$UVV
UNIVERSAL CORP /VA/ Stock $uvv

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2019 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000010203719000022 Filed on May 24, 2019

Income Statement

Concept	2019	2018 Q1	2017 Q4
Revenue	$2.227B	$607.5M	$653.6M
YoY Change	9.5%	-6.54%	-2.27%
Cost Of Revenue	$1.821B	$491.0M	$545.1M
YoY Change	9.54%	-7.5%	2.2%
Gross Profit	$406.6M	$116.5M	$108.5M
YoY Change	9.31%	-2.26%	-19.89%
Gross Profit Margin	18.26%	19.18%	16.6%
Selling, General & Admin	$225.1M	$55.70M	$49.02M
YoY Change	11.93%	-5.91%	-5.86%
% of Gross Profit	55.37%	47.81%	45.17%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$37.10M	$8.700M	$8.600M
YoY Change	6.34%	-11.22%	-2.27%
% of Gross Profit	9.13%	7.47%	7.92%
Operating Expenses	$225.1M	$55.80M	$49.02M
YoY Change	11.93%	-5.74%	-5.86%
Operating Profit	$161.2M	$60.70M	$59.50M
YoY Change	-5.65%	1.19%	-28.49%
Interest Expense	$17.51M	-$1.500M	$4.020M
YoY Change	12.09%	-51.61%	-0.77%
% of Operating Profit	10.86%	-2.47%	6.76%
Other Income/Expense, Net	$832.0K	$100.0K	$178.0K
YoY Change	25.68%
Pretax Income	$151.3M	$59.40M	$62.20M
YoY Change	-9.21%	5.32%	-26.04%
Income Tax	$41.19M	$31.10M	$12.01M
% Of Pretax Income	27.22%	52.36%	19.31%
Net Earnings	$104.1M	$30.52M	$45.40M
YoY Change	-1.46%	-7.15%	-15.37%
Net Earnings / Revenue	4.68%	5.02%	6.95%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$4.14	$1.21	$1.80
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$4.11	$1.20	$1.78
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	25.13M shares	25.05M shares	25.23M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding	25.33M shares		25.46M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2019	2018 Q1	2017 Q4
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$297.6M	$234.1M	$146.6M
YoY Change	27.13%	-17.57%	-64.37%
Cash & Equivalents	$297.6M	$234.1M	$146.6M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets	$85.50M	$88.21M	$92.96M
YoY Change	-17.95%	8.56%	50.28%
Inventory	$806.1M	$871.5M	$974.8M
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$368.1M	$377.1M	$347.2M
Other Receivables	$31.00M	$2.100M	$1.800M
Total Short-Term Assets	$1.588B	$1.589B	$1.578B
YoY Change	-0.06%	1.77%	-5.24%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$302.5M	$323.8M	$316.9M
YoY Change	-6.58%	2.03%	-1.41%
Goodwill		$98.81M
YoY Change		0.0%
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments	$80.50M	$89.30M	$86.20M
YoY Change	-9.85%	14.34%	14.02%
Other Assets	$64.10M	$50.45M	$49.03M
YoY Change	-5.18%	20.4%	17.31%
Total Long-Term Assets	$545.1M	$579.6M	$572.2M
YoY Change	-5.95%	3.13%	1.83%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$1.588B	$1.589B	$1.578B
Total Long-Term Assets	$545.1M	$579.6M	$572.2M
Total Assets	$2.133B	$2.169B	$2.150B
YoY Change	-1.63%	2.13%	-3.46%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$145.1M	$163.4M	$138.1M
YoY Change	-11.2%	6.59%	5.66%
Accrued Expenses	$31.40M	$27.90M	$19.40M
YoY Change	12.54%	-12.81%	-14.91%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$54.00M	$45.42M	$50.80M
YoY Change	18.94%	-23.19%	-2.4%
Long-Term Debt Due		$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$253.7M	$267.7M	$256.5M
YoY Change	-5.23%	-0.1%	7.45%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$368.5M	$369.1M	$369.0M
YoY Change	-0.16%	0.1%	0.1%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$102.5M	$45.96M	$47.29M
YoY Change	-7.49%	46.24%	57.43%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$471.0M	$415.0M	$416.3M
YoY Change	-1.85%	3.72%	4.42%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$253.7M	$267.7M	$256.5M
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$471.0M	$415.0M	$416.3M
Total Liabilities	$796.1M	$783.3M	$779.3M
YoY Change	-3.64%	-1.69%	4.54%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings		$1.081B	$1.059B
YoY Change		4.45%	-2.9%
Common Stock		$321.6M	$321.8M
YoY Change		0.11%	0.73%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity	$1.337B	$1.342B	$1.325B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$2.133B	$2.169B	$2.150B
YoY Change	-1.63%	2.13%	-3.46%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2019	2018 Q1	2017 Q4
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$104.1M	$30.52M	$45.40M
YoY Change	-1.46%	-7.15%	-15.37%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$37.10M	$8.700M	$8.600M
YoY Change	6.34%	-11.22%	-2.27%
Cash From Operating Activities	$164.5M	$130.6M	$176.4M
YoY Change	102.5%	93.48%	9.98%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	$38.76M	-$10.40M	-$8.800M
YoY Change	13.88%	46.48%	-19.27%
Acquisitions	$0.00
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	-$2.000M	$2.100M	-$800.0K
YoY Change	37.93%	90.91%	-366.67%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$34.70M	-$8.400M	-$9.500M
YoY Change	26.67%	40.0%	-12.04%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net	$1.443M
YoY Change	-93.32%
Debt Paid & Issued, Net	$41.15M
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-$65.79M	-34.80M	-61.80M
YoY Change	-37.13%	-81.6%	91.33%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	$164.5M	130.6M	176.4M
Cash From Investing Activities	-$34.70M	-8.400M	-9.500M
Cash From Financing Activities	-$65.79M	-34.80M	-61.80M
Net Change In Cash	$63.43M	87.40M	105.1M
YoY Change	-227.2%	-168.5%	-10.4%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$164.5M	$130.6M	$176.4M
Capital Expenditures	$38.76M	-$10.40M	-$8.800M
Free Cash Flow	$125.8M	$141.0M	$185.2M
YoY Change	166.4%	89.01%	8.11%

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CY2018	us-gaap	Current Federal Tax Expense Benefit CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	1110000	USD
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CY2017	us-gaap	Current State And Local Tax Expense Benefit CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit	147000	USD
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CY2018	us-gaap	Current Foreign Tax Expense Benefit CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit	60356000	USD
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CY2019	us-gaap	Current Income Tax Expense Benefit CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	37316000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Current Income Tax Expense Benefit CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	61641000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Current Income Tax Expense Benefit CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	40106000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred Federal Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	5713000	USD
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CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred Foreign Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-1837000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Deferred Foreign Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	8852000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Deferred Foreign Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	10631000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-11132000	USD
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CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	3872000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	16626000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	41188000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation State And Local Income Taxes EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes	0.002
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CY2019	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Foreign IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign	113844000	USD
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CY2017	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Other Adjustments EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments	0.005
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CY2017	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation State And Local Income Taxes EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes	0.003
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CY2017	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Deductions Dividends EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDeductionsDividends	0.023
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CY2018	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Foreign Income Tax Rate Differential EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential	0.028
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CY2018	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Other Reconciling Items Percent EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherReconcilingItemsPercent	0.002
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CY2018	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Tax Holidays EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxHolidays	0
CY2017	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Tax Holidays EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxHolidays	0
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CY2018	uvv	Income Tax Expense Benefit Continuing Operations Adjustmentof Deferred Tax Asset Liability Percent IncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperationsAdjustmentofDeferredTaxAssetLiabilityPercent	0.046
CY2017	uvv	Income Tax Expense Benefit Continuing Operations Adjustmentof Deferred Tax Asset Liability Percent IncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperationsAdjustmentofDeferredTaxAssetLiabilityPercent	0
CY2019	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Repatriation Of Foreign Earnings EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationRepatriationOfForeignEarnings	0
CY2018	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Repatriation Of Foreign Earnings EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationRepatriationOfForeignEarnings	0.083
CY2017	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Repatriation Of Foreign Earnings EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationRepatriationOfForeignEarnings	0
CY2019	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Continuing Operations EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations	0.272
CY2018	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Continuing Operations EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations	0.303
CY2017	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Continuing Operations EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations	0.335
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Tax Holidays IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxHolidays	7800000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Tax Holidays EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxHolidays	0.051
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Domestic IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic	37478000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Domestic IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic	10442000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Domestic IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic	31468000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Foreign IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign	137770000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Minority Interest And Income Loss From Equity Method Investments IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	169238000	USD
CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Liabilities Undistributed Foreign Earnings DeferredTaxLiabilitiesUndistributedForeignEarnings	8636000	USD
CY2019Q1	uvv	Deferred Tax Liabilities Foreign Withholding Taxes DeferredTaxLiabilitiesForeignWithholdingTaxes	20659000	USD
CY2018Q1	uvv	Deferred Tax Liabilities Foreign Withholding Taxes DeferredTaxLiabilitiesForeignWithholdingTaxes	25987000	USD
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Liabilities Undistributed Foreign Earnings DeferredTaxLiabilitiesUndistributedForeignEarnings	6579000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Minority Interest And Income Loss From Equity Method Investments IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	166677000	USD
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Valuation Allowance DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance	1798000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Minority Interest And Income Loss From Equity Method Investments IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	151322000	USD
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Liabilities Goodwill And Intangible Assets Goodwill DeferredTaxLiabilitiesGoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsGoodwill	19529000	USD
CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Liabilities Goodwill And Intangible Assets Goodwill DeferredTaxLiabilitiesGoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsGoodwill	19529000	USD
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Liabilities Other DeferredTaxLiabilitiesOther	7088000	USD
CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Liabilities Other DeferredTaxLiabilitiesOther	9039000	USD
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Liabilities DeferredTaxLiabilities	53855000	USD
CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Liabilities DeferredTaxLiabilities	63191000	USD
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Tax Deferred Expense Compensation And Benefits Employee Benefits DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsEmployeeBenefits	20467000	USD
CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Tax Deferred Expense Compensation And Benefits Employee Benefits DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsEmployeeBenefits	21714000	USD
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Tax Deferred Expense Reserves And Accruals DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccruals	7898000	USD
CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Tax Deferred Expense Reserves And Accruals DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccruals	9673000	USD
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Deferred Income DeferredTaxAssetsDeferredIncome	3829000	USD
CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Deferred Income DeferredTaxAssetsDeferredIncome	4878000	USD
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Unrealized Currency Losses DeferredTaxAssetsUnrealizedCurrencyLosses	1993000	USD
CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Unrealized Currency Losses DeferredTaxAssetsUnrealizedCurrencyLosses	1993000	USD
CY2019Q1	uvv	Deferred Tax Assets Currency Remeasurement DeferredTaxAssetsCurrencyRemeasurement	1252000	USD
CY2018Q1	uvv	Deferred Tax Assets Currency Remeasurement DeferredTaxAssetsCurrencyRemeasurement	843000	USD
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Other DeferredTaxAssetsOther	4987000	USD
CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Other DeferredTaxAssetsOther	6522000	USD
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Gross DeferredTaxAssetsGross	40426000	USD
CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Gross DeferredTaxAssetsGross	45623000	USD
CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Valuation Allowance DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance	1040000	USD
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Net DeferredTaxAssetsNet	38628000	USD
CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Net DeferredTaxAssetsNet	44583000	USD
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Operating Loss Carryforwards OperatingLossCarryforwards	0	USD
CY2019	uvv	Schedule Of Combined Income Tax Expense Benefit Allocable To Continuing Operations Other Comprehensive Income And Adjustments To Shareholders Equity ScheduleOfCombinedIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAllocableToContinuingOperationsOtherComprehensiveIncomeAndAdjustmentsToShareholdersEquity	<div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The combined income tax expense (benefit) allocable to continuing operations and other comprehensive income was as follows:</span></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:99.80842911877394%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="12"/></tr><tr><td style="width:62%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:10%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:10%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:10%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="11" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Fiscal Year Ended March 31,</span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">2019</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">2018</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">2017</span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#ccffcc;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;">Continuing operations</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#ccffcc;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;">$</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#ccffcc;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;"><span>41,188</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#ccffcc;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#ccffcc;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#ccffcc;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;">$</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#ccffcc;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;"><span>50,509</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#ccffcc;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#ccffcc;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#ccffcc;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;">$</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#ccffcc;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;"><span>56,732</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#ccffcc;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;">Other comprehensive income (loss)</span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;"><span>(5,390</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-right:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;">)</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;"><span>23,471</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;"><span>1,503</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#ccffcc;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;padding-left:18px;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;">Total</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#ccffcc;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;">$</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#ccffcc;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;"><span>35,798</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#ccffcc;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#ccffcc;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#ccffcc;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;">$</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#ccffcc;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;"><span>73,980</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#ccffcc;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#ccffcc;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#ccffcc;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;">$</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#ccffcc;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;"><span>58,235</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#ccffcc;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td></tr></table></div><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div>
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CY2019	us-gaap	Lease And Rental Expense LeaseAndRentalExpense	17300000	USD
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CY2018	uvv	Combined Income Tax Expense Benefit CombinedIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	73980000	USD
CY2017	uvv	Combined Income Tax Expense Benefit CombinedIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	58235000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Decreases Resulting From Prior Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions	3000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Decreases Resulting From Foreign Currency Translation UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromForeignCurrencyTranslation	212000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Decreases Resulting From Foreign Currency Translation UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromForeignCurrencyTranslation	66000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Lease And Rental Expense LeaseAndRentalExpense	15300000	USD
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CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits UnrecognizedTaxBenefits	5625000	USD
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CY2018	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Increases Resulting From Current Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions	107000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Increases Resulting From Current Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions	94000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Increases Resulting From Prior Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions	2169000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Increases Resulting From Prior Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions	1310000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Increases Resulting From Prior Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions	0	USD
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CY2018	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Reductions Resulting From Lapse Of Applicable Statute Of Limitations UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations	104000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Reductions Resulting From Lapse Of Applicable Statute Of Limitations UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations	112000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Decreases Resulting From Prior Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions	0	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Decreases Resulting From Prior Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions	0	USD
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CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits That Would Impact Effective Tax Rate UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate	5500000	USD
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CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due In Three Years OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInThreeYears	5800000	USD
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due In Four Years OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFourYears	4600000	USD
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due In Five Years OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFiveYears	3600000	USD
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Line Of Credit LineOfCredit	430000000	USD
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CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due Thereafter OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueThereafter	11400000	USD
CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Net DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeNet	5400000	USD
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Line Of Credit Facility Remaining Borrowing Capacity LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity	200000000	USD
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CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Short Term Debt Weighted Average Interest Rate ShortTermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate	0.034
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CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Debt Instrument Carrying Amount DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount	370000000	USD
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CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Long Term Debt LongTermDebt	370000000	USD
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CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Long Term Debt Current LongTermDebtCurrent	0	USD
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CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Debt Instrument Unamortized Discount Premium And Debt Issuance Costs Net DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumAndDebtIssuanceCostsNet	-914000	USD
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CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Long Term Debt Noncurrent LongTermDebtNoncurrent	369086000	USD
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CY2019	us-gaap	Unrealized Gain Loss On Cash Flow Hedging Instruments UnrealizedGainLossOnCashFlowHedgingInstruments	2700000	USD
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CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Derivative Instruments In Hedges Assets At Fair Value DerivativeInstrumentsInHedgesAssetsAtFairValue	8281000	USD
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Derivative Instruments In Hedges Liabilities At Fair Value DerivativeInstrumentsInHedgesLiabilitiesAtFairValue	6351000	USD
CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Derivative Instruments In Hedges Liabilities At Fair Value DerivativeInstrumentsInHedgesLiabilitiesAtFairValue	123000	USD
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments Asset At Fair Value DerivativeInstrumentsNotDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsAssetAtFairValue	233000	USD
CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments Asset At Fair Value DerivativeInstrumentsNotDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsAssetAtFairValue	341000	USD
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments Liability At Fair Value DerivativeInstrumentsNotDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsLiabilityAtFairValue	386000	USD
CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments Liability At Fair Value DerivativeInstrumentsNotDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsLiabilityAtFairValue	269000	USD
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents Fair Value Disclosure CashAndCashEquivalentsFairValueDisclosure	156864000	USD
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Trading Securities TradingSecurities	16315000	USD
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Foreign Currency Contract Asset Fair Value Disclosure ForeignCurrencyContractAssetFairValueDisclosure	540000	USD
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Assets Fair Value Disclosure AssetsFairValueDisclosure	173719000	USD
CY2019Q1	uvv	Guarantees Of Bank Loans To Tobacco Growers Fair Value Disclosure GuaranteesOfBankLoansToTobaccoGrowersFairValueDisclosure	803000	USD
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Interest Rate Derivative Liabilities At Fair Value InterestRateDerivativeLiabilitiesAtFairValue	6351000	USD
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Foreign Currency Contracts Liability Fair Value Disclosure ForeignCurrencyContractsLiabilityFairValueDisclosure	386000	USD
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CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Interest Rate Derivative Assets At Fair Value InterestRateDerivativeAssetsAtFairValue	8262000	USD
CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Foreign Currency Contract Asset Fair Value Disclosure ForeignCurrencyContractAssetFairValueDisclosure	360000	USD
CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Assets Fair Value Disclosure AssetsFairValueDisclosure	115908000	USD
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CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Liabilities Fair Value Disclosure LiabilitiesFairValueDisclosure	1366000	USD
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Common Stock Shares Outstanding CommonStockSharesOutstanding	24989946	shares
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CY2018	us-gaap	Pension And Other Postretirement Benefit Expense PensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitExpense	2300000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Pension And Other Postretirement Benefit Expense PensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitExpense	2600000	USD
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CY2019	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Liability Purchases Sales Issuances Settlements FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisLiabilityPurchasesSalesIssuancesSettlements	-765000	USD
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CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliations Recurring Basis Liability Value FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationsRecurringBasisLiabilityValue	974000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Liability Purchases Sales Issuances Settlements FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisLiabilityPurchasesSalesIssuancesSettlements	-1210000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Liability Issues FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisLiabilityIssues	749000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Liability Issues FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisLiabilityIssues	1044000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Liability Gain Loss Included In Earnings FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisLiabilityGainLossIncludedInEarnings	53000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Liability Gain Loss Included In Earnings FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisLiabilityGainLossIncludedInEarnings	28000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Fair Value Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis Change In Unrealized Gain Loss FairValueLiabilitiesMeasuredOnRecurringBasisChangeInUnrealizedGainLoss	-208000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Fair Value Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis Change In Unrealized Gain Loss FairValueLiabilitiesMeasuredOnRecurringBasisChangeInUnrealizedGainLoss	-65000	USD
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliations Recurring Basis Liability Value FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationsRecurringBasisLiabilityValue	803000	USD
CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliations Recurring Basis Liability Value FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationsRecurringBasisLiabilityValue	974000	USD
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Long Term Debt Fair Value LongTermDebtFairValue	370000000	USD
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Defined Benefit Plan Health Care Cost Trend Rate Assumed Next Fiscal Year DefinedBenefitPlanHealthCareCostTrendRateAssumedNextFiscalYear	0.0760
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Defined Benefit Plan Ultimate Health Care Cost Trend Rate1 DefinedBenefitPlanUltimateHealthCareCostTrendRate1	0.0450
CY2019	us-gaap	Defined Benefit Plan Year Health Care Cost Trend Rate Reaches Ultimate Trend Rate DefinedBenefitPlanYearHealthCareCostTrendRateReachesUltimateTrendRate	2028
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Defined Benefit Plan Fair Value Of Plan Assets DefinedBenefitPlanFairValueOfPlanAssets	244969000	USD
CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Defined Benefit Plan Fair Value Of Plan Assets DefinedBenefitPlanFairValueOfPlanAssets	229568000	USD
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Defined Benefit Plan Expected Amortization Of Gain Loss Next Fiscal Year DefinedBenefitPlanExpectedAmortizationOfGainLossNextFiscalYear	5100000	USD
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Defined Benefit Plan Expected Amortization Of Prior Service Cost Credit Next Fiscal Year DefinedBenefitPlanExpectedAmortizationOfPriorServiceCostCreditNextFiscalYear	2200000	USD
CY2019	uvv	Defined Benefit Plan Percentage Of Total Plan Assets DefinedBenefitPlanPercentageOfTotalPlanAssets	0.94
CY2019	uvv	Defined Benefit Plan Percentage Of Total Projected Benefit Obligation DefinedBenefitPlanPercentageOfTotalProjectedBenefitObligation	0.84
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Defined Benefit Plan Plan Assets Target Allocation Percentage DefinedBenefitPlanPlanAssetsTargetAllocationPercentage	1.000
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Defined Benefit Plan Weighted Average Asset Allocations DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations	1.000
CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Defined Benefit Plan Weighted Average Asset Allocations DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations	1.000
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Defined Benefit Plan Expected Future Employer Contributions Next Fiscal Year DefinedBenefitPlanExpectedFutureEmployerContributionsNextFiscalYear	2000000.0	USD
CY2019Q1	us-gaap	Other Commitment OtherCommitment	61000000	USD
CY2019Q1	uvv	Guarantee Face Amount Including Unpaid Accrued Interest GuaranteeFaceAmountIncludingUnpaidAccruedInterest	17000000	USD
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$UVV
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