Form of Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes due March 29, 2019



 Exhibit 4.2 
 [Face of Note] 
 Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized
representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the Company or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede &
Co. or in such other name as requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR
VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein. 
  

			
	 CUSIP NO. 94986RJD4
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	 REGISTERED NO.            
	  	

 WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 

MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES K 
 Due Nine Months or More From Date of Issue 
 Notes due March 29,
2019 
 WELLS FARGO & COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware
(hereinafter called the “Company,” which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & Co., or registered assigns, the principal
sum of                     DOLLARS ($            ) on March 29, 2019 (the
“Stated Maturity Date”) and to pay interest thereon from March 30, 2012 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for quarterly on each March 29, June 29,
September 29 and December 29, commencing June 29, 2012 (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), at the rate of 2.50% per annum until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable,
and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the
Regular Record Date for such interest next preceding such Interest Payment Date. The Regular Record Date for an Interest Payment Date shall be the fifteenth calendar day, whether or not a Business Day, prior to such Interest Payment Date. If an
Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, interest on this Security shall be payable on the next day that is a Business Day, with the same force and effect as if made on such Interest Payment Date, and without any interest or other payment with
respect to the delay. “Business Day” shall mean a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close in New York,
New York or Minneapolis, Minnesota. 







 Except as described below for the first Interest Period, on each Interest Payment Date,
interest will be paid for the period commencing on and including the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date and ending on and including the day immediately preceding that Interest Payment Date. This period is referred to as an “Interest
Period.” The first Interest Period will commence on and include March 30, 2012 and end on and include June 28, 2012. Interest on this Security will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. 

Any interest not punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and
may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice
whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which
the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. 
 Payment of interest on this Security will be made in immediately available funds at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be paid by check mailed to the Person entitled
thereto at such Person’s last address as it appears in the Security Register or by wire transfer to such account as may have been designated by such Person. Payment of principal of and interest on this Security at Maturity will be made against
presentation of this Security at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for so long as this Security is a Global Security registered in the name of the
Depositary, payments of principal and interest on this Security will be made to the Depositary by wire transfer of immediately available funds. 
 This Security is redeemable at the option of the Company at any time on or after March 29, 2015, in whole or in part, on any Interest Payment Date at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal
amount of this Security to be redeemed, plus any accrued but unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Redemption Date. Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 5 but not more than 30 days before the applicable Redemption Date to the Holder
hereof. Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price, on or after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on this Security or the portion hereof called for redemption. 

This Security is not subject to repayment at the option of the Holder hereof prior to March 29, 2019. This Security is not entitled
to any sinking fund. 

  
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 Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. 
 Unless the
certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature or its duly authorized agent under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall
not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its
corporate seal. 

DATED:                     

 

					
	WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
		
	 By:
	 	 
		 	 
		 	Its:	 	 


 [SEAL] 
  

					
		
	Attest:	 	 
		 	 
		 	Its:	 	 


 TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF 
 AUTHENTICATION 
 This is one of the Securities of the 

series designated therein described 
 in the
within-mentioned Indenture. 
 CITIBANK, N.A., 
     as Trustee 
  

			
		
	 By:
	 	 
		 	Authorized Signature

 OR 
  

			
	 WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,

    as Authenticating Agent for the Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	 
		 	Authorized Signature


  
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 [Reverse of Note] 
 WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 
 MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES K

 Due Nine Months or More From Date of Issue 
 Notes due March 29, 2019 
 This Security is one of a duly authorized
issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an indenture dated as of July 21, 1999, as amended or supplemented from time to time (herein called the
“Indenture”), between the Company and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental
thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are
to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series of the Securities designated as Medium-Term Notes, Series K, of the Company, which series is limited to an aggregate principal amount or face amount, as applicable, of
$25,000,000,000 or the equivalent thereof in one or more foreign or composite currencies. The amount payable on the Securities of this series may be determined by reference to the performance of one or more equity-, commodity- or currency-based
indices, exchange traded funds, securities, commodities, currencies, statistical measures of economic or financial performance, or a basket comprised of two or more of the foregoing, or any other market measure or may bear interest at a fixed rate
or a floating rate. The Securities of this series may mature at different times, be redeemable at different times or not at all, be repayable at the option of the Holder at different times or not at all and be denominated in different currencies.

 Article Sixteen of the Indenture shall not apply to this Security. 

The Securities are issuable only in registered form without coupons and will be either (a) book-entry securities represented by one
or more Global Securities recorded in the book-entry system maintained by the Depositary or (b) certificated securities issued to and registered in the names of, the beneficial owners or their nominees. 

The Company agrees, to the extent permitted by law, not to voluntarily claim the benefits of any laws concerning usurious rates of
interest against a Holder of this Security. 
 Modification and Waivers 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Securities at the time Outstanding of all series to be affected, acting together as a class. The Indenture also contains 

  
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provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of all series at the time Outstanding affected by certain provisions of the Indenture, acting together as a
class, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with those provisions of the Indenture. Certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences may be waived under the Indenture by the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding
upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

 Defeasance 
 Section 403 and Article Fifteen of the Indenture and the provisions of clause (ii) of Section 401(1)(B) of the Indenture, relating to defeasance at any time of (a) the entire
indebtedness on this Security and (b) certain restrictive covenants and certain Events of Default, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth therein, shall not apply to this Security. The remaining provisions of
Section 401 of the Indenture shall apply to this Security. 
 Authorized Denominations 

This Security is issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 or any amount in excess thereof which is an
integral multiple of $1,000. 
 Registration of Transfer 
 Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Security at the office or agency of the Company in the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota, a new Security or Securities of this series, with the same
terms as this Security, in authorized denominations for an equal aggregate principal amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange herefor, as provided in the Indenture and subject to the limitations provided therein and to the limitations
described below, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith. 
 This
Security is exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form only if (x) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for this Security or if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a
clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, (y) the Company in
its sole discretion determines that this Security shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form and notifies the Trustee thereof or (z) an Event of Default with respect to the Securities represented hereby has occurred and
is continuing. If this Security is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence, it shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form, bearing interest at the same rate, having the same date of issuance, Stated Maturity Date and
other terms and of authorized denominations aggregating a like amount. 

  
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 This Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the
Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor of the Depositary or a nominee of such successor. Except as provided above, owners of
beneficial interests in this Global Security will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Securities in definitive form and will not be considered the Holders hereof for any purpose under the Indenture. 

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the
Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary. 
 Obligation of the Company Absolute 
 No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of
and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed, except as otherwise provided in this Security. 
 No Personal Recourse 
 No recourse shall be had for the payment of
the principal of or the interest on this Security, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or
director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the
acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly waived and released. 
 Defined Terms

 All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the
Indenture unless otherwise defined in this Security. 
 Governing Law 

This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, without regard to principles of
conflicts of laws. 

  
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 ABBREVIATIONS 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written
out in full according to applicable laws or regulations: 
  

							
	 TEN COM
	  	 	—  	  	  	as tenants in common
			
	 TEN ENT
	  	 	—  	  	  	as tenants by the entireties
			
	 JT TEN
	  	 	—  	  	  	as joint tenants with right
		  				  	of survivorship and not
		  				  	as tenants in common

  

									
	 UNIF GIFT MIN ACT
	 	—  	  	 	 	Custodian	  	 
		 		  	(Cust)	 		  	(Minor)

 Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act 

	
	
	  
	(State)

 Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s) and transfer(s) unto 
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 the within Security of WELLS FARGO & COMPANY and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
                    attorney to transfer the said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises. 

 

			
		
	Dated:	 	

  

	
	
	  
	
	  


 NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within
instrument in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever. 

  
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