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[Allspring Logo] VOTE TODAY TO AVOID INTERRUPTION OF YOUR FUND INVESTMENT! Dear Allspring C&B Mid Cap Value Fund Shareholder: The special meeting of shareholders scheduled for Thursday, January 27, 2022 has been adjourned because we have not received enough votes to represent quorum. Our records indicate that we have not yet received your voting instructions. We urge you to vote as soon as possible in order to allow the Allspring C&B Mid Cap Value Fund to obtain a sufficient number of votes to hold the meeting as scheduled. Join your fellow Fund holders and vote today! You are an important shareholder of the Allspring C&B Mid Cap Value Fund and your vote is critical to avoid the interruption of your investment. If a sufficient number of votes is not received, your fund could be liquidated. The Fund offers three easy methods for you to vote: VOTE ONLINE Visit www.proxyvote.com and enter the control number that appears on your enclosed proxy card. Follow the on-screen prompts to vote. VOTE BY MAIL Return the executed proxy card in the postage-paid envelope provided. VOTE BY PHONE Call 1-855-928-4485 Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. ET, to speak with a proxy specialist. OR If you have your proxy materials, call the number listed on your enclosed proxy card and follow the touch-tone prompts to vote. We truly appreciate your investment and regret any inconvenience as a result of this process. Thank you again for your help and support. Sincerely, /s/ Andrew Owen Andrew Owen Allspring Global Investments is the trade name for the asset management firms of Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC, a holding company indirectly owned by certain private funds of GTCR LLC and Reverence Capital Partners, L.P. These firms include but are not limited to Allspring Global Investments, LLC, and Allspring Funds Management, LLC. Certain products managed by Allspring entities are distributed by Allspring Funds Distributor, LLC (a broker-dealer and Member FINRA/SIPC). PAR-1121-00486
President
Allspring Funds