secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     UNIVERSAL CORP /VA/ (UVV)
CIK:        0000102037
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-11-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000102037-24-000033
Event type: dividend
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Universal Corp declares $0.81 quarterly dividend and $100M share buyback
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- Quarterly dividend of $0.81 per share declared, payable Feb 3, 2025 to holders of record Jan 13, 2025.
- Board approved up to $100 million share repurchase program, open market or private transactions.
- Company has approximately 24.7 million common shares outstanding.
- Dividend rate unchanged from prior quarter; new buyback signals capital allocation confidence.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/000010203724000033/0000102037-24-000033-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/000010203724000033/xbrl-20241107.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000102037-24-000033

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