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, the principal sum of ____________________________ DOLLARS ($______________) on the Stated Maturity Date shown above (except to the extent redeemed prior to such date) and to pay interest, if any, on the principal amount hereof, (i) from the Original Issue Date specified above or from the most recent Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for to, but excluding, July 25, 2027 at the rate per annum of 4.808% on the Fixed Rate Interest Payment Dates specified above, and (ii) if this Security has not been previously redeemed, from, and including July 25, 2027 or from the most recent Floating Rate Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for to, but excluding, the date of Maturity on the Floating Rate Interest Payment Dates specified above at the Base Rate plus the Spread specified above, subject to the Minimum Interest Rate and as determined by the Calculation Agent in accordance with the provisions on the reverse hereof under the headings “Determination of Compounded SOFR” and “Determination of Interest Rate for the Floating Rate Period,” as applicable. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Interest payable upon Maturity will be paid to the Person to whom principal is payable.
If a Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, interest on this Security shall be payable on the next day that is a Business Day, with the same force and effect as if made on such Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date, and without any interest or other payment with respect to the delay. If a Floating Rate Interest Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, other than a Floating Rate Interest Payment Date that is also the date of Maturity, such Floating Rate Interest Payment Date will be postponed to the following day that is a Business Day, except that, if such following Business Day is in the next calendar month, such Floating Rate Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding day that is a Business Day. If the date of Maturity would fall on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment of principal and interest shall be made on the next Business Day, with the same force and effect as if made on the due date, and no additional interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such date of Maturity. For purposes of this Security, “Business Day” means any 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 and, for a Floating Rate Interest Payment Date and any date of Maturity during the period from, and including, June 23, 2028 to, but excluding, the Stated Maturity Date, a day that is also a U.S. Government Securities Business Day. For purposes of this Security, “U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in U.S. government securities.
Interest payments on this Security shall be the amount of interest accrued from and including the Original Issue Date specified above or from and including the last date to which interest has been paid, or provided for, as the case may be, to but excluding, the following Interest Payment Date or the date of Maturity. If this Security has been issued upon transfer of, in exchange for, or in replacement of, a Predecessor Security, interest on this Security shall accrue from the last
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