{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0000072971-24-000031","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"WFC","cik":"0000072971","company_name":"WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN","filed_at":"2024-01-24T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:26.785275+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-06T19:35:42.907937+00:00","sec_items":["5.03","9.01"],"event_type":"other_material","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.3,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.3,"confidence":"high","headline":"Wells Fargo amends bylaws to adopt exclusive forum provisions for certain shareholder actions","bullets":["Board approved By-Laws amendments effective Feb 1, 2024, clarifying stockholder director nomination notice provisions.","Designates Delaware Court of Chancery as exclusive forum for certain internal corporate claims.","Designates U.S. federal district courts as exclusive forum for Securities Act of 1933 claims.","Company may consent in writing to alternative forum selection."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072971-24-000031","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072971-24-000031.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072971-24-000031.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072971-24-000031.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72971/000007297124000031/0000072971-24-000031-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72971/000007297124000031/wfc-20240123.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-06T19:35:42.907937+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"037fa05e9668e2c97abb23551227754be91d9835","claim":"WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN: On January 23, 2024, the Board of Directors approved and adopted amended By-Laws effective February 1, 2024, to clarify and reduce the scope of certain defined terms and other provisions relating to stockholder notices of director nominations, and to designate exclusive forum provisions for certain (effective 2024-02-01).","evidence_excerpt":"On January 23, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of Wells Fargo & Company (the “ Company ”) approved and adopted the Company’s By-Laws (as amended and restated, the “ By-Laws ”), effective February 1, 2024, to clarify and reduce the scope of certain defined terms and other provisions relating to stockholder notices of director nominations and to designate (i) the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or if such court does not have jurisdiction, another state court or a federal court located within the State of Delaware, as the sole and exclusive forum for bringing certain legal actions against the Company, and (ii) the federal district courts of the United States as the sole and exclusive forum for any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933 or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder, in each case unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.03/5.05/5.06","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72971/000007297124000031/0000072971-24-000031-index.htm","confidence":0.98,"family_label":"Governance Changes","details":[{"label":"Change","value":"bylaw amendment"},{"label":"Effective","value":"2024-02-01"}],"fact_type":"governance_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}