WFHYX Fees and Costs — Allspring Short-Term High Income Fund, Class C

Data updated: 2026-10-14

The net expense ratio is 1.57%: a 0.47% management fee, a 0.75% 12b-1 fee plus 0.41% other expenses, less a 0.07% fee waiver. This share class carries a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $14K in broker commissions, 0.0006% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 40%.

WFHYX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of WFHYX. Prospectus, as of August 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.47%
12b-1 fee0.75%
Other expenses0.41%
Gross expense ratio1.64%
Fee waiver−0.07%
Net expense ratio1.57%
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

WFHYX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in WFHYX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $971 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.65% 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 1.57%)$165$511$881
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$0$0
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$25$90
Total costs$268$537$971
Value after costs$10,232$11,039$11,792
Impact on return, per year2.68%1.65%1.65%

WFHYX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0006%
  • Total broker commissions: $14K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $3.6B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 40%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

WFHYX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$14K100.00%

WFHYX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$2.1B63.37%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$275.2M8.29%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$274.3M8.27%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$182.1M5.49%
BNY Capital Markets, LLC$95.8M2.89%
BofA Securities, Inc.$86.1M2.60%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$83.4M2.51%
Barclays Capital Inc.$80.0M2.41%
Jefferies LLC$71.2M2.15%
UBS Securities LLC$67.1M2.02%

Allspring Short-Term High Income Fund Share Classes

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

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
AHICC0002818540.45%—
SSTHXClass A0.51%3.00%
STYIXInstitutional Class0.51%none
WDHYXAdministrator Class0.66%none
WFHYXClass C1.57%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.