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12 | The Western Union Company
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
SOLOMON D. TRUJILLO
Chairman, Trujillo Group, LLC
Age 64 Committee(s) Compensation and Benefits Committee,
Compliance Committee
Director Since 2012 Term Expires 2016
Other Public Directorships WPP plc, ProAmerica Bank and SouFun Holdings Limited
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION, BUSINESS EXPERIENCE, AND DIRECTORSHIPS
Mr. Trujillo founded Trujillo Group, LLC, a business that provides consulting, merchant banking and
venture capital services, and has served as its chairman since 2003. Mr. Trujillo also served as the
Chief Executive Officer and as director of Telstra Corporation Limited, Australia’s largest media-
communications enterprise, from 2005 to 2009. From 2003 to 2004, Mr. Trujillo was Orange SA’s
Chief Executive Officer. Earlier in his career, Mr. Trujillo was President and Chief Executive Officer of
US West Communications and President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of US
West Inc. Mr. Trujillo previously served as a director of Target Corporation from 1994 to 2014 and
currently serves as a director of WPP plc, and ProAmerica Bank and SouFun Holdings Limited.
EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS, ATTRIBUTES, AND SKILLS SUPPORTING DIRECTORSHIP
POSITION ON THE COMPANY’S BOARD*
Mr. Trujillo is an international business executive with experience as a chief executive officer of global
companies in the telecommunications, media, and cable industries headquartered in the United
States, the European Union, and the Asia-Pacific region. He has global operations experience and
provides the Board with substantial international experience and expertise in the retail, technology,
media, and communications industries.
* The Board selects nominees for Director on the basis of experience, integrity, skills, diversity, ability to make independent
analytical inquiries, understanding of the Company’s business environment, and willingness to devote adequate time
to Board duties, all in the context of an assessment of the perceived needs of the Board at a given point in time. In
addition to the individual attributes of each of the directors described above, the Company highly values the collective
business experience and qualifications of the directors. We believe that the experiences, viewpoints, and perspectives of
our directors result in a Board with the commitment and energy to advance the interests of our stockholders.