0001193125-20-279325.txt : 20201028 0001193125-20-279325.hdr.sgml : 20201028 20201028104800 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-20-279325 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20201028 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20201028 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000072971 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 410449260 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-02979 FILM NUMBER: 201266785 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 420 MONTGOMERY STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94163 BUSINESS PHONE: 6126671234 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 420 MONTGOMERY STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94163 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WELLS FARGO & CO/MN DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19981103 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NORWEST CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NORTHWEST BANCORPORATION DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19830516 8-A12B 1 d24808d8a12b.htm 8-A12B 8-A12B

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

WELLS FARGO & COMPANY

 

 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

  

41-0449260

 

(State of Incorporation or Organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

420 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, California

 

  

94104

 

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

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

 

Title of Each Class to be so Registered

 

   

Name of Each Exchange on Which

Each Class is to be Registered

 

Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a share of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Class A Preferred Stock,

Series AA of Wells Fargo & Company, no par value

    New York Stock Exchange

 

 

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

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

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, please check the following box: ☐

Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates: 333-236148

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

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered

The description of the Depositary Shares being registered hereby, including the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Class A Preferred Stock, Series AA which is represented by the Depositary Shares, is set forth under (a) “Description of Preferred Stock” and “Description of Depositary Shares” in the Prospectus of Wells Fargo & Company (the “Company”), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on February 25, 2020 (Registration Statement No. 333-236148), and (b) “Description of the Series AA Preferred Stock” and “Description of the Depositary Shares” in the final Prospectus Supplement dated October 21, 2020, as filed with the Commission on October 23, 2020, pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The foregoing Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2. Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

4.1   Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Wells Fargo & Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2020 filed on August 4, 2020 (file no. 001-02979)).
4.2   Certificate of Designation of Wells Fargo & Company with respect to the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Class A Preferred Stock, Series AA dated October 27, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 28, 2020 (file no. 001-02979)).
4.3   Deposit Agreement, dated as of October 28, 2020, among Wells Fargo & Company, Equiniti Trust Company, as depositary, and the holders from time to time of Depositary Receipts (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 28, 2020 (file no. 001-02979)).
4.4   Form of Depositary Receipt (included as part of Exhibit 4.3).

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

     

WELLS FARGO & COMPANY

  

            

DATED: October 28, 2020

      

/s/ Le Roy Davis

  
     

Le Roy Davis

  
     

Senior Vice President and Assistant Treasurer