<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001182489-16-001102.txt : 20160523
<SEC-HEADER>0001182489-16-001102.hdr.sgml : 20160523
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20160523162810
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001182489-16-001102
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160519
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160523
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160523

ISSUER:		

	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

	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

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MUNOZ GEORGE
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001238129

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08940
		FILM NUMBER:		161669364

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O MARRIOTT INTERNATONAL INC
		STREET 2:		10400 FERNWOOD ROAD
		CITY:			BETHESDA
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			20817
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    <periodOfReport>2016-05-19</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>ALTRIA GROUP, INC.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>MO</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <isOther>0</isOther>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionAmounts>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
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                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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        <footnote id="F1">Deferred stock awarded under the 2015 Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes 28,697 deferred shares held under the Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, including an increase of 2,687 shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends since May 20, 2015, the date of the last reportable transaction.  The deferred share balance reflects the distribution of 37,571 previously deferred shares under the Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors to the reporting person's personal holdings on a specified date as elected by the participant.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Phantom stock units convert to the cash value of the issuer's common stock on a 1-for-1 basis.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">No share equivalents acquired or disposed.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The participant will receive distributions of phantom stock units in cash either prior to or following termination of service as a member of the issuer's board of directors, as elected by the participant.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Share equivalents held in the Deferred Fee Plan for Non-Employee Directors.  This includes an increase of 469 share equivalents acquired through the reinvestment of dividends since May 20, 2015, the date of the last reportable transaction.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>W. Hildebrandt Surgner, Jr.  for George Munoz</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-05-23</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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