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Proxy Statement and Proxy Process PROXY STATEMENT
1 | The Western Union Company – Proxy Statement
NOTICE OF 2014 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS AND PROXY STATEMENT
Proxy Statement
The Board of Directors (“Board of Directors” or “Board”)
of The Western Union Company (“Western Union” or the
“Company”) is soliciting your proxy to vote at the 2014
Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting“)
to be held on May 16, 2014 at 8:00 a.m., local time, and
any adjournment or postponement of that meeting. The
meeting will be held at 505 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor, New
York, NY 10 017.
In accordance with rules and regulations of the SEC,
instead of mailing a printed copy of our proxy materials
to each stockholder of record or beneficial owner, we
furnish proxy materials, which include this Proxy Statement
and the accompanying Proxy Card, Notice of Meeting,
and Annual Report to Stockholders, to our stockholders
over the Internet unless otherwise instructed by the
stockholder. If you received a Notice of Internet Availability
of Proxy Materials by mail and would like to receive a
printed copy of our proxy materials, you should follow the
instructions for requesting such materials included in the
Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials.
The Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials was
first mailed on or before April 2, 2014 to all stockholders
of record as of March 20, 2014 (the “Record Date”). The
only voting securities of the Company are shares of
the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value per
share (the “Common Stock”), of which there were
538,854,385 shares outstanding as of the Record Date.
The closing price of the Company’s Common Stock on the
Record Date was $16.50 per share.
The Company’s Annual Report to Stockholders, which
contains consolidated financial statements for the
year ended December 31, 2013, accompanies this
Proxy Statement. You also may obtain a copy of the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2013 that was filed with the SEC,
without charge, by writing to Investor Relations, The
Western Union Company, 12500 East Belford Avenue,
Mailstop M23IR, Englewood, CO 8 0112. If you would
like to receive a copy of any exhibits listed in the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2013, please call [phone]
or submit a request in writing to Investor Relations
at the above address, and the Company will
provide you with the exhibits upon the payment
of a nominal fee (which fee will be limited to
the expenses we incur in providing you with the
requested exhibits). The Company’s Annual Report
on Form 10-K and these exhibits are also available in the
“Investor Relations” section of www.wu.com.