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FIRST SECURITY CORPORATION
PROXY SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS JULY 31, 2000
The undersigned stockholder of First Security Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), acknowledges receipt of the Notice of Special
Meeting of Stockholders to be held at the Salt Lake City Marriott, 75 South
West Temple, Salt Lake City, and proxy statement-prospectus, dated June 26,
2000, and the undersigned revokes all other proxies and appoints Spencer F.
Eccles, Morgan J. Evans and Brad D. Hardy, and each of them, the attorneys
and proxies for the undersigned, each with full power of substitution, to
attend and act for the undersigned at the Company's Special Meeting of
Stockholders at 11:00 a.m., local time, July 31, 2000 and at any adjournments
or postponements thereof and in connection therewith to vote and represent
all of the shares of the Company's Common Stock and Preferred Stock covered
by this proxy which the undersigned would be entitled to vote:
PLEASE MARK YOUR VOTE ON THE REVERSE SIDE, SIGN, DATE AND
RETURN PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.
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/X/ PLEASE MARK YOUR
VOTES AS IN THIS
EXAMPLE.
1. Proposal 1. To adopt the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as
of April 9, 2000 by and between the Company and Wells Fargo & Company
("Wells Fargo"); and a related Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as
of June 23, 2000, by and between First Security Merger Co., a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo, included as Exhibit A to the
Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (collectively, the Merger
Agreement) and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.
FOR / / Against / / Abstain / /
2. In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other
business as may properly come before the meeting. Each of the
above-named proxies present at said meeting, either in person or by
substitute, shall have and exercise all the powers of said proxies
hereunder.
THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHOICES SPECIFIED BY
THE UNDERSIGNED. IF NO SPECIFICATIONS TO THE CONTRARY ARE INDICATED
HEREON, THIS PROXY WILL BE TREATED AS A GRANT OF AUTHORITY TO VOTE FOR
PROPOSAL 1, AND IN THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXIES ON ANY OTHER BUSINESS
AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING. PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN
YOUR PROXY PROMPTLY IN THE POSTAGE PREPAID ENVELOPE PROVIDED.
SIGNATURE DATE
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NOTE: Please sign exactly as your name appears hereon. When signing as
attorney, executor, administrator, trustee or guardian, please give
full title as such. If shares are held jointly, each holder should
sign.
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