EXHIBIT 4(v)
TRUST AGREEMENT
OF
WELLS FARGO CAPITAL I
THIS TRUST AGREEMENT is made as of October 30, 1996 (this "Trust
Agreement"), by and among Wells Fargo & Company, a Delaware corporation, as
Depositor (the "Depositor"), and Mark A. Ferrucci, as trustee (the "Trustee").
The Depositor and the Trustee hereby agree as follows:
1. The trust created hereby shall be known as "Wells Fargo Capital I"
(the "Trust"), in which name the Trustee or the Depositor, to the extent
provided herein, may conduct the business of the Trust, make and execute
contracts, and sue and be sued.
2. The Depositor hereby assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to the
Trustee the sum of $10. The Trustee hereby acknowledges receipt of such amount
in trust from the Depositor, which amount shall constitute the initial trust
estate. The Trustee hereby declares that it will hold the trust estate in trust
for the Depositor. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust
created hereby constitute a business trust under Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the
Delaware Code, 12 Del. C. (S) 3801, et seq. (the "Business Trust Act"), and that
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this document constitute the governing instrument of the Trust. The Trustee is
hereby authorized and directed to execute and file a certificate of trust with
the Delaware Secretary of State in such form as the Trustee may approve.
3. An amended and restated Trust Agreement or Declaration satisfactory to
each party to it and substantially in the form to be included as an exhibit to
the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "1993 Act Registration Statement")
referred to below, or in such other form as the parties thereto may approve,
will be entered into to provide for the contemplated operation of the Trust
created hereby and the issuance of the Preferred Securities and Common
Securities referred to therein. Prior to the execution and delivery of such
amended and restated Trust Agreement or Declaration, the Trustee shall not have
any duty or obligation hereunder or with respect of the trust estate, except as
otherwise required by applicable law or as may be necessary to obtain prior to
such execution and delivery any licenses, consents or approvals required by
applicable law or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee may
take all actions deemed proper as are necessary to effect the transactions
contemplated herein.
4. The Depositor and the Trustee hereby authorize and direct the
Depositor, as the sponsor of the Trust, (i) to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and to execute, in the case of the 1933
Act Registration Statement and 1934 Act Registration Statement (as herein
defined), on behalf of the Trust, (a) the 1933 Act Registration Statement,
including pre-effective or post-effective amendments to such Registration
Statement, relating to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "1933 Act"), of the Preferred Securities of the Trust, (b) any
preliminary
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prospectus or prospectus or supplement thereto relating to the Preferred
Securities required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act, and (c)
a Registration Statement on Form 8-A or other appropriate form (the "1934 Act
Registration Statement") (including all pre-effective and post-effective
amendments thereto) relating to the registration of the Preferred Securities of
the Trust under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended; (ii) to file with the New York Stock Exchange or other exchange, and
execute on behalf of the Trust a listing application and all other applications,
statements, certificates, agreements and other instruments as shall be necessary
or desirable to cause the Preferred Securities to be listed on the New York
Stock Exchange or such other exchange; (iii) to file and execute on behalf of
the Trust such applications, reports, surety bonds, irrevocable consents,
appointments of attorney for service of process and other papers and documents
as shall be necessary or desirable to register the Preferred Securities under
the securities or "Blue Sky" laws of such jurisdictions as the Depositor, on
behalf of the Trust, may deem necessary or desirable; and (iv) to execute,
deliver and perform on behalf of the Trust an underwriting agreement with the
Depositor and the underwriter or underwriters of the Preferred Securities of the
Trust. In the event that any filing referred to in clauses (i)-(iii) above is
required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, the New York Stock
Exchange or other exchange, or state securities or Blue Sky laws to be executed
on behalf of the Trust by the Trustee, the Trustee, in its capacity as trustee
of the Trust, is hereby authorized and directed to join in any such filing and
to execute on behalf of the Trust any and all of the foregoing, it being
understood that the Trustee, in its capacity as trustee of the Trust, shall not
be required to join in any such filing or execute on behalf of the Trust any
such document unless required by the rules and regulations of the Commission,
the New York Stock Exchange or other exchange, or state securities or Blue Sky
laws. In connection with all of the foregoing, the Trustee, solely in its
capacity as trustee of the Trust, and the Depositor hereby constitute and
appoint Robert Singley, Alan J. Pabst and Paul D. Ardleigh as his or its, as the
case may be, true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agent, acting singly or
collectively, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for the
Depositor or in the Depositor's name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including all pre-effective and
post-effective amendments) to the 1933 Act Registration Statement and the 1934
Act Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
any other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto
said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as the Depositor might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and
agent or his respective substitute or substitutes, shall do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
5. This Trust Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts.
6. The number of trustees of the Trust initially shall be one and
thereafter the number of trustees of the Trust shall be such number as shall be
fixed from time to time by a written instrument signed by the Depositor which
may increase or decrease the number of trustees of the Trust; provided, however,
that to the extent required by the Business Trust
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Act, one trustee of the Trust shall either be a natural person who is a resident
of the State of Delaware or, if not a natural person, an entity which has its
principal place of business in the State of Delaware. Subject to the foregoing,
the Depositor is entitled to appoint or remove without cause any trustee of the
Trust at any time. Any trustee of the Trust may resign upon thirty days' prior
notice to the Depositor.
7. This Trust Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of the State of Delaware (with regard to conflict of laws
principles).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Trust Agreement to
be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY,
as Depositor
By: /s/ Alan J. Pabst
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Name: Alan J. Pabst
Title: Senior Vice President
and Treasurer
MARK A. FERRUCCI, as Trustee
/s/ Mark A. Ferrucci
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