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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000764180-23-000066
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230511
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230511

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:		23911897

	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="i71546a2f607447e3b573bb56442c680e_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 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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 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Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Soliciting Material under &#167;240.14a-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="altriamosaica60a.jpg" src="altriamosaica60a.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 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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="i71546a2f607447e3b573bb56442c680e_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="altriamosaica60a.jpg" src="altriamosaica60a.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%">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 2023 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 18, 2023</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><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; &#8220;us&#8221; and &#8220;our&#8221;) is providing shareholders with the following supplemental information in opposition to Proposal 6, a shareholder proposal for Altria to commission a civil rights equity audit (&#8220;Shareholder Proposal&#8221;), which is on the ballot at Altria&#8217;s upcoming Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 9&#58;00 a.m., Eastern Time (&#8220;2023 Annual Meeting&#8221;), and was included in Altria&#8217;s 2023 Proxy Statement (&#8220;Proxy Statement&#8221;) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (&#8220;SEC&#8221;) on April 6, 2023.</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%">The audit requested by the shareholder proponents is not in the best interests of Altria or our shareholders given the risks presented by an independent third-party audit.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">As previously announced, Altria is actively preparing to conduct an Equity and Civil Rights Assessment (&#8220;Assessment&#8221;) in response to shareholder approval of the same resolution last year.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Altria plans to lead this Assessment with extensive independent third-party oversight and involvement throughout the Assessment, including through an independent External Advisory Review board, a third-party assurance firm and extensive stakeholder engagement.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We believe this approach is responsive to last year&#8217;s shareholder vote while mitigating risk to Altria and our shareholders.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Independent Oversight and Perspectives</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%">We agree with the shareholder proponents that independent perspectives are key to the credibility of our Assessment and will enhance its value in furthering our progress on the important issues raised in the proposal.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">This is why we plan to have an independent External Advisory Review Board active throughout the Assessment process, including providing input on the scope, oversight of our stakeholder engagem</font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">ent, identification of potential findings and providing input on the report, which will be published on our website.  We have identified five indi</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">viduals to serve on the External Advisory Review Board who have expertise in the areas of civil rights, diversity, equity and inclusion, legal&#47;law enforcement, public policy, community organizations and youth development, all of which are relevant to the scope of the Assessment.  We applied an independence standard analogous to the standard we use for our Board of Directors when assessing the members of the External Advisory Review Board.  Our Assessment will also be assured by an independent third-party firm that will prepare a written opinion on the accuracy of information contained in the report.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Misleading Information from Shareholder Proponents</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%">We have been engaged with the shareholder proponents on various issues for more than 10 years and have met with them multiple times on this topic, sharing our planned Assessment and the feedback we received on this approach during other investor engagements.  Through these engagements, we believe they are very familiar with Altria.  However, they included certain inaccuracies and statements that we believe are misleading in the supplemental information they filed with the SEC on April 13, 2023.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;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><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:45pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Specifically, they suggest that Altria was involved in various activities undertaken by Philip Morris International Inc. (&#8220;PMI&#8221;) in 2017 and 2018.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Altria and PMI have been separate public companies since 2008 when Altria spun off PMI.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">As such, we are not affiliated with PMI and were not affiliated during the time periods identified by the shareholder proponents.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Further, they describe decades old conduct, including activities from more than 75 years ago, in which none of our current directors or officers had any involvement and which include activities that are now prohibited under the Master Settlement Agreement and Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We believe these misleading statements are designed to inappropriately connect our current companies and their practices to bygone practices or activities in order to alarm shareholders and influence their vote on this Shareholder Proposal.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Litigation Risk</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%">As noted in management&#8217;s response to the Shareholder Proposal included in our Proxy Statement, the topics raised in the Shareholder Proposal are subject to significant active and pending litigation involving our companies&#8217; tobacco products.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In smoking and health litigation across the tobacco industry, plaintiffs often make historical tobacco marketing practices and menthol flavoring, to name two examples, central issues in their cases and urge juries to award tens of millions of dollars in punitive damages based on that conduct.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In recent years, however, many juries have refused to award punitive damages against Philip Morris USA Inc. (&#8220;PM USA&#8221;) because they recognize PM USA&#8217;s changed conduct since it entered into the Master Settlement Agreement in 1998, which includes marketing restrictions.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We believe the potential risks of having an unfettered audit conducted by an independent third party threatens to reverse these recent litigation successes.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The risks of such audit outweigh any potential benefits because an independent third party will not be familiar with or sensitive to these and other issues presented in our highly complex litigation and, therefore, may make findings or statements that could be misconstrued or distorted in such a way by plaintiffs&#8217; counsel that lead to negative outcomes in current or future litigation.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Our Former Investment in Juul Labs, Inc. (&#8220;JUUL&#8221;)</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%">We also take this opportunity to clarify our relationship with JUUL.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In the first quarter of 2023, we divested our 35% minority investment in JUUL and, as a result, are no longer affiliated with JUUL.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We acknowledge that youth vaping continues to be a concern and we remain committed to our underage tobacco prevention efforts.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">This supplement (this &#8220;Supplement&#8221;) to our Proxy Statement does not change the proposals to be acted on at the 2023 Annual Meeting or our Board of Directors&#8217; 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%;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, 2023</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 18, 2023</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, 2022 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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