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Universal Corporation's Hartwell H. Roper to Retire as CFO 

David C. Moore Named Successor
Jump to full article: PR Newswire, 2007-12-11
Author: SOURCE Universal Corporation

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Hartwell H. Roper, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Universal Corporation (NYSE: UVV), has announced his plans to retire effective August 31, 2008. The Board of Directors has elected David C. Moore, currently Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, to succeed Mr. Roper as Chief Financial Officer as of September 1, 2008.

Mr. Moore has been with Universal since 1978, and began his career in the areas of finance and international operations. He served the company in assignments of increasing complexity and responsibility, which included oversight of the company's European offices from 1999 to 2005, and became Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of Universal Corporation in April 2006.

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