8-K
filed May 20, 2024, 7:59 PM ET
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CIK 0000764180
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confidence high
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materiality 0.15
Altria annual meeting elects 10 directors, ratifies auditor, approves say-on-pay; shareholder proposals defeated
ALTRIA GROUP, INC.
- All 10 director nominees elected with strong support; each received over 1 billion votes for.
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ratified as auditor for FY 2024 with 1.34 billion for vs. 49.9 million against.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved (986 million for, 50.6 million against).
- Two shareholder proposals defeated: political spending report (98 million for) and tobacco filter EPR report (87.8 million for).
Key facts
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.9
ALTRIA GROUP, INC. shareholders rejected Shareholder Proposal - Report Assessing the Benefits to Altria of Extended Producer Responsibility Laws for Spent Tobacco Filters for Tobacco Companies Operating in the U.S. Market at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
- Outcome
- failed
- Meeting
- 2024-05-16
Exact text from the filing
Proposal 5: Shareholder Proposal - Report Assessing the Benefits to Altria of Extended Producer Responsibility Laws for Spent Tobacco Filters for Tobacco Companies Operating in the U.S. Market.
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.9
ALTRIA GROUP, INC. shareholders approved Non-Binding Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of Altria’s Named Executive Officers at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
- Proposal
- say on pay
- Outcome
- passed
- Meeting
- 2024-05-16
Exact text from the filing
Proposal 3: Non-Binding Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of Altria’s Named Executive Officers.
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.9
ALTRIA GROUP, INC. shareholders approved Election of 10 Directors at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
- Proposal
- director election
- Outcome
- passed
- Meeting
- 2024-05-16
Exact text from the filing
Proposal 1: Election of 10 Directors. Name For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote Ian L.T. Clarke 1,032,358,594 9,099,629 4,975,884 349,041,084
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.9
ALTRIA GROUP, INC. shareholders rejected Shareholder Proposal - Report on Congruence of Political and Lobbying Expenditures with the Company’s Vision, Responsibility Focus Areas and Cultural Aspiration at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
- Outcome
- failed
- Meeting
- 2024-05-16
Exact text from the filing
Proposal 4: Shareholder Proposal - Report on Congruence of Political and Lobbying Expenditures with the Company’s Vision, Responsibility Focus Areas and Cultural Aspiration.
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.9
ALTRIA GROUP, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of the Selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2024 at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
- Proposal
- auditor ratification
- Outcome
- passed
- Meeting
- 2024-05-16
Exact text from the filing
Proposal 2: Ratification of the Selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2024.
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