Universal Corporation (UVV) Q4 2026 Earnings Call

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Thank you for standing by. My name is Gail, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Universal Corporation's fourth quarter fiscal year 2026 earnings call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question during this time, simply press star followed by the number one on your telephone keypad. If you would like to withdraw your question, simply press star one again. I would now like to turn the conference over to Wushma. Vice President and Treasurer, you may begin. Good morning, and thank you for joining us. With me today are President Wigner, our Chairman, President, and CEO, and Steve Deal, our recently appointed Chief Financial Officer. During the course of this call, we will be making forward-looking statements that are based on our current knowledge and some assumptions about the future. These are representative as of today only. Actual results, performance, or achievements could differ materially from the anticipated results, prospects, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. And we assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements except as required by law. For information on some of the risks and uncertainties related to these forward-looking statements, please refer to the reports we filed with the ICC and under cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements in our current earnings price release. Finally, some of the information we have filled today may be based on unaudited allocations and may be subject to reclassification. Our comments today may also include certain non-GAAP financial measures. For detai...