contents for your personal, non-commercial use according to the following terms and conditions ("Web Site Terms"). The Web Site Terms shall be deemed a contract between you and Wells Fargo. The Web Site Terms cannot be waived or modified by any oral communications between you and Wells Fargo. If you have questions regarding these Web Site Terms, please contact us at 1-800-359-3379.

Updating Web Site Terms

Wells Fargo reserves the right, at its discretion, to change, delete, and update portions of these Web Site Terms at any time without prior notice or your consent. You should review these Web Site Terms periodically for changes. The Web Site Terms can be accessed from the link at the bottom of each of the Sites pages. If you use the Sites after we post changes to the Web Site Terms, you agree to the changed Web Site Terms.

If you have an account or other relationship with Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, that relationship is governed by the agreement specific to that account or arrangement, including without limitation, your account agreement. The terms of these other agreements are not affected by the Web Site Terms or by any content on the Wells Fargo Sites (including any separate electronic services agreements contained on any Wells Fargo Sites), and any conflicting terms are governed by such agreements.

Wells Fargo's Web Site Is Informational and Educational – No Investment Advice or Recommendations Are Provided or Intended

The Wells Fargo Sites and their content are provided to you free for informational and educational purposes only. None of the information provided through the Wells Fargo Sites constitutes investment, legal, tax, accounting or any other type of professional advice nor is it intended to substitute for seeking professional advice. You should consult a qualified investment, legal, and/or tax professional before making any decisions based on information provided through the Wells Fargo Sites. For these reasons, you agree Wells Fargo (and any third party providing content on the Wells Fargo Sites) is not responsible for any investment losses that might occur from your use of the information contained in the Wells Fargo Sites or accessible from the Wells Fargo Sites, and you agree Wells Fargo does not guarantee or endorse the suitability or potential value of any particular investment, any investment or tax strategy, that may be mentioned on the Wells Fargo Sites.

Nothing on the Wells Fargo Sites shall be considered a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any security, future, option or other financial instrument, or to offer or provide any investment, tax, financial, accounting or legal advice or service to any person in any jurisdiction. Any investment or market overviews provided through the Wells Fargo Sites are intended to be for general information purposes only, and are not a substitute for seeking qualified professional tax, financial, or legal advice.

Wells Fargo Advantage Funds are offered by prospectus and only to residents of the United States.

Wells Fargo Web Site Registration Information and Unauthorized Use

When you register or sign-up for any Wells Fargo services, you agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information. You also agree not to impersonate any person or entity, misrepresent any affiliation with another person, entity or association, use false e-mail or other headers, or otherwise conceal or alter your identity from Wells Fargo for any purpose.

Wells Fargo requires that you agree not to share your registration information (including without limitation, passwords and usernames) with another person. This requirement will assist Wells Fargo in preventing unauthorized use or misuse of the Wells Fargo Sites and protect you, Wells Fargo and other Wells Fargo Web Site users. By registering to use the Wells Fargo Sites, you agree to be responsible for all statements, transactions, and transmissions that occur within any Wells Fargo Site or Wells Fargo services through the use of your registration information and your computer. If you believe that someone has used your registration information to access any Wells Fargo services without your authorization, please contact us immediately. Please click here for our contact information.

Your license to use the Wells Fargo Sites includes the limited right to view, bookmark, download and print those pages of the Wells Fargo Sites that interest you (for your personal use and information only). Your use of any materials or software from the Wells Fargo Sites is terminable by Wells Fargo at any time under the circumstances described in these Web Site Terms.

If you provide Wells Fargo with an e-mail address for information delivery or otherwise request a non-secure delivery of information, you agree not to hold Wells Fargo responsible for any misuse or unauthorized viewing of that information.

Wells Fargo's Web Site License and Restrictions on Use of Wells Fargo Materials

The contents of and use of all Wells Fargo Sites (including Wells Fargo's name and the logos and software used in the Wells Fargo Sites) are registered and/or protected by U.S. and international copyright, trademark, and other laws.

You may not:
(i) use the Wells Fargo Sites to transmit, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, e-mail, or distribute in any way material or content that infringes any copyright or other legal right of any party, or that violates these Web Site Terms;
(ii) copy, modify, distribute, create any derivative or compilation work from, or display Wells Fargo's name or logo, or any text, graphic images, or other content from the Wells Fargo Sites or redeliver such content using framing or similar technology;
(iii) use any device designed to provide repeated automated access to any Wells Fargo Sites other than those made generally available by Wells Fargo;
(iv) include "Wells Fargo," "Wells Fargo Investments," "Wells Fargo Advantage Funds," any Wells Fargo trademarked materials, the name of any Wells Fargo or Wells Fargo & Company, or any of its affiliates ("Wells Fargo"), personnel, or any variation of these items as a metatag or hidden textual element, or in any other fashion that may create a false or misleading impression of affiliation, sponsorship, or endorsement between Wells Fargo and you, any other party or any other Web Site;
(v) collect or store personal data about other users of the Wells Fargo Sites;
(vi) upload, e-mail or otherwise transmit to Wells Fargo or through the Wells Fargo Sites or any Wells Fargo computer network any of the following: advertising, promotional, or other unauthorized communication (including without limitation, "junk mail," "surveys," unsolicited e-mail, "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or other inappropriate or prohibited materials) and any material that contains viruses or any computer code, files or programs that might interrupt, limit or interfere with any computer software, hardware or communications equipment that is owned, leased or used by Wells Fargo;
(vii) use Spyware, Trojan Horses, or other key-stroke logging devices to record, copy, use, or sell data from the site; and
(viii) you may not create a link to any Wells Fargo Sites without Wells Fargo's prior written permission.
If Wells Fargo, in its sole discretion, believes that you are violating the Web Site Terms or otherwise misusing the Wells Fargo Sites, you agree that Wells Fargo may terminate, restrict, or suspend part or all of your license to access the Wells Fargo Sites and delete any content transmitted to or through the Wells Fargo Sites, at any time without prior notice to you and without any liability to you. You agree Wells Fargo has the right, but is not obligated, to monitor your use of the Wells Fargo Sites and any communications made by you related to such use in any manner; and you release Wells Fargo from any liability related to its monitoring activities. In the event Wells Fargo denies you access to the Wells Fargo Sites and if requested by Wells Fargo, you agree to destroy all materials obtained from any Wells Fargo Sites and all copies of those materials with the exception of your personal customer-account-related materials.

Links To/From Third Party Web Sites and Cautions About Third-Party Web Site Information Included In Wells Fargo Web Site

Wells Fargo may provide, for your general, non-professional informational use only, access to Third Party Web Sites ("Third Party Site(s)"). Wells Fargo is unable to verify, and takes no responsibility for, the contents of any third party Web Site that may be linked to any Wells Fargo Sites via hyperlink, whether such hyperlink is provided by Wells Fargo or by a third party (including any responsibility for the accuracy, timeliness, or suitability of the content of any Third Party Site to which Wells Fargo may link). By providing access to other Third Party Sites, Wells Fargo is not recommending or supporting any third party, or recommending the purchase or sale of any investments, products or services of a third party, nor is Wells Fargo endorsing or acknowledging that it is affiliated with any Third Party Site's sponsoring organization.

Wells Fargo may include third party information in the Wells Fargo Sites for general nonprofessional informational purposes only. Wells Fargo is unable to verify the accuracy or completeness of third party information posted to the Wells Fargo Sites or accessible from the Wells Fargo Sites. Consequently, you agree Wells Fargo does not guarantee, and is not be liable to you for, the accuracy, results, completeness, authorship or suitability of any such third party content, and Wells Fargo is not obligated to maintain, verify, update or post any corrections to such third party information for any reason.

Disclaimers and Limitations On The Content Of Wells Fargo Web Site

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOU AGREE THAT ALL INFORMATION, SERVICES, SOFTWARE AND CONTENT OF THE WELLS FARGO SITES IS FURNISHED FOR GENERAL NONPROFESSIONAL INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY, AND IS FURNISHED TO YOU ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT ANY IMPLIED OR EXPRESSED WARRANTY OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, SUITABILITY, TIMELINESS, SECURITY, CORRECTNESS AND NONINFRINGEMENT). YOU AGREE THAT WELLS FARGO IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR AND DOES NOT WARRANT THE CONTINUED AVAILABILITY, RELIABILITY, ACCURACY, RESULTS OR PERFORMANCE OF ANY MATERIAL ON THE WELLS FARGO SITES, THE PERFORMANCE OF THE INTERNET, THE DOWNLOADING COMPATABILITY OF ANY MATERIALS OR SOFTWARE WITH YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM, OR THE EXISTENCE OF ANY VIRUS, WORM OR OTHER DISABLING DEVICE FROM ANY SOURCE.

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOU AGREE THAT IN NO EVENT WILL WELLS FARGO BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES THAT MAY RESULT TO YOU FROM YOUR USE OF THE WELLS FARGO SITES, OR THE MATERIALS AND SERVICES CONTAINED ON THE WELLS FARGO SITES (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES OR INJURY TO YOU CAUSED BY ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION, COMPUTER VIRUS, COMMUNICATIONS LINE FAILURE RELATED TO THE WELLS FARGO SITES, ANY DESTRUCTION OR CORRUPTION OF YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR DATA) OR ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THE WELLS FARGO SITES UNLESS ARISING SOLELY AND DIRECTLY FROM WELLS FARGO'S WILFUL MISCONDUCT.

SINCE THE WELLS FARGO SITES ARE PROVIDED TO YOU FREE OF CHARGE), YOU AGREE THAT WELLS FARGO IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE; AND IN NO EVENT SHALL WELLS FARGO'S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, LOSSES, FEES AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS' FEES), WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING THE APPLICABLE WELLS FARGO SITE. HOWEVER, IF YOU LIVE IN A STATE THAT DOES NOT ALLOW THE WAIVER OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, OR LIMITATIONS OR WAIVERS OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION, SOME OF THESE WAIVERS AND LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. YOU AGREE TO PROMPTLY NOTIFY WELLS FARGO IN WRITING IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE ANY CLAIM AGAINST WELLS FARGO, AND, IN ANY EVENT, YOU AGREE THAT ANY CLAIM NOT BROUGHT WITHIN ONE YEAR OF YOUR DISCOVERY SHALL BE DEEMED WAIVED AND RELEASED.

In consideration of your use of the Wells Fargo Sites, you hereby agree to indemnify Wells Fargo (and any third party information or service providers) from and against any and all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and costs) arising out of or related to:(i) your breach of these Web Site Terms, (ii) your violation of any person's or entity's legal rights (including, without limitation, copyright, patent, trade secret, trademark, or other proprietary rights, or publicity, contract, moral, or privacy rights) including Wells Fargo's (iii) your violation of any applicable law, rule or regulation, or (iv) your negligence, recklessness, or misconduct.

APPLICABLE LAW AND CONSENT TO USE WISCONSIN COURTS

Wells Fargo controls and operates the Wells Fargo Sites from our offices within the State of Wisconsin in the United States. If you choose to access the Wells Fargo Sites from other locations, you do so at your own risk and initiative and are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. Except as superseded by federal law, you agree that the laws of the State of Wisconsin (excluding any choice of law rules) govern the rights and obligations of Wells Fargo and you relating to your use of the Wells Fargo Sites. Unless otherwise required by federal law, if you take any legal action against Wells Fargo pertaining to the Wells Fargo Sites, you agree to file such action only in the Circuit Court of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, or the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, and both you and Wells Fargo consent to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of those courts for all purposes.

Please review these Web Site Terms periodically as they are subject to change. If you have questions about these Web Site Terms, please contact Wells Fargo at 1-800-359-3379. If you choose not to agree to the Web Site Terms, we respectfully request that you do not proceed any further.

The following is a list of the primary Wells Fargo and Wells Fargo companies that make products and services available on the Wells Fargo Sites.

Retail Mutual Funds
Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, 525 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 is the investment advisor for the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds. Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC, 100 Heritage Reserve, Menomonee Falls, WI 53051, distributes the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds.

Wells Fargo Institutional Products and Services
Wells Capital Management Incorporated, a registered investment adviser, 525 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, provides investment advisory services on behalf of separate accounts.

Copyright Agent for Claims of Copyright Infringement
Pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Wells Fargo designates the agent below to receive notifications of claimed copyright infringement. If you reasonably believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide to Wells Fargo the following information by e-mailing us at: Fundservice@wellsfargo.com

(i) an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
(ii) a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
(iii) a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on any Wells Fargo Sites;
(iv) your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
(v) a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
(vi) a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the information included in your notification is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.