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	Audit	Executive	Executive Compensation, Nominating and Corporate Governance	Finance	Pension Investment
John B. Adams, Jr.
Director John B. Adams, Jr. is President, Chief Executive Officer, and a director of Bowman Companies (a private land development company), positions he has held for more than five years. He has also been a director of Fauquier Bankshares, Inc., a community bank, since 2003. Mr. Adams is a member of the Audit Committee and the Finance Committee. Mr. Adams has been a director since 2003. Holdings: 12,558 shares     View Transactions Date Type Shares Traded Price Range Aug 4, 2011 Acquisition (Non Open Market) 1,850 37.48 Aug 3, 2010 Acquisition (Non Open Market) 1,700 44.73 Aug 4, 2009 Acquisition (Non Open Market) 1,950 35.90
Chester A. Crocker
Director Chester A. Crocker is a professor of strategic studies at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service (a private research university), and a member of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace (an independent federal institution). He has held these positions for more than five years. He serves as Chairman of the Board of Good Governance Group (a business consulting company), a director of Bell Pottinger Communications USA, LLC (a communications and public affairs consulting company), and he was a director of ASA Limited from 1996 to 2008. He is a member of the Finance Committee and the Pension Investment Committee. Professor Crocker has been a director since 2004. Holdings: 11,858 shares     View Transactions Date Type Shares Traded Price Range Aug 4, 2011 Acquisition (Non Open Market) 1,850 37.48 Aug 3, 2010 Acquisition (Non Open Market) 1,700 44.73 Aug 4, 2009 Acquisition (Non Open Market) 1,950 35.90
Charles H. Foster, Jr
Director Charles H. Foster, Jr. was Chairman Emeritus of LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc. ("LandAmerica") (a title insurance holding company) from January 1, 2007, to January 9, 2009, when he resigned. From January 1, 2005, to December 31, 2006, Mr. Foster served as Chairman of LandAmerica and prior to 2005, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of LandAmerica, positions he held for more than five years. He is Chairman of the Finance Committee and a member of the Executive Committee and the Executive Compensation, Nominating, and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Foster has been a director since 1995. Holdings: 13,258 shares     View Transactions Date Type Shares Traded Price Range Oct 17, 2011 Disposition (Non Open Market) 334 39.04 Oct 17, 2011 Option Execute 334 n/a Aug 4, 2011 Acquisition (Non Open Market) 1,850 37.48 Oct 15, 2010 Disposition (Non Open Market) 287 40.89 Oct 15, 2010 Option Execute 287 n/a Aug 3, 2010 Acquisition (Non Open Market) 1,700 44.73 Oct 16, 2009 Disposition (Non Open Market) 396 n/a Oct 16, 2009 Option Execute 396 n/a Aug 4, 2009 Acquisition (Non Open Market) 1,950 35.90
Thomas H. Johnson
Director Thomas H. Johnson is Chief Executive Officer of Taffrail Group, LLC (a business consulting firm), and retired as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Chesapeake Corporation ("Chesapeake") (a specialty packaging company) in November 2005, after which he served as VIce Chairman until April 2006. From 2004 until his retirement, Mr. Johnson was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Chesapeake and from 2000 to 2004, he was Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Chesapeake. Mr. Johnson is also a director of Coca Cola Enterprises, Inc. (a marketer, producer, and distributor of Coca-Cola products), Mirant Corporation (a producer of electricity), and ModusLink Global Solutions, Inc. (a supply chain business process management company). He was also a director of Superior Essex, Inc. (a manufacturer of wire and cable products), from December 7, 2005 to August 7, 2008. He is a member of the Executive Committee and the Executive Compensation, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and has been a director since 2001. Holdings: 13,258 shares     View Transactions Date Type Shares Traded Price Range Aug 4, 2011 Acquisition (Non Open Market) 1,850 37.48 Aug 9, 2010 Buy 1,425 38.14 Aug 3, 2010 Acquisition (Non Open Market) 1,700 44.73 Aug 4, 2009 Acquisition (Non Open Market) 1,950 35.90
Eddie N. Moore, Jr.
Director Eddie N. Moore, Jr. is President of Virginia State University (a public research university), a position he has held for more than five years. Mr. Moore is a director of Owens & Minor, Inc. He is a Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Finance Committee and the Pension Investment Committee and has been a director since 2000. Holdings: 13,258 shares     View Transactions Date Type Shares Traded Price Range Feb 23, 2012 Sell 4,000 48.09 Feb 23, 2012 Option Execute 4,000 35.81 - 43.12 Aug 4, 2011 Acquisition (Non Open Market) 1,850 37.48 Aug 3, 2010 Acquisition (Non Open Market) 1,700 44.73 Feb 9, 2010 Sell 1,400 49.37 Aug 4, 2009 Acquisition (Non Open Market) 1,950 35.90
Jeremiah J. Sheehan
Director Jeremiah J. Sheehan retired as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Reynolds Metals Company (an aluminum and aluminum foil producer) in 2000, having served in those positions since 1996. He is Chairman of the Executive Compensation, Nominating, and Corporate Governance Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and the Executive Committee. Mr. Sheehan has been a director since 1998. Holdings: 18,281 shares     View Transactions Date Type Shares Traded Price Range Aug 15, 2011 Option Execute 1,000 32.22 Aug 4, 2011 Acquisition (Non Open Market) 1,850 37.48 Aug 3, 2010 Acquisition (Non Open Market) 1,700 44.73 Aug 7, 2009 Option Execute 2,000 21.81 - 28.75 Aug 4, 2009 Acquisition (Non Open Market) 1,950 35.90
Robert C. Sledd
Director Robert C. Sledd is Managing Partner of Pinnacle Ventures, LLC (a venture capital firm) and Sledd Properties, LLC (an investment company). He served as Chairman of Performance Food Group Co. ("PFG") (a foodservice distribution company) from 1995 until June 2008. He served as Chief Executive Officer of PFG from 1987 to 2001 and from 2004 to 2006. He also serves on the board of directors of Owens & Minor, Inc. (a distributor of national name-brand medical and surgical supplies and a healthcare supply chain management company) and SCP Pool Corporation (a wholesale distributor of swimming pool supplies, equipment, and related leisure products). Holdings: 5,558 shares     View Transactions Date Type Shares Traded Price Range Aug 4, 2011 Acquisition (Non Open Market) 1,850 37.48 Aug 3, 2010 Acquisition (Non Open Market) 1,700 44.73 Aug 4, 2009 Statement of Ownership 0 n/a
Eugene P. Trani
Director Eugene P. Trani is President Emeritus and University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University (a public research university). He retired as President of Virginia Commonwealth University on June 30, 2009, a position he had held for more than five years. On January 9, 2009, he resigned as a director of LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc. (a title insurance company), a position he held since 1993. Dr. Trani is a member of the Audit Committee and the Pension Investment Committee and has been a director since 2000. Holdings: 13,258 shares     View Transactions Date Type Shares Traded Price Range Feb 15, 2012 Sell 4,000 46.85 Feb 15, 2012 Option Execute 4,000 35.81 - 43.12 Aug 4, 2011 Acquisition (Non Open Market) 1,850 37.48 Aug 3, 2010 Acquisition (Non Open Market) 1,700 44.73 Aug 4, 2009 Acquisition (Non Open Market) 1,950 35.90
George C. Freeman, III
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer George C. Freeman, III, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, joined Universal Leaf Tobacco Company in 1997. Prior to that time, he served as a law clerk for the Honorable Richard S. Arnold, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit; a law clerk for the Honorable Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court; and an associate with Hunton & Williams, an international law firm. Mr. Freeman was elected General Counsel and Secretary of Universal Corporation in February 2001, Vice President in November 2005, and President in December 2006. On August 7, 2007, the Board of Directors of Universal Corporation elected him to succeed Mr. Allen B. King as Chief Executive Officer of Universal Corporation as of April 1, 2008. Mr. Freeman was elected Chairman of the Board on August 5, 2008. Mr. Freeman is a Director of the Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital Health Service, the Delta Waterfowl Foundation, and the American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar. Holdings: 91,801 shares     View Transactions Date Type Shares Traded Price Range Mar 28, 2012 Disposition (Non Open Market) 1,175 46.64 Dec 6, 2011 Disposition (Non Open Market) 75 n/a Dec 5, 2011 Disposition (Non Open Market) 425 n/a Dec 1, 2011 Disposition (Non Open Market) 100 n/a Nov 30, 2011 Disposition (Non Open Market) 4,309 47.38 Nov 30, 2011 Option Execute 5,000 36.03 Nov 15, 2011 Disposition (Non Open Market) 34,740 45.70 Nov 15, 2011 Option Execute 40,000 35.30 Jun 13, 2011 Disposition (Non Open Market) 2,072 36.94 Jun 7, 2011 Acquisition (Non Open Market) 12,050 37.86 Jun 6, 2011 Disposition (Non Open Market) 395 38.69 May 26, 2011 Acquisition (Non Open Market) 9,075 43.31 May 26, 2011 Disposition (Non Open Market) 2,923 43.31 Feb 16, 2011 Disposition (Non Open Market) 350 n/a Nov 16, 2010 Disposition (Non Open Market) 350 n/a Jun 8, 2010 Acquisition (Non Open Market) 9,500 39.71 Mar 23, 2010 Disposition (Non Open Market) 4,334 55.19 Mar 23, 2010 Option Execute 5,667 36.03 Feb 19, 2010 Disposition (Non Open Market) 100 n/a Feb 17, 2010 Disposition (Non Open Market) 100 n/a Nov 16, 2009 Disposition (Non Open Market) 300 n/a May 27, 2009 Acquisition (Non Open Market) 15,000 35.30 May 27, 2009 Buy 500 37.78

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