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.
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CUSIP NO.
949746QD6
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FACE AMOUNT: $
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REGISTERED
NO.
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WELLS FARGO &
COMPANY
Notes Linked to a Strategic
Allocation Basket
due October 7,
2014
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 Maturity Payment 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 October 7, 2014. If no Market
Disruption Event (as defined below) occurs or is continuing with
respect to a Basket Component (as defined below) on the scheduled
Valuation Date (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
Valuation Date with respect to a Basket Component, the “
Stated Maturity Date ” shall be the later of
(i) three Business Days (as defined below) after the postponed
Valuation Date with respect to such Basket Component (or, if the
Valuation Date is postponed with respect to more than one Basket
Component, three Business Days after the latest postponed Valuation
Date) 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.
Determination of Maturity Payment
Amount
“ Maturity Payment
Amount ” shall mean, for each $1,000 Face Amount of this
Security:
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if the Final Basket Level is
greater than the Initial Basket Level, $1,000 plus the Additional
Amount;
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if the Final Basket Level is
equal to the Initial Basket Level or is at least 80% of the Initial
Basket Level, $1,000; and
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if the Final Basket Level is less
than 80% of the Initial Basket Level, $1,000 minus the product
of:
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Initial Basket Level –
Final Basket Level -
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Initial
Basket Level
“ Additional Amount
” shall mean, for each $1,000 Face Amount of this Security,
an amount equal to the product of:
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Participation Rate;
and
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Final Basket Level –
Initial Basket Level
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Initial
Basket Level
“ S&P 500 Index
” shall mean the S&P 500 Index.
“ Rogers Index ”
shall mean the Rogers International Commodity Index
__ Excess Return.
“ Basket Component
” shall mean each of the S&P 500 Index (70%) and the
Rogers Index (30%), with each Basket Component having the weighting
noted parenthetically.
The “ Participation
Rate ” is 1.05.
The “ Initial Basket
Level ” is 100.
The “ Final Basket
Level ” will be equal to the product of (i) 100 and
(ii) an amount to equal 1 plus the sum of: (A) 70% of the
Component Return (as defined herein) of the S&P 500 Index; and
(B) 30% of the Component Return of the Rogers
Index.
“ 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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“ Calculation Agency
Agreement ” shall mean the Calculation Agency Agreement
dated as of October 7, 2009 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
Agency Agreement with the Company providing for, among other
things, the determination of the Final Basket Level, the Additional
Amount, if any, and the Maturity Payment Amount, which term shall,
unless the context otherwise requires, include its successors under
such Calculation Agency Agreement. The initial Calculation Agent
shall be Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. Pursuant to the Calculation
Agency Agreement, the Company may appoint a different Calculation
Agent from time to time after the initial issuance of the
Securities of this series without the consent of the Holders of the
Securities of this series and without notifying the Holders of the
Securities of this series.
The “ Closing Level
” on any Trading Day (as defined herein) means (A) with
respect to the S&P 500 Index, the closing level of the S&P
500 Index as reported by Standard & Poor’s, a
division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (“ S&P
”) (or of any successor equity index (as defined herein), as
reported by the index sponsor of the successor equity index) and
(B) with respect to the Rogers Index, the closing level of the
Rogers Index as reported by CQG, Inc. (“ CQG ”)
(or of any successor commodity index, as reported by Beeland
Interests, Inc. (“ Beeland ”), James Beeland
Rogers, Jr. (“ Rogers ”) or another sponsor of
that successor commodity index) on such Trading Day or as
determined by the Calculation Agent as described in
“—Discontinuance of the S&P 500 Index; Alteration
of Method of Calculation” and “—Discontinuance of
the Rogers Index; Alteration of Method of
Calculation”
The “ Component Return
” of a Basket Component will be equal to:
Final Component Level –
Initial Component Level
Initial
Component Level
where,
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the “ Initial Component
Level ” is the Closing Level of such Basket Component on
the Pricing Date; and
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the “ Final Component
Level ” is the Closing Level of such Basket Component on
the Valuation Date.
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The Initial Component Level of the
Basket Components are as follows: S&P 500 Index
(1057.08) and Rogers Index (2210.42).
“ Designated Contracts
” shall mean the future contracts that compose the Rogers
Index.
“ Face Amount ”
shall mean, when used with respect to any Security or Securities of
this series, the amount set forth on the face of such Security or
Securities as its or their “Face Amount.”
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“ Index Commodities
” shall mean the physical commodities underlying the
Designated Contracts.
The “ Pricing Date
” shall mean the date the notes were priced for initial sale
to the public.
“ Settlement Price
” shall mean 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.
A “ Trading Day ”
means any day on which (i) The New York Stock Exchange, The
Nasdaq Stock Market and the American Stock Exchange, or any
successor thereto, are open for trading during their regular
trading sessions and (ii) the primary exchange, trading system
or market for each Designated Contract included in the Rogers Index
is open for trading.
The “ Valuation Date
” shall be the last Trading Day of September 2014, subject to
postponement due to the occurrence of a Market Disruption Event.
Notwithstanding a postponement of the Valuation Date with respect
to a Basket Component that is subject to a Market Disruption Event,
the originally scheduled Valuation Date will remain the Valuation
Date for any Basket Component not subject to a Market Disruption
Event. See “—Market Disruption
Events.”
Discontinuance Of The S&P 500
Index; Alteration Of Method Of Calculation
If S&P discontinues publication
of the S&P 500 Index and S&P or another entity publishes a
successor or substitute index that the Calculation Agent
determines, in its sole discretion, to be comparable to the
discontinued S&P 500 Index, then any subsequent Closing Level
of the S&P 500 Index will be determined by reference to the
level of such successor index or substitute index (in any such
case, referred to herein as a “ successor equity index
”) at 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date that any
such subsequent Closing Level is to be determined.
Upon any selection by the
Calculation Agent of a successor equity index, the Company will
promptly give notice to the Holders of the Securities of this
series.
If S&P discontinues publication
of the S&P 500 Index prior to, and such discontinuance is
continuing on, the date that any Closing Level of the S&P 500
Index is to be determined and the Calculation Agent determines that
no successor equity index is available at such time, then, on such
date, the Calculation Agent will determine the Closing Level of the
S&P 500 Index to be used in computing the amount payable at
stated maturity. Such Closing Level will be computed by the
Calculation Agent in accordance with the formula for and method of
calculating the S&P 500 Index last in effect prior to such
discontinuance, using the closing price (or, if trading in the
relevant security has been materially suspended or materially
limited, its good faith estimate of the closing price that would
have prevailed but for such suspension or limitation) at the close
of the principal trading session on such date of each security most
recently comprising the S&P 500 Index on the primary organized
exchange or trading system. As used herein, “ closing
price ”
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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.
If a successor equity index is
selected or the Calculation Agent calculates a Closing Level as a
substitute for the S&P 500 Index, such successor equity index
or Closing Level will be used as a substitute for the S&P 500
Index for all purposes, including for purposes of determining
whether a Market Disruption Event exists.
If at any time the method of
calculating the S&P 500 Index or a successor equity index, or
the Closing Level thereof, is changed in a material respect, or if
the S&P 500 Index or a successor equity index is in any other
way modified so that such S&P 500 Index does not, in the
opinion of the Calculation Agent, fairly represent the value of the
S&P 500 Index or such successor equity index 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 any Closing
Level of the S&P 500 Index 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 value
of a stock index comparable to the S&P 500 Index or such
successor equity index, as the case may be, as if such changes or
modifications had not been made. The Calculation Agent will
calculate the Closing Level of the S&P 500 Index and the amount
payable at stated maturity with reference to the S&P 500 Index
or such successor equity index, as adjusted. Accordingly, if the
method of calculating the S&P 500 Index or a successor equity
index is modified so that the level of such index is a fraction of
what it would have been if it had not been modified (for example,
due to a split in the index), then the Calculation Agent will
adjust such index in order to arrive at a level of the S&P 500
Index or such successor equity index as if it had not been modified
(for example, as if such split had not occurred).
Discontinuance Of The Rogers
Index; Alteration Of Method Of Calculation
If CQG discontinues calculation of
the Closing Level of the Rogers Index and another entity calculates
the level of the Rogers Index that the Calculation Agent
determines, in its sole discretion, to be comparable to the Closing
Level of the Rogers Index as previously calculated by CQG, then any
subsequent Closing Level of the Rogers Index will be determined by
reference to the level of the Rogers Index as calculated by such
entity (in any case, referred to herein as a “ successor
index calculation agent ”) at 4:00 p.m., New York City
time, on the date that any such subsequent Closing Level is to be
determined.
Upon any selection by the
Calculation Agent of a successor index calculation agent, the
Company will promptly give notice to the Holders of the Securities
of this series.
If CQG discontinues calculation of
the Closing Level of the Rogers Index prior to, and such
discontinuance is continuing on, the date that any Closing Level of
the Rogers Index is to be determined and the Calculation Agent
determines that no successor index calculation agent is available
at such time, then, on such date, the Calculation Agent will
determine each subsequent Closing Level of the Rogers Index to be
used in computing the amount payable at stated maturity. Such
Closing Level will be computed by the Calculation Agent in
accordance with the
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formula for and method of calculating the Rogers
Index last in effect prior to such discontinuance, using the
Settlement Price (or, if trading in the relevant Designated
Contracts has been materially suspended or materially limited, its
good faith estimate of the Settlement Price that would have
prevailed but for such suspension or limitation) at the close of
the principal trading session on such date of each Designated
Contract most recently comprising the Rogers Index on the primary
organized exchange or trading system.
If Beeland discontinues publication
of the Rogers Index and Beeland, Rogers or another entity publishes
a successor or substitute index that the Calculation Agent
determines, in its sole discretion, to be comparable to the
discontinued Rogers Index, then any subsequent Closing Level of the
Rogers Index will be determined by reference to the level of such
successor commodity index or substitute index (in any such case,
referred to herein as a “ successor commodity index
”) at 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date that any
such subsequent Closing Level is to be determined.
Upon any selection by the
Calculation Agent of a successor commodity index, the Company will
promptly give notice to the Holders of the Securities of this
series.
If Beeland discontinues publication
of the Rogers Index prior to, and such discontinuance is continuing
on, the date that any Closing Level of the Rogers Index is to be
determined and the Calculation Agent determines that no successor
commodity index is available at such time, then, on such date, the
Calculation Agent will determine each subsequent Closing Level of
the Rogers Index to be used in computing the amount payable at
stated maturity. Each such Closing Level will be computed by the
Calculation Agent in accordance with the formula for and method of
calculating the Rogers Index last in effect prior to such
discontinuance, using the Settlement Price (or, if trading in the
relevant Designated Contracts has been materially suspended or
materially limited, its good faith estimate of the Settlement Price
that would have prevailed but for such suspension or limitation) at
the close of the principal trading session on such date of each
Designated Contract most recently comprising the Rogers Index on
the primary organized exchange or trading system.
If a successor commodity index is
selected or the Calculation Agent calculates a Closing Level as a
substitute for the Rogers Index, such successor commodity index or
Closing Level will be used as a substitute for the Rogers Index for
all purposes, including for purposes of determining whether a
Market Disruption Event exists.
If at any time the method of
calculating the Rogers Index or a successor commodity index,
whether by CQG or a successor commodity index calculation agent, as
applicable, or the Closing Level thereof, is changed in a material
respect, or if the Rogers Index or a successor commodity index is
in any other way modified so that such Index does not, in the
opinion of the Calculation Agent, fairly represent the value of the
Rogers Index or such successor commodity index 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 any Closing
Level 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 value of a commodity index
comparable to the Rogers Index or such successor commodity index,
as the case may be, as if such changes or modifications had not
been made, and calculate the Closing Level and the amount payable
at stated maturity with
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reference to the Rogers Index or such successor
commodity index, as adjusted. Accordingly, if the method of
calculating the Rogers Index or a successor commodity index is
modified so that the level of such index is a fraction of what it
would have been if it had not been modified, then the Calculation
Agent will adjust such index in order to arrive at a level of the
Rogers Index or such successor commodity index as if it had not
been modified.
Market Disruption
Events
Pricing Date
If a Market Disruption Event occurs
or is continuing with respect to the S&P 500 Index on the
Pricing Date, the Calculation Agent will determine the Initial
Component Level of the S&P 500 Index for the Securities of this
series by reference to the Closing Level of the S&P 500 Index
on the next trading day on which there is not a Market Disruption
Event for the S&P 50