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THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC

THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC filed a Q4 report for UNIVERSAL CORPORATION on January 20, 2026, reporting $30,000 in lobbying income.

Lobbying for UNIVERSAL CORPORATION · Provides agronomy support, research and financing to tobacco farmers

All filings by THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC · Everything UNIVERSAL CORPORATION has reported

Filing · LD-2 quarterly report Q4 report

Reporting period

4th Quarter 2025

Oct 1 - Dec 31 · Posted Jan 20, 2026

Income

$30,000

What the client paid this registrant for the period.

Client based in

Virginia

Official filing document

Government bodies contacted 2

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when. Each name opens every filing that named the same body.

Lobbying activity 5

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Monitored discussions involving taxation of tobacco products Monitored discussions involving international taxation Monitored discussions involving taxation of nicotine Monitored executive branch nominations to federal agencies and commissions

Tobacco

Monitored discussions related to the regulation of cigars

Agriculture

Monitored the Farm Bill Reauthorization

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Monitored legislation related to labor in agriculture

Trade (domestic/foreign)

Discussions involving S. 2958, a bill to extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act Monitored discussions regarding tariffs and trade Monitored executive branch nominations to federal agencies and commissions

Bills named in this filing 1

S. 2958
AGOA Extension and Bilateral Engagement Act of 2025

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.