| Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
Wells Fargo & Company (the “Company”) announced that, effective as of today, Timothy J. Sloan has stepped down as Chief Executive Officer and President, and as a director of the Company. He also will retire from the Company on June 30, 2019. Mr. Sloan informed the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) of his decision to step down on March 26, 2019. In addition, on March 26, 2019, the Board elected C. Allen Parker to the Board and as interim Chief Executive Officer and President, effective as of today.
Mr. Parker, age 64, served as Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Company from March 2017 to March 2019. Mr. Parker has been a member of the Company’s Operating Committee, which is the Company’s senior-most business committee responsible for considering and deciding on key strategic, business, and operational matters. Previously, he was presiding partner at the law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP from January 2013 until December 2016, where he was responsible for development and implementation of firm-wide strategy andday-to-day firm leadership, including financial analysis and reporting, business development, risk management, and public relations. While at Cravath, Mr. Parker also served as deputy presiding partner from January 2007 to December 2012 and as managing partner of the corporate department from January 2001 to December 2004. Mr. Parker joined Cravath in 1984 and was a partner from June 1990 to March 2017, and he was a member of the firm’s corporate governance and board advisory practice. He has extensive experience in a broad range of finance, banking and related matters. He earned an undergraduate degree from Duke University, an M.A. from the University of Chicago, and a J.D. from the Columbia University School of Law.
Since January 1, 2018, Mr. Parker and certain of his immediate family members had loans, other extensions of credit and/or banking or financial services transactions in the ordinary course of business with the Company’s banking and other subsidiaries. All of these lending and financial services transactions were on substantially the same terms, including interest rates, collateral, and repayment (as applicable), as those available at the time for comparable transactions with persons not related to the Company, and did not involve more than the normal risk of collectability or present other unfavorable features.
The Board’s Human Resources Committee (the “HRC”) and the Board also determined that, during the period Mr. Parker serves as interim Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company, he will receive base salary at an annual rate of $2 million, which will be taken into account in connection with his current 2019 target annual incentive award opportunity of 100% of annual base salary. In addition, Mr. Parker received an initial grant of restricted share rights (“RSRs”) under the Company’s Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (“LTICP”), with a grant date value of $2 million (the “Interim Award”), as well as a grant of 100 shares of fully vested restricted stock under the LTICP to satisfy his director qualifying share requirements. The number of shares of Company common stock subject to the Interim Award is determined by dividing the award value by the closing price of a share of the Company’s common stock on March 26, 2019, rounded up to the nearest whole share. The Interim Award will vest on March 26, 2020, subject to, among other conditions, Mr. Parker’s continued employment with the Company or earlier termination by the Company without cause, or as a result of his disability or death as well as forfeiture conditions that give the HRC discretion to forfeit or cancel all or any
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