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Universal Corporation filings document financial results, material agreements, governance actions, and capital-structure matters for its agriproducts business. Recent Form 8-K reports furnish quarterly results releases, disclose an unsecured credit agreement with term loan and revolving credit facilities, and describe registered common stock with no par value traded on the New York Stock Exchange under UVV.
The company’s regulatory filings also cover executive officer appointments, related compensation arrangements, board composition, annual meeting voting results, auditor ratification, lead independent director designation, and shareholder-approved equity incentive awards. These disclosures connect Universal’s public-company governance and financing arrangements with its Tobacco Operations and Ingredients Operations.
Universal Corp Senior VP & COO Airton L. Hentschke reported a routine tax-related share disposition. On the reported date, 9,485 shares of common stock were surrendered to the company to cover withholding taxes on previously granted restricted stock units that vested on May 30, 2026 and June 1, 2026. After this tax-withholding transaction, he directly held 128,193 common shares, including 33,790 restricted stock units and 2,804 related dividend equivalent units.
UNIVERSAL CORP /VA/ Chairman, President & CEO Preston Douglas Wigner reported a tax-related share disposition. On June 1, 2026, 2,461 shares of common stock were surrendered to the company at $54.13 per share to cover withholding taxes on previously granted restricted stock units that vested that day.
After this non‑market, tax-withholding transaction, he held 103,928 shares of common stock directly, including 44,766 restricted stock units and 5,182 dividend equivalent units tied to those awards.
Universal Corp (UVV) vice president and general counsel Catherine H. Claiborne reported a routine tax-withholding share disposition. On June 1, 2026, 1,277 shares of common stock were surrendered to the company at $54.13 per share to satisfy withholding taxes on previously granted restricted stock units that vested that day.
This was not an open-market sale but a payment of tax liability in shares. After the transaction, Claiborne directly holds 28,241 common shares, which include 6,980 restricted stock units and 671 dividend equivalent units, as well as shares acquired through the company’s Dividend Reinvestment Plan.
Universal Corp executive Mckeen Starke reported a routine tax-related share disposition. On June 1, 2026, 733 shares of common stock were surrendered to Universal Corp to cover withholding taxes on previously granted restricted stock units that vested that day.
After this tax-withholding disposition, Starke directly holds 7,603 shares of common stock. This total includes 4,575 restricted stock units and 406 dividend equivalent units tied to those awards, indicating the transaction reflects compensation and tax settlement rather than an open‑market trade.
Universal Corp (UVV) vice president John Patrick O'Keefe reported a routine tax-withholding share disposition. On June 1, 2026, 1,685 shares of common stock were surrendered to the company to cover withholding taxes on previously granted restricted stock units that vested that day. The transaction was reported at a value of $54.13 per share, and O'Keefe held 16,038 shares of common stock directly after the withholding. His holdings also include 6,885 restricted stock units and 663 dividend equivalent units tied to those awards.
Universal Corp VP & Controller Scott J. Bleicher reported a routine tax-withholding share disposition. On June 1, 2026, 882 shares of common stock were surrendered to Universal Corp at $54.13 per share to cover withholding taxes on previously granted restricted stock units that vested that day.
After this transaction, Bleicher directly holds 17,072 common shares, which include 8,040 restricted stock units and 396 dividend equivalent units. This event reflects tax-related settlement of equity compensation rather than an open-market sale.
Universal Corp Senior VP & CFO Steven S. Diel reported a routine tax-related share disposition. He surrendered 248 shares of common stock to the company at $54.13 per share to cover withholding taxes tied to previously granted restricted stock units that vested on June 1, 2026.
Following this transaction, Diel directly holds 29,577 shares of Universal common stock, which includes 23,372 restricted stock units and 435 dividend equivalent units. The filing reflects a tax-withholding mechanism rather than an open-market sale.
Universal Corporation reported a Form 144 notice indicating proposed sales of common shares by an affiliate on 06/03/2026 on the NYSE. The excerpt lists prior compensatory issuances (08/02/2021, 08/04/2021, 08/02/2023) and specific small share counts tied to those dates.
Universal Corporation reports its fiscal year 2026 business profile as a global agriproducts supplier focused on tobacco and plant-based ingredients. The company operates in over 30 countries with more than 25,000 employees and two main segments: Tobacco Operations and Ingredients Operations.
Universal generated approximately $2.9 billion in consolidated revenues, with $168.5 million in total operating income and $214.8 million in total segment operating income. Management emphasizes maximizing tobacco operations, expanding the ingredients platform, and strengthening corporate capabilities in sustainability, technology, and human capital to support long-term value creation.
Universal Corporation reported softer results for fiscal 2026 as one-time charges and tobacco inventory issues weighed on earnings. Sales and other operating revenue were $2.924 billion, roughly flat versus $2.947 billion a year earlier, but operating income fell 28% to $168.5 million.
Reported diluted EPS declined to $1.30 from $3.78, and adjusted diluted EPS fell to $2.64 from $4.63, driven largely by a $41.1 million non-cash goodwill impairment at the Shank’s ingredients business and higher tobacco inventory write-downs of $52.0 million.
The Tobacco Operations segment saw revenue slip 1% to $2.58 billion and operating income drop 12% to $211.5 million, reflecting softer demand and write-downs in dark air-cured tobacco, though demand for most styles remained firm. Ingredients revenue grew 3% to $348.1 million, but operating income fell sharply to $3.2 million due to mix, high fixed costs at Shank’s, and write-downs.
On the balance sheet, total debt decreased by $168.7 million to $904.3 million, while net debt rose modestly to $845.5 million as cash declined. The company reported about $1.3 billion of available liquidity as of March 31, 2026 and highlighted progress on sustainability, including an “A” CDP Supplier Engagement rating.