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Universal Corporation 2025-2026 Proxy Voting Records

Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and Universal Corporation’s Form 8-K, filed August 6, 2025 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated October 14, 2026.

5Ballot items
289Asset managers
1,491Fund votes
August 5, 2025Meeting date

Results at a glance

Meeting of August 5, 2025: 5 items on Universal Corporation’s Form 8-K, filed August 6, 2025: 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

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Official 2025-2026 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 6, 2025 (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 5, 2025
Ballot item	For	Against	Abstain	Withheld	Broker non-votes	Support (of votes cast)	Reported outcome	Voting standard
Elect Director: Lennart R. Freeman	18,023,730	--	--	586,796	3,166,687	97%	Not verified	—
Elect Director: Fotini E. Manolios	18,396,439	--	--	214,087	3,166,687	99%	Not verified	—
Elect Director: Preston D. Wigner	18,223,745	--	--	386,781	3,166,687	98%	Not verified	—
2. Approval of a non-binding advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company's named executive officers	18,108,615	394,023	107,888	--	3,166,687	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, 2026	21,556,266	190,596	30,351	--	--	99.1%	Not verified	—

Source: Universal Corporation, Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on August 6, 2025 — read the filing on EDGAR.

How asset managers voted at the Universal Corporation 2025-2026 meeting

Each item below shows how the 289 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: Fotini E. Manolios

Outcome not verifiedDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Not verified

Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

99% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 99%

FOR: 18,396,439WITHHELD: 214,087

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 76 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Fotini E. Manolios (3-year Term)

Universal Corporation’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Fotini E. Manolios”): 18,396,439 for, 214,087 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed August 6, 2025 (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% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 76 asset managers below reported 10,952,116 for, 25,735 withheld, 19,688 not voted.

FOR

FOR: 10,952,116WITHHOLD: 25,735NOT VOTED: 19,688

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: Fotini E. Manolios (3-year Term)” at Universal Corporation, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Withheld	Vote
Vanguard	2,841,213	0	For
BlackRock	2,612,827	0	For
Invesco	923,539	0	For
First Trust	903,345	0	For
Dimensional	579,364	0	For
Charles Schwab	545,991	0	For
Fidelity	544,467	0	For
State Street	417,250	0	For
Global X	274,581	0	For
WisdomTree	161,791	0	For
ProShares	134,329	0	For
Victory Capital	95,931	0	For
PIMCO	84,299	0	For
AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS	70,000	0	For
TIAA	66,619	0	For
Prudential/PGIM	56,921	8,464	Mixed
Equitable	54,891	0	For
Jackson National	53,021	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	47,062	0	For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC	41,418	0	For
CLEARWATER INVESTMENT TRUST	34,215	0	For
ALPS ETF Trust	28,278	0	For
JPMorgan	27,641	0	For
Principal	25,859	0	For
BNY Mellon	25,678	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 76 asset managers. See all 76 in the interactive database.

2. Elect Director: Lennart R. Freeman

Outcome not verifiedDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Not verified

Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

97% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 97%

FOR: 18,023,730WITHHELD: 586,796

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 76 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Lennart R. Freeman (3-year term)

Universal Corporation’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Lennart R. Freeman”): 18,023,730 for, 586,796 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed August 6, 2025 (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 76 asset managers below reported 10,923,862 for, 52,432 withheld, 1,557 abstained, 19,688 not voted.

FOR

FOR: 10,923,862ABSTAIN: 1,557WITHHOLD: 52,432NOT VOTED: 19,688

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: Lennart R. Freeman (3-year term)” at Universal Corporation, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Abstain	Withheld	Vote
Vanguard	2,838,868	2	2,343	For
BlackRock	2,612,827	0	0	For
Invesco	923,539	0	0	For
First Trust	903,345	0	0	For
Dimensional	579,364	0	0	For
Charles Schwab	545,991	0	0	For
Fidelity	544,467	0	0	For
State Street	416,767	0	483	For
Global X	274,581	0	0	For
WisdomTree	161,791	0	0	For
ProShares	134,329	0	0	For
Victory Capital	95,931	0	0	For
PIMCO	84,299	0	0	For
AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS	70,000	0	0	For
TIAA	66,619	0	0	For
Prudential/PGIM	56,921	0	8,464	Mixed
Equitable	38,357	0	16,534	Mixed
Jackson National	53,021	0	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	47,062	0	0	For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC	41,418	0	0	For
CLEARWATER INVESTMENT TRUST	32,986	0	1,229	For
ALPS ETF Trust	28,278	0	0	For
JPMorgan	27,641	0	0	For
Principal	25,859	0	0	For
BNY Mellon	25,678	0	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 76 asset managers. See all 76 in the interactive database.

3. Elect Director: Preston D. Wigner

Outcome not verifiedDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Not verified

Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

98% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 98%

FOR: 18,223,745WITHHELD: 386,781

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 76 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Preston D. Wigner (3-year Term)

Universal Corporation’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Preston D. Wigner”): 18,223,745 for, 386,781 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed August 6, 2025 (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 + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 76 asset managers below reported 10,945,650 for, 30,697 withheld, 1,504 abstained, 19,688 not voted.

FOR

FOR: 10,945,650ABSTAIN: 1,504WITHHOLD: 30,697NOT VOTED: 19,688

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: Preston D. Wigner (3-year Term)” at Universal Corporation, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Abstain	Withheld	Vote
Vanguard	2,841,212	1	0	For
BlackRock	2,612,827	0	0	For
Invesco	923,539	0	0	For
First Trust	903,345	0	0	For
Dimensional	579,364	0	0	For
Charles Schwab	545,991	0	0	For
Fidelity	544,467	0	0	For
State Street	417,233	0	17	For
Global X	274,581	0	0	For
WisdomTree	161,791	0	0	For
ProShares	134,329	0	0	For
Victory Capital	95,931	0	0	For
PIMCO	84,299	0	0	For
AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS	70,000	0	0	For
TIAA	66,619	0	0	For
Prudential/PGIM	56,921	0	8,464	Mixed
Equitable	54,891	0	0	For
Jackson National	53,021	0	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	47,062	0	0	For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC	41,418	0	0	For
CLEARWATER INVESTMENT TRUST	32,986	0	1,229	For
ALPS ETF Trust	28,278	0	0	For
JPMorgan	27,641	0	0	For
Principal	25,859	0	0	For
BNY Mellon	25,678	0	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 76 asset managers. See all 76 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 6 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

98% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 98%

FOR: 18,108,615AGAINST: 394,023

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 283 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”): 18,108,615 for, 394,023 against, per its Form 8-K filed August 6, 2025 (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: 76 asset managers voting on “Approve a non-binding advisory resolution approving the compensation of the named executive officers.” at Universal Corporation, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
Vanguard	2,840,012	1,201	For
BlackRock	2,612,827	0	For
Invesco	923,539	0	For
First Trust	903,345	0	For
Dimensional	579,364	0	For
Charles Schwab	545,991	0	For
Fidelity	544,467	0	For
State Street	417,250	0	For
Global X	274,581	0	For
WisdomTree	161,791	0	For
ProShares	134,329	0	For
Victory Capital	95,931	0	For
PIMCO	84,299	0	For
AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS	70,000	0	For
TIAA	66,619	0	For
Prudential/PGIM	65,385	0	For
Equitable	54,891	0	For
Jackson National	53,021	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	47,062	0	For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC	41,418	0	For
CLEARWATER INVESTMENT TRUST	34,215	0	For
ALPS ETF Trust	28,278	0	For
JPMorgan	27,641	0	For
Principal	25,859	0	For
BNY Mellon	25,678	0	For

Fund voting reports, all 76 managers: 10,975,384 for, 1,288 against, 1,179 abstained, 19,688 not voted. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports: 226 asset managers voting on “Approve a non-binding advisory resolution approving the compensation of the named executive officers.” at Universal Corporation, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
State Street	928,297	0	For
BlackRock	850,110	308	For
Charles Schwab	572,567	0	For
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	570,223	0	For
PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC	546,941	0	For
Northern Trust	254,798	0	For
Two Sigma	226,534	0	For
MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp	161,824	0	For
Dimensional	127,767	0	For
Prudential/PGIM	125,937	0	For
PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS	123,201	0	For
PARAMETRIC PORTFOLIO ASSOCIATES LLC	118,109	0	For
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP	110,448	0	For
Vanguard	97,684	0	For
Victory Capital	96,626	0	For
BNY Mellon	25,678	68,990	Mixed
Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC	88,731	0	For
PUBLIC SECTOR PENSION INVESTMENT BOARD	84,079	0	For
Boston Partners	79,929	0	For
Nuveen	70,066	0	For
T. Rowe Price	61,881	0	For
Point72	54,990	0	For
Neuberger Berman	54,550	0	For
Goldman Sachs	44,826	0	For
NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM	42,690	0	For

Institutional-manager reports, all 226 managers: 6,301,764 for, 174,008 against, 113 abstained, 3,758 not voted. 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 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

99.1% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 99.1%

FOR: 21,556,266AGAINST: 190,596

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 76 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, 2026.

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, 2026”): 21,556,266 for, 190,596 against, per its Form 8-K filed August 6, 2025 (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: 99.1% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 76 asset managers below reported 10,975,316 for, 1,356 against, 1,179 abstained, 19,688 not voted.

FOR

FOR: 10,975,316AGAINST: 1,356ABSTAIN: 1,179NOT VOTED: 19,688

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, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
Vanguard	2,840,014	1,200	For
BlackRock	2,612,827	0	For
Invesco	923,539	0	For
First Trust	903,345	0	For
Dimensional	579,364	0	For
Charles Schwab	545,991	0	For
Fidelity	544,467	0	For
State Street	417,233	17	For
Global X	274,581	0	For
WisdomTree	161,791	0	For
ProShares	134,329	0	For
Victory Capital	95,931	0	For
PIMCO	84,299	0	For
AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS	70,000	0	For
TIAA	66,619	0	For
Prudential/PGIM	65,385	0	For
Equitable	54,891	0	For
Jackson National	53,021	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	47,062	0	For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC	41,418	0	For
CLEARWATER INVESTMENT TRUST	34,215	0	For
ALPS ETF Trust	28,278	0	For
JPMorgan	27,641	0	For
Principal	25,859	0	For
BNY Mellon	25,678	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 76 asset managers. See all 76 in the interactive database.

Largest Universal Corporation shareholders voting in 2025-2026

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 24,886,204 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…”, 2025-2026
#	Asset manager	% of shares outstanding
1	Vanguard	11.42%
2	BlackRock	10.50%
3	Invesco	3.71%
4	First Trust	3.63%
5	Dimensional	2.33%
6	Charles Schwab	2.19%
7	Fidelity	2.19%
8	State Street	1.68%
9	Global X	1.10%
10	WisdomTree	0.65%

Institutional-manager reports: top Universal Corporation shareholders by shares voted on “Approve a non-binding advisory resolution approving the compensation of the named executive…”, 2025-2026
#	Asset manager	% of shares outstanding
1	State Street	3.73%
2	BlackRock	3.42%
3	Charles Schwab	2.30%
4	GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	2.29%
5	PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC	2.20%
6	Northern Trust	1.02%
7	Two Sigma	0.91%
8	MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp	0.65%
9	Dimensional	0.51%
10	Prudential/PGIM	0.51%

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 2025-2026 proxy season
Holder	% outstanding	Disclosure
BlackRock	15.30%	13F
Vanguard Portfolio Management	7.16%	DEF14A
Dimensional Fund Advisors	7.13%	13F
Vanguard Capital Management	5.03%	DEF14A
State Street Corporation	4.98%	DEF14A
Invesco	3.32%	13F
Geode Capital	2.43%	13F
Charles Schwab	1.92%	13F
Two Sigma	1.74%	13F
Morgan Stanley	1.47%	13F

Percentages above are of 24,886,204 shares outstanding, as reported by Universal Corporation on its Form 10-Q dated August 4, 2025 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2025-2026 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 4, 2025. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on October 14, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.

At Universal Corporation's shareholder meeting held August 5, 2025, in the 2025-2026 proxy season, 289 asset managers reported how they voted on 5 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 1,491 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 6, 2025.

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