ALLSPRING INCOME OPPORTUNITIES FUND

The Board intends to bring before the Meeting the matter set forth in the accompanying notice. Holders of common shares (“Shares”) of the Fund (“Shareholders”) are being asked to vote for the re-election of Mr. William Ebsworth and Ms. Jane Freeman as Trustees. You can vote by returning your properly executed proxy card in the envelope provided or you may vote by telephone or Internet by following the instructions at the end of this proxy statement. When you complete and sign your proxy card, the proxies named will vote on your behalf at the Meeting (or any adjournments thereof) exactly as you have indicated. If you return a signed proxy card but no choice is specified, your Shares will be voted FOR the election of each of the nominees named in the enclosed proxy card. If any other matters are properly presented at the Meeting for action, the persons named as proxies will vote in accordance with the views of management of the Fund. Shareholders, including a broker who may hold Shares on your behalf, may revoke a proxy prior to the Meeting by giving timely written notice of such revocation to the Fund at the address above, by submitting a subsequent proxy timely and in accordance with the methods