Wells Fargo & Company
Exhibit (10)
Xxxxx Fargo & Company
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
January 1, 2009
Wachovia Preferred Funding Corp.
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Wachovia Bank, National Association
000 X. Xxxxx Xx.
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We refer to the Exchange Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2002 (the “Exchange Agreement”), by and among Wachovia Corporation, a North Carolina corporation (“Wachovia”), Wachovia Preferred Funding Corp., a Delaware corporation (“WPFC”) and Wachovia Bank, National Association, a national banking association (“Wachovia Bank, N.A.”). Capitalized terms used but not defined in this letter agreement shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Exchange Agreement.
We also refer to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 3, 2008 (the “Merger Agreement”), as amended, by and between Xxxxx Fargo & Company, a Delaware corporation (“Xxxxx Fargo”) and Wachovia. In consideration of the covenants and agreements set forth herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the parties agree as follows:
The parties hereby acknowledge and agree that, effective immediately on the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and without any further action by any person, (a) Xxxxx Fargo, as Successor Entity, became the assignee of the rights, duties and obligations of Wachovia under the Exchange Agreement; and (b) as a result of such assignment, (i) all references to Wachovia in the Exchange Agreement became and shall be deemed to be references to Xxxxx Fargo, (ii) all references to Wachovia Preferred Stock in the Exchange Agreement became and shall be deemed to be references to the Series G, Class A Preferred Stock, no par value per share, having a liquidation preference of $15,000.00 per share, of Xxxxx Fargo, constituting Substitute Preferred Stock, and (iii) all references to Depositary Shares in the Exchange Agreement became and shall be deemed to be references to depositary shares representing a one-six hundredth interest in one share of such Substitute Preferred Stock, constituting Successor Depositary Shares.
Please acknowledge your understanding of our agreement as set forth herein by signing this letter in the space provided below and returning a copy to the undersigned. This letter agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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Very truly yours, | ||
XXXXX FARGO & COMPANY | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |
Title: | Senior Vice President |
Accepted and agreed to as of
the date set forth above:
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | Executive Vice President | |
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | Executive Vice President |