UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 22, 2009
ALTRIA GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Virginia | 1-8940 | 13-3260245 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 6601 West Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia | 23230 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (804) 274-2200
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
The sole purpose of this Current Report is to correct a clerical error in Table 8 on page 9 of Exhibit 99.1 to Altria Group, Inc.’s (“Altria”) Current Report on Form 8-K dated today, April 22, 2009, announcing Altria’s financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2009.
| Item 2.02. | Results of Operations and Financial Condition. |
On April 22, 2009, Altria issued an earnings press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. A clerical error was subsequently discovered in Table 8 on page 9 of Exhibit 99.1: the volume data for Skoal and Copenhagen were inadvertently reversed. A corrected Table 8 is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and incorporated herein by reference. All other information in the press release and the Form 8-K filed earlier today remains unchanged.
In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. The information in Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing or document.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits |
| 99.1 | Altria Group, Inc. Corrected Table 8 (furnished pursuant to Item 2.02) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| ALTRIA GROUP, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Sean X. McKessy | |
| Name: | Sean X. McKessy | |
| Title: | Corporate Secretary | |
DATE: April 22, 2009
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Altria Group, Inc. Corrected Table 8 (furnished pursuant to Item 2.02) |