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Board of Directors Information PROXY STATEMENT
7 | The Western Union Company – Proxy Statement
NOTICE OF 2015 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 Annual Meeting, director nominees will stand for election
for one-year terms, expiring at the 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
During 2014, 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 2014.
Board of Directors
Dinyar S. Devitre
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION, BUSINESS EXPERIENCE AND DIRECTORSHIPS
Special Advisor to General Atlantic LLC since 2008. Mr. Devitre served as Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer of Altria Group, Inc. from 2002 until 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 2002 to 2007, and is a director
of SABMiller plc, Markit Ltd. and Altria Group, Inc. Mr. Devitre’s term expires in 2015 and he has
declined to stand for re-election.
Age 67 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.