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NOTICE OF 2016 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS AND PROXY STATEMENT
BOARD OF DIRECTORS INFORMATION
CEO Experience
Regulated Industry/
Government
Financial Literacy
Emerging Markets
Global Operational
Experience
HIKMET ERSEK
President and Chief Executive Officer
Age 55 Committee(s) Compliance Committee (non-voting
member)
Director Since 2010 Term Expires 2016
Other Public Directorships None
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION, BUSINESS EXPERIENCE, AND DIRECTORSHIPS
Mr. Ersek has served as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer since August 2010.
From January 2010 to August 2010, Mr. Ersek served as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer. From
2008 to 2010, Mr. Ersek served as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Managing Director,
Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific Region. From 2006 to 2008, Mr. Ersek served as the
Company’s Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Europe/Middle East/Africa/South Asia.
Prior to 2006, Mr. Ersek held various positions of increasing responsibility with the Company.
Prior to joining Western Union in 1999, Mr. Ersek was with GE Capital and Europay/MasterCard
specializing in European payment systems and consumer finance.
EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS, ATTRIBUTES, AND SKILLS SUPPORTING DIRECTORSHIP
POSITION ON THE COMPANY’S BOARD*
Mr. Ersek is the only Director who is also an executive of the Company. Mr. Ersek provides insight
as the Company’s leader, and from his prior roles as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer and
leader in the Company’s Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific region, a significant area for
the Company. Mr. Ersek provides many years of international consumer payment sales, marketing,
distribution, and operations insight from his experience with the Company, GE Capital, and
Europay/MasterCard.
CFO Experience
Financial Literacy
Eligible for Audit
Committee Financial
Expert
Emerging Markets
Global Operational
Experience
RICHARD A. GOODMAN
Former Executive Vice President, Global Operations, PepsiCo Inc.
Age 67 Committee(s) Audit Committee Chair, Compensation and
Benefits Committee
Director Since 2012 Term Expires 2016
Other Public Directorships Johnson Controls Inc., Toys “R” Us, Inc., and Kindred Healthcare Inc.
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION, BUSINESS EXPERIENCE, AND DIRECTORSHIPS
From 2010 to 2011, Mr. Goodman served as Executive Vice President, Global Operations of PepsiCo
Inc. (“PepsiCo”). Prior to that, Mr. Goodman was PepsiCo’s Chief Financial Officer from 2006. From
2003 until 2006, Mr. Goodman was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PepsiCo
International. Mr. Goodman served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PepsiCo
Beverages International from 2001 to 2003, and as Vice President and General Auditor of PepsiCo
from 2000 to 2001. Before joining PepsiCo in 1992, Mr. Goodman was with W.R. Grace & Co. in a variety
of senior financial positions. Mr. Goodman currently serves as a director of Johnson Controls, Inc.,
Toys “R” Us, Inc., and Kindred Healthcare Inc.
EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS, ATTRIBUTES, AND SKILLS SUPPORTING DIRECTORSHIP
POSITION ON THE COMPANY’S BOARD*
Mr. Goodman brings to the Board experience as the chief financial officer and executive of a large,
United States-based global company that manufactures, markets, and distributes a broad range
of consumer goods. Mr. Goodman has experience with complex capital structures and brings to
the Board a management perspective with regard to consumer products, marketing, and brand
management. Mr. Goodman also brings to the Board his experience as a board member of both a
global diversified industrial company and a global retailer.