secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ALTRIA GROUP, INC. (MO)
CIK:        0000764180
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-12-11T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000764180-25-000133
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Altria CEO Billy Gifford to retire May 2026; Sal Mancuso named successor, Heather Newman as CFO
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- CEO Billy Gifford to retire May 14, 2026 after 30+ years (5+ as CEO); will serve as consultant through at least end of 2026.
- Sal Mancuso, current EVP/CFO since 2020, elected as CEO effective May 14, 2026.
- Heather Newman, current Chief Strategy & Growth Officer, elected CFO effective May 14, 2026.
- Newman granted $1.5M in RSUs (vest Nov 20, 2030) in connection with CFO appointment.
- CEO compensation for Mancuso and any CFO comp changes for Newman to be set later.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764180/000076418025000133/0000764180-25-000133-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764180/000076418025000133/mo-20251208.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000764180-25-000133

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