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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-15-077928
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150304
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150305
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150305

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ALTRIA GROUP, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000764180
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CIGARETTES [2111]
		IRS NUMBER:				133260245
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			VA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08940
		FILM NUMBER:		15675852

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6601 WEST BROAD STREET
		CITY:			RICHMOND
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			23230
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(804) 274-2200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6601 WEST BROAD STREET
		CITY:			RICHMOND
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			23230

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ALTRIA GROUP INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20030127

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PHILIP MORRIS COMPANIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM 8-K
</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant
to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March&nbsp;4, 2015 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ALTRIA GROUP, INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>13-3260245</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction</B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>6601 West Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia</B></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: (804)&nbsp;274-2200 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;7.01.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Regulation FD Disclosure. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On March&nbsp;5, 2015, Altria Group, Inc. issued the press release attached
as Exhibit 99.2 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in Item&nbsp;7.01 of
this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.2 hereto, shall not be deemed &#147;filed&#148; for the purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section.
The information in Item&nbsp;7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific
reference in such filing or document. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Other Events. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Pricing of Tender Offer </U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On March&nbsp;4, 2015, Altria Group, Inc. (&#147;Altria&#148;) issued a press release announcing the reference yield and total consideration for its previously
announced cash tender offer (the &#147;Tender Offer&#148;) for any and all of its senior unsecured 9.700% Notes due 2018 (the &#147;Notes&#148;). A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Expiration of Tender Offer </U></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On March&nbsp;5, 2015,
Altria issued a press release announcing the expiration of the Tender Offer. The Tender Offer expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Wednesday, March&nbsp;4, 2015. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.2 hereto and is
incorporated herein by reference, except for the section &#147;2015 First Quarter Charge and Full-Year EPS Guidance.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Current Report on Form
8-K is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of offers to buy any securities. The Tender Offer was made only pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, the related Letter of Transmittal and the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>2015 First Quarter Charge and Full-Year EPS Guidance </U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Altria will record a one-time, pre-tax charge against reported earnings in the first quarter of 2015 of approximately $230 million, or $0.07 per share,
reflecting the loss on early extinguishment of debt related to the Tender Offer. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Altria reaffirms its previously announced guidance that its 2015
full-year adjusted diluted earnings per share (&#147;EPS&#148;) growth rate is expected to be in the range of 7% to 9% over 2014 full-year adjusted diluted EPS. This forecasted growth rate excludes the net expenses in the table below. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The factors described in the Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements section of the press release attached as Exhibit 99.2 hereto represent continuing risks
to this forecast. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="8"> <P STYLE="margin-left:2.00em; text-indent:-2.00em; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SUP> The 2015 amount represents
a provision that will be recorded by Philip Morris USA Inc. (&#147;PM USA&#148;) in the first quarter of 2015 related to PM USA&#146;s previously announced tentative agreement to resolve approximately 415 pending federal <I>Engle</I> progeny
cases.</P></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Altria reports its financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (&#147;GAAP&#148;).
Altria&#146;s management reviews certain financial results, including diluted EPS, on an adjusted basis, which exclude certain income and expense items that management believes are not part of underlying operations. These items may include, for
example, loss on early extinguishment of debt, restructuring charges, SABMiller plc (&#147;SABMiller&#148;) special items, certain tax items, charges associated with tobacco and health litigation items, and settlements of, and determinations made in
connection with, certain non-participating manufacturer (&#147;NPM&#148;) adjustment disputes (such settlements and determinations are referred to collectively as &#147;NPM Adjustment Items&#148;). Altria&#146;s management does not view any of these
special items to be part of Altria&#146;s sustainable results as they may be highly variable, are difficult to predict and can distort underlying business trends and results. Altria&#146;s management believes that these adjusted financial measures
provide useful insight into underlying business trends and results and provide a more meaningful comparison of year-over-year results. Altria&#146;s management uses adjusted financial measures for planning, forecasting and evaluating business and
financial performance, including allocating resources and evaluating results relative to employee compensation targets. These adjusted financial measures are not consistent with GAAP, and should thus be considered as supplemental in nature and not
considered in isolation or as a substitute for the related financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Altria&#146;s full-year adjusted
diluted EPS guidance excludes the impact of certain income and expense items, including those items noted in the preceding paragraph. Altria&#146;s management cannot estimate on a forward-looking basis the impact of these items on Altria&#146;s
reported diluted EPS because these items, which could be significant, are difficult to predict and may be highly variable. As a result, Altria does not provide a corresponding GAAP measure for, or reconciliation to, its adjusted diluted EPS
guidance. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Altria Group, Inc. Press Release, dated March 5, 2015 (furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 and, except for the section &#147;2015 First Quarter Charge and Full-Year EPS Guidance&#148;, filed pursuant to Item 8.01)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ W. HILDEBRANDT SURGNER, JR.</P></TD></TR>
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</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">DATE: March&nbsp;5, 2015 </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Altria Group, Inc. Press Release, dated March&nbsp;4, 2015 (filed pursuant to Item&nbsp;8.01)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Altria Group, Inc. Press Release, dated March 5, 2015 (furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 and, except for the section &#147;2015 First Quarter Charge and Full-Year EPS Guidance&#148;, filed pursuant to Item 8.01)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">RICHMOND, Va. &#150; March&nbsp;4, 2015 &#150; Altria Group, Inc. (Altria) (NYSE: MO) today announces the reference yield and total
consideration for its previously announced cash tender offer for any and all of its senior unsecured 9.700% Notes due 2018 (the &#147;Notes&#148;). The terms and conditions of the tender offer are described in the Offer to Purchase, dated
February&nbsp;26, 2015, the related Letter of Transmittal and the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For Notes validly tendered and not
validly withdrawn at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, today, March&nbsp;4, 2015 (the &#147;Expiration Time&#148;), and accepted for purchase, the total consideration per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes (the &#147;Total
Consideration&#148;) is the price (calculated in accordance with standard market practice) determined as described in the Offer to Purchase by reference to a yield to maturity equal to the sum of (i)&nbsp;the yield to maturity for the United States
Treasury (&#147;UST&#148;) Reference Security specified in the table below, calculated based on the bid-side price of such UST Reference Security as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, today, March&nbsp;4, 2015, plus (ii)&nbsp;a fixed spread of 65
basis points. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="4" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Outstanding<BR>Principal</B><br><B>Amount</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="4" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>U.S.&nbsp;Treasury<BR>Reference<BR>Security</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="4" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>U.S.&nbsp;Treasury<BR>Reference<BR>Yield</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="4" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Fixed <BR>Spread<BR>(bps)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">9.700% Notes due 2018</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="4" ALIGN="center">02209SAD5</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1,656,182,000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="4" ALIGN="center">1.000%&nbsp;due<BR>02/15/2018</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="4" ALIGN="center">1.065%</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1,282.76</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Per $1,000 principal amount of Notes accepted for purchase. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, holders whose Notes
are purchased in the tender offer will be paid accrued and unpaid interest on their purchased Notes from the last interest payment date up to, but not including, the payment date for such purchased Notes. Assuming that the tender offer expires at
the Expiration Time, and the conditions to the tender offer are satisfied or waived, Altria expects the payment for the purchased Notes to be made on March&nbsp;9, 2015. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Information Relating to the Tender Offer </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC are acting as the
Dealer Managers for the tender offer. Investors with questions may contact Barclays Capital Inc. at (800)&nbsp;438-3242 (toll-free) or (212)&nbsp;528-7581 (collect), Citigroup Global Markets Inc. at (800)&nbsp;558-3745 (toll-free) or
(212)&nbsp;723-6106 (collect) and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at (800)&nbsp;834-4666 (toll-free) or (212)&nbsp;834-4811 (collect). Global Bondholder Services Corporation is the Information Agent and Depositary and can be contacted at the following
numbers: banks and brokers can call (212)&nbsp;430-3774 (collect), and all others can call (866)&nbsp;470-3900 (toll-free). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">6601 West
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are available at the following web address: http://www.gbsc-usa.com/Altria/ </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This press release is neither an offer to sell nor a
solicitation of offers to buy any securities. The tender offer is being made only pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, the related Letter of Transmittal and the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. The tender offer is not being made to holders of Notes in
any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction. None of Altria, the Dealer Managers, the Depositary, the Information Agent or the trustee for the
Notes makes any recommendation in connection with the tender offer. Please refer to the Offer to Purchase for a description of offer terms, conditions, disclaimers and other information applicable to the tender offer. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Altria&#146;s Profile </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Altria&#146;s wholly-owned subsidiaries include Philip Morris USA Inc., U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC, John Middleton Co., Nu Mark LLC,
Ste. Michelle Wine Estates Ltd. (&#147;Ste. Michelle&#148;) and Philip Morris Capital Corporation. Altria holds a continuing economic and voting interest in SABMiller plc. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The brand portfolios of Altria&#146;s tobacco operating companies include <I>Marlboro&reg;</I>, <I>Black&nbsp;&amp; Mild&reg;</I>,
<I>Copenhagen&reg;</I>, <I>Skoal&reg;</I>, <I>MarkTen&reg;</I> and <I>Green Smoke&reg;</I>. Ste. Michelle produces and markets premium wines sold under various labels, including <I>Chateau Ste. Michelle&reg;</I>, <I>Columbia Crest&reg;</I>, <I>14
Hands&reg;</I> and <I>Stag&#146;s Leap Wine Cellars&#153;</I>, and it imports and markets <I>Antinori&reg;</I>, <I>Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte&#153;</I>, <I>Torres&reg;</I> and <I>Villa Maria Estate&#153; </I>products in the United States.
Trademarks and service marks related to Altria referenced in this release are the property of Altria or its subsidiaries or are used with permission. More information about Altria is available at altria.com and on the Altria Investor app. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">RICHMOND, Va. &#150; March&nbsp;5, 2015 &#150; Altria Group, Inc. (Altria) (NYSE: MO) announces the expiration of its previously announced
cash tender offer for any and all of its senior unsecured 9.700% Notes due 2018 (the &#147;Notes&#148;). The terms and conditions of the tender offer are described in the Offer to Purchase, dated February&nbsp;26, 2015, the related Letter of
Transmittal and the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The tender offer for the Notes expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Wednesday,
March&nbsp;4, 2015 (the &#147;Expiration Time&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">According to information provided by Global Bondholder Services Corporation, the
Depositary and Information Agent for the tender offer, $792,538,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes was validly tendered at or prior to the Expiration Time and not validly withdrawn, which amount includes $81,000 aggregate principal amount
of the outstanding Notes that remain subject to guaranteed delivery procedures. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="4" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>CUSIP&nbsp;Number</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="4" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Outstanding<BR>Principal</B><br><B>Amount</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="4" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Principal<BR>Amount<BR>Tendered*</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="4" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>U.S.&nbsp;Treasury<BR>Reference<BR>Security</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="4" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>U.S.&nbsp;Treasury<BR>Reference<BR>Yield</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="4" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Fixed<BR>Spread<BR>(bps)</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">9.700% Notes due 2018</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="4" ALIGN="center">02209SAD5</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" >&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1,656,182,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" >&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">792,538,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="4" ALIGN="center">1.000%&nbsp;due<BR>02/15/2018</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="4" ALIGN="center">1.065%</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">65</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" >&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1,282.76</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">*</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Includes Notes subject to guaranteed delivery procedures. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">**</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Per $1,000 principal amount of Notes accepted for purchase. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Altria expects to accept for
purchase all Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to the Expiration Time. The conditions to the tender offer have been satisfied, therefore, Altria expects the payment for the purchased Notes, including Notes delivered in
accordance with guaranteed delivery procedures, to be made on March&nbsp;9, 2015. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, holders whose Notes are purchased in the
tender offer will be paid accrued and unpaid interest on their purchased Notes from the last interest payment date up to, but not including, the payment date for such purchased Notes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC have acted as the
Dealer Managers for the tender offer. Investors with questions may contact Barclays Capital Inc. at (800)&nbsp;438-3242 (toll-free) or (212)&nbsp;528-7581 (collect), Citigroup Global Markets Inc. at (800)&nbsp;558-3745 (toll-free) or
(212)&nbsp;723-6106 (collect) and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at (800)&nbsp;834-4666 (toll-free) or (212)&nbsp;834-4811 (collect). Global Bondholder Services Corporation is the Information Agent and Depositary and can be contacted at the following
numbers: banks and brokers can call (212)&nbsp;430-3774 (collect), and all others can call (866)&nbsp;470-3900 (toll-free). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">6601 West
Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23230 </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This press release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of offers to buy any
securities. The tender offer was made only pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, the related Letter of Transmittal and the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. The tender offer was not made to holders of Notes in any jurisdiction in which the making or
acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction. Please refer to the Offer to Purchase for a description of offer terms, conditions, disclaimers and other information applicable to the
tender offer. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>2015 First Quarter Charge and Full-Year EPS Guidance </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based on the Total Consideration specified in the table above and the amount of Notes validly tendered and expected to be accepted for
purchase, Altria will record a one-time, pre-tax charge against reported earnings in the first quarter of 2015 of approximately $230 million, or $0.07 per share, reflecting the loss on early extinguishment of debt related to the tender offer (the
&#147;Charge&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Altria reaffirms its previously announced guidance for 2015 full-year adjusted diluted EPS to be in the range of
$2.75 to $2.80, which excludes the Charge as well as an approximate $0.02 per share provision that will be recorded by Philip Morris USA Inc. (&#147;PM USA&#148;) in the first quarter of 2015, related to PM USA&#146;s previously announced tentative
agreement to resolve approximately 415 pending federal <I>Engle</I> progeny cases. The 2015 full-year adjusted diluted EPS guidance range represents a growth rate of 7% to 9% from an adjusted diluted EPS base of $2.57 in 2014, which excluded the
special items in the table below. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The factors described in the Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements section of this release
represent continuing risks to this forecast. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Altria&#146;s Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share </B></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Reported diluted EPS</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>$</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><B>2.56</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(0.03</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Loss on early extinguishment of debt</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.02</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Asset impairment, exit, integration and acquisition-related costs</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.01</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SABMiller special items</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.01</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Tax items</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(0.01</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Tobacco and health litigation items</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.01</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Adjusted diluted EPS</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>$</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><B>2.57</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Non-GAAP Financial Measures </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Altria reports its financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (&#147;GAAP&#148;). Altria&#146;s
management reviews certain financial results, including diluted EPS, on an adjusted basis, which exclude certain income and expense items that management believes are not part of underlying operations. These items may include, for example, loss on
early extinguishment of debt, restructuring charges, SABMiller plc </P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">2 </P>


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(&#147;SABMiller&#148;) special items, certain tax items, charges associated with tobacco and health litigation items, and settlements of, and determinations made in connection with, certain
non-participating manufacturer (&#147;NPM&#148;) adjustment disputes (such settlements and determinations are referred to collectively as &#147;NPM Adjustment Items&#148;). Altria&#146;s management does not view any of these special items to be part
of Altria&#146;s sustainable results as they may be highly variable, are difficult to predict and can distort underlying business trends and results. Altria&#146;s management believes that these adjusted financial measures provide useful insight
into underlying business trends and results and provide a more meaningful comparison of year-over-year results. Altria&#146;s management uses adjusted financial measures for planning, forecasting and evaluating business and financial performance,
including allocating resources and evaluating results relative to employee compensation targets. These adjusted financial measures are not consistent with GAAP, and should thus be considered as supplemental in nature and not considered in isolation
or as a substitute for the related financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Altria&#146;s full-year adjusted diluted EPS
guidance excludes the impact of certain income and expense items, including those items noted in the preceding paragraph. Altria&#146;s management cannot estimate on a forward-looking basis the impact of these items on Altria&#146;s reported diluted
EPS because these items, which could be significant, are difficult to predict and may be highly variable. As a result, Altria does not provide a corresponding GAAP measure for, or reconciliation to, its adjusted diluted EPS guidance. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Altria&#146;s Profile </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Altria&#146;s wholly-owned subsidiaries include PM USA, U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC (&#147;USSTC&#148;), John Middleton Co., Nu Mark
LLC, Ste. Michelle Wine Estates Ltd. (&#147;Ste. Michelle&#148;) and Philip Morris Capital Corporation. Altria holds a continuing economic and voting interest in SABMiller. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The brand portfolios of Altria&#146;s tobacco operating companies include <I>Marlboro&reg;</I>, <I>Black&nbsp;&amp; Mild&reg;</I>,
<I>Copenhagen&reg;</I>, <I>Skoal&reg;</I>, <I>MarkTen&reg;</I> and <I>Green Smoke&reg;</I>. Ste. Michelle produces and markets premium wines sold under various labels, including <I>Chateau Ste. Michelle&reg;</I>, <I>Columbia Crest&reg;</I>, <I>14
Hands&reg;</I> and <I>Stag&#146;s Leap Wine Cellars&#153;</I>, and it imports and markets <I>Antinori&reg;</I>, <I>Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte&#153;</I>, <I>Torres&reg;</I> and <I>Villa Maria Estate&#153; </I>products in the United States.
Trademarks and service marks related to Altria referenced in this release are the property of Altria or its subsidiaries or are used with permission. More information about Altria is available at altria.com and on the Altria Investor app. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This press release contains projections of future results and other forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties
and are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Important factors that may
cause actual results and outcomes to differ materially from those contained in the projections and forward-looking statements included in this press release are described in Altria&#146;s publicly filed reports, including its Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2014. </P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">3 </P>


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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">These factors include the following: significant competition; changes in adult consumer
preferences and demand for Altria&#146;s operating companies&#146; products; fluctuations in raw material availability, quality and price; reliance on key facilities and suppliers; reliance on critical information systems, many of which are managed
by third-party service providers; fluctuations in levels of customer inventories; the effects of global, national and local economic and market conditions; changes to income tax laws; federal, state and local legislative activity, including actual
and potential federal and state excise tax increases; increasing marketing and regulatory restrictions; the effects of price increases related to excise tax increases and concluded tobacco litigation settlements on trade inventories, consumption
rates and consumer preferences within price segments; health concerns relating to the use of tobacco products and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke; privately imposed smoking restrictions; and, from time to time, governmental investigations.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Furthermore, the results of Altria&#146;s tobacco businesses are dependent upon their continued ability to promote brand equity
successfully; to anticipate and respond to evolving adult consumer preferences; to develop, manufacture, market and distribute products that appeal to adult tobacco consumers (including, where appropriate, through arrangements with, and investments
in, third parties); to improve productivity; and to protect or enhance margins through cost savings and price increases. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Altria and its
tobacco businesses are also subject to federal, state and local government regulation, including broad-based regulation of PM USA and USSTC by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Altria and its subsidiaries continue to be subject to litigation,
including risks associated with adverse jury and judicial determinations, courts reaching conclusions at variance with the companies&#146; understanding of applicable law, bonding requirements in the limited number of jurisdictions that do not limit
the dollar amount of appeal bonds and certain challenges to bond cap statutes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Altria cautions that the foregoing list of important
factors is not complete and does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements that it may make except as required by applicable law. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to Altria or any person acting on
its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements referenced above. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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