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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
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware    41-0449260 

(State of Incorporation or Organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 
 
420 Montgomery Street     
San Francisco, California    94163 

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code) 
 
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:     
Title of Each Class    Name of Each Exchange on Which 
to be so Registered    Each Class is to be Registered 

 
 
7.50% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Class A    New York Stock Exchange, Inc. 
Preferred Stock, Series L, no par value     

 

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                         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: þ              A.(d), please check the following box: ¨ 

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: None


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 7.50% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Class A Preferred Stock, Series L, no par value (the “Series L Preferred Stock”) 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 7.50% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Class A Preferred Stock, Series L, 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 Registrant’s Dividend Equalization Preferred Shares 
    (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 
    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 Series L Preferred Stock (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). 
 
             4.1    Form of certificate representing the Series L Preferred Stock.* 

* Filed herewith.


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