{"url_path":"/sec/uvv/10-k/2026/item-16","section_key":"item-16","section_title":"Item 16 Form 10-K Summary","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"10-K","doc_date":"2026-06-01","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/0001628280-26-039511-index.html","accession_number":"0001628280-26-039511","cik":"0000102037","ticker":"UVV","issuer_name":"UNIVERSAL CORP /VA/","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/0001628280-26-039511-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000102037","primary_entity_name":"UNIVERSAL CORP /VA/"},"word_count":1978,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 16.  Form 10-K Summary\n\nNone.\n\n96\n\nSchedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts\n\nUniversal Corporation\n\nFiscal Years Ended March 31, 2026, 2025, and 2024\n\nDescriptionBalance at\nBeginning\nof YearNet\nAdditions\n(Reversals) Charged\nto ExpenseAdditions\nCharged\nto Other\nAccounts\nDeductions (1)\nBalance\nat End\nof Year\n\n(in thousands of dollars)\n\nFiscal Year Ended March 31, 2024:\n\nAllowance for doubtful accounts (deducted from accounts receivable)$1,612 $1,608 $— $(484)$2,736 \n\nAllowance for supplier accounts (deducted from advances to suppliers and other noncurrent assets)24,387 14,090 — (18,834)19,643 \n\nAllowance for recoverable taxes (deducted from other current assets and other noncurrent assets)21,636 (276)— 15 21,375 \n\nFiscal Year Ended March 31, 2025:\n\nAllowance for doubtful accounts (deducted from accounts receivable)$2,736 $288 $— $(773)$2,251 \n\nAllowance for supplier accounts (deducted from advances to suppliers and other noncurrent assets)19,643 1,938 — (3,908)17,673 \n\nAllowance for recoverable taxes (deducted from other current assets and other noncurrent assets)21,375 415 — (745)21,045 \n\nFiscal Year Ended March 31, 2026:\n\nAllowance for doubtful accounts (deducted from accounts receivable)$2,251 $771 $— $(199)$2,823 \n\nAllowance for supplier accounts (deducted from advances to suppliers and other noncurrent assets)17,673 6,258 — (8,187)15,744 \n\nAllowance for recoverable taxes (deducted from other current assets and other noncurrent assets)21,045 1,364 — 52 22,461 \n\n(1)     Includes direct write-offs of assets and currency remeasurement.\n\n97\n\nEXHIBIT INDEX\n\n3.1 \n[Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, effective August 9, 2011 (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K Registration Statement dated August 9, 2011, File No. 001-00652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/000114420411045024/v231222_ex3-1.htm)\n\n3.2 \n[Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective as of April 17, 2025 (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2024. File No. 001-00652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/000010203725000019/uvv-exhibit31x20241231.htm)\n\n4.1 \n[Description of Registrant’s Securities Pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, File No. 001-00652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/000010203725000017/uvv-exhibit41x0331202410ka.htm)\n\n4.2 Indenture between the Registrant and Chemical Bank, as trustee (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 25, 1991, File No. 001-00652).\n\n4.3 \n[Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant’s Amendment No. 1 to Registrant’s Form 8-A Registration Statement, dated May 7, 1999, File No. 001-00652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/0001002105-99-000081.txt)\n\n10.1†\n[Form of Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Incorporated Executive Life Insurance Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1994, File No. 001-00652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/0000916641-94-000107.txt)\n\n10.2†Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Incorporated Deferred Income Plan (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated February 8, 1991, File No. 001-00652).\n\n10.3†Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Incorporated Benefit Replacement Plan (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated February 8, 1991, File No. 001-00652).\n\n10.4†\n[Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Incorporated 1994 Benefit Replacement Plan (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1994, File No. 001-00652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/0000916641-94-000107.txt)\n\n10.5†\n[Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Incorporated 1996 Benefit Restoration Plan (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1996, File No. 001-00652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/0000916641-96-000792.txt)\n\n10.6†\n[Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Incorporated 1994 Deferred Income Plan, amended and restated as of July 1, 1998 (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1998, File No. 001-00652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/0000916641-98-001176.txt)\n\n10.7†\n[Universal Corporation Outside Directors’ Deferred Income Plan, restated as of October 1, 1998 (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1998, File No. 001-00652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/0000916641-98-001176.txt)\n\n10.8†\n[Revised Form of Universal Corporation Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated June 9, 2010, File No. 001-00652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/000119312510135857/dex101.htm)\n\n10.9†\n[Universal Corporation Director’s Charitable Award Program (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1998, File No. 001-00652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/0000916641-98-001057.txt)\n\n10.10†\n[Universal Corporation 1997 Executive Stock Plan, as amended on August 7, 2003 (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003, File No. 001-00652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/000119312503049971/dex1023.txt)\n\n10.11†\n[Universal Corporation 2002 Executive Stock Plan, as amended on August 7, 2003 (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003, File No. 001-00652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/000119312503049971/dex1036.txt)\n\n10.12†\n[Form of Restricted Stock Units Award Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated November 10, 2008, File No. 001-00652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/000119312508231067/dex102.htm)\n\n10.13†\n[Universal Corporation 2007 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan effective August 7, 2012 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit A to the Registrant’s definitive proxy statement filed June 28, 2012, File No. 001-00652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/000114420412036948/v316896_def14a.htm)\n\n98\n\n10.14†\n[Amended and Restated Universal Corporation Executive Officer Annual Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit A to the Registrant's definitive proxy statement filed July 24, 2019, File No. 001-00652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/000010203719000035/uvv-201906xdef14a.htm)\n\n10.15†\n[Universal Corporation 2017 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit A to the Registrant's definitive proxy statement filed June 26, 2017, File No. 001-00652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/000010203717000033/uvv-20170630xdef14a.htm)\n\n10.16†\n[Universal Corporation 2023 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant's definitive proxy statement filed June 23, 2023, File No. 001-00652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/000010203723000039/uvv-20230623.htm)\n\n10.17†\n[Form of Universal Corporation 2010 Restricted Stock Units Agreement with Schedule of Awards to named executive officers (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010, File No. 001-00652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/000119312510130818/dex1048.htm)\n\n10.18†\n[Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Incorporated Deferred Income Plan III, amended and restated as of December 31, 2008 (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010, File No. 001-00652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/000119312510130818/dex1051.htm)\n\n10.19†\n[Universal Corporation Outside Directors’ Deferred Income Plan III, amended and restated as of December 31, 2008, and amended as of February 1, 2010 (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010, File No. 001-00652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/000119312510130818/dex1052.htm)\n\n10.20†\n[Form of Universal Corporation 2011 Restricted Stock Units Award Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, File No. 001-00652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/000114420411032627/v224049_ex10-49.htm)\n\n10.21†\n[Form of Universal Corporation Performance Share Award Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, File No. 001-00652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/000114420411032627/v224049_ex10-51.htm)\n\n10.22†\n[Executive Change in Control Severance Policy (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, File No. 001-00652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/000119312520155921/d929662dex101.htm)\n\n10.23†\n[Form of Universal Corporation 2021 Performance Stock Units Award Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2021, File No. 001-00652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000102037/000010203721000028/uvv-ex101xformofuniversalc.htm)\n\n10.24†\n[Form of Universal Corporation 2021 Restricted Stock Units Award Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000102037/000010203721000028/uvv-ex102xformofuniversalc.htm)[(incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2021, File No. 001-00652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000102037/000010203721000028/uvv-ex102xformofuniversalc.htm)\n\n10.25 \n[Credit Agreement dated December 9, 2025 among the Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Truist Bank and AgFirst Farm Credit Bank, as Co-Syndication Agents and First Horizon, KeyBank National Association, Citibank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A., UBS Switzerland AG, Atlantic Union Bank, and Capital One N.A., as Co-Documentation Agents (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 9, 2025, File No. 001-00652).](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000102037/000119312525312755/d43909d8k.htm)\n\n10.26†\n[Form of Universal Corporation Non-employee Director Restricted Stock Units Award Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, File No. 001-000652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/000010203725000028/uvv-exhibit1027x03312025.htm)\n\n10.27†\n[Form of Universal Corporation Performance Stock Units Award Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, File No. 001-000652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/000010203725000028/uvv-exhibit1028x03312025.htm)\n\n10.28†\n[Form of Restricted Stock Units Award Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, File No. 001-000652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/000010203725000028/uvv-exhibit1029x03312025.htm)\n\n10.29†\n[Restricted Stock Units Award Agreement, dated May 30, 2025, between Universal Corporation and Airton L. Hentschke (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, File No. 001-000652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/000010203725000028/uvv-exhibit1030x03312025.htm)\n\n10.30†\n[Amended and Restated Universal Corporation Executive Officer Annual Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant's Quarterly Report for the quarter ended June 30, 2025, File No. 001-000652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/000010203725000053/uvv-exhibit101x20250630.htm)\n\n10.31†\n[Restricted Stock Units Award Agreement, dated July 11, 2025, between Universal Corporation and Johan C. Kroner (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 11, 2025, File No. 001-000652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/000119312525158210/d71714dex101.htm)\n\n99\n\n19.1 \n[Universal Corporation Insider Trading Policy and Procedures (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended March 31, 2024, File No. 001-00652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/000010203725000017/uvv-exhibit191x0331202410ka.htm)\n\n21 \n[Subsidiaries of the Registrant.*](uvv-exhibit21x03312026.htm)\n\n23 \n[Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.*](uvv-exhibit23x03312026.htm)\n\n31.1 \n[Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*](uvv-exhibit311x03312026.htm)\n\n31.2 \n[Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*](uvv-exhibit312x03312026.htm)\n\n32.1 \n[Statement of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.*](uvv-exhibit321x03312026.htm)\n\n32.2 \n[Statement of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.*](uvv-exhibit322x03312026.htm)\n\n97.1 \n[Universal Corporation Dodd-Frank Clawback Policy (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended March 31, 2024, File No. 001-00652).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/000010203725000017/uvv-exhibit971x0331202410ka.htm)\n\n101Interactive Data Files (submitted electronically herewith)*\n\n101.INS XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. 101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document 101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document 101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document 101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document 101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document In accordance with Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the XBRL related information in Exhibit 101 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section and shall not be part of any registration or other document filed under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.\n\n104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)\n\n* Filed herewith.\n\n† Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.\n\n100\n\nSIGNATURES\n\nPursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.\n\nUNIVERSAL CORPORATION\n\nJune 1, 2026\n\nBy:/s/ PRESTON D. WIGNER\n\nPreston D. Wigner\nChairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer\n\nPursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.\n\nSignatureTitleDate\n\n/s/ PRESTON D. WIGNERChairman, President, Chief Executive Officer, and DirectorJune 1, 2026\n\nPreston D. Wigner(Principal Executive Officer)\n\n/s/ STEVEN S. DIELSenior Vice President and Chief Financial OfficerJune 1, 2026\n\nSteven S. Diel(Principal Financial Officer)\n\n/s/ SCOTT J. BLEICHERVice President and ControllerJune 1, 2026\n\nScott J. Bleicher(Principal Accounting Officer)\n\n/s/ DIANA F. CANTORDirectorJune 1, 2026\n\nDiana F. Cantor\n\n/s/ LENNART R. FREEMANDirectorJune 1, 2026\n\nLennart R. Freeman\n\n/s/ THOMAS H. JOHNSONDirectorJune 1, 2026\n\nThomas H. Johnson\n\n/s/ FOTINI E. MANOLIOSDirectorJune 1, 2026\n\nFotini E. Manolios\n\n/s/ ARTHUR J. SCHICK, JR.DirectorJune 1, 2026\n\nArthur J. Schick, Jr.\n\n/s/ ROBERT C. SLEDDDirectorJune 1, 2026\n\nRobert C. Sledd\n\n/s/ GREGORY A. TROJANDirectorJune 1, 2026\n\nGregory A. Trojan\n\n/s/ THOMAS H. TULLIDGE, JR.DirectorJune 1, 2026\n\nThomas H. Tullidge, Jr.\n\n/s/ JACQUELINE T. WILLIAMSDirectorJune 1, 2026\n\nJacqueline T. Williams\n\n101"}