Wells Fargo & Company Authorizes Buyback of Up to 82 Million Common Shares
Wells Fargo to repurchase up to 5 pct of its stock
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 28, 1999--Wells Fargo & Company's (NYSE:WFC - news) Board of Directors today authorized the Company to acquire, from time to time, up to 82 million shares of the Company's issued and outstanding common stock. This is about five percent of the Company's 1.7 billion shares of outstanding common stock.
These shares, to be purchased at market price, are part of the Company's systematic pattern of common stock repurchases to meet the periodic common stock issuance requirements for benefit plans and conversion of convertible securities, and for other Company purposes, including acquisitions accounted for as purchases and for managing the Company's capital position.
Wells Fargo & Company is a $205 billion diversified financial services company providing banking, insurance, investments, mortgage and consumer finance through almost 6,000 stores, the Internet and other distribution channels across North America, including all 50 states, and elsewhere internationally. |
