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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-108436"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WU"
cik: "0001365135"
company_name: "Western Union CO"
filed_at: "2025-08-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T12:58:35.454660+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Western Union to acquire International Money Express for $16.00/share cash

## Summary
- Western Union to acquire International Money Express (IMXI) for $16.00 per share in cash.
- Transaction subject to IMXI stockholder approval, HSR clearance, and money transmitter license approvals.
- Termination fees: $19.8M payable by IMXI to Western Union under certain circumstances; $27.3M payable by Western Union to IMXI if antitrust restraint blocks deal.
- No-shop provision with fiduciary out for IMXI board if superior proposal emerges.
- Outside date May 11, 2026, extendable to Nov 10, 2026 for regulatory approvals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-108436
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WU
- cik: 0001365135
- company_name: Western Union CO
- filed_at: 2025-08-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1365135/000095017025108436/0000950170-25-108436-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1365135/000095017025108436/wu-20250810.htm

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