EX-23.2 3 dex232.htm CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM - ERNST & YOUNG LLP Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm - Ernst & Young LLP

EXHIBIT 23.2

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 33-21781) pertaining to the Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan of Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Incorporated and Designated Affiliated Companies of our report dated June 24, 2005, with respect to the statement of net assets available for benefits of the Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan of Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Incorporated and Designated Affiliated Companies as of December 31, 2004 included in this Annual Report (Form 11-K) for the year ended December 31, 2005.

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Richmond, Virginia

June 19, 2006