Waddell & Reed

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WRA High Income Fund
Class A Shares

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Fund Facts
Ticker Symbol UNHIX
CUSIP 930057716
Fund Code 628
Fund Type Fixed Income Funds
Fund Inception 7/9/1979
Class Inception 7/9/1979
Fiscal Year End September
Dividends Paid Monthly
Fund Assets (as of 3/31/2012) $1.6 bil
Total Holdings (as of 3/31/2012) 219
Portfolio Turnover Rate (as of 12/31/2011) 81%
Lipper Category High Current Yield Funds
Morningstar Category High Yield Bond
Benchmarks BofAML US HY Master II TR USD
Daily Prices
as of 5/16/2012
Net Asset Value (NAV) $7.24
NAV Change ($) ($0.01)
NAV Change (%) -0.14%
Weekly NAV Change ($) ($0.02)
Weekly NAV Change (%) -0.28%
Public Offering Price (POP) $7.68
Historical Prices & Distributions
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Fund Description
Fund Objective
To seek to provide total return through a combination of high current income and capital appreciation.

Investment Approach
The Fund invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of high-yield, high-risk, fixed-income securities of U.S. and foreign issuers. The manager looks at a number of factors in selecting securities for the Fund, beginning with the economic environment, interest rate trends and industry fundamentals, progressing to analysis of a company's fundamentals, including financial strength, growth of operating cash flows, strength of management, borrowing requirements and potential to improve credit standing.
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Returns and Expenses

Data quoted is past performance and current performance may be lower or higher. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate, and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

Performance at NAV does not include the effect of sales charges. Class A shares, including sales charges, reflects the maximum applicable front-end sales load.

Monthly Rates of Return Average Annual Total Returns
as of 4/30/2012
  YTD 1yr 3yr 5yr 10yr Life
Fund at NAV 8.67% 7.82% 17.10% 7.62% 7.53% 8.44%
Fund with 5.75% sales charge 2.42% 1.62% 14.82% 6.35% 6.89% 8.25%
Quarterly Rates of Return Average Annual Total Returns
as of 3/31/2012
  YTD 1yr 3yr 5yr 10yr Life
Fund at NAV 7.17% 7.70% 19.55% 7.59% 7.49% 8.42%
Fund with 5.75% sales charge 1.00% 1.51% 17.22% 6.32% 6.86% 8.23%
BofAML US HY Master II TR USD 5.15% 5.63% 23.78% 7.84% 8.96% N/A
Lipper High Current Yield Funds 5.41% 4.62% 20.46% 5.69% 7.46% N/A
Expense Ratios
as of 1/31/2012
Net 1.10%
Gross 1.10%
12-Month Trailing Distribution Yield
as of 4/30/2012
NAV 8.07%
With sales charge 7.61%
Annualized 30-Day SEC Yield
as of 4/30/2012
Subsidized 7.13%
Unsubsidized 7.11%
Growth of a $10,000 Investment
through 3/31/2012

Assumes an investment over 10 years or life of the share class, reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, and does not include the effect of sales charges or taxes.

Ratings and Rankings
Lipper Rankings
as of 3/31/2012
Category: High Current Yield Funds
  Rank Percentile
1 Year 16 / 499 4
3 Year 284 / 423 67
5 Year 35 / 362 10
10 Year 138 / 245 57

Rankings are based on average annual total returns, but do not consider sales charges.

Morningstar Ratings
as of 3/31/2012
Category: High Yield Bond
Overall (out of 500 High Yield Bond)
3 Year (out of 500 High Yield Bond)
5 Year (out of 438 High Yield Bond)
10 Year (out of 301 High Yield Bond)

Ratings are based on risk-adjusted returns.

Holdings
Portfolio Composition
(as a % of net assets as of 3/31/2012)
Corporate Bonds 80.64%
Senior Loans 12.20%
Cash and Cash Equivalents 5.12%
Domestic Common Stock 1.05%
Revenue Bonds 0.59%
Preferred Stock 0.41%
Quality
(as a % of bond holdings as of 3/31/2012)
AA 0.6 %
A 0.1 %
BBB 4.2 %
BB 10.4 %
B 54.2 %
CCC 28.7 %
Non-Rated 1.8 %
Maturity
(as a % of bond holdings as of 3/31/2012)
<1 Year 3.3 %
1-5 Years 22.9 %
6-10 Years 70.4 %
11-20 Years 2.3 %
>20 Years 1.1 %
Average Maturity 5.08 years
Effective Duration 3.99 years

Average maturity and effective duration include bonds, cash and cash equivalents.

Top 10 Holdings
(as a % of net assets as of 3/31/2012)
Laureate Education, Inc. provides a superior university experience to more than 550,000 students worldwide through its leading international network of accredited campus-based and online universities, 11%, 8/15/2015Laureate Education, Inc., 11.3%, 8/15/2015 2.4%
CKE Holdings, Inc., 10.5%, 3/14/2016 2.0%
Offshore Group Investment Limited, 11.5%, 8/1/2015 1.7%
Goodman Global, Inc., 9.0%, 10/28/2017 1.5%
CDW LLC and CDW Finance Corporation, 12.5%, 10/12/2017 1.4%
Atlantis Merger Sub, Inc. and SoftBrands, Inc., 11.5%, 7/15/2018 1.3%
Global Geophysical Services, Inc., 10.5%, 5/1/2017 1.3%
Jaguar Holding Company II and Jaguar Merger Sub Inc., 9.5%, 12/1/2019 1.3%
Advantage Sales & Marketing, Inc., 9.3%, 5/29/2018 1.2%
Laureate Education, Inc. provides a superior university experience to more than 550,000 students worldwide through its leading international network of accredited campus-based and online universities.Laureate Education, Inc., 12.8%, 8/15/2017 1.2%
Total Portfolio Holdings
(updated quarterly, upon availability)

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Risk Factors: Fixed income securities are subject to interest rate risk and, as such, the net asset value of the fund may fall as interest rates rise. As with any mutual fund, the value of the Fund's shares will change, and you could lose money on your investment. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency. These and other risks are more fully described in the Fund's prospectus. Not all funds or fund classes may be offered at all broker/ dealers.

Pricing: All prices and year-to-date returns are based on closing quotes unless noted, as supplied to the NASDAQ by 6:00 p.m. Eastern time.

Stylebox: The style boxes reveal a fund's investment strategy by displaying, for equity, the fund's investment style and the market capitalization of the stocks owned and for fixed income, the average credit quality of the bonds owned and the interest rate sensitivity, as measured by a bond's maturity.

Index Description: Citigroup Broad Investment Grade is an unmanaged index comprised of securities that represent the bond market. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

Index Description: BofAML US HY Master II TR USD - Index Description: The BofA Merrill Lynch U.S. High Yield Index tracks the performance of U.S. dollar denominated below investment grade corporate debt publicly issued in the U.S. domestic market. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

Performance results for some funds may include the effect of expense reduction arrangements. If those arrangements had not been in place, the performance results would have been lower. Please refer to the fund’s Fund Detail page.

Unsubsidized yields reflect what the yield would have been without the effect of reimbursements and waivers. The adviser and its affiliates have or may voluntarily waive a portion of their fees (including, but not limited to, distribution and service (12b-1) fees) and reimburse certain expenses. There is no guarantee that the fund will avoid a negative yield. Such undertaking may be amended or withdrawn at any time.

30-Day SEC Yield: is calculated based on a formula mandated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that calculates a fund's hypothetical annualized income, as a percentage of its assets. A security's income, for the purposes of this calculation, is based on the current market yield to maturity (in the case of bonds) or projected dividend yield (for stocks) of the fund's holdings over a trailing 30 day period. This hypothetical income will differ (at times, significantly) from the fund's actual experience; as a result, income distributions from the fund may be higher or lower than implied by the SEC yield.

12-Month Trailing Distribution Yield: at NAV refers to the 12-month historical cash flow relative to the principal amount invested in a mutual fund. Similar to Current Yield (which only measures cash flow at the current point in time), the Distribution Yield is a measure of cash flow, which will be mostly interest paid out in the period, but can also include capital gains distributions, return of principal, etc. Distribution Yield may be more or less than what the fund has actually earned in the period.

Morningstar Ratings: For each fund with at least a 3-year history, Morningstar calculates a risk-adjusted return measure that accounts for variation in a fund's monthly performance (including the effects of all sales charges), placing emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. The top 10% of funds in each category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the next 35% receive 3 stars, the next 22.5% receive 2 stars and the bottom 10% receive 1 star. (Each share class is counted as a fraction of one fund and rated separately.) A fund's overall rating is derived from a weighted average of the 3-, 5- and 10-year (if applicable) rating metrics. Morningstar Rating is for the share classes specified; other classes may have different performance characteristics.

Information is subject to change and is not intended to represent any past or future investment recommendations.

Quality: Our preference is to always use ratings obtained from Standard & Poor's. For securities not rated by Standard & Poor's, ratings are obtained from Moody's

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