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EX-3.(A) - CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS - WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MNdex3a.htm
EX-3.(B) - CERTIFICATE ELIMINATING THE CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS - WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MNdex3b.htm

 

 

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): March 17, 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)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

420 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California 94104

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 1-866-249-3302

 

 

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 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

Article FOURTH of the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, authorizes the issuance from time to time of shares of Preferred Stock, without par value. On March 17, 2011, the Company filed with the Delaware Secretary of State a Certificate of Designations which, effective upon filing, designated a series of such Preferred Stock as “2011 ESOP Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock,” authorized 1,200,000 shares of 2011 ESOP Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, and set forth the voting powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of the 2011 ESOP Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock which are not fixed by the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

On March 17, 2011, the Company filed with the Delaware Secretary of State a Certificate Eliminating the Certificate of Designations with respect to the Company’s 2001 ESOP Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock which, effective upon filing, eliminated from the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation all matters set forth in the Certificate of Designations for the 2001 ESOP Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on March 12, 2001.

The Certificate of Designations for the 2011 ESOP Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock and the Certificate Eliminating the Certificate of Designations with respect to the Company’s 2001 ESOP Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock are filed herewith as Exhibits 3(a) and 3(b), respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

  3(a) Certificate of Designations for the Company’s 2011 ESOP Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, filed herewith

 

  3(b) Certificate Eliminating the Certificate of Designations with respect to the Company’s 2001 ESOP Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, filed herewith


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.

 

Dated: March 18, 2011     WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
    By:  

/s/ Laurel A. Holschuh

      Laurel A. Holschuh
      Senior Vice President and Secretary