---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-005992"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WU"
cik: "0001365135"
company_name: "Western Union CO"
filed_at: "2023-03-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T12:54:10.673948+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Two Western Union board members to depart at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- Joyce A. Phillips will not stand for re-election at the 2023 Annual Meeting for personal reasons.
- Richard A. Goodman will retire at the 2023 Annual Meeting due to the Board's mandatory retirement age.
- Neither departure is the result of any disagreement with the Company or the Board.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-005992
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WU
- cik: 0001365135
- company_name: Western Union CO
- filed_at: 2023-03-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1365135/000095017023005992/0000950170-23-005992-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1365135/000095017023005992/wu-20230227.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-005992
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-005992.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-005992.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joyce A. Phillips departed as Director at Western Union CO.
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 27, 2023, Joyce A. Phillips advised The Western Union Company (the “Company”) that she intends not to stand for re-election as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2023 Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1365135/000095017023005992/0000950170-23-005992-index.htm
- Executive change
  Richard A. Goodman departed as Director at Western Union CO.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Director
  source text: Additionally, Richard A. Goodman will not be nominated for re-election at the 2023 Annual Meeting and will retire from the Board at such time because he has reached the Board’s mandatory retirement age, as set forth in its Corporate Governance Guidelines.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1365135/000095017023005992/0000950170-23-005992-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.