UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): January 27, 2026
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
Wells Fargo & Company (the “Company”) announced that the independent members of the Board of Directors (the “Board”), based upon the recommendation of the Board’s Human Resources Committee (the “HRC”), approved Chairman and CEO Charles W. Scharf’s total compensation of $40 million for performance year 2025.
The HRC evaluated and determined its recommendation to the Board following a rigorous and holistic assessment of Company and individual performance on both financial and non-financial criteria.
In reaching this decision, the Board noted Mr. Scharf’s strong leadership during 2025 in:
•Reaching key regulatory milestones, including closing 7 regulatory consent orders, the removal of the asset cap by the Federal Reserve, and enhancing our risk and control infrastructure
•Improving financial performance with net income increasing to $21.3 billion and diluted earnings per share growing 17% from a year ago
•Growing revenue with fee-based revenue up 5% from a year ago with increases in both our consumer and commercial businesses
•Maintaining a disciplined approach to managing expenses while continuing to make strategic investments in technology, products, and talent to grow our businesses
•Maintaining strong capital levels while returning approximately $23 billion of capital to shareholders, including increasing our quarterly common stock dividend per share by 13% and repurchasing $18 billion of common stock
•Increasing return on equity (ROE) to 12.4% in 2025, up from 11.4% in 2024
•Beginning to realize the benefits from a multi-year investment strategy with stronger new account growth, higher deposit and loan balances, increased market share across many of our businesses, and positioning the company for stronger growth and improved returns moving forward
•Continuing to build and develop a strong senior leadership team
•Establishing a new medium-term return on average tangible common equity (ROTCE) target of 17-18%
Mr. Scharf’s compensation consists of a base salary of $2.5 million and total variable compensation of $37.5 million, which is comprised of $9.375 million in cash and $28.125 million in long-term equity, including 65% in Performance Share awards (PSAs) and 35% in Restricted Share Rights awards (RSRs).
Additional important information about the HRC’s oversight of the Company’s governance and executive compensation philosophy, policies, and practices for Mr. Scharf and the other named executive officers will be presented in our proxy statement for the 2026 shareholder meeting, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Dated: | January 29, 2026 | WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | |||||||||
| By: | /s/ JANET McGINNESS | ||||||||||
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