SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) said today that to reduce administrative costs it will withdraw its common stock listing and registration from the Chicago Stock Exchange, effective on approximately Nov. 16, 2006. The company retains its principal common stock listing on the New York Stock Exchange.

Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company with $483 billion in assets, providing banking, insurance, investments, mortgage and consumer finance to more than 23 million customers from more than 6,100 stores and the internet (wellsfargo.com) across North America and elsewhere internationally. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. has the highest possible credit rating, "Aaa," from Moody's Investors Service and the highest credit rating given to a U.S. bank, "AA+," from Standard & Poor's Ratings Services.

Source: Wells Fargo & Company