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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-16-714183
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160919
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160920
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160920

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:		161893045

	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="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<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) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of 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):&nbsp;September 19, 2016 </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>Virginia</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" 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) 274-2200 </B></P>
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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 September 20, 2016, Altria Group, Inc. (&#147;Altria&#148;) issued the
press release attached as Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated by reference in this Current Report on Form 8-K. </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 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.2, shall not be deemed &#147;filed&#148; for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that section.&nbsp;The information in Item 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 September 19, 2016, Altria 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 9.95% Notes due 2038 (the &#147;2038 Notes&#148;) and any and all of its senior unsecured 10.20% Notes due 2039 (the &#147;2039 Notes&#148; and, together with the 2038 Notes, the
&#147;Notes&#148;).&nbsp;A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference in this Current Report on Form 8-K. </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 September 20, 2016, Altria
issued a press release announcing that the Tender Offer expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Monday, September 19, 2016.&nbsp;A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated by reference in this Current Report on
Form 8-K, except for the section &#147;2016 Third Quarter Charge and 2016 Full-Year Earnings and Tax Rate 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.&nbsp;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>2016 Third Quarter Charge and 2016 Full-Year Earnings and Tax Rate 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 third quarter of 2016 of approximately $825 million, or $0.28 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; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Altria reaffirms its previously announced
guidance that its 2016 full-year adjusted diluted earnings per share (&#147;EPS&#148;) growth rate is expected to be in the range of 7.5% to 9.5% over 2015 full-year adjusted diluted EPS.&nbsp;This forecasted growth rate excludes the Charge and the
net expenses in the table below.&nbsp;Altria expects that its 2016 full-year effective tax rate on operations will increase from approximately 35.3% to 35.4% due to a reduction in certain consolidated tax benefits resulting from the Tender
Offer.&nbsp;These forecasts do not include any impact from the </P>
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proposed Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (&#147;AB InBev&#148;) and SABMiller plc (&#147;SABMiller&#148;) business combination, including effects of Altria&#146;s expected one-quarter lag in reporting
its share of the combined businesses&#146; results, as the transaction remains subject to certain approvals.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Altria&#146;s full-year adjusted diluted
EPS guidance and full-year forecast for its effective tax rate on operations exclude the impact of certain income and expense items that management believes are not part of underlying operations.&nbsp;These items may include, for example, loss on
early extinguishment of debt, restructuring charges, SABMiller 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;). </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Altria&#146;s management cannot estimate on a forward-looking basis the impact of certain income and expense items, including those items noted in the
preceding paragraph, on its reported diluted EPS and its reported effective tax rate 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 (as
defined below) measure for, or reconciliation to, its adjusted diluted EPS guidance or its effective tax rate on operations forecast. </I></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 represent continuing risks to this forecast. </P>
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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;).&nbsp;Altria&#146;s management reviews certain financial results, including diluted EPS, on an adjusted basis, which excludes certain income and expense items, including those items noted above.&nbsp;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.&nbsp;Altria&#146;s management also reviews income
tax rates on an adjusted basis.&nbsp;Altria&#146;s effective tax rate on operations may exclude certain tax items from its reported effective tax rate.&nbsp;Altria&#146;s management believes that adjusted financial measures provide useful insight
into underlying business trends and results and provide a more meaningful </P>
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comparison of year-over-year results.&nbsp;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.&nbsp;These adjusted financial measures are not consistent with GAAP and may not be calculated the same as similarly titled measures used by other
companies.&nbsp;These adjusted financial measures 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>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Altria Group, Inc. Press Release, dated September 20, 2016 (furnished under Item 7.01 and, except for the section &#147;2016 Third Quarter Charge and 2016 Full-Year Earnings and Tax Rate Guidance,&#148; filed under 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="bottom"> <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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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Corporate Secretary and</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Senior Assistant
General Counsel</P></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">DATE: September 20, 2016 </P>
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 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>ALTRIA ANNOUNCES CONSIDERATION FOR CASH TENDER OFFER </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">RICHMOND, Va. &#150; September 19, 2016 &#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 9.95% Notes due 2038 (the &#147;2038 Notes&#148;) and any and all of its senior unsecured 10.20% Notes due 2039 (the &#147;2039 Notes&#148; and,
together with the 2038 Notes, the &#147;Notes&#148;).&nbsp;The terms and conditions of the tender offer are described in the Offer to Purchase, dated September 13, 2016 and the related Letter of Transmittal and 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, September 19, 2016 (the
&#147;Expiration Time&#148;), and accepted for purchase, the applicable total consideration per $1,000 principal amount of each series of Notes (for each series of Notes, the &#147;Total Consideration&#148;) is the price (calculated in accordance
with standard market practice) determined as described in the Offer to Purchase by reference to a yield to maturity equal to the sum of (i) the yield to maturity for the United States Treasury (&#147;UST&#148;) Reference Security specified in the
table below, calculated based on the bid-side price of such UST Reference Security as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, today, September 19, 2016, plus (ii) the applicable fixed spread specified in the table below.</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Outstanding<BR>Principal<BR>Amount</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>U.S.&nbsp;Treasury<BR>Reference<BR>Security</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>U.S.&nbsp;Treasury<BR>Reference<BR>Yield</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">9.95% Notes due 2038</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">02209SAE3</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right">682,321,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">2.500%&nbsp;due<BR>05/15/2046</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right">2.443</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top">%&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right">167</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right">1,842.71</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">10.20% Notes due 2039</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">02209SAH6</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right">717,708,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">2.500% due<BR>05/15/2046</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right">2.443</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top">%&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right">167</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right">1,884.63</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 applicable interest payment date up to, but not including, the payment date for such purchased Notes.&nbsp;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 September 22, 2016. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Note Issuance </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On September 16,
2016, Altria completed an underwritten public offering of senior unsecured notes in aggregate principal amount sufficient to satisfy the financing condition described in the Offer to Purchase.&nbsp;The tender offer is subject to the satisfaction or
waiver of certain other conditions, as specified in the Offer to Purchase. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs &amp; Co., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC are acting as the Dealer
Managers for the tender offer.&nbsp;Investors with questions may contact Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. at (866) 627-0391 (toll-free) or (212) 250-2955 (collect) and Goldman, Sachs &amp; Co. at (800) 828-3182 (toll-free) or (212) 357-1039
(collect).&nbsp;Global Bondholder Services Corporation is the Information Agent and Depositary and can be contacted at the following numbers: banks and brokers can call (212) 430-3774 (collect), and all others can call (866) 470-3900 (toll-free).
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Copies of the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal and Notice of Guaranteed Delivery are available at the following
web address:&nbsp;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 and the related Letter of Transmittal and 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</I><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP>, <I>Black &amp; Mild</I><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP>, <I>Copenhagen</I><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP>, <I>Skoal</I><SUP
STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP>, <I>MarkTen</I><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP> and <I>Green Smoke</I><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP>. Ste. Michelle produces and markets
premium wines sold under various labels, including <I>Chateau Ste. Michelle</I><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP>, <I>Columbia Crest</I><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP>, <I>14 Hands</I><SUP
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<I>Antinori</I><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP>, <I>Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte</I><I><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&#153;</SUP></I>, <I>Torres</I><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>REAFFIRMS 2016 FULL-YEAR EARNINGS GUIDANCE </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">RICHMOND, Va. &#150; September 20, 2016 &#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 9.95% Notes due 2038 (the &#147;2038 Notes&#148;) and any and all of its senior unsecured 10.20% Notes due 2039 (the &#147;2039 Notes&#148; and, together with the 2038 Notes, the
&#147;Notes&#148;).&nbsp;The terms and conditions of the tender offer are described in the Offer to Purchase, dated September 13, 2016 and the related Letter of Transmittal and 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 Monday, September 19, 2016 (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,
$441,081,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2038 Notes and $492,961,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2039 Notes were validly tendered at or prior to the Expiration Time and not validly withdrawn, which amounts include $1,187,000 aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding 2038 Notes that remain subject to guaranteed delivery procedures and $1,165,000 aggregate principal amount of the outstanding 2039 Notes that remain subject to guaranteed delivery procedures. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>U.S.&nbsp;Treasury<BR>Reference<BR>Yield</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">9.95% Notes due 2038</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">02209SAE3</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">$</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">2.500%&nbsp;due<BR>5/15/2046</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right">2.443</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right">492,961,000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">2.500% due<BR>5/15/2046</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right">2.443</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top">%&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right">167</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right">1,884.63</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">Altria expects to accept for
purchase all Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to the Expiration Time.&nbsp;The conditions to the tender offer having been satisfied, Altria, therefore, expects the payment for the purchased Notes, including Notes
delivered in accordance with guaranteed delivery procedures, to be made on September 22, 2016. </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 applicable interest payment date up to, but not including, the payment date for such purchased Notes.</P>
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Morgan Securities LLC are acting as the Dealer Managers for the tender offer.&nbsp;Investors with questions may contact Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. at (866) 627-0391 (toll-free) or (212) 250-2955 (collect) and Goldman, Sachs &amp; Co. at (800)
828-3182 (toll-free) or (212) 357-1039 (collect).&nbsp;Global Bondholder Services Corporation is the Information Agent and Depositary and can be contacted at the following numbers: banks and brokers can call (212) 430-3774 (collect), and all others
can call (866) 470-3900 (toll-free). </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 was made only pursuant to the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal and 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>2016 Third Quarter Charge and 2016 Full-Year Earnings and Tax Rate 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 third quarter of 2016 of approximately $825 million, or $0.28 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 2016 full-year adjusted diluted earnings per share
(&#147;EPS&#148;), which excludes the Charge and the special items for the first half of 2016 as shown in Schedule 1, to be in the range of $3.01 to $3.07, representing a growth rate of 7.5% to 9.5% from an adjusted diluted EPS base of $2.80 in
2015, as shown in Schedule 1.&nbsp;Altria expects that its 2016 full-year effective tax rate on operations will increase from approximately 35.3% to 35.4% due to a reduction in certain consolidated tax benefits resulting from the tender
offer.&nbsp;This guidance does not include any impact from the anticipated business combination between Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (&#147;AB InBev&#148;) and SABMiller plc (&#147;SABMiller&#148;), including effects from the anticipated reporting lag
described in Altria&#146;s second quarter 2016 earnings press release, as the transaction remains subject to certain approvals.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Altria&#146;s full-year adjusted diluted EPS guidance and full-year forecast for its effective tax rate on operations exclude the impact of
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 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 NPM Adjustment Items). </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Altria&#146;s management cannot estimate on a forward-looking basis the impact of certain
income and expense items, including those items noted in the preceding paragraph, on its reported diluted EPS and its reported effective tax rate because these items, which could be significant, are difficult to predict and may be highly variable.
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result, Altria does not provide a corresponding U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) measure for, or reconciliation to, its adjusted diluted EPS guidance or its effective tax rate
on operations forecast. </I></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><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.&nbsp;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</I><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP>, <I>Black &amp; Mild</I><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP>, <I>Copenhagen</I><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP>, <I>Skoal</I><SUP
STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP>, <I>MarkTen</I><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP> and <I>Green Smoke</I><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP>. Ste. Michelle produces and markets
premium wines sold under various labels, including <I>Chateau Ste. Michelle</I><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP>, <I>Columbia Crest</I><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP>, <I>14 Hands</I><SUP
STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP> and <I>Stag&#146;s Leap Wine Cellars&#153;</I>, and it imports and markets <I>Antinori</I><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP>, <I>Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte&#153;</I>,
<I>Torres</I><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP> 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 31, 2015 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2016.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; 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, </P>
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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 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">In addition, the factors related to AB InBev&#146;s proposed transaction to effect a business
combination with SABMiller include the following: the risk that one or more conditions to closing the proposed transaction may not be satisfied; the risk that a shareholder or regulatory approval required for the proposed transaction is not obtained
or is obtained subject to conditions that are not anticipated; AB InBev&#146;s inability to achieve the contemplated synergies and value creation from the proposed transaction; the fact that Altria&#146;s election to receive transaction
consideration in the form of equity is subject to proration, which may result in a reduced percentage ownership of the combined company, additional tax liabilities and/or changes in Altria&#146;s ability to account for its interest in the combined
company under the equity method of accounting; the fact that the equity securities to be received by Altria as transaction consideration will be subject to restrictions on transfer lasting five years from completion of the proposed transaction; the
risk that AB InBev&#146;s share price, which affects the value of Altria&#146;s transaction consideration, will fluctuate based on a variety of factors that are beyond Altria&#146;s control; the fact that the strengthening of the U.S. dollar against
the British pound would adversely affect Altria&#146;s cash consideration as the British pound would translate into fewer U.S. dollars; the risk that the tax treatment of Altria&#146;s transaction consideration is not guaranteed; and that the tax
treatment of the dividends Altria receives from the new company may not be as favorable as dividends from SABMiller. </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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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">ALTRIA GROUP, INC. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">and
Subsidiaries </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">2016 First Six Months Special Items and Reconciliation of 2015 Adjusted Results </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Altria&#146;s 2016 First Six Months Special Items </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-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NPM Adjustment Items</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.01</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.01</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SABMiller special items</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.06</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Asset impairment, exit and implementation costs</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.04</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Gain on derivative financial instrument</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(0.05</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(0.01</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>$</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><B>0.06</B></TD>
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<TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Reconciliation of Altria&#146;s 2015 Adjusted Results </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Reported diluted EPS</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><B>2.67</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(0.03</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.05</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SABMiller special items</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.04</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.07</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Adjusted diluted EPS</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>$</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><B>2.80</B></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 GAAP.&nbsp;Altria&#146;s management reviews certain financial results,
including diluted EPS, on an adjusted basis, which excludes certain income and expense items, including those items noted under &#147;2016 Third Quarter Charge and 2016 Full-Year Earnings and Tax Rate Guidance&#148; above.&nbsp;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.&nbsp;Altria&#146;s management also
reviews income tax rates on an adjusted basis. Altria&#146;s effective tax rate on operations may exclude certain tax items from its reported effective tax rate.&nbsp;Altria&#146;s management believes that adjusted financial measures provide useful
insight into underlying business trends and results and provide a more meaningful comparison of year-over-year results.&nbsp;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.&nbsp;These adjusted financial measures are not consistent with GAAP and may not be calculated the same as similarly titled measures used by
other companies.&nbsp;These adjusted financial measures 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>
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