ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY
X ST. PAUL MERCURY INSURANCE COMPANY
ST. PAUL GUARDIAN INSURANCE COMPANY
A Capital Stock Company
EXCESS FOLLOW FORM TRAVELERS FORM
DECLARATIONS:
Excess Follow Form Number: The Company designated above (herein called
Underwriter) issues this Excess Follow Form to:
Item 1. Named Insured:
Wells Fargo Funds Trust
525 Market Street, 12th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
(herein called Insured).
Item 2. Excess Follow Form Period: The Excess Follow Form
Period shall be effective at 12:01 A.M.on 09/01/2012
and expire at 12:01 A.M. on 09/01/2013 local time as to each
of said dates, subject to Section 5. of the Terms, Conditions and
Limitations of this Excess Follow Form.
Item 3. Single Loss Limit of Liability: $12,500,000 Item
4. Aggregate Limit of Liability: $12,500,000 Item 5.
Schedule of Underlying Insurance:
(A) 1. Underlying Insurer: Great American
Insurance Company
2. Bond or Policy Number: FS 517-76-01-09
Bond or Policy Period: From: 9/01/2012 To: 09/01/2013
4. Limit of Liability:
Single Loss Limit of Liability $20,000,000
Aggregate Limit of Liability NA
5. Single Loss Deductible:NA
(B) 1. Underlying Insurer: The Fidelity and Bond Company of
Maryland
2. Bond or Policy Number: FIB 0004712 12
3. Bond or Policy Period: From: 09/01/2012
To: 09/01/2013
4. Limit of Liability:
Single Loss Limit of Liability $20,000,000
Aggregate Limit of Liability $20,000,000
(C) 1. Underlying Insurer: Berkeley Regional Insurance Company
2. Bond or Policy Number: BFI-71000386-12
3. Bond or Policy Period: From: 09/01/2012 To: 09/01/2013
4. Limit of Liability:
Single Loss Limit of Liability $20,000,000
Aggregate Limit of Liability $20,000,000
(D) 1. Underlying Insurer: Federal Insurance Company
2. Bond or Policy Number: 82183333
3. Bond or Policy Period: From: 09/01/2012 To:09/01/2013
4. Limit of Liability:
Single Loss Limit of Liability $20,000,000
Aggregate Limit of Liability $20,000,000
Item 6. Total amount of Underlying Single Loss Limit of Liability
The total amount of Underlying Single Loss Limit of Liability is
$122,500,000 plus any Single Loss Deductible under the Bond or Policy
identified in Item 5. (A) of the Declarations of this Excess Follow Form.
Item 7. Total amount of Underlying Aggregate Limit of Liability each
Excess Follow Form Period
The total amount of Underlying Aggregate Limit of Liability each
Excess Follow Form Period is $122,500,000 plus any Single Loss
Deductible under the Bond or Policy identified in Item 5. (A) of the
Declarations of this Excess Follow Form.
Item 8. Subject to the Declarations, Insuring Clause, Terms,
Conditions and Limitations and Endorsements of this Excess Follow Form and
as excepted below, this Excess Follow Form follows the form of:
Insurer's Name: Great American Insurance Company
Bond or Policy Number: FS 517-76-01-09
Effective Date: 09/01/2012
Except as provided below: Sublimits of: G. Stop Payment, H. Uncollectible
Items of Deposit, I. Audit Expense and K. Unauthorized Signature
Item 9. The Insured, by acceptance of this Excess Follow Form, gives
notice to the Underwriter terminating or canceling prior Bond or Policy
Numbers 494PB0820
such termination or cancellation to be effective as of the time
this Excess Follow Form becomes effective.
Item 10. The liability of the Underwriter is subject to the terms of
the following endorsements attached hereto: XS109 05-05; XS201 05-05
Executed this 26th day of October, 2012 .Countersigned
EXCESS FOLLOW FORM Travelers Form
INSURING CLAUSE
In consideration of the payment of the premium, and in reliance
upon completeness and accuracy of the
statements and disclosures made to the Underwriter and any issuer
of Underlying Insurance by application, including all attachments,
subject to the Declarations, Insuring Clause, Terms, Conditions and
Limitations and Endorsements of this Excess Follow Form, this Excess
Follow Form is subject to the same Insuring Clause(s), Terms, Conditions
and Limitations and Endorsements as provided by the Bond or Policy
identified in Item 8. of the Declarations of this Excess Follow Form.
In no event shall this Excess Follow Form
provide broader coverage than would be provided by the most restrictive
Underlying Insurance.
This Excess Follow Form is not subject to the same premium or the
Limit of Liability of the Bond or Policy identified in Item 8. of the
Declarations.
TERMS, CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS Section 1. Underlying Coverage
A. The Insured(s) shall notify the Underwriter in writing, as
soon as practicable, of a failure to maintain in full force and
effect, without alteration, the coverage and provisions of the Bond(s) or
Policy(ies) identified in Item 5. of the Declarations.
B.In the vent there is no recovery available to the Insured as a
result of the insolvency of any Underlying
Insurer or the Insured's failure to comply with the
maintenance of any Underlying Insurance, the coverage hereunder
shall apply as excess of the amount of all Underlying Insurance plus
the amount of any applicable deductible to the same extent as if the
Underlying Insurance were maintained in full force and effect.
C. If the coverage and provisions of the Bond or Policy identified in Item
8. of the Declarations are altered, the Insured shall, as soon as
practicable, give the Underwriter written notice of such alteration(s);
and upon receipt of written consent to such alteration(s) from the
Underwriter, the Insured shall pay any additional premium
required by the Underwriter. This Excess Follow Form shall not follow
the form of any alteration(s) to the Bond or Policy identified in Item 8.
of the Declarations unless such written notice thereof is given by
the Insured(s) to the Underwriter, the Underwriter gives written
consent to such alteration(s) and the Insured(s) pay(s) any additional premium
required by the Underwriter.
D. Except as provided in Sections 2.D. and 2.E. below, in no
event shall the Underwriter be liable to pay loss under this Excess
Follow Form until the total amount of the Underlying Single Loss Limit of
Liability as stated in Item 6. of the Declarations has been exhausted
solely by reason of the payment of loss by the Underlying Insurer(s)
as covered loss under the applicable Underlying Insurance.
E. Any claim, loss or coverage that is subject to a Sublimit in any
Underlying Insurance shall not be considered covered loss under this
Excess Follow Form, but shall, for purposes of this Excess Follow Form,
reduce or exhaust the Underlying Limit of Liability to the extent such
payment reduces or exhausts the aggregate limit(s) of liability of such
Underlying Insurance.
Section 2. Limit of Liability
A. Payment by the Underwriter of loss covered under this Excess Follow
Form shall reduce the Aggregate Limit of Liability of this Excess Follow
Form set forth in Item 4. of the Declarations. In the event of exhaustion
of the Aggregate Limit of Liability of this Excess Follow Form set
forth in Item 4. of the Declarations, the Underwriter shall be relieved
of all further liability under this Excess Follow Form.
B. The Underwriter's maximum liability for a Single Loss covered under
this Excess Follow Form shall not exceed the amount of the Single
Loss Limit of Liability stated in Item 3. of the Declarations.
Also, the Underwriter's maximum liability for all loss(es) in the
aggregate covered under this Excess Follow Form shall not exceed the
amount of the Aggregate Limit of Liability stated in Item 4. of the
Declarations, which shall be the maximum liability of the Underwriter
in the Excess Follow Form Period stated in Item 2. of the Declarations.
C. Except as provided in Sections 2.D. and 2.E. below, the
Underwriter shall only be liable to make payment for a Single Loss
covered under this Excess Follow Form after the total amount of the
Underlying Single Loss Limit of Liability as stated in Item 6. of the
Declarations has been paid solely by reason of the payment of loss by the
Underlying Insurer(s) as covered loss under the applicable Underlying
Insurance.
D. In the event the total amount of the Underlying Aggregate Limit
of Liability as stated in Item 7. of the Declarations is reduced solely
by reason of the payment of covered loss by any Underlying Insurer to an
amount less than the total amount of the Underlying Single Loss
Limit of Liability as stated in Item 6. of the Declarations, this
Excess Follow Form shall pay covered loss excess of the reduced total
amount of Underlying Aggregate Limit of Liability, but not to
exceed the amount of the Single Loss Limit of Liability stated in
Item 3. of the Declarations, and subject always
to the remaining Aggregate Limit of Liability
of this Excess Follow Form.
E. In the event of exhaustion of the total amount of Underlying
Aggregate Limit of Liability as set forth in Item 7. of the Declarations,
solely by reason of the payment of covered loss by the Underlying
Insurer(s), this Excess Follow Form shall continue in force as primary
insurance, provided always that this policy shall only pay covered loss
excess over any retention or deductible amount
otherwise applicable under the Underlying
Insurance scheduled in Item 5. (A) of the Declarations, such amount
not to exceed the Single Loss Limit of Liability stated in Item
3. of the Declarations and subject always to the remaining Aggregate Limit
of Liability of this Excess Follow Form.
Section 3. Joint Insureds
If two or more Insureds are covered under this Excess Follow Form, the
first named Insured shall act for all Insureds.
Payment by the Underwriter to the first named Insured or to any
named Insured of loss covered under this Excess Follow Form shall fully
release the Underwriter on account of such loss. The
liability of the Underwriter for loss(es) sustained by all Insureds
shall not exceed the amount for which the Underwriter would have been
liable had all such loss(es) been sustained by one Insured.
Section 4. Notice / Proof of Loss - Legal Proceedings
Against Underwriter
A. The Insured(s) shall, within the time and manner prescribed in
the Bond or Policy identified in Item
8. of the Declarations, give the Underwriter notice of any loss of the
kind covered by this Excess Follow Form, whether or not the
Underwriter is liable therefor in whole
or n part, and upon request of the Underwriter, the Insured(s)
shall file with the Underwriter a written statement of such loss and a
copy of all correspondence between the Insured(s) and any Insurer
identified in Item 5. of the Declarations. Notice given to any
Insurer identified in Item 5. of the Declarations of this
Excess Follow Form shall not constitute notice as required under Section 4.
of the Terms, Conditions and Limitations of this Excess Follow Form.
B. The Insured(s) shall, within the time and manner prescribed in the Bond
or Policy identified in Item
8. of the Declarations, file with the Underwriter a proof of loss for any
loss of the kind covered by this Excess Follow Form, whether or not the
Underwriter is liable therefore in whole or in part,and upon request of
the Underwriter the Insured(s) shall furnish a copy of all documents
provided to or made available to any Insurer identified in Item 5. of the
Declarations in support of any proof of loss filed with such Insurer.
Filing of a proof of loss with any Insurer identified in Item 5. of
the Declarations shall not constitute filing a proof of loss with the
Underwriter as required in Section 4. of the Terms, Conditions and
Limitations of this Excess Follow Form.
C. Legal proceedings against the Underwriter shall be commenced within the
time prescribed in the Bond or Policy identified in Item 8. of the
Declarations and only after complying with all the Terms, Conditions and
Limitations of this Excess Follow Form.
D. Notice and proof of loss under this Excess Follow Form shall be
given to the Professional E&O Claim Unit, Mail Code 508F, 385 Washington
Street, St. Paul, MN 55102.
Section 5. Excess Follow Form Period
A. The Term Excess Follow Form Period as used in this Excess Follow
Form shall mean the lesser of the period stated in Item 2. of the
Declarations or the time between the effective date and
the termination date of this Excess Follow Form.
B. The Aggregate Limit of Liability set forth in Item.
4. of the Declarations shall not be cumulated regardless of the number
of Excess Follow Form Periods this Excess Follow Form has been in force;
the number of renewals of this Excess Follow Form by the Underwriter; any
extensions of the Excess Follow Form Period of this Excess Follow Form
by the Underwriter; the number of and amount of premiums paid by the
Insured, or the number of Excess Follow Form Periods of this Excess
Follow Form in which the acts giving rise to a loss(es) were committed or
occurred.
Section 6. Single Loss Defined
As used herein, Single Loss shall be defined as that term, or any
similar term, as defined in the Bond or Policy identified in Item 8. of
the Declarations.
Section 7. Cancellation of this Excess Follow Form by the Underwriter or the
Insured
This Excess Follow Form terminates as an entirety upon occurrence
of any of the following: (a) after the receipt by the Insured of a
written notice from the
Underwriter of its desire to cancel this Excess Follow Form in
accordance with the conditions and limitations of any Bond or Policy
identified in Item 5. of the Declarations, (b) immediately upon the
receipt by the Underwriter of a written notice from the Insured of its
desire to cancel this Excess Follow Form, or (c)
immediately upon cancellation,
termination or nonrenewal of the Underlying Bond or
Policy identified in Item 8. of the Declarations, whether by the Insured
or the applicable Underwriter.
In witness whereof, the Underwriter has caused this Excess Follow Form to
be executed on the Declarations page.
The following spaces preceded by an (*) need not be completed if this
endorsement or rider and the Bond or Policy have the same inception
date.
ATTACHED TO AND FORMING PART OF BOND OR POLICY NO.
ZBN-11N59402-12-N2
* ISSUED TO
Wells Fargo Funds Trust
DATE ENDORSEMENT OR RIDER EXECUTED
10/26/2012
* EFFECTIVE DATE OF ENDORSEMENT OR RIDER
12:01 A.M. LOCAL TIME AS
SPECIFIED IN THE BOND OR POLICY
09/01/12
SCHEDULE OF UNDERLYING INSURERS ENDORSEMENT
It is agreed that:
Item 5. Schedule of Underlying Insurers is amended as follows: (E) 1.
Underlying Insurer: Axis Insurance Company
2. Bond or Policy Number: MCN753993
3. Bond or Policy Period: From: 09/01/2012 To: 09/01/2013
4. Limit of Liability:
Single Loss Limit of Liability $10,000,000
Aggregate Limit of Liability $10,000,000
(F) 1. Underlying Insurer: National Union Fire Insurance
Company of Pittsburgh, PA
2. Bond or Policy Number: 01-166-77-92
3. Bond or Policy Period: From: 09/01/2012
To: 09/01/2013
4. Limit of Liability:
Single Loss Limit of Liability $20,000,000
Aggregate Limit of Liability $20,000,000
(G) 1. Underlying Insurer: Great American Insurance Company
2. Bond or Policy Number: FS 204-59-90-02
3. Bond or Policy Period: From: 09/01/2012 To: 09/01/2013
4. Limit of Liability:
Single Loss Limit of Liability $12,500,00
Aggregate Limit of Liability NA
(H) 1. Underlying Insurer:
2. Bond or Policy Number:
3. Bond or Policy Period: From:
To:
4. Limit of Liability:
Single Loss Limit of Liability
Aggregate Limit of Liability
Nothing herein contained shall be held to vary, alter, waive, or extend any
of the terms, conditions, provisions,agreements or limitations of the above
mentioned Bond or Policy, other than as above stated.
By
Authorized Representative
The following spaces preceded by an (*) need not be completed if this
endorsement or rider and the Bond or Policy have the same inception
date.
ATTACHED TO AND FORMING PART OF BOND OR POLICY NO.
ZBN-11N59402-12-N2
* ISSUED TO
Wells Fargo Funds Trust
DATE ENDORSEMENT OR RIDER EXECUTED
10/26/12
* EFFECTIVE DATE OF ENDORSEMENT OR RIDER
09/01/2012 12:01 A.M. LOCAL TIME AS
SPECIFIED IN THE BOND OR POLICY
CALIFORNIA PREMIUM ENDORSEMENT
1. This endorsement or rider is issued to comply with the ruling of
the Commissioner of Insurance of California and the opinion of the Attorney
General of that State requiring that the premium paid for all bonds or
policies be endorsed thereon.
2. The X Premium Additional Premium Return Premium
for the period from 09/01/212 to 09/01/2013 is $25,658
3. If the premium is payable in installments they are, or are
amended to read as follows:
NOTICE TO AGENTS
THIS ENDORSEMENT OR RIDER MUST BE DELIVERED TO YOUR CLIENT IN
ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE RULING OF THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER AND
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
Nothing herein contained shall be held to vary, alter, waive, or extend any
of the terms, conditions, provisions, agreements or limitations of the above
mentioned Bond or Policy, other than as above stated.