Wells Fargo & Company Announces Increased Dividend

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Wells Fargo & Company WFC today announced a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.38 per share, an increase of a half-penny or 1 percent, per share from the prior quarter. The dividend is payable June 1, 2016, to stockholders of record on May 6, 2016, as approved today by the Wells Fargo board of directors. Wells Fargo has approximately 5.1 billion shares outstanding.

This dividend increase for the second quarter of 2016 was part of the company's 2015 Capital Plan. The Federal Reserve advised Wells Fargo in March 2015 that it had no objection to its 2015 Capital Plan which covers the quarters through the end of June 30, 2016. Wells Fargo submitted its 2016 Capital Plan on April 4, 2016, and it is currently under review by the Federal Reserve.

About Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo & Company WFC is a diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.8 trillion in assets. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo provides banking, insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance through 8,800 locations, 13,000 ATMs, the internet (wellsfargo.com) and mobile banking, and has offices in 36 countries to support customers who conduct business in the global economy. With approximately 269,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one in three households in the United States. Wells Fargo & Company was ranked No. 30 on Fortune's 2015 rankings of America's largest corporations. Wells Fargo's vision is to satisfy our customers' financial needs and help them succeed financially.

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