Edgar Filing: ALTRIA GROUP, INC.

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

McQUADE KATHRYN B.

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ALTRIA GROUP, INC. [MO]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

__X__ Director	_____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

6601 WEST BROAD STREET

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/31/2015

(Street)

RICHMOND, VA 23230

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock								15,875 ⁽¹⁾	D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Phantom Stock Units

⁽²⁾

03/31/2015

373 ⁽³⁾

⁽⁴⁾

Common Stock

373

$ 50.265 ⁽⁵⁾

5,053 ⁽⁶⁾

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
McQUADE KATHRYN B. 6601 WEST BROAD STREET RICHMOND, VA 23230	X

Signatures

W. Hildebrandt Surgner, Jr. for Kathryn B. McQuade		04/02/2015
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Includes 14,875 deferred shares held in the Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, including an increase of 151 shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends since December 31, 2014, the date of the last reportable transaction.
(2)	Phantom Stock Units convert to the cash value of the issuer's common stock on a 1-for-1 basis.
(3)	These units were acquired on March 31, 2015 pursuant to the Deferred Fee Plan for Non-Employee Directors.
(4)	The participant will receive distributions of phantom stock units in cash either prior to or following termination of service as a member of the issuer's board of directors, as elected by the participant.
(5)	The average of the high and low price of Altria Group, Inc. common stock on March 31, 2015.
(6)	Share equivalents held in the Deferred Fee Plan for Non-Employee Directors. This total includes the March 31, 2015 acquisition of 373 share equivalents under the Deferred Fee Plan for Non-Employee Directors and 47 share equivalents acquired through the reinvestment of dividends since December 31, 2014, the date of the last reportable transaction.

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