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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000764180-23-000117"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "MO"
cik: "0000764180"
company_name: "ALTRIA GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2023-08-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T04:29:12.419210+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Altria Board adopts annual say-on-pay votes following shareholder advisory vote

## Summary
- Board determined, after shareholder vote, future advisory votes on exec compensation will be held annually.
- Shareholders at May 18, 2023 annual meeting cast majority of votes in favor of annual frequency.
- Decision made at August 24, 2023 Board meeting on recommendation of Compensation and Talent Development Committee.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000764180-23-000117
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: MO
- cik: 0000764180
- company_name: ALTRIA GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-08-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764180/000076418023000117/0000764180-23-000117-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764180/000076418023000117/mo-20230518.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000764180-23-000117
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000764180-23-000117.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000764180-23-000117.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ALTRIA GROUP, INC. shareholders approved non-binding advisory basis on the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-18
  source text: At the Annual Meeting, shareholders voted on a non-binding advisory basis on the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers. As reported in our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on May 22, 2023, a majority of the votes cast on this proposal were cast in favor of holding such an advisory vote annually.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764180/000076418023000117/0000764180-23-000117-index.htm

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