Universal Corporation
One of the world's largest leaf tobacco suppliers, Universal Corporation buys, processes, and sells flue-cured, burley, and other tobaccos to consumer brands, and also makes specialty plant-based ingredients like juices, concentrates, and botanical extracts for food and beverage companies. It was born in 1918 in Richmond, Virginia, when Jacquelin P. Taylor merged six independent leaf merchants into the Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, with the name chosen to signal its global ambitions. Today it also counts many seasonal workers among its more than 25,000 employees, reflecting the farming rhythms of its harvest.
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| Insider | Stake change | Holds now | Granted / vested | Bought | Sold |
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| Freeman George C IIIChairman, President & CEO, Director · 185 transactions | — | 347.0Kas of Jun 2024 | 799.4K | 4.5K | 18.4K |
| Hentschke Airton LSenior VP & COO · 60 transactions | — | 139.0K | 229.0K | — | 22.4K |
| Wigner Preston DouglasChairman, President & CEO · 120 transactions | — | 127.3K | 269.0K | — | 41.0K |
| King Allen BChairman & CEO · 37 transactions | — | 112.1Kas of May 2008 | 433.9K | — | 223.9K |
| Brewer W KeithExecutive VP & COO · 63 transactions | — | 78.0Kas of Sep 2014 | 303.8K | — | 69.3K |
| Starkey James H IIIVice President · 1 transaction | — | 74.2Kas of May 2006 | — | — | — |
| Kroner Johan C.Senior VP & CFO · 31 transactions | — | 69.3Kas of Jul 2025 | 86.1K | — | — |
| Moore David CSenior VP & CFO · 90 transactions | — | 54.9Kas of Jun 2018 | 245.6K | — | 105.5K |
| Broome Theodore GSubsidiary Officer · 93 transactions | — | 39.2Kas of Jun 2023 | 147.2K | — | 53.5K |
| Taylor William LVice President & CAO · 2 transactions | — | 38.2Kas of Mar 2006 | — | — | — |
| Claiborne Catherine HVP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary · 34 transactions | — | 36.2K | 42.8K | — | — |
| Whelan Karen M LVP & Treasurer · 41 transactions | — | 35.5Kas of May 2012 | 155.7K | — | 114.8K |
| Diel Steven S.Senior VP & CFO · 12 transactions | — | 34.9K | 29.8K | — | — |
| Johnson Thomas HDirector · 34 transactions | — | 32.6Kas of Aug 2025 | 42.4K | 1.4K | 18.1K |
| Peebles RobertVice President & Controller · 73 transactions | — | 29.8Kas of May 2019 | 111.3K | — | 34.2K |
| Foster Charles H JrDirector · 39 transactions | — | 28.2Kas of Oct 2016 | 30.4K | — | 31.8K |
| Cantor Diana FDirector · 13 transactions | — | 27.5Kas of Aug 2025 | 23.7K | — | — |
| Sheehan Jeremiah JDirector · 23 transactions | — | 27.4Kas of May 2013 | 21.6K | — | — |
| Formacek Candace CVice President & Treasurer · 41 transactions | — | 27.0Kas of Nov 2023 | 43.9K | — | 7.2K |
| O'Keefe John PatrickVP, Ingredients · 18 transactions | — | 23.0K | 25.4K | — | — |
| Paul Ray M JrSubsidiary Officer · 28 transactions | — | 23.0Kas of Feb 2014 | 58.5K | — | 33.6K |
| Moore Eddie N JrDirector · 39 transactions | — | 22.9Kas of May 2020 | 29.3K | — | 12.5K |
| Huffman James ASubsidiary Officer · 84 transactions | — | 22.0Kas of Jun 2019 | 95.6K | — | 34.5K |
| Bleicher Scott JVP & Controller · 23 transactions | — | 20.8K | 23.1K | — | — |
| Lawton Michael TDirector · 10 transactions | — | 20.0Kas of Aug 2024 | 18.6K | — | — |
| Tullidge Thomas H JrDirector · 8 transactions | — | 19.3Kas of Aug 2025 | 17.2K | — | — |
| Roper Hartwell HVice President · 25 transactions | — | 17.5Kas of Aug 2008 | 197.2K | — | 91.8K |
| Coronado William JVice President · 29 transactions | — | 17.0Kas of Jun 2012 | 43.9K | — | 25.4K |
| Williams Jacqueline T.Director · 7 transactions | — | 16.4Kas of Aug 2025 | 14.8K | — | 182 |
| Freeman Lennart R.Director · 17 transactions | — | 16.0K | 23.7K | — | 9.8K |
| Adams John B JrFormer Director · 40 transactions | — | 13.8Kas of Oct 2018 | 22.1K | — | 20.3K |
| Farrell Joseph CDirector · 13 transactions | — | 12.0Kas of Dec 2009 | 12.3K | — | 14.0K |
| Sledd Robert CDirector · 25 transactions | — | 12.0K | 28.8K | — | 21.6K |
| Stallard Hubert RDirector · 20 transactions | — | 11.4Kas of Apr 2011 | 13.3K | — | 5.0K |
| Starke McKeenSenior VP & Sales Director · 9 transactions | — | 10.6K | 8.7K | — | — |
| Schick Arthur J. Jr.Director · 3 transactions | — | 8.7Kas of Aug 2025 | 8.3K | — | — |
| Santos Godoi TatianaChief Human Resources Officer · 2 transactions | — | 4.5K | 4.4K | — | — |
| Manolios Fotini EmanuelDirector · 1 transaction | — | 2.7Kas of Aug 2025 | 2.7K | — | — |
| Trani Eugene PDirector · 19 transactions | — | 1.0Kas of May 2012 | 16.1K | — | 6.0K |
| Crocker Chester ADirector · 19 transactions | — | 0as of Jan 2017 | 17.4K | — | 20.0K |
| Stosch Walter ADirector · 6 transactions | — | 0as of Oct 2009 | 8.6K | — | — |
Select a row to see that insider’s individual transactions. Sum of the holdings confirmed in the 12 months before this insider's last filing. A Form 4 reports a holding per line — held directly, or through a named trust, partnership or foundation, and in each share class separately — never a person’s total. Lines not restated in that time are left out and shown apart: an active filer restates what they still hold, so a line they did not restate is more often an entity since renamed, whose shares a successor line reports too. An amber marker means some were left out.
Net open-market activity over all recorded history: -1.03M shares. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are excluded — they are compensation mechanics, not decisions to buy or sell.