Universal Corp

Universal Corporation is a global business-to-business agriproducts company with over 100 years of experience supplying products and innovative solutions to meet our customers’ evolving needs. With operations in over 30 countries on five continents, we are uniquely positioned to leverage our worldwide network to access a diverse, reliable supply of plant-based materials. This presence, combined with our supply chain expertise, integrated processing capabilities, and commitment to sustainability, enables us to deliver high-quality, customizable, and traceable value-added agriproducts essential to our customers’ success.

We have two operating segments: Tobacco Operations and Ingredients Operations. Our Tobacco Operations segment involves procuring and processing flue-cured, burley, dark air-cured, and oriental leaf tobacco for manufacturers of consumer tobacco products and performing related services. We are the leading global leaf tobacco supplier. Through our Ingredients Operations segment, we procure raw materials globally and process the raw materials through a variety of value-added manufacturing processes to produce high-quality, innovative, specialty plant-based ingredients, including fruits, vegetables, botanical extracts, and flavorings for consumer-packaged goods manufacturers, retailers, and food and beverage companies. We do not sell any direct-to-consumer products. Rather, we support consumer product manufacturers by selling them transformed agriproducts and performing related services for them.

Our business strategy focuses on three pillars: maximizing and optimizing our Tobacco Operations segment, growing our Ingredients Operations segment, and strengthening our Company for the future. In our Tobacco Operations segment, we continue to look for opportunities to increase our sales volumes and market share, expand services across our customers’ supply chains, participate in the evolution of next generation products, and improve operating efficiency. In our Ingredients Operations segment, we seek opportunities to grow both organically and through disciplined acquisitions to provide customers with a solutions-based portfolio of value-added product offerings. Under our corporate pillar, we pursue strategies and initiatives intended to strengthen and support our Company for the future. These strategies and initiatives are expected to focus on efficient financial management, effective human capital management, optimal utilization of technology, including artificial intelligence ( " AI"), and operational synergies between our business segments. Our goal is to drive excellence across the Company and position Universal for long-term success and value creation.

We generated approximately $2.9 billion in consolidated revenues and earned $168.5 million in total operating income and $214.8 million in total segment operating income in fiscal year 2026. We are a holding company that operates through numerous directly and indirectly owned subsidiaries. Our primary subsidiaries are Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Incorporated, which is associated with our Tobacco Operations segment, and Universal Ingredients, Inc. ( " Universal Ingredients")(formerly Universal Global Ventures, Incorporated), which is associated with our Ingredients Operations segment.