Wells Fargo Renews MTN Program

Wells Fargo Financial Corporation Canada completed the renewal of its $7 billion Canadian medium term note program on January 10, 2006 pursuant to a short-form base shelf prospectus dated January 9, 2006. The notes are guaranteed by Wells Fargo & Company.

Christopher Adam, senior counsel of Wells Fargo & Company, and Leif Gustafson, assistant general counsel of Wells Fargo Financial, Inc., were assisted by McCarthy Tétrault LLP's David Woollcombe, Shea Small and Wendi Locke (securities) and Douglas Cannon (tax).

Sheldon Freeman and Simon McGrath (securities) and Carrie Smit (tax) of Goodmans LLP represented the agents, CIBC World Markets Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.