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Background and Basis of Presentation | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2024
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Background and Basis of Presentation | Background and Basis of Presentation When used in these notes, the terms “Altria,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to either (i) Altria Group, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries or (ii) Altria Group, Inc. only and not its consolidated subsidiaries, as appropriate in the context. ▪Background: At June 30, 2024, our wholly owned subsidiaries included Philip Morris USA Inc. (“PM USA”), which is engaged in the manufacture and sale of cigarettes in the United States; John Middleton Co. (“Middleton”), which is engaged in the manufacture and sale of machine-made large cigars and is a wholly owned subsidiary of PM USA; UST LLC (“UST”), which, through its wholly owned subsidiary U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC (“USSTC”), is engaged in the manufacture and sale of moist smokeless tobacco products (“MST”) and snus products; Helix Innovations LLC (“Helix”), which operates in the United States and Canada, and Helix Innovations GmbH and its affiliates (“Helix International”), which operate internationally in the rest-of-world, are engaged in the manufacture and sale of oral nicotine pouches; and NJOY, LLC (“NJOY”), which is engaged in the manufacture and sale of e-vapor products. Other wholly owned subsidiaries included Altria Group Distribution Company (“AGDC”), which provides sales and distribution services to our domestic operating companies; and Altria Client Services LLC (“ALCS”), which provides various support services to our companies in areas such as legal, regulatory, research and product development, consumer engagement, finance, human resources and external affairs. Our access to the operating cash flows of our subsidiaries consists of cash received from the payment of dividends and distributions, and the payment of interest on intercompany loans by our subsidiaries. At June 30, 2024, our significant subsidiaries were not limited by contractual obligations in their ability to pay cash dividends or make other distributions with respect to their equity interests. At June 30, 2024, we also owned a 75% economic interest in Horizon Innovations LLC (“Horizon”), a joint venture with JTI (US) Holding, Inc., a subsidiary of Japan Tobacco Inc., which owned the remaining 25% economic interest. Horizon is responsible for the U.S. marketing and commercialization of heated tobacco stick products owned by either party. At June 30, 2024, we had investments in Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (“ABI”) and Cronos Group Inc. (“Cronos”). In March 2024, we sold a portion of our investment in ABI (“ABI Transaction”). For further discussion of our investments in equity securities and the ABI Transaction, see Note 6. Investments in Equity Securities. ▪Share Repurchases: In January 2023, our Board of Directors (“Board of Directors” or “Board”) authorized a $1.0 billion share repurchase program (“January 2023 share repurchase program”), which we completed in December 2023. In January 2024, our Board of Directors authorized a new $1.0 billion share repurchase program that it increased to $3.4 billion in March 2024 (as increased, “January 2024 share repurchase program”). We entered into accelerated share repurchase (“ASR”) transactions under two separate agreements with bank counterparties (collectively, “ASR Agreements”) to repurchase shares of our common stock having an aggregate value of $2.4 billion (“Repurchase Price”). In the first quarter of 2024, we paid the Repurchase Price and received 46.5 million shares of our common stock, which represented approximately 85% of the Repurchase Price, or $2,040 million, based on the closing price per share of our common stock on the date we entered into the ASR Agreements. In the second quarter of 2024, we received approximately 7.4 million additional shares of our common stock upon the final settlement of the ASR Agreements. The total number of shares repurchased under the ASR Agreements was based on volume-weighted average prices of our common stock during the term of the ASR transactions, less a discount. We funded the ASR transactions with proceeds from the ABI Transaction. The ASR transactions were accounted for as equity transactions and included in cost of repurchased stock on our condensed consolidated balance sheet when the shares were received. At June 30, 2024, we had $990 million remaining under the January 2024 share repurchase program. The timing of share repurchases depends upon marketplace conditions and other factors, and the program remains subject to the discretion of our Board. Our share repurchase activity was as follows:
| For the Six Months Ended June 30, |  | For the Three Months Ended June 30,
(in millions, except per share data) | 2024 | (1) | 2023 |  | 2024 | (1) | 2023
Total number of shares repurchased | 54.1 |  |  | 10.4 |  |  | 7.6 |  |  | 10.4 |
Aggregate cost of shares repurchased | $ | 2,410 |  |  | $ | 472 |  |  | $ | 370 |  |  | $ | 472 |
Average price per share of shares repurchased | $ | 44.50 |  |  | $ | 45.37 |  |  | $ | 48.36 |  |  | $ | 45.37 |
(1) Includes 53.9 million and 7.4 million shares repurchased under the ASR Agreements at an average price per share of $44.50 and $48.44 for the six and three months ended June 30, 2024, respectively. ▪Basis of Presentation: Our interim condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited. Our management believes that all adjustments necessary for a fair statement of the interim results presented have been reflected in our interim condensed consolidated financial statements. All such adjustments were of a normal recurring nature. Net revenues and net earnings for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for the entire year. These statements should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes, which appear in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023. On January 1, 2024, we adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2022-03, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions (“ASU No. 2022-03”). This guidance clarifies that a contractual restriction on the sale of an equity security is not considered part of the unit of account of the equity security and, therefore, is not considered in measuring fair value. This guidance also specifies required disclosures for equity securities subject to contractual sale restrictions. We applied ASU No. 2022-03 for the fair value disclosure of our investment in ABI. For further discussion, see Note 6. Investments in Equity Securities. For a description of issued accounting guidance applicable to, but not yet adopted by, us, see Note 15. New Accounting Guidance Not Yet Adopted.

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