---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000764180-21-000125"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MO"
cik: "0000764180"
company_name: "ALTRIA GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2021-10-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T17:04:56.787949+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Altria Q3 adj. EPS $1.22 (+2.5% YoY); $6.2B ABI impairment; share buyback to $3.5B; FY guide $4.58-$4.62

## Summary
- Q3 adjusted EPS $1.22 (+2.5% YoY); reported EPS ($1.48) on $6.2B ABI impairment.
- Board expanded share repurchase program from $2B to $3.5B; expects completion by Dec. 31, 2022.
- FY2021 adjusted EPS guidance narrowed to $4.58-$4.62 (5%-6% growth from 2020 base of $4.36).
- ITC importation ban on IQOS/Marlboro HeatSticks effective Nov. 29 unless rejected by Biden Administration.
- Director John T. Casteen III retiring; elected Marjorie M. Connelly and R. Matt Davis to Board.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000764180-21-000125
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MO
- cik: 0000764180
- company_name: ALTRIA GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764180/000076418021000125/0000764180-21-000125-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764180/000076418021000125/mo-20211027.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000764180-21-000125.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  R. Matt Davis was elected as Director at ALTRIA GROUP, INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 27, 2021, the Board elected Marjorie M. Connelly and R. Matt Davis to the Board effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764180/000076418021000125/0000764180-21-000125-index.htm
- Executive change
  Marjorie M. Connelly was elected as Director at ALTRIA GROUP, INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 27, 2021, the Board elected Marjorie M. Connelly and R. Matt Davis to the Board effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764180/000076418021000125/0000764180-21-000125-index.htm
- Executive change
  John T. Casteen III resigned as Director at ALTRIA GROUP, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: John T. Casteen III (age 77), a director of Altria since 2010, submitted his written resignation to the Board, and, on October 27, 2021, the Board, based on the recommendation of the Board’s Nominating, Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility Committee, accepted Mr. Casteen’s resignation effective upon completion of his current term.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764180/000076418021000125/0000764180-21-000125-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.