NYSE, WFC - Wells Fargo & Company
Wells Fargo & Company is a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware and
a financial holding company and a bank holding company registered under the Bank
Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (BHC Act). Its principal business is to
act as a holding company for its subsidiaries. References in this report to ?the
Parent? mean the holding company. References to ?we,? ?our,? ?us? or ?the
Company? mean the holding company and its subsidiaries that are consolidated for
financial reporting purposes.
We are the product of the merger of Norwest Corporation and the former Wells
Fargo & Company, completed on November 2, 1998. On completion of the merger,
Norwest Corporation changed its name to Wells Fargo & Company. In October 2000,
we acquired First Security Corporation, a $23 billion bank holding company in a
transaction valued at $3 billion. ...
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