EKSCX Fees and Costs — Allspring Diversified Income Builder Fund, Class C

Data updated: 2026-08-26

The net expense ratio is 1.59%: a 0.55% management fee, a 0.75% 12b-1 fee plus 0.54% other expenses, less a 0.26% fee waiver. This share class carries a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $185K in broker commissions, 0.0535% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 83%.

EKSCX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of EKSCX. Prospectus, as of September 30, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.55%
12b-1 fee0.75%
Other expenses0.54%
Gross expense ratio1.85%
Fee waiver−0.26%
Net expense ratio1.59%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load1.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

EKSCX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in EKSCX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,015 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.73% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).

$10,000 investedSell after 1 yearSell after 3 yearsSell after 5 years
Value before costs$10,500$11,576$12,763
Sales charges$103$0$0
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.59%)$167$517$891
Trading costs (broker commissions)$6$17$30
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$27$94
Total costs$276$561$1,015
Value after costs$10,224$11,015$11,748
Impact on return, per year2.76%1.73%1.73%

EKSCX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0535%
  • Total broker commissions: $185K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $563.8M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 83%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

EKSCX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$33K19.40%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$30K17.36%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$27K15.57%
BofA Securities, Inc.$20K11.53%
Jefferies LLC$19K11.00%
Virtu Americas LLC$14K8.21%
UBS Securities LLC$10K5.71%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$7K4.21%
BNY Capital Markets, LLC$7K4.07%
SG Americas Securities, LLC$5K2.93%

EKSCX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$301.8M59.62%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$64.4M12.71%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$26.6M5.26%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$23.1M4.55%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$19.2M3.80%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$16.1M3.18%
UBS Securities LLC$16.0M3.15%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$14.8M2.92%
Barclays Capital Inc.$12.5M2.48%
Jane Street Execution Services, LLC$11.8M2.34%

Allspring Diversified Income Builder Fund Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
EKSRXClass R60.43%none
EKSYXInstitutional Class0.53%none
EKSAXClass A0.84%5.75%
EKSDXAdministrator Class0.88%none
EKSCXClass C1.59%none

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.