Dividend History
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Common Stock Dividend History by Fiscal Year
Note: Dividend declarations are subject to approval by the company's Board of Directors, and there can be no assurance that dividends will continue to increase in the future. Dividends are usually paid quarterly in the months of February, May, August and November to shareholders of record on the second Monday of the previous month.
Most Recent Dividend
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Dividend Value:
Historical Dividends
Declared Ex-Date Record Payable Amount Type
Feb 7, 2012 Apr 4, 2012 Apr 9, 2012 May 14, 2012 0.4900 U.S. Currency
Nov 8, 2011 Jan 5, 2012 Jan 9, 2012 Feb 13, 2012 0.4900 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 2012: 0.9800
Aug 4, 2011 Oct 6, 2011 Oct 11, 2011 Nov 14, 2011 0.4800 U.S. Currency
May 19, 2011 Jul 7, 2011 Jul 11, 2011 Aug 8, 2011 0.4800 U.S. Currency
Feb 8, 2011 Apr 7, 2011 Apr 11, 2011 May 9, 2011 0.4800 U.S. Currency
Nov 4, 2010 Jan 6, 2011 Jan 10, 2011 Feb 14, 2011 0.4800 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 2011: 1.9200
Aug 3, 2010 Oct 7, 2010 Oct 12, 2010 Nov 8, 2010 0.4700 U.S. Currency
May 20, 2010 Jul 8, 2010 Jul 12, 2010 Aug 9, 2010 0.4700 U.S. Currency
Feb 4, 2010 Apr 8, 2010 Apr 12, 2010 May 10, 2010 0.4700 U.S. Currency
Nov 5, 2009 Jan 7, 2010 Jan 11, 2010 Feb 9, 2010 0.4700 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 2010: 1.8800
Aug 4, 2009 Oct 8, 2009 Oct 13, 2009 Nov 9, 2009 0.4600 U.S. Currency
May 21, 2009 Jul 9, 2009 Jul 13, 2009 Aug 10, 2009 0.4600 U.S. Currency
Feb 5, 2009 Apr 8, 2009 Apr 13, 2009 May 11, 2009 0.4600 U.S. Currency
Nov 5, 2008 Jan 8, 2009 Jan 12, 2009 Feb 9, 2009 0.4600 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 2009: 1.8400
Aug 5, 2008 Oct 9, 2008 Oct 14, 2008 Nov 10, 2008 0.4500 U.S. Currency
May 22, 2008 Jul 10, 2008 Jul 14, 2008 Aug 11, 2008 0.4500 U.S. Currency
Feb 5, 2008 Apr 10, 2008 Apr 14, 2008 May 12, 2008 0.4500 U.S. Currency
Nov 7, 2007 Jan 10, 2008 Jan 14, 2008 Feb 11, 2008 0.4500 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 2008: 1.8000
Aug 7, 2007 Oct 4, 2007 Oct 9, 2007 Nov 12, 2007 0.4400 U.S. Currency
May 17, 2007 Jul 5, 2007 Jul 9, 2007 Aug 13, 2007 0.4400 U.S. Currency
Feb 6, 2007 Apr 4, 2007 Apr 9, 2007 May 14, 2007 0.4400 U.S. Currency
Nov 2, 2006 Jan 4, 2007 Jan 8, 2007 Feb 12, 2007 0.4400 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 2007: 1.7600
Aug 1, 2006 Oct 5, 2006 Oct 10, 2006 Nov 13, 2006 0.4300 U.S. Currency
May 11, 2006 Jul 6, 2006 Jul 10, 2006 Aug 14, 2006 0.4300 U.S. Currency
Feb 7, 2006 Apr 6, 2006 Apr 10, 2006 May 8, 2006 0.4300 U.S. Currency
Nov 2, 2005 Jan 5, 2006 Jan 9, 2006 Feb 13, 2006 0.4300 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 2006: 1.7200
Aug 2, 2005 Oct 5, 2005 Oct 10, 2005 Nov 14, 2005 0.4200 U.S. Currency
May 12, 2005 Jul 7, 2005 Jul 11, 2005 Aug 8, 2005 0.4200 U.S. Currency
Feb 3, 2005 Apr 7, 2005 Apr 11, 2005 May 9, 2005 0.4200 U.S. Currency
Nov 4, 2004 Jan 6, 2005 Jan 10, 2005 Feb 14, 2005 0.4200 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 2005: 1.6800
Aug 5, 2004 Oct 6, 2004 Oct 11, 2004 Nov 8, 2004 0.3900 U.S. Currency
May 6, 2004 Jul 8, 2004 Jul 12, 2004 Aug 9, 2004 0.3900 U.S. Currency
Feb 5, 2004 Apr 7, 2004 Apr 12, 2004 May 10, 2004 0.3900 U.S. Currency
Dec 4, 2003 Jan 9, 2004 Jan 13, 2004 Feb 9, 2004 0.3900 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 2004: 1.5600
Aug 8, 2003 Oct 9, 2003 Oct 14, 2003 Nov 10, 2003 0.3600 U.S. Currency
May 1, 2003 Jul 10, 2003 Jul 14, 2003 Aug 11, 2003 0.3600 U.S. Currency
Feb 6, 2003 Apr 10, 2003 Apr 14, 2003 May 12, 2003 0.3600 U.S. Currency
Dec 5, 2002 Jan 9, 2003 Jan 13, 2003 Feb 10, 2003 0.3600 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 2003: 1.4400
Aug 1, 2002 Oct 10, 2002 Oct 15, 2002 Nov 12, 2002 0.3400 U.S. Currency
May 1, 2002 Jul 3, 2002 Jul 8, 2002 Aug 12, 2002 0.3400 U.S. Currency
Feb 7, 2002 Apr 4, 2002 Apr 8, 2002 May 13, 2002 0.3400 U.S. Currency
Dec 6, 2001 Jan 9, 2002 Jan 11, 2002 Feb 11, 2002 0.3400 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 2002: 1.3600
Aug 2, 2001 Oct 4, 2001 Oct 9, 2001 Nov 12, 2001 0.3200 U.S. Currency
May 3, 2001 Jul 5, 2001 Jul 9, 2001 Aug 13, 2001 0.3200 U.S. Currency
Feb 1, 2001 Apr 5, 2001 Apr 9, 2001 May 14, 2001 0.3200 U.S. Currency
Dec 8, 2000 Jan 4, 2001 Jan 8, 2001 Feb 12, 2001 0.3200 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 2001: 1.2800
Aug 10, 2000 Oct 4, 2000 Oct 9, 2000 Nov 13, 2000 0.3100 U.S. Currency
May 3, 2000 Jul 6, 2000 Jul 10, 2000 Aug 14, 2000 0.3100 U.S. Currency
Feb 3, 2000 Apr 6, 2000 Apr 10, 2000 May 8, 2000 0.3100 U.S. Currency
Dec 2, 1999 Jan 6, 2000 Jan 10, 2000 Feb 14, 2000 0.3100 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 2000: 1.2400
Aug 5, 1999 Oct 6, 1999 Oct 11, 1999 Nov 8, 1999 0.3000 U.S. Currency
May 5, 1999 Jul 8, 1999 Jul 12, 1999 Aug 9, 1999 0.3000 U.S. Currency
Feb 4, 1999 Apr 8, 1999 Apr 12, 1999 May 10, 1999 0.3000 U.S. Currency
Dec 3, 1998 Jan 7, 1999 Jan 11, 1999 Feb 8, 1999 0.3000 U.S. Currency
Dec 3, 1998   Feb 13, 1999   0.0593 Stock rights
Dec 3, 1998   Feb 13, 1999   0.0593 Stock rights
Dec 3, 1998   Feb 13, 1999   0.0593 Stock rights
Total dividends in 1999: 1.2000
Aug 6, 1998 Oct 7, 1998 Oct 12, 1998 Nov 2, 1998 0.2800 U.S. Currency
May 6, 1998 Jul 9, 1998 Jul 13, 1998 Aug 3, 1998 0.2800 U.S. Currency
Feb 5, 1998 Apr 8, 1998 Apr 13, 1998 May 4, 1998 0.2800 U.S. Currency
Dec 4, 1997 Jan 8, 1998 Jan 12, 1998 Feb 2, 1998 0.2800 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 1998: 1.1200
Aug 7, 1997 Oct 8, 1997 Oct 13, 1997 Nov 3, 1997 0.2650 U.S. Currency
Apr 30, 1997 Jul 10, 1997 Jul 14, 1997 Aug 4, 1997 0.2650 U.S. Currency
Feb 6, 1997 Apr 10, 1997 Apr 14, 1997 May 5, 1997 0.2650 U.S. Currency
Dec 5, 1996 Jan 9, 1997 Jan 13, 1997 Feb 3, 1997 0.2650 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 1997: 1.0600
Aug 2, 1996 Oct 9, 1996 Oct 14, 1996 Nov 4, 1996 0.2550 U.S. Currency
May 2, 1996 Jul 3, 1996 Jul 8, 1996 Aug 5, 1996 0.2550 U.S. Currency
Feb 13, 1996 Apr 3, 1996 Apr 8, 1996 May 6, 1996 0.2550 U.S. Currency
Dec 8, 1995 Jan 4, 1996 Jan 8, 1996 Feb 5, 1996 0.2550 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 1996: 1.0200
Aug 3, 1995 Oct 5, 1995 Oct 10, 1995 Nov 6, 1995 0.2500 U.S. Currency
May 4, 1995 Jul 6, 1995 Jul 10, 1995 Aug 7, 1995 0.2500 U.S. Currency
Feb 2, 1995 Apr 4, 1995 Apr 10, 1995 May 8, 1995 0.2500 U.S. Currency
Dec 1, 1994 Jan 3, 1995 Jan 9, 1995 Feb 6, 1995 0.2500 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 1995: 1.0000
Aug 4, 1994 Oct 4, 1994 Oct 11, 1994 Nov 7, 1994 0.2400 U.S. Currency
May 9, 1994 Jul 5, 1994 Jul 11, 1994 Aug 8, 1994 0.2400 U.S. Currency
Feb 7, 1994 Apr 5, 1994 Apr 11, 1994 May 9, 1994 0.2400 U.S. Currency
Dec 2, 1993 Jan 4, 1994 Jan 10, 1994 Feb 7, 1994 0.2400 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 1994: 0.9600
Aug 9, 1993 Oct 5, 1993 Oct 12, 1993 Nov 8, 1993 0.2200 U.S. Currency
May 7, 1993 Jul 6, 1993 Jul 12, 1993 Aug 9, 1993 0.2200 U.S. Currency
Feb 8, 1993 Apr 5, 1993 Apr 12, 1993 May 10, 1993 0.2200 U.S. Currency
Dec 4, 1992 Jan 5, 1993 Jan 11, 1993 Feb 8, 1993 0.2200 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 1993: 0.8800
Aug 10, 1992 Oct 6, 1992 Oct 13, 1992 Nov 9, 1992 0.2000 U.S. Currency
May 8, 1992 Jul 7, 1992 Jul 13, 1992 Aug 10, 1992 0.2000 U.S. Currency
Feb 10, 1992 Apr 7, 1992 Apr 13, 1992 May 11, 1992 0.2000 U.S. Currency
Dec 6, 1991 Jan 2, 1992 Dec 16, 1991 Dec 31, 1991   2 for 1 Stock Split
Dec 5, 1991 Jan 7, 1992 Jan 13, 1992 Feb 10, 1992 0.2000 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 1992: 0.8000
Aug 6, 1991 Sep 25, 1991 Oct 1, 1991 Nov 1, 1991 0.1802 U.S. Currency
May 6, 1991 Jun 25, 1991 Jul 1, 1991 Aug 1, 1991 0.1802 U.S. Currency
Feb 13, 1991 Mar 25, 1991 Apr 1, 1991 May 1, 1991 0.1802 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 1991: 0.5407
Dec 10, 1990 Dec 26, 1990 Jan 2, 1991 Feb 1, 1991 0.1802 U.S. Currency
Aug 7, 1990 Sep 25, 1990 Oct 1, 1990 Nov 1, 1990 0.1755 U.S. Currency
May 4, 1990 Jun 26, 1990 Jul 2, 1990 Aug 1, 1990 0.1755 U.S. Currency
Feb 2, 1990 Mar 27, 1990 Apr 2, 1990 May 1, 1990 0.1755 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 1990: 0.7067
Dec 11, 1989 Dec 26, 1989 Jan 2, 1990 Feb 1, 1990 0.1755 U.S. Currency
Aug 7, 1989 Sep 26, 1989 Oct 2, 1989 Nov 1, 1989 0.1660 U.S. Currency
May 5, 1989 Jun 27, 1989 Jul 3, 1989 Aug 1, 1989 0.1660 U.S. Currency
Feb 6, 1989 Mar 28, 1989 Apr 3, 1989 May 1, 1989 0.1660 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 1989: 0.6735
Dec 5, 1988 Dec 27, 1988 Jan 3, 1989 Feb 1, 1989 0.1660 U.S. Currency
Aug 8, 1988 Sep 27, 1988 Oct 3, 1988 Nov 1, 1988 0.1518 U.S. Currency
May 9, 1988 Jun 27, 1988 Jul 1, 1988 Aug 1, 1988 0.1518 U.S. Currency
Feb 8, 1988 Mar 25, 1988 Mar 31, 1988 May 2, 1988 0.1518 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 1988: 0.6213
Dec 4, 1987 Dec 28, 1987 Jan 4, 1988 Feb 1, 1988 0.1518 U.S. Currency
Aug 10, 1987 Sep 25, 1987 Oct 1, 1987 Nov 2, 1987 0.1375 U.S. Currency
May 8, 1987 Jun 25, 1987 Jul 1, 1987 Aug 3, 1987 0.1375 U.S. Currency
Feb 10, 1987 Mar 26, 1987 Apr 1, 1987 May 1, 1987 0.1375 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 1987: 0.5644
Dec 11, 1986 Dec 26, 1986 Jan 2, 1987 Feb 2, 1987 0.1281 U.S. Currency
Aug 8, 1986 Sep 25, 1986 Oct 1, 1986 Nov 3, 1986 0.1281 U.S. Currency
May 2, 1986 Jun 25, 1986 Jul 1, 1986 Aug 1, 1986 0.1281 U.S. Currency
Feb 7, 1986 Mar 25, 1986 Apr 1, 1986 May 1, 1986 0.1281 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 1986: 0.5122
Dec 6, 1985 Dec 26, 1985 Jan 2, 1986 Feb 3, 1986 0.1186 U.S. Currency
Aug 2, 1985 Sep 25, 1985 Oct 1, 1985 Nov 1, 1985 0.1186 U.S. Currency
May 6, 1985 Jun 25, 1985 Jul 1, 1985 Aug 1, 1985 0.1186 U.S. Currency
Feb 11, 1985 Mar 26, 1985 Apr 1, 1985 May 1, 1985 0.1186 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 1985: 0.4743
Dec 7, 1984 Dec 24, 1984 Dec 31, 1984 Feb 1, 1985 0.1091 U.S. Currency
Aug 6, 1984 Sep 25, 1984 Oct 1, 1984 Nov 1, 1984 0.1091 U.S. Currency
May 4, 1984 Jun 26, 1984 Jul 2, 1984 Aug 1, 1984 0.1091 U.S. Currency
Feb 3, 1984 Mar 27, 1984 Apr 2, 1984 May 1, 1984 0.1091 Cash dividend on increased shares
Feb 2, 1984 Mar 2, 1984 Feb 14, 1984 Mar 1, 1984   2 for 1 Stock Split
Total dividends in 1984: 0.4363
Dec 5, 1983 Dec 23, 1983 Dec 30, 1983 Feb 1, 1984 0.1043 U.S. Currency
Aug 4, 1983 Sep 27, 1983 Oct 3, 1983 Nov 1, 1983 0.1043 U.S. Currency
Apr 27, 1983 Jun 27, 1983 Jul 1, 1983 Aug 1, 1983 0.1043 U.S. Currency
Feb 4, 1983 Mar 25, 1983 Apr 1, 1983 May 2, 1983 0.1043 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 1983: 0.4174
Dec 6, 1982 Dec 28, 1982 Jan 3, 1983 Feb 1, 1983 0.0972 U.S. Currency
Aug 9, 1982 Sep 27, 1982 Oct 1, 1982 Nov 1, 1982 0.0972 U.S. Currency
May 7, 1982 Jun 25, 1982 Jul 1, 1982 Aug 2, 1982 0.0972 U.S. Currency
Feb 5, 1982 Mar 26, 1982 Apr 1, 1982 May 3, 1982 0.0972 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 1982: 0.3889
Dec 4, 1981 Dec 28, 1981 Jan 4, 1982 Feb 1, 1982 0.0901 U.S. Currency
Aug 10, 1981 Sep 25, 1981 Oct 1, 1981 Nov 2, 1981 0.0901 U.S. Currency
May 11, 1981 Jun 25, 1981 Jul 1, 1981 Aug 3, 1981 0.0901 U.S. Currency
Feb 6, 1981 Mar 26, 1981 Apr 1, 1981 May 1, 1981 0.0901 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 1981: 0.3604
Dec 5, 1980 Dec 26, 1980 Jan 2, 1981 Feb 2, 1981 0.0783 U.S. Currency
Aug 8, 1980 Sep 25, 1980 Oct 1, 1980 Nov 3, 1980 0.0783 U.S. Currency
May 2, 1980 Jun 25, 1980 Jul 1, 1980 Aug 1, 1980 0.0783 U.S. Currency
Feb 1, 1980 Mar 26, 1980 Apr 1, 1980 May 1, 1980 0.0783 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 1980: 0.3130
Dec 10, 1979 Dec 26, 1979 Jan 2, 1980 Feb 1, 1980 0.0711 U.S. Currency
Aug 1, 1979 Sep 25, 1979 Oct 1, 1979 Nov 1, 1979 0.0711 U.S. Currency
May 3, 1979 Jun 26, 1979 Jul 2, 1979 Aug 1, 1979 0.0711 U.S. Currency
Feb 2, 1979 Mar 27, 1979 Apr 2, 1979 May 1, 1979 0.0711 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 1979: 0.2846
Dec 7, 1978 Dec 26, 1978 Jan 2, 1978 Feb 1, 1978 0.0617 U.S. Currency
Aug 10, 1978 Sep 26, 1978 Oct 2, 1978 Nov 1, 1978 0.0617 U.S. Currency
May 4, 1978 Jun 27, 1978 Jul 3, 1978 Aug 1, 1978 0.0617 U.S. Currency
Jan 31, 1978 Mar 28, 1978 Apr 3, 1978 May 1, 1978 0.0617 U.S. Currency
Jan 31, 1978 Mar 6, 1978 Feb 10, 1978 Mar 3, 1978   2 for 1 Stock Split
Total dividends in 1978: 0.2466
Nov 18, 1977 Dec 27, 1977 Jan 3, 1978 Feb 1, 1978 0.0557 U.S. Currency
Jul 29, 1977 Sep 27, 1977 Oct 3, 1977 Nov 1, 1977 0.0557 U.S. Currency
Jun 2, 1977 Jun 27, 1977 Jul 1, 1977 Aug 1, 1977 0.0557 U.S. Currency
Feb 18, 1977 Mar 28, 1977 Apr 1, 1977 May 2, 1977 0.0557 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 1977: 0.2229
Nov 19, 1976 Dec 28, 1976 Jan 3, 1977 Feb 1, 1977 0.0462 U.S. Currency
Jul 30, 1976 Sep 27, 1976 Oct 1, 1976 Nov 1, 1976 0.0391 U.S. Currency
Jan 30, 1976 Mar 29, 1976 Apr 2, 1976 May 3, 1976 0.0332 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 1976: 0.1186
Dec 5, 1975 Dec 26, 1975 Jan 2, 1976 Feb 2, 1976 0.0332 U.S. Currency
Nov 12, 1975 Nov 12, 1975 Oct 21, 1975 Nov 11, 1975   2 for 1 Stock Split
Aug 1, 1975 Sep 29, 1975 Oct 3, 1975 Nov 3, 1975 0.0332 U.S. Currency
Apr 30, 1975 Jun 28, 1975 Jul 2, 1975 Aug 2, 1975 0.0196 U.S. Currency
Apr 25, 1975 Jun 27, 1975 Jul 3, 1975 Aug 1, 1975 0.0296 U.S. Currency
Jan 24, 1975 Mar 27, 1975 Apr 3, 1975 May 1, 1975 0.0296 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 1975: 0.1452
Dec 13, 1974 Dec 27, 1974 Jan 2, 1975 Jan 16, 1975 0.0296 U.S. Currency
Sep 16, 1974 Sep 30, 1974 Oct 4, 1974 Oct 18, 1974 0.0296 U.S. Currency
Jun 13, 1974 Jun 27, 1974 Jul 5, 1974 Jul 17, 1974 0.0261 U.S. Currency
Mar 14, 1974 Mar 28, 1974 Apr 3, 1974 Apr 17, 1974 0.0261 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 1974: 0.1115
Nov 30, 1973 Dec 28, 1973 Jan 4, 1974 Feb 1, 1974 0.0261 U.S. Currency
Aug 31, 1973 Sep 28, 1973 Oct 4, 1973 Nov 1, 1973 0.0261 U.S. Currency
Jun 1, 1973 Jun 27, 1973 Jul 3, 1973 Aug 1, 1973 0.0243 U.S. Currency
Mar 2, 1973 Mar 28, 1973 Apr 3, 1973 May 1, 1973 0.0243 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 1973: 0.1008
Dec 8, 1972 Dec 29, 1972 Jan 5, 1973 Feb 1, 1973 0.0231 U.S. Currency
Sep 1, 1972 Sep 26, 1972 Oct 2, 1972 Nov 1, 1972 0.0231 U.S. Currency
Jun 5, 1972 Jun 27, 1972 Jul 3, 1972 Aug 1, 1972 0.0231 U.S. Currency
Feb 18, 1972 Mar 27, 1972 Apr 3, 1972 May 1, 1972 0.0231 U.S. Currency
Dec 3, 1971 Jan 3, 1972 Jan 7, 1972 Feb 1, 1972 0.0222 U.S. Currency
Total dividends in 1972: 0.1147

The historical dividend information provided is for informational purposes only, and is not intended for trading purposes. The historical dividend information is provided by Mergent, a third party service, and Universal Corporation does not maintain or provide information directly to this service. Total dividends per year is based on the dividend ex-date.

Stock Quote (NYSE: UVV)
Price:
44.33
Change:
- 0.47
Day High:
44.95
Day Low:
44.33
Volume:
93,800
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