Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) August 9, 2010 (August 3, 2010)

 

 

UNIVERSAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

Virginia   001-00652   54-0414210

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

file number)

 

(IRS employer

identification no.)

9201 Forest Hill Avenue, Richmond, Virginia   23235
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

(804) 359-9311

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company (the “Meeting”) was held on August 3, 2010.

At the Meeting, the shareholders elected four directors to serve three-year terms. The Company had outstanding, as of June 15, 2010, 24,153,484 shares of Common Stock, each of which was entitled to one vote. The majority of the shares entitled to vote constituted a quorum. Each of the four directors received more than a 78% majority of the votes of the outstanding shares. The voting with respect to each nominee was a follows:

 

Nominee

   Votes For    Votes
Withheld
   Broker
Nonvotes

Chester A. Crocker

   19,155,998    119,434    0

Charles H. Foster, Jr.

   19,056,795    218,638    0

Thomas H. Johnson

   19,094,293    181,140    0

Jeremiah J. Sheehan

   19,091,999    183,434    0

The terms of office of the following directors continued after the Meeting: George C. Freeman, III, Eddie N. Moore, Jr., Hubert R. Stallard, John B. Adams, Jr., Robert C. Sledd and Eugene P. Trani.

No other matters were voted upon at the Meeting.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: August 9, 2010

 

UNIVERSAL CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Preston D. Wigner

  Preston D. Wigner
  Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary, and Chief Compliance Officer