Item 8.01 Other Events.

On November 25, 2019, The Western Union Company (the "Company") completed the offering and sale of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.850% Notes due 2025 (the "Notes") pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated November 18, 2019 (the "Underwriting Agreement"), entered into by the Company with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC 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. 333-234014), and pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of November 17, 2006, between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 6, 2007 and the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 3, 2019 between the Company and the 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 form of Note is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is 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.

In addition, on November 25, 2019, the Company issued a press release announcing the expiration and results of its previously announced cash tender offer for any and all of its outstanding 5.253% Notes due 2020 (the "Tender Offer"). A copy of the press release, dated November 25, 2019, announcing the expiration and results of the Tender Offer is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

The following exhibits are filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K:



Exhibit
Number       Description of Exhibit
  1.1          Underwriting Agreement, dated as of November 18, 2019, by and among the Company,
             Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo
             Securities, LLC, as Representatives of the several Underwriters named therein,
             relating to the Notes.

  4.1          Form of 2.850% Note due 2025.

  5.1          Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP relating to the Notes.

23.1         Consent of Sidley Austin LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).

  99.1         Press Release of The Western Union Company dated November 25, 2019.

104          Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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