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Investor Presentation
Spring 2022
Executive Summary
Wells Fargo enhanced its engagement efforts and discussed key topics of interest to our investors, including potential
changes to our executive compensation program and enhancements to our disclosure.
The Board’s composition and leadership is a result of our thoughtful refreshment, evaluation process, and succession
planning; we nominated three new independent directors in February who expand the Board’s diversity, perspectives,
and skills.
Our continued focus on efficiency improvements and our ongoing work to put legacy issues behind us contributed to
significantly improved year-over-year financial results and execution on strategic priorities.
The HRC closely studied and discussed shareholder feedback in evaluating potential changes to our executive
compensation program, ultimately approving several structural changes to our program and enhancements to our
disclosure; this included providing additional details on the performance assessment and enhancing the disclosure
around the HRC’s process for determining variable incentive compensation.
Our long-term incentive plan aligns interests of plan participants with shareholders, facilitates retention, and rewards
performance over the long-term; approval of the plan will allow the Company to grant additional equity awards.
Robust Board oversight and governance structures provide accountability for, and leadership over, Environmental,
Social, and Governance (ESG) and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) efforts.
Our Board believes that its strong oversight over the areas of focus in the shareholder proposals on our ballot, coupled
with our existing policies, practices, reporting, and disclosures, effectively addresses the requests noted within each
proposal.
Wells Fargo measures and manages risk as part of our business, including in connection with the products and services we
offer to our customers. Our top priority is to strengthen our Company by building the right risk and control
infrastructure.
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Investor Engagement Program Overview
See Proxy, pages 3 to 5, for more
information on our investor
engagement program
Wells Fargo enhanced its engagement efforts and discussed key topics of interest to our investors, including potential
changes to our executive compensation program and enhancements to our disclosure.
Investor Engagement Following the 2021 Annual Meeting
Following the vote of 57% support on Say on Pay at the 2021 Annual Meeting, Wells
Fargo conducted a robust investor outreach program, focusing on potential changes to
our executive compensation program and enhancements to our disclosure in response to
shareholder feedback
Human Resources Committee Chair Ron Sargent participated in 10 meetings
Engagement included 16 investors who voted against Say on Pay, and 10 investors
with whom we did not engage prior to our 2021 Annual Meeting
Through the engagements, Wells Fargo received positive feedback on the proposed
structural changes and disclosure enhancements
Investors reacted favorably to Wells Fargos responsiveness to raised concerns with
the proposed structural changes to our program and disclosure enhancements
See Slide 6 for more details on the feedback we received from investors on our
executive compensation program and the actions taken in response
Wells Fargo also solicited feedback on the following topics: financial performance,
business and strategy, community engagement, Board oversight of risk and regulatory
matters, Board composition and Board diversity, Company performance and progress on
regulatory matters, ESG disclosures and practices, and DE&I goals and metrics
Post-2021 Annual Meeting
Engagement
(1)
47%
of total
outstanding
shares
Total Outreach
44%
of total
outstanding
shares
Total Engagement
30%
of total
outstanding
shares
HRC Chair Participation
(1) Represents approximate ownership of shares outstanding as of 31-Dec-2021.
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Diverse and Experienced Board of Directors
See Proxy, pages 7 to 13, for full
biographies on our nominees and
page 17 for information on their
qualifications and experience
The Board’s composition and leadership is a result of our thoughtful refreshment, evaluation process and succession planning;
we nominated three new independent directors in February who expand the Board’s diversity, perspectives, and skills.
Charles W. Scharf
CEO and
President, Wells
Fargo & Company
Committees: None
Richard K. Davis
CEO and President,
Make-A-Wish
Foundation; retired
CEO, U.S. Bancorp
Committees: N/A
Richard B. Payne, Jr.
Retired Vice Chairman,
Wholesale Banking, U.S.
Bancorp
Committees: RC
Steven D. Black
Retired Co-CEO of
Bregal Investments;
former Vice Chairman,
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Committees: FC*, HRC
Wayne M. Hewett
Senior Advisor,
Permira; Chairman,
DiversiTech
Corporation;
Chairman, Cambrex
Corporation
Committees: CRC,
GNC*, HRC, RC
Juan A. Pujadas
Retired Principal,
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP; former Vice
Chairman, Global Advisory
Services,PwC Intl.
Committees: FC, RC
Mark A. Chancy
Retired Vice Chairman
and Co-Chief Operating
Officer, SunTrust Banks,
Inc.
Committees: AC, RC
CeCelia CeCeMorken
Retired CEO and
President,
Headspace
Committees: N/A
Ronald L. Sargent
Retired Chairman and
CEO, Staples, Inc.
Committees: AC, GNC,HRC*
Celeste A. Clark
Principal, Abraham Clark
Consulting, LLC; retired Sr.
VP, Global Public Policy and
External Relations, and
Chief Sustainability Officer,
Kellogg Company
Committees: CRC*, GNC
Maria R. Morris
Retired Executive Vice
President and Head of
Global Employee Benefits
business, MetLife, Inc.
Committees: HRC, RC*
Suzanne M. Vautrinot
President, Kilovolt Consulting
Inc.; Major General and
Commander, U.S. Air Force
(retired)
Committees: CRC, RC
Theodore F. Craver, Jr.
Retired Chairman,
President, and CEO, Edison
International
Committees: AC*, FC,
GNC
Felicia F. Norwood
Executive Vice President
and President,
Government Business
Division, Anthem, Inc.
Committees: N/A
AC Audit Committee
CRC
Corporate Responsibility
Committee
FC Finance Committee
GNC
Governance and Nominating
Committee
HRC Human Resources Committee
RC
Risk Committee
* Committee Chair
New Director Nominee
Independent Chairman
Qualifications and Experience
of our Director Nominees
Board Diversity of our Director
Nominees
Commitment to Refreshment
Provides Fresh Perspectives
64% 93% 71% 29% 36% 3.5 100%
financial services
experience
risk management
experience
human capital
management
experience,
including
succession planning
racially / ethnically
diverse director
nominees
women director
nominees
average years of
current independent
director nominees
tenure**
of standing Board
committee chair
roles rotated since
2017
** Based on completed years of service from date first elected to Board. As of 14-Mar-2022.
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Our Director Nominees
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2021 Financial Performance Overview
See Proxy, page 74, for more
information on our 2021 financial
performance
Wells Fargo's execution on strategic priorities, including a continued focus on efficiency improvements, a recovering economy,
and our ongoing work to put legacy issues behind us contributed to significantly improved year-over-year financial results.
Total Shareholder Return
(1)
(USD)
30
35
40
45
50
+61%
Key 2021 Highlights
Total Revenue Net Income Diluted Earnings Per Efficiency Ratio
(2)
(billions) (billions)
Common Share
(lower % indicates greater efficiency)
$78.5
$74.3
2021
2020 2020
2021
$3.4
$21.5
2020
2021
$0.43
$4.95
2020
2021 69%
78%
(1) Total Shareholder Return reflects the closing price adjusted for cash dividends on the ex-dividend date; based on S&P Global Market Intelligence/S&P Capital IQ Pro data.
(2) The efficiency ratio is noninterest expense divided by total revenue (net interest income and noninterest income).
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Responsive Compensation Changes
See Proxy, pages 63 to 87, for our
full Compensation Discussion and
Analysis
The HRC closely studied and discussed shareholder feedback in evaluating potential changes to the executive compensation
program, ultimately approving several structural changes to our program and enhancements to our disclosure.
What We Heard from Shareholders How We Responded Proxy Reference
Enhanced Disclosure
Goals: Preference for more disclosure
about the goals used to evaluate individual
NEO Performance
Enhanced description of the goals used to evaluate individual
NEO performance
Page 73 (see pages 77
to 78 for sample
application)
Performance Assessment: Preference for
more disclosure about the factors the HRC
considers in assessing performance
Provided additional detail on the performance assessment
process used by the HRC
Pages 72 to 73
Variable Incentive Process: Preference for
more disclosure about the process to
determine variable incentive compensation
Enhanced the disclosure around the HRC’s process for
determining variable incentive compensation, including
application of performance achievement levels
Page 73 (see page 78
for sample application)
Structural Changes
Pay Mix: Preference for a higher proportion
of performance-based long-term equity in
CEO pay mix
Increased the weight of Performance Shares in the CEO’s equity
mix to 65% with the remaining 35% in Restricted Share Rights
(RSRs) (previously, split 50% / 50%)
Page 70
Relative Performance Link: Preference for
inclusion of a relative measure in our
Performance Share design
Reintroduced relative Return on Tangible Common Equity
(ROTCE) performance in our Performance Share design,
weighted at 25% (previously, 100% absolute ROTCE)
Page 70
Performance Criteria: Focus on
maintaining rigorous performance criteria
Increased the target performance goal required for three year
average absolute ROTCE performance to achieve a target payout
or above
Page 70
Total Shareholder Return (TSR)
(1)
:
Preference for increased rigor of the TSR
structure
Re-evaluated the structure and rigor of TSR in the Performance
Share Award (PSA) program; payouts will be adjusted upward by
20% if our TSR is at or above the 75th percentile and will be
reduced by 20% if our TSR is below the 25th percentile, and there
will be no upward adjustment if our absolute TSR is negative
Page 70
(1) Refer to the 2022 Proxy Statement, Additional Notes, Note 1, on page 138 for a further discussion of TSR for the Performance Share Award program.
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Total Variable Incentive Compensation Process
See Proxy, pages 72 to 73 for more
information on the performance
assessment and variable incentive
determination process
The performance assessment and variable incentive determination process aligns incentive compensation with performance
and prudent risk oversight.
Company
Goals
The HRC selects financial and non-financial goals that closely align with the Company’s key value drivers,
strategic plan, and risk and control framework.
For 2021, the HRC selected many of the same goals that were included in 2020, as well as additional goals that the
HRC believed increase alignment with the Company’s strategic focus areas.
Customer-Centric ESG (including DE&I
Risk, Regulatory, Talent and Technology and Operational
Financial Culture and and Community
& Control Leadership Innovation Excellence
Conduct Engagement)
Individual
Goals
The HRC uses a disciplined approach in establishing goals that incentivize NEOs to deliver on strategic priorities.
Goals are established at the beginning of each year, tailored to each NEO’s area of responsibility and reinforced
throughout the year. At the end of the year, results from the performance assessment against these goals are
tied directly to the NEO’s variable incentive compensation.
Risk, Regulatory, & Control Financial Talent, Leadership, & Culture / DE&I Strategy, Technology, & Innovation
Total Variable Incentive Compensation Process
(1)
The performance assessment also provides the HRC with the ability to reduce an individual NEO’s performance
achievement level to zero for failures in risk management, including misconduct.
(1) The total variable incentive compensation process for Functional NEOs weighs Company Performance at 50% and Individual Performance at 50%. The total variable
incentive compensation process for Line-of-Business NEOs weighs Company Performance at 30%, Line-of-Business Performance at 20%, and Individual Performance at 50%.
CEO
Total
Performance
Achievement
Variable
Incentive
Target
Total
Variable
Incentive
Compensation
Company Performance
Weighting Achievement
Individual Performance
Weighting Achievement
% $
65%
%
35%
%
$
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Overview of the 2022 Long-Term Incentive Plan Proposal
See Proxy, pages 100 to 106, for
our full discussion on our 2022
Long Term Incentive Plan
Our long-term incentive plan aligns interests of plan participants with shareholders, facilitates retention, and rewards
performance over the long-term; approval of the plan will allow the Company to grant additional equity awards.
Prudent Share Request
Share Request Asking for an additional 80M shares
(1)
Duration Estimated to enable the Company to grant additional equity awards for ~3-4 years
Eligibility Employees, directors, and certain former employees (with respect to certain compensation earned while
employed)
For context, approximately 18,000 of our employees participated in 2021
Burn Rate
Our three-year average annual gross burn rate for fiscal years 2019-2021 was 0.67%
Dilution
Estimated total potential dilution of ~5.3%
We repurchased $14.5B of common stock in 2021 as part of a capital plan to repurchase ~$18B for the four
quarter period beginning Q3 2021 through Q2 2022
Shareholder-Aligned Plan Features & Practices
Plan Features
1-year minimum vesting for 95% of shares granted
$750,000 annual director compensation limit; $1.5M for Chair
Double-trigger change-in-control vesting provision
10-year max term for options and stock appreciation rights
No “evergreen” provision
No discounted options or reload options
No excise tax gross-up benefits
Prohibits the payment of dividends prior to vesting
Plan Practices
Stock Ownership Policy strengthens stock retention
requirements (see page 48 of Proxy)
Robust Clawback and Forfeiture Policy discourages unnecessary
or inappropriate risk taking (see page 84 of Proxy)
Low Historical Burn Rate & Total Potential Dilution
Metric
(2)
2019 2020 2021
Burn Rate 0.6% 0.6% 0.8%
Total Potential Dilution 7.2% 6.5% 5.3%
(1) If shareholders approve the 2022 LTIP, 132,439,684 shares will be issuable after its approval, minus twice the number of shares that are awarded under the LTICP
after February 7, 2022, including those awarded to non-employee directors on the date of the 2022 Annual Meeting. Any shares with respect to awards
currently outstanding under the LTICP that are forfeited, canceled, or settled in cash will also be made available for grant under the 2022 LTIP.
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(2) See definitions on page 100 of the Proxy.
Robust Oversight of ESG Priorities
See our ESG Report for more
information on oversight of our
ESG and DE&I efforts
Robust Board oversight and governance structures provide accountability for, and leadership over, ESG and DE&I efforts.
Human Resources Committee
Oversees DE&I efforts and regularly engages
in DE&I discussions; the full Board receives
DE&I updates
Corporate Responsibility
Committee
Oversees our strategies, policies, and programs
on social and public responsibility, and
relationships and enterprise reputation with
external stakeholders on those matters
Our Board believes that its strong oversight over the areas
of focus in the shareholder proposals on our ballot
(outlined on slides 11-13), coupled with our existing
policies, practices, reporting, and disclosures, effectively
addresses the requests noted within each proposal
Board Oversight
Head of Diverse Segments,
Representation and Inclusion
Reports to the CEO; responsible for
advancing DE&I efforts in the marketplace
and the workplace
Chief Sustainability Officer
Responsible for driving enterprise ESG
programs, leading the progress towards our
enterprise climate initiatives, and establishing
the Institute for Sustainable Finance
Senior Leadership
Advisory Councils
(Established for all business lines
and functions)
Collaborate with senior leadership; focus on
workforce, marketplace, and advocacy
outcomes
ESG Disclosure Council
Provides senior-level accountability for ESG
reporting and disclosures, and considers
ways to address gaps and deficiencies
Provides insights and feedback from external sources; focused on deepening our
understanding of current and emerging ESG issues that are relevant to our stakeholders
External Stakeholder Advisory Council
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Councils
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Ongoing Focus on Risk Management Oversight
See Proxy, pages 31 to 34, and our
Environmental and Social Risk
Management Framework
We measure and manage risk as part of our business, including in connection with the products and services we offer to our
customers. Our top priority is to strengthen our Company by building an appropriate risk and control infrastructure.
Risk Oversight and Governance
In 2020, we announced an enhanced organizational structure to manage risk across the Company, including five line-of-
business chief risk officers reporting to our Chief Risk Officer (CRO), as well as a new Chief Compliance Officer and Chief
Operational Risk Officer
The Board carries out its risk oversight responsibilities directly and through its Committees. All Board Committees report
to the full Board about their activities, including risk oversight-related matters
The Risk Committee approves the Company’s Risk Management Framework and oversees its implementation. It also
monitors the Company’s adherence to its Risk Appetite and oversees the Independent Risk Management function
The Enterprise Risk & Control Committee (ERCC) is a management governance committee that governs the management
of all risk types; each principal line of business and enterprise function also has a risk and control committee with a
mandate that aligns with the ERCC
Three Lines of Defense Within our Risk Operating Model
The front line, composed of
business groups and certain
activities of enterprise functions
Independent Risk Management Internal Audit
This model creates necessary interaction, interdependencies, and ongoing engagement among the three lines of defense.
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The Board Recommends a Vote AGAINST Each
Shareholder Proposal
See Proxy, pages 114 and 116 to
117, for full opposition statements
Shareholder
Proposal
Key Reasons Why the Request in the Shareholder
Proposal is Not Appropriate or Necessary
WFC Policies / Disclosures Already in Place that
Address These Topics
Policy for
Management
Pay Clawback
Authorization
Report on
Incentive-
Based
Compensation
and Risks of
Material Losses
Our existing Clawback and Forfeiture Policy is
broader than the proposed policy in several ways.
The proposed policy disregards individual
responsibility, which goes against our core
compensation principle of linking pay to
performance, and is inconsistent with practices of
our peers.
Subjecting compensation to a risk of forfeiture
irrespective of personal responsibility and in a
manner inconsistent with market practice would
harm shareholder interests by hampering our ability
to attract and retain top talent.
The requested report could provide confidential,
sensitive, and competitive information about our
incentive compensation practices in that it would
require us to disclose an extensive level of detail
regarding compensation for a large group of
employees.
This information could facilitate recruitment of
employees by our competitors, and does not
meaningfully add to the substance of our disclosures.
Our Clawback and Forfeiture Policy permits clawback
of equity-based compensation and certain cash
compensation and empowers the Company to hold
employees accountable for lesser triggers than
violations of law, which is the only trigger requested
by the proposal, including misconduct and risk
events.
Our Clawback and Forfeiture Policy, stock ownership
requirements, and
Code of Ethics and Business
Conduct incentivize long-term performance while
discouraging excessive risk-taking.
Our Incentive Compensation Risk Management
(ICRM) and performance management programs are
responsive to the incentive compensation risk
concerns raised in this proposal.
Through our ICRM program, we identify and provide
for heightened oversight of employees in roles that
may be able, individually or as a group, to expose the
Company to material risk.
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The Board Recommends a Vote AGAINST Each
Shareholder Proposal
See Proxy, pages 119 and 125 to
126, for full opposition statements
Shareholder
Proposal
Key Reasons Why the Request in the Shareholder
Proposal is Not Appropriate or Necessary
WFC Policies / Disclosures Already in Place that
Address These Topics
Racial and
Our current practices to continue to enhance our
Gender Board
Board diversity and our robust disclosures in our
Diversity
proxy statement are responsive to the concerns
Report
raised in this proposal.
Conduct a
We do not believe that performing a Racial Equity
Racial Equity
Audit ultimately serves the best interests of our
Audit
shareholders given our comprehensive approach to
DE&I, with continued oversight from our Board,
management accountability, and our robust DE&I
disclosures.
Our director nomination process includes, as one of
its criteria, consideration of gender, race, and ethnic
diversity.
36% of our director nominees are women and 29%
are racially/ethnically diverse. Two of our new
independent director nominees enhance our Board’s
diversity.
We provide robust disclosures of our commitment to
board diversity, including the process for recruiting
diverse candidates, and a matrix with Board
members’ self-identified gender, race, and ethnicity.
We have significant and ongoing DE&I initiatives and
existing / planned future disclosures of our efforts.
We added Diverse Segment Leader roles in each
customer-facing line of business, linked DE&I
outcomes to compensation, and launched a number
of initiatives to support communities of color and
address systemic economic inequities.
We recently published our
Priority
Recommendations of the Wells Fargo Human Rights
Impact Assessment and Actions in Response report;
the HRIA was conducted by a third party to help us
gain better insights into where our stakeholders
perceive we have human rights impacts, and includes
a specific focus on DE&I.
We expanded our
efforts to advance racial equity in
homeownership, committing to annually assess and
publicly disclose our progress. (See
News Release)
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The Board Recommends a Vote AGAINST Each
Shareholder Proposal
See Proxy, pages 123, 121, and
127 to 128, for full opposition
statements
Shareholder
Proposal
Key Reasons Why the Request in the Shareholder
Proposal is Not Appropriate or Necessary
WFC Policies / Disclosures Already in Place that
Address These Topics
Climate
Change Policy
Report on
Respecting
Indigenous
Peoples’ Rights
The scenario cited in the proposal assumes no new
Wells Fargo set a goal of net-zero greenhouse gas
oil and gas developments required to attain net-zero;
emissions by 2050 and committed to setting interim
conditioning our financing on this assumption is an
emissions targets for the Oil & Gas and Power
ineffective and impractical way to manage lending
portfolios by the end of 2022. (See
News Release)
practices or further our net-zero goal.
Adopting the requested policy would effectively
Our target-setting, participation in financing the new
capabilities and resources of Oil & Gas companies,
preclude us from offering general purpose loans to
and investment in renewable solar and wind power
the Oil & Gas sector, an unreasonable approach
projects facilitates an orderly and balanced transition
based on current energy usage and the potential
away from high-emitting hydrocarbons.
negative impacts on the U.S. economy.
See also our recent announcement on joining the Net-Zero Banking Alliance
Developing the report requested by the proposal
would be both time consuming and costly without
adding significant value to our shareholders.
The requested report would require inappropriate
disclosure of proprietary business decisions, as well
as confidential information about customers.
Providing the requested report does not ultimately
serve the best interests of our shareholders
Our policies and procedures, including a robust due
diligence framework for analyzing transactions that
may impact an indigenous community, take into
account the responsibility of respecting the rights of
Indigenous Peoples in how we conduct business.
Our
Indigenous Peoples Statement articulates our
commitment to treating all Indigenous Peoples with
dignity and respect, and to responsible financing
when our financing may impact their communities.
Charitable
The Board believes that the disclosures currently in We
provide robust disclosures of our charitable
Donations
place are fully responsive to the proposal.
contributions, including the process, approach, and
Disclosure
rationale for contributions, and information about
the grant application process; we also
provide access
to more detailed information of our donations.
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Forward-Looking Statements and Website References
This document contains forward-looking statements. In addition, we may make forward-looking statements orally as part of our presentation.
Forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “seeks,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “target,”
“projects,” “outlook,” “forecast,” “will,” “may,” “could,” “should,” “can” and similar references to future periods. In particular, forward-looking
statements include, but are not limited to, statements we make about: (i) the future operating or financial performance of the Company, including our
outlook for future growth; (ii) our noninterest expense and efficiency ratio; (iii) future credit quality and performance, including our expectations
regarding future loan losses, our allowance for credit losses, and the economic scenarios considered to develop the allowance; (iv) our expectations
regarding net interest income and net interest margin; (v) loan growth or the reduction or mitigation of risk in our loan portfolios; (vi) future capital or
liquidity levels, ratios or targets; (vii) the performance of our mortgage business and any related exposures; (viii) the expected outcome and impact of
legal, regulatory and legislative developments, as well as our expectations regarding compliance therewith; (ix) future common stock dividends,
common share repurchases and other uses of capital; (x) our targeted range for return on assets, return on equity, and return on tangible common
equity; (xi) expectations regarding our effective income tax rate; (xii) the outcome of contingencies, such as legal proceedings; (xiii) environmental,
social and governance related goals or commitments; and (xiv) the Company’s plans, objectives and strategies. Forward-looking statements are not
based on historical facts but instead represent our current expectations and assumptions regarding our business, the economy and other future
conditions. Investors are urged to not unduly rely on forward-looking statements as actual results could differ materially from expectations. Forward-
looking statements speak only as of the date made, and we do not undertake to update them to reflect changes or events that occur after that date.
For more information about factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations, refer to the “Forward-Looking Statements”
discussion in our most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as well as to Wells Fargo’s other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including the discussion under “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.
Website references throughout this document are provided for convenience only, and the content on the referenced websites is not incorporated by
reference into this document. We assume no liability for any third-party content contained on the referenced websites.
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