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Published on 7/22/2013 in the Prospect News Investment Grade Daily.

New Issue: Wells Fargo sells $5 billion of notes in four tranches

By Andrea Heisinger

New York, July 22 - Wells Fargo Bank NA and Wells Fargo & Co. were in the market Monday with a $5 billion sale of notes in four parts, an informed source said.

Wells Fargo Bank priced $2 billion of two-year floating-rate senior bank notes (Aa3/AA-/AA-) at par to yield Libor plus 28 basis points.

The bank also priced $500 million of 0.75% two-year senior bank notes at 99.965 to yield 0.768% with a spread of Treasuries plus 47 bps.

Wells Fargo & Co. priced $800 million of three-year floating-rate senior holding company notes (A2/A+/AA-) at par to yield Libor plus 53 bps. They also sold a $1.7 billion tranche of 1.25% three-year senior holding company notes at 99.904 to yield 1.283%, or 70 bps over Treasuries.

All of the tranches are non-callable.

Wells Fargo Securities LLC ran the books.

Wells Fargo was last in the U.S. bond market with a $2 billion offering of five-year notes in two tranches on April 16.

The financial services company is based in San Francisco.

Issuers:Wells Fargo & Co., Wells Fargo Bank NA
Amount:$5 billion
Bookrunner:Wells Fargo Securities LLC
Trade date:July 22
Settlement date:July 29
Two-year floaters
Issuer:Wells Fargo Bank NA
Issue:Senior bank notes
Amount:$2 billion
Maturity:July 20, 2015
Coupon:Libor plus 28 bps
Price:Par
Yield:Libor plus 28 bps
Call:Non-callable
Ratings:Moody's: Aa3
Standard & Poor's: AA-
Fitch: AA-
Two-year fixed-rate notes
Issuer:Wells Fargo Bank NA
Issue:Senior bank notes
Amount:$500 million
Maturity:July 20, 2015
Coupon:0.75%
Price:99.965
Yield:0.768%
Spread:Treasuries plus 47 bps
Call:Non-callable
Ratings:Moody's: Aa3
Standard & Poor's: AA-
Fitch: AA-
Three-year floaters
Issuer:Wells Fargo & Co.
Issue:Senior holding company notes
Amount:$800 million
Maturity:July 20, 2016
Coupon:Libor plus 53 bps
Price:Par
Yield:Libor plus 53 bps
Call:Non-callable
Ratings:Moody's: A2
Standard & Poor's: A+
Fitch: AA-
Three-year fixed-rate notes
Issuer:Wells Fargo & Co.
Issue:Senior holding company notes
Amount:$1.7 billion
Maturity:July 20, 2016
Coupon:1.25%
Price:99.904
Yield:1.283%
Spread:Treasuries plus 70 bps
Call:Non-callable
Ratings:Moody's: A2
Standard & Poor's: A+
Fitch: AA-

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