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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-071340"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MO"
cik: "0000764180"
company_name: "ALTRIA GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2024-03-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T14:13:16.070730+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Altria sells 35M ABI shares, reduces stake to ~8.1%; launches $2.4B ASR

## Summary
- Sold 35M ABI ordinary shares (12.25M ADS at $59.9625/share; 22.75M ordinary at €54.76575/share) in secondary offering.
- Repurchased $200M of ABI shares from ABI at $59.9625/share, closing March 19.
- Post-transactions, Altria owns ~159M ABI shares (~8.1% from ~10% as of March 13).
- Entered $2.4B accelerated share repurchase (ASR) of Altria common stock; received ~85% of repurchase price initially.
- ASR expected to settle by June 30, 2024; total repurchase program expanded to $3.4B.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-071340
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MO
- cik: 0000764180
- company_name: ALTRIA GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-03-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764180/000119312524071340/0001193125-24-071340-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764180/000119312524071340/d788794d8k.htm

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