UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): August 5, 2011
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-2979 | No. 41-0449260 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
420 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California 94163
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrants telephone number, including area code: 1-866-249-3302
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
¨ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
¨ | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
Exhibits are filed herewith in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-159738) filed by Wells Fargo & Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
On August 5, 2011, Wells Fargo & Company issued the following Medium-Term Notes, Series K: (i) Notes Linked to the S&P 500® Index due February 6, 2015; (ii) Notes Linked to the iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund due February 6, 2015; (iii) Notes Linked to a Global ETF Basket due February 5, 2016; (iv) Notes Linked to a Global ETF Basket due February 5, 2016; (v) Notes Linked to the iShares® MSCI EAFE Index Fund due February 6, 2015; (vi) Notes Linked to the Dow Jones UBS Commodity IndexSM due February 7, 2018; (vii) Notes Linked to the iShares® Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index Fund due February 6, 2015; and (viii) Notes Linked to a Commodity Basket due August 7, 2015.
The purpose of this Current Report is to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the form of Note related to each issuance, the opinion of Faegre & Benson LLP regarding the Notes and the opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell, Wells Fargo & Companys special tax counsel, regarding the Notes.
(d) | Exhibits |
4.1 | Form of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes Linked to the S&P 500® Index due February 6, 2015. |
4.2 | Form of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes Linked to the iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund due February 6, 2015. |
4.3 | Form of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes Linked to a Global ETF Basket due February 5, 2016. |
4.4 | Form of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes Linked to a Global ETF Basket due February 5, 2016. |
4.5 | Form of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes Linked to the iShares® MSCI EAFE Index Fund due February 6, 2015. |
4.6 | Form of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes Linked to the Dow Jones UBS Commodity IndexSM due February 7, 2018. |
4.7 | Form of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes Linked to the iShares® Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index Fund due February 6, 2015. |
4.8 | Form of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes Linked to a Commodity Basket due August 7, 2015. |
5.1 | Opinion of Faegre & Benson LLP regarding the Notes. |
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8.1 | Opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP regarding the Notes. |
23.1 | Consent of Faegre & Benson LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1). |
23.2 | Consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (included as part of Exhibit 8.1). |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | ||
DATED: August 5, 2011 | /s/ Paul R. Ackerman | |
Paul R. Ackerman | ||
Executive Vice President and Treasurer |
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Index to Exhibits
Exhibit No. |
Description | Method of Filing | ||
4.1 | Form of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes Linked to the S&P 500® Index due February 6, 2015. | Electronic Transmission | ||
4.2 | Form of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes Linked to the iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund due February 6, 2015. | Electronic Transmission | ||
4.3 | Form of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes Linked to a Global ETF Basket due February 5, 2016. | Electronic Transmission | ||
4.4 | Form of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes Linked to a Global ETF Basket due February 5, 2016. | Electronic Transmission | ||
4.5 | Form of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes Linked to the iShares® MSCI EAFE Index Fund due February 6, 2015. | Electronic Transmission | ||
4.6 | Form of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes Linked to the Dow Jones UBS Commodity IndexSM due February 7, 2018. | Electronic Transmission | ||
4.7 | Form of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes Linked to the iShares® Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index Fund due February 6, 2015. | Electronic Transmission | ||
4.8 | Form of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes Linked to a Commodity Basket due August 7, 2015. | Electronic Transmission | ||
5.1 | Opinion of Faegre & Benson LLP regarding the Notes. | Electronic Transmission | ||
8.1 | Opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP regarding the Notes. | Electronic Transmission | ||
23.1 | Consent of Faegre & Benson LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1). | |||
23.2 | Consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (included as part of Exhibit 8.1). |
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Exhibit 4.1
[Face of Note]
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (DTC), to the Company or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
CUSIP NO. 94986REJ6 | FACE AMOUNT: $ | |
REGISTERED NO. |
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES K
Due Nine Months or More From Date of Issue
Notes Linked to the S&P 500® Index
due February 6, 2015
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter called the Company, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & Co., or registered assigns, an amount equal to the Redemption Amount (as defined below), in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, on the Stated Maturity Date. The Initial Stated Maturity Date shall be February 6, 2015. If no Market Disruption Event (as defined below) occurs or is continuing with respect to the Index (as defined below) on the scheduled Calculation Day (as defined below), the Initial Stated Maturity Date will be the Stated Maturity Date. If a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing with respect to the Index on the scheduled Calculation Day, the Stated Maturity Date shall be the later of (i) three Business Days (as defined below) after the postponed Calculation Day and (ii) the Initial Stated Maturity Date. This Security shall not bear any interest.
Any payments on this Security at Maturity will be made against presentation of this Security at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota and at any other office or agency maintained by the Company for such purpose.
Face Amount shall mean, when used with respect to this Security, the amount set forth on the face of this Security as its Face Amount.
Determination of Redemption Amount
The Redemption Amount of this Security will equal:
| If the Ending Level is greater than the Starting Level, the lesser of: |
(i) | the Face Amount plus: |
[ | Face Amount x | [ | Ending Level Starting Level Starting Level |
] | x Participation Rate | ] | ; and | |||||||
(ii) | the Capped Value; |
| If the Ending Level is less than or equal to the Starting Level, but greater than or equal to the Threshold Level: the Face Amount; or |
| If the Ending Level is less than the Threshold Level: the Face Amount minus: |
[ | Face Amount x | Threshold Level Ending Level Starting Level |
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Index shall mean the S&P 500® Index.
The Pricing Date shall mean July 29, 2011.
The Starting Level is 1292.28, the Closing Level of the Index on the Pricing Date.
The Closing Level of the Index on any Trading Day means the official closing level of the Index as reported by the Index Sponsor on such Trading Day.
The Ending Level will be the Closing Level of the Index on the Calculation Day.
The Capped Value is 136% of the Face Amount of this Security.
The Threshold Level is 1163.05, which is equal to 90% of the Starting Level.
The Participation Rate is 150%.
Index Sponsor shall mean Standard & Poors, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Business Day shall mean a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close in New York, New York or Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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A Trading Day with respect to the Index means a day, as determined by the Calculation Agent, on which (i) the Relevant Exchanges (as defined below) with respect to the securities underlying the Index are open for trading for their regular trading sessions and (ii) the exchanges on which futures or options contracts related to the Index or successor thereto, if applicable, are traded, are open for trading for their respective regular trading sessions.
The Calculation Day shall be January 30, 2015 or, if such day is not a Trading Day, the next succeeding Trading Day. The Calculation Day is subject to postponement due to the occurrence of a Market Disruption Event. If a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing with respect to the Index on the Calculation Day, such Calculation Day will be postponed to the first succeeding Trading Day on which a Market Disruption Event has not occurred and is not continuing. If such first succeeding Trading Day has not occurred as of the eighth scheduled Trading Day after the scheduled Calculation Day, that eighth scheduled Trading Day shall be deemed the Calculation Day. If the Calculation Day has been postponed eight scheduled Trading Days after the scheduled Calculation Day and such eighth scheduled Trading Day is not a Trading Day, or if a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing with respect to the Index on such eighth scheduled Trading Day, the Calculation Agent will determine the Closing Level of the Index on such eighth scheduled Trading Day in accordance with the formula for and method of calculating the Closing Level of the Index last in effect prior to commencement of the Market Disruption Event, using the closing price (or, with respect to any of the relevant securities, if such date is not a Trading Day or a Market Disruption Event has occurred, its good faith estimate of the closing price that would have prevailed for such securities) on such date of each security most recently included in the Index. See Market Disruption Events. As used herein, closing price means, with respect to any security on any date, the last reported sales price regular way on such date or, in case no such reported sale takes place on such date, the average of the reported closing bid and asked prices regular way on such date, in either case on the primary organized exchange or trading system on which such security is then listed or admitted to trading.
Calculation Agent Agreement shall mean the Calculation Agent Agreement dated as of August 5, 2011 between the Company and the Calculation Agent, as amended from time to time.
Calculation Agent shall mean the Person that has entered into the Calculation Agent Agreement with the Company providing for, among other things, the determination of the Ending Level and the Redemption Amount, which term shall, unless the context otherwise requires, include its successors under such Calculation Agent Agreement. The initial Calculation Agent shall be Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. Pursuant to the Calculation Agent Agreement, the Company may appoint a different Calculation Agent from time to time after the initial issuance of this Security without the consent of the Holder of this Security and without notifying the Holder of this Security.
Discontinuance Of The Index; Alteration Of Method Of Calculation
If the Index Sponsor discontinues publication of the Index, and the Index Sponsor or another entity publishes a successor or substitute equity index that the Calculation Agent determines, in its sole discretion, to be comparable to the Index (a Successor Equity Index),
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then, upon the Calculation Agents notification of that determination to the Trustee and the Company, the Calculation Agent will substitute the Successor Equity Index as calculated by the relevant Index Sponsor or any other entity and calculate the Ending Level as described above. Upon any selection by the Calculation Agent of a Successor Equity Index, the Company will cause notice to be given to the Holder of this Security.
In the event that the Index Sponsor discontinues publication of the Index and the Calculation Agent does not select a Successor Equity Index, the Calculation Agent will compute a substitute level for the Index in accordance with the procedures last used to calculate the Index before any discontinuance. If a Successor Equity Index is selected or the Calculation Agent calculates a level as a substitute for the Index, the Successor Equity Index or level will be used as a substitute for the Index for all purposes, including the purpose of determining whether a Market Disruption Event exists.
If at any time the Index Sponsor makes a material change in the formula for or the method of calculating the Index, or in any other way materially modifies the Index so that the Index does not, in the opinion of the Calculation Agent, fairly represent the level of the Index had those changes or modifications not been made, then, from and after that time, the Calculation Agent will, at the close of business in New York, New York, on the date that the Closing Level of the Index is to be calculated, make any adjustments as, in the good faith judgment of the Calculation Agent, may be necessary in order to arrive at a value of an equity index comparable to the Index as if those changes or modifications had not been made, and calculate the level of the Index with reference to such equity index, as so adjusted. Accordingly, if the method of calculating the Index is modified so that the level of the Index is a fraction or a multiple of what it would have been if it had not been modified, then the Calculation Agent will adjust the Index in order to arrive at a level of the Index as if it had not been modified.
Market Disruption Events
A Market Disruption Event means, with respect to the Index, any of the following events as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion:
(A) | A material suspension or material limitation of trading in the securities which then comprise 20% or more of the level of the Index or any Successor Equity Index has been imposed by the Relevant Exchanges on which those securities are traded, at any time during the one-hour period preceding the Close of Trading on such day, whether by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by those Relevant Exchanges or otherwise. |
(B) | A material suspension or material limitation of trading has occurred on that day, in each case during the one-hour period preceding the Close of Trading in options or futures contracts related to the Index or any Successor Equity Index, on the primary exchange or quotation system on which those options or futures contracts are traded, whether by reason of movements in price exceeding levels permitted by the exchange, the quotation system or otherwise. |
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(C) | Any event, other than an early closure, that materially disrupts or impairs the ability of market participants in general to effect transactions in, or obtain market values for, the securities that then comprise 20% or more of the level of the Index or any Successor Equity Index, at any time during the one-hour period that ends at the Close of Trading on that day. |
(D) | Any event, other than an early closure, that materially disrupts or impairs the ability of market participants in general to effect transactions in, or obtain market values for, the futures or options contracts relating to the Index or any Successor Equity Index on the primary exchange or quotation system on which those futures or options contracts are traded, at any time during the one-hour period that ends at the Close of Trading on that day. |
(E) | The closure of the Relevant Exchanges on which the securities that then comprise 20% or more of the level of the Index or any Successor Equity Index are traded or the primary exchange or quotation system on which futures or options contracts relating to the Index or any Successor Equity Index are traded prior to its scheduled Close of Trading unless the earlier closing time is announced by the Relevant Exchanges, the primary exchange or the quotation system, as applicable, at least one hour prior to the earlier of (1) the actual closing time for the regular trading session on the Relevant Exchanges, the primary exchange or the quotation system, as applicable, and (2) the submission deadline for orders to be entered into the relevant exchanges, the primary exchange or the quotation system, as applicable, for execution at the Close of Trading on that day. |
For purposes of determining whether a Market Disruption Event has occurred:
(1) | the relevant percentage contribution of a security to the level of the Index or any Successor Equity Index will be based on a comparison of (x) the portion of the level of the Index attributable to that security and (y) the overall level of the Index or Successor Equity Index, in each case immediately before the occurrence of the Market Disruption Event; |
(2) | Close of Trading means in respect of any Relevant Exchange, primary exchange or quotation system, the scheduled weekday closing time on a day on which such Relevant Exchange, primary exchange or quotation system is scheduled to be open for trading for its respective regular trading session, without regard to after hours or any other trading outside the regular trading session hours; and |
(3) | Relevant Exchange for any security (or any combination thereof then underlying the Index or any Successor Equity Index) means the primary exchange or quotation system on which such security is traded, as determined by the Calculation Agent. |
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Calculation Agent
The Calculation Agent will determine the Redemption Amount and the Ending Level. In addition, the Calculation Agent will (i) determine if adjustments are required to the Closing Level of the Index under the circumstances described in this Security, (ii) if publication of the Index is discontinued, select a Successor Equity Index or, if no Successor Equity Index is available, determine the Closing Level of the Index under the circumstances described in this Security, and (iii) determine whether a Market Disruption Event has occurred.
The Company covenants that, so long as this Security is Outstanding, there shall at all times be a Calculation Agent (which shall be a broker-dealer, bank or other financial institution) with respect to this Security.
All determinations made by the Calculation Agent with respect to this Security will be at the sole discretion of the Calculation Agent and, in the absence of manifest error, will be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Company and the Holder of this Security. All percentages and other amounts resulting from any calculation with respect to this Security will be rounded at the Calculation Agents discretion.
Tax Considerations
The Company agrees, and by acceptance of a beneficial ownership interest in this Security each Holder of this Security will be deemed to have agreed (in the absence of a statutory, regulatory, administrative or judicial ruling to the contrary), for United States federal income tax purposes to characterize and treat this Security as a pre-paid derivative contract in respect of the Index.
Redemption and Repayment
This Security is not subject to redemption at the option of the Company or repayment at the option of the Holder hereof prior to February 6, 2015. This Security is not entitled to any sinking fund.
Acceleration
If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, with respect to this Security shall occur and be continuing, the Redemption Amount (calculated as set forth in the next sentence) of this Security may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. The amount payable to the Holder hereof upon any acceleration permitted under the Indenture will be equal to the Redemption Amount hereof calculated as provided herein as though the date of acceleration was the Calculation Day; provided, however, if such date is not a Trading Day or if a Market Disruption Event has occurred or is continuing on that day, the Calculation Day will be postponed as provided herein.
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Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature or its duly authorized agent under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
DATED:
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TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This is one of the Securities of the | ||
CITIBANK, N.A., | ||
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[Reverse of Note]
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES K
Due Nine Months or More From Date of Issue
Notes Linked to the S&P 500® Index
due February 6, 2015
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the Securities), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an indenture dated as of July 21, 1999, as amended or supplemented from time to time (herein called the Indenture), between the Company and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the Trustee, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series of the Securities designated as Medium-Term Notes, Series K, of the Company, which series is limited to an aggregate principal amount or face amount, as applicable, of $25,000,000,000 or the equivalent thereof in one or more foreign or composite currencies. The amount payable on the Securities of this series may be determined by reference to the performance of one or more equity-, commodity- or currency-based indices, exchange traded funds, securities, commodities, currencies, statistical measures of economic or financial performance, or a basket comprised of two or more of the foregoing, or any other market measure or may bear interest at a fixed rate or a floating rate. The Securities of this series may mature at different times, be redeemable at different times or not at all, be repayable at the option of the Holder at different times or not at all and be denominated in different currencies.
Article Sixteen of the Indenture shall not apply to this Security.
The Securities are issuable only in registered form without coupons and will be either (a) book-entry securities represented by one or more Global Securities recorded in the book-entry system maintained by the Depositary or (b) certificated securities issued to and registered in the names of, the beneficial owners or their nominees.
The Company agrees, to the extent permitted by law, not to voluntarily claim the benefits of any laws concerning usurious rates of interest against a Holder of this Security.
Modification and Waivers
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the
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time Outstanding of all series to be affected, acting together as a class. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of all series at the time Outstanding affected by certain provisions of the Indenture, acting together as a class, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with those provisions of the Indenture. Certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences may be waived under the Indenture by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series. Solely for the purpose of determining whether any consent, waiver, notice or other action or Act to be taken or given by the Holders of Securities pursuant to the Indenture has been given or taken by the Holders of Outstanding Securities in the requisite aggregate principal amount, the principal amount of this Security will be deemed to be equal to the amount set forth on the face hereof as the Face Amount hereof. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
Defeasance
Section 403 and Article Fifteen of the Indenture and the provisions of clause (ii) of Section 401(1)(B) of the Indenture, relating to defeasance at any time of (a) the entire indebtedness on this Security and (b) certain restrictive covenants and certain Events of Default, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth therein, shall not apply to this Security. The remaining provisions of Section 401 of the Indenture shall apply to this Security.
Authorized Denominations
This Security is issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 or any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000.
Registration of Transfer
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Security at the office or agency of the Company in the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota, a new Security or Securities of this series, with the same terms as this Security, in authorized denominations for an equal aggregate Face Amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange herefor, as provided in the Indenture and subject to the limitations provided therein and to the limitations described below, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.
This Security is exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form only if (x) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for this Security or if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, (y) the Company in its sole discretion determines that this Security shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form and notifies the Trustee thereof or (z) an Event of Default with respect to the Securities represented hereby has occurred and is continuing. If this Security is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence, it shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form, having the same date of issuance, Stated Maturity Date and other terms and of authorized denominations aggregating a like amount.
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This Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor of the Depositary or a nominee of such successor. Except as provided above, owners of beneficial interests in this Global Security will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Securities in definitive form and will not be considered the Holders hereof for any purpose under the Indenture.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Obligation of the Company Absolute
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the Redemption Amount at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed, except as otherwise provided in this Security.
No Personal Recourse
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the Redemption Amount, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly waived and released.
Defined Terms
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture unless otherwise defined in this Security.
Governing Law
This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM | | as tenants in common | ||
TEN ENT | | as tenants by the entireties | ||
JT TEN | | as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common |
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(Cust) | (Minor) |
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Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s) and transfer(s) unto
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the within Security of WELLS FARGO & COMPANY and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint attorney to transfer the said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
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NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within instrument in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
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Exhibit 4.2
[Face of Note]
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (DTC), to the Company or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
CUSIP NO. 94986REK3 | FACE AMOUNT: $ | |
REGISTERED NO. |
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES K
Due Nine Months or More From Date of Issue
Notes Linked to the iShares® MSCI Emerging
Markets Index Fund due February 6, 2015
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter called the Company, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & Co., or registered assigns, an amount equal to the Redemption Amount (as defined below), in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, on the Stated Maturity Date. The Initial Stated Maturity Date shall be February 6, 2015. If no Market Disruption Event (as defined below) occurs or is continuing on the scheduled Calculation Day (as defined below), the Initial Stated Maturity Date will be the Stated Maturity Date. If a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing on the scheduled Calculation Day, the Stated Maturity Date shall be the later of (i) three Business Days (as defined below) after the postponed Calculation Day and (ii) the Initial Stated Maturity Date. This Security shall not bear any interest.
Any payments on this Security at Maturity will be made against presentation of this Security at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota and at any other office or agency maintained by the Company for such purpose.
Face Amount shall mean, when used with respect to this Security, the amount set forth on the face of this Security as its Face Amount.
Determination of Redemption Amount
The Redemption Amount of this Security will equal:
| If the Ending Price is greater than the Starting Price: the lesser of: |
(i) | the Face Amount plus: |
[ | Face Amount x | [ | Ending Price Starting Price Starting Price |
] | x Participation Rate | ] | ; and |
(ii) | the Capped Value; |
| If the Ending Price is less than or equal to the Starting Price, but greater than or equal to the Threshold Price: the Face Amount; or |
| If the Ending Price is less than the Threshold Price: Face Amount minus: |
[ | Face Amount x | Threshold Price Ending Price Starting Price |
] |
The Fund shall mean the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund.
The Pricing Date shall mean July 29, 2011.
The Starting Price is $47.15, the Fund Closing Price of the Fund on the Pricing Date.
The Ending Price will be the Fund Closing Price of the Fund on the Calculation Day.
The Fund Closing Price with respect to the Fund on any Trading Day means the product of (i) the Closing Price of one share of the Fund (or one unit of any other security for which a Fund Closing Price must be determined) on such Trading Day and (ii) the Adjustment Factor on such Trading Day.
The Closing Price with respect to a share of the Fund (or one unit of any other security for which a Closing Price must be determined) on any Trading Day means the price, at the scheduled weekday closing time, without regard to after hours or any other trading outside the regular trading session hours, of the share on the principal United States securities exchange registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on which the share (or any such other security) is listed or admitted to trading.
The Adjustment Factor means, with respect to a share of the Fund (or one unit of any other security for which a Fund Closing Price must be determined), 1.0, subject to adjustment in the event of certain events affecting the shares of the Fund. See Anti-dilution Adjustments Relating To The Fund; Alternate Calculation Anti-dilution Adjustments below.
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The Capped Value is 133% of the Face Amount of this Security.
The Threshold Price is $40.08, which is equal to 85% of the Starting Price.
The Participation Rate is 150%.
Business Day shall mean a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close in New York, New York or Minneapolis, Minnesota.
A Trading Day with respect to the Fund means a day, as determined by the Calculation Agent, on which (i) the Relevant Exchange (as defined below) with respect to the Fund is open for trading for its regular trading session and (ii) the Relevant Exchange on which futures or options contracts related to the Fund or any successor thereto, if applicable, are traded, are open for trading for their respective regular trading sessions.
The Calculation Day shall be January 30, 2015 or, if such day is not a Trading Day, the next succeeding Trading Day. The Calculation Day is subject to postponement due to the occurrence of a Market Disruption Event. If a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing with respect to the Fund on the Calculation Day, such Calculation Day will be postponed to the first succeeding Trading Day on which a Market Disruption Event has not occurred and is not continuing. If such first succeeding Trading Day has not occurred as of the eighth scheduled Trading Day after the scheduled Calculation Day, that eighth scheduled Trading Day shall be deemed the Calculation Day. If the Calculation Day has been postponed eight scheduled Trading Days after the scheduled Calculation Day and such eighth scheduled Trading Day is not a Trading Day, or if a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing with respect to the Fund on such eighth scheduled Trading Day, the Calculation Agent will determine its good faith estimate of the Closing Price of the Fund on such eighth scheduled Trading Day. See Market Disruption Events.
Calculation Agent Agreement shall mean the Calculation Agent Agreement dated as of August 5, 2011 between the Company and the Calculation Agent, as amended from time to time.
Calculation Agent shall mean the Person that has entered into the Calculation Agent Agreement with the Company providing for, among other things, the determination of the Ending Price and the Redemption Amount, which term shall, unless the context otherwise requires, include its successors under such Calculation Agent Agreement. The initial Calculation Agent shall be Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. Pursuant to the Calculation Agent Agreement, the Company may appoint a different Calculation Agent from time to time after the initial issuance this Security without the consent of the Holder of this Security and without notifying the Holder of this Security.
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Market Disruption Events
A Market Disruption Event means, with respect to the Fund, any of the following events as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion:
(A) | A material suspension or material limitation of trading or the unavailability of the Closing Price of the shares of the Fund or any Successor Fund (as defined below under Anti-dilution Adjustments Relating to the Fund; Alternate Calculation Liquidation Events) has been imposed by the Relevant Exchange on which such shares are traded, at any time during the one-hour period preceding the Close of Trading on such day, whether by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by such Relevant Exchange or otherwise. |
(B) | A material suspension or material limitation of trading has occurred on that day, in each case during the one-hour period preceding the Close of Trading in options or futures contracts related to the Fund or any Successor Fund on the Relevant Exchange on which those options or futures contracts are traded, whether by reason of movements in price exceeding levels permitted by the Relevant Exchange, or otherwise. |
(C) | Any event, other than an early closure, that materially disrupts or impairs the ability of market participants in general to effect transactions in, or obtain market values for, the shares of the Fund or any Successor Fund at any time during the one-hour period that precedes the Close of Trading on that day. |
(D) | Any event, other than an early closure, that materially disrupts or impairs the ability of market participants in general to effect transactions in, or obtain market values for, the futures or options contracts relating to the Fund or any Successor Fund on the Relevant Exchange on which those futures or options contracts are traded, at any time during the one-hour period that precedes the Close of Trading on that day. |
(E) | The closure of the Relevant Exchange on which the shares of the Fund or any Successor Fund or the Relevant Exchange on which futures or options contracts relating to the Fund or any Successor Fund are traded prior to its scheduled Close of Trading unless the earlier closing time is announced by such Relevant Exchange at least one hour prior to the earlier of (1) the actual closing time for the regular trading session on such Relevant Exchange and (2) the submission deadline for orders to be entered into such Relevant Exchange for execution at the Close of Trading on that day. |
For purposes of determining whether a Market Disruption Event has occurred:
(1) | Close of Trading means in respect of any Relevant Exchange, the scheduled weekday closing time on a day on which such Relevant Exchange is scheduled to be open for trading for its respective regular trading session, without regard to after hours or any other trading outside the regular trading session hours; and |
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(2) | Relevant Exchange for any share, option or option contract means the primary exchange or quotation system on which such share, option or option contract is traded, as determined by the Calculation Agent. |
Anti-dilution Adjustments Relating to the Fund; Alternate Calculation
Anti-dilution Adjustments
The Calculation Agent, in its sole discretion, may adjust the Adjustment Factor as a result of certain events related to the Fund or any Successor Fund, as applicable, which occur during the term of this Security. Such events include, but are not limited to, the following:
(A) | Stock Splits and Reverse Stock Splits |
If a stock split or reverse stock split has occurred, then once such split has become effective, the Adjustment Factor will be adjusted to equal the product of the prior Adjustment Factor and the number of securities which a holder of one share (or other applicable security) of the Fund before the effective date of such stock split or reverse stock split would have owned or been entitled to receive immediately following the applicable effective date.
(B) | Stock Dividends |
If a (i) stock dividend (i.e., issuance of additional shares (or other applicable security) by the Fund) that is given ratably to all holders of record of shares (or other applicable security) of the Fund or (ii) distribution of shares (or other applicable security) of the Fund has occurred, then once the dividend has become effective and the shares (or other applicable security) of the Fund are trading ex-dividend, the Adjustment Factor will be adjusted on the ex-dividend date to equal the prior Adjustment Factor plus the product of the prior Adjustment Factor and the number of shares (or other applicable security) of the Fund which a holder of one share (or other applicable security) of the Fund before the date the dividend became effective and the shares (or other applicable security) of the Fund traded ex-dividend would have owned or been entitled to receive immediately following that date; provided, however, that no adjustment will be made for a distribution for which the number of securities of the Fund paid or distributed is based on a fixed cash equivalent value, unless such distribution is an Extraordinary Dividend as defined and discussed below.
(C) | Extraordinary Dividends |
If an Extraordinary Dividend (as defined below) has occurred, then on the ex-dividend date, the Adjustment Factor will be adjusted to equal the product of the prior Adjustment Factor and a fraction, the numerator of which is the Closing Price per share (or other applicable security) of the Fund on the Trading Day preceding the ex-dividend date, and the denominator of which is the amount by
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which the Closing Price per share (or other applicable security) of the Fund on the Trading Day preceding the ex-dividend date exceeds the Extraordinary Dividend Amount (as defined below).
For purposes of determining whether an Extraordinary Dividend has occurred:
(1) | Extraordinary Dividend means, with respect to a cash dividend or other distribution with respect to the shares (or other applicable security) of the Fund, a dividend or other distribution which exceeds the immediately preceding non-Extraordinary Dividend on the securities of the Fund (as adjusted for any subsequent corporate event requiring an adjustment hereunder, such as a stock split or reverse stock split) by an amount equal to at least 10% of the Closing Price of the Fund on the Trading Day preceding the ex-dividend date with respect to the Extraordinary Dividend (the ex-dividend date); and |
(2) | Extraordinary Dividend Amount with respect to an Extraordinary Dividend for the securities of the Fund will equal: |
| in the case of cash dividends or other distributions that constitute regular dividends, the amount per share (or other applicable security) of the Fund of that Extraordinary Dividend minus the amount per share (or other applicable security) of the immediately preceding non-Extraordinary Dividend for that share (or other applicable security) of the Fund; or |
| in the case of cash dividends or other distributions that do not constitute regular dividends, the amount per share (or other applicable security) of the Fund of that Extraordinary Dividend. |
To the extent an Extraordinary Dividend is not paid in cash, the value of the non-cash component will be determined by the Calculation Agent. A distribution on the securities of the Fund described below under the sections entitled Other Distributions and Reorganization Events below that also constitute an Extraordinary Dividend will only cause an adjustment pursuant to those sections.
(D) | Other Distributions |
If the Fund declares or makes a distribution to all holders of the shares (or other applicable security) of the Fund of any class of its capital stock, evidences of its indebtedness or other non-cash assets, including, but not limited to, transferable rights and warrants, then, in each of these cases, the Adjustment Factor will equal the product of the prior Adjustment Factor and a fraction, the numerator of which will be the Closing Price per share (or other applicable security) of the Fund, and the denominator of which will be the Closing Price per share (or other applicable security) of the Fund, less the fair market value, as determined by the Calculation
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Agent, as of the time the adjustment is effected of the portion of the capital shares, assets, evidences of indebtedness, rights or warrants so distributed or issued applicable to one share (or other applicable security) of the Fund.
(E) | Reorganization Events |
If the Fund, or any Successor Fund, is subject to a merger, combination, consolidation or statutory exchange of securities with another exchange traded fund, and the Fund is not the surviving entity, then, on or after the date of such event, the Calculation Agent shall, in its sole discretion, make an adjustment to the Adjustment Factor or the method of determining the Redemption Amount or any other terms of this Security as the Calculation Agent determines appropriate to account for the economic effect on this Security of such event (including adjustments to account for changes in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan rate or liquidity relevant to this Security), and determine the effective date of that adjustment. If the Calculation Agent determines that no adjustment that it could make will produce a commercially reasonable result, then the Calculation Agent may deem such event a Liquidation Event (as defined below).
Liquidation Events
If the Fund is de-listed, liquidated or otherwise terminated (a Liquidation Event), and a successor or substitute exchange traded fund exists that the Calculation Agent determines, in its sole discretion, to be comparable to the Fund, then, upon the Calculation Agents notification of that determination to the Trustee and the Company, any subsequent Fund Closing Price for the Fund will be determined by reference to the Fund Closing Price of such successor or substitute exchange traded fund (such exchange traded fund being referred to herein as a Successor Fund).
Upon any selection by the Calculation Agent of a Successor Fund, the Company will cause notice to be given to Holder of this Security.
If the Fund undergoes a Liquidation Event prior to, and such Liquidation Event is continuing on, the date that the Fund Closing Price of the Fund is to be determined and the Calculation Agent determines that no Successor Fund is available at such time, then the Calculation Agent will, in its discretion, calculate the Fund Closing Price for the Fund on such date by a computation methodology that the Calculation Agent determines will as closely as reasonably possible replicate the Fund.
If a Successor Fund is selected or the Calculation Agent calculates the Fund Closing Price as a substitute for the Fund, such Successor Fund or Fund Closing Price will be used as a substitute for the Fund for all purposes, including for purposes of determining whether a Market Disruption Event exists.
If at any time the method of calculating the Fund or a Successor Fund, or the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (the index underlying the Fund), is changed in a material respect, or if
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the Fund or a Successor Fund is in any other way modified so that the Fund does not, in the opinion of the Calculation Agent, fairly represent the price of the securities of the Fund or such Successor Fund had such changes or modifications not been made, then the Calculation Agent will, at the close of business in New York City on the date that the Fund Closing Price is to be determined, make such calculations and adjustments as, in the good faith judgment of the Calculation Agent, may be necessary in order to arrive at a Closing Price of an exchange traded fund comparable to the Fund or such Successor Fund, as the case may be, as if such changes or modifications had not been made, and calculate the Fund Closing Price and the Redemption Amount with reference to such adjusted Closing Price of the Fund or such Successor Fund, as applicable.
Calculation Agent
The Calculation Agent will determine the Redemption Amount and the Ending Price. In addition, the Calculation Agent will (i) determine if adjustments are required to the Fund Closing Price and/or the Adjustment Factor under the circumstances described in this Security, (ii) if the Fund undergoes a Liquidation Event, select a Successor Fund or, if no Successor Fund is available, determine the Fund Closing Price of the Fund, and (iii) determine whether a Market Disruption Event has occurred.
The Company covenants that, so long as this Security is Outstanding, there shall at all times be a Calculation Agent (which shall be a broker-dealer, bank or other financial institution) with respect to this Security.
All determinations made by the Calculation Agent with respect to this Security will be at the sole discretion of the Calculation Agent and, in the absence of manifest error, will be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Company and the Holder of this Security. All percentages and other amounts resulting from any calculation with respect to this Security will be rounded at the Calculation Agents discretion.
Tax Considerations
The Company agrees, and by acceptance of a beneficial ownership interest in this Security each Holder of this Security will be deemed to have agreed (in the absence of a statutory, regulatory, administrative or judicial ruling to the contrary), for United States federal income tax purposes to characterize and treat this Security as a pre-paid derivative contract in respect of the Fund.
Redemption and Repayment
This Security is not subject to redemption at the option of the Company or repayment at the option of the Holder hereof prior to February 6, 2015. This Security is not entitled to any sinking fund.
Acceleration
If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, with respect to this Security shall occur and be continuing, the Redemption Amount (calculated as set forth in the next sentence) of this
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Security may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. The amount payable to the Holder hereof upon any acceleration permitted under the Indenture will be equal to the Redemption Amount hereof calculated as provided herein as though the date of acceleration was the Calculation Day; provided, however, if such date is not a Trading Day or if a Market Disruption Event has occurred or is continuing on that day, the Calculation Day will be postponed as provided herein.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature or its duly authorized agent under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
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[Reverse of Note]
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES K
Due Nine Months or More From Date of Issue
Notes Linked to the iShares® MSCI Emerging
Markets Index Fund due February 6, 2015
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the Securities), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an indenture dated as of July 21, 1999, as amended or supplemented from time to time (herein called the Indenture), between the Company and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the Trustee, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series of the Securities designated as Medium-Term Notes, Series K, of the Company, which series is limited to an aggregate principal amount or face amount, as applicable, of $25,000,000,000 or the equivalent thereof in one or more foreign or composite currencies. The amount payable on the Securities of this series may be determined by reference to the performance of one or more equity-, commodity- or currency-based indices, exchange traded funds, securities, commodities, currencies, statistical measures of economic or financial performance, or a basket comprised of two or more of the foregoing, or any other market measure or may bear interest at a fixed rate or a floating rate. The Securities of this series may mature at different times, be redeemable at different times or not at all, be repayable at the option of the Holder at different times or not at all and be denominated in different currencies.
Article Sixteen of the Indenture shall not apply to this Security.
The Securities are issuable only in registered form without coupons and will be either (a) book-entry securities represented by one or more Global Securities recorded in the book-entry system maintained by the Depositary or (b) certificated securities issued to and registered in the names of, the beneficial owners or their nominees.
The Company agrees, to the extent permitted by law, not to voluntarily claim the benefits of any laws concerning usurious rates of interest against a Holder of this Security.
Modification and Waivers
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the
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time Outstanding of all series to be affected, acting together as a class. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of all series at the time Outstanding affected by certain provisions of the Indenture, acting together as a class, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with those provisions of the Indenture. Certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences may be waived under the Indenture by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series. Solely for the purpose of determining whether any consent, waiver, notice or other action or Act to be taken or given by the Holders of Securities pursuant to the Indenture has been given or taken by the Holders of Outstanding Securities in the requisite aggregate principal amount, the principal amount of this Security will be deemed to be equal to the amount set forth on the face hereof as the Face Amount hereof. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
Defeasance
Section 403 and Article Fifteen of the Indenture and the provisions of clause (ii) of Section 401(1)(B) of the Indenture, relating to defeasance at any time of (a) the entire indebtedness on this Security and (b) certain restrictive covenants and certain Events of Default, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth therein, shall not apply to this Security. The remaining provisions of Section 401 of the Indenture shall apply to this Security.
Authorized Denominations
This Security is issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 or any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000.
Registration of Transfer
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Security at the office or agency of the Company in the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota, a new Security or Securities of this series, with the same terms as this Security, in authorized denominations for an equal aggregate Face Amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange herefor, as provided in the Indenture and subject to the limitations provided therein and to the limitations described below, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.
This Security is exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form only if (x) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for this Security or if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, (y) the Company in its sole discretion determines that this Security shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form and notifies the Trustee thereof or (z) an Event of Default with respect to the Securities represented hereby has occurred and is continuing. If this Security is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence, it shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form, having the same date of issuance, Stated Maturity Date and other terms and of authorized denominations aggregating a like amount.
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This Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor of the Depositary or a nominee of such successor. Except as provided above, owners of beneficial interests in this Global Security will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Securities in definitive form and will not be considered the Holders hereof for any purpose under the Indenture.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Obligation of the Company Absolute
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the Redemption Amount at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed, except as otherwise provided in this Security.
No Personal Recourse
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the Redemption Amount, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly waived and released.
Defined Terms
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture unless otherwise defined in this Security.
Governing Law
This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
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Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s) and transfer(s) unto
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the within Security of WELLS FARGO & COMPANY and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint attorney to transfer the said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
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NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within instrument in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
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Exhibit 4.3
[Face of Note]
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (DTC), to the Company or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
CUSIP NO. 94986REM9 | FACE AMOUNT: $ | |||
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WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES K
Due Nine Months or More From Date of Issue
Notes Linked to a Global ETF Basket
due February 5, 2016
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter called the Company, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & Co., or registered assigns, an amount equal to the Redemption Amount (as defined below), in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, on the Stated Maturity Date. The Initial Stated Maturity Date shall be February 5, 2016. If no Market Disruption Event (as defined below) occurs or is continuing with respect to a Basket Component (as defined below) on the scheduled Calculation Day (as defined below), the Initial Stated Maturity Date will be the Stated Maturity Date. If a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing with respect to a Basket Component on the scheduled Calculation Day, the Stated Maturity Date shall be the later of (i) three Business Days (as defined below) after the postponed Calculation Day with respect to such Basket Component (or, if the Calculation Day is postponed with respect to more than one Basket Component, three Business Days after the latest postponed Calculation Day) and (ii) the Initial Stated Maturity Date. This Security shall not bear any interest.
Any payments on this Security at Maturity will be made against presentation of this Security at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota and at any other office or agency maintained by the Company for such purpose.
Face Amount shall mean, when used with respect to this Security, the amount set forth on the face of this Security as its Face Amount.
Determination of Redemption Amount
The Redemption Amount of this Security will equal:
| If the Ending Price is greater than the Starting Price: the lesser of: |
(i) | the Face Amount plus: |
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(ii) | the Capped Value; |
| If the Ending Price is less than or equal to the Starting Price, but greater than or equal to the Threshold Price: the Face Amount; or |
| If the Ending Price is less than the Threshold Price: the Face Amount minus: |
[ | Face Amount × | Starting Price Ending Price |
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Basket shall mean a basket comprised of the following Basket Components, with the return of each Basket Component having the weighting noted parenthetically: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (45%); iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund (20%); iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund (20%); and iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund (15%).
Basket Component shall mean each of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund, iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund, and iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund.
Underlying Index shall mean each of the S&P 500 Index, the Russell 2000 Index, the MSCI EAFE Index, and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.
The Pricing Date shall mean July 29, 2011.
The Starting Price is 100.
The Ending Price will be calculated based on the weighted returns of the Basket Components and will be equal to the product of (i) 100 and (ii) an amount equal to 1 plus the sum of: (A) 45% of the Component Return of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust; (B) 20% of the Component Return of the iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund; (C) 20% of the Component Return of the iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund; and (D) 15% of the Component Return of the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund.
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The Component Return of a Basket Component will be equal to:
Final Component Price Initial Component Price
Initial Component Price
where,
| the Initial Component Price is the Fund Closing Price of such Basket Component on the Pricing Date; and |
| the Final Component Price will be the Fund Closing Price of such Basket Component on the Calculation Day. |
The Initial Component Prices of the Basket Components are as follows: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($129.05); iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund ($79.65); iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund ($58.65); and iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund ($47.15).
The Fund Closing Price, with respect to a Basket Component on any Trading Day, means the product of (i) the Closing Price of one share of such Basket Component (or one unit of any other security for which a Fund Closing Price must be determined) on such Trading Day and (ii) the Adjustment Factor applicable to such Basket Component on such Trading Day.
The Closing Price with respect to a share of a Basket Component (or one unit of any other security for which a Closing Price must be determined) on any Trading Day means the price, at the scheduled weekday closing time, without regard to after hours or any other trading outside the regular trading session hours, of the share on the principal United States securities exchange registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on which the share (or any such other security) is listed or admitted to trading.
The Adjustment Factor means, with respect to a share of a Basket Component (or one unit of any other security for which a Fund Closing Price must be determined), 1.0, subject to adjustment in the event of certain events affecting the shares of such Basket Component. See Anti-dilution Adjustments Relating To A Basket Component; Alternate CalculationAnti-dilution Adjustments.
The Capped Value is 157% of the Face Amount of this Security.
The Threshold Price is equal to 60% of the Starting Price.
The Participation Rate is 150%.
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Business Day shall mean a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close in New York, New York or Minneapolis, Minnesota.
A Trading Day with respect to a Basket Component means a day, as determined by the Calculation Agent, on which (i) the Relevant Exchange (as defined below) with respect to such Basket Component is open for trading for its regular trading session and (ii) the Relevant Exchange on which futures or options contracts related to such Basket Component or any successor thereto, if applicable, are traded, are open for trading for their respective regular trading sessions.
The Calculation Day shall be January 29, 2016 or, if such day is not a Trading Day, the next succeeding Trading Day. The Calculation Day is subject to postponement due to the occurrence of a Market Disruption Event. If a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing with respect to a Basket Component on the Calculation Day, such Calculation Day for such Basket Component will be postponed to the first succeeding Trading Day on which a Market Disruption Event for such Basket Component has not occurred and is not continuing. If such first succeeding Trading Day has not occurred as of the eighth scheduled Trading Day after the scheduled Calculation Day for such Basket Component, that eighth scheduled Trading Day shall be deemed the Calculation Day. If the Calculation Day has been postponed eight scheduled Trading Days after the scheduled Calculation Day for such Basket Component and such eighth scheduled Trading Day is not a Trading Day, or if a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing with respect to the Basket Component on such eighth scheduled Trading Day, the Calculation Agent will determine its good faith estimate of the Closing Price of such Basket Component on such eighth scheduled Trading Day. Notwithstanding a postponement of a Calculation Day for a particular Basket Component due to a Market Disruption Event with respect to such Basket Component, the originally scheduled Calculation Day will remain the Calculation Day for any Basket Component not affected by a Market Disruption Event. See Market Disruption Events.
Calculation Agent Agreement shall mean the Calculation Agent Agreement dated as of August 5, 2011 between the Company and the Calculation Agent, as amended from time to time.
Calculation Agent shall mean the Person that has entered into the Calculation Agent Agreement with the Company providing for, among other things, the determination of the Ending Price and the Redemption Amount, which term shall, unless the context otherwise requires, include its successors under such Calculation Agent Agreement. The initial Calculation Agent shall be Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. Pursuant to the Calculation Agent Agreement, the Company may appoint a different Calculation Agent from time to time after the initial issuance of this Security without the consent of the Holder of this Security and without notifying the Holder of this Security.
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Market Disruption Events
A Market Disruption Event means, with respect to a Basket Component, any of the following events as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion:
(A) | A material suspension or material limitation of trading or the unavailability of the Closing Price of the shares of such Basket Component or any Successor Fund (as defined below under Anti-dilution Adjustments Relating To A Basket Component; Alternate CalculationLiquidation Events) has been imposed by the Relevant Exchange on which such shares are traded, at any time during the one-hour period preceding the Close of Trading on such day, whether by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by such Relevant Exchange or otherwise. |
(B) | A material suspension or material limitation of trading has occurred on that day, in each case during the one-hour period preceding the Close of Trading in options or futures contracts related to such Basket Component or any Successor Fund on the Relevant Exchange on which those options or futures contracts are traded, whether by reason of movements in price exceeding levels permitted by the Relevant Exchange, or otherwise. |
(C) | Any event, other than an early closure, that materially disrupts or impairs the ability of market participants in general to effect transactions in, or obtain market values for, the shares of such Basket Component or any Successor Fund at any time during the one-hour period that precedes the Close of Trading on that day. |
(D) | Any event, other than an early closure, that materially disrupts or impairs the ability of market participants in general to effect transactions in, or obtain market values for, the futures or options contracts relating to such Basket Component or any Successor Fund on the Relevant Exchange on which those futures or options contracts are traded, at any time during the one-hour period that precedes the Close of Trading on that day. |
(E) | The closure of the Relevant Exchange on which the shares of such Basket Component or any Successor Fund or the Relevant Exchange on which futures or options contracts relating to such Basket Component or any Successor Fund are traded prior to its scheduled Close of Trading unless the earlier closing time is announced by such Relevant Exchange at least one hour prior to the earlier of (1) the actual closing time for the regular trading session on such Relevant Exchange and (2) the submission deadline for orders to be entered into such Relevant Exchange for execution at the Close of Trading on that day. |
For purposes of determining whether a Market Disruption Event has occurred:
(1) | Close of Trading means in respect of any Relevant Exchange, the scheduled weekday closing time on a day on which such Relevant Exchange is scheduled to be open for trading for its respective regular trading session, without regard to after hours or any other trading outside the regular trading session hours; and |
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(2) | Relevant Exchange for any share, option or option contract means the primary exchange or quotation system on which such share, option or option contract is traded, as determined by the Calculation Agent. |
Anti-dilution Adjustments Relating To A Basket Component; Alternate Calculation
Anti-dilution Adjustments
The Calculation Agent, in its sole discretion, may adjust the Adjustment Factor as a result of certain events related to a Basket Component or any Successor Fund, as applicable, which occur during the term of this Security. Such events include, but are not limited to, the following:
(A) | Stock Splits and Reverse Stock Splits |
If a stock split or reverse stock split has occurred, then once such split has become effective, the Adjustment Factor will be adjusted to equal the product of the prior Adjustment Factor and the number of securities which a holder of one share (or other applicable security) of such Basket Component before the effective date of such stock split or reverse stock split would have owned or been entitled to receive immediately following the applicable effective date.
(B) | Stock Dividends |
If a (i) stock dividend (i.e., issuance of additional shares (or other applicable security) by a Basket Component) that is given ratably to all holders of record of shares (or other applicable security) of a Basket Component or (ii) distribution of shares (or other applicable security) of a Basket Component has occurred, then once the dividend has become effective and the shares (or other applicable security) of such Basket Component are trading ex-dividend, the Adjustment Factor will be adjusted on the ex-dividend date to equal the prior Adjustment Factor plus the product of the prior Adjustment Factor and the number of shares (or other applicable security) of such Basket Component which a holder of one share (or other applicable security) of such Basket Component before the date the dividend became effective and the shares (or other applicable security) of such Basket Component traded ex-dividend would have owned or been entitled to receive immediately following that date; provided, however, that no adjustment will be made for a distribution for which the number of securities of such Basket Component paid or distributed is based on a fixed cash equivalent value, unless such distribution is an Extraordinary Dividend as defined and discussed below.
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(C) | Extraordinary Dividends |
If an Extraordinary Dividend (as defined below) has occurred, then on the ex-dividend date, the Adjustment Factor will be adjusted to equal the product of the prior Adjustment Factor and a fraction, the numerator of which is the Closing Price per share (or other applicable security) of such Basket Component on the Trading Day preceding the ex-dividend date, and the denominator of which is the amount by which the Closing Price per share (or other applicable security) of such Basket Component on the Trading Day preceding the ex-dividend date exceeds the Extraordinary Dividend Amount (as defined below).
For purposes of determining whether an Extraordinary Dividend has occurred:
(1) | Extraordinary Dividend means, with respect to a cash dividend or other distribution with respect to the shares (or other applicable security) of such Basket Component, a dividend or other distribution which exceeds the immediately preceding non-Extraordinary Dividend on the securities of such Basket Component (as adjusted for any subsequent corporate event requiring an adjustment hereunder, such as a stock split or reverse stock split) by an amount equal to at least 10% of the Closing Price of such Basket Component on the Trading Day preceding the ex-dividend date with respect to the Extraordinary Dividend (the ex-dividend date); and |
(2) | Extraordinary Dividend Amount with respect to an Extraordinary Dividend for the securities of such Basket Component will equal: |
| in the case of cash dividends or other distributions that constitute regular dividends, the amount per share (or other applicable security) of such Basket Component of that Extraordinary Dividend minus the amount per share (or other applicable security) of the immediately preceding non-Extraordinary Dividend for that share (or other applicable security) of such Basket Component; or |
| in the case of cash dividends or other distributions that do not constitute regular dividends, the amount per share (or other applicable security) of such Basket Component of that Extraordinary Dividend. |
To the extent an Extraordinary Dividend is not paid in cash, the value of the non-cash component will be determined by the Calculation Agent. A distribution on the securities of such Basket Component described below under the sections entitled Other Distributions and Reorganization Events below that also constitute an Extraordinary Dividend will only cause an adjustment pursuant to those sections.
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(D) | Other Distributions |
If a Basket Component declares or makes a distribution to all holders of the shares (or other applicable security) of such Basket Component of any class of its capital stock, evidences of its indebtedness or other non-cash assets, including, but not limited to, transferable rights and warrants, then, in each of these cases, the Adjustment Factor will equal the product of the prior Adjustment Factor and a fraction, the numerator of which will be the Closing Price per share (or other applicable security) of such Basket Component, and the denominator of which will be the Closing Price per share (or other applicable security) of such Basket Component, less the fair market value, as determined by the Calculation Agent, as of the time the adjustment is effected of the portion of the capital shares, assets, evidences of indebtedness, rights or warrants so distributed or issued applicable to one share (or other applicable security) of such Basket Component.
(E) | Reorganization Events |
If a Basket Component, or any Successor Fund, is subject to a merger, combination, consolidation or statutory exchange of securities with another exchange traded fund, and such Basket Component is not the surviving entity, then, on or after the date of such event, the Calculation Agent shall, in its sole discretion, make an adjustment to the Adjustment Factor or the method of determining the Redemption Amount or any other terms of this Security as the Calculation Agent determines appropriate to account for the economic effect on this Security of such event (including adjustments to account for changes in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan rate or liquidity relevant to this Security), and determine the effective date of that adjustment. If the Calculation Agent determines that no adjustment that it could make will produce a commercially reasonable result, then the Calculation Agent may deem such event a Liquidation Event (as defined below).
Liquidation Events
If a Basket Component is de-listed, liquidated or otherwise terminated (a Liquidation Event), and a successor or substitute exchange traded fund exists that the Calculation Agent determines, in its sole discretion, to be comparable to such Basket Component, then, upon the Calculation Agents notification of that determination to the Trustee and the Company, any subsequent Fund Closing Price for such Basket Component will be determined by reference to the Fund Closing Price of such successor or substitute exchange traded fund (such exchange traded fund being referred to herein as a Successor Fund).
Upon any selection by the Calculation Agent of a Successor Fund, the Company will cause notice to be given to Holder of this Security.
If a Basket Component undergoes a Liquidation Event prior to, and such Liquidation Event is continuing on, the date that the Fund Closing Price of such Basket Component is to be
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determined and the Calculation Agent determines that no Successor Fund is available at such time, then the Calculation Agent will, in its discretion, calculate the Fund Closing Price for such Basket Component on such date by a computation methodology that the Calculation Agent determines will as closely as reasonably possible replicate such Basket Component.
If a Successor Fund is selected or the Calculation Agent calculates the Fund Closing Price as a substitute for a Basket Component, such Successor Fund or Fund Closing Price will be used as a substitute for such Basket Component for all purposes, including for purposes of determining whether a Market Disruption Event exists.
If at any time the method of calculating a Basket Component or a Successor Fund, or the related Underlying Index, is changed in a material respect, or if a Basket Component or a Successor Fund is in any other way modified so that such Basket Component does not, in the opinion of the Calculation Agent, fairly represent the price of the securities of such Basket Component or such Successor Fund had such changes or modifications not been made, then the Calculation Agent will, at the close of business in New York City on the date that the Fund Closing Price is to be determined, make such calculations and adjustments as, in the good faith judgment of the Calculation Agent, may be necessary in order to arrive at a Closing Price of an exchange traded fund comparable to such Basket Component or Successor Fund, as the case may be, as if such changes or modifications had not been made, and calculate the Fund Closing Price and the Redemption Amount with reference to such adjusted Closing Price of such Basket Component or such Successor Fund, as applicable.
Calculation Agent
The Calculation Agent will determine the Redemption Amount and the Ending Price. In addition, the Calculation Agent will (i) determine if adjustments are required to the Fund Closing Price and/or the Adjustment Factor of a Basket Component under the circumstances described in this Security, (ii) if a Basket Component undergoes a Liquidation Event, select a Successor Fund or, if no Successor Fund is available, determine the Fund Closing Price of such Basket Component, and (iii) determine whether a Market Disruption Event has occurred.
The Company covenants that, so long as this Security is Outstanding, there shall at all times be a Calculation Agent (which shall be a broker-dealer, bank or other financial institution) with respect to this Security.
All determinations made by the Calculation Agent with respect to this Security will be at the sole discretion of the Calculation Agent and, in the absence of manifest error, will be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Company and the Holder of this Security. All percentages and other amounts resulting from any calculation with respect to this Security will be rounded at the Calculation Agents discretion.
Tax Considerations
The Company agrees, and by acceptance of a beneficial ownership interest in this Security each Holder of this Security will be deemed to have agreed (in the absence of a statutory, regulatory, administrative or judicial ruling to the contrary), for United States federal income tax purposes to characterize and treat this Security as a pre-paid derivative contract in respect of the Basket.
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Redemption and Repayment
This Security is not subject to redemption at the option of the Company or repayment at the option of the Holder hereof prior to February 5, 2016. This Security is not entitled to any sinking fund.
Acceleration
If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, with respect to this Security shall occur and be continuing, the Redemption Amount (calculated as set forth in the next sentence) of this Security may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. The amount payable to the Holder hereof upon any acceleration permitted under the Indenture will be equal to the Redemption Amount hereof calculated as provided herein as though the date of acceleration was the Calculation Day; provided, however, if such date is not a Trading Day or if a Market Disruption Event has occurred or is continuing on that day, the Calculation Day will be postponed as provided herein.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature or its duly authorized agent under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
DATED:
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | ||||||
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TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the
series designated therein described
in the within-mentioned Indenture.
CITIBANK, N.A., | ||
as Trustee | ||
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[Reverse of Note]
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES K
Due Nine Months or More From Date of Issue
Notes Linked to a Global ETF Basket
due February 5, 2016
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the Securities), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an indenture dated as of July 21, 1999, as amended or supplemented from time to time (herein called the Indenture), between the Company and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the Trustee, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series of the Securities designated as Medium-Term Notes, Series K, of the Company, which series is limited to an aggregate principal amount or face amount, as applicable, of $25,000,000,000 or the equivalent thereof in one or more foreign or composite currencies. The amount payable on the Securities of this series may be determined by reference to the performance of one or more equity-, commodity- or currency-based indices, exchange traded funds, securities, commodities, currencies, statistical measures of economic or financial performance, or a basket comprised of two or more of the foregoing, or any other market measure or may bear interest at a fixed rate or a floating rate. The Securities of this series may mature at different times, be redeemable at different times or not at all, be repayable at the option of the Holder at different times or not at all and be denominated in different currencies.
Article Sixteen of the Indenture shall not apply to this Security.
The Securities are issuable only in registered form without coupons and will be either (a) book-entry securities represented by one or more Global Securities recorded in the book-entry system maintained by the Depositary or (b) certificated securities issued to and registered in the names of, the beneficial owners or their nominees.
The Company agrees, to the extent permitted by law, not to voluntarily claim the benefits of any laws concerning usurious rates of interest against a Holder of this Security.
Modification and Waivers
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the
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time Outstanding of all series to be affected, acting together as a class. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of all series at the time Outstanding affected by certain provisions of the Indenture, acting together as a class, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with those provisions of the Indenture. Certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences may be waived under the Indenture by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series. Solely for the purpose of determining whether any consent, waiver, notice or other action or Act to be taken or given by the Holders of Securities pursuant to the Indenture has been given or taken by the Holders of Outstanding Securities in the requisite aggregate principal amount, the principal amount of this Security will be deemed to be equal to the amount set forth on the face hereof as the Face Amount hereof. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
Defeasance
Section 403 and Article Fifteen of the Indenture and the provisions of clause (ii) of Section 401(1)(B) of the Indenture, relating to defeasance at any time of (a) the entire indebtedness on this Security and (b) certain restrictive covenants and certain Events of Default, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth therein, shall not apply to this Security. The remaining provisions of Section 401 of the Indenture shall apply to this Security.
Authorized Denominations
This Security is issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 or any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000.
Registration of Transfer
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Security at the office or agency of the Company in the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota, a new Security or Securities of this series, with the same terms as this Security, in authorized denominations for an equal aggregate Face Amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange herefor, as provided in the Indenture and subject to the limitations provided therein and to the limitations described below, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.
This Security is exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form only if (x) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for this Security or if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, (y) the Company in its sole discretion determines that this Security shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form and notifies the Trustee thereof or (z) an Event of Default with respect to the Securities represented hereby has occurred and is continuing. If this Security is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence, it shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form, having the same date of issuance, Stated Maturity Date and other terms and of authorized denominations aggregating a like amount.
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This Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor of the Depositary or a nominee of such successor. Except as provided above, owners of beneficial interests in this Global Security will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Securities in definitive form and will not be considered the Holders hereof for any purpose under the Indenture.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Obligation of the Company Absolute
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the Redemption Amount at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed, except as otherwise provided in this Security.
No Personal Recourse
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the Redemption Amount, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly waived and released.
Defined Terms
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture unless otherwise defined in this Security.
Governing Law
This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM | | as tenants in common | ||
TEN ENT | | as tenants by the entireties | ||
JT TEN | | as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common |
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Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s) and transfer(s) unto
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the within Security of WELLS FARGO & COMPANY and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint attorney to transfer the said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
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NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within instrument in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
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Exhibit 4.4
[Face of Note]
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (DTC), to the Company or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
CUSIP NO. 94986REL1 | FACE AMOUNT: $ | |
REGISTERED NO. |
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES K
Due Nine Months or More From Date of Issue
Notes Linked to a Global ETF Basket
due February 5, 2016
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter called the Company, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & Co., or registered assigns, an amount equal to the Redemption Amount (as defined below), in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, on the Stated Maturity Date. The Initial Stated Maturity Date shall be February 5, 2016. If no Market Disruption Event (as defined below) occurs or is continuing with respect to a Basket Component (as defined below) on the scheduled Calculation Day (as defined below), the Initial Stated Maturity Date will be the Stated Maturity Date. If a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing with respect to a Basket Component on the scheduled Calculation Day, the Stated Maturity Date shall be the later of (i) three Business Days (as defined below) after the postponed Calculation Day with respect to such Basket Component (or, if the Calculation Day is postponed with respect to more than one Basket Component, three Business Days after the latest postponed Calculation Day) and (ii) the Initial Stated Maturity Date. This Security shall not bear any interest.
Any payments on this Security at Maturity will be made against presentation of this Security at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota and at any other office or agency maintained by the Company for such purpose.
Face Amount shall mean, when used with respect to this Security, the amount set forth on the face of this Security as its Face Amount.
Determination of Redemption Amount
The Redemption Amount of this Security will equal:
| If the Ending Price is greater than the Starting Price: the lesser of: |
(i) | the Face Amount plus: |
[ | Face Amount x | [ | Ending Price Starting Price Starting Price |
] | x Participation Rate | ] | ; and | |||||||
(ii) | the Capped Value; |
| If the Ending Price is less than or equal to the Starting Price, but greater than or equal to the Threshold Price: the Face Amount; or |
| If the Ending Price is less than the Threshold Price: the Face Amount minus: |
[ | Face Amount × | Starting Price Ending Price |
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Starting Price |
Basket shall mean a basket comprised of the following Basket Components, with the return of each Basket Component having the weighting noted parenthetically: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (45%); iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund (20%); iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund (20%); and iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund (15%).
Basket Component shall mean each of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund, iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund, and iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund.
Underlying Index shall mean each of the S&P 500 Index, the Russell 2000 Index, the MSCI EAFE Index, and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.
The Pricing Date shall mean July 29, 2011.
The Starting Price is 100.
The Ending Price will be calculated based on the weighted returns of the Basket Components and will be equal to the product of (i) 100 and (ii) an amount equal to 1 plus the sum of: (A) 45% of the Component Return of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust; (B) 20% of the Component Return of the iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund; (C) 20% of the Component Return of the iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund; and (D) 15% of the Component Return of the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund.
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The Component Return of a Basket Component will be equal to:
Final Component Price Initial Component Price
Initial Component Price
where,
| the Initial Component Price is the Fund Closing Price of such Basket Component on the Pricing Date; and |
| the Final Component Price will be the Fund Closing Price of such Basket Component on the Calculation Day. |
The Initial Component Prices of the Basket Components are as follows: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($129.05); iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund ($79.65); iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund ($58.65); and iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund ($47.15).
The Fund Closing Price, with respect to a Basket Component on any Trading Day, means the product of (i) the Closing Price of one share of such Basket Component (or one unit of any other security for which a Fund Closing Price must be determined) on such Trading Day and (ii) the Adjustment Factor applicable to such Basket Component on such Trading Day.
The Closing Price with respect to a share of a Basket Component (or one unit of any other security for which a Closing Price must be determined) on any Trading Day means the price, at the scheduled weekday closing time, without regard to after hours or any other trading outside the regular trading session hours, of the share on the principal United States securities exchange registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on which the share (or any such other security) is listed or admitted to trading.
The Adjustment Factor means, with respect to a share of a Basket Component (or one unit of any other security for which a Fund Closing Price must be determined), 1.0, subject to adjustment in the event of certain events affecting the shares of such Basket Component. See Anti-dilution Adjustments Relating To A Basket Component; Alternate CalculationAnti-dilution Adjustments.
The Capped Value is 151% of the Face Amount of this Security.
The Threshold Price is equal to 85% of the Starting Price.
The Participation Rate is 150%.
Business Day shall mean a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close in New York, New York or Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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A Trading Day with respect to a Basket Component means a day, as determined by the Calculation Agent, on which (i) the Relevant Exchange (as defined below) with respect to such Basket Component is open for trading for its regular trading session and (ii) the Relevant Exchange on which futures or options contracts related to such Basket Component or any successor thereto, if applicable, are traded, are open for trading for their respective regular trading sessions.
The Calculation Day shall be January 29, 2016 or, if such day is not a Trading Day, the next succeeding Trading Day. The Calculation Day is subject to postponement due to the occurrence of a Market Disruption Event. If a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing with respect to a Basket Component on the Calculation Day, such Calculation Day for such Basket Component will be postponed to the first succeeding Trading Day on which a Market Disruption Event for such Basket Component has not occurred and is not continuing. If such first succeeding Trading Day has not occurred as of the eighth scheduled Trading Day after the scheduled Calculation Day for such Basket Component, that eighth scheduled Trading Day shall be deemed the Calculation Day. If the Calculation Day has been postponed eight scheduled Trading Days after the scheduled Calculation Day for such Basket Component and such eighth scheduled Trading Day is not a Trading Day, or if a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing with respect to the Basket Component on such eighth scheduled Trading Day, the Calculation Agent will determine its good faith estimate of the Closing Price of such Basket Component on such eighth scheduled Trading Day. Notwithstanding a postponement of a Calculation Day for a particular Basket Component due to a Market Disruption Event with respect to such Basket Component, the originally scheduled Calculation Day will remain the Calculation Day for any Basket Component not affected by a Market Disruption Event. See Market Disruption Events.
Calculation Agent Agreement shall mean the Calculation Agent Agreement dated as of August 5, 2011 between the Company and the Calculation Agent, as amended from time to time.
Calculation Agent shall mean the Person that has entered into the Calculation Agent Agreement with the Company providing for, among other things, the determination of the Ending Price and the Redemption Amount, which term shall, unless the context otherwise requires, include its successors under such Calculation Agent Agreement. The initial Calculation Agent shall be Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. Pursuant to the Calculation Agent Agreement, the Company may appoint a different Calculation Agent from time to time after the initial issuance of this Security without the consent of the Holder of this Security and without notifying the Holder of this Security.
Market Disruption Events
A Market Disruption Event means, with respect to a Basket Component, any of the following events as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion:
(A) | A material suspension or material limitation of trading or the unavailability of the Closing Price of the shares of such Basket Component or any Successor Fund (as defined below under Anti-dilution Adjustments Relating To A Basket Component; Alternate CalculationLiquidation Events) has been imposed by |
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the Relevant Exchange on which such shares are traded, at any time during the one-hour period preceding the Close of Trading on such day, whether by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by such Relevant Exchange or otherwise. |
(B) | A material suspension or material limitation of trading has occurred on that day, in each case during the one-hour period preceding the Close of Trading in options or futures contracts related to such Basket Component or any Successor Fund on the Relevant Exchange on which those options or futures contracts are traded, whether by reason of movements in price exceeding levels permitted by the Relevant Exchange, or otherwise. |
(C) | Any event, other than an early closure, that materially disrupts or impairs the ability of market participants in general to effect transactions in, or obtain market values for, the shares of such Basket Component or any Successor Fund at any time during the one-hour period that precedes the Close of Trading on that day. |
(D) | Any event, other than an early closure, that materially disrupts or impairs the ability of market participants in general to effect transactions in, or obtain market values for, the futures or options contracts relating to such Basket Component or any Successor Fund on the Relevant Exchange on which those futures or options contracts are traded, at any time during the one-hour period that precedes the Close of Trading on that day. |
(E) | The closure of the Relevant Exchange on which the shares of such Basket Component or any Successor Fund or the Relevant Exchange on which futures or options contracts relating to such Basket Component or any Successor Fund are traded prior to its scheduled Close of Trading unless the earlier closing time is announced by such Relevant Exchange at least one hour prior to the earlier of (1) the actual closing time for the regular trading session on such Relevant Exchange and (2) the submission deadline for orders to be entered into such Relevant Exchange for execution at the Close of Trading on that day. |
For purposes of determining whether a Market Disruption Event has occurred:
(1) | Close of Trading means in respect of any Relevant Exchange, the scheduled weekday closing time on a day on which such Relevant Exchange is scheduled to be open for trading for its respective regular trading session, without regard to after hours or any other trading outside the regular trading session hours; and |
(2) | Relevant Exchange for any share, option or option contract means the primary exchange or quotation system on which such share, option or option contract is traded, as determined by the Calculation Agent. |
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Anti-dilution Adjustments Relating To A Basket Component; Alternate Calculation
Anti-dilution Adjustments
The Calculation Agent, in its sole discretion, may adjust the Adjustment Factor as a result of certain events related to a Basket Component or any Successor Fund, as applicable, which occur during the term of this Security. Such events include, but are not limited to, the following:
(A) | Stock Splits and Reverse Stock Splits |
If a stock split or reverse stock split has occurred, then once such split has become effective, the Adjustment Factor will be adjusted to equal the product of the prior Adjustment Factor and the number of securities which a holder of one share (or other applicable security) of such Basket Component before the effective date of such stock split or reverse stock split would have owned or been entitled to receive immediately following the applicable effective date.
(B) | Stock Dividends |
If a (i) stock dividend (i.e., issuance of additional shares (or other applicable security) by a Basket Component) that is given ratably to all holders of record of shares (or other applicable security) of a Basket Component or (ii) distribution of shares (or other applicable security) of a Basket Component has occurred, then once the dividend has become effective and the shares (or other applicable security) of such Basket Component are trading ex-dividend, the Adjustment Factor will be adjusted on the ex-dividend date to equal the prior Adjustment Factor plus the product of the prior Adjustment Factor and the number of shares (or other applicable security) of such Basket Component which a holder of one share (or other applicable security) of such Basket Component before the date the dividend became effective and the shares (or other applicable security) of such Basket Component traded ex-dividend would have owned or been entitled to receive immediately following that date; provided, however, that no adjustment will be made for a distribution for which the number of securities of such Basket Component paid or distributed is based on a fixed cash equivalent value, unless such distribution is an Extraordinary Dividend as defined and discussed below.
(C) | Extraordinary Dividends |
If an Extraordinary Dividend (as defined below) has occurred, then on the ex-dividend date, the Adjustment Factor will be adjusted to equal the product of the prior Adjustment Factor and a fraction, the numerator of which is the Closing Price per share (or other applicable security) of such Basket Component on the Trading Day preceding the ex-dividend date, and the denominator of which is the amount by which the Closing Price per share (or other applicable security) of such Basket Component on the Trading Day preceding the ex-dividend date exceeds the Extraordinary Dividend Amount (as defined below).
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For purposes of determining whether an Extraordinary Dividend has occurred:
(1) | Extraordinary Dividend means, with respect to a cash dividend or other distribution with respect to the shares (or other applicable security) of such Basket Component, a dividend or other distribution which exceeds the immediately preceding non-Extraordinary Dividend on the securities of such Basket Component (as adjusted for any subsequent corporate event requiring an adjustment hereunder, such as a stock split or reverse stock split) by an amount equal to at least 10% of the Closing Price of such Basket Component on the Trading Day preceding the ex-dividend date with respect to the Extraordinary Dividend (the ex-dividend date); and |
(2) | Extraordinary Dividend Amount with respect to an Extraordinary Dividend for the securities of such Basket Component will equal: |
| in the case of cash dividends or other distributions that constitute regular dividends, the amount per share (or other applicable security) of such Basket Component of that Extraordinary Dividend minus the amount per share (or other applicable security) of the immediately preceding non-Extraordinary Dividend for that share (or other applicable security) of such Basket Component; or |
| in the case of cash dividends or other distributions that do not constitute regular dividends, the amount per share (or other applicable security) of such Basket Component of that Extraordinary Dividend. |
To the extent an Extraordinary Dividend is not paid in cash, the value of the non-cash component will be determined by the Calculation Agent. A distribution on the securities of such Basket Component described below under the sections entitled Other Distributions and Reorganization Events below that also constitute an Extraordinary Dividend will only cause an adjustment pursuant to those sections.
(D) | Other Distributions |
If a Basket Component declares or makes a distribution to all holders of the shares (or other applicable security) of such Basket Component of any class of its capital stock, evidences of its indebtedness or other non-cash assets, including, but not limited to, transferable rights and warrants, then, in each of these cases, the Adjustment Factor will equal the product of the prior Adjustment Factor and a fraction, the numerator of which will be the Closing Price per share (or other applicable security) of such Basket Component, and the denominator of which will be the Closing Price per share (or other applicable security) of such Basket
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Component, less the fair market value, as determined by the Calculation Agent, as of the time the adjustment is effected of the portion of the capital shares, assets, evidences of indebtedness, rights or warrants so distributed or issued applicable to one share (or other applicable security) of such Basket Component.
(E) | Reorganization Events |
If a Basket Component, or any Successor Fund, is subject to a merger, combination, consolidation or statutory exchange of securities with another exchange traded fund, and such Basket Component is not the surviving entity, then, on or after the date of such event, the Calculation Agent shall, in its sole discretion, make an adjustment to the Adjustment Factor or the method of determining the Redemption Amount or any other terms of this Security as the Calculation Agent determines appropriate to account for the economic effect on this Security of such event (including adjustments to account for changes in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan rate or liquidity relevant to this Security), and determine the effective date of that adjustment. If the Calculation Agent determines that no adjustment that it could make will produce a commercially reasonable result, then the Calculation Agent may deem such event a Liquidation Event (as defined below).
Liquidation Events
If a Basket Component is de-listed, liquidated or otherwise terminated (a Liquidation Event), and a successor or substitute exchange traded fund exists that the Calculation Agent determines, in its sole discretion, to be comparable to such Basket Component, then, upon the Calculation Agents notification of that determination to the Trustee and the Company, any subsequent Fund Closing Price for such Basket Component will be determined by reference to the Fund Closing Price of such successor or substitute exchange traded fund (such exchange traded fund being referred to herein as a Successor Fund).
Upon any selection by the Calculation Agent of a Successor Fund, the Company will cause notice to be given to Holder of this Security.
If a Basket Component undergoes a Liquidation Event prior to, and such Liquidation Event is continuing on, the date that the Fund Closing Price of such Basket Component is to be determined and the Calculation Agent determines that no Successor Fund is available at such time, then the Calculation Agent will, in its discretion, calculate the Fund Closing Price for such Basket Component on such date by a computation methodology that the Calculation Agent determines will as closely as reasonably possible replicate such Basket Component.
If a Successor Fund is selected or the Calculation Agent calculates the Fund Closing Price as a substitute for a Basket Component, such Successor Fund or Fund Closing Price will be used as a substitute for such Basket Component for all purposes, including for purposes of determining whether a Market Disruption Event exists.
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If at any time the method of calculating a Basket Component or a Successor Fund, or the related Underlying Index, is changed in a material respect, or if a Basket Component or a Successor Fund is in any other way modified so that such Basket Component does not, in the opinion of the Calculation Agent, fairly represent the price of the securities of such Basket Component or such Successor Fund had such changes or modifications not been made, then the Calculation Agent will, at the close of business in New York City on the date that the Fund Closing Price is to be determined, make such calculations and adjustments as, in the good faith judgment of the Calculation Agent, may be necessary in order to arrive at a Closing Price of an exchange traded fund comparable to such Basket Component or Successor Fund, as the case may be, as if such changes or modifications had not been made, and calculate the Fund Closing Price and the Redemption Amount with reference to such adjusted Closing Price of such Basket Component or such Successor Fund, as applicable.
Calculation Agent
The Calculation Agent will determine the Redemption Amount and the Ending Price. In addition, the Calculation Agent will (i) determine if adjustments are required to the Fund Closing Price and/or the Adjustment Factor of a Basket Component under the circumstances described in this Security, (ii) if a Basket Component undergoes a Liquidation Event, select a Successor Fund or, if no Successor Fund is available, determine the Fund Closing Price of such Basket Component, and (iii) determine whether a Market Disruption Event has occurred.
The Company covenants that, so long as this Security is Outstanding, there shall at all times be a Calculation Agent (which shall be a broker-dealer, bank or other financial institution) with respect to this Security.
All determinations made by the Calculation Agent with respect to this Security will be at the sole discretion of the Calculation Agent and, in the absence of manifest error, will be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Company and the Holder of this Security. All percentages and other amounts resulting from any calculation with respect to this Security will be rounded at the Calculation Agents discretion.
Tax Considerations
The Company agrees, and by acceptance of a beneficial ownership interest in this Security each Holder of this Security will be deemed to have agreed (in the absence of a statutory, regulatory, administrative or judicial ruling to the contrary), for United States federal income tax purposes to characterize and treat this Security as a pre-paid derivative contract in respect of the Basket.
Redemption and Repayment
This Security is not subject to redemption at the option of the Company or repayment at the option of the Holder hereof prior to February 5, 2016. This Security is not entitled to any sinking fund.
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Acceleration
If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, with respect to this Security shall occur and be continuing, the Redemption Amount (calculated as set forth in the next sentence) of this Security may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. The amount payable to the Holder hereof upon any acceleration permitted under the Indenture will be equal to the Redemption Amount hereof calculated as provided herein as though the date of acceleration was the Calculation Day; provided, however, if such date is not a Trading Day or if a Market Disruption Event has occurred or is continuing on that day, the Calculation Day will be postponed as provided herein.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature or its duly authorized agent under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
DATED:
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TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the
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[Reverse of Note]
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES K
Due Nine Months or More From Date of Issue
Notes Linked to a Global ETF Basket
due February 5, 2016
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the Securities), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an indenture dated as of July 21, 1999, as amended or supplemented from time to time (herein called the Indenture), between the Company and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the Trustee, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series of the Securities designated as Medium-Term Notes, Series K, of the Company, which series is limited to an aggregate principal amount or face amount, as applicable, of $25,000,000,000 or the equivalent thereof in one or more foreign or composite currencies. The amount payable on the Securities of this series may be determined by reference to the performance of one or more equity-, commodity- or currency-based indices, exchange traded funds, securities, commodities, currencies, statistical measures of economic or financial performance, or a basket comprised of two or more of the foregoing, or any other market measure or may bear interest at a fixed rate or a floating rate. The Securities of this series may mature at different times, be redeemable at different times or not at all, be repayable at the option of the Holder at different times or not at all and be denominated in different currencies.
Article Sixteen of the Indenture shall not apply to this Security.
The Securities are issuable only in registered form without coupons and will be either (a) book-entry securities represented by one or more Global Securities recorded in the book-entry system maintained by the Depositary or (b) certificated securities issued to and registered in the names of, the beneficial owners or their nominees.
The Company agrees, to the extent permitted by law, not to voluntarily claim the benefits of any laws concerning usurious rates of interest against a Holder of this Security.
Modification and Waivers
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the
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time Outstanding of all series to be affected, acting together as a class. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of all series at the time Outstanding affected by certain provisions of the Indenture, acting together as a class, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with those provisions of the Indenture. Certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences may be waived under the Indenture by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series. Solely for the purpose of determining whether any consent, waiver, notice or other action or Act to be taken or given by the Holders of Securities pursuant to the Indenture has been given or taken by the Holders of Outstanding Securities in the requisite aggregate principal amount, the principal amount of this Security will be deemed to be equal to the amount set forth on the face hereof as the Face Amount hereof. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
Defeasance
Section 403 and Article Fifteen of the Indenture and the provisions of clause (ii) of Section 401(1)(B) of the Indenture, relating to defeasance at any time of (a) the entire indebtedness on this Security and (b) certain restrictive covenants and certain Events of Default, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth therein, shall not apply to this Security. The remaining provisions of Section 401 of the Indenture shall apply to this Security.
Authorized Denominations
This Security is issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 or any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000.
Registration of Transfer
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Security at the office or agency of the Company in the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota, a new Security or Securities of this series, with the same terms as this Security, in authorized denominations for an equal aggregate Face Amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange herefor, as provided in the Indenture and subject to the limitations provided therein and to the limitations described below, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.
This Security is exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form only if (x) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for this Security or if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, (y) the Company in its sole discretion determines that this Security shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form and notifies the Trustee thereof or (z) an Event of Default with respect to the Securities represented hereby has occurred and is continuing. If this Security is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence, it shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form, having the same date of issuance, Stated Maturity Date and other terms and of authorized denominations aggregating a like amount.
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This Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor of the Depositary or a nominee of such successor. Except as provided above, owners of beneficial interests in this Global Security will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Securities in definitive form and will not be considered the Holders hereof for any purpose under the Indenture.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Obligation of the Company Absolute
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the Redemption Amount at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed, except as otherwise provided in this Security.
No Personal Recourse
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the Redemption Amount, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly waived and released.
Defined Terms
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture unless otherwise defined in this Security.
Governing Law
This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM | | as tenants in common | ||
TEN ENT | | as tenants by the entireties | ||
JT TEN | | as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common |
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s) and transfer(s) unto
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the within Security of WELLS FARGO & COMPANY and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint attorney to transfer the said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
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NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within instrument in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
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Exhibit 4.5
[Face of Note]
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (DTC), to the Company or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
CUSIP NO. 94986REN7 | FACE AMOUNT: $ | |
REGISTERED NO. |
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES K
Due Nine Months or More From Date of Issue
Notes Linked to the iShares® MSCI EAFE Index Fund
due February 6, 2015
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter called the Company, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & Co., or registered assigns, an amount equal to the Redemption Amount (as defined below), in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, on the Stated Maturity Date. The Initial Stated Maturity Date shall be February 6, 2015. If no Market Disruption Event (as defined below) occurs or is continuing on the scheduled Calculation Day (as defined below), the Initial Stated Maturity Date will be the Stated Maturity Date. If a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing on the scheduled Calculation Day, the Stated Maturity Date shall be the later of (i) three Business Days (as defined below) after the postponed Calculation Day and (ii) the Initial Stated Maturity Date. This Security shall not bear any interest.
Any payments on this Security at Maturity will be made against presentation of this Security at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota and at any other office or agency maintained by the Company for such purpose.
Face Amount shall mean, when used with respect to this Security, the amount set forth on the face of this Security as its Face Amount.
Determination of Redemption Amount
The Redemption Amount of this Security will equal:
| If the Ending Price is greater than the Starting Price: the lesser of: |
(i) | the Face Amount plus: |
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Starting Price |
(ii) | the Capped Value; |
| If the Ending Price is less than or equal to the Starting Price, but greater than or equal to the Threshold Price: the Face Amount; or |
| If the Ending Price is less than the Threshold Price: Face Amount minus: |
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The Fund shall mean the iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund.
The Pricing Date shall mean July 29, 2011.
The Starting Price is $58.65, the Fund Closing Price of the Fund on the Pricing Date.
The Ending Price will be the Fund Closing Price of the Fund on the Calculation Day.
The Fund Closing Price with respect to the Fund on any Trading Day means the product of (i) the Closing Price of one share of the Fund (or one unit of any other security for which a Fund Closing Price must be determined) on such Trading Day and (ii) the Adjustment Factor on such Trading Day.
The Closing Price with respect to a share of the Fund (or one unit of any other security for which a Closing Price must be determined) on any Trading Day means the price, at the scheduled weekday closing time, without regard to after hours or any other trading outside the regular trading session hours, of the share on the principal United States securities exchange registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on which the share (or any such other security) is listed or admitted to trading.
The Adjustment Factor means, with respect to a share of the Fund (or one unit of any other security for which a Fund Closing Price must be determined), 1.0, subject to adjustment in the event of certain events affecting the shares of the Fund. See Anti-dilution Adjustments Relating To The Fund; Alternate Calculation Anti-dilution Adjustments below.
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The Capped Value is 135% of the Face Amount of this Security.
The Threshold Price is $52.79, which is equal to 90% of the Starting Price.
The Participation Rate is 150%.
Business Day shall mean a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close in New York, New York or Minneapolis, Minnesota.
A Trading Day with respect to the Fund means a day, as determined by the Calculation Agent, on which (i) the Relevant Exchange (as defined below) with respect to the Fund is open for trading for its regular trading session and (ii) the Relevant Exchange on which futures or options contracts related to the Fund or any successor thereto, if applicable, are traded, are open for trading for their respective regular trading sessions.
The Calculation Day shall be January 30, 2015 or, if such day is not a Trading Day, the next succeeding Trading Day. The Calculation Day is subject to postponement due to the occurrence of a Market Disruption Event. If a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing with respect to the Fund on the Calculation Day, such Calculation Day will be postponed to the first succeeding Trading Day on which a Market Disruption Event has not occurred and is not continuing. If such first succeeding Trading Day has not occurred as of the eighth scheduled Trading Day after the scheduled Calculation Day, that eighth scheduled Trading Day shall be deemed the Calculation Day. If the Calculation Day has been postponed eight scheduled Trading Days after the scheduled Calculation Day and such eighth scheduled Trading Day is not a Trading Day, or if a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing with respect to the Fund on such eighth scheduled Trading Day, the Calculation Agent will determine its good faith estimate of the Closing Price of the Fund on such eighth scheduled Trading Day. See Market Disruption Events.
Calculation Agent Agreement shall mean the Calculation Agent Agreement dated as of August 5, 2011 between the Company and the Calculation Agent, as amended from time to time.
Calculation Agent shall mean the Person that has entered into the Calculation Agent Agreement with the Company providing for, among other things, the determination of the Ending Price and the Redemption Amount, which term shall, unless the context otherwise requires, include its successors under such Calculation Agent Agreement. The initial Calculation Agent shall be Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. Pursuant to the Calculation Agent Agreement, the Company may appoint a different Calculation Agent from time to time after the initial issuance this Security without the consent of the Holder of this Security and without notifying the Holder of this Security.
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Market Disruption Events
A Market Disruption Event means, with respect to the Fund, any of the following events as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion:
(A) | A material suspension or material limitation of trading or the unavailability of the Closing Price of the shares of the Fund or any Successor Fund (as defined below under Anti-dilution Adjustments Relating to the Fund; Alternate Calculation Liquidation Events) has been imposed by the Relevant Exchange on which such shares are traded, at any time during the one-hour period preceding the Close of Trading on such day, whether by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by such Relevant Exchange or otherwise. |
(B) | A material suspension or material limitation of trading has occurred on that day, in each case during the one-hour period preceding the Close of Trading in options or futures contracts related to the Fund or any Successor Fund on the Relevant Exchange on which those options or futures contracts are traded, whether by reason of movements in price exceeding levels permitted by the Relevant Exchange, or otherwise. |
(C) | Any event, other than an early closure, that materially disrupts or impairs the ability of market participants in general to effect transactions in, or obtain market values for, the shares of the Fund or any Successor Fund at any time during the one-hour period that precedes the Close of Trading on that day. |
(D) | Any event, other than an early closure, that materially disrupts or impairs the ability of market participants in general to effect transactions in, or obtain market values for, the futures or options contracts relating to the Fund or any Successor Fund on the Relevant Exchange on which those futures or options contracts are traded, at any time during the one-hour period that precedes the Close of Trading on that day. |
(E) | The closure of the Relevant Exchange on which the shares of the Fund or any Successor Fund or the Relevant Exchange on which futures or options contracts relating to the Fund or any Successor Fund are traded prior to its scheduled Close of Trading unless the earlier closing time is announced by such Relevant Exchange at least one hour prior to the earlier of (1) the actual closing time for the regular trading session on such Relevant Exchange and (2) the submission deadline for orders to be entered into such Relevant Exchange for execution at the Close of Trading on that day. |
For purposes of determining whether a Market Disruption Event has occurred:
(1) | Close of Trading means in respect of any Relevant Exchange, the scheduled weekday closing time on a day on which such Relevant Exchange is scheduled to be open for trading for its respective regular trading session, without regard to after hours or any other trading outside the regular trading session hours; and |
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(2) | Relevant Exchange for any share, option or option contract means the primary exchange or quotation system on which such share, option or option contract is traded, as determined by the Calculation Agent. |
Anti-dilution Adjustments Relating to the Fund; Alternate Calculation
Anti-dilution Adjustments
The Calculation Agent, in its sole discretion, may adjust the Adjustment Factor as a result of certain events related to the Fund or any Successor Fund, as applicable, which occur during the term of this Security. Such events include, but are not limited to, the following:
(A) | Stock Splits and Reverse Stock Splits |
If a stock split or reverse stock split has occurred, then once such split has become effective, the Adjustment Factor will be adjusted to equal the product of the prior Adjustment Factor and the number of securities which a holder of one share (or other applicable security) of the Fund before the effective date of such stock split or reverse stock split would have owned or been entitled to receive immediately following the applicable effective date.
(B) | Stock Dividends |
If a (i) stock dividend (i.e., issuance of additional shares (or other applicable security) by the Fund) that is given ratably to all holders of record of shares (or other applicable security) of the Fund or (ii) distribution of shares (or other applicable security) of the Fund has occurred, then once the dividend has become effective and the shares (or other applicable security) of the Fund are trading ex-dividend, the Adjustment Factor will be adjusted on the ex-dividend date to equal the prior Adjustment Factor plus the product of the prior Adjustment Factor and the number of shares (or other applicable security) of the Fund which a holder of one share (or other applicable security) of the Fund before the date the dividend became effective and the shares (or other applicable security) of the Fund traded ex-dividend would have owned or been entitled to receive immediately following that date; provided, however, that no adjustment will be made for a distribution for which the number of securities of the Fund paid or distributed is based on a fixed cash equivalent value, unless such distribution is an Extraordinary Dividend as defined and discussed below.
(C) | Extraordinary Dividends |
If an Extraordinary Dividend (as defined below) has occurred, then on the ex-dividend date, the Adjustment Factor will be adjusted to equal the product of the prior Adjustment Factor and a fraction, the numerator of which is the Closing Price per share (or other applicable security) of the Fund on the Trading Day preceding the ex-dividend date, and the denominator of which is the amount by
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which the Closing Price per share (or other applicable security) of the Fund on the Trading Day preceding the ex-dividend date exceeds the Extraordinary Dividend Amount (as defined below).
For purposes of determining whether an Extraordinary Dividend has occurred:
(1) | Extraordinary Dividend means, with respect to a cash dividend or other distribution with respect to the shares (or other applicable security) of the Fund, a dividend or other distribution which exceeds the immediately preceding non-Extraordinary Dividend on the securities of the Fund (as adjusted for any subsequent corporate event requiring an adjustment hereunder, such as a stock split or reverse stock split) by an amount equal to at least 10% of the Closing Price of the Fund on the Trading Day preceding the ex-dividend date with respect to the Extraordinary Dividend (the ex-dividend date); and |
(2) | Extraordinary Dividend Amount with respect to an Extraordinary Dividend for the securities of the Fund will equal: |
| in the case of cash dividends or other distributions that constitute regular dividends, the amount per share (or other applicable security) of the Fund of that Extraordinary Dividend minus the amount per share (or other applicable security) of the immediately preceding non-Extraordinary Dividend for that share (or other applicable security) of the Fund; or |
| in the case of cash dividends or other distributions that do not constitute regular dividends, the amount per share (or other applicable security) of the Fund of that Extraordinary Dividend. |
To the extent an Extraordinary Dividend is not paid in cash, the value of the non-cash component will be determined by the Calculation Agent. A distribution on the securities of the Fund described below under the sections entitled Other Distributions and Reorganization Events below that also constitute an Extraordinary Dividend will only cause an adjustment pursuant to those sections.
(D) | Other Distributions |
If the Fund declares or makes a distribution to all holders of the shares (or other applicable security) of the Fund of any class of its capital stock, evidences of its indebtedness or other non-cash assets, including, but not limited to, transferable rights and warrants, then, in each of these cases, the Adjustment Factor will equal the product of the prior Adjustment Factor and a fraction, the numerator of which will be the Closing Price per share (or other applicable security) of the Fund, and the denominator of which will be the Closing Price per share (or other applicable security) of the Fund, less the fair market value, as determined by the Calculation
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Agent, as of the time the adjustment is effected of the portion of the capital shares, assets, evidences of indebtedness, rights or warrants so distributed or issued applicable to one share (or other applicable security) of the Fund.
(E) | Reorganization Events |
If the Fund, or any Successor Fund, is subject to a merger, combination, consolidation or statutory exchange of securities with another exchange traded fund, and the Fund is not the surviving entity, then, on or after the date of such event, the Calculation Agent shall, in its sole discretion, make an adjustment to the Adjustment Factor or the method of determining the Redemption Amount or any other terms of this Security as the Calculation Agent determines appropriate to account for the economic effect on this Security of such event (including adjustments to account for changes in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan rate or liquidity relevant to this Security), and determine the effective date of that adjustment. If the Calculation Agent determines that no adjustment that it could make will produce a commercially reasonable result, then the Calculation Agent may deem such event a Liquidation Event (as defined below).
Liquidation Events
If the Fund is de-listed, liquidated or otherwise terminated (a Liquidation Event), and a successor or substitute exchange traded fund exists that the Calculation Agent determines, in its sole discretion, to be comparable to the Fund, then, upon the Calculation Agents notification of that determination to the Trustee and the Company, any subsequent Fund Closing Price for the Fund will be determined by reference to the Fund Closing Price of such successor or substitute exchange traded fund (such exchange traded fund being referred to herein as a Successor Fund).
Upon any selection by the Calculation Agent of a Successor Fund, the Company will cause notice to be given to Holder of this Security.
If the Fund undergoes a Liquidation Event prior to, and such Liquidation Event is continuing on, the date that the Fund Closing Price of the Fund is to be determined and the Calculation Agent determines that no Successor Fund is available at such time, then the Calculation Agent will, in its discretion, calculate the Fund Closing Price for the Fund on such date by a computation methodology that the Calculation Agent determines will as closely as reasonably possible replicate the Fund.
If a Successor Fund is selected or the Calculation Agent calculates the Fund Closing Price as a substitute for the Fund, such Successor Fund or Fund Closing Price will be used as a substitute for the Fund for all purposes, including for purposes of determining whether a Market Disruption Event exists.
If at any time the method of calculating the Fund or a Successor Fund, or the MSCI EAFE Index (the index underlying the Fund), is changed in a material respect, or if the Fund or a
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Successor Fund is in any other way modified so that the Fund does not, in the opinion of the Calculation Agent, fairly represent the price of the securities of the Fund or such Successor Fund had such changes or modifications not been made, then the Calculation Agent will, at the close of business in New York City on the date that the Fund Closing Price is to be determined, make such calculations and adjustments as, in the good faith judgment of the Calculation Agent, may be necessary in order to arrive at a Closing Price of an exchange traded fund comparable to the Fund or such Successor Fund, as the case may be, as if such changes or modifications had not been made, and calculate the Fund Closing Price and the Redemption Amount with reference to such adjusted Closing Price of the Fund or such Successor Fund, as applicable.
Calculation Agent
The Calculation Agent will determine the Redemption Amount and the Ending Price. In addition, the Calculation Agent will (i) determine if adjustments are required to the Fund Closing Price and/or the Adjustment Factor under the circumstances described in this Security, (ii) if the Fund undergoes a Liquidation Event, select a Successor Fund or, if no Successor Fund is available, determine the Fund Closing Price of the Fund, and (iii) determine whether a Market Disruption Event has occurred.
The Company covenants that, so long as this Security is Outstanding, there shall at all times be a Calculation Agent (which shall be a broker-dealer, bank or other financial institution) with respect to this Security.
All determinations made by the Calculation Agent with respect to this Security will be at the sole discretion of the Calculation Agent and, in the absence of manifest error, will be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Company and the Holder of this Security. All percentages and other amounts resulting from any calculation with respect to this Security will be rounded at the Calculation Agents discretion.
Tax Considerations
The Company agrees, and by acceptance of a beneficial ownership interest in this Security each Holder of this Security will be deemed to have agreed (in the absence of a statutory, regulatory, administrative or judicial ruling to the contrary), for United States federal income tax purposes to characterize and treat this Security as a pre-paid derivative contract in respect of the Fund.
Redemption and Repayment
This Security is not subject to redemption at the option of the Company or repayment at the option of the Holder hereof prior to February 6, 2015. This Security is not entitled to any sinking fund.
Acceleration
If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, with respect to this Security shall occur and be continuing, the Redemption Amount (calculated as set forth in the next sentence) of this Security may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
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Indenture. The amount payable to the Holder hereof upon any acceleration permitted under the Indenture will be equal to the Redemption Amount hereof calculated as provided herein as though the date of acceleration was the Calculation Day; provided, however, if such date is not a Trading Day or if a Market Disruption Event has occurred or is continuing on that day, the Calculation Day will be postponed as provided herein.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature or its duly authorized agent under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
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TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the
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[Reverse of Note]
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES K
Due Nine Months or More From Date of Issue
Notes Linked to the iShares® MSCI EAFE Index Fund
due February 6, 2015
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the Securities), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an indenture dated as of July 21, 1999, as amended or supplemented from time to time (herein called the Indenture), between the Company and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the Trustee, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series of the Securities designated as Medium-Term Notes, Series K, of the Company, which series is limited to an aggregate principal amount or face amount, as applicable, of $25,000,000,000 or the equivalent thereof in one or more foreign or composite currencies. The amount payable on the Securities of this series may be determined by reference to the performance of one or more equity-, commodity- or currency-based indices, exchange traded funds, securities, commodities, currencies, statistical measures of economic or financial performance, or a basket comprised of two or more of the foregoing, or any other market measure or may bear interest at a fixed rate or a floating rate. The Securities of this series may mature at different times, be redeemable at different times or not at all, be repayable at the option of the Holder at different times or not at all and be denominated in different currencies.
Article Sixteen of the Indenture shall not apply to this Security.
The Securities are issuable only in registered form without coupons and will be either (a) book-entry securities represented by one or more Global Securities recorded in the book-entry system maintained by the Depositary or (b) certificated securities issued to and registered in the names of, the beneficial owners or their nominees.
The Company agrees, to the extent permitted by law, not to voluntarily claim the benefits of any laws concerning usurious rates of interest against a Holder of this Security.
Modification and Waivers
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the
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time Outstanding of all series to be affected, acting together as a class. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of all series at the time Outstanding affected by certain provisions of the Indenture, acting together as a class, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with those provisions of the Indenture. Certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences may be waived under the Indenture by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series. Solely for the purpose of determining whether any consent, waiver, notice or other action or Act to be taken or given by the Holders of Securities pursuant to the Indenture has been given or taken by the Holders of Outstanding Securities in the requisite aggregate principal amount, the principal amount of this Security will be deemed to be equal to the amount set forth on the face hereof as the Face Amount hereof. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
Defeasance
Section 403 and Article Fifteen of the Indenture and the provisions of clause (ii) of Section 401(1)(B) of the Indenture, relating to defeasance at any time of (a) the entire indebtedness on this Security and (b) certain restrictive covenants and certain Events of Default, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth therein, shall not apply to this Security. The remaining provisions of Section 401 of the Indenture shall apply to this Security.
Authorized Denominations
This Security is issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 or any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000.
Registration of Transfer
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Security at the office or agency of the Company in the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota, a new Security or Securities of this series, with the same terms as this Security, in authorized denominations for an equal aggregate Face Amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange herefor, as provided in the Indenture and subject to the limitations provided therein and to the limitations described below, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.
This Security is exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form only if (x) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for this Security or if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, (y) the Company in its sole discretion determines that this Security shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form and notifies the Trustee thereof or (z) an Event of Default with respect to the Securities represented hereby has occurred and is continuing. If this Security is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence, it shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form, having the same date of issuance, Stated Maturity Date and other terms and of authorized denominations aggregating a like amount.
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This Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor of the Depositary or a nominee of such successor. Except as provided above, owners of beneficial interests in this Global Security will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Securities in definitive form and will not be considered the Holders hereof for any purpose under the Indenture.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Obligation of the Company Absolute
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the Redemption Amount at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed, except as otherwise provided in this Security.
No Personal Recourse
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the Redemption Amount, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly waived and released.
Defined Terms
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture unless otherwise defined in this Security.
Governing Law
This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM | | as tenants in common | ||
TEN ENT | | as tenants by the entireties | ||
JT TEN | | as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common |
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s) and transfer(s) unto
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the within Security of WELLS FARGO & COMPANY and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint attorney to transfer the said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
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NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within instrument in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
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Exhibit 4.6
[Face of Note]
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (DTC), to the Company or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
CUSIP NO. 94986REQ0 | FACE AMOUNT: $ | |
REGISTERED NO. |
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES K
Due Nine Months or More From Date of Issue
Notes Linked to the Dow Jones UBS Commodity IndexSM
due February 7, 2018
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter called the Company, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & Co., or registered assigns, an amount equal to the Redemption Amount (as defined below), in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, on the Stated Maturity Date. The Initial Stated Maturity Date shall be February 7, 2018. If no Market Disruption Event (as defined below) occurs or is continuing with respect to the Index (as defined below) on the scheduled Calculation Day (as defined below), the Initial Stated Maturity Date will be the Stated Maturity Date. If a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing with respect to the Index on the scheduled Calculation Day, the Stated Maturity Date shall be the later of (i) three Business Days (as defined below) after the postponed Calculation Day and (ii) the Initial Stated Maturity Date. This Security shall not bear any interest.
Any payments on this Security at Maturity will be made against presentation of this Security at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota and at any other office or agency maintained by the Company for such purpose.
Face Amount shall mean, when used with respect to this Security, the amount set forth on the face of this Security as its Face Amount.
Determination of Redemption Amount
The Redemption Amount of this Security will equal:
| If the Ending Level is greater than the Starting Level, the lesser of: |
(i) | the Face Amount plus: |
[ | Face Amount x | [ | Ending Level Starting Level Starting Level |
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(ii) | the Capped Value; |
| If the Ending Level is less than or equal to the Starting Level, the Face Amount. |
Index shall mean the Dow Jones UBS Commodity IndexSM.
The Pricing Date shall mean July 29, 2011.
The Starting Level is 162.8146, the Closing Level of the Index on the Pricing Date.
The Ending Level will be the Closing Level of the Index on the Calculation Day. If a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing on the Calculation Day with respect to the Index, the Calculation Agent will establish the Closing Level for the Index for the Calculation Day using (A) for each Designated Contract included in the Index that did not suffer a Market Disruption Event on such date, the exchange published Settlement Price on that date of each such Designated Contract, and (B) for each Designated Contract included in the Index which did suffer a Market Disruption Event on such date, the exchange published Settlement Price of that Designated Contract on the next Trading Day on which no Market Disruption Event occurs with respect to such Designated Contract; provided, however, if a Market Disruption Event occurs with respect to a Designated Contract on each of the five Trading Days following such Calculation Day, then the Calculation Agent will determine the Closing Level of the Index for such Calculation Day using a Settlement Price for such Designated Contract subject to a Market Disruption Event based upon its good faith estimate of the Settlement Price on that fifth Trading Day. The Calculation Agent shall determine the Closing Level by reference to the exchange published Settlement Prices or other prices determined as set forth above, using the then-current method for calculating the Index. The exchange on which a Designated Contract included in the Index is traded for purposes of the foregoing provision means the exchange used to value such Designated Contract for the calculation of the Index.
The Closing Level of the Index on any Trading Day is generally the last reported level of the Index at approximately 5:00 p.m., New York City time.
The Capped Value is 170% of the Face Amount of this Security.
The Participation Rate is 100%.
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Index Sponsor shall mean CME Group Index Services LLC (CME Indexes), as assignee of Dow Jones & Company, Inc. (Dow Jones), and UBS Securities LLC (UBS).
Business Day shall mean a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close in New York, New York or Minneapolis, Minnesota.
A Trading Day with respect to the Index means a day, as determined by the Calculation Agent, on which the Closing Level of the Index is scheduled to be published.
The Calculation Day shall be January 31, 2018 or, if such day is not a Trading Day, the next succeeding Trading Day.
Calculation Agent Agreement shall mean the Calculation Agent Agreement dated as of August 5, 2011 between the Company and the Calculation Agent, as amended from time to time.
Calculation Agent shall mean the Person that has entered into the Calculation Agent Agreement with the Company providing for, among other things, the determination of the Ending Level and the Redemption Amount, which term shall, unless the context otherwise requires, include its successors under such Calculation Agent Agreement. The initial Calculation Agent shall be Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. Pursuant to the Calculation Agent Agreement, the Company may appoint a different Calculation Agent from time to time after the initial issuance of this Security without the consent of the Holder of this Security and without notifying the Holder of this Security.
Discontinuance Of The Index; Alteration Of Method Of Calculation
If the Index Sponsor discontinues publication of the Index, and the Index Sponsor or another entity publishes a successor or substitute commodity index that the Calculation Agent determines, in its sole discretion, to be comparable to the Index (a Successor Commodity Index), then, upon the Calculation Agents notification of that determination to the Trustee and the Company, the Calculation Agent will substitute the Successor Commodity Index as calculated by the relevant index sponsor or any other entity and calculate the Ending Level as described above. Upon any selection by the Calculation Agent of a Successor Commodity Index, the Company will cause notice to be given to the Holder of this Security.
In the event that the Index Sponsor discontinues publication of the Index and the Calculation Agent does not select a Successor Commodity Index, the Calculation Agent will compute a substitute level for the Index in accordance with the procedures last used to calculate the Index before any discontinuance. If a Successor Commodity Index is selected or the Calculation Agent calculates a level as a substitute for the Index, the Successor Commodity Index or level will be used as a substitute for the Index for all purposes, including the purpose of determining whether a Market Disruption Event exists.
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If at any time the Index Sponsor makes a material change in the formula for or the method of calculating the Index, or in any other way materially modifies the Index so that the Index does not, in the opinion of the Calculation Agent, fairly represent the level of the Index had those changes or modifications not been made, then, from and after that time, the Calculation Agent will, at the close of business in New York, New York, on the date that the Closing Level of the Index is to be calculated, make any adjustments as, in the good faith judgment of the Calculation Agent, may be necessary in order to arrive at a value of an commodity index comparable to the Index as if those changes or modifications had not been made, and calculate the level of the Index with reference to such commodity index, as so adjusted. Accordingly, if the method of calculating the Index is modified so that the level of the Index is a fraction or a multiple of what it would have been if it had not been modified, then the Calculation Agent will adjust the Index in order to arrive at a level of the Index as if it had not been modified.
Market Disruption Events
A Market Disruption Event means, with respect to the Index, any of the following events as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion:
(A) | The failure of the Index Sponsor to announce or publish the Closing Level of the Index (or the closing level of any Successor Commodity Index, if applicable) or the temporary discontinuance or unavailability of the Index. A discontinuance of publication of the Index shall not constitute a Market Disruption Event with respect to the Index if the Calculation Agent shall have selected a Successor Commodity Index as set forth above under Discontinuance Of The Index; Alteration Of Method Of Calculation. |
(B) | The material suspension of, or material limitation imposed on, trading in any Designated Contract included in the Index on the Relevant Exchange for such Designated Contract. The Relevant Exchange for a Designated Contract means the primary exchange or market of trading for such Designated Contract. |
(C) | The failure by the Relevant Exchange, trading facility or other price source to announce or publish the Settlement Price for any Designated Contract included in the Index. |
(D) | The Settlement Price published by the Relevant Exchange, trading facility or other price source for any Designated Contract included in the Index is a limit price, which means that the Settlement Price for such contract for a day has increased or decreased from the previous days Settlement Price by the maximum amount permitted under applicable rules. |
As used in this Security:
(1) | a Designated Contract refers to a futures contract included in the Index; |
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(2) | Settlement Price means for each Designated Contract, the official settlement price for the relevant contract month as published by the futures exchange on which the Index Commodity trades; and |
(3) | Index Commodity refers to the physical commodity underlying a Designated Contract. |
Calculation Agent
The Calculation Agent will determine the Ending Level and the Redemption Amount. In addition, the Calculation Agent will (i) determine if adjustments are required to the Closing Level of the Index under the circumstances described in this Security, (ii) if publication of the Index is discontinued, select a Successor Commodity Index or, if no Successor Commodity Index is available, determine the Closing Level of the Index under the circumstances described in this Security, and (iii) determine whether a Market Disruption Event has occurred.
The Company covenants that, so long as this Security is Outstanding, there shall at all times be a Calculation Agent (which shall be a broker-dealer, bank or other financial institution) with respect to this Security.
All determinations made by the Calculation Agent with respect to this Security will be at the sole discretion of the Calculation Agent and, in the absence of manifest error, will be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Company and the Holder of this Security. All percentages and other amounts resulting from any calculation with respect to this Security will be rounded at the Calculation Agents discretion.
Redemption and Repayment
This Security is not subject to redemption at the option of the Company or repayment at the option of the Holder hereof prior to February 7, 2018. This Security is not entitled to any sinking fund.
Acceleration
If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, with respect to this Security shall occur and be continuing, the Redemption Amount (calculated as set forth in the next sentence) of this Security may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. The amount payable to the Holder hereof upon any acceleration permitted under the Indenture will be equal to the Redemption Amount hereof calculated as provided herein as though the date of acceleration was the Calculation Day; provided, however, if such date is not a Trading Day, the Calculation Day will be postponed as provided herein.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
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Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature or its duly authorized agent under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
DATED:
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TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the
series designated therein described
in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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[Reverse of Note]
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES K
Due Nine Months or More From Date of Issue
Notes Linked to the Dow Jones UBS Commodity IndexSM
due February 7, 2018
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the Securities), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an indenture dated as of July 21, 1999, as amended or supplemented from time to time (herein called the Indenture), between the Company and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the Trustee, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series of the Securities designated as Medium-Term Notes, Series K, of the Company, which series is limited to an aggregate principal amount or face amount, as applicable, of $25,000,000,000 or the equivalent thereof in one or more foreign or composite currencies. The amount payable on the Securities of this series may be determined by reference to the performance of one or more equity-, commodity- or currency-based indices, exchange traded funds, securities, commodities, currencies, statistical measures of economic or financial performance, or a basket comprised of two or more of the foregoing, or any other market measure or may bear interest at a fixed rate or a floating rate. The Securities of this series may mature at different times, be redeemable at different times or not at all, be repayable at the option of the Holder at different times or not at all and be denominated in different currencies.
Article Sixteen of the Indenture shall not apply to this Security.
The Securities are issuable only in registered form without coupons and will be either (a) book-entry securities represented by one or more Global Securities recorded in the book-entry system maintained by the Depositary or (b) certificated securities issued to and registered in the names of, the beneficial owners or their nominees.
The Company agrees, to the extent permitted by law, not to voluntarily claim the benefits of any laws concerning usurious rates of interest against a Holder of this Security.
Modification and Waivers
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the
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time Outstanding of all series to be affected, acting together as a class. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of all series at the time Outstanding affected by certain provisions of the Indenture, acting together as a class, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with those provisions of the Indenture. Certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences may be waived under the Indenture by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series. Solely for the purpose of determining whether any consent, waiver, notice or other action or Act to be taken or given by the Holders of Securities pursuant to the Indenture has been given or taken by the Holders of Outstanding Securities in the requisite aggregate principal amount, the principal amount of this Security will be deemed to be equal to the amount set forth on the face hereof as the Face Amount hereof. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
Defeasance
Section 403 and Article Fifteen of the Indenture and the provisions of clause (ii) of Section 401(1)(B) of the Indenture, relating to defeasance at any time of (a) the entire indebtedness on this Security and (b) certain restrictive covenants and certain Events of Default, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth therein, shall not apply to this Security. The remaining provisions of Section 401 of the Indenture shall apply to this Security.
Authorized Denominations
This Security is issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 or any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000.
Registration of Transfer
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Security at the office or agency of the Company in the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota, a new Security or Securities of this series, with the same terms as this Security, in authorized denominations for an equal aggregate Face Amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange herefor, as provided in the Indenture and subject to the limitations provided therein and to the limitations described below, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.
This Security is exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form only if (x) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for this Security or if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, (y) the Company in its sole discretion determines that this Security shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form and notifies the Trustee thereof or (z) an Event of Default with respect to the Securities represented hereby has occurred and is continuing. If this Security is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence, it shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form, having the same date of issuance, Stated Maturity Date and other terms and of authorized denominations aggregating a like amount.
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This Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor of the Depositary or a nominee of such successor. Except as provided above, owners of beneficial interests in this Global Security will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Securities in definitive form and will not be considered the Holders hereof for any purpose under the Indenture.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Obligation of the Company Absolute
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the Redemption Amount at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed, except as otherwise provided in this Security.
No Personal Recourse
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the Redemption Amount, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly waived and released.
Defined Terms
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture unless otherwise defined in this Security.
Governing Law
This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
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as tenants in common | ||
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as tenants by the entireties | ||
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as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common |
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Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s) and transfer(s) unto
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the within Security of WELLS FARGO & COMPANY and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint attorney to transfer the said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
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NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within instrument in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
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Exhibit 4.7
[Face of Note]
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (DTC), to the Company or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
CUSIP NO. 94986REP2 | FACE AMOUNT: $ | |
REGISTERED NO. |
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES K
Due Nine Months or More From Date of Issue
Notes Linked to the iShares® Dow Jones
U.S. Real Estate Index Fund due February 6, 2015
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter called the Company, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & Co., or registered assigns, an amount equal to the Redemption Amount (as defined below), in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, on the Stated Maturity Date. The Initial Stated Maturity Date shall be February 6, 2015. If no Market Disruption Event (as defined below) occurs or is continuing on the scheduled Calculation Day (as defined below), the Initial Stated Maturity Date will be the Stated Maturity Date. If a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing on the scheduled Calculation Day, the Stated Maturity Date shall be the later of (i) three Business Days (as defined below) after the postponed Calculation Day and (ii) the Initial Stated Maturity Date. This Security shall not bear any interest.
Any payments on this Security at Maturity will be made against presentation of this Security at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota and at any other office or agency maintained by the Company for such purpose.
Face Amount shall mean, when used with respect to this Security, the amount set forth on the face of this Security as its Face Amount.
Determination of Redemption Amount
The Redemption Amount of this Security will equal:
| If the Ending Price is greater than the Starting Price: the lesser of: |
(i) | the Face Amount plus: |
[ | Face Amount x | [ | Ending Price Starting Price Starting Price |
] | x Participation Rate | ] | ; and | |||||||
(ii) | the Capped Value; |
| If the Ending Price is less than or equal to the Starting Price, but greater than or equal to the Threshold Price: the Face Amount; or |
| If the Ending Price is less than the Threshold Price: the Face Amount minus: |
[ | Face Amount x | Threshold Price Ending Price Starting Price |
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The Fund shall mean the iShares® Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index Fund.
The Pricing Date shall mean July 29, 2011.
The Starting Price is $60.53, the Fund Closing Price of the Fund on the Pricing Date.
The Ending Price will be the Fund Closing Price of the Fund on the Calculation Day.
The Fund Closing Price with respect to the Fund on any Trading Day means the product of (i) the Closing Price of one share of the Fund (or one unit of any other security for which a Fund Closing Price must be determined) on such Trading Day and (ii) the Adjustment Factor on such Trading Day.
The Closing Price with respect to a share of the Fund (or one unit of any other security for which a Closing Price must be determined) on any Trading Day means the price, at the scheduled weekday closing time, without regard to after hours or any other trading outside the regular trading session hours, of the share on the principal United States securities exchange registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on which the share (or any such other security) is listed or admitted to trading.
The Adjustment Factor means, with respect to a share of the Fund (or one unit of any other security for which a Fund Closing Price must be determined), 1.0, subject to adjustment in the event of certain events affecting the shares of the Fund. See Anti-dilution Adjustments Relating To The Fund; Alternate Calculation Anti-dilution Adjustments below.
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The Capped Value is 145% of the Face Amount of this Security.
The Threshold Price is $51.45, which is equal to 85% of the Starting Price.
The Participation Rate is 200%.
Business Day shall mean a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close in New York, New York or Minneapolis, Minnesota.
A Trading Day with respect to the Fund means a day, as determined by the Calculation Agent, on which (i) the Relevant Exchange (as defined below) with respect to the Fund is open for trading for its regular trading session and (ii) the Relevant Exchange on which futures or options contracts related to the Fund or any successor thereto, if applicable, are traded, are open for trading for their respective regular trading sessions.
The Calculation Day shall be January 30, 2015 or, if such day is not a Trading Day, the next succeeding Trading Day. The Calculation Day is subject to postponement due to the occurrence of a Market Disruption Event. If a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing with respect to the Fund on the Calculation Day, such Calculation Day will be postponed to the first succeeding Trading Day on which a Market Disruption Event has not occurred and is not continuing. If such first succeeding Trading Day has not occurred as of the eighth scheduled Trading Day after the scheduled Calculation Day, that eighth scheduled Trading Day shall be deemed the Calculation Day. If the Calculation Day has been postponed eight scheduled Trading Days after the scheduled Calculation Day and such eighth scheduled Trading Day is not a Trading Day, or if a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing with respect to the Fund on such eighth scheduled Trading Day, the Calculation Agent will determine its good faith estimate of the Closing Price of the Fund on such eighth scheduled Trading Day. See Market Disruption Events.
Calculation Agent Agreement shall mean the Calculation Agent Agreement dated as of August 5, 2011 between the Company and the Calculation Agent, as amended from time to time.
Calculation Agent shall mean the Person that has entered into the Calculation Agent Agreement with the Company providing for, among other things, the determination of the Ending Price and the Redemption Amount, which term shall, unless the context otherwise requires, include its successors under such Calculation Agent Agreement. The initial Calculation Agent shall be Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. Pursuant to the Calculation Agent Agreement, the Company may appoint a different Calculation Agent from time to time after the initial issuance this Security without the consent of the Holder of this Security and without notifying the Holder of this Security.
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Market Disruption Events
A Market Disruption Event means, with respect to the Fund, any of the following events as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion:
(A) | A material suspension or material limitation of trading or the unavailability of the Closing Price of the shares of the Fund or any Successor Fund (as defined below under Anti-dilution Adjustments Relating to the Fund; Alternate Calculation Liquidation Events) has been imposed by the Relevant Exchange on which such shares are traded, at any time during the one-hour period preceding the Close of Trading on such day, whether by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by such Relevant Exchange or otherwise. |
(B) | A material suspension or material limitation of trading has occurred on that day, in each case during the one-hour period preceding the Close of Trading in options or futures contracts related to the Fund or any Successor Fund on the Relevant Exchange on which those options or futures contracts are traded, whether by reason of movements in price exceeding levels permitted by the Relevant Exchange, or otherwise. |
(C) | Any event, other than an early closure, that materially disrupts or impairs the ability of market participants in general to effect transactions in, or obtain market values for, the shares of the Fund or any Successor Fund at any time during the one-hour period that precedes the Close of Trading on that day. |
(D) | Any event, other than an early closure, that materially disrupts or impairs the ability of market participants in general to effect transactions in, or obtain market values for, the futures or options contracts relating to the Fund or any Successor Fund on the Relevant Exchange on which those futures or options contracts are traded, at any time during the one-hour period that precedes the Close of Trading on that day. |
(E) | The closure of the Relevant Exchange on which the shares of the Fund or any Successor Fund or the Relevant Exchange on which futures or options contracts relating to the Fund or any Successor Fund are traded prior to its scheduled Close of Trading unless the earlier closing time is announced by such Relevant Exchange at least one hour prior to the earlier of (1) the actual closing time for the regular trading session on such Relevant Exchange and (2) the submission deadline for orders to be entered into such Relevant Exchange for execution at the Close of Trading on that day. |
For purposes of determining whether a Market Disruption Event has occurred:
(1) | Close of Trading means in respect of any Relevant Exchange, the scheduled weekday closing time on a day on which such Relevant Exchange is scheduled to be open for trading for its respective regular trading session, without regard to after hours or any other trading outside the regular trading session hours; and |
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(2) | Relevant Exchange for any share, option or option contract means the primary exchange or quotation system on which such share, option or option contract is traded, as determined by the Calculation Agent. |
Anti-dilution Adjustments Relating to the Fund; Alternate Calculation
Anti-dilution Adjustments
The Calculation Agent, in its sole discretion, may adjust the Adjustment Factor as a result of certain events related to the Fund or any Successor Fund, as applicable, which occur during the term of this Security. Such events include, but are not limited to, the following:
(A) | Stock Splits and Reverse Stock Splits |
If a stock split or reverse stock split has occurred, then once such split has become effective, the Adjustment Factor will be adjusted to equal the product of the prior Adjustment Factor and the number of securities which a holder of one share (or other applicable security) of the Fund before the effective date of such stock split or reverse stock split would have owned or been entitled to receive immediately following the applicable effective date.
(B) | Stock Dividends |
If a (i) stock dividend (i.e., issuance of additional shares (or other applicable security) by the Fund) that is given ratably to all holders of record of shares (or other applicable security) of the Fund or (ii) distribution of shares (or other applicable security) of the Fund has occurred, then once the dividend has become effective and the shares (or other applicable security) of the Fund are trading ex-dividend, the Adjustment Factor will be adjusted on the ex-dividend date to equal the prior Adjustment Factor plus the product of the prior Adjustment Factor and the number of shares (or other applicable security) of the Fund which a holder of one share (or other applicable security) of the Fund before the date the dividend became effective and the shares (or other applicable security) of the Fund traded ex-dividend would have owned or been entitled to receive immediately following that date; provided, however, that no adjustment will be made for a distribution for which the number of securities of the Fund paid or distributed is based on a fixed cash equivalent value, unless such distribution is an Extraordinary Dividend as defined and discussed below.
(C) | Extraordinary Dividends |
If an Extraordinary Dividend (as defined below) has occurred, then on the ex-dividend date, the Adjustment Factor will be adjusted to equal the product of the prior Adjustment Factor and a fraction, the numerator of which is the Closing Price per share (or other applicable security) of the Fund on the Trading Day preceding the ex-dividend date, and the denominator of which is the amount by
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which the Closing Price per share (or other applicable security) of the Fund on the Trading Day preceding the ex-dividend date exceeds the Extraordinary Dividend Amount (as defined below).
For purposes of determining whether an Extraordinary Dividend has occurred:
(1) | Extraordinary Dividend means, with respect to a cash dividend or other distribution with respect to the shares (or other applicable security) of the Fund, a dividend or other distribution which exceeds the immediately preceding non-Extraordinary Dividend on the securities of the Fund (as adjusted for any subsequent corporate event requiring an adjustment hereunder, such as a stock split or reverse stock split) by an amount equal to at least 10% of the Closing Price of the Fund on the Trading Day preceding the ex-dividend date with respect to the Extraordinary Dividend (the ex-dividend date); and |
(2) | Extraordinary Dividend Amount with respect to an Extraordinary Dividend for the securities of the Fund will equal: |
| in the case of cash dividends or other distributions that constitute regular dividends, the amount per share (or other applicable security) of the Fund of that Extraordinary Dividend minus the amount per share (or other applicable security) of the immediately preceding non-Extraordinary Dividend for that share (or other applicable security) of the Fund; or |
| in the case of cash dividends or other distributions that do not constitute regular dividends, the amount per share (or other applicable security) of the Fund of that Extraordinary Dividend. |
To the extent an Extraordinary Dividend is not paid in cash, the value of the non-cash component will be determined by the Calculation Agent. A distribution on the securities of the Fund described below under the sections entitled Other Distributions and Reorganization Events below that also constitute an Extraordinary Dividend will only cause an adjustment pursuant to those sections.
(D) | Other Distributions |
If the Fund declares or makes a distribution to all holders of the shares (or other applicable security) of the Fund of any class of its capital stock, evidences of its indebtedness or other non-cash assets, including, but not limited to, transferable rights and warrants, then, in each of these cases, the Adjustment Factor will equal the product of the prior Adjustment Factor and a fraction, the numerator of which will be the Closing Price per share (or other applicable security) of the Fund, and the denominator of which will be the Closing Price per share (or other applicable security) of the Fund, less the fair market value, as determined by the Calculation
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Agent, as of the time the adjustment is effected of the portion of the capital shares, assets, evidences of indebtedness, rights or warrants so distributed or issued applicable to one share (or other applicable security) of the Fund.
(E) | Reorganization Events |
If the Fund, or any Successor Fund, is subject to a merger, combination, consolidation or statutory exchange of securities with another exchange traded fund, and the Fund is not the surviving entity, then, on or after the date of such event, the Calculation Agent shall, in its sole discretion, make an adjustment to the Adjustment Factor or the method of determining the Redemption Amount or any other terms of this Security as the Calculation Agent determines appropriate to account for the economic effect on this Security of such event (including adjustments to account for changes in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan rate or liquidity relevant to this Security), and determine the effective date of that adjustment. If the Calculation Agent determines that no adjustment that it could make will produce a commercially reasonable result, then the Calculation Agent may deem such event a Liquidation Event (as defined below).
Liquidation Events
If the Fund is de-listed, liquidated or otherwise terminated (a Liquidation Event), and a successor or substitute exchange traded fund exists that the Calculation Agent determines, in its sole discretion, to be comparable to the Fund, then, upon the Calculation Agents notification of that determination to the Trustee and the Company, any subsequent Fund Closing Price for the Fund will be determined by reference to the Fund Closing Price of such successor or substitute exchange traded fund (such exchange traded fund being referred to herein as a Successor Fund).
Upon any selection by the Calculation Agent of a Successor Fund, the Company will cause notice to be given to Holder of this Security.
If the Fund undergoes a Liquidation Event prior to, and such Liquidation Event is continuing on, the date that the Fund Closing Price of the Fund is to be determined and the Calculation Agent determines that no Successor Fund is available at such time, then the Calculation Agent will, in its discretion, calculate the Fund Closing Price for the Fund on such date by a computation methodology that the Calculation Agent determines will as closely as reasonably possible replicate the Fund.
If a Successor Fund is selected or the Calculation Agent calculates the Fund Closing Price as a substitute for the Fund, such Successor Fund or Fund Closing Price will be used as a substitute for the Fund for all purposes, including for purposes of determining whether a Market Disruption Event exists.
If at any time the method of calculating the Fund or a Successor Fund, or the Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index (the index underlying the Fund), is changed in a material respect, or if the
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Fund or a Successor Fund is in any other way modified so that the Fund does not, in the opinion of the Calculation Agent, fairly represent the price of the securities of the Fund or such Successor Fund had such changes or modifications not been made, then the Calculation Agent will, at the close of business in New York City on the date that the Fund Closing Price is to be determined, make such calculations and adjustments as, in the good faith judgment of the Calculation Agent, may be necessary in order to arrive at a Closing Price of an exchange traded fund comparable to the Fund or such Successor Fund, as the case may be, as if such changes or modifications had not been made, and calculate the Fund Closing Price and the Redemption Amount with reference to such adjusted Closing Price of the Fund or such Successor Fund, as applicable.
Calculation Agent
The Calculation Agent will determine the Redemption Amount and the Ending Price. In addition, the Calculation Agent will (i) determine if adjustments are required to the Fund Closing Price and/or the Adjustment Factor under the circumstances described in this Security, (ii) if the Fund undergoes a Liquidation Event, select a Successor Fund or, if no Successor Fund is available, determine the Fund Closing Price of the Fund, and (iii) determine whether a Market Disruption Event has occurred.
The Company covenants that, so long as this Security is Outstanding, there shall at all times be a Calculation Agent (which shall be a broker-dealer, bank or other financial institution) with respect to this Security.
All determinations made by the Calculation Agent with respect to this Security will be at the sole discretion of the Calculation Agent and, in the absence of manifest error, will be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Company and the Holder of this Security. All percentages and other amounts resulting from any calculation with respect to this Security will be rounded at the Calculation Agents discretion.
Tax Considerations
The Company agrees, and by acceptance of a beneficial ownership interest in this Security each Holder of this Security will be deemed to have agreed (in the absence of a statutory, regulatory, administrative or judicial ruling to the contrary), for United States federal income tax purposes to characterize and treat this Security as a pre-paid derivative contract in respect of the Fund.
Redemption and Repayment
This Security is not subject to redemption at the option of the Company or repayment at the option of the Holder hereof prior to February 6, 2015. This Security is not entitled to any sinking fund.
Acceleration
If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, with respect to this Security shall occur and be continuing, the Redemption Amount (calculated as set forth in the next sentence) of this
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Security may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. The amount payable to the Holder hereof upon any acceleration permitted under the Indenture will be equal to the Redemption Amount hereof calculated as provided herein as though the date of acceleration was the Calculation Day; provided, however, if such date is not a Trading Day or if a Market Disruption Event has occurred or is continuing on that day, the Calculation Day will be postponed as provided herein.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature or its duly authorized agent under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the
series designated therein described
in the within-mentioned Indenture.
CITIBANK, N.A., | ||
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[Reverse of Note]
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES K
Due Nine Months or More From Date of Issue
Notes Linked to the iShares® Dow Jones
U.S. Real Estate Index Fund due February 6, 2015
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the Securities), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an indenture dated as of July 21, 1999, as amended or supplemented from time to time (herein called the Indenture), between the Company and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the Trustee, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series of the Securities designated as Medium-Term Notes, Series K, of the Company, which series is limited to an aggregate principal amount or face amount, as applicable, of $25,000,000,000 or the equivalent thereof in one or more foreign or composite currencies. The amount payable on the Securities of this series may be determined by reference to the performance of one or more equity-, commodity- or currency-based indices, exchange traded funds, securities, commodities, currencies, statistical measures of economic or financial performance, or a basket comprised of two or more of the foregoing, or any other market measure or may bear interest at a fixed rate or a floating rate. The Securities of this series may mature at different times, be redeemable at different times or not at all, be repayable at the option of the Holder at different times or not at all and be denominated in different currencies.
Article Sixteen of the Indenture shall not apply to this Security.
The Securities are issuable only in registered form without coupons and will be either (a) book-entry securities represented by one or more Global Securities recorded in the book-entry system maintained by the Depositary or (b) certificated securities issued to and registered in the names of, the beneficial owners or their nominees.
The Company agrees, to the extent permitted by law, not to voluntarily claim the benefits of any laws concerning usurious rates of interest against a Holder of this Security.
Modification and Waivers
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the
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time Outstanding of all series to be affected, acting together as a class. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of all series at the time Outstanding affected by certain provisions of the Indenture, acting together as a class, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with those provisions of the Indenture. Certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences may be waived under the Indenture by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series. Solely for the purpose of determining whether any consent, waiver, notice or other action or Act to be taken or given by the Holders of Securities pursuant to the Indenture has been given or taken by the Holders of Outstanding Securities in the requisite aggregate principal amount, the principal amount of this Security will be deemed to be equal to the amount set forth on the face hereof as the Face Amount hereof. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
Defeasance
Section 403 and Article Fifteen of the Indenture and the provisions of clause (ii) of Section 401(1)(B) of the Indenture, relating to defeasance at any time of (a) the entire indebtedness on this Security and (b) certain restrictive covenants and certain Events of Default, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth therein, shall not apply to this Security. The remaining provisions of Section 401 of the Indenture shall apply to this Security.
Authorized Denominations
This Security is issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 or any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000.
Registration of Transfer
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Security at the office or agency of the Company in the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota, a new Security or Securities of this series, with the same terms as this Security, in authorized denominations for an equal aggregate Face Amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange herefor, as provided in the Indenture and subject to the limitations provided therein and to the limitations described below, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.
This Security is exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form only if (x) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for this Security or if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, (y) the Company in its sole discretion determines that this Security shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form and notifies the Trustee thereof or (z) an Event of Default with respect to the Securities represented hereby has occurred and is continuing. If this Security is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence, it shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form, having the same date of issuance, Stated Maturity Date and other terms and of authorized denominations aggregating a like amount.
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This Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor of the Depositary or a nominee of such successor. Except as provided above, owners of beneficial interests in this Global Security will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Securities in definitive form and will not be considered the Holders hereof for any purpose under the Indenture.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Obligation of the Company Absolute
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the Redemption Amount at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed, except as otherwise provided in this Security.
No Personal Recourse
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the Redemption Amount, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly waived and released.
Defined Terms
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture unless otherwise defined in this Security.
Governing Law
This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM | | as tenants in common | ||
TEN ENT | | as tenants by the entireties | ||
JT TEN | | as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common |
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Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s) and transfer(s) unto
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the within Security of WELLS FARGO & COMPANY and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint attorney to transfer the said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
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NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within instrument in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
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Exhibit 4.8
[Face of Note]
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (DTC), to the Company or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
CUSIP NO. 94986RER8 | FACE AMOUNT: $ | |
REGISTERED NO. |
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES K
Due Nine Months or More From Date of Issue
Notes Linked to a Commodity Basket
due August 7, 2015
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter called the Company, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & Co., or registered assigns, an amount equal to the Redemption Amount (as defined below), in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, on the Stated Maturity Date. The Initial Stated Maturity Date shall be August 7, 2015. If no Market Disruption Event (as defined below) occurs or is continuing with respect to a Basket Component (as defined below) on the scheduled Calculation Day (as defined below), the Initial Stated Maturity Date will be the Stated Maturity Date. If a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing with respect to a Basket Component on the scheduled Calculation Day, the Stated Maturity Date shall be the later of (i) three Business Days (as defined below) after the postponed Calculation Day with respect to such Basket Component (or, if the Calculation Day is postponed with respect to more than one Basket Component, three Business Days after the latest postponed Calculation Day) and (ii) the Initial Stated Maturity Date. This Security shall not bear any interest.
Any payments on this Security at Maturity will be made against presentation of this Security at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota and at any other office or agency maintained by the Company for such purpose.
Face Amount shall mean, when used with respect to this Security, the amount set forth on the face of this Security as its Face Amount.
Determination of Redemption Amount
The Redemption Amount of this Security will equal:
| If the Ending Level is greater than the Starting Level: the Face Amount plus: |
[ | Face Amount x | [ | Ending Level Starting Level Starting Level |
] | x Participation Rate | ] | ; or |
| If the Ending Level is equal to or less than the Starting Level: the Face Amount minus: |
[ | Face Amount x | [ | Starting Level Ending Level Starting Level |
] | x Downside Factor | ] |
Basket shall mean a basket comprised of the following Basket Components, with the return of each Basket Component having the weighting noted parenthetically: gold (5%); silver (5%); platinum (5%); aluminum (5%); copper (5%); lead (5%); nickel (5%); sugar (7%); corn (5%); wheat (5%); soybeans (5%); cotton (6%); lean hogs (7%); WTI crude oil (10%); Brent crude oil (10%); and RBOB gasoline (10%).
Basket Component shall mean each of gold, silver, platinum, aluminum, copper, lead, nickel, sugar, corn, wheat, soybeans, cotton, lean hogs, WTI crude oil, Brent crude oil and RBOB gasoline.
The Pricing Date shall mean July 29, 2011.
The Starting Level is 100.
The Ending Level will be calculated based on the weighted returns of the Basket Components and will be equal to the product of (i) 100 and (ii) an amount equal to 1 plus the sum of: (A) 5% of the Component Return of gold; (B) 5% of the Component Return of silver; (C) 5% of the Component Return of platinum; (D) 5% of the Component Return of aluminum; (E) 5% of the Component Return of copper; (F) 5% of the Component Return of lead; (G) 5% of the Component Return of nickel; (H) 7% of the Component Return of sugar; (I) 5% of the Component Return of corn; (J) 5% of the Component Return of wheat; (K) 5% of the Component Return of soybeans; (L) 6% of the Component Return of cotton; (M) 7% of the Component Return of lean hogs; (N) 10% of the Component Return of WTI crude oil; (O) 10% of the Component Return of Brent crude oil; and (P) 10% of the Component Return of RBOB gasoline.
The Component Return of a Basket Component will be equal to:
Final Component Price Initial Component Price
Initial Component Price
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| the Final Component Price will be the Settlement Price of such Basket Component on the Calculation Day. |
The Initial Component Prices of the Basket Components are as follows: gold ($1,628.50); silver (3,963.00¢); platinum ($1,779.00); aluminum ($2,582.00); copper ($9,731.00); lead ($2,613.50); nickel ($24,500.00); sugar (29.81¢); corn (665.50¢); wheat (672.50¢); soybeans (1,348.50¢); cotton (102.08¢); lean hogs (102.775¢); WTI crude oil ($95.70); Brent crude oil ($116.74); and RBOB gasoline ($3.1129).
The Settlement Price of a Basket Component on any day will be:
(i) | in the case of gold, the official afternoon fixing price per troy ounce of gold for delivery in London through a member of the London Bullion Market Association (the LBMA) authorized to effect such delivery, expressed in U.S. dollars per troy ounce, as calculated by the London Gold Market on that day (the London gold fixing price); |
(ii) | in the case of silver, the official fixing price per troy ounce of silver for delivery in London through a member of the LBMA authorized to effect such delivery, expressed in U.S. cents per troy ounce, as calculated by the London Silver Market on that day (the London silver fixing price); |
(iii) | in the case of platinum, the official afternoon fixing price per troy ounce gross of platinum for delivery in Zurich through a member of the London Platinum and Palladium Market (the LPPM) authorized to effect such delivery, expressed in U.S. dollars per troy ounce gross, as calculated and published by the LPPM on that day (the LPPM platinum price); |
(iv) | in the case of aluminum, the official cash seller and settlement price of Primary Aluminum on the London Metal Exchange (the LME), expressed in U.S. dollars per tonne, traded on the LME on that day (the LME Primary Aluminum price) as made public by the LME; |
(v) | in the case of copper, the official cash offer price per tonne of copper Grade A on the LME for the spot market, expressed in U.S. dollars per tonne, traded on the LME on that day (the LME copper Grade A price) as made public by the LME; |
(vi) | in the case of lead, the official cash seller and settlement price of Standard Lead on the LME, expressed in U.S. dollars per tonne, traded on the LME on that day (the LME Standard Lead price) as made public by the LME; |
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(vii) | in the case of nickel, the official cash seller and settlement price of Primary Nickel, expressed in U.S. dollars per tonne, traded on the LME on that day (the LME Primary Nickel price) as made public by the LME; |
(viii) | in the case of sugar, the official settlement price per pound of deliverable-grade cane sugar of the first nearby month futures contract (or, in the case of any Trading Day after the date of the last trade of the options contract (if there is more than one options contract, then the options contract with the latest date) pertaining to the first nearby month futures contract, the second nearby month futures contract), expressed in U.S. cents per pound, traded on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) on that day (the ICE sugar price) as made public by the ICE; |
(ix) | in the case of corn, the official settlement price per bushel of deliverable-grade corn of the first nearby month futures contract (or, in the case of any Trading Day after the date of the last trade of the options contact (if there is more than one options contract, then the options contract with the latest date) pertaining to the first nearby month futures contract, the second nearby month futures contract), expressed in U.S. cents per bushel, traded on Chicago Board of Trade (the CBOT) on that day (the CBOT corn price) as made public by the CBOT; |
(x) | in the case of wheat, the official settlement price per bushel of deliverable-grade wheat of the first nearby month futures contract (or, in the case of any Trading Day after the date of the last trade of the options contract (if there is more than one options contract, then the options contract with the latest date) pertaining to the first nearby futures contract, the second nearby month futures contract) expressed in U.S. cents per bushel, traded on the CBOT on that day (the CBOT wheat price) as made public by the CBOT; |
(xi) | in the case of soybeans, the official settlement price per bushel of deliverable-grade soybeans of the first nearby month futures contract (or, in the case of any Trading Day after the date of the last trade of the options contract (if there is more than one options contract, then the options contract with the latest date) pertaining to the first nearby month futures contract, the second nearby month futures contract), expressed in U.S. cents per bushel, traded on the CBOT on that day (the CBOT soybean price) as made public by the CBOT; |
(xii) | in the case of cotton, the official settlement price per pound of deliverable-grade cotton No. 2 on the ICE of the first nearby month futures contract (or, in the case of any Trading Day after the date of the last trade of the options contract (if there is more than one options contract, then the options contract with the latest date) pertaining to the first nearby month futures contract, the second nearby month futures contract), expressed in U.S. cents per pound, on that day (the ICE cotton price) as made public by the ICE; |
(xiii) | in the case of lean hogs, the official settlement price per pound of hog carcasses of the first nearby month futures contract, expressed in U.S. cents per pound, traded on The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (the CME) on that day (the CME lean hogs price) as made public by the CME; |
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(xiv) | in the case of WTI crude oil, the official settlement price per barrel of the first nearby month futures contract for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) light sweet crude oil, expressed in U.S. dollars per barrel, traded on New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) on that day (the NYMEX crude oil price) as made public by the NYMEX; |
(xv) | in the case of Brent crude oil, the official settlement price per barrel of the first nearby month futures contract for ICE Brent crude oil, expressed in U.S. dollars per barrel, traded on the ICE on that day (the ICE Brent crude price) as made public by the ICE; and |
(xvi) | in the case of RBOB gasoline, the official settlement price per gallon of the first nearby month futures contract for NYMEX RBOB gasoline, expressed in U.S. dollars per gallon, traded on the NYMEX on that day (the NYMEX RBOB gasoline price) as made public by the NYMEX. |
The term first nearby month futures contract for a commodity on any day refers to the futures contract for that commodity with the last Trading Day closest to such day and the term second nearby month futures contract for a commodity refers to the futures contract for that commodity with the last Trading Day immediately after the last Trading Day of the first nearby month futures contract for that commodity.
The Participation Rate is 120%.
The Downside Factor is 70%.
Business Day shall mean a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close in New York, New York or Minneapolis, Minnesota.
A Trading Day means (i) with respect to gold and silver, any day on which the LBMA is open for trading, (ii) with respect to platinum, any day the LPPM is open for trading, (iii) with respect to aluminum, copper, lead and nickel, any day the LME is open for trading, (iv) with respect to corn, wheat and soybeans, any day the CBOT is open for trading, (v) with respect to sugar, cotton and Brent crude oil, any day the ICE is open for trading, (vi) with respect to lean hogs, any day the CME is open for trading, and (vii) with respect to WTI crude oil and RBOB gasoline, any day the NYMEX is open for trading.
The Calculation Day shall be July 31, 2015 or, if such day is not a Trading Day, the next succeeding Trading Day. The Calculation Day is subject to postponement due to the occurrence of a Market Disruption Event. If a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing with respect to a Basket Component on the Calculation Day, such Calculation Day for such Basket Component will be postponed to the first succeeding Trading Day on which a Market Disruption Event for such Basket Component has not occurred and is not continuing. If such
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first succeeding Trading Day has not occurred as of the fifth scheduled Trading Day after the scheduled Calculation Day for such Basket Component, that fifth scheduled Trading Day shall be deemed the Calculation Day. If the Calculation Day has been postponed five scheduled Trading Days after the scheduled Calculation Day for such Basket Component and such fifth scheduled Trading Day is not a Trading Day, or if a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing with respect to the Basket Component on such fifth scheduled Trading Day, the Calculation Agent will determine its good faith estimate of the Settlement Price of such Basket Component on such fifth scheduled Trading Day. Notwithstanding a postponement of a Calculation Day for a particular Basket Component due to a Market Disruption Event with respect to such Basket Component, the originally scheduled Calculation Day will remain the Calculation Day for any Basket Component not affected by a Market Disruption Event. See Market Disruption Events.
Calculation Agent Agreement shall mean the Calculation Agent Agreement dated as of August 5, 2011 between the Company and the Calculation Agent, as amended from time to time.
Calculation Agent shall mean the Person that has entered into the Calculation Agent Agreement with the Company providing for, among other things, the determination of the Ending Level and the Redemption Amount, which term shall, unless the context otherwise requires, include its successors under such Calculation Agent Agreement. The initial Calculation Agent shall be Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. Pursuant to the Calculation Agent Agreement, the Company may appoint a different Calculation Agent from time to time after the initial issuance of this Security without the consent of the Holder of this Security and without notifying the Holder of this Security.
Market Disruption Events
A Market Disruption Event means any of the following events as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion:
(i) | with respect to gold: (A) a material limitation or suspension of trading in the London afternoon gold fixing market; or (B) the failure of the London Gold Market to announce or publish the London gold fixing price; |
(ii) | with respect to silver: (A) a material limitation or suspension of trading in the London silver fixing market; or (B) the failure of the London Silver Market to announce or publish the London silver fixing price; |
(iii) | with respect to platinum: (A) a material limitation or suspension of trading in platinum by the LPPM; or (B) the failure of the LPPM to announce the LPPM platinum price; |
(iv) | with respect to aluminum: (A) a material limitation or suspension of trading in Primary Aluminum on the LME; or (B) the failure of the LME to announce the LME Primary Aluminum price; |
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(v) | with respect to copper: (A) a material limitation or suspension of trading in copper Grade A on the LME; or (B) the failure of the LME to announce the LME copper Grade A price; |
(vi) | with respect to lead: (A) a material limitation or suspension of trading in Standard Lead on the LME; or (B) the failure of the LME to announce the LME Standard Lead price; |
(vii) | with respect to nickel: (A) a material limitation or suspension of trading in Primary Nickel on the LME; or (B) the failure of the LME to announce the LME Primary Nickel price; |
(viii) | with respect to sugar: (A) a material limitation or suspension of trading in the applicable futures contract for deliverable-grade cane sugar; or (B) the failure of the ICE to announce the ICE sugar price; |
(ix) | with respect to corn: (A) a material limitation or suspension of trading in the applicable futures contract for deliverable-grade corn; or (B) the failure of CBOT to announce the CBOT corn price; |
(x) | with respect to wheat: (A) a material limitation or suspension of trading in the applicable futures contract for deliverable-grade wheat; or (B) the failure of CBOT to announce the CBOT wheat price; |
(xi) | with respect to soybeans: (A) a material limitation or suspension of trading in the applicable futures contract for deliverable-grade soybeans; or (B) the failure of CBOT to announce the CBOT soybean price; |
(xii) | with respect to cotton: (A) a material limitation or suspension of trading in the applicable futures contract for deliverable-grade cotton; or (B) the failure of the ICE to announce the ICE cotton price; |
(xiii) | with respect to lean hogs: (A) a material limitation or suspension of trading in the first nearby month futures contract for lean hogs traded on the CME; or (B) the failure of the CME to announce the CME lean hogs price; |
(xiv) | with respect to WTI crude oil: (A) a material limitation or suspension of trading in the first nearby month futures contract for WTI light sweet crude oil traded on NYMEX; or (B) the failure of NYMEX to announce the NYMEX crude oil price; |
(xv) | with respect to Brent crude oil: (A) a material limitation or suspension of trading in the first nearby month futures contract for ICE Brent crude oil traded on the ICE; or (B) the failure of the ICE to announce the ICE Brent crude price; and |
(xvi) | with respect to RBOB gasoline: (A) a material limitation or suspension of trading in the first nearby month futures contract for RBOB reformulated gasoline traded on NYMEX; or (B) the failure of NYMEX to announce the NYMEX RBOB gasoline price. |
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For purposes of determining whether a Market Disruption Event has occurred or is continuing with respect to a Basket Component, a limitation on the hours or number of days of trading will not constitute a Market Disruption Event if it results from an announced change in the regular business hours of the relevant trading facility.
Discontinuance of Quotation; Alteration of Manner of Quotation
If the quotation source for a commodity discontinues quoting the Settlement Price for such commodity as provided herein and another entity publishes a quotation that the Calculation Agent determines, in its sole discretion, to be comparable to the discontinued quotation, then any subsequent Settlement Price will be determined by reference to the quotation of such Settlement Price provided by such successor entity (in any such case, referred to herein as a Successor Quotation Source) on the date that the Settlement Price is to be determined.
Upon any selection by the Calculation Agent of a Successor Quotation Source, the Company will cause notice to be given to the Holder of this Security.
If the quotation source for a commodity discontinues quoting the Settlement Price for such commodity as provided herein and the Calculation Agent determines that no Successor Quotation Source for such Settlement Price is available at such time, then any subsequent Settlement Price will be determined by reference to the Calculation Agents good faith estimate of the Settlement Price for such commodity.
If a Successor Quotation Source is selected or the Calculation Agent calculates a Settlement Price in the absence of a Successor Quotation Source, such Successor Quotation Source or Settlement Price will be used for all purposes with respect to calculation of the Redemption Amount, including for purposes of determining whether a Market Disruption Event exists.
If the method of quoting a Settlement Price as provided herein is changed in a material respect by a quotation source or a Successor Quotation Source, then the Calculation Agent will, on the date that the Settlement Price is to be determined, make such calculations and adjustments as, in the good faith judgment of the Calculation Agent, may be necessary in order to arrive at a Settlement Price for such commodity as if such changes had not been made. The Calculation Agent will calculate the Redemption Amount with reference to the Settlement Price, as adjusted.
Calculation Agent
The Calculation Agent will determine the Redemption Amount and the Ending Level. In addition, the Calculation Agent will (i) determine if adjustments are required to the Settlement Price of a Basket Component under the circumstances described in this Security, (ii) if a quotation source for a commodity discontinues quoting the Settlement Price for such commodity, select a Successor Quotation Source or, if no Successor Quotation Source is available, determine the Settlement Price of such Basket Component, and (iii) determine whether a Market Disruption Event has occurred.
The Company covenants that, so long as this Security is Outstanding, there shall at all times be a Calculation Agent (which shall be a broker-dealer, bank or other financial institution) with respect to this Security.
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All determinations made by the Calculation Agent with respect to this Security will be at the sole discretion of the Calculation Agent and, in the absence of manifest error, will be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Company and the Holder of this Security. All percentages and other amounts resulting from any calculation with respect to this Security will be rounded at the Calculation Agents discretion.
Tax Considerations
The Company agrees, and by acceptance of a beneficial ownership interest in this Security each Holder of this Security will be deemed to have agreed (in the absence of a statutory, regulatory, administrative or judicial ruling to the contrary), for United States federal income tax purposes to characterize and treat this Security as a pre-paid derivative contract in respect of the Basket.
Redemption and Repayment
This Security is not subject to redemption at the option of the Company or repayment at the option of the Holder hereof prior to August 7, 2015. This Security is not entitled to any sinking fund.
Acceleration
If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, with respect to this Security shall occur and be continuing, the Redemption Amount (calculated as set forth in the next sentence) of this Security may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. The amount payable to the Holder hereof upon any acceleration permitted under the Indenture will be equal to the Redemption Amount hereof calculated as provided herein as though the date of acceleration was the Calculation Day; provided, however, if such date is not a Trading Day or if a Market Disruption Event has occurred or is continuing on that day, the Calculation Day will be postponed as provided herein.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature or its duly authorized agent under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
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TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the
series designated therein described
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[Reverse of Note]
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES K
Due Nine Months or More From Date of Issue
Notes Linked to a Commodity Basket
due August 7, 2015
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the Securities), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an indenture dated as of July 21, 1999, as amended or supplemented from time to time (herein called the Indenture), between the Company and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the Trustee, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series of the Securities designated as Medium-Term Notes, Series K, of the Company, which series is limited to an aggregate principal amount or face amount, as applicable, of $25,000,000,000 or the equivalent thereof in one or more foreign or composite currencies. The amount payable on the Securities of this series may be determined by reference to the performance of one or more equity-, commodity- or currency-based indices, exchange traded funds, securities, commodities, currencies, statistical measures of economic or financial performance, or a basket comprised of two or more of the foregoing, or any other market measure or may bear interest at a fixed rate or a floating rate. The Securities of this series may mature at different times, be redeemable at different times or not at all, be repayable at the option of the Holder at different times or not at all and be denominated in different currencies.
Article Sixteen of the Indenture shall not apply to this Security.
The Securities are issuable only in registered form without coupons and will be either (a) book-entry securities represented by one or more Global Securities recorded in the book-entry system maintained by the Depositary or (b) certificated securities issued to and registered in the names of, the beneficial owners or their nominees.
The Company agrees, to the extent permitted by law, not to voluntarily claim the benefits of any laws concerning usurious rates of interest against a Holder of this Security.
Modification and Waivers
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the
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time Outstanding of all series to be affected, acting together as a class. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of all series at the time Outstanding affected by certain provisions of the Indenture, acting together as a class, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with those provisions of the Indenture. Certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences may be waived under the Indenture by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series. Solely for the purpose of determining whether any consent, waiver, notice or other action or Act to be taken or given by the Holders of Securities pursuant to the Indenture has been given or taken by the Holders of Outstanding Securities in the requisite aggregate principal amount, the principal amount of this Security will be deemed to be equal to the amount set forth on the face hereof as the Face Amount hereof. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
Defeasance
Section 403 and Article Fifteen of the Indenture and the provisions of clause (ii) of Section 401(1)(B) of the Indenture, relating to defeasance at any time of (a) the entire indebtedness on this Security and (b) certain restrictive covenants and certain Events of Default, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth therein, shall not apply to this Security. The remaining provisions of Section 401 of the Indenture shall apply to this Security.
Authorized Denominations
This Security is issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 or any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000.
Registration of Transfer
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Security at the office or agency of the Company in the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota, a new Security or Securities of this series, with the same terms as this Security, in authorized denominations for an equal aggregate Face Amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange herefor, as provided in the Indenture and subject to the limitations provided therein and to the limitations described below, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.
This Security is exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form only if (x) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for this Security or if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, (y) the Company in its sole discretion determines that this Security shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form and notifies the Trustee thereof or (z) an Event of Default with respect to the Securities represented hereby has occurred and is continuing. If this Security is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence, it shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form, having the same date of issuance, Stated Maturity Date and other terms and of authorized denominations aggregating a like amount.
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This Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor of the Depositary or a nominee of such successor. Except as provided above, owners of beneficial interests in this Global Security will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Securities in definitive form and will not be considered the Holders hereof for any purpose under the Indenture.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Obligation of the Company Absolute
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the Redemption Amount at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed, except as otherwise provided in this Security.
No Personal Recourse
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the Redemption Amount, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly waived and released.
Defined Terms
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture unless otherwise defined in this Security.
Governing Law
This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM |
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s) and transfer(s) unto
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the within Security of WELLS FARGO & COMPANY and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint attorney to transfer the said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
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NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within instrument in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
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Exhibit 5.1
August 5, 2011
Wells Fargo & Company
420 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, California 94163
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel for Wells Fargo & Company (the Company) in connection with (i) the preparation of a Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-159738 (the Registration Statement), of the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), relating to the proposed offer and sale from time to time of the securities referred to therein, (ii) Pricing Supplement No. 103 dated July 29, 2011 to Product Supplement No. 1 dated April 23, 2010, the Prospectus Supplement dated April 23, 2010 (the Prospectus Supplement) and the Prospectus dated June 4, 2009 (the Prospectus) relating to the offer and sale by the Company under the Registration Statement of $1,992,000 aggregate face amount of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes linked to the S&P 500® Index due February 6, 2015, (iii) Pricing Supplement No. 104 dated July 29, 2011 to Product Supplement No. 4 dated May 28, 2010, the Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus relating to the offer and sale by the Company under the Registration Statement of $1,568,000 aggregate face amount of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes linked to the iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund due February 6, 2015 (iv) Pricing Supplement No. 105 dated July 29, 2011 to Product Supplement No. 4 dated May 28, 2010, the Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus relating to the offer and sale by the Company under the Registration Statement of $4,119,000 aggregate face amount of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes linked to a Global ETF Basket due February 5, 2016, (v) Pricing Supplement No. 109 dated July 29, 2011 to Product Supplement No. 5 dated June 17, 2010, the Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus relating to the offer and sale by the Company under the Registration Statement of $4,502,000 aggregate face amount of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes linked to a Global ETF Basket due February 5, 2016, (vi) Pricing Supplement No. 106 dated July 29, 2011 to Product Supplement No. 4 dated May 28, 2010 to the Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus relating to the offer and sale by the Company of $687,000 aggregate face amount of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes Linked to the iShares® MSCI EAFE Index Fund due February 6, 2015, (vii) Pricing Supplement No. 107 dated July 29, 2011 to the Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus relating to the offer and sale by the Company of $15,111,000 aggregate face amount of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes Linked to Dow JonesUBS Commodity IndexSM due February 7, 2018, (viii) Pricing Supplement No. 108 dated July 29, 2011 to Product Supplement No. 4 dated May 28, 2010 to the Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus relating to the offer and sale by the Company of $3,621,000
Wells Fargo & Company
August 5, 2011
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aggregate face amount of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes Linked to the iShares® Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index Fund due February 6, 2015 and (ix) Pricing Supplement No. 110 dated July 29, 2011 to the Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus relating to the offer and sale by the Company of $4,329,000 aggregate face amount of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes Linked to a Commodity Basket due August 7, 2015 (collectively, the Notes). The Notes are to be issued under the Indenture dated as of July 21, 1999 (the Indenture) entered into by the Company and Citibank, N.A., as trustee, and sold pursuant to the Terms Agreement dated July 29, 2011, between the Company and the Agent named therein (the Terms Agreement).
We have examined such documents, records and instruments as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion.
Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Notes have been duly authorized and, when duly executed by the Company, authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, and delivered to and paid for by the Agent pursuant to the Terms Agreement, the Notes will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, receivership or other laws affecting creditors rights generally from time to time in effect and subject to general equity principles including, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith, fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and except further as enforcement thereof may be limited by any governmental authority that limits, delays or prohibits the making of payments outside of the United States. As contemplated by the foregoing qualifications, in rendering the foregoing opinion, we are expressing no opinion as to Federal or state laws relating to fraudulent transfers. Without limiting any other qualifications set forth herein, the opinions expressed herein are subject to the effect of generally applicable laws that limit the waiver of rights under usury laws.
We have relied as to certain relevant facts upon certificates of, and/or information provided by, officers and employees of the Company as to the accuracy of such factual matters without independent verification thereof or other investigation. We have also relied, without investigation, upon the following assumptions: (i) natural persons acting on behalf of the Company have sufficient legal capacity to enter into and perform, on behalf of the Company, the transaction in question; (ii) each party to agreements or instruments relevant hereto other than the Company has satisfied those legal requirements that are applicable to it to the extent necessary to make such agreements or instruments enforceable against it; (iii) each party to agreements or instruments relevant hereto other than the Company has complied with all legal requirements pertaining to its status as such status relates to its rights to enforce such agreements or instruments against the Company; and (iv) each document submitted to us for review is accurate and complete, each such document that is an original is authentic, each such document that is a copy conforms to an authentic original, and all signatures on each such document are genuine.
The opinions expressed herein are limited to the specific issues addressed and to documents and laws existing on the date hereof. By rendering our opinion, we do not undertake to advise you with respect to any other matter or of any change in such documents and laws or in the interpretation thereof which may occur after the date hereof.
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August 5, 2011
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Our opinions set forth herein are limited to the laws of the State of New York, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (which is comprised of the Delaware general corporation statute codified in Chapter 1 of Title 8 of the Delaware Code, all relevant provisions of the Delaware constitution and all reported case law interpreting or applying that statute or those provisions) and the federal laws of the United States of America, and we are expressing no opinion as to the effect of any other laws.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed with the Commission and thereby incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.
Very truly yours, |
/s/ Faegre & Benson LLP |
FAEGRE & BENSON LLP |
Exhibit 8.1
August 5, 2011
Wells Fargo & Company
420 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, California 94163
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special tax counsel to Wells Fargo & Company, a Delaware corporation (the Company), in connection with the issuance of (i) $1,992,000 aggregate face amount of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes linked to the S&P 500® Index due February 6, 2015 as described in the Companys Pricing Supplement No. 103 dated July 29, 2011 (Pricing Supplement 103) to Product Supplement No. 1 dated April 23, 2010, the Prospectus Supplement dated April 23, 2010 (the Prospectus Supplement) and the Prospectus dated June 4, 2009 (the Prospectus), contained in the Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-159738 (the Registration Statement), (ii) $1,568,000 aggregate face amount of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes linked to the iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund due February 6, 2015 as described in the Companys Pricing Supplement No. 104 dated July 29, 2011 (Pricing Supplement 104) to Product Supplement No. 4 dated May 28, 2010, the Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus contained in the Registration Statement, (iii) $4,119,000 aggregate face amount of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes linked to a Global ETF Basket due February 5, 2016 as described in the Companys Pricing Supplement No. 105 dated July 29, 2011 (Pricing Supplement 105) to Product Supplement No. 4 dated May 28, 2010, the Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus contained in the Registration Statement, (iv) $687,000 aggregate face amount of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes linked to the iShares® MSCI EAFE Index Fund due February 6, 2015 as described in the Companys Pricing Supplement No. 106 dated July 29, 2011 (Pricing Supplement 106) to Product Supplement No. 4 dated May 28, 2010, the Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus contained in the Registration Statement, (v) $15,111,000 aggregate face amount of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes linked to the Dow Jones UBS
Commodity IndexSM due February 7, 2018 as described in the Companys Pricing Supplement No. 107 dated July 29, 2011 (Pricing Supplement 107) to the Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus contained in the Registration Statement, (vi) $3,621,000 aggregate face amount of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes linked to the iShares® Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index Fund due February 6, 2015 as described in the Companys Pricing Supplement No. 108 dated July 29, 2011 (Pricing Supplement 108) to Product Supplement No. 4 dated May 28, 2010, the Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus contained in the Registration Statement, (vii) $4,502,000 aggregate face amount of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes linked to a Global ETF Basket due February 5, 2016 as described in the Companys Pricing Supplement No. 109 dated July 29, 2011 (Pricing Supplement 109) to Product Supplement No. 5 dated June 17, 2010, the Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus contained in the Registration Statement, and (viii) $4,329,000 aggregate face amount of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes linked to a Commodity Basket due August 7, 2015 as described in the Companys Pricing Supplement No. 110 dated July 29, 2011 (Pricing Supplement 110) to the Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus contained in the Registration Statement. We hereby confirm our opinion as set forth under the headings Tax Consequences in Pricing Supplements 103, 104, 105, 106, 108 and 109 and United States Federal Income Tax Considerations in Pricing Supplements 107 and 110.
We hereby consent to the reference to us under the headings Tax Consequences in Pricing Supplements 103, 104, 105, 106, 108 and 109 and United States Federal Income Tax Considerations in Pricing Supplements 107 and 110 and the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and thereby incorporated by reference into the Companys Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Very truly yours, |
/s/ Sullivan & Cromwell LLP |