• Universal
  •  Overview
  • Last Modified:
  • January 15, 2025
  • Company type:
  • Public
  • Industry:
  • Tobacco
  • Verified:
  • No
  • No of Employees:
  • 10 001 - 50 000
  • Stock Code:
  • UVV
  • Download
  • Signed Health Status Declaration Form
  • Turnover $50m + ?:
  • Yes
  • Headquarters:
  • Richmond, Virginia, United States
  • Public Interest Score:
  • 750+

 

  • Universal
  • General Information

Description

Universal Corp (Universal) is a supplier of leaf tobacco and other agri-products. The company procures, finances, processes, stores, packages, and ships leaf tobacco products and sells them to manufacturers of consumer tobacco products. Its product portfolio comprises burley, flue-cured, dark air-cured, and oriental tobaccos that are used to produce cigars, smokeless and pipe tobacco products. The company also produces dehydrated vegetable products and juiced fruit and recycles waste materials obtained from tobacco production. It provides value-added services, which include blending, chemical and physical testing of tobacco, reconstituted leaf tobacco production, service cutting for manufacturers, and just-in-time inventory management. The company has a business presence across the world. Universal is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, the US.

Diana Cantor:
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Lennart Freeman:
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Thomas Johnson:
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Michael Lawton:
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Arthur Schick, Jr:
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Robert Sledd:
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Thomas Tullidge, Jr:
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Jacqueline Williams:
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Preston Wigner:
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  • Company Information
  • Company System Number:
  • 15658
  • Founded Year: 
  • 1918
  • Registration Number: 
  • 54 0414210
  • Country: 
  • United States of America
  • Stock Exchanges: 
    • New York Stock Exchange
  • Financial year end: 
  • December
  • No. of Countries operations: 
  • 30
  • Company Status: 
  • In Business
  • Industry Sub Category: 
  • Consumer Packaged Goods
  • Date listed on Stock Exchange: 
  • 01/01/1927

 

  • Contact Information
  • Business operation: 
  • Our business includes procuring, financing, processing, packing, storing and shipping tobacco and other agri-products. We are the world's leading global leaf tobacco supplier, and leaf tobacco is our primary business and source of revenues.
  • Primary office: 
  • Stony Point Ii Building, 9201 Forest Hill Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, 23235

 

  • Additional Information
  • Listed?: 
  • Yes
  • Company secretary: 
  • Preston Wigner
  • Reporting currency: 
  • USD
  • ISIN number (12 digit): 
NYSE
US9134561094
  • Authorised shares:
  • 100 000 000
  • Issued shares:
  • 24 573 408
  • No of shareholders:
  • 1001 and more shareholders
  • No of shareholders holding 20%:
  • 0 shareholders
  • Number of shares traded
  • Per Year:
  • Per Quarter:
  • Per Month:

 

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Credit Rating

NameLogoCountryHeadquartersRating
Fitch United States of AmericaNew YorkBBB-

 

Countries Operations/ Offices


 

Company Directors

Name
Nationality
Age
Role
Qualification
Name

Diana F.

Executive
NationalityAmerican
37
RoleChairman
QualificationMBA(Acc & Fin), JD
Date Appointed: 01/01/2012
Duration:
14 years and 8 months
Independance: N
Profile
Name

Lennart

Non Executive
NationalityAmerican
73
RoleNED
QualificationMBA
Date Appointed: 01/01/2013
Duration:
13 years and 8 months
Independance: N
Profile
Name

Thomas

Non Executive
NationalityAmerican
75
RoleNED
QualificationBIE, MBA
Date Appointed: 01/01/2001
Duration:
25 years and 8 months
Independance: N
Profile
Name

Michael

Non Executive
NationalityAmerican
66
RoleNED
QualificationBA(Acc), MBA
Date Appointed: 01/01/2016
Duration:
10 years and 8 months
Independance: N
Profile
Name

Arthur

Non Executive
NationalityAmerican
69
RoleNED
QualificationBS ChE, MBA(FIN)
Date Appointed: 01/04/2023
Duration:
3 years and 5 months
Independance: Y
Profile
Name

Robert

Non Executive
NationalityAmerican
72
RoleNED
QualificationB.A.
Date Appointed: 01/01/2009
Duration:
17 years and 8 months
Independance: N
Profile
Name

Thomas

Non Executive
NationalityAmerican
68
RoleNED
QualificationBS(Acc), JD
Date Appointed: 01/08/2018
Duration:
8 years and 1 month
Independance: Y
Profile
Name

Jacqueline

Non Executive
NationalityAmerican
72
RoleNED
QualificationBA, MScA
Date Appointed: 01/01/2020
Duration:
6 years and 8 months
Independance: Y
Profile
Name

Preston D.

Executive
NationalityAmerican
RoleCEO
QualificationNot available
Date Appointed: 01/10/2024
Duration:
1 year and 11 months
Independance: Y
Profile

 

Directors Tenure

Name
Duration
Name

Diana F. Cantor

Duration14 years and 8 months
Profile
Name

Lennart Freeman

Duration13 years and 8 months
Profile
Name

Thomas Johnson

Duration25 years and 8 months
Profile
Name

Michael Lawton

Duration10 years and 8 months
Profile
Name

Arthur Schick, Jr

Duration3 years and 5 months
Profile
Name

Robert Sledd

Duration17 years and 8 months
Profile
Name

Thomas Tullidge, Jr

Duration8 years and 1 month
Profile
Name

Jacqueline Williams

Duration6 years and 8 months
Profile
Name

Preston D. Wigner

Duration1 year and 11 months
Profile

 

Director Experience

Name
Experience
Name

Thomas

Experience Business Services, Investment
Profile
Name

Michael

Experience Restaurant, Financial Services
Profile
Name

Arthur

Experience Beverages
Profile
Name

Robert

Experience Investment, Other
Profile
Name

Thomas

Experience Financial Services, Investment, Legal
Profile
Name

Jacqueline

Experience Government, Financial Services, Telecom
Profile
Name

Diana F.

Experience Food Chain, Legal, Financial Services
Profile
Name

Lennart

Experience Tobacco
Profile
Name

Preston D.

Experience Tobacco
Profile

 

Company Auditors

Name
Date Appointed
Years
Name

Ernst & Young

Date Appointed01/01/1971
Year55 years and 8 months
Profile

 

 

Company Committees

Name

Preston D. Wigner

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD, CI, EX
Profile
Name

Diana F. Cantor

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD, RE, CI, NG
Profile
Name

Lennart Freeman

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD, AU, RE
Profile
Name

Thomas Johnson

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD, RE, NG, EX
Profile
Name

Michael Lawton

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD, AU, RE, EX
Profile
Name

Arthur Schick, Jr

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD, AU, CI, NG
Profile
Name

Robert Sledd

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD, RE, CI, NG
Profile
Name

Thomas Tullidge, Jr

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD, AU, CI, NG
Profile
Name

Jacqueline Williams

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD, AU, CI, NG
Profile

 

Committee
Abbreviation
Supervisory Board
SB
Board
BD
Risk & Compliance
RC
Audit
AU
Remuneration
RE
Capital investment
CI
Industry Specific
IS
Nominations & Governance
NG
Health, Safety & Environment
HS
Social & Ethics
SE
Technology
TE
Executive
EX
Other
OT