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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-137222"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WU"
cik: "0001365135"
company_name: "Western Union CO"
filed_at: "2024-12-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T02:18:44.891408+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Western Union adopts amended by-laws aligning with Delaware law, revising advance notice provisions

## Summary
- Board adopted amended by-laws effective December 13, 2024, to align with Delaware law developments.
- Advance notice requirements for stockholder nominations and proposals revised, including reduced disclosure obligations in some cases.
- Amendments include non-substantive technical and conforming changes.
- Full text of amended by-laws filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the 8-K.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-137222
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WU
- cik: 0001365135
- company_name: Western Union CO
- filed_at: 2024-12-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1365135/000095017024137222/0000950170-24-137222-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1365135/000095017024137222/wu-20241213.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Western Union CO: On December 13, 2024, the Board adopted amended and restated by-laws effective immediately, aligning with Delaware law and current practice, revising advance notice provisions for stockholder director nominations and proposals, and implementing technical changes (effective 2024-12-13).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2024-12-13
  source text: On December 13, 2024, in connection with a periodic review of The Western Union Company’s (the “Company”) by-laws, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted amended and restated by-laws (as amended, the “Amended and Restated By-laws”), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1365135/000095017024137222/0000950170-24-137222-index.htm

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