SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2023-08-03

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>2023 STOCK INCENTIVE
PLAN</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>Effective August 1,
2023</B></P>

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

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

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">1.a.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B><I>Affiliate</I></B>&nbsp;means any &ldquo;subsidiary&rdquo; or &ldquo;parent corporation&rdquo; (within
the meaning of Section 424 of the Code) of the Company.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">1.b.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B><I>Agreement</I></B>&nbsp;means a written agreement (including any amendment or supplement thereto)
between the Company and a Participant specifying the terms and conditions of a Grant or an Award issued to such Participant.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">1.c.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B><I>Award</I></B>&nbsp;means an award of Stock Units, a Stock Award or an Incentive Award that is granted
under this Plan.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">1.d.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B><I>Board</I></B>&nbsp;means the Board of Directors of the Company.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">1.e.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B><I>Code</I></B>&nbsp;means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. References
to the Code shall include the valid and binding governmental regulations, court decisions and other regulatory and judicial authority
issued or rendered thereunder.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">1.f.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B><I>Commission</I></B>&nbsp;means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">1.g.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B><I>Committee</I></B>&nbsp;means the Compensation Committee of the Board.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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