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Proxy Statement and Proxy Process PROXY STATEMENT
3 | The Western Union Company – Proxy Statement
NOTICE OF 2014 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS AND PROXY STATEMENT
DOES MY VOTE
MATTER?
YES! We are required to obtain stockholder approval for the election of directors
and other important matters. Each share of Common Stock is entitled to one vote
and every share voted has the same weight. In order for the Company to obtain
the necessary stockholder approval of proposals, a “quorum” of stockholders (a
majority of the issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote) must be represented
at the meeting in person or by proxy. If a quorum is not obtained, the Company
must adjourn or postpone the meeting and solicit additional proxies; this is an
expensive and time-consuming process that is not in the best interest of the
Company or its stockholders. Since few stockholders can spend the time or money
to attend stockholder meetings in person, voting by proxy is important to obtain a
quorum and complete the stockholder vote.
HOW DO I VOTE? By Telephone or Internet—You may vote your shares via telephone as instructed
on the Proxy Card, or the Internet as instructed on the Proxy Card or the Notice of
Internet Availability of Proxy Materials. The telephone and Internet procedures are
designed to authenticate your identity, to allow you to vote your shares, and confirm
that your instructions have been properly recorded.
The telephone and Internet voting facilities will close at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on
May 15, 2014.
By Mail—If you request paper Proxy Cards by telephone or Internet, you may elect
to vote by mail. If you elect to do so, you should complete, sign, and date each
Proxy Card you receive, indicating your voting preference on each proposal, and
return each Proxy Card in the prepaid envelope which accompanied that Proxy Card.
If you return a signed and dated Proxy Card but you do not indicate your voting
preferences, your shares will be voted in accordance with the recommendations of
the Board of Directors. By returning your signed and dated Proxy Card or providing
instructions by the alternative voting procedure in time to be received for the
Annual Meeting, you authorize Hikmet Ersek and John R. Dye to act as your Proxies
to vote your shares of Common Stock as specified.
At the Meeting—Shares held in your name as the stockholder of record may
be voted by you in person at the Annual Meeting. Shares held beneficially on
your behalf by a broker or agent may be voted by you in person at the Annual
Meeting only if you obtain a legal proxy from the broker or agent that holds your
shares giving you the right to vote the shares, and you bring such proxy to the
Annual Meeting.
Shares held in The Western Union Company Incentive Savings Plan—For
shares held in The Western Union Company Incentive Savings Plan, that plan’s
trustee will vote such shares as directed. If no direction is given on how to vote such
shares to the trustee by mail on or before May 13, 2014 or by Internet or phone by
11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time) on May 13, 2014, the trustee will vote your shares held in
that plan in the same proportion as the shares for which it receives instructions from
all other participants in the plan.