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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000764180-21-000068
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210511
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210511

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:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08940
		FILM NUMBER:		21909762

	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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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i1ede3206d0514ea6b6037a7790da9b96_1"></div><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Washington, D.C. 20549 </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">SCHEDULE 14A </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. ) </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:91.081%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:2.752%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:52.030%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:2.752%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:38.066%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#254;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Filed by the Registrant</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#9744;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Filed by a Party other than the Registrant</font></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:92.836%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:2.679%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.689%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:93.232%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX&#58;</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#9744;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Preliminary Proxy Statement</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#9744;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Confidential, For Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#9744;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Definitive Proxy Statement</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#254;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Definitive Additional Materials</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#9744;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Soliciting Material Under Rule 14a-12</font></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:center"><img alt="altriamosaica601a.jpg" src="altriamosaica601a.jpg" style="height:74px;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:196px"></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Altria Group, Inc.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if Other Than the Registrant)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:92.836%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:2.679%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.689%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.689%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:91.343%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="12" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">PAYMENT OF FILING FEE (CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX)&#58;</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#254;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">No fee required.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#9744;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1) Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies&#58;</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2) Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies&#58;</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3) Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined)&#58;</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4) Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction&#58;</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" 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Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the form or schedule and the date of its filing.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1) Amount previously paid&#58;</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2) Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.&#58;</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3) Filing Party&#58;</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4) Date Filed&#58;</font></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:5pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i1ede3206d0514ea6b6037a7790da9b96_4"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:45pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><img alt="altriamosaica601a.jpg" src="altriamosaica601a.jpg" style="height:54px;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:144px"></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">ALTRIA GROUP, INC.</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">6601 West Broad Street</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Richmond, Virginia 23230</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECOND SUPPLEMENT TO PROXY STATEMENT</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FOR THE 2021 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY, MAY 20, 2021</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Dear Fellow Shareholder&#58;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Altria Group, Inc. (&#8220;Altria,&#8221; &#8220;we&#8221; or &#8220;our&#8221;) is pleased to announce that, on May 10, 2021, Altria&#8217;s Board of Directors (&#8220;Board&#8221;) elected Kathryn B. McQuade to serve as the independent Chair of the Board effective upon the conclusion of our 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which is being held on Thursday, May 20, 2021 (the &#8220;2021 Annual Meeting&#8221;).  </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ms. McQuade, who has served on our Board since February 2012, succeeds Thomas F. Farrell II, who, as we previously announced, had decided to retire from service on our Board following the completion of his current term and was not standing for re-election to our Board at the 2021 Annual Meeting but passed away last month.  </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">This second supplement (this &#8220;Supplement&#8221;) to our Proxy Statement for our 2021 Annual Meeting, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) on April 8, 2021 (as previously supplemented, the &#8220;Proxy Statement&#8221;), does not change the proposals to be acted on at the 2021 Annual Meeting or our Board&#8217;s recommendations with respect to the proposals, which are described in the Proxy Statement. This Supplement should be read in conjunction with the Proxy Statement. Except as supplemented or amended by the information contained in this Supplement, all information set forth in the Proxy Statement continues to apply and should be considered when voting your shares using one of the methods described in the Proxy Statement.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">By Order of the Board of Directors,</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">&#47;s&#47; W. HILDEBRANDT SURGNER, JR.</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">W. Hildebrandt Surgner, Jr.</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Associate General Counsel</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">May 11, 2021</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Richmond, Virginia</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be Held on May 20, 2021</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Altria&#8217;s Notice of Annual Meeting, Proxy Statement and Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 are available, free of charge, at </font><font style="color:#3051f2;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">www.altria.com&#47;proxy</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">.</font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>
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