Governance Universal Corporation

UVV

US9134561094

Tobacco

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02-10	Universal Corporation, Q3 2026 Earnings Call, Feb 09, 2026
02-09	Universal Corporation Reports Earnings Results for the Third Quarter and Nine Months Ended December 31, 2025	CI

Executive Committee: Universal Corporation

Manager

Positions heldSince

Preston Wigner

57 year

Chief Executive Officer	30/09/2024
President	30/09/2024

Beth Ann Luther

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

Scott Bleicher

48 year

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

31/05/2019

Johan Kroner

58 year

Director of Finance/CFO

31/08/2018

Harvard Smith

Compliance Officer

Catherine Claiborne

General Counsel	31/12/2023
Corporate Secretary	31/12/2023

Airton Hentschke

56 year

Chief Operating Officer

31/03/2015

Composition of the Board of Directors: Universal Corporation

Director

CommitteesSince

Preston Wigner

57 year

Finance Committee	30/09/2024
Executive Committee Chair	30/09/2024

Diana Cantor

68 year

Finance Committee	27/08/2019
Compensation Committee	06/08/2012
HR Committee	06/08/2012
Governance Committee Chair	27/08/2019
Nominating Committee Chair	27/08/2019
Governance Committee	06/05/2018
Nominating Committee
Audit Committee Chair	06/05/2018
Audit Committee

Fay Manolios

55 year

Audit Committee	31/05/2025
Governance Committee	31/05/2025
Compensation Committee Chair
Compensation Committee	31/05/2025
HR Committee	31/05/2025
Nominating Committee	31/05/2025

Thomas Tullidge

69 year

Audit Committee	01/08/2018
Executive Committee
Compensation Committee
Finance Committee	01/08/2018
Governance Committee	01/08/2018
Nominating Committee	01/08/2018

Thomas Johnson

76 year

Executive Committee	27/07/2010
Governance Committee	27/08/2019
Nominating Committee	21/05/2025
Compensation Committee Chair	31/12/2000
HR Committee Chair

Robert Sledd

73 year

Compensation Committee
HR Committee	31/12/2008
Governance Committee	27/08/2019
Nominating Committee	27/08/2019
Finance Committee Chair	21/10/2013

Gregory Trojan

67 year

Compensation Committee Chair
HR Committee Chair
Audit Committee	04/11/2025
Compensation Committee	04/11/2025
HR Committee	04/11/2025

Lennart Freeman

74 year

Audit Committee	31/12/2012
Executive Committee	21/10/2013
Compensation Committee	21/10/2013
HR Committee	31/12/2012

Jacqueline Williams

73 year

Audit Committee	31/03/2020
Finance Committee	31/03/2020
Governance Committee	31/03/2020
Nominating Committee	31/03/2020

Arthur Schick

70 year

Audit Committee	31/03/2023
Finance Committee	31/03/2023
Governance Committee	31/03/2023
Nominating Committee	31/03/2023

Latest Appointments: Universal Corporation

02-09	Universal Corporation appoints Steven S. Diel as chief financial officer	RE
02-09	Universal Names Steven Diel CFO	MT
01-21	Universal Corporation appoints Anubhav Mittal as chief financial officer	RE
01-21	Universal Names New Chief Financial Officer	MT
01-21	Universal Corporation Announces Executive Changes	CI
11-10	Universal Corporation Appoints Tatiana Santos Godoi as Chief Human Resources Officer	CI
11-05	Universal Corporation announces appointment of Gregory A. Trojan to board of directors	RE

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Former Officers and Directors: Universal Corporation

Insider

Positions held

SinceUntil

Michael Lawton

Director/Board Member	31/12/2015	04/08/2025
Independent Dir/Board Member	31/12/2015	04/08/2025

George Freeman

Director/Board Member	30/09/2024	30/03/2025
Chief Executive Officer	31/03/2008	30/09/2024
Chairman	31/03/2008	30/09/2024
Director of Finance/CFO	11/01/2017	13/03/2017
General Counsel	31/01/2001	31/10/2005
Corporate Officer/Principal	31/10/2005	11/12/2006
President	30/11/2006	30/09/2024
Corporate Secretary	31/01/2001	31/10/2005

Robert M. Peebles

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

31/08/2003

30/05/2019

John Adams

Director/Board Member	31/12/2002	01/08/2018
Independent Dir/Board Member	31/12/2002	01/08/2018

David C. Moore

Chief Administrative Officer	31/03/2006	27/07/2010
Director of Finance/CFO	31/03/2006	11/01/2017
Director of Finance/CFO	31/03/2006	30/08/2018

W. Keith Brewer

Chief Operating Officer

31/07/2007

30/03/2015

Jeremiah J. Sheehan

Director/Board Member	31/12/1997	05/08/2013
Independent Dir/Board Member	31/12/1997	05/08/2013

Eugene P. Trani

Director/Board Member	31/12/1999	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	31/12/1999	-

Hubert R. Stallard

Director/Board Member	31/12/1990	03/08/2011
Independent Dir/Board Member	31/12/1990	03/08/2011

Candace Formacek

Investor Relations Contact	31/08/2009	-
Treasurer	31/03/2012	-

Joseph Christopher Farrell

Director/Board Member

31/12/1995

03/08/2009

Walter A. Stosch

Director/Board Member

31/12/1999

03/08/2009

Hartwell H. Roper

Director of Finance/CFO

30/08/2008

Jonathan Leon

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/05/2008

Chester Crocker

Director/Board Member	31/12/2003	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	31/12/2003	-

Eddie N. Moore

Director/Board Member	31/12/1999	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	31/12/1999	-

Charles H. Foster

Director/Board Member	31/12/1994	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	31/12/1994	-

Allen B. King

Director/Board Member

31/12/1988

Joseph W. Hearington

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

31/12/1986

William J. Coronado

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/1980

James A. Huffman

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

James H. Starkey

Corporate Officer/Principal

Jack M. M. van de Winkel

Corporate Officer/Principal

John D. Munford

Director/Board Member

William L. Taylor

Chief Administrative Officer

Cary Granat

Corporate Officer/Principal

Henry H. Harrell

Director/Board Member	06/12/2011	-
Chairman	-	06/12/2011

John F. Shomaker

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

Age distribution of managers

Parity Men Women

Male	12
Female	6

Of which Executive Committee

Male	5
Female	2

Of which Directors

Male	7
Female	3

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Universal Corporation is a global business-to-business agriproducts company. The Company is a global leaf tobacco supplier and provides plant-based ingredients to food and beverage end markets. The Company operates through two segments: Tobacco Operations and Ingredients Operations. The Tobacco Operations segment activities involve contracting, procuring, processing, packing, storing, and shipping leaf tobacco for sale to, or for the account of, manufacturers of consumer tobacco products throughout the world. Through its Ingredients Operations segment, the Company procures raw materials globally and processes the raw materials through a variety of value-added manufacturing processes to produce specialty plant-based ingredients, including fruits, vegetables, botanical extracts, and flavorings for consumer-packaged goods manufacturers, retailers, and food and beverage companies. The Company has operations in over 30 countries on five continents.

Employees

11,400

Sector

Tobacco

Calendar

04-15 - Ex-dividend date - 0.82 USD

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