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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K/A

Amendment No. 1



ý	ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017



¨	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission File Number 1-08940

ALTRIA GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Virginia		13-3260245
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

6601 West Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia		23230
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

804-274-2200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:



Title of each class		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.33 1⁄3 par value		New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. þ Yes ¨ No

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. ¨ Yes þ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days þ Yes ¨ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files) þ Yes ¨ No

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K þ

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). ¨ Yes þ No

As of June 30, 2017, the aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was approximately $143 billion based on the closing sale price of the common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.



Class		Outstanding at February 13, 2018
Common Stock, $0.33 1⁄3 par value		1,900,449,362 shares

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

None

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Altria Group, Inc. (this “Amendment”) amends Altria Group, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, which Altria Group, Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 27, 2018 (the “Original Form 10-K”). Altria Group, Inc. is filing this Amendment to amend Item 15 to include the consolidated financial statements of its foreign equity investee, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (“AB InBev”) as of and for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 (the “AB InBev Financial Statements”) in accordance with Rule 3-09 of SEC Regulation S-X. The AB InBev Financial Statements, which were prepared by AB InBev, were audited in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).

Except as otherwise expressly noted, this Amendment does not modify or update in any way (i) the consolidated financial position, the results of operations or cash flows of Altria Group, Inc., or (ii) the disclosures in or exhibits to the Original Form 10-K; nor does it reflect events occurring after the filing of the Original Form 10-K. Accordingly, this Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Original Form 10-K and Altria Group, Inc.’s other filings made with the SEC subsequent to the filing of the Original Form 10-K.

Part IV

Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

(a) The AB InBev Financial Statements included in Exhibit 99.4 are incorporated by reference in response to the requirements of this Item 15(a).

(b) The following exhibits are filed as part of this Amendment:




23.1			Consent of DELOITTE Bedrijfsrevisoren / Reviseurs d’Entreprises /BV o.v.v.e. CVBA/ SC s.f.d. SCRL, independent registered public accounting firm.

23.2			Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers Bedrijfsrevisoren BCVBA, independent registered public accounting firm.

23.3			Consent of DELOITTE TOUCHE TOHMATSU Auditores Independentes, independent registered public accounting firm.

31.3			Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

31.4			Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.3			Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.4			Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

99.4			Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015; and Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms’ Reports as of and for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015. Incorporated by reference to Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2017.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.




ALTRIA GROUP, INC.

By:	/s/ WILLIAM F. GIFFORD, JR.
	(William F. Gifford, Jr.
	Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer)

Date: May 31, 2018