Western Union 2013 Annual Report Download - page 9

NOTICE OF 2014 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS AND PROXY STATEMENT
THE WESTERN UNION COMPANY
12500 East Belford Avenue
Englewood, CO 8 0112
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Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders
TO BE HELD MAY 16, 2014
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting“) of The Western Union
Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), will be held at 8:00 a.m., local time, on Friday, May 16, 2014, at 505
Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10017, for the following purposes:
1. Elect Dinyar S. Devitre, Hikmet Ersek, Jack M. Greenberg, Betsy D. Holden, Linda Fayne Levinson, Frances
Fragos Townsend, and Solomon D. Trujillo to serve as members of the Company’s Board of Directors until the
Company’s 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
2. Hold an advisory vote to approve executive compensation.
3. Ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2014.
4. Vote on the stockholder proposals described in the accompanying Proxy Statement, if properly presented at the
2014 Annual Meeting.
5. Transact any other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment or
postponement of the Annual Meeting.
The Board of Directors recommends the following votes:
• FOR the election of all the nominees for the Board of Directors.
• FOR the approval of a resolution to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named
executive officers, as described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section, the tabular disclosure
regarding such compensation, and the accompanying narrative disclosure, set forth in the accompanying
Proxy Statement.
• FOR the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting
firm for 2014.
• AGAINST the stockholder proposals described in the accompanying Proxy Statement, if properly presented at
the 2014 Annual Meeting.
Our stockholders of record on March 20, 2014 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting and at any
adjournment or postponement that may take place. A list of stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting will be
available for the examination by any stockholder at the Annual Meeting and for ten days prior to the Annual Meeting at
our principal executive offices located at 12500 East Belford Avenue, Englewood, CO 8 0112.
You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting. To gain admission, you will need to show that you are a
stockholder of the Company. All stockholders will be required to show valid, government-issued, picture identification or
an employee badge issued by the Company. If your shares are registered in your name, your name will be compared to
the list of registered stockholders to verify your share ownership. If your shares are in the name of your broker or bank,
you will need to bring evidence of your share ownership, such as your most recent brokerage account statement or a
legal proxy from your broker. If you do not have valid picture identification and proof that you own Company shares,
you will not be admitted to the Annual Meeting. All packages and bags are subject to inspection. Please note that the
registration desk will open at 7:30 a.m. Please arrive in advance of the start of the Annual Meeting to allow time for
identity verification.