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Universal Corporation 2024-2025 Proxy Voting Records

Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and Universal Corporation’s Form 8-K, filed August 7, 2024 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated October 18, 2026.

5Ballot items
263Asset managers
1,420Fund votes
August 6, 2024Meeting date

Results at a glance

Meeting of August 6, 2024: 5 items on Universal Corporation’s Form 8-K, filed August 7, 2024: 5 without a stated outcome.

Material dissent

None.

Material dissent: a director nominee under 80% of the votes cast, say-on-pay under 70%, any other item the board put forward under 80%, or a shareholder proposal with more than 50%, on the company’s own Form 8-K tally. How this is decided

Proxy season: 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026

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Official 2024-2025 meeting results reported by Universal Corporation

These tallies are Universal Corporation’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed August 7, 2024 (Item 5.07, “Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders”). They cover every share voted at the meeting, not just the funds that file Form N-PX.

Universal Corporation — official shareholder meeting results, meeting held August 6, 2024
Ballot item	For	Against	Abstain	Withheld	Broker non-votes	Support (of votes cast)	Reported outcome	Voting standard
Elect Director: Diana F. Cantor	15,645,311	--	--	3,312,231	2,876,470	83%	Not verified	—
Elect Director: Robert C. Sledd	17,956,508	--	--	1,001,034	2,876,470	95%	Not verified	—
Elect Director: Thomas H. Tullidge, Jr.	18,348,549	--	--	608,993	2,876,470	97%	Not verified	—
2. Approval of a non-binding advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company's named executive officers	18,558,554	310,785	88,203	--	2,876,470	98%	Not verified	—
3. Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025	21,607,610	205,066	21,336	--	--	99.0%	Not verified	—

Source: Universal Corporation, Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on August 7, 2024 — read the filing on EDGAR.

How asset managers voted at the Universal Corporation 2024-2025 meeting

Each item below shows how the 263 asset managers that disclosed a Universal Corporation vote in their SEC Form N-PX filings actually voted. Share totals are the shares those managers' funds voted, summed across every fund they report.

1. Elect Director: Diana F. Cantor

Outcome not verifiedDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Not verified

Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

83% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 83%WITHHELD

FOR: 15,645,311WITHHELD: 3,312,231

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 70 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Diana F. Cantor (3-year term)

Universal Corporation’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Diana F. Cantor”): 15,645,311 for, 3,312,231 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed August 7, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 83% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 70 asset managers below reported 10,765,507 for, 1,701,449 withheld, 10,892 abstained, 23,054 not voted.

FOR

FOR: 10,765,507ABSTAIN: 10,892WITHHOLD: 1,701,449NOT VOTED: 23,054

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: Diana F. Cantor (3-year term)” at Universal Corporation, 2024-2025
Asset manager	For	Withheld	Vote
Vanguard	2,912,876	0	For
BlackRock	2,790,477	0	For
Dimensional	1,758,092	0	For
First Trust	1,277,676	0	For
Invesco	0	747,324	Withhold
Fidelity	532,518	0	For
Charles Schwab	504,687	0	For
State Street	647	394,740	Withhold
Global X	0	250,855	Withhold
ProShares	142,743	0	For
TIAA	82,667	0	For
Prudential/PGIM	53,790	22,548	Mixed
Jackson National	67,600	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	0	66,230	Withhold
Equitable	37,228	25,814	Mixed
AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS	59,442	0	For
RBB FUND, INC.	0	57,234	Withhold
CLEARWATER INVESTMENT TRUST	45,378	5,629	Mixed
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC	45,990	0	For
TARGET PORTFOLIO TRUST	41,100	0	For
SEI	0	36,985	Withhold
BNY Mellon	34,845	0	For
Lincoln Financial	13,362	18,442	Mixed
Goldman Sachs	6,589	24,357	Mixed
EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS TRUST	30,945	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 70 asset managers. See all 70 in the interactive database.

2. Elect Director: Robert C. Sledd

Outcome not verifiedDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Not verified

Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

95% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 95%

FOR: 17,956,508WITHHELD: 1,001,034

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 70 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Robert C. Sledd (3-year Term)

Universal Corporation’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Robert C. Sledd”): 17,956,508 for, 1,001,034 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed August 7, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 95% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 70 asset managers below reported 12,284,157 for, 191,578 withheld, 1,503 abstained, 23,054 not voted.

FOR

FOR: 12,284,157ABSTAIN: 1,503WITHHOLD: 191,578NOT VOTED: 23,054

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: Robert C. Sledd (3-year Term)” at Universal Corporation, 2024-2025
Asset manager	For	Withheld	Vote
Vanguard	2,912,876	0	For
BlackRock	2,790,477	0	For
Dimensional	1,758,092	0	For
First Trust	1,277,676	0	For
Invesco	747,324	0	For
Fidelity	532,518	0	For
Charles Schwab	504,687	0	For
State Street	395,231	156	For
Global X	250,855	0	For
ProShares	142,743	0	For
TIAA	82,667	0	For
Prudential/PGIM	53,790	22,548	Mixed
Jackson National	67,600	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	66,230	0	For
Equitable	37,228	25,814	Mixed
AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS	59,442	0	For
RBB FUND, INC.	0	57,234	Withhold
CLEARWATER INVESTMENT TRUST	45,378	5,629	Mixed
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC	45,990	0	For
TARGET PORTFOLIO TRUST	41,100	0	For
SEI	36,985	0	For
BNY Mellon	34,845	0	For
Lincoln Financial	31,804	0	For
Goldman Sachs	6,589	24,357	Mixed
EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS TRUST	30,945	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 70 asset managers. See all 70 in the interactive database.

3. Elect Director: Thomas H. Tullidge, Jr.

Outcome not verifiedDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Not verified

Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

97% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 97%

FOR: 18,348,549WITHHELD: 608,993

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 70 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Thomas H. Tullidge, Jr. (3-year Term)

Universal Corporation’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Thomas H. Tullidge, Jr.”): 18,348,549 for, 608,993 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed August 7, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 70 asset managers below reported 12,337,632 for, 138,103 withheld, 1,503 abstained, 23,054 not voted.

FOR

FOR: 12,337,632ABSTAIN: 1,503WITHHOLD: 138,103NOT VOTED: 23,054

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: Thomas H. Tullidge, Jr. (3-year Term)” at Universal Corporation, 2024-2025
Asset manager	For	Withheld	Vote
Vanguard	2,912,876	0	For
BlackRock	2,790,477	0	For
Dimensional	1,758,092	0	For
First Trust	1,277,676	0	For
Invesco	747,324	0	For
Fidelity	532,518	0	For
Charles Schwab	504,687	0	For
State Street	395,263	124	For
Global X	250,855	0	For
ProShares	142,743	0	For
TIAA	82,667	0	For
Prudential/PGIM	53,790	22,548	Mixed
Jackson National	67,600	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	66,230	0	For
Equitable	37,228	25,814	Mixed
AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS	59,442	0	For
RBB FUND, INC.	0	57,234	Withhold
CLEARWATER INVESTMENT TRUST	45,378	5,629	Mixed
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC	45,990	0	For
TARGET PORTFOLIO TRUST	41,100	0	For
SEI	36,985	0	For
BNY Mellon	34,845	0	For
Lincoln Financial	31,804	0	For
Goldman Sachs	6,589	24,357	Mixed
EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS TRUST	30,945	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 70 asset managers. See all 70 in the interactive database.

4. 2. Approval of a non-binding advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company's named executive officers

Outcome not verified Fund totals may overlapSECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESReported outcome: Not verified

Combines 8 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

98% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 98%

FOR: 18,558,554AGAINST: 310,785

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 254 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Approve a non-binding advisory resolution approving the compensation of the named executive officers.

Universal Corporation’s own tally for this item (“2. Approval of a non-binding advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company's named executive officers”): 18,558,554 for, 310,785 against, per its Form 8-K filed August 7, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports: 70 asset managers voting on “Approve a non-binding advisory resolution approving the compensation of the named executive officers.” at Universal Corporation, 2024-2025
Asset manager	For	Vote
Vanguard	2,912,876	For
BlackRock	2,790,477	For
Dimensional	1,758,092	For
First Trust	1,277,676	For
Invesco	747,324	For
Fidelity	532,518	For
Charles Schwab	504,687	For
State Street	395,387	For
Global X	250,855	For
ProShares	142,743	For
TIAA	82,667	For
Prudential/PGIM	76,338	For
Jackson National	67,600	For
Columbia Threadneedle	66,230	For
Equitable	63,042	For
AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS	59,442	For
RBB FUND, INC.	57,234	For
CLEARWATER INVESTMENT TRUST	51,007	For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC	45,990	For
TARGET PORTFOLIO TRUST	41,100	For
SEI	36,985	For
BNY Mellon	34,845	For
Lincoln Financial	31,804	For
Goldman Sachs	30,946	For
EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS TRUST	30,945	For

Fund voting reports, all 70 managers: 12,468,048 for, 9,190 against, 23,054 not voted. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports: 205 asset managers voting on “Approve a non-binding advisory resolution approving the compensation of the named executive officers.” at Universal Corporation, 2024-2025
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
State Street	1,148,760	0	For
Invesco	905,377	0	For
BlackRock	751,476	308	For
PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC	633,352	0	For
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	545,139	0	For
Charles Schwab	517,488	0	For
Boston Partners	275,493	0	For
Northern Trust	246,420	0	For
MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp	207,387	0	For
Prudential/PGIM	153,077	0	For
Dimensional	132,261	0	For
PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS	131,120	0	For
PARAMETRIC PORTFOLIO ASSOCIATES LLC	115,421	0	For
Renaissance	87,945	0	For
Nuveen	83,632	0	For
BNY Mellon	77,354	0	For
Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC	71,484	0	For
Vanguard	59,294	0	For
Two Sigma	54,337	0	For
PUBLIC SECTOR PENSION INVESTMENT BOARD	51,411	0	For
SEI	48,050	0	For
NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM	46,788	0	For
Legal & General Investment Management America Inc	0	45,968	Against
O'SHAUGHNESSY ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC	45,179	0	For
JPMorgan	39,821	0	For

Institutional-manager reports, all 205 managers: 7,118,211 for, 108,811 against, 845 abstained, 113 unknown. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

5. 3. Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the…

Outcome not verifiedAUDIT-RELATEDReported outcome: Not verified

Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

99.0% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 99.0%

FOR: 21,607,610AGAINST: 205,066

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 70 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025.

Universal Corporation’s own tally for this item (“3. Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025”): 21,607,610 for, 205,066 against, per its Form 8-K filed August 7, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 99.0% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 70 asset managers below reported 12,440,823 for, 36,423 against, 23,054 not voted.

FOR

FOR: 12,440,823AGAINST: 36,423NOT VOTED: 23,054

Largest asset managers voting on “Ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for” at Universal Corporation, 2024-2025
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
Vanguard	2,912,876	0	For
BlackRock	2,790,477	0	For
Dimensional	1,758,092	0	For
First Trust	1,277,676	0	For
Invesco	747,324	0	For
Fidelity	532,518	0	For
Charles Schwab	504,687	0	For
State Street	395,356	31	For
Global X	250,855	0	For
ProShares	142,743	0	For
TIAA	82,667	0	For
Prudential/PGIM	76,338	0	For
Jackson National	67,600	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	66,230	0	For
Equitable	63,042	0	For
AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS	59,442	0	For
RBB FUND, INC.	57,234	0	For
CLEARWATER INVESTMENT TRUST	51,007	0	For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC	45,990	0	For
TARGET PORTFOLIO TRUST	41,100	0	For
SEI	36,985	0	For
BNY Mellon	34,845	0	For
Lincoln Financial	31,804	0	For
Goldman Sachs	30,946	0	For
EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS TRUST	30,945	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 70 asset managers. See all 70 in the interactive database.

Largest Universal Corporation shareholders voting in 2024-2025

Ranked separately for each type of Form N-PX report. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two tables can list the same shares and are never added together. Each is ranked by the shares voted on the item that the most managers of that type reported, shown as a share of the 24,692,747 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.

Fund voting reports: top Universal Corporation shareholders by shares voted on “Approve a non-binding advisory resolution approving the compensation of the named executive…”, 2024-2025
#	Asset manager	% of shares outstanding
1	Vanguard	11.80%
2	BlackRock	11.30%
3	Dimensional	7.12%
4	First Trust	5.17%
5	Invesco	3.03%
6	Fidelity	2.16%
7	Charles Schwab	2.04%
8	State Street	1.60%
9	Global X	1.02%
10	ProShares	0.58%

Institutional-manager reports: top Universal Corporation shareholders by shares voted on “Approve a non-binding advisory resolution approving the compensation of the named executive…”, 2024-2025
#	Asset manager	% of shares outstanding
1	State Street	4.65%
2	Invesco	3.67%
3	BlackRock	3.04%
4	PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC	2.56%
5	GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	2.21%
6	Charles Schwab	2.10%
7	Boston Partners	1.12%
8	Northern Trust	1.00%
9	MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp	0.84%
10	Prudential/PGIM	0.62%

Reported Universal Corporation holdings and ownership

As disclosed to the SEC in Form 13F (quarter-end holdings of 30 large managers), Schedules 13D and 13G (beneficial ownership above 5%) and the company’s own proxy statement (DEF 14A). Each row names its form.

Universal Corporation holdings and ownership disclosed for the 2024-2025 proxy season
Holder	% outstanding	Disclosure
BlackRock	15.26%	13F
Vanguard Group	11.86%	13F
Dimensional Fund Advisors	7.48%	13F
Vanguard Portfolio Management	7.21%	13G
STATE STREET CORPORATION	5.02%	13G
Invesco	4.04%	13F
Charles Schwab	2.36%	13F
BNY Mellon	1.52%	13F
Goldman Sachs	1.39%	13F
Morgan Stanley	1.37%	13F

Percentages above are of 24,692,747 shares outstanding, as reported by Universal Corporation on its Form 10-Q dated August 5, 2024 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2024-2025 meeting, not today’s. Each holding is as of its own filing, which may be dated before or after the meeting.

About this page

Every figure above is derived from filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission: Form N-PX, in which registered funds disclose how they voted every proxy and institutional managers disclose their votes on executive pay (say-on-pay, say-on-frequency and golden parachutes), and Form 8-K Item 5.07, in which the company reports its own meeting results. Shares outstanding are taken from Universal Corporation’s 10-Q dated August 5, 2024. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on October 18, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.

At Universal Corporation's shareholder meeting held August 6, 2024, in the 2024-2025 proxy season, 263 asset managers reported how they voted on 5 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 1,420 separate fund positions. On the most widely held item on that ballot — Approve a non-binding advisory resolution approving the compensation of the named executive… — FOR was 98% of the votes cast (FOR divided by FOR plus AGAINST, the conventional basis for proxy support; abstentions, broker non-votes and unvoted shares are excluded because none of them took a side), which is more than half. Whether the item was approved is for the filing to say; that statement has not been read for this item. Source: Universal Corporation's Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on August 7, 2024.

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