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Corporate Headquarters
12500 East Belford Avenue
Englewood, CO 80112
+1-720-332-1000
+1-866-405-5012
Transfer Agent and Registrar
Stockholders with questions concerning their stock holdings or
dividends, or with address changes should contact:
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
161 North Concord Exchange
South St. Paul, MN 55075
+1-651-450-4064
+1-800-468-9716
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Ernst & Young LLP
370 17th Street, Suite 3300
Denver, CO 80202
Financial Information and Reports
The company routinely sends out annual stockholder reports
and press releases. To receive this information please write the
company at 12500 East Belford Avenue, Englewood, CO 80112,
call +1-866-405-5012 or visit the “Investor Relations” section of
our website at www.westernunion.com. A copy of the Western
Union 2007 Form 10-K report to the Securities and Exchange
Commission will be furnished to stockholders without charge
(except charges for providing exhibits) upon written request to
the company. Analysts and investors seeking additional invest-
ment information about the company can contact the Investor
Relations Department at +1-866-405-5012. For more information
about The Western Union Company, please visit the company
on the Internet at www.westernunion.com.
Stockholders of Record
The number of stockholders of record was 4,542 as of February
15, 2008.
Dividends
The company declared and paid a cash dividend of $0.04 and
$0.01 per common share in the fourth quarter of 2007 and 2006,
respectively.
Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of stockholders of The Western Union
Company will be held at the JW Marriott Denver at Cherry Creek
on 150 Clayton Lane, Denver, Colorado, 80206 on Friday, May
23, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. local time.
Trademarks, Service Marks and Trade Names
The Western Union name, logo and related trademarks and
service marks, owned by Western Union Holdings, Inc., are reg-
istered and/or used in the U.S. and many foreign countries. All
other trademarks, service marks, logos and trade names referenced
in this material are the property of their respective owners.
Stock Prices
The Western Union Company common stock is traded on the
New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “WU”. The intraday
high and low prices for our common stock during 2007 and the
fourth quarter of 2006, when the common stock of our Company
began regular way trading, were as follows:
Common Stock
Market Price
High Low
2007
First Quarter $23.56 $20.74
Second Quarter 23.76 20.20
Third Quarter 21.69 15.00
Fourth Quarter 24.83 18.33
2006
Fourth Quarter* $24.12 $18.58
* Commencing October 2, 2006
Performance Graph
The following graph compares the yearly percentage in cumula-
tive total stockholders return on our common stock since the
date our “when issued” trading price was fi rst established on
September 20, 2006 with the cumulative total return over the
same period for, (i) the S&P 500 Index, and (ii) the Index for
Standard Industry Classifi cation (“SIC”) Code 7389 comprised of
90 companies. Pursuant to rules of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, the comparison assumes $100 was invested on
September 20, 2006 in our common stock and in each of the
indices and assumes reinvestment of dividends. Historic stock
price is not indicative of future stock price performance.
COMPARISON OF CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN
AMONG WESTERN UNION COMPANY, S&P 500 INDEX
AND SIC CODE 7389 INDEX (in dollars)
Assumes $100 invested on September 20, 2006
Assumes dividend reinvested
Fiscal year ending December 31, 2007
Corporate Governance
To review the company’s corporate governance guidelines, board
committee charters and codes of business conduct and ethics,
please visit the “Corporate Governance” section on the “Investor
Relations” page of our Web site at www.westernunion.com.
Certifi cations
The company fi led certifi cations of the CEO and CFO pursuant
to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 as Exhibits to
the Western Union 2007 Form 10-K report fi led with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission and submitted to
the New York Stock Exchange the CEO’s annual certifi cation
regarding compliance with the NYSE’s corporate governance
listing standards.
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Western Union SIC Code Index S&P 500 Index
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