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 28, 2025
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”) approved CEO and President Charles W. Scharf’s total compensation of $31.2 million for performance year 2024.
In reaching this decision, the Board noted Mr. Scharf’s strong leadership in:
•Making significant progress in strengthening the Company’s risk and control infrastructure, which remains the Company’s number-one priority
•Driving strong financial performance, including continuing to improve the Company’s earnings capacity through increased fee revenue, a focus on efficiency, and increased capital return to shareholders
•Delivering Company reported diluted earnings per share of $5.37, an 11% increase from 2023
•Returning approximately $25 billion of capital to shareholders, including increasing its quarterly common stock dividend per share by 15%
•Investing in our businesses to drive growth and returns for 2024 and beyond. Examples include:
◦Introducing five new credit cards to serve our customers’ needs
◦Continuing to reduce the size and complexity of our Home Lending business
◦Generating growth and increased customer engagement in Consumer, Small and Business Banking
◦Growing the bank’s Premier offering for affluent clients
◦Continuing to make investments in Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB), which has resulted in growing both market share and fee-based revenue
◦Driving greater connectivity between Commercial Banking and CIB, to better serve existing Commercial Banking clients
◦Investing in digital platforms across the Company’s consumer and wholesale businesses
•Continuing to build and develop a strong senior leadership team
•Continuing to invest in the communities we serve
The Human Resources Committee of the Board (the “HRC”) evaluated and determined compensation for Mr. Scharf based on the structure of our executive compensation program. This structure, which remains unchanged from 2022, includes an assessment of Company and individual performance on both financial and non-financial criteria. Based on its evaluation of Company and Mr. Scharf’s individual performance, the HRC recommended to the Board, and the Board approved, total compensation of $31.2 million for performance year 2024.
Mr. Scharf’s total compensation for 2024 consists of a base salary of $2.5 million, unchanged since he joined the Company in 2019, and total variable compensation of $28.7 million, which is comprised of $7.2 million in cash and $21.5 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 2025 annual meeting of stockholders, 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 30, 2025 | WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | |||||||||
| By: | /s/ EMMA M. BAILEY | ||||||||||
| Emma M. Bailey | |||||||||||
Executive Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Secretary | |||||||||||