Summary
Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) filed a Form 8-K on October 5, 2011, to disclose the issuance of various Medium-Term Notes, Series K. These notes are linked to different financial benchmarks, including the Dow Jones Industrial AverageSM, a Global ETF Basket, the S&P 500® Index, the iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund, and a Commodity Basket. The filing serves to provide investors with the official documentation for these debt offerings, including the forms of the notes themselves and legal opinions from counsel regarding their issuance and tax implications. This report is primarily administrative, documenting the details of specific debt instruments. Investors interested in these specific notes should review the forms of notes and accompanying legal opinions to understand the terms, risks, and potential returns associated with each issuance. The filing does not contain new financial results or significant operational updates, but rather formalizes the details of these Medium-Term Notes.
Key Highlights
- 1Wells Fargo & Company issued several series of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, on or around October 5, 2011.
- 2The notes are linked to various investment indices and baskets, including the Dow Jones Industrial AverageSM, S&P 500® Index, a Global ETF Basket, an Emerging Markets Index Fund, and a Commodity Basket.
- 3Maturity dates for these notes range from April 2015 to October 2018.
- 4The filing is an amendment to a previously filed Registration Statement on Form S-3.
- 5The purpose of the 8-K is to file the forms of the notes and related legal opinions (from Faegre & Benson LLP and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP).
- 6This filing primarily serves to provide official documentation for these debt issuances and does not contain new financial performance data.