---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000764180-24-000073"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MO"
cik: "0000764180"
company_name: "ALTRIA GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2024-05-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T13:46:34.191303+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Altria annual meeting elects 10 directors, ratifies auditor, approves say-on-pay; shareholder proposals defeated

## Summary
- 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).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000764180-24-000073
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MO
- cik: 0000764180
- company_name: ALTRIA GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-05-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764180/000076418024000073/0000764180-24-000073-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764180/000076418024000073/mo-20240516.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 1bc45895c21f53d153a8df643d1c1e958bd9db2c
  claim: 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.
  evidence_excerpt: 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. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 87,793,846 943,680,667 14,959,594 349,041,084
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764180/000076418024000073/0000764180-24-000073-index.htm
- claim_id: 1e5b66985cc4530fdebd6c4e21379d0e899d47fd
  claim: 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.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 3: Non-Binding Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of Altria’s Named Executive Officers. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 986,440,596 50,570,077 9,423,434 349,041,084
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764180/000076418024000073/0000764180-24-000073-index.htm
- claim_id: 501bf2ffacfbfdcee4a0d8d51106edbe508cc2a8
  claim: ALTRIA GROUP, INC. shareholders approved Election of 10 Directors at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: 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
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764180/000076418024000073/0000764180-24-000073-index.htm
- claim_id: 803aa5420fbbde599eeb1573de83d7f49f487102
  claim: 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.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 4: Shareholder Proposal - Report on Congruence of Political and Lobbying Expenditures with the Company’s Vision, Responsibility Focus Areas and Cultural Aspiration. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 98,036,342 934,424,730 13,973,035 349,041,084
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764180/000076418024000073/0000764180-24-000073-index.htm
- claim_id: d7990b8c1dd63da683482f714319b4b4f562abb5
  claim: 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.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 2: Ratification of the Selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2024. For Against Abstain 1,340,065,922 49,882,123 5,527,146
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764180/000076418024000073/0000764180-24-000073-index.htm

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