Form of MTN, Series K, Notes linked to the Russell 2000 Index



 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. 94986RAL5	 	FACE AMOUNT: $            
	REGISTERED NO.     	 	

 WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 

MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES K 

Due Nine Months or More From Date of Issue 

Notes Linked to the Russell 2000 Index 

due September 10, 2012 

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, an amount equal to the Redemption
Amount (as defined below), 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, on the Stated Maturity Date. The “Initial Stated Maturity Date”
shall be September 10, 2012. If no Market Disruption Event (as defined below) occurs or is continuing with respect to the Index (as defined below) on the scheduled Calculation Day (as defined below), the Initial Stated Maturity Date will be the
“Stated Maturity Date.” If a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing with respect to the Index on the scheduled Calculation Day, the “Stated Maturity Date” shall be the later of (i) three Business Days
(as defined below) after the postponed Calculation Day and (ii) the Initial Stated Maturity Date. This Security shall not bear any interest. 

Any payments 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 and at any other office or agency maintained by the Company for such purpose. 

“Face Amount” shall mean, when used with respect to this Security, the amount set forth on the face of this Security as
its “Face Amount.” 







 Determination of Redemption Amount 

The “Redemption Amount” of this Security will equal: 

 

	 	•	 	 If the Ending Level is greater than the Starting Level, the lesser of: 



 

	 	(i)	the Face Amount plus: 

  

															
	



	 	Face Amount ×	 	



	 	Ending Level – Starting Level	 	



	 	× Participation Rate	 	



	 	; and
	 	 	 	Starting Level	 	 	 	 

  

	 	(ii)	the Capped Value; 

  

	 	•	 	 If the Ending Level is less than or equal to the Starting Level, but greater than or equal to the Threshold Level: the Face Amount; or



  

	 	•	 	 If the Ending Level is less than the Threshold Level: the Face Amount minus: 



 

															
		 	



	 	Face Amount    ×	  	Threshold Level – Ending Level	 	



	  		  		  	
	 	 	  	Starting Level	 	  	  	  

 “Index” shall mean the Russell 2000 Index.

 The “Pricing Date” shall mean August 31, 2010. 

The “Starting Level” is 602.06, the Closing Level of the Index on the Pricing Date. 

The “Closing Level” of the Index on any Trading Day means the official closing level of the Index as reported by the
Index Sponsor on such Trading Day. 
 The “Ending Level” will be the Closing Level of the Index on the
Calculation Day. 
 The “Capped Value” is 135% of the Face Amount of this Security. 

The “Threshold Level” is 541.85, which is equal to 90% of the Starting Level. 

The “Participation Rate” is 150%. 

“Index Sponsor” shall mean Frank Russell Company, doing business as Russell Investment Group. 

“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. 
  

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 A “Trading Day” with respect to the Index means a day, as determined by the
Calculation Agent, on which (i) the Relevant Exchanges (as defined below) with respect to the securities underlying the Index are open for trading for their regular trading sessions and (ii) the exchanges on which futures or options
contracts related to the Index or successor thereto, if applicable, are traded, are open for trading for their respective regular trading sessions. 

The “Calculation Day” shall be August 31, 2012 or, if such day is not a Trading Day, the next succeeding Trading
Day. The Calculation Day is subject to postponement due to the occurrence of a Market Disruption Event. If a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing with respect to the Index on the Calculation Day, such Calculation Day will be postponed to
the first succeeding Trading Day on which a Market Disruption Event has not occurred and is not continuing. If such first succeeding Trading Day has not occurred as of the eighth scheduled Trading Day after the scheduled Calculation Day, that eighth
scheduled Trading Day shall be deemed the Calculation Day. If the Calculation Day has been postponed eight scheduled Trading Days after the scheduled Calculation Day and such eighth scheduled Trading Day is not a Trading Day, or if a Market
Disruption Event occurs or is continuing with respect to the Index on such eighth scheduled Trading Day, the Calculation Agent will determine the Closing Level of the Index on such eighth scheduled Trading Day in accordance with the formula for and
method of calculating the Closing Level of the Index last in effect prior to commencement of the Market Disruption Event, using the closing price (or, with respect to any of the relevant securities, if such date is not a Trading Day or a Market
Disruption Event has occurred, its good faith estimate of the closing price that would have prevailed for such securities) on such date of each security most recently included in the Index. See “—Market Disruption Events.” As used
herein, “closing price” means, with respect to any security on any date, the last reported sales price regular way on such date or, in case no such reported sale takes place on such date, the average of the reported closing bid and
asked prices regular way on such date, in either case on the primary organized exchange or trading system on which such security is then listed or admitted to trading. 

“Calculation Agent Agreement” shall mean the Calculation Agent Agreement dated as of September 8, 2010 between the
Company and the Calculation Agent, as amended from time to time. 
 “Calculation Agent” shall mean the Person
that has entered into the Calculation Agent Agreement with the Company providing for, among other things, the determination of the Ending Level and the Redemption Amount, which term shall, unless the context otherwise requires, include its
successors under such Calculation Agent Agreement. The initial Calculation Agent shall be Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. Pursuant to the Calculation Agent Agreement, the Company may appoint a different Calculation Agent from time to time after the
initial issuance of this Security without the consent of the Holder of this Security and without notifying the Holder of this Security. 

Discontinuance Of The Index; Alteration Of Method Of Calculation 

If the Index Sponsor discontinues publication of the Index, and the Index Sponsor or another entity publishes a successor or substitute
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determines, in its sole discretion, to be comparable to the Index (a “Successor Equity Index”), then, upon the Calculation Agent’s notification of that determination to the
Trustee and the Company, the Calculation Agent will substitute the Successor Equity Index as calculated by the relevant Index Sponsor or any other entity and calculate the Ending Level as described above. Upon any selection by the Calculation Agent
of a Successor Equity Index, the Company will cause notice to be given to the Holder of this Security. 
 In the event that the
Index Sponsor discontinues publication of the Index and the Calculation Agent does not select a Successor Equity Index, the Calculation Agent will compute a substitute level for the Index in accordance with the procedures last used to calculate the
Index before any discontinuance. If a Successor Equity Index is selected or the Calculation Agent calculates a level as a substitute for the Index, the Successor Equity Index or level will be used as a substitute for the Index for all purposes,
including the purpose of determining whether a Market Disruption Event exists. 
 If at any time the Index Sponsor makes a
material change in the formula for or the method of calculating the Index, or in any other way materially modifies the Index so that the Index does not, in the opinion of the Calculation Agent, fairly represent the level of the Index had those
changes or modifications not been made, then, from and after that time, the Calculation Agent will, at the close of business in New York, New York, on the date that the Closing Level of the Index is to be calculated, make any adjustments as, in the
good faith judgment of the Calculation Agent, may be necessary in order to arrive at a value of an equity index comparable to the Index as if those changes or modifications had not been made, and calculate the level of the Index with reference to
such equity index, as so adjusted. Accordingly, if the method of calculating the Index is modified so that the level of the Index is a fraction or a multiple of what it would have been if it had not been modified, then the Calculation Agent will
adjust the Index in order to arrive at a level of the Index as if it had not been modified. 
 Market Disruption Events

 A “Market Disruption Event” means, with respect to the Index, any of the following events as
determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion: 
  

	 	(A)	A material suspension or material limitation of trading in the securities which then comprise 20% or more of the level of the Index or any Successor Equity Index has
been imposed by the Relevant Exchanges on which those securities are traded, at any time during the one-hour period preceding the Close of Trading on such day, whether by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by those Relevant
Exchanges or otherwise. 

  

	 	(B)	A material suspension or material limitation of trading has occurred on that day, in each case during the one-hour period preceding the Close of Trading in options or
futures contracts related to the Index or any Successor Equity Index, on the primary exchange or quotation system on which those options or futures contracts are traded, whether by reason of movements in price exceeding levels permitted by the
exchange, the quotation system or otherwise. 

  

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	 	(C)	Any event, other than an early closure, that materially disrupts or impairs the ability of market participants in general to effect transactions in, or obtain market
values for, the securities that then comprise 20% or more of the level of the Index or any Successor Equity Index, at any time during the one-hour period that ends at the Close of Trading on that day. 


 

	 	(D)	Any event, other than an early closure, that materially disrupts or impairs the ability of market participants in general to effect transactions in, or obtain market
values for, the futures or options contracts relating to the Index or any Successor Equity Index on the primary exchange or quotation system on which those futures or options contracts are traded, at any time during the one-hour period that ends at
the Close of Trading on that day. 

  

	 	(E)	The closure of the Relevant Exchanges on which the securities that then comprise 20% or more of the level of the Index or any Successor Equity Index are traded or the
primary exchange or quotation system on which futures or options contracts relating to the Index or any Successor Equity Index are traded prior to its scheduled Close of Trading unless the earlier closing time is announced by the Relevant Exchanges,
the primary exchange or the quotation system, as applicable, at least one hour prior to the earlier of (1) the actual closing time for the regular trading session on the Relevant Exchanges, the primary exchange or the quotation system, as
applicable, and (2) the submission deadline for orders to be entered into the relevant exchanges, the primary exchange or the quotation system, as applicable, for execution at the Close of Trading on that day. 


For purposes of determining whether a Market Disruption Event has occurred: 

 

	 	(1)	the relevant percentage contribution of a security to the level of the Index or any Successor Equity Index will be based on a comparison of (x) the portion of the
level of the Index attributable to that security and (y) the overall level of the Index or Successor Equity Index, in each case immediately before the occurrence of the Market Disruption Event; 


 

	 	(2)	“Close of Trading” means in respect of any Relevant Exchange, primary exchange or quotation system, the scheduled weekday closing time on a day on
which such Relevant Exchange, primary exchange or quotation system is scheduled to be open for trading for its respective regular trading session, without regard to after hours or any other trading outside the regular trading session hours; and


  

	 	(3)	“Relevant Exchange” for any security (or any combination thereof then underlying the Index or any Successor Equity Index) means the primary exchange or
quotation system on which such security is traded, as determined by the Calculation Agent. 

  

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 Calculation Agent 

The Calculation Agent will determine the Redemption Amount and the Ending Level. In addition, the Calculation Agent will
(i) determine if adjustments are required to the Closing Level of the Index under the circumstances described in this Security, (ii) if publication of the Index is discontinued, select a Successor Equity Index or, if no Successor Equity
Index is available, determine the Closing Level of the Index under the circumstances described in this Security, and (iii) determine whether a Market Disruption Event has occurred. 

The Company covenants that, so long as this Security is Outstanding, there shall at all times be a Calculation Agent (which shall be a
broker-dealer, bank or other financial institution) with respect to this Security. 
 All determinations made by the Calculation
Agent with respect to this Security will be at the sole discretion of the Calculation Agent and, in the absence of manifest error, will be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Company and the Holder of this Security. All percentages and
other amounts resulting from any calculation with respect to this Security will be rounded at the Calculation Agent’s discretion. 

Tax Considerations 

The Company agrees, and by acceptance of a beneficial ownership interest in this Security each Holder of this Security will be deemed to
have agreed (in the absence of a statutory, regulatory, administrative or judicial ruling to the contrary), for United States federal income tax purposes to characterize and treat this Security as a pre-paid derivative contract in respect of the
Index. 
 Redemption and Repayment 

This Security is not subject to redemption at the option of the Company or repayment at the option of the Holder hereof prior to
September 10, 2012. This Security is not entitled to any sinking fund. 
 Acceleration 

If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, with respect to this Security shall occur and be continuing, the Redemption Amount
(calculated as set forth in the next sentence) of this Security may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. The amount payable to the Holder hereof upon any acceleration permitted under the Indenture
will be equal to the Redemption Amount hereof calculated as provided herein as though the date of acceleration was the Calculation Day; provided, however, if such date is not a Trading Day or if a Market Disruption Event has occurred or is
continuing on that day, the Calculation Day will be postponed as provided herein. 
  

 
  

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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 Linked to the Russell 2000 Index 

due September 10, 2012 

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 
  

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time Outstanding of all series to be affected, acting together as a class. The Indenture also contains 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. Solely for the purpose of determining whether any consent, waiver, notice or other action or Act to be taken or given by the Holders of Securities pursuant to the Indenture has been given or taken by the Holders of Outstanding Securities in
the requisite aggregate principal amount, the principal amount of this Security will be deemed to be equal to the amount set forth on the face hereof as the “Face Amount” hereof. 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 Face 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, 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 Redemption Amount 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 Redemption Amount, 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 
 Please Insert Social Security or 

Other Identifying Number of Assignee 

	
	
	  



 
  
  

 
  
  

 
 (PLEASE
PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE)

  

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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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