UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Wells Fargo & Company
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

If this form relates to the registration of a class of		If this form relates to the registration of a class of
securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange		securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange
Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction		Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction
A.(c), please check the following box: ¨		A.(d), please check the following box: þ

                         Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-154879

                         Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Dividend Equalization Preferred Shares, no par value
(Title of Class)

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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered

          The description of the general terms and provisions of the Dividend Equalization Preferred Shares, no par value (the “DEPs”) of Wells Fargo & Company (the “Registrant”) is incorporated herein by reference to the description included under the caption “New Wells Fargo Preferred Stock to be Issued in the Merger—Wells Fargo’s Dividend Equalization Preferred Shares, no par value” in the proxy statement-prospectus filed on November 24, 2008 and included as part of the Registrant’s registration statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-154789) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 31, 2008 and amended on November 18, 2008 and November 21, 2008 in connection with the pending merger of Wachovia Corporation with and into the Registrant.

Item 2. Exhibits.

3(a)		Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
		Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 28, 2006).
3(b)		Certificate of Designations for the Registrant’s 2007 ESOP Cumulative Convertible
		Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to the Registrant’s Current
		Report on Form 8-K filed March 19, 2007).
3(c)		Certificate Eliminating the Certificate of Designations for the Registrant’s 1997 ESOP
		Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(b) to the
		Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 19, 2007).
3(d)		Certificate of Designations for the Registrant’s 2008 ESOP Cumulative Convertible
		Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to the Registrant’s Current
		Report on Form 8-K filed March 18, 2008).
3(e)		Certificate Eliminating the Certificate of Designations for the Registrant’s 1998 ESOP
		Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(b) to the
		Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 18, 2008).
3(f)		Certificate of Designations for the Registrant’s Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock,
		Series A (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.8 to the Registrant’s Current Report on
		Form 8-K filed May 19, 2008).
3(g)		Certificate of Designations for the Registrant’s Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock,
		Series B (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.8 to the Registrant’s Current Report on
		Form 8-K filed September 10, 2008).
3(h)		Certificate of Designations for the Registrant’s Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred
		Stock, Series D (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report
		on Form 8-K filed October 30, 2008).
3(i)		Certificate of Designations for the DEPs (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the
		Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 30, 2008).
3(j)		Certificate of Designations for the Registrant’s Class A Preferred Stock, Series G
		(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K
		filed December 30, 2008).
3(k)		Certificate of Designations for the Registrant’s Class A Preferred Stock, Series H
		(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K
		filed December 30, 2008).
3(l)		Certificate of Designations for the Registrant’s Class A Preferred Stock, Series I
		(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K
		filed December 30, 2008).
3(m)		Certificate of Designations for the Registrant’s 8.00% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Class A

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		Preferred Stock, Series J (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Registrant’s
		Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 30, 2008).
3(n)		Certificate of Designations for the Registrant’s Fixed-To-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative
		Perpetual Class A Preferred Stock, Series K (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the
		Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 30, 2008).
3(o)		Certificate of Designations for the Registrant’s 7.50% Non-Cumulative Perpetual
		Convertible Class A Preferred Stock, Series L (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 to
		the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 30, 2008).
3(p)		Certificate of Designations for the Registrant’s Class A Preferred Stock, Series M
		(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.8 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K
		filed December 30, 2008).
3(q)		By-Laws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 to the Company’s Current Report on
		Form 8-K filed September 29, 2008).

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SIGNATURE

          Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                                                                                   Wells Fargo & Company

Date: December 30, 2008                                                         By:      /s/ Barbara S. Brett 
                                                                                                                Barbara S. Brett
                                                                                                                Senior Vice President and Assistant Treasurer

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