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| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On May 5, 2026, The Western Union Company (the “Company”) completed the offering and sale of $165,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.750% Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”) pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated April 30, 2026 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), entered into by the Company with Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as the Underwriter named therein, with respect to the offering and sale of the Notes by the Company, which constitutes a further issuance of the 4.750% Notes due 2029 that the Company issued prior to the date hereof (the “2029 Existing Securities”) and will be consolidated with, and form a single series with, the 2029 Existing Securities for all purposes under the indenture governing the 2029 Existing Securities. The Notes were issued under the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-290539), and pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of November 17, 2006, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 6, 2007, and the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 3, 2019, each between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as successor to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Base Trustee”), and as further supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 9, 2026, by and among the Company, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as series trustee, and the Base Trustee.
The Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The Third Supplemental Indenture and the form of the Notes are filed as Exhibit 4.1 and Exhibit 4.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.
In connection with the issuance of the Notes, Sidley Austin LLP provided the Company with the legal opinion attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 5.1.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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The following exhibits are filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K:
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| THE WESTERN UNION COMPANY | ||||||
| Dated: May 5, 2026 | By: | /s/ Benjamin Adams | ||||
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Benjamin Adams Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer | |||||