---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-073532"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WU"
cik: "0001365135"
company_name: "Western Union CO"
filed_at: "2025-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T02:57:36.527888+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Western Union say-on-pay fails with 54% against; all directors elected

## Summary
- Advisory vote on exec comp: 137.4M against vs 114.8M for, not approved (54.5% against).
- All 11 director nominees elected with majority support; Michael A. Miles Jr. had 41.3M votes against.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor passed with 283.0M votes for (98.9% of votes cast).
- Broker non-votes on director elections and say-on-pay totaled 32.7M shares.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-073532
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WU
- cik: 0001365135
- company_name: Western Union CO
- filed_at: 2025-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1365135/000095017025073532/0000950170-25-073532-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1365135/000095017025073532/wu-20250515.htm

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