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Published on 9/5/2012 in the Prospect News Structured Products Daily.

New Issue: Wells Fargo prices $7 million leveraged capped growth securities linked to ETF basket

By Toni Weeks

San Diego, Sept. 5 - Wells Fargo & Co. priced $7 million of growth securities with leveraged capped upside and contingent downside protection due March 7, 2017 linked to a basket of four exchange-traded funds, according to a 424B2 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The basket is comprised of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust with a 45% weight, the iShares Russell 2000 index fund with a 20% weight, the iShares MSCI EAFE index fund with a 20% weight and the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets index fund with a 15% weight.

The payout at maturity will be par plus 1.5 times any gain in the basket, up to a maximum return of 45%.

Investors will receive par if the basket falls by up to 20% and will be exposed to losses beyond the 20% buffer.

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC is the agent.

Issuer:Wells Fargo & Co.
Issue:Growth securities with leveraged upside participation to a cap and fixed percentage buffered downside
Underlying ETFs: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (45% weight), iShares Russell 2000 index fund (20% weight), iShares MSCI EAFE index fund (20% weight) and iShares MSCI Emerging Markets index fund (15% weight)
Amount:$7 million
Maturity:March 7, 2017
Coupon:0%
Price:Par
Payout at maturity:Par plus 1.5 times any gain in basket, up to maximum return of 45%; par if basket falls by up to 20%; exposure to any losses beyond 20% buffer
Initial share prices:$141.24 for SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, $81.19 for iShares Russell 2000 index, $51.60 for iShares MSCI EAFE index fund and $39.28 for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets index fund
Buffer level:80%
Pricing date:Aug. 31
Settlement date:Sept. 10
Agent:Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Fees:2.25%
Cusip:94986RLA7

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