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 (UVV) Chairman, President & CEO Preston Douglas Wigner reported routine equity compensation and related tax withholding. He received two grants of common stock totaling 25,326 shares, including restricted stock units that vest on the third anniversary of the award date and previously granted performance shares that vested on June 2, 2026. To cover withholding taxes on the vested performance shares, 2,001 shares were surrendered back to the company. These transactions are compensation- and tax-related, not open-market buying or selling.
Universal Corp submitted a Form 144 notice reporting a proposed sale of 33,250 shares of common stock through Janney Montgomery Scott LLC. The filing lists a sequence of stock awards with grant dates and share counts (examples include 5,045 granted 05/30/2025 and 4,631 granted 06/12/2025), and includes numeric entries 1,745,625.00 and 24,920,000 on the securities line. The filing lists an exchange designation of NYSE and a date of 06/01/2026.
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 Corp director Robert C. Sledd reported a proposed sale of 2,845 common shares, with an aggregate market value of $152,959.15 and an approximate sale date of June 3, 2026. Wells Fargo Clearing Services is listed as the broker, and NYSE is the named exchange.
The reported acquisition history lists compensation transactions from Universal Corp: 1,244 shares on August 2, 2021, 765 shares on August 4, 2021, and 2,121 shares on August 2, 2023.