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Proxy Statement and Proxy Process PROXY STATEMENT
1 | The Western Union Company – Proxy Statement
NOTICE OF 2015 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS AND PROXY STATEMENT
Proxy Statement
The Board of Directors (the “Board of Directors” or the
“Board”) of The Western Union Company (“Western
Union” or the “Company”) is soliciting your proxy to vote
at the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual
Meeting”) to be held on May 15, 2015 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 10017.
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 1, 2015 to all stockholders
of record as of March 19, 2015 (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 518,535,065
shares outstanding as of the Record Date. The closing price
of the Company’s Common Stock on the Record Date was
$19.25 per share.
The Company’s Annual Report to Stockholders, which
contains consolidated financial statements for the
year ended December 31, 2014, 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, 2014 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 80112. 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, 2014, please call (866)
405-5012 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 for the year ended December 31, 2014 and
these exhibits are also available in the “Investor Relations”
section of www.wu.com.