EX-99 2 f26455exv99.htm EXHIBIT 99 exv99
 

(WELLS FARGO NEWS RELEASE LETTERHEAD)
     
Media
  Investors
Janis Smith
  Bob Strickland
(415) 396-7711
  (415) 396-0523
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
WELLS FARGO REPORTS RECORD ANNUAL REVENUE, EPS

2006 Highlights:
    Record diluted earnings per share of $2.49, up 11 percent
    Record net income of $8.48 billion, up 11 percent
    Return on equity of 19.65 percent
    Record revenue of $35.69 billion, up 8 percent; 12 percent revenue growth in businesses other than Wells Fargo Home Mortgage (Home Mortgage)
Fourth Quarter 2006 Highlights:
    Diluted earnings per share of $0.64, up 12 percent from prior year
    Net income of $2.18 billion, up 13 percent from prior year
    Record revenue of $9.41 billion, up 11 percent from prior year; 14 percent revenue growth in businesses other than Home Mortgage
    Strong loan growth
           o  Average loans up 11 percent (annualized) from prior quarter
           o  Average commercial and commercial real estate loans up 10 percent (annualized) from prior quarter
    Average core deposits up 6 percent from prior year; up 11 percent (annualized) from prior quarter
    Net interest margin of 4.93 percent, up 9 basis points from prior year, up 14 basis points from prior quarter
                                                 
 
 
Selected Financial Information   Full Year     Fourth Quarter  
                    %                     %  
Earnings   2006     2005     Change     2006     2005     Change  
Diluted earnings per share
  $ 2.49     $ 2.25       11 %   $ 0.64     $ 0.57       12 %
Net income (in billions)
    8.48       7.67       11       2.18       1.93       13  
Asset Quality
                                               
Net charge-offs as % of avg. total loans
    0.73 %     0.77 %     (5 )     0.92 %     0.91 %     1  
Nonperforming loans as % of total loans
    0.52       0.43       21       0.52       0.43       21  
Other
                                               
Revenue (in billions)
  $ 35.69     $ 32.95       8     $ 9.41     $ 8.49       11  
Average loans (in billions)
    306.9       296.1       4       312.2       305.7       2  
Average core deposits (in billions)
    260.0       242.8       7       267.8       253.4       6  
 

 


 

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SAN FRANCISCO – Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) reported record diluted earnings per common share of $2.49 for 2006, up 11 percent from $2.25 in 2005. Net income was a record $8.48 billion, up 11 percent from $7.67 billion in 2005. For fourth quarter 2006, net income was $2.18 billion, or $0.64 per share, compared with $1.93 billion, or $0.57 per share, for fourth quarter 2005, an increase in earnings per share of 12 percent.
“Our outstanding team has done it again – another terrific year of exceptional, broad-based performance across our more than 80 businesses with double-digit growth for the quarter in both revenue and earnings per share,” said Chairman and CEO Dick Kovacevich. “But that’s nothing new. Over the past twenty years, our annual compound growth rate in earnings per share was 14 percent and our annual compound rate in revenue was 12 percent. Our total annual compound stockholder return of 14 percent the past five years was more than double the S&P 500® – and at 15 percent almost double for the past ten years. We far out-paced the S&P 500 the past 15 and 20 years with total annual compound shareholder returns of 18 percent and 21 percent, respectively – periods with almost every economic cycle and economic condition a financial institution can experience. Our cross-sell set records for the eighth consecutive year – 5.2 products per Community Banking household, almost one in five have more than eight, six for Wholesale Banking customers, and our average middle-market commercial banking customer has more than seven products. We became the first major U.S. bank to enable customers to wire money account-to-account to China and Vietnam. We continue to be #1 in many categories of financial services nationally, including retail mortgage originations, home equity lending, small business lending, agricultural lending, internet banking, and provider of financial services to middle-market companies in the western U.S.”
Financial Performance
“Fourth quarter earnings per share growth of 12 percent capped another year of double-digit earnings growth, driven by strong revenue growth, wider operating margins and continued strengthening of our balance sheet,” said Chief Financial Officer Howard Atkins. “The breadth and depth of our business model, once again in the fourth quarter, resulted in very strong and balanced growth across market segments (community banking earnings up 9 percent; wholesale banking earnings up 14 percent; Wells Fargo Financial earnings up 64 percent), across product sources (net interest income up 4 percent, noninterest income up 19 percent) and across businesses (double-digit revenue and/or profit growth in regional banking, business direct, private client services, credit and debit card, corporate trust, commercial banking, asset-based lending, asset management, Eastdil Realty, insurance, international, commercial real estate, and specialized financial services).”
Revenue
Revenue for the year was a record $35.7 billion, up 8 percent from $32.9 billion in 2005. Revenue growth accelerated to 11 percent in the fourth quarter, up $921 million from a year ago to $9.4 billion in fourth quarter 2006. On a linked-quarter basis, revenue increased $479 million, or 21 percent (annualized). Full-year Home Mortgage revenue declined $704 million to $4.2 billion in 2006 from $4.9 billion in 2005 and declined $116 million to $1.0 billion in fourth quarter 2006 from $1.1 billion in fourth quarter 2005. On a linked-quarter basis, Home Mortgage revenue increased $110 million. Combined revenue in businesses other than Home Mortgage grew 12 percent on a full-year basis from 2005 to 2006, increased 14 percent from fourth quarter 2005 to fourth quarter 2006 and increased 18 percent (annualized) on a linked-quarter basis. Virtually every major business line other than Home Mortgage generated double-digit revenue growth.

 


 

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Loans
Average loans of $312.2 billion in fourth quarter 2006 grew $8.2 billion, or 11 percent (annualized), on a linked-quarter basis and growth was not affected by any adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) sales. Year-over-year, average loans increased $6.5 billion, or 2 percent. Excluding real estate 1-4 family first mortgage – the loan category affected by the sale of ARMs during the year – total average loans grew by $31.9 billion, or 14 percent, from fourth quarter 2005.
Average commercial and commercial real estate loans increased $11.5 billion, or 11 percent, from fourth quarter 2005 and increased $3.0 billion, or 10 percent (annualized), on a linked-quarter basis. Year-over-year, there has been double-digit growth for nine consecutive quarters.
Average consumer loans increased $5.1 billion, or 11 percent (annualized), on a linked-quarter basis and decreased $6.3 billion from fourth quarter 2005 due to the previous sales of ARMs. Excluding real estate 1-4 family first mortgages, average consumer loans increased $19.1 billion, or 16 percent, from a year ago. Average real estate 1-4 family junior lien mortgage, credit card, and other revolving credit and installment loans grew at double-digit rates from a year ago.
Deposits
Average core deposits of $267.8 billion for fourth quarter 2006 increased $7.4 billion, or 11 percent (annualized), on a linked-quarter basis and grew $14.4 billion, or 6 percent, from fourth quarter 2005. Average mortgage escrow deposits were $20.2 billion for fourth quarter 2006, up $2.5 billion from fourth quarter 2005 and up $846 million on a linked-quarter basis. Excluding mortgage escrow balances, total average core deposits grew 5 percent from fourth quarter 2005 and 11 percent (annualized) on a linked-quarter basis. Average retail core deposits grew $5.3 billion, or 3 percent, from fourth quarter 2005 and increased $3.6 billion, or 7 percent (annualized), on a linked-quarter basis. Average net new consumer checking accounts grew 4.7 percent from fourth quarter 2005. “We continued to experience good growth in core deposits and in net new checking accounts,” said Atkins.
Net Interest Income
Net interest income for fourth quarter 2006 increased 4 percent from a year ago and was relatively flat from third quarter 2006. For the fourth quarter, the net interest margin increased 14 basis points to 4.93 percent on a linked-quarter basis, increased 9 basis points from a year ago and increased 10 basis points from mid-2004 when the Federal Reserve began raising interest rates. “The increase in the margin was driven by several factors,” said Atkins. “First, we sold our lowest-yielding long-term securities in the third quarter, in part related to our use of securities to hedge a portion of our mortgage servicing rights (MSRs). Second, high-quality, higher-yielding commercial and consumer loans grew solidly in the fourth quarter relative to lower-yielding securities and mortgages held for sale. Third, we continued to experience good deposit growth while maintaining our deposit pricing discipline.”
Noninterest Income
Noninterest income increased $710 million, or 19 percent, from fourth quarter 2005 and 49 percent (annualized) on a linked-quarter basis. Noninterest income increased across the Company’s businesses with strong double-digit increases from fourth quarter 2005 in trust and investment fees (up 18 percent); debit and credit card fees (up 22 percent); other fees, primarily commercial real estate brokerage (up 15 percent); and insurance fees (up 10 percent). Capital

 


 

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markets and equity investment results also were strong during the quarter. At December 31, 2006, the unrealized net gains on securities available for sale were $926 million.
Mortgage banking noninterest income increased $49 million from fourth quarter 2005, and $193 million from third quarter 2006, primarily due to higher servicing fees as the total servicing portfolio continued to grow, and improved margins on sales of loans. In fourth quarter 2006, market-related valuation changes to MSRs, net of hedge results, were largely offset by other related valuation and interest rate driven charges to mortgage banking noninterest income.
Noninterest Expense
Noninterest expense was up $528 million, or 11 percent, from fourth quarter 2005 and up $330 million from third quarter 2006. Noninterest expense for fourth quarter 2006 included $26 million in stock option expense and a $31 million expense paid in the quarter to call approximately $800 million of trust preferred securities. Because the Company was able to refinance this debt at a rate approximately 200 basis points lower, its net interest expense will be reduced by approximately $320 million over the next twenty years. Fourth quarter expenses also included approximately $84 million of expenses ($22 million of which was integration-related) from companies or businesses acquired during 2006, including Secured Capital Corp. and the operating platform of the servicing portfolio acquired from Washington Mutual. “We continued to invest in our people and our businesses,” said Atkins. “In 2006, we opened 109 regional banking stores, including 33 stores this quarter. We grew our sales and service force by adding 4,497 team members (full-time equivalents) in 2006, including 1,914 retail platform bankers. Despite these added expenses, our efficiency ratio was 57.5 percent in fourth quarter 2006, flat from a year ago and up slightly from 56.9 percent in third quarter 2006. All of the slight increase in the efficiency ratio from third quarter 2006 was essentially due to the $31 million call premium expense and the $22 million of integration expense.”
Credit Quality
“Fourth quarter 2006 credit results were in line with our expectations,” said Chief Credit Officer Mike Loughlin. Fourth quarter net credit losses were $726 million (0.92 percent of average loans, annualized) compared with $663 million (0.86 percent) in third quarter 2006 and $703 million (0.91 percent) in fourth quarter 2005. Fourth quarter 2005 net losses included $171 million (0.22 percent) of incremental one-time losses attributed to bankruptcy legislation enacted during that quarter.
“All loan portfolios, excluding auto, continued to perform at or better than expectations,” said Loughlin. “We saw a modest increase in residential real estate losses from very low run rates. We continued to be satisfied with the performance of our residential first and second mortgage portfolios. In the wholesale loan portfolios, loss rates continued to be low, but we expect them to modestly increase during 2007.
“As expected, during the fourth quarter, the auto loan portfolio continued to post losses at elevated levels, although compared with the third quarter, losses in that category were essentially flat. During the fourth quarter, we continued to hire and train new collectors and contracted with external collections vendors to increase capacity. We also adjusted account acquisition strategies to reduce new loan volumes, particularly in higher-risk tiers. We anticipate these actions will stabilize losses in early 2007 and lead to improved loss rates. We monitor vintage credit performance to identify potential adverse credit or economic trends. We saw higher delinquency and losses in recent auto vintages, consistent with industry-wide experience.

 


 

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We did not see any material deterioration of any vintages, including the most recent vintages, in other consumer portfolios, such as credit cards or home equity.”
Total nonperforming assets were $2.42 billion (0.76 percent of loans) at December 31, 2006, compared with $2.10 billion (0.68 percent) at September 30, 2006. Fully insured GNMA mortgages in foreclosure of $322 million and $266 million were included in the fourth and third quarter balances, respectively. At year-end 2005, nonperforming assets were $1.53 billion (0.49 percent). “Residential real estate loans and repossessed autos comprised about 70 percent of total nonperforming assets and had relatively low loss content,” said Loughlin. “Commercial and commercial real estate nonperforming assets, at $543 million, remained at historically low levels and had minimal land, real estate construction or condo conversion exposure.”
Business Segment Performance
Wells Fargo has three lines of business for management reporting: Community Banking, Wholesale Banking and Wells Fargo Financial. Net income of the three business segments was:
                                                 
 
 
    Full Year     Fourth Quarter  
                    %                     %  
Net income (in millions)   2006   2005   Change     2006   2005   Change  
Community Banking
  $ 5,531     $ 5,473       1     $ 1,512     $ 1,387       9  
Wholesale Banking
    2,086       1,789       17       508       445       14  
Wells Fargo Financial
    865       409       111       161       98       64  
 
“The value of our diversified business model and the efforts of our outstanding team members have once again led to strong financial performance and an improved customer experience,” said President and Chief Operating Officer John Stumpf. “We’ve said that an engaged team creates loyal customers and, in 2006, we continued to set new records in team member engagement and customer cross-sell. Our customers continued to benefit from the investments we’ve made in our broad distribution network of stores, phone bank, ATMs and wellsfargo.com. Placer Sierra Bancshares, which we recently agreed to acquire, pending necessary approvals, will help increase Wells Fargo’s presence in California and provide more service points for our customers. Our team remains focused on satisfying all of the financial needs of our customers and helping them succeed financially.”
More financial information about the business segments is on pages 26 and 27.
Community Banking offers a complete line of diversified financial products and services for consumers and small businesses including investment, insurance and trust services primarily in 23 midwestern and western states, and mortgage and home equity loans in all 50 states.
                                                 
 
 
Selected Financial Information   Full Year     Fourth Quarter  
                    %                     %  
(in millions)   2006   2005   Change     2006   2005   Change  
Total revenue
  $ 23,032     $ 22,120       4     $ 6,130     $ 5,713       7  
Provision for credit losses
    887       895       (1 )     275       285       (4 )
Noninterest expense
    13,822       12,972       7       3,558       3,336       7  
Net income
    5,531       5,473       1       1,512       1,387       9  
Average loans (in billions)
    178.0       187.0       (5 )     175.7       190.5       (8 )
Average assets (in billions)
    320.2       297.7       8       311.9       313.8       (1 )
 

 


 

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Private Client Services highlights
    Private Banking average deposits up 15 percent from prior year; average loans up 8 percent from prior year
    Brokerage assets under administration of $88 billion, up 19 percent from prior year
    800 private bankers at year-end, up 110, or 16 percent, from year-end 2005
Internet highlights
    8.5 million active online consumer customers, up 18 percent from prior year, serving 61 percent of consumer checking accounts
    4.8 million bill payment and presentment customers, up 43 percent from prior year
    800,000 active online small business customers, up 25 percent from prior year
Community Banking reported net income of $5.53 billion for 2006, up from $5.47 billion for 2005. Total revenue for 2006 increased 4 percent, driven by loan and deposit growth offsetting $704 million lower revenue from the mortgage company. Noninterest expense for 2006 increased 7 percent driven by investments in technology, distribution and sales staff. The provision for credit losses for 2006 decreased $8 million from 2005. Fourth quarter provision for credit losses was $275 million, a decrease of $10 million from 2005, reflecting incremental consumer bankruptcy filings before the mid-October 2005 legislative reform.
Regional Banking highlights
    Record core product sales of 18.7 million, up 17 percent from 2005
    Record retail bank household cross-sell of 5.2 products per consumer household
    Sales of Wells Fargo Packages® (a checking account and at least 3 other products) up 44 percent from 2005
    Net consumer checking accounts up 4.7 percent from 2005
    Team member engagement ratio (engaged to actively disengaged) of 7.1 to 1 improved from 5.8 to 1 in 2005
    Store-based customer loyalty scores continued to improve with December 2006 up 32 percent over January 2004
    Business Banking
  o   Store-based business solutions up 26 percent from 2005
  o   Loans to small businesses (loans primarily less than $100,000 on our Business Direct platform) grew 19 percent from 2005
  o   Net business checking accounts up 4.3 percent from 2005
  o   Business Banking household cross-sell at 3.3, up from 3.0 in 2005
“Our great team – focused on our vision of earning all of our customers’ business and helping them succeed financially – achieved outstanding results in 2006 with a record 18.7 million core product solutions (sales) to customers, up 17 percent over 2005,” said Carrie Tolstedt, group EVP, Regional Banking. “Our retail bank household cross-sell continued to rise to a record high of 5.2. In 2006, 62 percent of new checking account customers purchased Wells Fargo Packages. These results would not be possible without the dedication of our talented team members. In 2006, our team member engagement ratio rose to 7.1 to 1, up from 5.8 to 1 in 2005. Additionally, we continue to see positive trends in our customer experience levels. We conduct 50,000 store-based customer surveys per month. For customers transacting at the teller line, welcoming and wait time survey scores were up 44 percent and customer loyalty scores improved 32 percent, since we began surveying in January 2004. In 2006, we added

 


 

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1,914 platform banker FTEs, opened 109 banking stores, and added 246 net new webATM® machines to better serve our customers and meet all their financial needs.”
                         
Home Mortgage and Home Equity highlights
  Mortgage originations of $398 billion in 2006, up 9 percent from prior year
  Record $1.37 trillion owned mortgage servicing portfolio, up 38 percent from prior year
  Mortgage servicing customers of 7.6 million, up 37 percent from prior year
  Mortgage application pipeline of $48 billion, compared with $50 billion at December 31, 2005
  National Home Equity Group portfolio of $79 billion, up 10 percent from December 31, 2005
“The past year has been a very challenging year for the mortgage industry with the flat to inverted yield curve and a slowdown in the housing sector,” said Mark Oman, senior EVP, Home and Consumer Finance Group. “Despite this environment, we continued our long track record of growing our mortgage servicing businesses at double-digit rates, which provides opportunities to cross-sell and retain these customers. We remain very disciplined in residential real estate lending by ensuring that our product offering is appropriate for both our customers and the investors in our securities. We have not offered some of the higher-risk products, such as the payment option ARM.”
Wholesale Banking serves customers coast to coast, including middle market banking, corporate banking, commercial real estate, treasury management, asset-based lending, insurance brokerage, foreign exchange, trade services, specialized lending, equipment finance, capital markets activities, and institutional investments.
                                                 
 
 
Selected Financial Information   Full Year     Fourth Quarter  
                    %                 %  
(in millions)   2006   2005   Change     2006   2005   Change  
Total revenue
  $ 7,234     $ 6,149       18     $ 1,883     $ 1,545       22  
Provision for credit losses
    16       1             25       7       257  
Noninterest expense
    4,114       3,487       18       1,105       876       26  
Net income
    2,086       1,789       17       508       445       14  
Average loans (in billions)
    71.4       62.2       15       75.0       64.7       16  
Average assets (in billions)
    97.1       89.6       8       97.9       92.8       5  
 
 
  Record net income of $2.1 billion in 2006, up 17 percent from 2005, 8th consecutive year of record earnings
  Average loan growth of 15 percent from 2005
  Record cross-sell of 6 products per customer
  Opened new commercial banking offices in Pasadena, California, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in fourth quarter
“Wholesale Banking, for the eighth consecutive year, achieved record net income with strong double-digit growth in revenue and loans across the businesses,” said Dave Hoyt, senior EVP, Wholesale Banking Group. “We continue to focus on satisfying all of our customers’ financial needs, increasing to 6 products per wholesale banking customer. Two-thirds of our commercial banking customers are active users of our industry-leading Commercial Electronic Officeâ (CEOÒ) online business portal. We processed more than $90 billion of checks through our internet-based industry-leading Desktop DepositSM service.

 


 

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“To continue providing outstanding service and advice to our customers, we acquired this year commercial real estate investment advisor Secured Capital Corp., investment banker Barrington Associates, multifamily real estate finance firm Reilly Mortgage, accounts receivable purchasers Commerce Funding and Evergreen Funding, and three commercial insurance agencies. We opened six commercial banking offices, nine commercial real estate offices nationwide and a foreign exchange office in Atlanta. With 14 offices, we have one of the largest foreign exchange sales teams in North America.”
Wholesale Banking reported record net income of $2.1 billion in 2006, up 17 percent over 2005, driven largely by an 11 percent increase in earning assets and an expanding net interest margin, as well as continuing low loan losses. Average loans rose 15 percent to $71.4 billion in 2006 from $62.2 billion in 2005, with double-digit increases across the majority of the wholesale lending businesses. Average deposits grew 45 percent entirely due to increases in interest-bearing deposits, driven by a mix of organic customer growth, conversions of customer sweep accounts from off-balance sheet money market funds into Wells Fargo deposits, and continued growth in foreign central bank deposits. The provision for credit losses was $16 million in 2006, compared with $1 million a year earlier. Noninterest income increased 15 percent to $4.31 billion in 2006 from $3.76 billion in 2005, due to acquisitions, along with stronger asset management, capital markets, insurance and foreign exchange revenue. Noninterest expense increased 18 percent to $4.11 billion in 2006 from $3.49 billion in 2005, driven by higher personnel-related expenses including staff additions, merit increases, higher incentive payments, and stock option expense along with higher expenses from our acquisitions, expenses related to higher sales volumes, and investments in new offices, businesses and systems.
Wells Fargo Financial offers consumer loans primarily through real estate-secured debt consolidation products, automobile financing, consumer and private-label credit cards and commercial services to consumers and businesses throughout the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and the Pacific Rim.
                                                 
 
 
Selected Financial Information   Full Year     Fourth Quarter  
                    %                     %  
(in millions)   2006   2005   Change     2006   2005   Change  
Total revenue
  $ 5,425     $ 4,680       16     $ 1,400     $ 1,234       13  
Provision for credit losses
    1,301       1,487       (13 )     426       411       4  
Noninterest expense
    2,806       2,559       10       748       671       11  
Net income
    865       409       111       161       98       64  
Average loans (in billions)
    57.5       46.9       23       61.5       50.5       22  
Average assets (in billions)
    62.9       52.7       19       67.0       56.1       19  
 
 
  Average loans up 23 percent from 2005
  Average loans up 15 percent (annualized) from prior quarter
  o   Real estate-secured receivables up 12 percent (annualized) to $21.9 billion
  o   Auto finance receivables up 15 percent (annualized) to $27.4 billion
“Wells Fargo Financial completed another strong year, with record net earnings to go along with continued refinement of our business model,” said Tom Shippee, Wells Fargo Financial president and CEO. “We successfully completed a number of strategic initiatives that make us better positioned to serve the financial needs of our customers. For example, in the past year we combined our auto lending and consumer lending stores in the U.S. into a single-store network,

 


 

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and we integrated all of Wells Fargo’s indirect auto lending operations in the U.S. and Canada into one full-spectrum automobile lending business.
“During the fourth quarter, we continued to focus on reducing losses and delinquencies in our auto lending business by improving processes and staffing levels in collections. As a result, our auto growth slowed as expected in the fourth quarter. Auto loans grew less than 2 percent from the end of the third quarter. Our real estate-secured lending portfolio continued to grow, although at a slower pace than in previous quarters, which was consistent with industry trends.”
Wells Fargo Financial reported net income of $865 million in 2006, up from $409 million in 2005. Net income for 2005 included incremental losses due to the change in the bankruptcy law, a first quarter 2005 $163 million charge (pre tax) to conform Wells Fargo Financial’s charge off practices with Federal Financial Institution Examination Council guidelines, and $100 million (pre tax) for estimated losses from Hurricane Katrina. Net income for 2006 included a $50 million (pre tax) release of provision for credit losses reversing the remaining portion of the provision for Hurricane Katrina. Revenue rose 16 percent in 2006 to $5.43 billion, compared with $4.68 billion in 2005. The provision for credit losses was $1.30 billion in 2006, down from $1.49 billion in 2005. Noninterest expense was $2.81 billion in 2006, up from $2.56 billion in 2005.
Recorded Message
A recorded message reviewing Wells Fargo’s results is available at 5:30 a.m. Pacific Time through January 19, 2007. Dial 877-660-6853 (domestic) or 201-612-7415 (international). Enter account number 286 and conference ID 224548. The call is also available on the internet at www.wellsfargo.com/ir and http://www.vcall.com/IC/CEPage.asp?ID=112336. The following appears in accordance with the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995:
This news release contains forward-looking statements about the Company, including statements about the expectation that certain actions taken in fourth quarter 2006 will stabilize losses in the auto loan portfolio in early 2007 and will lead to improved loss rates in that portfolio, the expectation that losses in the wholesale loan portfolios will modestly increase in 2007, the statement that future net interest expense will be reduced as a result of the call of trust preferred securities, and the statement that our presence in the California market will increase as a result of the pending Placer Sierra Bancshares transaction. Do not unduly rely on forward-looking statements. They give our expectations about the future and are not guarantees. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and we do not undertake any obligation to update them to reflect changes that occur after that date.
There are a number of factors that could cause results to differ significantly from our expectations, including how fast the increased collection capability for our consumer auto loans produces effective results. For factors that may cause actual results to differ from expectations, refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, including “Risk Factors” in each report.
Any factor described in this news release or in any document referred to in this news release could, by itself or together with one or more other factors, adversely affect the Company’s business, earnings and/or financial condition.

 


 

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Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company with $482 billion in assets, providing banking, insurance, investments, mortgage and consumer finance to more than 23 million customers from more than 6,000 stores and the internet (wellsfargo.com) across North America and elsewhere internationally. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. has the highest possible credit rating, “Aaa,” from Moody’s Investors Service and the highest credit rating given to a U.S. bank, “AA+,” from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services.
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Wells Fargo & Company and Subsidiaries
SUMMARY FINANCIAL DATA
                                                   
 
 
                                               
    Quarter ended December 31,   %     Year ended December 31,   %    
($ in millions, except per share amounts)   2006     2005     Change     2006     2005     Change    
 
 
                                                 
For the Period
                                                 
Net income
  $ 2,181     $ 1,930       13   % $ 8,482     $ 7,671       11   %
Diluted earnings per common share
    0.64       0.57       12       2.49       2.25       11    
 
                                                 
Profitability ratios (annualized)
                                                 
Net income to average total assets (ROA)
    1.79   %   1.63   %   10       1.75   %   1.72   %   2    
Net income to average stockholders’ equity (ROE)
    18.99       19.22       (1 )     19.65       19.59          
 
                                                 
Efficiency ratio (1)
    57.5       57.5             58.1       57.7       1    
 
                                                 
Total revenue
  $ 9,413     $ 8,492       11     $ 35,691     $ 32,949       8    
 
                                                 
Dividends declared per common share
    0.28       0.26       8       1.08       1.00       8    
 
                                               
Average common shares outstanding
    3,379.4       3,350.8       1       3,368.3       3,372.5          
Diluted average common shares outstanding
    3,424.0       3,387.8       1       3,410.1       3,410.9          
 
                                                 
Average loans
  $ 312,166     $ 305,696       2     $ 306,911     $ 296,106       4    
Average assets
    482,585       468,481       3       486,023       445,790       9    
Average core deposits (2)
    267,791       253,386       6       260,022       242,754       7    
Average retail core deposits (3)
    216,031       210,729       3       213,818       201,867       6    
 
                                                 
Net interest margin
    4.93   %   4.84   %   2       4.83   %   4.86   %   (1 )  
 
                                                 
At Period End
                                                 
Securities available for sale
  $ 42,629     $ 41,834       2     $ 42,629     $ 41,834       2    
Loans
    319,116       310,837       3       319,116       310,837       3    
Allowance for loan losses
    3,764       3,871       (3 )     3,764       3,871       (3 )  
Goodwill
    11,275       10,787       5       11,275       10,787       5    
Assets
    481,996       481,741             481,996       481,741          
Core deposits (2)
    270,224       253,341       7       270,224       253,341       7    
Stockholders’ equity
    45,876       40,660       13       45,876       40,660       13    
 
                                                 
Capital ratios
                                                 
Stockholders’ equity to assets
    9.52   %   8.44   %   13       9.52   %   8.44   %   13    
Risk-based capital (4)
                                                 
Tier 1 capital
    8.95       8.26       8       8.95       8.26       8    
Total capital
    12.50       11.64       7       12.50       11.64       7    
Tier 1 leverage (4)
    7.89       6.99       13       7.89       6.99       13    
 
                                                 
Book value per common share
  $ 13.58     $ 12.12       12     $ 13.58     $ 12.12       12    
 
                                                 
Team members (active, full-time equivalent)
    158,000       153,500       3       158,000       153,500       3    
 
                                                 
Common Stock Price
                                                 
High
  $ 36.99     $ 32.35       14     $ 36.99     $ 32.35       14    
Low
    34.90       28.81       21       30.31       28.81       5    
Period end
    35.56       31.42       13       35.56       31.42       13    
 
                                                 
 
(1)   The efficiency ratio is noninterest expense divided by total revenue (net interest income and noninterest income).
(2)   Core deposits are noninterest-bearing deposits, interest-bearing checking, savings certificates and market rate and other savings.
(3)   Retail core deposits are total core deposits excluding Wholesale Banking core deposits and retail mortgage escrow deposits.
(4)   The December 31, 2006, ratios are preliminary.


 

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Wells Fargo & Company and Subsidiaries
FIVE QUARTER SUMMARY FINANCIAL DATA
                                           
 
    Quarter ended  
    Dec. 31,     Sept. 30,     June 30,     Mar. 31,     Dec. 31,  
($ in millions, except per share amounts)   2006     2006     2006     2006     2005  
 
 
                                         
For the Quarter
                                         
Net income
  $ 2,181     $ 2,194     $ 2,089     $ 2,018     $ 1,930    
Diluted earnings per common share
    0.64       0.64       0.61       0.60       0.57    
 
                                         
Profitability ratios (annualized)
                                         
Net income to average total assets (ROA)
    1.79   %   1.76   %   1.71   %   1.72   %   1.63   %
Net income to average stockholders’ equity (ROE)
    18.99       20.00       19.76       19.89       19.22    
 
                                         
Efficiency ratio (1)
    57.5       56.9       58.9       59.3       57.5    
 
                                         
Total revenue
  $ 9,413     $ 8,934     $ 8,789     $ 8,555     $ 8,492    
 
                                         
Dividends declared per common share
    0.28             0.54       0.26       0.26    
 
                                         
Average common shares outstanding
    3,379.4       3,371.9       3,363.8       3,358.3       3,350.8    
Diluted average common shares outstanding
    3,424.0       3,416.0       3,404.4       3,395.7       3,387.8    
 
                                         
Average loans
  $ 312,166     $ 303,980     $ 300,388     $ 311,132     $ 305,696    
Average assets
    482,585       494,679       491,456       475,195       468,481    
Average core deposits (2)
    267,791       260,430       257,695       254,012       253,386    
Average retail core deposits (3)
    216,031       212,440       213,588       212,921       210,729    
 
                                         
Net interest margin
    4.93   %   4.79   %   4.76   %   4.85   %   4.84   %
 
                                         
At Quarter End
                                         
Securities available for sale
  $ 42,629     $ 52,635     $ 71,420     $ 51,195     $ 41,834    
Loans
    319,116       307,491       300,622       306,676       310,837    
Allowance for loan losses
    3,764       3,799       3,851       3,845       3,871    
Goodwill
    11,275       11,192       11,091       11,050       10,787    
Assets
    481,996       483,441       499,516       492,428       481,741    
Core deposits (2)
    270,224       260,793       260,427       258,142       253,341    
Stockholders’ equity
    45,876       44,862       41,894       41,961       40,660    
 
                                         
Capital ratios
                                         
Stockholders’ equity to assets
    9.52   %   9.28   %   8.39   %   8.52   %   8.44   %
Risk-based capital (4)
                                         
Tier 1 capital
    8.95       8.74       8.35       8.30       8.26    
Total capital
    12.50       12.34       11.82       11.49       11.64    
Tier 1 leverage (4)
    7.89       7.41       6.99       7.13       6.99    
 
                                         
Book value per common share
  $ 13.58     $ 13.30     $ 12.46     $ 12.50     $ 12.12    
 
                                         
Team members (active, full-time equivalent)
    158,000       156,400       154,300       152,000       153,500    
 
                                         
Common Stock Price
                                         
High
  $ 36.99     $ 36.89     $ 34.86     $ 32.76     $ 32.35    
Low
    34.90       33.36       31.90       30.31       28.81    
Period end
    35.56       36.18       33.54       31.94       31.42    
 
                                       
 
(1)   The efficiency ratio is noninterest expense divided by total revenue (net interest income and noninterest income).
(2)   Core deposits are noninterest-bearing deposits, interest-bearing checking, savings certificates and market rate and other savings.
(3)   Retail core deposits are total core deposits excluding Wholesale Banking core deposits and retail mortgage escrow deposits.
(4)   The December 31, 2006, ratios are preliminary.


 

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Wells Fargo & Company and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME
                                                   
 
 
                                               
    Quarter ended December 31,     %     Year ended December 31,     %  
(in millions, except per share amounts)   2006     2005     Change     2006     2005     Change  
 
 
                                                 
INTEREST INCOME
                                                 
Trading assets
  $ 46     $ 48       (4 )  % $ 225     $ 190       18   %
Securities available for sale
    726       594       22       3,278       1,921       71    
Mortgages held for sale
    627       628             2,746       2,213       24    
Loans held for sale
    13       10       30       47       146       (68 )  
Loans
    6,701       5,901       14       25,611       21,260       20    
Other interest income
    118       63       87       332       232       43    
 
                                 
Total interest income
    8,231       7,244       14       32,239       25,962       24    
 
                                 
 
                                                 
INTEREST EXPENSE
                                                 
Deposits
    1,901       1,331       43       7,174       3,848       86    
Short-term borrowings
    162       242       (33 )     992       744       33    
Long-term debt
    1,118       832       34       4,122       2,866       44    
 
                                 
Total interest expense
    3,181       2,405       32       12,288       7,458       65    
 
                                 
 
                                                 
NET INTEREST INCOME
    5,050       4,839       4       19,951       18,504       8    
Provision for credit losses
    726       703       3       2,204       2,383       (8 )  
 
                                 
Net interest income after provision for credit losses
    4,324       4,136       5       17,747       16,121       10    
 
                                 
 
                                                 
NONINTEREST INCOME
                                                 
Service charges on deposit accounts
    695       655       6       2,690       2,512       7    
Trust and investment fees
    735       623       18       2,737       2,436       12    
Card fees
    481       394       22       1,747       1,458       20    
Other fees
    550       478       15       2,057       1,929       7    
Mortgage banking
    677       628       8       2,311       2,422       (5 )  
Operating leases
    190       200       (5 )     783       812       (4 )  
Insurance
    299       272       10       1,340       1,215       10    
Net gains (losses) on debt securities available for sale
    51       (124 )           (19 )     (120 )     (84 )  
Net gains from equity investments
    256       93       175       738       511       44    
Other
    429       434       (1 )     1,356       1,270       7    
 
                                 
Total noninterest income
    4,363       3,653       19       15,740       14,445       9    
 
                                 
 
                                                 
NONINTEREST EXPENSE
                                                 
Salaries
    1,812       1,613       12       7,007       6,215       13    
Incentive compensation
    793       663       20       2,885       2,366       22    
Employee benefits
    501       428       17       2,035       1,874       9    
Equipment
    339       328       3       1,252       1,267       (1 )  
Net occupancy
    367       344       7       1,405       1,412          
Operating leases
    157       161       (2 )     630       635       (1 )  
Other
    1,442       1,346       7       5,528       5,249       5    
 
                                 
Total noninterest expense
    5,411       4,883       11       20,742       19,018       9    
 
                                 
 
                                                 
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX EXPENSE
    3,276       2,906       13       12,745       11,548       10    
Income tax expense
    1,095       976       12       4,263       3,877       10    
 
                                 
 
                                                 
NET INCOME
  $ 2,181     $ 1,930       13     $ 8,482     $ 7,671       11    
 
                                 
 
                                                 
EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE
  $ 0.65     $ 0.57       14     $ 2.52     $ 2.27       11    
 
                                                 
DILUTED EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE
  $ 0.64     $ 0.57       12     $ 2.49     $ 2.25       11    
 
                                                 
DIVIDENDS DECLARED PER COMMON SHARE
  $ 0.28     $ 0.26       8     $ 1.08     $ 1.00       8    
 
                                                 
Average common shares outstanding
    3,379.4       3,350.8       1       3,368.3       3,372.5          
Diluted average common shares outstanding
    3,424.0       3,387.8       1       3,410.1       3,410.9          
 
                                                 
 


 

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Wells Fargo & Company and Subsidiaries
FIVE QUARTER CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME
                                           
 
    Quarter ended  
    Dec. 31,     Sept. 30,     June 30,     Mar. 31,     Dec. 31,  
(in millions, except per share amounts)   2006     2006     2006     2006     2005  
 
 
                                       
INTEREST INCOME
                                       
Trading assets
  $ 46     $ 45     $ 65     $ 69     $ 48  
Securities available for sale
    726       1,014       875       663       594  
Mortgages held for sale
    627       702       808       609       628  
Loans held for sale
    13       12       11       11       10  
Loans
    6,701       6,555       6,245       6,110       5,901  
Other interest income
    118       71       73       70       63  
 
                   
Total interest income
    8,231       8,399       8,077       7,532       7,244  
 
                   
 
                                       
INTEREST EXPENSE
                                       
Deposits
    1,901       1,997       1,794       1,482       1,331  
Short-term borrowings
    162       271       289       270       242  
Long-term debt
    1,118       1,084       1,010       910       832  
 
                   
Total interest expense
    3,181       3,352       3,093       2,662       2,405  
 
                   
 
                                       
NET INTEREST INCOME
    5,050       5,047       4,984       4,870       4,839  
Provision for credit losses
    726       613       432       433       703  
 
                   
Net interest income after provision for credit losses
    4,324       4,434       4,552       4,437       4,136  
 
                   
 
                                       
NONINTEREST INCOME
                                       
Service charges on deposit accounts
    695       707       665       623       655  
Trust and investment fees
    735       664       675       663       623  
Card fees
    481       464       418       384       394  
Other fees
    550       509       510       488       478  
Mortgage banking
    677       484       735       415       628  
Operating leases
    190       192       200       201       200  
Insurance
    299       313       364       364       272  
Net gains (losses) on debt securities available for sale
    51       121       (156 )     (35 )     (124 )
Net gains from equity investments
    256       159       133       190       93  
Other
    429       274       261       392       434  
 
                   
Total noninterest income
    4,363       3,887       3,805       3,685       3,653  
 
                   
 
                                       
NONINTEREST EXPENSE
                                       
Salaries
    1,812       1,769       1,754       1,672       1,613  
Incentive compensation
    793       710       714       668       663  
Employee benefits
    501       458       487       589       428  
Equipment
    339       294       284       335       328  
Net occupancy
    367       357       345       336       344  
Operating leases
    157       155       157       161       161  
Other
    1,442       1,338       1,435       1,313       1,346  
 
                   
Total noninterest expense
    5,411       5,081       5,176       5,074       4,883  
 
                   
 
                                       
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX EXPENSE
    3,276       3,240       3,181       3,048       2,906  
Income tax expense
    1,095       1,046       1,092       1,030       976  
 
                   
 
                                       
NET INCOME
  $ 2,181     $ 2,194     $ 2,089     $ 2,018     $ 1,930  
 
                   
 
                                       
EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE
  $ 0.65     $ 0.65     $ 0.62     $ 0.60     $ 0.57  
 
                                       
DILUTED EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE
  $ 0.64     $ 0.64     $ 0.61     $ 0.60     $ 0.57  
 
                                       
DIVIDENDS DECLARED PER COMMON SHARE
  $ 0.28     $     $ 0.54     $ 0.26     $ 0.26  
 
                                       
Average common shares outstanding
    3,379.4       3,371.9       3,363.8       3,358.3       3,350.8  
Diluted average common shares outstanding
    3,424.0       3,416.0       3,404.4       3,395.7       3,387.8  
 
                                       
 


 

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Wells Fargo & Company and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
                           
 
    December 31,     %
(in millions, except shares)   2006     2005     Change
 
 
                       
ASSETS
                       
Cash and due from banks
  $ 15,028     $ 15,397       (2 ) %
Federal funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and other short-term investments
    6,078       5,306       15  
Trading assets
    5,607       10,905       (49 )
Securities available for sale
    42,629       41,834       2  
Mortgages held for sale
    33,097       40,534       (18 )
Loans held for sale
    721       612       18  
 
                       
Loans
    319,116       310,837       3  
Allowance for loan losses
    (3,764 )     (3,871 )     (3 )
 
               
Net loans
    315,352       306,966       3  
 
               
 
                       
Mortgage servicing rights:
                       
Measured at fair value (residential MSRs beginning 2006)
    17,591              
Amortized
    377       12,511       (97 )
Premises and equipment, net
    4,698       4,417       6  
Goodwill
    11,275       10,787       5  
Other assets
    29,543       32,472       (9 )
 
               
 
                       
Total assets
  $ 481,996     $ 481,741        
 
               
 
                       
LIABILITIES
                       
Noninterest-bearing deposits
  $ 89,119     $ 87,712       2  
Interest-bearing deposits
    221,124       226,738       (2 )
 
               
Total deposits
    310,243       314,450       (1 )
Short-term borrowings
    12,829       23,892       (46 )
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
    25,903       23,071       12  
Long-term debt
    87,145       79,668       9  
 
               
 
                       
Total liabilities
    436,120       441,081       (1 )
 
               
 
                       
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
                       
Preferred stock
    384       325       18  
Common stock — $1-2/3 par value, authorized 6,000,000,000 shares; issued 3,472,762,050 shares
    5,788       5,788        
Additional paid-in capital
    7,739       7,040       10  
Retained earnings
    35,277       30,580       15  
Cumulative other comprehensive income
    302       665       (55 )
Treasury stock — 95,612,189 shares and 117,595,986 shares
    (3,203 )     (3,390 )     (6 )
Unearned ESOP shares
    (411 )     (348 )     18  
 
               
 
                       
Total stockholders’ equity
    45,876       40,660       13  
 
               
 
                       
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 481,996     $ 481,741        
 
               
 


 

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Wells Fargo & Company and Subsidiaries
FIVE QUARTER CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
                                           
 
    Dec. 31,     Sept. 30,     June 30,     Mar. 31,     Dec. 31,  
(in millions)   2006     2006     2006     2006     2005  
 
 
                                       
ASSETS
                                       
Cash and due from banks
  $ 15,028     $ 12,591     $ 14,069     $ 13,224     $ 15,397  
Federal funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and other short-term investments
    6,078       4,079       5,367       4,954       5,306  
Trading assets
    5,607       5,300       7,344       9,930       10,905  
Securities available for sale
    42,629       52,635       71,420       51,195       41,834  
Mortgages held for sale
    33,097       39,913       39,714       43,521       40,534  
Loans held for sale
    721       617       594       629       612  
 
                                       
Loans
    319,116       307,491       300,622       306,676       310,837  
Allowance for loan losses
    (3,764 )     (3,799 )     (3,851 )     (3,845 )     (3,871 )
 
                     
Net loans
    315,352       303,692       296,771       302,831       306,966  
 
                     
 
                                       
Mortgage servicing rights:
                                       
Measured at fair value (residential MSRs beginning 2006)
    17,591       17,712       15,650       13,800        
Amortized
    377       328       175       142       12,511  
Premises and equipment, net
    4,698       4,645       4,529       4,493       4,417  
Goodwill
    11,275       11,192       11,091       11,050       10,787  
Other assets
    29,543       30,737       32,792       36,659       32,472  
 
                     
 
                                       
Total assets
  $ 481,996     $ 483,441     $ 499,516     $ 492,428     $ 481,741  
 
                     
 
                                       
LIABILITIES
                                       
Noninterest-bearing deposits
  $ 89,119     $ 86,849     $ 89,448     $ 88,701     $ 87,712  
Interest-bearing deposits
    221,124       227,470       237,004       219,604       226,738  
 
                     
Total deposits
    310,243       314,319       326,452       308,305       314,450  
Short-term borrowings
    12,829       13,800       13,619       21,350       23,892  
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
    25,903       26,369       33,794       36,312       23,071  
Long-term debt
    87,145       84,091       83,757       84,500       79,668  
 
                     
 
                                       
Total liabilities
    436,120       438,579       457,622       450,467       441,081  
 
                     
 
                                       
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
                                       
Preferred stock
    384       465       548       634       325  
Common stock
    5,788       5,788       5,788       5,788       5,788  
Additional paid-in capital
    7,739       7,667       7,562       7,479       7,040  
Retained earnings
    35,277       34,080       31,964       31,750       30,580  
Cumulative other comprehensive income
    302       633       155       576       665  
Treasury stock
    (3,203 )     (3,273 )     (3,537 )     (3,587 )     (3,390 )
Unearned ESOP shares
    (411 )     (498 )     (586 )     (679 )     (348 )
 
                     
 
                                       
Total stockholders’ equity
    45,876       44,862       41,894       41,961       40,660  
 
                     
 
                                       
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 481,996     $ 483,441     $ 499,516     $ 492,428     $ 481,741  
 
                     
 


 

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Wells Fargo & Company and Subsidiaries
FIVE QUARTER AVERAGE BALANCES
                                           
 
    Quarter ended  
     
    Dec. 31,     Sept. 30,     June 30,     Mar. 31,     Dec. 31,  
(in millions)   2006     2006     2006     2006     2005  
 
 
                                       
EARNING ASSETS
                                       
Federal funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and other short-term investments
  $ 7,751     $ 4,247     $ 4,855     $ 5,192     $ 5,158  
Trading assets
    3,950       3,880       5,938       6,099       5,061  
Debt securities available for sale:
                                       
Securities of U.S. Treasury and federal agencies
    786       912       935       866       1,051  
Securities of U.S. states and political subdivisions
    3,406       3,240       3,013       3,106       3,256  
Mortgage-backed securities:
                                       
Federal agencies
    31,718       47,009       40,160       27,718       23,545  
Private collateralized mortgage obligations
    5,130       7,696       7,176       6,562       8,060  
 
                     
Total mortgage-backed securities
    36,848       54,705       47,336       34,280       31,605  
Other debt securities (1)
    6,406       6,865       6,246       5,280       4,843  
 
                     
Total debt securities available for sale (1)
    47,446       65,722       57,530       43,532       40,755  
Mortgages held for sale
    37,878       42,369       51,675       39,523       42,036  
Loans held for sale
    659       622       585       651       603  
Loans:
                                       
Commercial and commercial real estate:
                                       
Commercial
    68,402       66,216       65,424       62,769       61,297  
Other real estate mortgage
    29,882       29,851       28,938       28,686       28,425  
Real estate construction
    15,775       15,073       14,517       13,850       13,040  
Lease financing
    5,500       5,385       5,429       5,436       5,347  
 
                     
Total commercial and commercial real estate
    119,559       116,525       114,308       110,741       108,109  
Consumer:
                                       
Real estate 1-4 family first mortgage
    50,836       50,138       55,019       74,383       76,233  
Real estate 1-4 family junior lien mortgage
    68,208       65,991       62,740       59,972       58,157  
Credit card
    13,737       12,810       11,947       11,765       11,326  
Other revolving credit and installment
    53,206       51,988       50,098       48,329       46,593  
 
                     
Total consumer
    185,987       180,927       179,804       194,449       192,309  
Foreign
    6,620       6,528       6,276       5,942       5,278  
 
                     
Total loans (2)
    312,166       303,980       300,388       311,132       305,696  
Other
    1,333       1,348       1,363       1,389       1,415  
 
                     
Total earning assets
  $ 411,183     $ 422,168     $ 422,334     $ 407,518     $ 400,724  
 
                     
 
                                       
FUNDING SOURCES
                                       
Deposits:
                                       
Interest-bearing checking
  $ 4,477     $ 4,370     $ 4,288     $ 4,069     $ 3,797  
Market rate and other savings
    135,673       132,906       134,182       134,228       132,042  
Savings certificates
    36,382       33,909       30,308       28,718       26,610  
Other time deposits
    19,838       36,920       38,288       33,726       33,321  
Deposits in foreign offices
    24,425       22,303       20,898       15,152       14,347  
 
                     
Total interest-bearing deposits
    220,795       230,408       227,964       215,893       210,117  
Short-term borrowings
    13,470       21,539       24,836       26,180       25,395  
Long-term debt
    85,809       84,112       84,486       81,686       79,169  
 
                     
Total interest-bearing liabilities
    320,074       336,059       337,286       323,759       314,681  
Portion of noninterest-bearing funding sources
    91,109       86,109       85,048       83,759       86,043  
 
                     
Total funding sources
  $ 411,183     $ 422,168     $ 422,334     $ 407,518     $ 400,724  
 
                     
 
                                       
NONINTEREST-EARNING ASSETS
                                       
Cash and due from banks
  $ 12,379     $ 12,159     $ 12,437     $ 12,897     $ 13,508  
Goodwill
    11,259       11,156       11,075       10,963       10,780  
Other
    47,764       49,196       45,610       43,817       43,469  
 
                     
Total noninterest-earning assets
  $ 71,402     $ 72,511     $ 69,122     $ 67,677     $ 67,757  
 
                     
 
                                       
NONINTEREST-BEARING FUNDING SOURCES
                                       
Deposits
  $ 91,259     $ 89,245     $ 88,917     $ 86,997     $ 90,937  
Other liabilities
    25,687       25,839       22,835       23,320       23,049  
Stockholders’ equity
    45,565       43,536       42,418       41,119       39,814  
Noninterest-bearing funding sources used to fund earning assets
    (91,109 )     (86,109 )     (85,048 )     (83,759 )     (86,043 )
 
                     
Net noninterest-bearing funding sources
  $ 71,402     $ 72,511     $ 69,122     $ 67,677     $ 67,757  
 
                     
 
                                       
TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 482,585     $ 494,679     $ 491,456     $ 475,195     $ 468,481  
 
                     
 
(1)   Includes certain preferred securities.
 
(2)   Nonaccrual loans are included in their respective loan categories.


 

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Wells Fargo & Company and Subsidiaries
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
                   
 
    Year ended December 31,
(in millions)   2006     2005  
 
 
               
Balance, beginning of period
  $ 40,660     $ 37,866  
Cumulative effect from adoption of FAS 156
    101        
Net income
    8,482       7,671  
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax, related to:
               
Foreign currency translation adjustments
          5  
Investment securities and other interests held
    (31 )     (298 )
Derivative instruments and hedging activities
    70       8  
Common stock issued
    1,764       1,367  
Common stock issued for acquisitions
          122  
Common stock repurchased
    (1,965 )     (3,159 )
Preferred stock released to ESOP
    355       307  
Common stock dividends
    (3,641 )     (3,375 )
Adoption of FAS 158
    (402 )      
Other, net
    483       146  
 
       
 
               
Balance, end of period
  $ 45,876     $ 40,660  
 
       
 


 

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Wells Fargo & Company and Subsidiaries
FIVE QUARTER LOANS
                                         
 
    Dec. 31,     Sept. 30,     June 30,     Mar. 31,     Dec. 31,  
(in millions)   2006     2006     2006     2006     2005  
 
 
                                       
Commercial and commercial real estate:
                                       
Commercial
  $ 70,404     $ 66,797     $ 66,014     $ 63,836     $ 61,552  
Other real estate mortgage
    30,112       29,914       29,281       28,754       28,545  
Real estate construction
    15,935       15,397       14,764       14,308       13,406  
Lease financing
    5,614       5,443       5,301       5,402       5,400  
 
                     
Total commercial and commercial real estate
    122,065       117,551       115,360       112,300       108,903  
Consumer:
                                       
Real estate 1-4 family first mortgage
    53,228       49,765       50,491       66,106       77,768  
Real estate 1-4 family junior lien mortgage
    68,926       67,185       64,727       61,115       59,143  
Credit card
    14,697       13,343       12,387       11,618       12,009  
Other revolving credit and installment
    53,534       53,080       51,236       49,295       47,462  
 
                     
Total consumer
    190,385       183,373       178,841       188,134       196,382  
Foreign
    6,666       6,567       6,421       6,242       5,552  
 
                     
 
                                       
Total loans (net of unearned income)
  $ 319,116     $ 307,491     $ 300,622     $ 306,676     $ 310,837  
 
                     
 
FIVE QUARTER NONACCRUAL LOANS AND OTHER ASSETS
                                         
 
    Dec. 31,     Sept. 30,     June 30,     Mar. 31,     Dec. 31,  
(in millions)   2006     2006     2006     2006     2005  
 
 
                                       
Nonaccrual loans:
                                       
Commercial and commercial real estate:
                                       
Commercial
  $ 331     $ 256     $ 253     $ 256     $ 286  
Other real estate mortgage
    105       116       137       163       165  
Real estate construction
    78       90       31       21       31  
Lease financing
    29       27       26       31       45  
 
                             
Total commercial and commercial real estate
    543       489       447       471       527  
Consumer:
                                       
Real estate 1-4 family first mortgage
    688       595       585       508       471  
Real estate 1-4 family junior lien mortgage
    212       200       179       190       144  
Other revolving credit and installment
    180       167       139       188       171  
 
                             
Total consumer
    1,080       962       903       886       786  
Foreign
    43       38       45       37       25  
 
                             
Total nonaccrual loans
    1,666       1,489       1,395       1,394       1,338  
As a percentage of total loans
    0.52   %   0.48   %   0.46   %   0.45   %   0.43   %
 
                                       
Foreclosed assets:
                                       
GNMA loans (1)
    322       266       238       227        
Other
    423       342       275       228       191  
Real estate and other nonaccrual investments (2)
    5       3       9             2  
 
                             
 
                                       
Total nonaccrual loans and other assets
  $ 2,416     $ 2,100     $ 1,917     $ 1,849     $ 1,531  
 
                             
 
                                       
As a percentage of total loans
    0.76   %   0.68   %   0.64   %   0.60   %   0.49   %
 
                             
 
(1)   As a result of a change in regulatory reporting requirements effective January 1, 2006, foreclosed real estate securing Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) loans has been classified as nonperforming. These assets are fully collectible because the corresponding GNMA loans are insured by the Federal Housing Administration or guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
 
(2)   Includes real estate investments (contingent interest loans accounted for as investments) that would be classified as nonaccrual if these assets were recorded as loans.


 

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Wells Fargo & Company and Subsidiaries
CHANGES IN THE ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES
                                         
 
    Quarter ended     Year ended  
         
    Dec. 31,     Sept. 30,     Dec. 31,     Dec. 31,     Dec. 31,  
(in millions)   2006     2006     2005     2006     2005  
 
 
                                       
Balance, beginning of period
  $ 3,978     $ 4,035     $ 4,057     $ 4,057     $ 3,950  
 
                                       
Provision for credit losses
    726       613       703       2,204       2,383  
 
                                       
Loan charge-offs:
                                       
Commercial and commercial real estate:
                                       
Commercial
    (139 )     (103 )     (135 )     (414 )     (406 )
Other real estate mortgage
    (2 )     (1 )     (1 )     (5 )     (7 )
Real estate construction
    (1 )     (1 )           (2 )     (6 )
Lease financing
    (8 )     (6 )     (8 )     (30 )     (35 )
 
                     
Total commercial and commercial real estate
    (150 )     (111 )     (144 )     (451 )     (454 )
Consumer:
                                       
Real estate 1-4 family first mortgage
    (22 )     (30 )     (28 )     (103 )     (111 )
Real estate 1-4 family junior lien mortgage
    (56 )     (36 )     (36 )     (154 )     (136 )
Credit card
    (154 )     (133 )     (164 )     (505 )     (553 )
Other revolving credit and installment
    (513 )     (501 )     (465 )     (1,685 )     (1,480 )
 
                     
Total consumer
    (745 )     (700 )     (693 )     (2,447 )     (2,280 )
Foreign
    (59 )     (74 )     (82 )     (281 )     (298 )
 
                     
Total loan charge-offs
    (954 )     (885 )     (919 )     (3,179 )     (3,032 )
 
                     
 
                                       
Loan recoveries:
                                       
Commercial and commercial real estate:
                                       
Commercial
    27       26       31       111       133  
Other real estate mortgage
    5       8       3       19       16  
Real estate construction
    1             6       3       13  
Lease financing
    5       4       5       21       21  
 
                     
Total commercial and commercial real estate
    38       38       45       154       183  
Consumer:
                                       
Real estate 1-4 family first mortgage
    6       8       6       26       21  
Real estate 1-4 family junior lien mortgage
    9       9       9       36       31  
Credit card
    24       23       22       96       86  
Other revolving credit and installment
    136       124       115       537       365  
 
                     
Total consumer
    175       164       152       695       503  
Foreign
    15       20       19       76       63  
 
                     
Total loan recoveries
    228       222       216       925       749  
 
                     
Net loan charge-offs
    (726 )     (663 )     (703 )     (2,254 )     (2,283 )
 
                     
 
                                       
Other
    (14 )     (7 )           (43 )     7  
 
                     
 
                                       
Balance, end of period
  $ 3,964     $ 3,978     $ 4,057     $ 3,964     $ 4,057  
 
                     
 
                                       
Components:
                                       
Allowance for loan losses
  $ 3,764     $ 3,799     $ 3,871     $ 3,764     $ 3,871  
Reserve for unfunded credit commitments
    200       179       186       200       186  
 
                     
Allowance for credit losses
  $ 3,964     $ 3,978     $ 4,057     $ 3,964     $ 4,057  
 
                     
 
                                       
Net loan charge-offs (annualized) as a percentage of average total loans
    0.92   %   0.86   %   0.91   %   0.73   %   0.77   %
 
                     
 


 

-21-

Wells Fargo & Company and Subsidiaries
FIVE QUARTER CHANGES IN THE ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES
                                           
 
    Quarter ended    
       
    Dec. 31,     Sept. 30,     June 30,     Mar. 31,     Dec. 31,    
(in millions)   2006     2006     2006     2006     2005    
   
 
                                         
Balance, beginning of quarter
  $ 3,978     $ 4,035     $ 4,025     $ 4,057     $ 4,057    
 
                                         
Provision for credit losses
    726       613       432       433       703    
 
                                         
Loan charge-offs:
                                         
Commercial and commercial real estate:
                                         
Commercial
    (139 )     (103 )     (93 )     (79 )     (135 )  
Other real estate mortgage
    (2 )     (1 )     (1 )     (1 )     (1 )  
Real estate construction
    (1 )     (1 )                    
Lease financing
    (8 )     (6 )     (7 )     (9 )     (8 )  
 
                     
Total commercial and commercial real estate
    (150 )     (111 )     (101 )     (89 )     (144 )  
Consumer:
                                         
Real estate 1-4 family first mortgage
    (22 )     (30 )     (22 )     (29 )     (28 )  
Real estate 1-4 family junior lien mortgage
    (56 )     (36 )     (28 )     (34 )     (36 )  
Credit card
    (154 )     (133 )     (113 )     (105 )     (164 )  
Other revolving credit and installment
    (513 )     (501 )     (349 )     (322 )     (465 )  
 
                     
Total consumer
    (745 )     (700 )     (512 )     (490 )     (693 )  
Foreign
    (59 )     (74 )     (74 )     (74 )     (82 )  
 
                     
Total loan charge-offs
    (954 )     (885 )     (687 )     (653 )     (919 )  
 
                     
 
                                         
Loan recoveries:
                                         
Commercial and commercial real estate:
                                         
Commercial
    27       26       31       27       31    
Other real estate mortgage
    5       8       5       1       3    
Real estate construction
    1             1       1       6    
Lease financing
    5       4       6       6       5    
 
                     
Total commercial and commercial real estate
    38       38       43       35       45    
Consumer:
                                         
Real estate 1-4 family first mortgage
    6       8       9       3       6    
Real estate 1-4 family junior lien mortgage
    9       9       10       8       9    
Credit card
    24       23       25       24       22    
Other revolving credit and installment
    136       124       148       129       115    
 
                     
Total consumer
    175       164       192       164       152    
Foreign
    15       20       20       21       19    
 
                     
Total loan recoveries
    228       222       255       220       216    
 
                     
Net loan charge-offs
    (726 )     (663 )     (432 )     (433 )     (703 )  
 
                     
 
                                         
Other
    (14 )     (7 )     10       (32 )        
 
                     
 
                                         
Balance, end of quarter
  $ 3,964     $ 3,978     $ 4,035     $ 4,025     $ 4,057    
 
                     
 
                                         
Components:
                                         
Allowance for loan losses
  $ 3,764     $ 3,799     $ 3,851     $ 3,845     $ 3,871    
Reserve for unfunded credit commitments
    200       179       184       180       186    
 
                     
Allowance for credit losses
  $ 3,964     $ 3,978     $ 4,035     $ 4,025     $ 4,057    
 
                     
 
                                         
Net loan charge-offs (annualized) as a percentage of average total loans
    0.92   %   0.86   %   0.58   %   0.56   %   0.91   %
 
                                         
Allowance for loan losses as a percentage of:
                                         
Total loans
    1.18   %   1.24   %   1.28   %   1.25   %   1.25   %
Nonaccrual loans
    226       255       276       276       289    
Nonaccrual loans and other assets
    156       181       201       208       253    
 
                                         
Allowance for credit losses as a percentage of:
                                         
Total loans
    1.24   %   1.29   %   1.34   %   1.31   %   1.31   %
Nonaccrual loans
    238       267       289       289       303    
Nonaccrual loans and other assets
    164       189       210       218       265    
 


 

-22-

Wells Fargo & Company and Subsidiaries
NONINTEREST INCOME
                                                   
   
    Quarter ended December 31 ,   %     Year ended December 31 ,   %    
(in millions)   2006     2005     Change     2006     2005     Change    
   
 
                                                 
Service charges on deposit accounts
  $ 695     $ 655       6   % $ 2,690     $ 2,512       7   %
 
                                                 
Trust and investment fees:
                                                 
Trust, investment and IRA fees
    525       481       9       2,033       1,855       10    
Commissions and all other fees
    210       142       48       704       581       21    
 
                                 
Total trust and investment fees
    735       623       18       2,737       2,436       12    
 
                                                 
Card fees
    481       394       22       1,747       1,458       20    
 
                                                 
Other fees:
                                                 
Cash network fees
    44       45       (2 )     184       180       2    
Charges and fees on loans
    241       237       2       976       1,022       (5 )  
All other
    265       196       35       897       727       23    
 
                                 
Total other fees
    550       478       15       2,057       1,929       7    
 
                                                 
Mortgage banking:
                                                 
Servicing income, net
    314       257       22       893       987       (10 )  
Net gains on mortgage loan origination/sales activities
    305       269       13       1,116       1,085       3    
All other
    58       102       (43 )     302       350       (14 )  
 
                                 
Total mortgage banking
    677       628       8       2,311       2,422       (5 )  
 
                                                 
Operating leases
    190       200       (5 )     783       812       (4 )  
Insurance
    299       272       10       1,340       1,215       10    
Trading assets
    213       180       18       544       571       (5 )  
Net gains (losses) on debt securities available for sale
    51       (124 )           (19 )     (120 )     (84 )  
Net gains from equity investments
    256       93       175       738       511       44    
All other
    216       254       (15 )     812       699       16    
 
                                 
 
                                                 
Total
  $ 4,363     $ 3,653       19     $ 15,740     $ 14,445       9    
 
                                 
 

NONINTEREST EXPENSE
                                                   
   
    Quarter ended December 31,     %     Year ended December 31,     %    
(in millions)   2006     2005     Change     2006     2005     Change    
   
 
                                                 
Salaries
  $ 1,812     $ 1,613       12   % $ 7,007     $ 6,215       13   %
Incentive compensation
  793       663       20       2,885       2,366       22    
Employee benefits
    501       428       17       2,035       1,874       9    
Equipment
    339       328       3       1,252       1,267       (1 )  
Net occupancy
    367       344       7       1,405       1,412          
Operating leases
    157       161       (2 )     630       635       (1 )  
Outside professional services
    273       253       8       942       835       13    
Contract services
    165       153       8       579       596       (3 )  
Travel and entertainment
    141       134       5       542       481       13    
Advertising and promotion
    102       109       (6 )     456       443       3    
Outside data processing
    113       108       5       437       449       (3 )  
Postage
    77       69       12       312       281       11    
Telecommunications
    66       65       2       279       278          
Insurance
    39       28       39       257       224       15    
Stationery and supplies
    60       57       5       223       205       9    
Operating losses
    40       38       5       180       194       (7 )  
Security
    49       42       17       179       167       7    
Core deposit intangibles
    27       30       (10 )     112       123       (9 )  
Charitable donations
    8       13       (38 )     59       61       (3 )  
Net losses from debt extinguishment
    30       12       150       24       11       118    
All other
    252       235       7       947       901       5    
 
                                 
 
                                                 
Total
  $ 5,411     $ 4,883       11     $ 20,742     $ 19,018       9    
 
                                 
 


 

-23-

Wells Fargo & Company and Subsidiaries
FIVE QUARTER NONINTEREST INCOME
                                         
 
    Quarter ended  
     
    Dec. 31,     Sept. 30,     June 30,     Mar. 31,     Dec. 31,  
(in millions)   2006     2006     2006     2006     2005  
 
 
                                       
Service charges on deposit accounts
  $ 695     $ 707     $ 665     $ 623     $ 655  
 
                                       
Trust and investment fees:
                                       
Trust, investment and IRA fees
    525       508       509       491       481  
Commissions and all other fees
    210       156       166       172       142  
 
                     
Total trust and investment fees
    735       664       675       663       623  
 
                                       
Card fees
    481       464       418       384       394  
 
                                       
Other fees:
                                       
Cash network fees
    44       48       48       44       45  
Charges and fees on loans
    241       244       249       242       237  
All other
    265       217       213       202       196  
 
                     
Total other fees
    550       509       510       488       478  
 
                                       
Mortgage banking:
                                       
Servicing income, net
    314       188       310       81       257  
Net gains on mortgage loan origination/sales activities
    305       179       359       273       269  
All other
    58       117       66       61       102  
 
                     
Total mortgage banking
    677       484       735       415       628  
 
                                       
Operating leases
    190       192       200       201       200  
Insurance
    299       313       364       364       272  
Trading assets
    213       106       91       134       180  
Net gains (losses) on debt securities available for sale
    51       121       (156 )     (35 )     (124 )
Net gains from equity investments
    256       159       133       190       93  
All other
    216       168       170       258       254  
 
                     
 
                                       
Total
  $ 4,363     $ 3,887     $ 3,805     $ 3,685     $ 3,653  
 
                     
 

FIVE QUARTER NONINTEREST EXPENSE
                                         
 
    Quarter ended  
     
    Dec. 31,     Sept. 30,     June 30,     Mar. 31,     Dec. 31,  
(in millions)   2006     2006     2006     2006     2005  
 
 
                                       
Salaries
  $ 1,812     $ 1,769     $ 1,754     $ 1,672     $ 1,613  
Incentive compensation
    793       710       714       668       663  
Employee benefits
    501       458       487       589       428  
Equipment
    339       294       284       335       328  
Net occupancy
    367       357       345       336       344  
Operating leases
    157       155       157       161       161  
Outside professional services
    273       240       236       193       253  
Contract services
    165       143       139       132       153  
Travel and entertainment
    141       132       139       130       134  
Advertising and promotion
    102       123       125       106       109  
Outside data processing
    113       111       109       104       108  
Postage
    77       75       79       81       69  
Telecommunications
    66       70       73       70       65  
Insurance
    39       43       99       76       28  
Stationery and supplies
    60       57       55       51       57  
Operating losses
    40       33       45       62       38  
Security
    49       43       44       43       42  
Core deposit intangibles
    27       28       28       29       30  
Charitable donations
    8       15       19       17       13  
Net losses (gains) from debt extinguishment
    30       (2 )     (2 )     (2 )     12  
All other
    252       227       247       221       235  
 
                     
 
                                       
Total
  $ 5,411     $ 5,081     $ 5,176     $ 5,074     $ 4,883  
 
                     
 


 

-24-

Wells Fargo & Company and Subsidiaries
AVERAGE BALANCES, YIELDS AND RATES PAID (TAXABLE-EQUIVALENT BASIS) (1)(2)
                                                     
 
    Quarter ended December 31,  
    2006     2005  
                      Interest                       Interest  
    Average     Yields/       income/     Average     Yields/       income/  
(in millions)   balance     rates       expense     balance     rates       expense  
 
 
                                                   
EARNING ASSETS
                                                   
Federal funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and other short-term investments
  $ 7,751       5.19     %   $ 102     $ 5,158       3.64   %   $ 47  
Trading assets
    3,950       5.12         50       5,061       3.82         48  
Debt securities available for sale (3):
                                                   
Securities of U.S. Treasury and federal agencies
    786       4.28         9       1,051       3.90         10  
Securities of U.S. states and political subdivisions
    3,406       7.62         62       3,256       8.22         64  
Mortgage-backed securities:
                                                   
Federal agencies
    31,718       6.20         483       23,545       5.94         347  
Private collateralized mortgage obligations
    5,130       6.19         78       8,060       5.71         114  
 
                                   
Total mortgage-backed securities
    36,848       6.20         561       31,605       5.88         461  
Other debt securities (4)
    6,406       7.20         115       4,843       6.79         82  
 
                                   
Total debt securities available for sale (4)
    47,446       6.40         747       40,755       6.12         617  
Mortgages held for sale (3)
    37,878       6.62         627       42,036       5.97         628  
Loans held for sale (3)
    659       7.60         13       603       6.41         10  
Loans:
                                                   
Commercial and commercial real estate:
                                                   
Commercial
    68,402       8.27         1,426       61,297       7.35         1,135  
Other real estate mortgage
    29,882       7.49         563       28,425       6.84         489  
Real estate construction
    15,775       8.07         321       13,040       7.26         239  
Lease financing
    5,500       5.66         78       5,347       5.77         77  
 
                                   
Total commercial and commercial real estate
    119,559       7.93         2,388       108,109       7.13         1,940  
Consumer:
                                                   
Real estate 1-4 family first mortgage
    50,836       7.53         961       76,233       6.75         1,291  
Real estate 1-4 family junior lien mortgage
    68,208       8.16         1,403       58,157       7.28         1,067  
Credit card
    13,737       13.30         457       11,326       12.81         363  
Other revolving credit and installment
    53,206       9.67         1,297       46,593       9.13         1,071  
 
                                   
Total consumer
    185,987       8.80         4,118       192,309       7.84         3,792  
Foreign
    6,620       11.97         199       5,278       13.08         174  
 
                                   
Total loans (5)
    312,166       8.54         6,705       305,696       7.68         5,906  
Other
    1,333       5.17         18       1,415       4.49         16  
 
                                   
Total earning assets
  $ 411,183       8.01         8,262     $ 400,724       7.23         7,272  
 
                                   
 
                                                   
FUNDING SOURCES
                                                   
Deposits:
                                                   
Interest-bearing checking
  $ 4,477       3.11         35     $ 3,797       1.79         17  
Market rate and other savings
    135,673       2.69         918       132,042       1.86         619  
Savings certificates
    36,382       4.33         398       26,610       3.26         219  
Other time deposits
    19,838       5.27         264       33,321       4.07         341  
Deposits in foreign offices
    24,425       4.65         286       14,347       3.71         135  
 
                                   
Total interest-bearing deposits
    220,795       3.42         1,901       210,117       2.51         1,331  
Short-term borrowings
    13,470       4.77         162       25,395       3.79         242  
Long-term debt
    85,809       5.20         1,120       79,169       4.19         832  
 
                                   
Total interest-bearing liabilities
    320,074       3.95         3,183       314,681       3.04         2,405  
Portion of noninterest-bearing funding sources
    91,109                     86,043                
 
                                   
Total funding sources
  $ 411,183       3.08         3,183     $ 400,724       2.39         2,405  
 
                                   
Net interest margin and net interest income on a taxable-equivalent basis (6)
            4.93     %   $ 5,079               4.84     %   $ 4,867  
 
                                       
 
                                                   
NONINTEREST-EARNING ASSETS
                                                   
Cash and due from banks
  $ 12,379                       $ 13,508                    
Goodwill
    11,259                         10,780                    
Other
    47,764                         43,469                    
 
                                           
Total noninterest-earning assets
  $ 71,402                       $ 67,757                    
 
                                           
 
                                                   
NONINTEREST-BEARING FUNDING SOURCES
                                                   
Deposits
  $ 91,259                       $ 90,937                    
Other liabilities
    25,687                         23,049                    
Stockholders’ equity
    45,565                         39,814                    
Noninterest-bearing funding sources used to fund earning assets
    (91,109 )                       (86,043 )                  
 
                                         
Net noninterest-bearing funding sources
  $ 71,402                       $ 67,757                    
 
                                           
 
                                                   
TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 482,585                       $ 468,481                    
 
                                           
 
(1)   Our average prime rate was 8.25% and 6.97% for the quarters ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The average three-month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) was 5.37% and 4.34% for the same quarters, respectively.
 
(2)   Interest rates and amounts include the effects of hedge and risk management activities associated with the respective asset and liability categories.
 
(3)   Yields are based on amortized cost balances computed on a settlement date basis.
 
(4)   Includes certain preferred securities.
 
(5)   Nonaccrual loans and related income are included in their respective loan categories.
 
(6)   Includes taxable-equivalent adjustments primarily related to tax-exempt income on certain loans and securities. The federal statutory tax rate was 35% for the periods presented.


 

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AVERAGE BALANCES, YIELDS AND RATES PAID (TAXABLE-EQUIVALENT BASIS) (1)(2)
                                                 
 
    Year ended December 31,  
    2006     2005  
                    Interest                     Interest  
    Average     Yields/     income/     Average     Yields/     income/  
(in millions)   balance     rates     expense     balance     rates     expense  
 
 
                                               
EARNING ASSETS
                                               
Federal funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and other short-term investments
  $ 5,515       4.80   %   $ 265     $ 5,448       3.01   %   $ 164  
Trading assets
    4,958       4.95       245       5,411       3.52       190  
Debt securities available for sale (3):
                                               
Securities of U.S. Treasury and federal agencies
    875       4.36       39       997       3.81       38  
Securities of U.S. states and political subdivisions
    3,192       7.98       245       3,395       8.27       266  
Mortgage-backed securities:
                                               
Federal agencies
    36,691       6.04       2,206       19,768       6.02       1,162  
Private collateralized mortgage obligations
    6,640       6.57       430       5,128       5.60       283  
 
                                       
Total mortgage-backed securities
    43,331       6.12       2,636       24,896       5.94       1,445  
Other debt securities (4)
    6,204       7.10       439       3,846       7.10       266  
 
                                       
Total debt securities available for sale (4)
    53,602       6.31       3,359       33,134       6.24       2,015  
Mortgages held for sale (3)
    42,855       6.41       2,746       38,986       5.67       2,213  
Loans held for sale (3)
    630       7.40       47       2,857       5.10       146  
Loans:
                                               
Commercial and commercial real estate:
                                               
Commercial
    65,720       8.13       5,340       58,434       6.76       3,951  
Other real estate mortgage
    29,344       7.32       2,148       29,098       6.31       1,836  
Real estate construction
    14,810       7.94       1,175       11,086       6.67       740  
Lease financing
    5,437       5.72       311       5,226       5.91       309  
 
                                       
Total commercial and commercial real estate
    115,311       7.78       8,974       103,844       6.58       6,836  
Consumer:
                                               
Real estate 1-4 family first mortgage
    57,509       7.27       4,182       78,170       6.42       5,016  
Real estate 1-4 family junior lien mortgage
    64,255       7.98       5,126       55,616       6.61       3,679  
Credit card
    12,571       13.29       1,670       10,663       12.33       1,315  
Other revolving credit and installment
    50,922       9.60       4,889       43,102       8.80       3,794  
 
                                       
Total consumer
    185,257       8.57       15,867       187,551       7.36       13,804  
Foreign
    6,343       12.39       786       4,711       13.49       636  
 
                                       
Total loans (5)
    306,911       8.35       25,627       296,106       7.19       21,276  
Other
    1,357       4.97       68       1,581       4.34       68  
 
                                       
Total earning assets
  $ 415,828       7.79       32,357     $ 383,523       6.81       26,072  
 
                                       
 
                                               
FUNDING SOURCES
                                               
Deposits:
                                               
Interest-bearing checking
  $ 4,302       2.86       123     $ 3,607       1.43       51  
Market rate and other savings
    134,248       2.40       3,225       129,291       1.45       1,874  
Savings certificates
    32,355       3.91       1,266       22,638       2.90       656  
Other time deposits
    32,168       4.99       1,607       27,676       3.29       910  
Deposits in foreign offices
    20,724       4.60       953       11,432       3.12       357  
 
                                       
Total interest-bearing deposits
    223,797       3.21       7,174       194,644       1.98       3,848  
Short-term borrowings
    21,471       4.62       992       24,074       3.09       744  
Long-term debt
    84,035       4.91       4,124       79,137       3.62       2,866  
 
                                       
Total interest-bearing liabilities
    329,303       3.73       12,290       297,855       2.50       7,458  
Portion of noninterest-bearing funding sources
    86,525                   85,668              
 
                                       
Total funding sources
  $ 415,828       2.96       12,290     $ 383,523       1.95       7,458  
 
                                       
 
                                               
Net interest margin and net interest income on a taxable-equivalent basis (6)
            4.83   %   $ 20,067               4.86   %   $ 18,614  
 
                                     
 
                                               
NONINTEREST-EARNING ASSETS
                                               
Cash and due from banks
  $ 12,466                     $ 13,173                  
Goodwill
    11,114                       10,705                  
Other
    46,615                       38,389                  
 
                                       
Total noninterest-earning assets
  $ 70,195                     $ 62,267                  
 
                                       
NONINTEREST-BEARING FUNDING SOURCES
                                               
Deposits
  $ 89,117                     $ 87,218                  
Other liabilities
    24,430                       21,559                  
Stockholders’ equity
    43,173                       39,158                  
Noninterest-bearing funding sources used to fund earning assets
    (86,525 )                     (85,668 )                
 
                                       
Net noninterest-bearing funding sources
  $ 70,195                     $ 62,267                  
 
                                       
 
                                               
TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 486,023                     $ 445,790                  
 
                                       
 
(1)   Our average prime rate was 7.96% and 6.19% for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The average three-month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) was 5.20% and 3.56% for the same periods, respectively.
 
(2)   Interest rates and amounts include the effects of hedge and risk management activities associated with the respective asset and liability categories.
 
(3)   Yields are based on amortized cost balances computed on a settlement date basis.
 
(4)   Includes certain preferred securities.
 
(5)   Nonaccrual loans and related income are included in their respective loan categories.
 
(6)   Includes taxable-equivalent adjustments primarily related to tax-exempt income on certain loans and securities. The federal statutory tax rate was 35% for the periods presented.


 

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OPERATING SEGMENT RESULTS (1)
                                                                 
 
(income/expense in millions,           Community             Wholesale             Wells Fargo             Consolidated  
average balances in billions)           Banking             Banking             Financial             Company  
 
Quarter ended December 31,   2006     2005     2006     2005     2006     2005     2006     2005  
 
                                                               
Net interest income
  $ 3,248     $ 3,281     $ 787     $ 638     $ 1,015     $ 920     $ 5,050     $ 4,839  
Provision for credit losses
    275       285       25       7       426       411       726       703  
Noninterest income
    2,882       2,432       1,096       907       385       314       4,363       3,653  
Noninterest expense
    3,558       3,336       1,105       876       748       671       5,411       4,883  
 
                               
Income before income tax expense
    2,297       2,092       753       662       226       152       3,276       2,906  
Income tax expense
    785       705       245       217       65       54       1,095       976  
 
                               
Net income
  $ 1,512     $ 1,387     $ 508     $ 445     $ 161     $ 98     $ 2,181     $ 1,930  
 
                               
 
                                                               
Average loans
  $ 175.7     $ 190.5     $ 75.0     $ 64.7     $ 61.5     $ 50.5     $ 312.2     $ 305.7  
Average assets (2)
    311.9       313.8       97.9       92.8       67.0       56.1       482.6       468.5  
Average core deposits
    235.8       228.1       32.0       25.3                   267.8       253.4  
 
                                                               
Year ended December 31,
                                                               
 
                                                               
Net interest income
  $ 13,117     $ 12,702     $ 2,924     $ 2,393     $ 3,910     $ 3,409     $ 19,951     $ 18,504  
Provision for credit losses
    887       895       16       1       1,301       1,487       2,204       2,383  
Noninterest income
    9,915       9,418       4,310       3,756       1,515       1,271       15,740       14,445  
Noninterest expense
    13,822       12,972       4,114       3,487       2,806       2,559       20,742       19,018  
 
                               
Income before income tax expense
    8,323       8,253       3,104       2,661       1,318       634       12,745       11,548  
Income tax expense
    2,792       2,780       1,018       872       453       225       4,263       3,877  
 
                               
Net income
  $ 5,531     $ 5,473     $ 2,086     $ 1,789     $ 865     $ 409     $ 8,482     $ 7,671  
 
                               
 
                                                               
Average loans
  $ 178.0     $ 187.0     $ 71.4     $ 62.2     $ 57.5     $ 46.9     $ 306.9     $ 296.1  
Average assets (2)
    320.2       297.7       97.1       89.6       62.9       52.7       486.0       445.8  
Average core deposits
    231.4       218.2       28.5       24.6       0.1             260.0       242.8  
 
(1)   The management accounting process measures the performance of the operating segments based on our management structure and is not necessarily comparable with other similar information for other financial services companies. We define our operating segments by product type and customer segment. If the management structure and/or the allocation process changes, allocations, transfers and assignments may change. To reflect the realignment of the insurance business into Wholesale Banking in first quarter 2006, results for prior periods have been revised.
 
(2)   The Consolidated Company balance includes unallocated goodwill held at the enterprise level of $5.8 billion for all periods presented.


 

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FIVE QUARTER OPERATING SEGMENT RESULTS (1)
                                         
 
    Quarter ended  
     
    Dec. 31,     Sept. 30,     June 30,     Mar. 31,     Dec. 31,  
(income/expense in millions, average balances in billions)   2006     2006     2006     2006     2005  
 
 
                                       
COMMUNITY BANKING
                                       
Net interest income
  $ 3,248     $ 3,292     $ 3,321     $ 3,256     $ 3,281  
Provision for credit losses
    275       236       187       189       285  
Noninterest income
    2,882       2,492       2,398       2,143       2,432  
Noninterest expense
    3,558       3,392       3,485       3,387       3,336  
 
                   
Income before income tax expense
    2,297       2,156       2,047       1,823       2,092  
Income tax expense
    785       683       711       613       705  
 
                   
Net income
  $ 1,512     $ 1,473     $ 1,336     $ 1,210     $ 1,387  
 
                   
 
                                       
Average loans
  $ 175.7     $ 172.5     $ 173.9     $ 190.4     $ 190.5  
Average assets
    311.9       326.7       327.2       314.8       313.8  
Average core deposits
    235.8       231.2       230.7       228.0       228.1  
 
                                       
WHOLESALE BANKING
                                       
Net interest income
  $ 787     $ 751     $ 706     $ 680     $ 638  
Provision (reversal of provision) for credit losses
    25             (7 )     (2 )     7  
Noninterest income
    1,096       1,033       1,085       1,096       907  
Noninterest expense
    1,105       999       1,018       992       876  
 
                   
Income before income tax expense
    753       785       780       786       662  
Income tax expense
    245       258       257       258       217  
 
                   
Net income
  $ 508     $ 527     $ 523     $ 528     $ 445  
 
                   
 
                                       
Average loans
  $ 75.0     $ 72.3     $ 70.4     $ 67.6     $ 64.7  
Average assets
    97.9       97.5       97.2       95.9       92.8  
Average core deposits
    32.0       29.1       26.9       25.9       25.3  
 
                                       
WELLS FARGO FINANCIAL
                                       
Net interest income
  $ 1,015     $ 1,004     $ 957     $ 934     $ 920  
Provision for credit losses
    426       377       252       246       411  
Noninterest income
    385       362       322       446       314  
Noninterest expense
    748       690       673       695       671  
 
                   
Income before income tax expense
    226       299       354       439       152  
Income tax expense
    65       105       124       159       54  
 
                   
Net income
  $ 161     $ 194     $ 230     $ 280     $ 98  
 
                   
 
                                       
Average loans
  $ 61.5     $ 59.2     $ 56.1     $ 53.1     $ 50.5  
Average assets
    67.0       64.7       61.3       58.7       56.1  
Average core deposits
          0.1       0.1       0.1        
 
                                       
CONSOLIDATED COMPANY
                                       
Net interest income
  $ 5,050     $ 5,047     $ 4,984     $ 4,870     $ 4,839  
Provision for credit losses
    726       613       432       433       703  
Noninterest income
    4,363       3,887       3,805       3,685       3,653  
Noninterest expense
    5,411       5,081       5,176       5,074       4,883  
 
                   
Income before income tax expense
    3,276       3,240       3,181       3,048       2,906  
Income tax expense
    1,095       1,046       1,092       1,030       976  
 
                   
Net income
  $ 2,181     $ 2,194     $ 2,089     $ 2,018     $ 1,930  
 
                   
 
                                       
Average loans
  $ 312.2     $ 304.0     $ 300.4     $ 311.1     $ 305.7  
Average assets (2)
    482.6       494.7       491.5       475.2       468.5  
Average core deposits
    267.8       260.4       257.7       254.0       253.4  
 
(1)   The management accounting process measures the performance of the operating segments based on our management structure and is not necessarily comparable with other similar information for other financial services companies. We define our operating segments by product type and customer segment. If the management structure and/or the allocation process changes, allocations, transfers and assignments may change. To reflect the realignment of the insurance business into Wholesale Banking in first quarter 2006, results for prior periods have been revised.
 
(2)   The Consolidated Company includes unallocated goodwill held at the enterprise level of $5.8 billion for all periods presented.


 

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Wells Fargo & Company and Subsidiaries
FIVE QUARTER CONSOLIDATED MORTGAGE SERVICING
 
Effective January 1, 2006, upon adoption of FAS 156, we remeasured our residential mortgage servicing rights (MSRs) at fair value and recognized a pre-tax adjustment of $158 million to residential MSRs and recorded a corresponding cumulative effect adjustment of $101 million (after tax) to the 2006 beginning balance of retained earnings in our Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity. The table below reconciles the December 31, 2005, and the January 1, 2006, balance of MSRs.
                                         
                 
 
  Residential     Commercial     Total  
(in millions)
  MSRs     MSRs     MSRs  
 
 
                       
Balance at December 31, 2005
  $ 12,389     $ 122     $ 12,511  
Remeasurement upon adoption of FAS 156
    158             158  
 
           
 
                       
Balance at January 1, 2006
  $ 12,547     $ 122     $ 12,669  
 
           
 
 
               
 
    Quarter ended
     
 
  Dec. 31,     Sept. 30,     June 30,     Mar. 31,  
(in millions)
    2006       2006       2006       2006  
 
 
                               
Residential MSRs measured using the fair value method:
                               
Fair value, beginning of quarter
  $ 17,712     $ 15,650     $ 13,800     $ 12,547  
Purchases
    222       2,907       511       219  
Servicing from securitizations or asset transfers
    843       965       1,310       989  
Sales
    (469 )                  
 
                               
Changes in fair value:
                               
Due to changes in valuation model inputs or assumptions (1)
    66       (1,147 )     550       522  
Other changes in fair value (2)
    (783 )     (663 )     (521 )     (477 )
 
               
 
                               
Fair value, end of quarter
  $ 17,591     $ 17,712     $ 15,650     $ 13,800  
 
               
 
                               
         
 
                                       
(1) Principally reflects changes in discount rates and prepayment speed assumptions, mostly due to changes in interest rates.
(2) Represents changes due to collection/realization of expected cash flows over time.
 
                                       
 
    Quarter ended
     
 
  Dec. 31,     Sept. 30,     June 30,     Mar. 31,     Dec. 31,  
(in millions)
    2006       2006       2006       2006       2005  
 
 
                                       
Amortized MSRs:
                                       
Balance, beginning of quarter
  $ 328     $ 175     $ 142     $ 122     $ 11,953  
Purchases
    53       161       39       25       912  
Servicing from securitizations or asset transfers
    9       2                   888  
Amortization
    (13 )     (10 )     (6 )     (5 )     (486 )
Other (includes changes due to hedging)
                            431  
 
                   
Balance, end of quarter
  $ 377     $ 328     $ 175     $ 142     $ 13,698  
 
                   
 
                                       
Valuation allowance:
                                       
Balance, beginning of quarter
  $     $     $     $     $ 1,242  
Reversal of provision for MSRs in excess of fair value
                            (55 )
 
                   
Balance, end of quarter
  $     $     $     $     $ 1,187  
 
                   
 
                                       
Amortized MSRs, net
  $ 377     $ 328     $ 175     $ 142     $ 12,511  
 
                   
 
                                       
Fair value of amortized MSRs:
                                       
Beginning of quarter
  $ 440     $ 252     $ 205     $ 146     $ 10,845  
End of quarter
    457       440       252       205       12,693  
 


 

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Wells Fargo & Company and Subsidiaries
FIVE QUARTER CONSOLIDATED MORTGAGE SERVICING (CONTINUED)
                                         
 
    Quarter ended  
     
    Dec. 31,     Sept. 30,     June 30,     Mar. 31,     Dec. 31,  
(in millions)   2006     2006     2006     2006     2005  
 
 
                                       
Servicing income, net:
                                       
Servicing fees (1)
  $ 1,011     $ 947     $ 820     $ 747     $ 675  
Changes in fair value of residential MSRs:
                                       
Due to changes in valuation model inputs or assumptions (2)
    66       (1,147 )     550       522        
Other changes in fair value (3)
    (783 )     (663 )     (521 )     (477 )      
Amortization
    (13 )     (10 )     (6 )     (5 )     (486 )
Reversal of provision for MSRs in excess of fair value
                            55  
Net derivative gains (losses):
                                       
Fair value accounting hedges (4)
                            (176 )
Economic hedges (5)
    33       1,061       (533 )     (706 )     189  
 
                   
Total servicing income, net
  $ 314     $ 188     $ 310     $ 81     $ 257  
 
                   
 
                                       
Market-related valuation changes to MSRs, net of hedge results (2) + (5)
  $ 99     $ (86 )   $ 17     $ (184 )        
 
                   
 
(1)   Includes contractually specified servicing fees, late charges and other ancillary revenues.
 
(2)   Principally reflects changes in discount rates and prepayment speed assumptions, mostly due to changes in interest rates.
 
(3)   Represents changes due to collection/realization of expected cash flows over time.
 
(4)   Results related to MSRs fair value hedging activities under FAS 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (as amended), consist of gains and losses excluded from the evaluation of hedge effectiveness and the ineffective portion of the change in the value of these derivatives. Gains and losses excluded from the evaluation of hedge effectiveness are those caused by market conditions (volatility) and the spread between spot and forward rates priced into the derivative contracts (the passage of time).
 
(5)   Represents results from free-standing derivatives (economic hedges) used to hedge the risk of changes in fair value of MSRs.
                                         
 
    Dec. 31,     Sept. 30,     June 30,     Mar. 31,     Dec. 31,  
(in billions)   2006     2006     2006     2006     2005  
 
 
                                       
Managed servicing portfolio:
                                       
Loans serviced for others (1)
  $ 1,280     $ 1,235     $ 1,020     $ 931     $ 871  
Owned loans serviced (2)
    86       90       90       110       118  
 
                   
Total owned servicing
    1,366       1,325       1,110       1,041       989  
Sub-servicing
    19       20       23       25       27  
 
                   
Total managed servicing portfolio
  $ 1,385     $ 1,345     $ 1,133     $ 1,066     $ 1,016  
 
                   
 
                                       
Ratio of MSRs to related loans serviced for others
    1.41 %     1.46 %     1.55 %     1.50 %     1.44 %
 
                                       
Weighted-average note rate (owned servicing only)
    5.92 %     5.86 %     5.80 %     5.75 %     5.72 %
 
(1)   Consists of 1-4 family first mortgage and commercial mortgage loans.
 
(2)   Consists of mortgages held for sale and 1-4 family first mortgage loans.


 

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Wells Fargo & Company and Subsidiaries
SELECTED FIVE QUARTER RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE PRODUCTION DATA
                                                   
 
    Quarter ended  
     
    Dec. 31,       Sept. 30,       June 30,       Mar. 31,       Dec. 31,  
(in billions)   2006       2006       2006       2006       2005  
 
 
                                       
Application Data:
                                       
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage first mortgage quarterly applications
  $ 90     $ 95     $ 108     $ 95     $ 89  
Refinances as a percentage of applications
    40 %     41 %     34 %     39 %     43 %
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage first mortgage unclosed pipeline, at quarter end
  $ 48     $ 55     $ 63     $ 59     $ 50  
 
                                                   
 
    Quarter ended  
     
    Dec. 31,       Sept. 30,       June 30,       Mar. 31,       Dec. 31,    
(in billions)   2006       2006       2006       2006       2005  
 
 
                                                 
Residential Real Estate Originations: (1)
                                                 
Quarter:
                                                 
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage first mortgage loans:
                                                 
Retail
  $ 29       $ 29       $ 33       $ 26       $ 34    
Correspondent/Wholesale (2)
    46         63         70         53         64    
Home equity loans and lines
    9         10         11         9         12    
Wells Fargo Financial
    3         2         2         3         3    
 
                             
Total
  $ 87       $ 104       $ 116       $ 91       $ 113    
 
                             
 
                                                 
Year-to-date
  $ 398       $ 311       $ 207       $ 91       $ 366    
 
                             
 
(1)   Consists of residential real estate originations from all Wells Fargo channels.
 
(2)   Includes $17 billion, $27 billion, $35 billion, $25 billion, $25 billion of co-issue volume, respectively. Under co-issue arrangements, Wells Fargo becomes the servicer when the correspondent securitizes the related loans.