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Board of Directors Information PROXY STATEMENT
7 | The Western Union Company – Proxy Statement
NOTICE OF 2014 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS AND PROXY STATEMENT
Board of Directors Information
In accordance with applicable Delaware law, the business of the Company is managed under the direction of its Board
of Directors. Pursuant to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors is
to consist of not less than one nor more than 15 directors. At the Company’s 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the
Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
to declassify the Board of Directors such that each director will be elected to a one-year term beginning with the directors
elected at the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. During 2013, the Board of Directors met eight times (not including
committee meetings). Each of the directors attended at least 75% of the aggregate number of meetings of the Board and
Board committees on which they served during 2013.
Board of Directors Members
Dinyar S. Devitre
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION, BUSINESS EXPERIENCE AND DIRECTORSHIPS
Special Advisor to General Atlantic LLC since June 2008. Mr. Devitre served as Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer of Altria Group, Inc. from March 2002 until March 2008. From 2001 to
2002, Mr. Devitre served as a private business consultant and from 1998 to 2001, he was Executive
Vice President at Citibank in Europe. He started with the Altria Group companies in 1970 and
served in a variety of positions, including President Philip Morris, Asia, Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer Philip Morris, Japan, and Senior Vice President, Corporate Planning, Philip Morris Companies,
Inc. from 1995 to 1998. Mr. Devitre was a director of Kraft Foods Inc. from September 2002 to
May 2007, and is a director of SABMiller plc and Altria Group, Inc. Mr. Devitre’s term expires in 2014.
Age 66 Director Since 2006
EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS, ATTRIBUTES AND SKILLS SUPPORTING
DIRECTORSHIP POSITION ON THE COMPANY’S BOARD*
Mr. Devitre brings to the Board experience as the chief financial officer of a large United States-based
multinational company, as an executive and director of large consumer goods corporations subject
to regulation in multiple jurisdictions and as an executive of a financial services company. Mr. Devitre
has experience with complex capital structures and related issues. Mr. Devitre also provides the
Board with diversity in viewpoint and international business experience as a native of India who has
lived and worked in many countries.