# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001611331
**File Stem:** 0001081400-25-000284
**Filing Date:** 2025-7
**Character Count:** 4775
**Document Hash:** 073bc8cc665efa41b37d393edb0c741a
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001081400-25-000284.hdr.sgml**: 20250702

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001081400-25-000284

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-A12B

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250702

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250702

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** ALLSPRING EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS TRUST
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001611331

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-A12B
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-42427
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251100708

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1415 VANTAGE PARK DRIVE
- **STREET 2:** 3RD FLOOR
- **CITY:** CHARLOTTE
- **STATE:** NC
- **ZIP:** 28203
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 833-568-4225

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1415 VANTAGE PARK DRIVE
- **STREET 2:** 3RD FLOOR
- **CITY:** CHARLOTTE
- **STATE:** NC
- **ZIP:** 28203

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Allspring Exchange-Traded Funds Trust
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20211206

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Wells Fargo Exchange-Traded Funds Trust
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20140619

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>Washington D.C. 20549

**FORM 8-A<br>FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES <br>PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE<br>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

**ALLSPRING EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS TRUST**<br>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

**Delaware**<br>(State of incorporation or organization)<br>**1415 Vantage Park Drive, 3rd Floor<br>Charlotte, North Carolina 28203**<br>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)<br>**See Below**<br>(IRS Employer identification No.)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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|:---|:---|:---|
| Title of Each Class to be Registered | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Name of Exchange on Which Each Class is to be so Registered | I.R.S. Employer Identification Number |
| Allspring SMID Core ETF | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NYSE Arca, Inc. | 33-4846378 |
| Allspring Ultra Short Municipal ETF | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NYSE Arca, Inc. | 33-4865780 |

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If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box. [ x ]

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box. [ ]

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. [ ]

Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates:

<u>333-240113</u> (if applicable)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

**Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.**

A description of the shares of beneficial interest, no par value, of each of Allspring SMID Core ETF and Allspring Ultra Short Municipal ETF, each a series of Allspring Exchange-Traded Funds Trust (the "Trust") is set forth in [Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A ("Registration Statement") (Commission File Nos. 333-240113; 811-23597)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1611331/000108140025000262/0001081400-25-000262-index.htm), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on June 27, 2025, which description is incorporated herein by reference. Any amendment or form of supplement to the Registration Statement that is subsequently filed with the SEC that relates to the Shares is hereby also incorporated by reference herein.

**Item 2. Exhibits.**

[1. The Trust's Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust dated May 1, 2024, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 12, 2024.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1611331/000108140020000848/decoftrust.htm)

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[2. The Trust's Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust dated October 18, 2024, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 20, 2024.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1611331/000108140024000708/0001081400-24-000708-index.htm)

**SIGNATURE**

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, as of this 2nd day of July, 2025.

ALLSPRING EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS TRUST

<u>By /s/Matt Prasse</u><br>Matt Prasse<br>Secretary

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