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Information concerning principal geographic areas was as follows (in millions):
2009 2008 2007
Years Ended December 31,
Revenue:
United States ........................................... $1,584.9 $1,760.0 $1,825.3
International............................................ 3,498.7 3,522.0 3,074.9
Total . .................................................... $5,083.6 $5,282.0 $4,900.2
Long-lived assets:
United States ........................................... $ 161.1 $ 162.3 $ 172.3
International............................................ 43.2 30.0 28.0
Total . .................................................... $ 204.3 $ 192.3 $ 200.3
The geographic split of revenue above for consumer-to-consumer is based upon the country where a
money transfer is initiated and the country where a money transfer is paid with revenue being split 50%
between the two countries. The geographic split of revenue above for global business payments is based upon
the country where the transaction is initiated with 100% of the revenue allocated to that country. Long-lived
assets, consisting of “Property and equipment, net,” are presented based upon the location of the assets.
A majority of Western Union’s consumer-to-consumer transactions involve at least one non-United States
location. Based on the method used to attribute revenue between countries described in the paragraph above,
no individual country outside the United States accounted for more than 10% of revenue for the years ended
December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007. In addition, no individual agent or global business payments customer
accounted for greater than 10% of revenue during these periods.
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THE WESTERN UNION COMPANY
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)