Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary · Universal Corp. (UVV)

Catherine Claiborne

A named executive officer of Universal in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2024 to FY2026. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2026

$1,164,537

FY2025: $1,434,259

4th of 5 named executive officers at Universal by FY2026 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed July 1, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Catherine Claiborne compensation by year

Universal Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Universal reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2024FY2025FY2026
Salary$425,059$410,000$424,800
Bonus$0$0$0
Stock awards$525,000$304,915$414,718
Option awards$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$420,000$512,400$69,100
Pension and deferred compensation$43,400$183,261$233,484
All other$20,800$23,683$22,435
Total$1,434,259$1,434,259$1,164,537

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Universal Corp. DEF 14A filed July 1, 2026, accession 0001628280-26-046310, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the Universal Corp. filed document, accession 0001628280-26-046310. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed July 1, 2026.

$1.4M
$1.4M
$1.2M
FY24
FY25
FY26
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2026 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU3,964$208,903—
RSU3,573$188,297—
PSU3,565$187,876—
PSU3,415$179,971—
RSU2,923$154,042—
PSU2,475$130,433—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Universal Corp.'s FY2026 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Universal’s named executive officers, FY2026

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2026 total
Airton HentschkeSenior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer$3,796,603
Preston WignerChairman, President and Chief Executive Officer$3,179,995
Johan KronerFormer Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$2,349,845
Catherine Claiborne · this pageVice President, General Counsel, and Secretary$1,164,537
J. Patrick O'KeefeSenior Vice President, Universal Ingredients, Inc.$1,014,806

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