8-K
Western Union CO (WU)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 26, 2026
THE WESTERN UNION COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-32903 | 20-4531180 |
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| (State or other jurisdiction<br>of incorporation) | (Commission<br>File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer<br>Identification No.) |
| 7001 East Belleview Avenue | ||
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| Denver, CO | 80237 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(866) 405-5012
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
| ☐ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading<br>Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange<br>on which registered |
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| Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value | WU | The New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
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On March 9, 2026, The Western Union Company (the “Company”) completed the offering and sale of $450,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.750% Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”) pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated February 26, 2026 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), entered into by the Company with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., BofA Securities, Inc., U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as Representatives of the several Underwriters named therein, with respect to the offering and sale of the Notes by the Company. 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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(d) Exhibits
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 | ||
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| Dated: March 9, 2026 | By: | /s/ Benjamin Adams |
| Name:<br> <br>Title: | Benjamin Adams<br> <br>Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer |
EX-1.1
Exhibit 1.1
THE WESTERN UNION COMPANY
$450,000,000 4.750% Notes due 2029
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
February 26, 2026
February 26, 2026
To the Representatives named in Schedule I hereto
for the Underwriters named in Schedule II hereto
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Western Union Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”), the principal amount of its debt securities identified in Schedule I hereto (the “Securities”), to be issued under the indenture specified in Schedule I hereto (the “Indenture”) between the Company and the Trustee identified in such Schedule (the “Trustee”). If the firm or firms listed in Schedule II hereto include only the Representatives listed in Schedule I hereto, then the terms “Underwriters” and “Representatives” as used herein shall each be deemed to refer to such firm or firms.
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) an automatic shelf registration statement, including a prospectus, (the file number of which is set forth in Schedule I hereto) on
Form S-3, relating to securities (the “Shelf Securities”), including the Securities, to be issued from time to time by the Company. The registration statement as amended to the date of this Agreement, including the information (if any) deemed to be part of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A or Rule 430B under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), is hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement,” and the related prospectus covering the Shelf Securities dated September 26, 2025 is hereinafter referred to as the “Basic Prospectus.” The Basic Prospectus, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Securities in the form first used to confirm sales of the Securities (or in the form first made available to the Underwriters by the Company to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter referred to as the “Prospectus,” and the term “preliminary prospectus” means any preliminary form of the Prospectus. For purposes of this Agreement, “free writing prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, “Time of Sale Prospectus” means the documents and pricing information set forth opposite the caption “Time of Sale Prospectus” in Schedule I hereto, and “broadly available road show” means a “bona fide electronic road show” as defined in Rule 433(h)(5) under the Securities Act that has been made available without restriction to any person. As used herein, the terms “Registration Statement,” “Basic Prospectus,” “preliminary prospectus,” “Time of Sale Prospectus” and “Prospectus” shall include the documents, if any, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein as of the date hereof. The terms “supplement,” “amendment,” and “amend” as used herein with respect to the
Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or free writing prospectus shall include all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. As used herein “Time of Sale” means 2:45 p.m., New York City time, February 26, 2026.
- Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to and agrees with each of the Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement has become effective; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose are pending before or threatened by the Commission. If the Registration Statement is an automatic shelf registration statement as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, the Company is a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) eligible to use the Registration Statement as an automatic shelf registration statement and the Company has not received notice that the Commission objects to the use of the Registration Statement as an automatic shelf registration statement.
(b) (i) Each document, if any, filed or to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus complied or will comply when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and, when read together with the other information in the Time of Sale Prospectus, at the Time of Sale, and when read together with the other information in the Prospectus, at the date of the Prospectus and at the Closing Date, did not and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not include an untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (ii) the Registration Statement, at the time it became effective and as of each “new effective date” with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to, and within the meaning of, Rule 430(B)(f)(2) under the Securities Act, did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (iii) the Registration Statement as of the date hereof does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (iv) the Registration Statement complied, at the time it became effective, and the Prospectus at the date thereof and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, at the Closing Date will comply, in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the
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Commission thereunder, (v) the Time of Sale Prospectus at the Time of Sale, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (vi) each broadly available road show, if any, when considered together with the Time of Sale Prospectus, at the Time of Sale, does not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (vii) neither the Prospectus nor any amendments or supplements thereto, at the time the Prospectus was issued and at the Closing Date, will include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to (A) statements or omissions in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus based upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by any Underwriter through the Representatives or on the Representatives’ behalf expressly for use therein or (B) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”), of the Trustee.
(c) The Company is not an “ineligible issuer” in connection with the offering pursuant to Rules 164, 405 and 433 under the Securities Act. Any issuer free writing prospectus that the Company is required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act in connection with this offering of the Securities has been, or will be, filed with the Commission in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, including the Securities Act regulations. Each issuer free writing prospectus that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or that was prepared by or on behalf of or used or referred to by the Company as of its date and at all times through the completion of the public offering and sale of the Securities did and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Except for the free writing prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule I hereto, and electronic road shows, if any, each furnished to the Representatives before first use, the Company has not prepared, used or referred to, and will not, without the Representatives’ prior consent, prepare, use or refer to, any issuer free writing prospectus in connection with this offering of the Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to statements or omissions in any such free writing prospectus based upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by any Underwriter through the Representatives or on the Underwriters’ behalf expressly for use therein.
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(d) The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to have such power and authority or to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(e) Each significant subsidiary of the Company (as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X of the Commission) has been duly incorporated or formed, is validly existing as a corporation, limited liability company or other entity in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, has the corporate power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to have such power or authority or to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; all of the issued shares of capital stock of each such significant subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims.
(f) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(g) The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and is a valid and binding agreement of, the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms against the Company, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and equitable principles of general applicability.
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(h) The Securities have been duly authorized and, when executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, in each case enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and equitable principles of general applicability, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
(i) The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under, this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities, will not violate any (i) provision of applicable law or the amended and restated certificate of incorporation or amended and restated by-laws of the Company, (ii) agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iii) judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary, and no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body or agency is required for the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture or the Securities, except (A) such as have been obtained under the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act, (B) such as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities or (C) in the case of (ii) and (iii) above, would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(j) Since the date of the Time of Sale Prospectus, there has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development that could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
(k) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject (i) other than proceedings accurately described in all material respects in the Time of Sale Prospectus and proceedings that would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or on the power or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture or the Securities or to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Time of Sale Prospectus or (ii) that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and are not so described; and there are no statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required.
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(l) Each preliminary prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, complied when so filed in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(m) The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus will not be, required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(n) The Company and its subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(o) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates (as such terms are defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act), nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, or employee, agent or representative (in their capacity as such) of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, has violated within the past ten years (except for such violations which, singly or in the aggregate, would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole) or is in violation of any provision of (i) the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (“FCPA”), (ii) any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (“OECD Anti-Bribery Laws”) or (iii) the U.K. Bribery Act 2010 (“Bribery Act”). No facts or circumstances exist that would reasonably be expected to result in a violation of any such laws by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its or their respective directors, officers, employees
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agents or representatives (in their capacity as such). The Company and its subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA, the OECD Anti-Bribery Laws and the Bribery Act in all material respects and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws. No part of the proceeds of the offering will be used, directly or indirectly, in violation of the FCPA, the OECD Anti-Bribery Laws or the Bribery Act, each as may be amended, or similar law of any other relevant jurisdiction, or the rules or regulations thereunder.
(p) The Company and its subsidiaries are in material compliance with all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by Title III of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act), and the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of jurisdictions where the Company and its subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”), and, except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus, no material action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(q) (i) None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Entity”) or, to the knowledge of the Entity, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Entity is an individual or entity (a “Person”) that is currently the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the United States Government, including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) or the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, the designation as a “specially designated national” or “blocked person,” the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, His Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority in a jurisdiction in which the Company has material operations (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor is the Company or any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions, including, without limitation, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria (with respect to Syria, only until July 1, 2025) (each, a “Sanctioned Country”), except in connection with business operations pursuant to and as authorized by advisory opinions of, or licenses granted by, OFAC. Except as otherwise disclosed in its filings with the Commission, for the past five years, the Entity is and has been in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Sanctions.
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(ii) The Entity represents and covenants that it will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person to fund any activities or business of or with any Person or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of sanctions administered by OFAC (except as such funding is otherwise authorized by OFAC or exempted from OFAC regulation by statute) or in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions.
(r) The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or the conduct of their respective businesses as described in each of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, except where the failure to possess or make the same would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and except as described in each of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, permit or authorization or has any reason to believe that any such license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course, except for any revocation or modification or nonrenewal that would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(s) The Company and its subsidiaries’ information technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications, and databases, taken as a whole (collectively, “IT Systems”), are reasonably believed by the Company to operate and perform in all material respects as required in connection with the operation of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as currently conducted, and, to the Company’s knowledge, are free and clear of all material Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other malicious third-party software. Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, (i) the Company and its subsidiaries have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable controls, policies, procedures, and safeguards to maintain and protect their material confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of all IT
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Systems and data (including all personal, personally identifiable, sensitive, confidential or regulated data (“Personal Data”)) stored or maintained on such IT Systems, and, (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, there have been no breaches of such Personal Data, or any outages or unauthorized uses of or access to such IT Systems except, in each of clauses (i) and (ii), individually or in the aggregate, as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, the Company and its subsidiaries are presently in compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, and all internal policies and contractual obligations of the Company relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Personal Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Personal Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification.
(t) The interactive data in extensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
Agreements to Sell and Purchase. The Company hereby agrees to sell to the several Underwriters, and each Underwriter, upon the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the respective principal amount of Securities set forth in Schedule II hereto opposite its name at the purchase price set forth in Schedule I hereto.
Public Offering. The Company is advised by the Representatives that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of their respective portions of the Securities as soon after this Agreement has been executed as in the Representatives’ judgment is advisable. The Company is further advised by the Representatives that the Securities are to be offered to the public upon the terms set forth in the Prospectus.
Payment and Delivery. Payment for the Securities shall be made to the Company in Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City on the closing date and time set forth in Schedule I hereto, or at such other time on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as may be designated in writing by the Representatives and agreed to by the Company. The time and date of such payment are hereinafter referred to as the “Closing Date.”
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Payment for the Securities shall be made against delivery to the Representatives on the Closing Date for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters of the Securities registered in such names and in such denominations as the Representatives shall request in writing not later than one full business day prior to the Closing Date, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the transfer of the Securities to the Underwriters duly paid.
- Conditions to the Underwriters ’ Obligations. The several obligations of the Underwriters are subject to the following conditions:
(a) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:
(i) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded any of the debt securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined under Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act; and
(ii) there shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus as of the date of this Agreement that, in the Representatives’ judgment, is material and adverse and that makes it, in the Representatives’ judgment, impracticable to market the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
(b) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by an executive officer or senior vice president of the Company, to the effect set forth in Section 5(a)(i) above and to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date (except those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a specified date, which shall be true and correct as of that specified date) and that the Company has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or before the Closing Date.
The officer signing and delivering such certificate may rely upon the best of his or her knowledge as to proceedings threatened.
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(c) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Sidley Austin LLP, outside counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(d) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Lisa A. Atkins, Vice President, Managing Associate General Counsel of the Company, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in Schedule IV hereto.
(e) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.
The opinion of counsel for the Company described in Section 5(c) above shall be rendered to the Underwriters at the request of the Company and shall so state therein.
(f) The Underwriters shall have received, on each of the date hereof and the Closing Date, a letter dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters and in compliance with Statement on Auditing Standards No. 72, Letters for Underwriters and Certain Other Requesting Parties, from Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off date” not earlier than the date hereof.
- Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows:
(a) To furnish to the Representatives, without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein) and to deliver to each of the Underwriters during the period mentioned in Section 6(e) or 6(f) below, as many copies of the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, any documents incorporated by reference therein and any supplements and amendments thereto or to the Registration Statement as the Representatives may reasonably request.
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(b) During the period mentioned in Section 6(e) or 6(f) below, before amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus in connection with the offering of the Securities, to furnish to the Representatives a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement and not to file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object.
(c) During the period mentioned in Section 6(e) or 6(f) below, to furnish to the Representatives a copy of each proposed issuer free writing prospectus to be prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company in connection with this offering of the Securities and not to use or refer to any proposed free writing prospectus to which the Representatives reasonably object.
(d) During the period mentioned in Section 6(e) or 6(f) below, not to take any action in connection with this offering of the Securities that would result in an Underwriter or the Company being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriter that the Underwriter otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder.
(e) If the Time of Sale Prospectus is being used to solicit offers to buy the Securities at a time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not misleading, or if any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which the Time of Sale Prospectus conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement then on file, or if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to any dealer upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Prospectus so that the statements in the Time of Sale Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Time of Sale Prospectus is delivered to a prospective purchaser, be misleading or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will no longer conflict with the Registration Statement, or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.
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(f) If, during such period after the first date of the public offering of the Securities as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to the dealers (whose names and addresses the Representatives will furnish to the Company) to which Securities may have been sold by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters and to any other dealers upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Prospectus so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.
(g) To reasonably cooperate with the Underwriters to qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives shall reasonably request.
(h) To make generally available to the Company’s security holders and to the Representatives as soon as practicable an earnings statement covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the date of this Agreement which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(i) To pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and the Company’s accountants in connection with the registration and delivery of the Securities under the Securities Act and all other fees or expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and amendments and supplements to any of the foregoing, including the filing fees payable to the Commission relating to the Securities (within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1), if applicable), all printing costs associated therewith, and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers, in the
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quantities hereinabove specified, (ii) all costs and expenses related to the transfer and delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iii) the cost of printing or producing any Blue Sky or legal investment memorandum in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities under state securities laws and all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 6(g) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky or legal investment memorandum, (iv) all filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters incurred in connection with the review and qualification of the offering of the Securities by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, (v) any fees charged by the rating agencies for the rating of the Securities, (vi) the cost of the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Securities, (vii) the costs and charges of any trustee, transfer agent, registrar or depositary, (viii) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities, including, without limitation, expenses associated with the preparation or dissemination of any electronic road show, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the prior approval of the Company, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and any such consultants, and the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road show, (ix) the document production charges and expenses associated with printing this Agreement and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this Section. It is understood, however, that except as provided in this Section, Section 8 entitled “Indemnity and Contribution,” and the last paragraph of Section 10 below, the Underwriters will pay all of their costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of their counsel, transfer taxes payable on resale of any of the Securities by them and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
(j) During the period beginning on the date hereof and continuing to and including the Closing Date, not to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities of the Company or warrants to purchase or otherwise acquire debt securities of the Company substantially similar to the Securities (other than (i) the Securities, (ii) commercial paper issued in the ordinary course of business or (iii) securities or warrants permitted with the prior written consent of the Representatives identified in Schedule I with the authorization to release this lock-up on behalf of the Underwriters).
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(k) To cooperate with the Underwriters in the preparation of a final term sheet relating to the offering of the Securities, containing only information that describes the final terms of the Securities or the offering in a form consented to by the Representatives, and to file such final term sheet within the period required by Rule 433(d)(5)(ii) under the Securities Act following the date the final terms have been established for the offering of the Securities.
Covenants of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter severally covenants with the Company not to take any action that would result in the Company being required to file with the Commission under Rule 433(d) a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter that otherwise would not be required to be filed by the Company thereunder, but for the action of the Underwriter.
Indemnity and Contribution. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each affiliate of any Underwriter within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act, any Company information that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by any Underwriter through the Representatives or on the Representatives’ behalf expressly for use therein.
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(b) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to such Underwriter, but only with reference to information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information set forth in (i) the fourth paragraph of text under the caption “Underwriting (Conflict of Interest)” on page S-29 of the Prospectus; (ii) the third sentence of the seventh paragraph of text under the caption “Underwriting (Conflict of Interest)” on page S-29 of the Prospectus; and (iii) the eighth paragraph of text under the caption “Underwriting (Conflict of Interest)” on page S-29 of the Prospectus.
(c) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 8(a) or 8(b), such person (the “indemnified party”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “indemnifying party”) in writing and the indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any indemnified party in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all such indemnified parties and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing by the Representative authorized to appoint counsel under this Section set forth in Schedule I hereto, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(a) and by the Company, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(b). The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected
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without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the second and third sentences of this paragraph, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 8(a) or 8(b) is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each indemnifying party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause 8(d)(i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause 8(d)(i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of the Securities (before deducting expenses) received by the
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Company and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of the Securities as set forth in the Prospectus. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8 are several in proportion to the respective principal amounts of Securities they have purchased hereunder, and not joint.
(e) The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 8(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in Section 8(d) shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in this Section 8 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.
(f) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 8 and the representations, warranties and other statements of the Company contained in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, any person controlling any Underwriter or any affiliate of any Underwriter or by or on behalf of the Company, its officers or directors or any person controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Securities.
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Termination. The Underwriters may terminate this Agreement by notice given by the Representatives to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on, or by, as the case may be, any of the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, the NASDAQ Global Market, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange or the Chicago Board of Trade, (ii) trading of any securities of the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market, (iii) a material disruption in securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the United States shall have occurred, (iv) any general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by Federal or New York State authorities or (v) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis that, in the Representatives’ judgment, is material and adverse and which, singly or together with any other event specified in this clause (v), makes it, in the Representatives’ judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offer, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus.
Effectiveness; Defaulting Underwriters. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
If, on the Closing Date, any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities that it has or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate principal amount of Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be purchased on such date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated severally in the proportions that the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule II bears to the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as the Representatives may specify, to purchase the Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date; provided that in no event shall the principal amount of Securities that any Underwriter has agreed to purchase pursuant to this Agreement be increased pursuant to this Section 10 by an amount in excess of one-ninth of such principal amount of Securities without the written consent of such Underwriter. If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities and the aggregate principal amount of Securities with respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased on such date, and arrangements satisfactory to the Representatives and the Company for the
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purchase of such Securities are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company. In any such case either the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required changes, if any, in the Registration Statement, in the Time of Sale Prospectus, in the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Any action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.
If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters, or any of them, because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, or if for any reason the Company shall be unable to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters or such Underwriters as have so terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves, severally, for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and disbursements of their counsel) reasonably incurred by such Underwriters in connection with this Agreement or the offering contemplated hereunder.
- Entire Agreement. (a) This Agreement, together with any contemporaneous written agreements and any prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement) that relate to the offering of the Securities, represents the entire agreement between the Company and the Underwriters with respect to the preparation of any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, the conduct of the offering, and the purchase and sale of the Securities.
(b) The Company acknowledges that in connection with the offering of the Securities: (i) the Underwriters have acted at arms length, are not agents of, and owe no fiduciary duties to, the Company or any other person, (ii) the Underwriters owe the Company only those duties and obligations set forth in this Agreement and prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement), if any, and (iii) the Underwriters may have interests that differ from those of the Company. The Company waives to the full extent permitted by applicable law any claims it may have against the Underwriters arising from an alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the offering of the Securities.
- Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other applicable law, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.
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Applicable Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Jury Trial Waiver. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan, or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan (collectively, the “Specified Courts”), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such court, as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party’s address set forth in Schedule I hereto shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each of the parties hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transaction contemplated hereby.
Headings. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement.
Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and effective only upon receipt and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered, mailed or sent to the Representatives at the address set forth in Schedule I hereto; and if to the Company shall be delivered, mailed or sent to the address set forth in Schedule I hereto.
Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In Provisions. Notwithstanding and to the exclusion of any other term of this Agreement or any other agreements, arrangements, or understandings between any Underwriter and the Company, each of the parties to this Agreement acknowledges and accepts that a BRRD Liability arising under this Agreement may be subject to the exercise of Bail-in Powers by the Relevant Resolution Authority, and acknowledges, accepts, and agrees to be bound by:
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(a) the effect of the exercise of Bail-in Powers by the Relevant Resolution Authority in relation to any BRRD Liability of the Underwriters to the Company under this Agreement, that (without limitation) may include and result in any of the following, or some combination thereof: (i) the reduction of all, or a portion, of the BRRD Liability or outstanding amounts due thereon; (ii) the conversion of all, or a portion, of the BRRD Liability into shares, other securities or other obligations of the Underwriters or another person, and the issue to or conferral on the Company of such shares, securities or obligations; (iii) the cancellation of the BRRD Liability; and (iv) the amendment or alteration of any interest, if applicable, thereon, the maturity or the dates on which any payments are due, including by suspending payment for a temporary period; and
(b) the variation of the terms of this Agreement, as deemed necessary by the Relevant Resolution Authority, to give effect to the exercise of Bail-in Powers by the Relevant Resolution Authority.
For purposes of this Section 16:
“Bail-in Legislation” means in relation to the United Kingdom and a member state of the European Economic Area which has implemented, or which at any time implements, the BRRD, the relevant implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement as described in the EU Bail-in Legislation Schedule from time to time;
“Bail-in Powers” means any Write-down and Conversion Powers as defined in the EU Bail-in Legislation Schedule, in relation to the relevant Bail-in Legislation;
“BRRD” means Directive 2014/59/EU establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms;
“BRRD Liability” means a liability in respect of which the relevant Write-down and Conversion Powers in the applicable Bail-in Legislation may be exercised;
“EU Bail-in Legislation Schedule” means the document described as such, then in effect, and published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person) from time to time at http://www.lma.eu.com/pages.aspx?p=499; and
“Relevant Resolution Authority” means the resolution authority with the ability to exercise any Bail-in Powers in relation to the Underwriters.
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- Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.
(a) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
(b) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
For purposes of this Section 17:
“BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k).
“Covered Entity” means any of the following:
a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);
a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or
a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
“Default Rights” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
“U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
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| Very truly yours, | |
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| THE WESTERN UNION COMPANY | |
| By: | /s/ Matt Cagwin |
| Name: Matt Cagwin | |
| Title: Executive Vice President and | |
| Chief Financial Officer |
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| Accepted as of the date hereof<br> <br><br><br><br>CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. |
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| /s/ Adam D. Bordner |
| Name: Adam D. Bordner<br> <br>Title: Managing<br>Director |
| BOFA SECURITIES, INC. |
| /s/ Kevin Wehler |
| Name: Kevin Wehler<br> <br>Title: Managing Director<br><br><br><br> <br>U.S. BANCORP INVESTMENTS, INC. |
| /s/ William Carney |
| Name: William Carney<br> <br>Title: Senior Vice<br>President<br> <br><br> <br>WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC |
| /s/ Carolyn Hurley |
| Name: Carolyn Hurley<br> <br>Title: Managing<br>Director<br> <br><br> <br>As Representatives of the several underwriters |
[Signature Page toUnderwriting Agreement]
SCHEDULE I
| Representatives: | |
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| Representatives authorized to release lock-up under Section 6(j): | Citigroup Global Markets Inc.<br> <br>BofA Securities,<br>Inc.<br> <br>U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.<br> <br>Wells Fargo Securities,<br>LLC |
| Representatives authorized to appoint counsel under Section 8(c): | Citigroup Global Markets Inc.<br> <br>BofA Securities,<br>Inc.<br> <br>U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.<br> <br>Wells Fargo Securities,<br>LLC |
| Indenture: | Base Indenture dated as of November 17, 2006 between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as successor to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the “Base Trustee”), as supplemented by the<br>Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 6, 2007 between the Company and the Base Trustee, the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 3, 2019 between the Company and the Base Trustee and the Third Supplemental Indenture dated as<br>of March 9, 2026 among the Company, the Base Trustee and the Trustee |
| Trustee: | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association |
| Registration Statement File No.: | 333-290539 |
| Time of Sale Prospectus: | 1. Prospectus dated September 26, 2025 relating to the Shelf Securities<br><br><br><br> <br>2. The preliminary prospectus<br>supplement dated February 26, 2026 relating to the Securities<br> <br><br><br><br>3. Final term sheet containing a description of the final terms of the Securities, filed by the Company<br>on February 26, 2026, under Rule 433(d) of the Securities Act |
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| Securities to be purchased: | $450,000,000 4.750% Notes due June 15, 2029 |
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| Aggregate Principal Amount: | $450,000,000 |
| Purchase Price: | 99.539% of the principal amount, plus accrued interest, if any, from March 9, 2026 |
| Maturity: | June 15, 2029 |
| Interest Rate: | 4.750% per annum |
| Interest Payment Dates: | June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing on December 15, 2026 |
| Closing Date and Time: | March 9, 2026, 9 a.m., New York City time |
| Closing Location: | Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP<br> <br>450<br>Lexington Avenue<br> <br>New York, New York 10017 |
| Address for Notices to Underwriters: | Citigroup Global Markets Inc.<br> <br>388 Greenwich<br>Street<br> <br>New York, New York 10013<br> <br>Facsimile: (646) 291-1469<br> <br>Attention: General Counsel<br> <br><br><br><br>BofA Securities, Inc.<br> <br>114 West 47th Street<br><br><br>NY8-114-07-01<br><br><br>New York, New York 10036<br> <br>Facsimile: 212-901-7881<br> <br>Attention: High Grade Debt Capital<br><br><br>Markets Transaction Management/ Legal |
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| U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.<br> <br>214 N. Tryon<br>St., 26th Floor<br> <br>Charlotte, NC 28202<br> <br>Attention: Debt Capital<br>Markets<br> <br>Facsimile: (877) 774-3462<br> <br><br><br><br>Wells Fargo Securities, LLC<br> <br>550 South Tryon Street, 5th Floor<br><br><br>Charlotte, North Carolina 28202<br> <br>Attention: Transaction<br>Management<br> <br>Email: tmgcapitalmarkets@wellsfargo.com | |
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| Address for Notices to the Company: | 7001 E. Belleview Avenue<br> <br>Denver, Colorado<br>80237<br> <br>Attention: Chief Legal Officer |
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SCHEDULE II
| Underwriter | PrincipalAmount of Notesto be Purchased | |
|---|---|---|
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $ | 76,500,000 |
| BofA Securities, Inc. | 76,500,000 | |
| U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. | 76,500,000 | |
| Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | 76,500,000 | |
| Barclays Capital Inc. | 34,875,000 | |
| CIBC World Markets Corp. | 34,875,000 | |
| Fifth Third Securities, Inc. | 11,250,000 | |
| Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. | 11,250,000 | |
| BBVA Securities Inc. | 11,250,000 | |
| RBC Capital Markets, LLC | 4,500,000 | |
| ICBC Standard Bank Plc | 4,500,000 | |
| Huntington Securities, Inc. | 4,500,000 | |
| Loop Capital Markets LLC | 9,000,000 | |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | 4,500,000 | |
| BMO Capital Markets Corp. | 4,500,000 | |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 4,500,000 | |
| UBS Securities LLC | 4,500,000 | |
| Total | $ | 450,000,000 |
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SCHEDULE III
Form of Opinion of Outside Counsel for the Company
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SCHEDULE IV
Form of Opinion of Internal Counsel for the Company
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EX-4.1
Exhibit 4.1
THE WESTERN UNION COMPANY
and
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
and
COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Base Trustee
(as successor to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association)
4.750% Senior Notes due 2029
THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of March 9, 2026
to
INDENTURE
Dated as of November 17, 2006
Table of Contents
| Page | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION | 2 | ||
| SECTION 1.1 | Definitions | 2 | |
| SECTION 1.2 | Rules of Construction | 4 | |
| ARTICLE TWO SECURITIES FORMS | 4 | ||
| SECTION 2.1 | Creation of the Notes; Designations | 4 | |
| SECTION 2.2 | Forms Generally | 5 | |
| SECTION 2.3 | Title and Terms of Notes | 5 | |
| SECTION 2.4 | Interest Rate Adjustment | 6 | |
| ARTICLE THREE REDEMPTION | 7 | ||
| SECTION 3.1 | Selection of Securities to be Redeemed | 7 | |
| SECTION 3.2 | Optional Redemption | 8 | |
| SECTION 3.3 | Redemption Procedures | 8 | |
| ARTICLE FOUR COVENANTS | 8 | ||
| SECTION 4.1 | Change of Control | 8 | |
| ARTICLE FIVE SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE | 9 | ||
| SECTION 5.1 | Discharge and Defeasance | 9 | |
| ARTICLE SIX APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEE | 10 | ||
| SECTION 6.1 | Appointment of U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association as Trustee for the Notes | 10 | |
| SECTION 6.2 | Appointment of Registrar, Transfer Agent and Paying Agent | 10 | |
| SECTION 6.3 | Corporate Trust Office | 10 | |
| ARTICLE SEVEN THE BASE TRUSTEE | 10 | ||
| SECTION 7.1 | Base Trustee’s Acknowledgement | 10 | |
| SECTION 7.2 | Duties Under Supplemental Indenture | 10 | |
| ARTICLE EIGHT THE TRUSTEE | 10 | ||
| SECTION 8.1 | Representations and Warranties | 10 | |
| ARTICLE NINE AMENDMENTS TO THE BASE INDENTURE | 10 | ||
| SECTION 9.1 | Amendment of Section 1.01 of the Base Indenture | 10 | |
| SECTION 9.2 | Amendment of Section 4.08(a) of the Base Indenture | 11 | |
| ARTICLE TEN MISCELLANEOUS | 11 | ||
| SECTION 10.1 | Effect of Third Supplemental Indenture | 11 | |
| SECTION 10.2 | Effect of Headings | 12 | |
| SECTION 10.3 | Successors and Assigns | 12 | |
| SECTION 10.4 | Severability Clause | 12 | |
| SECTION 10.5 | Benefits of Third Supplemental Indenture | 12 | |
| SECTION 10.6 | Conflict | 12 | |
| SECTION 10.7 | Governing Law | 12 | |
| SECTION 10.8 | Trustee | 12 | |
| SECTION 10.9 | Counterparts | 13 | |
| SECTION 10.10 | Force Majeure | 13 | |
| SECTION 10.11 | U.S.A. PATRIOT Act | 13 | |
| Exhibit A | — | Form of 2029 Note | |
| --- | --- | --- |
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THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of March 9, 2026, among The Western Union Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as successor to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee under the Base Indenture (as defined below) (the “Base Trustee”) and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as series trustee under the Indenture (as defined below) in respect of the series of Notes (as defined below) to be issued by the Issuer pursuant to this Third Supplemental Indenture (the “Trustee”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Base Trustee entered into an Indenture, dated as of November 17, 2006 (the “Base Indenture”), pursuant to which senior debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the Issuer may be issued in one or more series from time to time;
WHEREAS, the Base Trustee has acted and will continue to act as Trustee (as defined under the Base Indenture) in respect of all series of Securities which have been issued under the Base Indenture prior to the date of this Third Supplemental Indenture and remain outstanding;
WHEREAS, Sections 2.01 of the Base Indenture permits the forms and terms of the Securities of any series as permitted in Section 2.03 of the Base Indenture to be established in an indenture supplemental to the Base Indenture;
WHEREAS, Section 2.03 of the Base Indenture provides that a supplemental indenture establishing a series of Securities shall establish a trustee, authenticating agent and paying agent with respect to such series of Securities, if different from those set forth in the Base Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Issuer wishes to establish the Trustee as trustee, authentication agent and paying agent under the Indenture (as defined below) and has requested, pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Base Indenture, the Trustee to join with it and the Base Trustee in the execution and delivery of this Third Supplemental Indenture in order to supplement the Base Indenture by, among other things, establishing the forms and certain terms of new series of Securities to be known as the Issuer’s “4.750% Senior Notes due 2029” (the “Notes”) and adding certain provisions thereto for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes;
WHEREAS, the Issuer hereby appoints the Trustee as trustee and as an authentication and payment agent with respect to the Notes, and the Trustee hereby accepts such appointment, as the Trustee and as authentication agent and paying agent under the Indenture (as defined below) for the Notes;
WHEREAS, the Issuer has furnished the Trustee with a duly authorized and executed issuer order dated March 9, 2026, authorizing the issuance of the Notes, such issuer order sometimes referred to herein as the “Authentication Order;”
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Third Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and enforceable agreement of the Issuer, the Base Trustee and the Trustee and a valid supplement to the Base Indenture have been done; and
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH: For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase by the Holders of the Notes to be issued hereunder, the Issuer and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree, for the equal and proportionate benefit of the Holders from time to time of the Notes, as follows:
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ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 1.1 Definitions.
The Base Indenture together with this Third Supplemental Indenture are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the “Indenture.” For the avoidance of doubt, references to any “Section” of the “Indenture” refer to such Section of the Base Indenture as supplemented and amended by this Third Supplemental Indenture. All capitalized terms which are used herein and not otherwise defined herein are defined in the Base Indenture and are used herein with the same meanings as in the Base Indenture. If a capitalized term is defined in the Base Indenture and this Third Supplemental Indenture, the definition in this Third Supplemental Indenture shall apply to the Notes.
“Additional Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
“Applicable Law” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.11.
“Applicable Rating Agency” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b).
“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or more series of related transactions, of the Issuer’s assets and the assets of its subsidiaries substantially as an entirety or as an entirety, taken as a whole, to any person, other than the Issuer or one of its subsidiaries; (2) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any person becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Issuer’s outstanding Voting Stock or other Voting Stock into which the Issuer’s Voting Stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed in such transaction, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; (3) the Issuer consolidates with, or merges with or into, any person, or any person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Issuer, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the Issuer’s outstanding Voting Stock or the Voting Stock of such other person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the shares of the Issuer’s Voting Stock outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the outstanding Voting Stock of the surviving person or any direct or indirect parent company of the surviving person immediately after giving effect to such transaction; (4) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Issuer’s board of directors are not Continuing Directors; or (5) the adoption of a plan relating to the Issuer’s liquidation or dissolution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control under clause (2) or (3) above if (i) the Issuer becomes a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of a holding company and (ii)(A) the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of the Issuer’s Voting Stock immediately prior to that transaction or (B) immediately following that transaction no person (other than a holding company satisfying the requirements of this sentence) is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such holding company. The term “person,” as used in this definition, has the meaning given thereto in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.
“Change of Control Offer” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.
“Change of Control Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.
“Change of Control Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.
“Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Event.
“Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Issuer’s board of directors who (1) was a member of such board of directors on the date the Notes were issued or (2) was nominated for election, elected or appointed to such board of directors with the approval of a majority of the continuing directors who were members of such board of directors at the time of such nomination, election or appointment (either by a specific vote or resolution adopted by the Issuer’s board of directors or by approval by the Issuer’s board of directors of the Issuer’s proxy statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a director).
“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.
“Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than “Baa3” (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and “BBB-” (or the equivalent) by S&P, and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any replacement Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Issuer.
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“Issue Date” means March 9, 2026.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.
“Notes” means the Notes issued by the Issuer hereunder, including, without limitation, any Additional Notes, treated as a single series of securities with the foregoing.
“Par Call Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.
“Rating Agencies” means (1) each of Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if any or both of Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act selected by the Issuer (as certified by a resolution of the Issuer’s board of directors) as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both of them, as the case may be.
“Rating Event” means the rating on the Notes is lowered by all of the Rating Agencies from an Investment Grade Rating to below an Investment Grade Rating, in any case on any day during the period (which period will be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies) commencing upon the first public notice by the Issuer of the occurrence of a Change of Control or the Issuer’s intention to effect a Change of Control and ending 60 days following the consummation of the Change of Control; provided, however, that a Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating will not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus will not be deemed a Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Triggering Event) if any of the Rating Agencies does not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Issuer that the reduction in ratings was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control has been consummated at the time of the Rating Event).
“S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc. and its successors.
“Substitute Rating Agency” means a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act other than Moody’s or S&P, as selected by the Issuer (as certified by a resolution of the Issuer’s board of directors) as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both of them, as the case may be.
“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the yield determined by the Issuer in accordance with the following two paragraphs:
(i) The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Issuer after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third Business Day preceding the redemption date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily)—H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities—Treasury constant maturities—Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading) (“H.15 TCM”). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Issuer shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the redemption date to the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Life”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields—one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life—and shall interpolate to the Par Call Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the redemption date.
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(ii) If on the third Business Day preceding the redemption date H.15 TCM is no longer published, the Issuer shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding such redemption date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date, as applicable. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, the Issuer shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Issuer shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.
“Voting Stock” means, with respect to any specified “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) as of any date, the capital stock of such person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such person.
SECTION 1.2 Rules of Construction.
For all purposes of this Third Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) the terms defined in this article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article One and include the plural as well as the singular;
(b) all other terms used in the Indenture which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
(c) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term “generally accepted accounting principles” with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted at the date of such computation;
(d) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to the Indenture as a whole and not to any particular article, section or other subdivision; and
(e) all references used herein to the male gender shall include the female gender.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES FORMS
SECTION 2.1 Creation of the Notes; Designations.
In accordance with Section 2.03 of the Base Indenture, the Issuer hereby creates the Notes as a series of its Securities issued pursuant to the Indenture. In accordance with Section 2.03 of the Base Indenture, the Notes shall be known and designated as the Issuer’s “4.750% Senior Notes due 2029.”
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SECTION 2.2 Forms Generally.
The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in the form set forth in Exhibit A, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by the Indenture and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of the Notes. Any portion of the text of any Note may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Note.
SECTION 2.3 Title and Terms of Notes.
(a) The aggregate principal amount of Notes which shall be authenticated and delivered on the Issue Date under the Indenture shall be $450,000,000; provided, however, that the Issuer from time to time, without giving notice to or seeking the consent of the Holders of the Notes, may issue additional Notes (the “Additional Notes”) in any amount having the same ranking and the same interest rate, maturity and other terms as the Notes, except for the public offering price and the issue date and, if applicable, the initial interest accrual date and the initial interest payment date, which Additional Notes shall increase the aggregate principal amount of, and shall be consolidated and form a single series with, the Notes; provided, however, if any such Additional Notes are not fungible for U.S. federal income tax purposes with any Notes previously issued, the Additional Notes will have a separate CUSIP number. Any such Additional Notes shall be authenticated by the Trustee upon receipt of an Authentication Order to that effect, and when so authenticated, will constitute “Notes” for all purposes of the Indenture and will (together with all other Notes of such series issued under the Indenture) constitute a single series of Securities under the Indenture. The Notes will be issued only in fully registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
(b) Maturity Date. The principal amount of the Notes is due and payable in full on June 15, 2029.
(c) Interest Rate. The Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 4.750% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months), as set forth in Exhibit A; provided, however, that the interest rate payable on the Notes is subject to Section 2.4 of this Third Supplemental Indenture.
(d) Principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be payable as set forth in Exhibit A.
(e) Other than as provided in Article Three of this Third Supplemental Indenture, the Notes shall not be redeemable.
(f) The Notes shall not be convertible into any other securities.
(g) Section 2.07 of the Base Indenture shall apply to the Notes.
(h) The Issuer initially appoints the Trustee as registrar (in such capacity, the “Registrar”), paying agent (in such capacity, the “Paying Agent”) and transfer agent (in such capacity, the “Transfer Agent”) with respect to the Notes until such time as the Trustee has resigned or a successor has been appointed.
(i) The Notes will be issuable in the form of one or more Registered Global Securities and the Depositary for such Registered Global Securities will be DTC.
(j) The Issuer shall pay principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes in Dollars.
(k) The Notes shall not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.
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SECTION 2.4 Interest Rate Adjustment.
(a) The interest rate payable on the Notes will be subject to adjustments from time to time if either Moody’s or S&P, or, in either case, any Substitute Rating Agency downgrades (or subsequently upgrades) the debt rating assigned to the Notes, in the manner described below:
(b) If the rating from Moody’s or S&P (or, in either case if applicable, any Substitute Rating Agency) with respect to the Notes (each, an “Applicable Rating Agency,” and collectively, the “Applicable Rating Agencies”) is decreased to a rating set forth in the immediately following table with respect to that Applicable Rating Agency, the per annum interest rate on the Notes will increase such that it will equal the per annum interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance, plus the percentage set forth opposite the ratings from the table below, plus any applicable percentage from the immediately following clause (c) of this Section 2.4.
| Applicable Rating Agency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating Level | Moody’s* | S&P* | Percentage |
| 1 | Ba1 | BB+ | 0.25% |
| 2 | Ba2 | BB | 0.50% |
| 3 | Ba3 | BB- | 0.75% |
| 4 | B1 or below | B+ or below | 1.00% |
| * | Including the equivalent ratings of any Substitute Rating Agency. | ||
| --- | --- |
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time the interest rate on the Notes has been adjusted upward as a result of a decrease in a rating by an Applicable Rating Agency and that Applicable Rating Agency subsequently increases its rating with respect to the Notes to any of the threshold ratings set forth above, the per annum interest rate on such Notes will be decreased such that the per annum interest rate on the Notes equals the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance, plus the percentages set forth opposite the ratings from the table in Section 2.4(b) above in effect immediately following the increase in rating; provided that if Moody’s or any Substitute Rating Agency subsequently increases its rating of the Notes to “Baa3” (or its equivalent if with respect to any Substitute Rating Agency) or higher and S&P or any Substitute Rating Agency subsequently increases its rating of the Notes to “BBB-” (or its equivalent if with respect to any Substitute Rating Agency) or higher, the interest rate on the Notes will be decreased to the per annum interest rate payable on the date of their initial issuance.
(d) No adjustment in the interest rate of the Notes shall be made solely as a result of an Applicable Rating Agency ceasing to provide a rating of the Notes. If at any time less than two Applicable Rating Agencies provide a rating of the Notes, the Issuer will use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a rating of the Notes from a Substitute Rating Agency, to the extent one exists, and if a Substitute Rating Agency exists, for purposes of determining any increase or decrease in the per annum interest rate on the Notes pursuant to the table above:
(i) such Substitute Rating Agency will be substituted for the last Applicable Rating Agency to provide a rating of such Notes but which has since ceased to provide such rating;
(ii) the relative ratings scale used by such Substitute Rating Agency to assign ratings to senior unsecured debt will be determined in good faith by an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Issuer and, for purposes of determining the applicable ratings included in the table in Section 2.4(b) above with respect to such Substitute Rating Agency, such ratings shall be deemed to be the equivalent ratings used by Moody’s and S&P in such table; and
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(iii) the per annum interest rate on the Notes will increase or decrease, as the case may be, such that the interest rate equals the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance, plus the appropriate percentage, if any, set forth opposite the rating from such Substitute Rating Agency in the table in Section 2.4(b) above (taking into account the provisions of clause (ii) above).
For so long as (i) only one Applicable Rating Agency provides a rating of the Notes, any increase or decrease in the interest rate of the Notes necessitated by a reduction or increase in the rating by that Applicable Rating Agency shall be twice the applicable percentage set forth in the table in Section 2.4(a) above and (ii) no Applicable Rating Agency provides a rating of the Notes, the interest rate on the Notes will increase to, or remain at, as the case may be, 2.00% above the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance.
(e) Each adjustment required by any decrease or increase in a rating set forth above, whether occasioned by the action of Moody’s, S&P or any Substitute Rating Agency, shall be made independent of (and in addition to) any and all other adjustments. In no event shall (1) the per annum interest rate on the Notes be reduced below the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance, or (2) the per annum interest rate on the Notes exceed a rate that is 2.00% above the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance.
(f) Any interest rate increase or decrease described above on the Notes will take effect from the first interest payment date following the date on which a rating change occurs that requires an adjustment in the interest rate of the Notes. If Moody’s or S&P (or any Substitute Rating Agency) changes its rating of the Notes more than once prior to any particular interest payment date, the last change by such agency prior to such interest payment date will control for purposes of any interest rate increase or decrease with respect to the Notes described above relating to such Applicable Rating Agency’s action.
(g) The interest rate on the Notes will permanently cease to be subject to any adjustment described above (notwithstanding any subsequent decrease in the ratings by any Applicable Rating Agency) if the Notes become rated “A3” (or its equivalent) or higher by Moody’s (or any Substitute Rating Agency) and “A-” (or its equivalent) or higher by S&P (or any Substitute Rating Agency), or one of those ratings if only rated by one Applicable Rating Agency, in each case with a stable or positive outlook.
If the interest rate payable on the Notes is increased as described under this Section 2.4, the term “interest,” as used with respect to the Notes, will be deemed to include any such additional interest unless the context otherwise requires.
The interest rate and the amount of interest payable on the Notes will be determined and calculated by the Issuer. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee shall have no duty to monitor any ratings of the Notes, or to determine if an adjustment to any interest rate is to be made or what an interest rate should be, or make any other determinations or calculations in respect of the interest amounts due on the Notes, or to notify the Holders of any of the foregoing or determine the consequences thereof.
ARTICLE THREE
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.1 Selection of Securities to be Redeemed.
In the case of a partial redemption, selection of the Notes for redemption will be made pro rata, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee deems appropriate and fair. No Notes of a principal amount of $2,000 or less will be redeemed in part. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to the Note will state the portion of the principal amount of the Note to be redeemed. A new Note of the same series in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Note will be issued in the name of the Holder upon surrender for cancellation of the original Note. For so long as the Notes are held by DTC (or another depositary), the redemption of the Notes shall be done in accordance with the policies and procedures of the applicable depositary.
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SECTION 3.2 Optional Redemption.
(a) Prior to May 15, 2029 (the “Par Call Date”), the Issuer may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:
(i) (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming the Notes matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 20 basis points, less (b) unpaid interest accrued thereon to, but not including, the redemption date, and
(ii) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed,
plus, in either case, unpaid interest accrued thereon to, but not including, the redemption date.
(b) On or after the Par Call Date, the Issuer may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus unpaid interest accrued thereon to, but not including, the redemption date.
The Issuer’s actions and determinations in determining the redemption price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes of this Section 3.2, absent manifest error. The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for determining, confirming or verifying the redemption price.
Notice of any redemption under this Section 3.2 shall be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures) at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed.
Unless the Issuer defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.2, the Issuer may acquire the Notes by means other than a redemption, whether by tender offer, open market purchases, negotiated transactions or otherwise, in accordance with applicable securities laws, so long as such acquisition does not otherwise violate the terms of the Indenture.
SECTION 3.3 Redemption Procedures.
Except as provided in this Article Three, the provisions of Article 3 of the Base Indenture shall apply in the case of a redemption pursuant to this Article Three.
ARTICLE FOUR
COVENANTS
Holders of the Notes shall be entitled to the benefit of all covenants in Article 4 of the Base Indenture and the following additional covenants, which shall be deemed to be provisions of the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes; provided that this Article Four shall not become a part of the terms of any other series of Securities:
SECTION 4.1 Change of Control.
(a) If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs with respect to the Notes, unless the Issuer has exercised its right to redeem the Notes, the Issuer will be required to make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder of the Notes to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 and integral multiples in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Notes on the terms set forth in such Notes. In a Change of Control Offer, the Issuer shall be required to offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to, but not including, the date of repurchase (a “Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event or, at the Issuer’s option, prior to any Change of Control, but after public announcement of the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control, a notice shall be mailed (or sent electronically in accordance with applicable DTC procedures) to Holders of the Notes
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to be repurchased, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase the Notes on the date specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 10 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed or sent (a “Change of Control Payment Date”). The notice shall, if mailed or sent prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering Event occurring on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.
(b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Issuer will, to the extent lawful:
(i) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer and not withdrawn;
(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn; and
(iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being repurchased.
(c) On the Change of Control Payment Date all Notes purchased by the Issuer under this Section 4.1 shall be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Issuer shall pay the Change of Control Payment to the Holders entitled thereto.
(d) The Paying Agent will promptly mail or provide in accordance with the applicable procedures of DTC to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided that each new Note will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.
(e) The Issuer shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 4.1 applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Issuer and such third party purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer. In addition, the Issuer shall not repurchase any Notes if there has occurred and is continuing on the Change of Control Payment Date and Event of Default under the Indenture, other than a default in the payment of the Change of Control Payment upon a Change of Control Triggering Event.
(f) The Issuer shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations thereunder in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to this Section 4.1 to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with provisions of this Section 4.1, the Issuer shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.1 by virtue of any such conflict and compliance.
ARTICLE FIVE
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 5.1 Discharge and Defeasance.
The provisions in Article 8 of the Base Indenture relating to Discharge and Defeasance (including Sections 8.01, 8.05 and 8.06) shall be applicable to the Notes, including the provisions relating to Change of Control Offers; provided that for the purposes of Section 8.05(e) of the Base Indenture, the term “Holder” shall refer to the beneficial owner.
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ARTICLE SIX
APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.1 Appointment of U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association as Trustee for the Notes. Pursuant to the Base Indenture, the Issuer hereby appoints U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association as Trustee under the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes and in respect of all series of the Securities issued after the Notes, and vests in and confirms with the Trustee all rights, powers, trusts, privileges, protections, immunities, indemnities, limitations of liability, duties and obligations of a Trustee under the Indenture with respect to the Notes. There shall continue to be vested in and confirmed with the Base Trustee all of its rights, powers, trusts, privileges, duties and obligations as Trustee under the Base Indenture with respect to all of the series of Securities as to which it has served and continues to serve as trustee under the Base Indenture. With respect to the Notes, all references to the Trustee in the Base Indenture shall be understood to be references to the Trustee.
SECTION 6.2 Appointment of Registrar, Transfer Agent and Paying Agent. The Issuer hereby appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent (as such terms are defined in the Base Indenture) and transfer agent upon whom notices and demands may be served, in each case, with respect to the Notes.
SECTION 6.3 Corporate Trust Office. For any purposes relating to the Notes or the Trustee, references in the Base Indenture to the office of the Trustee shall be deemed to refer to the corporate trust office of the Trustee, which is located at U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, Attention: Corporate Trust Services – The Western Union Company Administrator, 190 S. LaSalle Street 7^th^ Floor, Chicago, IL 60603.
ARTICLE SEVEN
THE BASE TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.1 Base Trustee’s Acknowledgement. The Base Trustee hereby acknowledges that it will not serve as the Trustee under the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes; and the parties hereto expressly acknowledge and agree that the Base Trustee shall have no liabilities, duties or obligations of any kind (under the Indenture or otherwise) with respect to the Notes or the issuance thereof and that the Base Trustee shall have no responsibility or liability for the sufficiency or effectiveness of this Third Supplemental Indenture for any purpose.
SECTION 7.2 Duties Under Supplemental Indenture. The Base Trustee shall have no liabilities, duties or obligations under or in respect of this Third Supplemental Indenture, and no implied duties or obligations of any kind shall be read into this Third Supplemental Indenture on the part of the Base Trustee.
ARTICLE EIGHT
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 8.1 Representations and Warranties. The Trustee hereby represents and warrants to the Base Trustee and to the Issuer that:
(a) The Trustee is qualified and eligible, under the provisions of Section 7.09 of the Base Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, to act as Trustee under the Indenture.
(b) This Third Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the Trustee and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation.
ARTICLE NINE
AMENDMENTS TO THE BASE INDENTURE
SECTION 9.1 Amendment of Section 1.01 of the Base Indenture.
(a) Section 1.01 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended by replacing subsection (11) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” in its entirety with the following:
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(i) “(11) Liens not otherwise permitted if the aggregate amount of the indebtedness secured by those Liens, plus the aggregate sales price of property involved in Sale and Leaseback Transactions referred to in Section 4.08(a), does not exceed the greater of $300 million or 15% of Consolidated Net Worth.”
(b) Section 1.01 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended by replacing the definition of “Financing Lease” in its entirety with the following:
(i) “Financing Lease” means any lease of property, real or personal, the obligations of the lessee in respect of which are required in accordance with GAAP as it exists on March 9, 2026 to be accounted for as a finance lease as defined within Accounting Standards Codification 842, Leases.
SECTION 9.2 Amendment of Section 4.08(a) of the Base Indenture.
Section 4.08(a) of the Base Indenture is hereby amended by replacing that section in its entirety with the following:
“(a) the sum of the aggregate sale price of property involved in the Sale and Leaseback Transactions not otherwise permitted plus the aggregate amount of indebtedness secured by Liens referred to in subsection (11) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” does not exceed the greater of $300 million or 15% of Consolidated Net Worth;”.
ARTICLE TEN
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.1 Effect of Third Supplemental Indenture.
(a) This Third Supplemental Indenture is a supplemental indenture within the meaning of Section 2.03 of the Base Indenture, and the Base Indenture shall be read together with this Third Supplemental Indenture and shall have the same effect over the Notes, in the same manner as if the provisions of the Base Indenture and this Third Supplemental Indenture were contained in the same instrument and nothing herein shall constitute an amendment, supplement or waiver requiring the approval of any of the holders of any existing Securities of a series pursuant to Section 9.02 of the Base Indenture.
(b) In all respects, the Base Indenture is confirmed by the parties hereto as supplemented by the terms of this Third Supplemental Indenture.
(c) Nothing contained herein or in the Base Indenture shall constitute Base Trustee and Trustee as co-trustees of the same trust and each of the Base Trustee and Trustee shall be a Trustee (as defined in the Base Indenture) of a trust or trusts under the Base Indenture separate and apart from any trust or trusts administered by any other such Trustee (as defined in the Base Indenture).
(d) The Issuer’s obligation and covenant to reimburse each of the Base Trustee and Trustee for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances incurred and to indemnify each of the Base Trustee and Trustee, as applicable, pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of Section 7.07 of the Base Indenture shall extend to any loss or liability or expense incurred by the Base Trustee or the Trustee, as applicable (without negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct as determined by a final, non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction in each instance on the part of Base Trustee or Trustee, as applicable), arising out of or in connection with any series of the Securities under the Indenture, regardless of whether the Base Trustee or the Trustee, as applicable, is the respective Trustee of such series of the Securities.
The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee or in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, except for any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence or bad faith as determined by a final, non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses of the Trustee’s counsel and other persons not regularly in their employ.
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SECTION 10.2 Effect of Headings.
The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 10.3 Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Third Supplemental Indenture by the Issuer, Base Trustee, Trustee and the Holders shall bind their successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 10.4 Severability Clause.
In case any provision in this Third Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 10.5 Benefits of Third Supplemental Indenture.
Nothing in this Third Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Third Supplemental Indenture.
SECTION 10.6 Conflict.
In the event that there is a conflict or inconsistency between the Base Indenture and this Third Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this Third Supplemental Indenture shall control; provided, however, if any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision herein or in the Base Indenture, in either case, which is required or deemed to be included in the Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required or deemed provision shall control.
SECTION 10.7 Governing Law.
THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 10.8 Trustee.
Neither the Base Trustee nor the Trustee shall be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Third Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which are made solely by the Issuer.
In the performance of its obligations hereunder, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee for the Notes, shall be provided with all of the rights, benefits, protections, privileges, powers, indemnities, limitations of liability and immunities afforded to the Trustee (as defined in the Base Indenture) pursuant to the Base Indenture. No provision of this Third Supplemental Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by the Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against any costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
It is hereby confirmed that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the Base Trustee, as Trustee (as defined in the Base Indenture), in respect of all series of the Securities which have been issued prior to the date hereof and remain outstanding shall continue to be vested in the Base Trustee.
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SECTION 10.9 Counterparts.
This Third Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Third Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Third Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original instrument for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
All notices, approvals, consents, requests and any communications hereunder must be in writing (provided that any communication sent to the Trustee hereunder must be in the form of a document that is signed manually or by way of a digital signature provided by DocuSign (or such other digital signature provider as specified in writing to Trustee by the authorized representative), in English). The Issuer agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of using digital signatures and electronic methods to submit communications to Trustee, including without limitation the risk of Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.
The Trustee shall have the right to accept and act upon any notice, instruction, or other communication, including any funds transfer instruction, (each, a “Notice”) received pursuant to this Indenture by electronic transmission (including by e-mail, facsimile transmission, web portal or other electronic methods) and shall not have any duty to confirm that the person sending such Notice is, in fact, a person authorized to do so. Electronic signatures believed by the Trustee to comply with the ESIGN Act of 2000 or other applicable law (including electronic images of handwritten signatures and digital signatures provided by DocuSign, Orbit, Adobe Sign or any other digital signature provider identified by any other party hereto and acceptable to the Trustee) shall be deemed original signatures for all purposes. Each other party to this Indenture assumes all risks arising out of the use of electronic signatures and electronic methods to send Notices to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on an unauthorized Notice and the risk of interception or misuse by third parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee may in any instance and in its sole discretion require that a Notice in the form of an original document bearing a manual signature be delivered to the Trustee in lieu of, or in addition to, any such electronic Notice.
SECTION 10.10 Force Majeure.
In no event shall any of the Trustee, any Paying Agent or any Transfer Agent be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, (i) any act or provision of any present or future law or regulation or governmental authority, (ii) any act of God, (iii) natural disaster, (iv) war, (v) terrorism, (vi) civil unrest, (vii) accidents, (viii) labor dispute, (ix) disease, (x) epidemic or pandemic, (xi) quarantine, (xii) national emergency, (xiii) loss or malfunction of utility or computer software or hardware, (xiv) communications system failure, (xv) malware or ransomware or (xvi) unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or telex system or other wire or other funds transfer systems, or (xvii) unavailability of securities clearing system; it being understood that each of the Trustee, Paying Agent and Transfer Agent shall undertake commercially reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.
SECTION 10.11 U.S.A. PATRIOT Act.
In order to comply with the laws, rules, regulations and executive orders in effect from time to time applicable to banking institutions, including, without limitation, those relating to the funding of terrorist activities and money laundering, including Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act of the United States (“Applicable Law”), the Trustee and Agents are required to obtain, verify and record certain information relating to individuals and entities which maintain a business relationship with the Trustee and Agents. Accordingly, each of the parties agrees to provide to the Trustee and Agents, upon their request from time to time such identifying information and documentation as may be available for such party in order to enable the Trustee and Agents to comply with Applicable Law.
[Signature pages follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Third Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed on the date and year first written above.
| THE WESTERN UNION COMPANY, | ||
|---|---|---|
| as the Company | ||
| By: | /s/ Matt Cagwin | |
| Name: | Matt Cagwin | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President | |
| and Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature page toThird Supplemental Indenture]
| TRUSTEE: | |
|---|---|
| U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | |
| By: | /s/ Linda Garcia |
| Name: Linda Garcia | |
| Title: Vice President |
[Signature page toThird Supplemental Indenture]
| SUBJECT TO ARTICLE 7 OF THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED: | |
|---|---|
| BASE TRUSTEE: | |
| COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A. | |
| By: | /s/ Eric Schlemmer |
| Name: Eric Schlemmer | |
| Title: Vice President |
[Signature page toThird Supplemental Indenture]
EXHIBIT A
Form of 4.750% Senior Notes Due 2029
THIS SECURITY IS A REGISTERED GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE REGISTERED FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO THE NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.
THE WESTERN UNION COMPANY
4.750% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2029
No. [ ]
CUSIP: 959802 BB4
ISIN: US959802BB45
$[ ]
THE WESTERN UNION COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the “Company,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of [ ] DOLLARS ($[ ]), or such other amount as indicated on the Schedule of Exchanges of Notes attached hereto, on June 15, 2029.
Issue Date: March 9, 2026.
Interest Payment Dates: June 15 and December 15, commencing December 15, 2026.
Regular Record Dates: June 1 and December 1.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Exhibit A-1
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officer.
| Date: | THE WESTERN UNION COMPANY | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| By: | |||
| Name: | Matt Cagwin | ||
| Title: | Executive Vice President and<br> <br>Chief Financial<br>Officer |
Exhibit A-2
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities authorized to be issued pursuant to the Indenture referred to in this Note.
| Date: | U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL<br><br><br>ASSOCIATION, as Trustee | |
|---|---|---|
| By: | ||
| Authorized Officer |
Exhibit A-3
(Reverse of 2029 Note)
4.750% Senior Note due 2029
| 1. | Definitions. |
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Terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Base Indenture dated as of November 17, 2006, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 6, 2007 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”), and the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 3, 2019 (the Second Supplemental Indenture”), each between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as successor to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as base trustee (the “Base Trustee”), and as further supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 9, 2026, among the Company, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as series trustee (the “Trustee”), and the Base Trustee (the “Third Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and the Second Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”).
| 2. | Principal and Interest. |
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The Company promises to pay the principal of this Note on June 15, 2029. If the maturity date of this Note is not a Business Day, then the principal amount of the Note plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall be paid on the next succeeding Business Day with the same effect as if payment were made on the maturity date, and no interest shall accrue for the maturity date, or thereafter.
The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note on each interest payment date, as set forth on the face of this Note, at the rate of 4.750% per annum, subject to adjustment as set forth herein (the per annum rate at which the Notes shall bear interest at any time, the “Note Interest Rate”).
Interest shall be payable semi-annually in arrears (to the holders of record of this Note at the close of business on the June 1 or December 1 immediately preceding the interest payment date) on each interest payment date, commencing December 15, 2026.
Interest on this Note shall accrue from and including the most recent interest payment date or, if no interest has been paid, from and including the Issue Date to and including the day immediately preceding the next succeeding interest payment date. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
If any interest payment date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then such interest payment date shall be the next succeeding Business Day, without additional interest and with the same effect as if it were made on the originally scheduled date.
Interest not paid when due and any interest on principal, premium or interest not paid when due shall be paid to the Persons that are Holders on a special record date, which shall be the 15th day next preceding the date fixed by the Company for the payment of such interest, whether or not such day is a Business Day. At least 10 days before a special record date, the Company shall send to each Holder and to the Trustee a notice that sets forth the special record date, the payment date and the amount of interest to be paid.
| 3. | Interest Rate Adjustment. |
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The Note Interest Rate will be subject to adjustments from time to time if Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc. (“S&P”) (or, if applicable, any Substitute Rating Agency (as defined below)) downgrades (or subsequently upgrades) the debt rating assigned to the Notes, as set forth below.
If the rating from Moody’s or S&P (or, in either case if applicable, any Substitute Rating Agency) with respect to the Notes (each, an “Applicable Rating Agency,” and collectively, the “Applicable Rating Agencies”) is decreased to a rating set forth in the immediately following table with respect to that Applicable Rating Agency, the Note Interest Rate will increase from 4.750% by the percentage set forth opposite that rating:
Exhibit A-R-1
| Rating<br><br><br>Level | Applicable Rating Agency | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Moody’s* | S&P* | Percentage | |
| 1 | Ba1 | BB+ | 0.25% |
| 2 | Ba2 | BB | 0.50% |
| 3 | Ba3 | BB– | 0.75% |
| 4 | B1 or below | B+ or below | 1.00% |
| * | Including the equivalent ratings of any Substitute Rating Agency | ||
| --- | --- |
If at any time the Note Interest Rate has been adjusted upward as a result of a decrease in a rating by an Applicable Rating Agency and that Applicable Rating Agency subsequently increases its rating with respect to the Notes to any of the threshold ratings set forth above, the Note Interest Rate will be decreased such that the per annum interest rate equals 4.750% plus the percentage set forth opposite the rating in effect immediately following the increase in the table above; provided that if Moody’s or any Substitute Rating Agency subsequently increases its rating of the Notes to “Baa3” (or its equivalent if with respect to any Substitute Rating Agency) or higher and S&P or any Substitute Rating Agency subsequently increases its rating of the Notes to “BBB-” (or its equivalent if with respect to any Substitute Rating Agency) or higher, the Note Interest Rate will be decreased to 4.750%.
No adjustment in the Note Interest Rate shall be made solely as a result of an Applicable Rating Agency ceasing to provide a rating. If at any time less than two Applicable Rating Agencies provide a rating of the Notes, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a rating of the Notes from another nationally recognized statistical rating organization, to the extent one exists, and if another nationally recognized statistical rating organization rates the Notes (such organization, as certified by a resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors, a “Substitute Rating Agency”), for purposes of determining any increase or decrease in the Note Interest Rate pursuant to the table above (a) such Substitute Rating Agency will be substituted for the last Applicable Rating Agency to provide a rating of the Notes but which has since ceased to provide such rating, (b) the relative ratings scale used by such Substitute Rating Agency to assign ratings to senior unsecured debt will be determined in good faith by an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company and, for purposes of determining the applicable ratings included in the table above with respect to such Substitute Rating Agency, such ratings shall be deemed to be the equivalent ratings used by Moody’s and S&P in such table and (c) the Note Interest Rate will increase or decrease, as the case may be, such that the interest rate per annum equals 4.750% plus the appropriate percentage, if any, set forth opposite the rating from such Substitute Rating Agency in the table above (taking into account the provisions of clause (b) above). For so long as (i) only one Applicable Rating Agency provides a rating of the Notes, any increase or decrease in the Note Interest Rate necessitated by a reduction or increase in the rating by that Applicable Rating Agency shall be twice the applicable percentage set forth in the table above and (ii) no Applicable Rating Agency provides a rating of the Notes, the Note Interest Rate will increase to, or remain at, as the case may be, 6.750%.
Each adjustment required by any decrease or increase in a rating set forth above, whether occasioned by the action of Moody’s, S&P or any Substitute Rating Agency, shall be made independent of (and in addition to) any and all other adjustments. In no event shall (1) the Note Interest Rate be reduced below 4.750% or (2) the Note Interest Rate exceed 6.750%.
Any interest rate increase or decrease described above will take effect from the first interest payment date following the date on which a rating change occurs that requires an adjustment in the interest rate. If Moody’s or S&P (or any Substitute Rating Agency) changes its rating of the Notes more than once prior to any particular interest payment date, the last change by such agency prior to such interest payment date will control for purposes of any interest rate increase or decrease with respect to the Notes described above relating to such Applicable Rating Agency’s action.
Exhibit A-R-2
The Note Interest Rate will permanently cease to be subject to any adjustment described above (notwithstanding any subsequent decrease in the ratings by any Applicable Rating Agency) if the Notes become rated “A3” (or its equivalent) or higher by Moody’s (or any Substitute Rating Agency) and “A-” (or its equivalent) or higher by S&P (or any Substitute Rating Agency), or one of those ratings if only rated by one Applicable Rating Agency, in each case with a stable or positive outlook.
| 4. | Indenture. |
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This is one of the Securities issued under the Indenture. The terms of this Note include those stated in or otherwise provided in accordance with the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act. This Note is subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of all such terms. To the extent permitted by applicable law, in the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Note and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of this Note shall control.
This Note is a general unsecured obligation of the Company. The Indenture does not limit the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes, or any additional Securities that may be issued pursuant to the Indenture, and the Notes and all such additional Securities vote together for all purposes as a single class.
| 5. | Redemption and Repurchase; Change of Control Repurchase; Discharge Prior to Redemption or Maturity.<br> |
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(a) Prior to May 15, 2029 (the “Par Call Date”), the Company may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:
(i) (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming the Notes matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus: 20 basis points less (b) unpaid interest accrued thereon to, but not including, the redemption date, and
(ii) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed,
plus, in either case, unpaid interest accrued thereon to, but not including, the redemption date.
(b) On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus unpaid interest accrued thereon to, but not including, the redemption date.
If a Change of Control Triggering Event (as defined below) occurs, unless the Company has exercised its option to redeem the Notes as described above, the Company shall make an offer (the “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder of the Notes to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Notes on the terms set forth in this Section 5. In the Change of Control Offer, the Company shall offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to, but not including, the date of repurchase (the “Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event or, at the option of the Company, prior to any Change of Control, but after public announcement of the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control, a notice shall be mailed (or sent electronically in accordance with applicable DTC procedures) to Holders of the Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase the Notes on the date specified in the applicable notice, which date shall be no earlier than 10 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed or sent (the “Change of Control Payment Date”). The notice shall, if mailed or sent prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering Event occurring on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.
Exhibit A-R-3
On each Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful:
(a) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer and not withdrawn;
(b) deposit with the paying agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn; and
(c) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being repurchased.
The Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company and the third party purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer. In addition, the Company shall not repurchase any Notes if there has occurred and is continuing on the Change of Control Payment Date an Event of Default under the Indenture, other than a default in the payment of the Change of Control Payment upon a Change of Control Triggering Event.
The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Notes, the Company shall comply with those securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Notes by virtue of any such conflict and compliance.
If Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes properly tender and do not withdraw the Notes in a Change of Control Offer (or an offer made by a third party as described above) and the Company, or any third-party making an offer in lieu of the Company, as described above, purchases all of the Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Company or the third party making such offer shall have the right, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 30 days following such purchase pursuant to the Change of Control Offer or offer by such third party described above, to redeem all Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at a redemption price in cash equal to the applicable Change of Control Payment.
For purposes of the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Notes, the following definitions shall apply:
“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or more series of related transactions, of the Company’s assets and the assets of its subsidiaries substantially as an entirety or as an entirety, taken as a whole, to any person, other than the Company or one of its subsidiaries; (2) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any person becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Company’s outstanding Voting Stock or other Voting Stock into which the Company’s Voting Stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed in such transaction, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; (3) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any person, or any person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the Company’s outstanding Voting Stock or the Voting Stock of such other person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the shares of the Company’s Voting Stock outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the outstanding Voting Stock of the surviving person or any direct or indirect parent company of the surviving person immediately after giving effect to such transaction; (4) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Company’s board of directors are not Continuing Directors; or (5) the adoption of a plan relating to the Company’s liquidation or dissolution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control under clause (2) or (3) above if (i) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of a holding company and (ii)(A) the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of the Company’s Voting Stock immediately prior to that transaction or (B) immediately following that transaction no person (other than a holding company satisfying the requirements of this sentence) is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such holding company. The term “person,” as used in this definition, has the meaning given thereto in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.
Exhibit A-R-4
“Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Event.
“Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Company’s board of directors who (1) was a member of such board of directors on the date the Notes were issued or (2) was nominated for election, elected or appointed to such board of directors with the approval of a majority of the continuing directors who were members of such board of directors at the time of such nomination, election or appointment (either by a specific vote or resolution adopted by the Company’s board of directors or by approval by the Company’s board of directors of the Company’s proxy statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a director).
“DTC” means the Depository Trust Company.
“Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than “Baa3” (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and “BBB-” (or the equivalent) by S&P, and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any replacement Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company.
“Issue Date” means March 9, 2026.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors.
“Rating Agencies” means (1) each of Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if any or both of Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Company’s board of directors) as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both of them, as the case may be.
“Rating Event” means the rating on the Notes is lowered by all of the Rating Agencies from an Investment Grade Rating to below an Investment Grade Rating, in any case on any day during the period (which period will be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies) commencing upon the first public notice by the Company of the occurrence of a Change of Control or the Company’s intention to effect a Change of Control and ending 60 days following the consummation of the Change of Control; provided, however, that a Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating will not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus will not be deemed a Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Triggering Event) if any of the Rating Agencies does not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Company that the reduction in ratings was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control has been consummated at the time of the Rating Event).
“S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc. and its successors.
“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following two paragraphs:
(i) The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Company after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third Business Day preceding the redemption date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily)—H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities—Treasury constant maturities—Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading) (“H.15 TCM”). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Company shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the redemption date to the Par Call
Exhibit A-R-5
Date (the “Remaining Life”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields—one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life—and shall interpolate to the Par Call Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the redemption date.
(ii) If on the third Business Day preceding the redemption date H.15 TCM is no longer published, the Company shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding such redemption date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date, as applicable. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, the Company shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Company shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.
“Voting Stock” means, with respect to any specified “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) as of any date, the capital stock of such person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such person.
(a) The Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.
If the Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay the then outstanding principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest on this Note to redemption or maturity, the Company may in certain circumstances be discharged from the Indenture and the Notes or may be discharged from certain of its obligations under certain provisions of the Indenture.
| 6. | Covenant Defeasance. |
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The provisions in Article 8 of the Indenture relating to Discharge and Defeasance (including Sections 8.01, 8.05 and 8.06) shall be applicable to the Notes, including the provisions relating to Change of Control Offers; provided that, for the purposes of the Section 8.05(e) of the Indenture, the term “Holder” shall refer to the beneficial owner.
| 7. | Other Provisions. |
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With respect to the Notes, Section 4.08(a) as set forth in the Indenture shall read as follows: “(a) the sum of the aggregate sale price of property involved in the Sale and Leaseback Transactions not otherwise permitted plus the aggregate amount of indebtedness secured by Liens referred to in subsection (11) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” does not exceed the greater of $300 million or 15% of Consolidated Net Worth;”.
With respect to the Notes, subsection (11) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” as set forth in the Indenture shall read as follows: “(11) Liens not otherwise permitted if the aggregate amount of the indebtedness secured by those Liens, plus the aggregate sales price of property involved in Sale and Leaseback Transactions referred to in Section 4.08(a), does not exceed the greater of $300 million or 15% of Consolidated Net Worth.”
Exhibit A-R-6
With respect to the Notes, the definition of “Financing Lease” as set forth in the Indenture shall read as follows: “‘Financing Lease’ means any lease of property, real or personal, the obligations of the lessee in respect of which are required in accordance with GAAP as it exists on March 9, 2026 to be accounted for as a finance lease as defined within Accounting Standards Codification 842, Leases.”
| 8. | Registered Form; Denominations; Transfer; Exchange. |
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The Notes will be issued only in fully registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register the transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Trustee may require a Holder to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. Pursuant to the Indenture, there shall be certain periods during which the Trustee may not be required to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Note or certain portions of a Note.
| 9. | Defaults and Remedies. |
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If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Notes. Subject to certain limitations provided in the Indenture, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of remedies.
| 10. | Amendment and Waiver. |
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The Indenture and this Note may be amended, or default thereunder may be waived, in accordance with provisions set forth in the Indenture.
| 11. | Authentication. |
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This Note is not valid until the Trustee (or Authenticating Agent) signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.
| 12. | Governing Law. |
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The laws of the State of New York shall govern this Note, without regard to conflicts of law principles thereof.
| 13. | Abbreviations. |
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Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian) and U/G/M/A/ (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
The Company shall furnish a copy of the Indenture to any Holder upon written request and without charge.
Exhibit A-R-7
[FORM OF TRANSFER NOTICE]
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned registered holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
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| (Please print or typewrite name and address including zip code of assignee) |
| the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing |
attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.
Exhibit A-R-8
| Date: | |
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| Seller | |
| By | |
| NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within-mentioned instrument in every particular, without alteration or any change<br>whatsoever. |
Exhibit A-R-9
| Signature Guarantee:^1^ | |
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| By | |
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| To be executed by an executive officer | |
| ^1^ | Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the<br>requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Association Medallion Program (“STAMP**”**) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may<br>be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
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Exhibit A-R-10
SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF NOTES
The following exchanges of a part of this Registered Global Security for other Securities or a part of another Registered Global Security have been made:
| Date of<br><br><br>Exchange | Amount of decrease in<br><br><br>Principal Amount of this<br> <br>Registered<br>Global Security | Amount of increase in<br><br><br>Principal Amount of this<br> <br>Registered<br>Global<br> <br>Security | Principal Amount of this<br>Registered<br>Global<br>Security following such<br>decrease or increase | Signature of authorized<br>officer of<br>Trustee |
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Exhibit A-R-11
EX-5.1
Exhibit 5.1
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March 9, 2026
The Western Union Company
7001 East Belleview Avenue
Denver, Colorado 80237
| Re: | Registration Statement on Form S-3 |
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
We refer to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-290539 (the “Registration Statement”), filed by The Western Union Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), which Registration Statement became effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act. Pursuant to the Registration Statement, the Company is issuing $450,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.750% Notes due 2029 (the “Securities”). The Securities are being issued under a Base Indenture dated as of November 17, 2006 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 6, 2007 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”) and the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 3, 2019 (“Second Supplemental Indenture”), 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, among the Company, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as series trustee (the “Trustee”), and the Base Trustee (the “Third Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and the Second Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”). The Securities are to be sold by the Company pursuant to an underwriting agreement dated February 26, 2026 (the “Underwriting Agreement”) among the Company and the Underwriters named therein.
This opinion letter is being delivered in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.
We have examined the Registration Statement, the Indenture, the Underwriting Agreement, the Securities in global form and the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company and resolutions of certain officers of the Company relating to the Registration Statement, the Indenture, the Underwriting Agreement and the issuance of the Securities by the Company. We have also examined originals, or copies of originals certified to our satisfaction, of such agreements, documents, certificates and statements of the Company and other corporate
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documents and instruments, and have examined such questions of law, as we have considered relevant and necessary as a basis for this opinion letter. We have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all persons and the conformity with the original documents of any copies thereof submitted to us for examination. As to facts relevant to the opinions expressed herein, we have relied without independent investigation or verification upon, and assumed the accuracy and completeness of, certificates, letters and oral and written statements and representations of public officials and officers and other representatives of the Company.
Based on and subject to the foregoing and the other limitations, qualifications and assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that the Securities will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company when the Securities are duly executed by a duly authorized officer of the Company and duly authenticated by the Trustee and when the Company’s corporate seal is affixed thereto, all in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, and delivered to the purchasers thereof against payment of the agreed consideration therefor in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement.
Our opinion is subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), including concepts of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief.
This opinion letter is limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the laws of the State of New York (excluding the securities laws of the State of New York). We express no opinion as to the laws, rules or regulations of any other jurisdiction, including, without limitation, the federal laws of the United States of America or any state securities or blue sky laws.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an Exhibit to the Registration Statement and to all references to our Firm included in or made a part of the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Sidley Austin LLP