SUMMARY PROSPECTUS

 

August 31, 2013

WILMINGTON MUNICIPAL BOND FUND

 

 

Class/ Ticker         A WTABX         I WTAIX

 

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, which contain more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund’s Prospectus, Statement of Additional Information, and other information about the Fund online at www.wilmingtonfunds.com . You can also get this information at no cost by calling 1.800.836.2211, by sending an email to funds@wilmingtontrust.com , or by asking any financial advisor, bank, or broker-dealer who offers shares of the Fund. The Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, both dated August 31, 2013, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.

Investment Goal

The Fund seeks a high level of income exempt from federal income tax, consistent with the preservation of capital.

Fees and Expenses

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold the Fund’s Class A Shares and Class I Shares. “Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses” are expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund through its ownership of shares in other investment companies, such as business development companies. Business development company expenses are similar to the expenses paid by any operating company held by the Fund. They are not direct costs paid by Fund shareholders and are not used to calculate the Fund’s net asset value. They have no impact on the costs associated with fund operations. Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are not included in the Fund’s financial statements, which provide a clearer picture of a fund’s actual operating costs. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in the Wilmington Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional, in the Fund’s prospectus in the section entitled “How are shares priced?”.

Shareholder Fees

(Fees paid directly from your investment)

 

     Class A      Class  I  

Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases

(as a percentage of offering price)

     4.50%         None   
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)      None         None   
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends (and other Distributions)      None         None   
Redemption Fee      None         None   
Exchange Fee      None         None   

Annual Fund Operating Expenses

(Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

 

    Class A      Class  I  
Management Fee     0.50%         0.50%   
Distribution and/or Service
(12b-1) Fees 		    0.25%         None     
Other Expenses     0.40%         0.40%   
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses     0.01%         0.01%   
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses     1.16%         0.91%   
Fee Waivers and/or Expense
Reimbursements(1) 		    (0.29)%         (0.29)%   
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement     0.87%         0.62%   

 

(1)   The Fund’s Advisor, distributor and shareholder services provider have agreed to waive their fees and/or reimburse expenses so that the total annual fund operating expenses paid by the Fund’s Class A Shares and Class I Shares will not exceed 0.86% and 0.61%, respectively (not including the effects of acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes or other extraordinary expenses). This waiver may be amended or withdrawn after August 31, 2014, or with the agreement of the Fund’s Board of Trustees.

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund’s Class A Shares and Class I Shares for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs and returns may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

    1 Year     3 Years     5 Years     10 Years  

Class A

       

Expenses assuming redemption

  $ 535      $ 775      $ 1,034      $ 1,772   

Class I

       

Expenses assuming redemption

  $ 63      $ 261      $ 475      $ 1,092   
 

 

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Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 38% of the average value of the portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies of the Fund

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of the value of its net assets in municipal securities that provide interest exempt from federal income tax. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its assets in other types of fixed income securities that provide income that is subject to federal income tax. The Fund generally invests in securities rated in the top four categories by a rating agency such as Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or Standard & Poor’s Corporation (“S&P”) or if unrated, determined by the investment advisor to be of comparable quality. The Fund seeks to maintain a weighted average maturity of three to ten years. However, the Fund has no maturity restrictions on individual issues, and the weighted average maturity of the Fund’s portfolio will vary depending on market conditions.

The Fund may invest more than 25% of its assets in securities relating to one political subdivision, such as any state or U.S. territory. The Fund may focus its investments in sectors of the municipal securities market, such as healthcare or housing. There are no limitations on the Fund’s investment in any one of the three general categories of municipal obligations: general obligation bonds, revenue (or special) obligation bonds and private activity bonds.

In selecting securities, the Fund’s investment advisor focuses on credit analysis, the relative values of different sectors of the market, geographic diversity and securities with different and potentially advantageous structures. The investment advisor seeks to construct a portfolio with substantially the same interest rate exposure as the Fund’s benchmark, and does not select securities based on forecasts of interest rates.

Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund

All mutual funds take investment risks. Therefore, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund. The primary factors that may reduce the Fund’s returns include:

 

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Call Risk. Issuers of securities may redeem the securities prior to maturity at a price below their current market value.

 

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Credit Risk. There is a possibility that issuers of securities in which the Fund invests may default in the payment of interest or principal on the securities when due, which would cause the Fund to lose money.

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Interest Rate Risk. The risk posed by the fact that prices of fixed income securities rise and fall inversely in response to interest rate changes. For instance, a rise in interest rate causes a fall in the value of a fixed income securities. In addition, this risk increases with the length of the maturity of the fixed income security. Accordingly, the yield earned by a Fund will vary with changes in interest rates. Also, when interest rates fall, the price of mortgage-backed securities may not rise to as great an extent as that of other fixed income securities. Duration is a measure of the expected life of a debt security that is used to determine the sensitivity of the security’s price to changes in interest rates. Generally, the longer the Fund’s duration, the more sensitive the Fund will be to changes in interest rates.

 

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Liquidity Risk. The risk that certain securities may be difficult or impossible for a Fund to sell or dispose of at the price at which the Fund has valued the security.

 

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Prepayment Risk. The risk that a mortgage-backed or other asset-backed security may be paid off and proceeds delivered to a Fund earlier than anticipated. Prepayment risk is more prevalent during periods of falling interest rates.

 

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Sector Focus Risk. A fund that focuses its investments in the securities of a particular bond market sector (e.g., healthcare, housing or one political subdivision) is subject to the risk that adverse circumstances will have a greater impact on the fund than a fund that does not focus its investments. It is possible that economic, business or political developments or other changes affecting one security in the area of focus will affect other securities in that area of focus in the same manner, thereby increasing the risk of such investments.

 

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Tax Risk. Failure of a municipal security to meet certain legal requirements may cause the interest received and distributed by the Fund to shareholders to be taxable.

As with any mutual fund investment, loss of money is a risk of investing. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

Performance Information

The returns presented for the Fund reflect the performance of a former series of WT Mutual Fund, also known as Wilmington Municipal Bond Fund (the “Predecessor Fund”). The Fund has adopted the performance of the Predecessor Fund as the result of a reorganization in which the Fund acquired all of the assets, subject to the liabilities, of the Predecessor Fund. The Fund and the Predecessor Fund have substantially similar investment goals and strategies.

The bar chart and table immediately following show the variability of the Fund’s returns and are meant to provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year, with respect to its Class I Shares, and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns for 1, 5 and 10 years or the life of the Fund compare with those of broad measures of market performance. The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of

 

 

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how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available at www.wilmingtonfunds.com.

Annual Total Returns – Class I Shares

 

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Best Quarter

5.48%

9/30/2009

 

Worst Quarter

(2.95)%

9/30/2008

 

The Fund’s Class I Shares total return for the six-month period from January 1, 2013 to June 30, 2013 was (2.62)%. The average annual total returns in the table below include the maximum Class A sales charge of 4.50%, which is normally deducted when you purchase shares.

Average Annual Total Returns

(For the periods ended December 31, 2012)

 

    1 Year     5  Years     10 Years
or  Life of
Fund 		 

Class I Shares

                       

Return Before Taxes

    5.28%        5.46%        4.24%   

Return After Taxes on Distributions

    4.80%        5.26%        4.13%   

Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares

    4.53%        5.11%        4.07%   

Class A Shares

                       

Return Before Taxes

    0.29%        4.25%        4.14% * 

Standard & Poor’s Intermediate Municipal Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

    5.34%        6.12%        5.14%   

 

*   Class A Shares commenced operations on December 20, 2005.

After-tax performance is presented only for Class I Shares of the Fund. The after-tax returns for other Fund classes may vary. Actual after-tax returns depend on your tax

situation and may differ from those shown in the preceding table. When after-tax returns are calculated, it is assumed that the shareholder was in the highest individual federal marginal income tax bracket at the time of each distribution of income or capital gains or upon redemption. State and local income taxes are not reflected in the calculations. Please note that after-tax returns are not relevant for a shareholder who holds Fund shares in a tax-deferred account, such as an individual retirement account or a 401(k) plan.

Management of the Fund

Investment Advisor

Wilmington Funds Management Corporation (“WFMC”)

Investment Sub-Advisor

Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors, Inc.

 

Portfolio Managers   Title  

Service Date

(with the Fund)

Robert F. Collins, CFA   Administrative Vice President and Director of Tax-Exempt Fixed Income Investments at WFMC   2011
Stephen P. Winterstein   Managing Director and Head of Strategy of Municipal Fixed Income at WFMC   2011
Rebecca J. Rogers   Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager at WFMC   2011
John J. Malloy, Jr.   Assistant Vice President and Municipal Portfolio Manager at WFMC   2011

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Requests to purchase or redeem Fund Shares are processed on each day that the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open for business. You may purchase or redeem Shares by contacting the Fund at 1-800-836-2211. If you invest through a financial intermediary, please contact that intermediary regarding purchase and redemption procedures.

 

Minimum Initial Investment Amount (Class A):*    $ 1,000   
Minimum Initial Investment Amount (Class I):*    $ 1,000,000   
Minimum Subsequent Investment Amount:    $ 25   

 

*   Other restrictions may apply. See “Purchasing Shares” in the Prospectus for further information.

The minimum initial and subsequent investment amounts may be waived or lowered from time to time.

Tax Information

The distributions you receive from the Fund primarily are exempt from regular federal income tax. A portion of these

 

 

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distributions, however, may be subject to federal alternative minimum tax and state and local taxes. The Fund may also make distributions that are taxable to you as ordinary income or capital gains.

Additional Payments to Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies (such as the Advisor) may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your sales person or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

 

 

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