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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

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reported): </B><FONT STYLE="color: black">August 7, 2012 (August 2, 2012)</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNIVERSAL CORPORATION</B></P>

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(State or other jurisdiction<BR>
of incorporation)</B></TD>
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</B></FONT><B>(Commission file number)</B></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>9201 Forest Hill Avenue, Richmond, Virginia</B></P>
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(804) 359-9311</B></P>

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since last report)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Universal Corporation
(the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) issued a press release on August 7, 2012, discussing its results for the quarter ended June 30, 2012.
The press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.02.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 90%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold">Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The 2012 Annual Meeting
of Shareholders (the &ldquo;2012 Annual Meeting&rdquo;) of the Company was held on August 7, 2012. At the 2012 Annual Meeting,
upon recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company (the &ldquo;Board&rdquo;), the shareholders re-approved the Universal
Corporation 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended and restated, the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;). The terms and conditions of the Plan are
described on pages 63 through 67 of the definitive Proxy Statement for the 2012 Annual Meeting that was filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on June 28, 2012 on Form DEF 14A (the &ldquo;2012 Proxy Statement&rdquo;), which description is incorporated
by reference herein. The description of the Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Plan, which
is attached as Exhibit A to the 2012 Proxy Statement and is filed hereto as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and
incorporated by reference herein.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">On August 2, 2012,
Ray M. Paul, Jr. announced his intention to retire as Executive Vice President of Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Inc., the Company&rsquo;s
main operating subsidiary, effective September 30, 2012.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">At the 2012 Annual
Meeting, the Company&rsquo;s shareholders (i) elected each of the persons listed below as a director for a term of three years,
(ii) approved a non-binding advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company&rsquo;s named executive officers, (iii)
ratified the appointment of Ernst &amp; Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending
March 31, 2013 and (iv) re-approved the Plan.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company had outstanding,
as of June 15, 2012, 23,353,998 shares of common stock, each of which was entitled to one vote per share. The majority of the shares
entitled to vote constituted a quorum.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company&rsquo;s
shareholders voted as follows:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Proposal 1 </B>&ndash;<B> </B>Election
of Directors</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 6%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 21%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center">Withheld</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 28%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center">Broker Non-Votes</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">John B. Adams, Jr.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">18,069,999</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">235,130</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">2,653,714</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">Diana F. Cantor</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">17,931,919</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">373,210</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">2,653,714</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">Robert C. Sledd</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">18,030,659</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">274,470</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">2,653,714</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The terms of office of the following directors
continued after the 2012 Annual Meeting: Chester A. Crocker, Charles H. Foster, Jr., George C. Freeman, III, Thomas H. Johnson,
Eddie N. Moore, Jr. and Jeremiah J. Sheehan.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Proposal 2</B> &ndash; Approval of a
non-binding advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company&rsquo;s named executive officers</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 23%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline">For</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 18%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center">Against</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 6%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 21%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center">Abstain</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 28%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center">Broker Non-Votes</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">17,663,590</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">372,873</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">268,666</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">2,653,714</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Proposal 3</B> &ndash; Ratification
of the appointment of Ernst &amp; Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March
31, 2013 &#9;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 23%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline">For</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 18%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center">Against</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 6%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 21%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center">Abstain</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 28%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center">Broker Non-Votes</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">20,521,714</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">378,882</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">58,246</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">0</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Proposal 4</B> &ndash; Re-approval of
the Plan</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 23%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline">For</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 18%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center">Against</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 6%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 21%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center">Abstain</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 28%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center">Broker Non-Votes</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-indent: 0">17,296,227</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">792,195</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">216,706</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">2,653,714</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
</TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">No other matters were voted upon at the 2012 Annual Meeting.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 16%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold">Item 8.01.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 84%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold">Other Events.&nbsp;</TD></TR>
</TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">On August 7, 2012, the Company issued a
press release announcing quarterly dividends for the Company&rsquo;s common stock and preferred stock.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-collapse: collapse">
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold">Item 9.01.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold">Financial Statements and Exhibits.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 6%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 7%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 87%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">(d)</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">Exhibits</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">10.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">Universal Corporation 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated effective August 7, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to Universal Corporation&rsquo;s definitive Proxy Statement for the 2012 Annual Meeting on Form DEF 14A)</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">99.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">Press release dated August 7, 2012, announcing results for the quarter ended June 30, 2012*</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">99.2</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">Press release dated August 7, 2012, announcing quarterly dividends*</TD></TR>
</TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0pt">___________</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0pt">* Filed Herewith</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURE</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Date: August 7, 2012</p>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><B>UNIVERSAL CORPORATION</b></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%">By:&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 46%">/s/ Preston
D. Wigner</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-top: #000000 1px solid"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0pt">Preston D. Wigner</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0pt">Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0pt">and Chief Compliance Officer</P>
</TD></TR>
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INDEX</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 14%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-decoration: underline">EXHIBIT</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 86%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-decoration: underline">DESCRIPTION</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">10.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">Universal Corporation 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated effective August 7, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to Universal Corporation&rsquo;s definitive Proxy Statement for the 2012 Annual Meeting on Form DEF 14A)</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">99.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">Press release dated August 7, 2012, announcing results for the quarter ended June 30, 2012*</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">99.2</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">Press release dated August 7, 2012, announcing quarterly dividends*</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">_________________</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">*Filed Herewith</P>



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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 7, 2012 (August 2, 2012)
UNIVERSAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified
in charter)
Virginia
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
001-00652
(Commission file number)
54-0414210
(IRS employer
identification no.)
9201 Forest Hill Avenue, Richmond, Virginia
(Address of principal executive offices)
23235
(Zip code)
Registrant's telephone number,
including area code
(804) 359-9311
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed
since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2. below):
¨
Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a- 12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240. 14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240. 14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 1 3e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.1 3e-4(c))
Item 2.02.
Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
Universal Corporation
(the "Company") issued a press release on August 7, 2012, discussing its results for the quarter ended June 30, 2012.
The press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.02.
Item 5.02.
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
The 2012 Annual Meeting
of Shareholders (the "2012 Annual Meeting") of the Company was held on August 7, 2012. At the 2012 Annual Meeting,
upon recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board"), the shareholders re-approved the Universal
Corporation 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended and restated, the "Plan"). The terms and conditions of the Plan are
described on pages 63 through 67 of the definitive Proxy Statement for the 2012 Annual Meeting that was filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on June 28, 2012 on Form DEF 14A (the "2012 Proxy Statement"), which description is incorporated
by reference herein. The description of the Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Plan, which
is attached as Exhibit A to the 2012 Proxy Statement and is filed hereto as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and
incorporated by reference herein.
On August 2, 2012,
Ray M. Paul, Jr. announced his intention to retire as Executive Vice President of Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Inc., the Company's
main operating subsidiary, effective September 30, 2012.
Item 5.07.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At the 2012 Annual
Meeting, the Company's shareholders (i) elected each of the persons listed below as a director for a term of three years,
(ii) approved a non-binding advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, (iii)
ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending
March 31, 2013 and (iv) re-approved the Plan.
The Company had outstanding,
as of June 15, 2012, 23,353,998 shares of common stock, each of which was entitled to one vote per share. The majority of the shares
entitled to vote constituted a quorum.
The Company's
shareholders voted as follows:
Proposal 1
–
Election
of Directors
For
Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
John B. Adams, Jr.
18,069,999
235,130
2,653,714
Diana F. Cantor
17,931,919
373,210
2,653,714
Robert C. Sledd
18,030,659
274,470
2,653,714
The terms of office of the following directors
continued after the 2012 Annual Meeting: Chester A. Crocker, Charles H. Foster, Jr., George C. Freeman, III, Thomas H. Johnson,
Eddie N. Moore, Jr. and Jeremiah J. Sheehan.
Proposal 2
– Approval of a
non-binding advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company's named executive officers
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
17,663,590
372,873
268,666
2,653,714
Proposal 3
– Ratification
of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March
31, 2013
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
20,521,714
378,882
58,246
0
Proposal 4
– Re-approval of
the Plan
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
17,296,227
792,195
216,706
2,653,714
No other matters were voted upon at the 2012 Annual Meeting.
Item 8.01.
Other Events.
On August 7, 2012, the Company issued a
press release announcing quarterly dividends for the Company's common stock and preferred stock.
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
10.1
Universal Corporation 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated effective August 7, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to Universal Corporation's definitive Proxy Statement for the 2012 Annual Meeting on Form DEF 14A)
99.1
Press release dated August 7, 2012, announcing results for the quarter ended June 30, 2012*
99.2
Press release dated August 7, 2012, announcing quarterly dividends*
___________
* Filed Herewith
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 7, 2012
UNIVERSAL CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Preston
D. Wigner
Preston D. Wigner
Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary
and Chief Compliance Officer
EXHIBIT
INDEX
EXHIBIT
DESCRIPTION
10.1
Universal Corporation 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated effective August 7, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to Universal Corporation's definitive Proxy Statement for the 2012 Annual Meeting on Form DEF 14A)
99.1
Press release dated August 7, 2012, announcing results for the quarter ended June 30, 2012*
99.2
Press release dated August 7, 2012, announcing quarterly dividends*
_________________
*Filed Herewith