SHANKS VIRGINIA E 4

What Happened

• Virginia E. Shanks, a director of Altria Group, Inc. (MO), was awarded 2,571 deferred shares on May 14, 2026. The Form 4 reports the acquisition as 2,571 shares at $0.00 (reported value $0) under the 2025 Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-05-14; reported on Form 4 filed 2026-05-18.
• Transaction type/code: Award/Grant (A); reported price $0.00 and total $0.
• Holdings noted in footnote: includes 19,936 deferred shares held in the director plan (which includes an increase of 1,113 shares from dividend reinvestment since the last report) and 1,857 shares held in an investment account via dividend reinvestment — 21,793 combined per the footnote.
• Footnote F1: Award is deferred stock under the 2025 Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors.
• Footnote F2: Details recent dividend reinvestments that increased holdings since the prior report (May 15, 2025).

Context

• This was an award of deferred director compensation (common for non-employee directors) rather than an open-market purchase or sale. Such awards reflect routine director pay practices and do not by themselves signal a buy/sell decision by the insider.