Ling Bei 4
4 · WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN · Filed Feb 20, 2026
Research Summary
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Wells Fargo (WFC) SVP Ling Bei Gifts 74,912 Shares
What Happened
- Ling Bei, Senior Executive Vice President at Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), reported a gift transaction dated May 27, 2025: a transfer of 74,912 shares to a revocable trust. The Form 4 shows both a disposition (G) and an acquisition (G) of 74,912 shares at $0.00, reflecting the transfer; no cash was exchanged.
- Footnote F1 states this gift was not previously reported and that subsequent Form 4s incorrectly reported those shares as directly held — this filing corrects that reporting. Footnote F2 notes certain reported holdings reflect ESOP 401(k) share equivalents as of Jan 30, 2026, not new open‑market purchases.
Key Details
- Transaction date: 2025-05-27; Transaction type: Gift (code G)
- Shares transferred: 74,912; Reported price per share: $0.00; Reported total value: $0
- Filing date: 2026-02-20 (this Form 4 was filed several months after the transaction; typical Form 4 reporting is within 2 business days)
- Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the provided excerpt — check the full Form 4 for post‑transaction beneficial ownership
- Notable footnotes: F1 (gift to revocable trust not previously reported; correction noted), F2 (ESOP/401(k) share‑equivalent disclosure)
Context
- Gifts are transfers of ownership (often for estate or planning reasons) and do not represent market buys or sales; they generally should not be interpreted as an insider buy/sell signal.
- Because this was a gift and not a sale or purchase, it does not reflect a cash transaction or a market sentiment by the insider. The filing was late relative to the transaction date, and this filing corrects prior reporting.
Insider Transaction Report
Form 4
Ling Bei
Sr. Executive Vice President
Transactions
- Gift
Common Stock, $1 2/3 Par Value
[F1]2025-05-27−74,912→ 17,870.208 total - Gift
Common Stock, $1 2/3 Par Value
2025-05-27+74,912→ 74,912 total(indirect: By Trust)
Holdings
- 407.63(indirect: By 401(k))
Common Stock, $1 2/3 Par Value
[F2]
Footnotes (2)
- [F1]Represents a gift of 74,912 shares to a revocable trust, which was not previously reported on a Form 4 by the reporting person. The shares in this transaction were incorrectly reported as directly held in Form 4s filed by the reporting person after such transaction.
- [F2]Reflects share equivalent of units in the Wells Fargo ESOP Fund under the 401(k) Plan (the "Plan") as of January 30, 2026, as if investable cash equivalents held by the Plan were fully invested in Wells Fargo & Company common stock.
Signature
Bei Ling, by Meghan Daly, as Attorney-in-Fact|2026-02-20