Altria Group, Inc. Holds 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

EAST HANOVER, N.J. -- Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE: MO) held its 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders here today, and its chairman and chief executive officer Louis C. Camilleri told an audience of approximately 150 shareholders that the company continues to maintain its focus on delivering shareholder value, while striving to respond to society's evolving expectations for responsible tobacco and food companies.

"We entered 2006 confident in our ability to generate the superior returns to our shareholders envisaged by our long-term plan," Mr. Camilleri said.

Commenting on improvements in the tobacco litigation environment, Mr. Camilleri said, "Recent results reinforce our belief that the litigation climate continues to evolve favorably and that greater clarity is slowly, but surely, emerging."

Regarding a potential restructuring, Mr. Camilleri said, "During 2005, we advanced our preparations for a potential restructuring of the company into two, or possibly three, stand-alone entities. As I have said before, the timing and chronology of events are uncertain, and continuing improvements in the entire litigation environment are a prerequisite to any restructuring. Any potential restructuring will proceed on our own timeline, and we will not act prematurely."

At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, with approximately 84.3% of the shares entitled to vote represented at the meeting in person or by proxy, the 11 nominees named in the proxy statement were elected directors; the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors was ratified; and seven stockholder proposals were defeated.

A replay of the audio Webcast of the Altria Group, Inc. 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders is available at www.altria.com until approximately 5 p.m. Eastern Time on May 26, 2006.

Altria Group, Inc. Profile

Altria Group, Inc. owns approximately 87.6% of the outstanding common shares of Kraft Foods Inc. and 100% of the outstanding common shares of Philip Morris International Inc., Philip Morris USA Inc. and Philip Morris Capital Corporation. In addition, Altria Group, Inc. owns 28.7% of SABMiller plc. The brand portfolio of Altria Group, Inc.'s consumer packaged goods companies includes such well-known names as Kraft, Jacobs, L&M, Marlboro, Maxwell House, Nabisco, Oreo, Oscar Mayer, Parliament, Philadelphia, Post and Virginia Slims. Altria Group, Inc. recorded 2005 net revenues of $97.9 billion.

Trademarks and service marks mentioned in this release are the registered property of, or licensed by, the subsidiaries of Altria Group, Inc.

Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements

This press release contains projections of future results and other forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties and are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The following important factors could cause actual results and outcomes to differ materially from those contained in such forward-looking statements.

Altria Group, Inc.'s consumer products subsidiaries are subject to changing prices for raw materials; intense price competition; changes in consumer preferences and demand for their products; fluctuations in levels of customer inventories; the effects of foreign economies and local economic and market conditions; unfavorable currency movements and changes to income tax laws. Their results are dependent upon their continued ability to promote brand equity successfully; to anticipate and respond to new consumer trends; to develop new products and markets and to broaden brand portfolios in order to compete effectively with lower-priced products; to improve productivity; and to respond effectively to changing prices for their raw materials.

Altria Group, Inc.'s tobacco subsidiaries (Philip Morris USA and Philip Morris International) continue to be subject to litigation, including risks associated with adverse jury and judicial determinations, courts reaching conclusions at variance with the company's understanding of applicable law, bonding requirements and the absence of adequate appellate remedies to get timely relief from any of the foregoing; price gaps and changes in price gaps between premium and lowest-price brands; legislation, including actual and potential excise tax increases; discriminatory excise tax structures; increasing marketing and regulatory restrictions; the effects of price increases related to excise tax increases and concluded tobacco litigation settlements on consumption rates and consumer preferences within price segments; health concerns relating to the use of tobacco products and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke; governmental regulation; privately imposed smoking restrictions; and governmental and grand jury investigations.

Altria Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries are subject to other risks detailed from time to time in its publicly filed documents, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2005. Altria Group, Inc. cautions that the foregoing list of important factors is not complete and does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements that it may make.

NOTE TO EDITORS: Preliminary voting results follow. Final voting results will be included in the Company's first-quarter 2006 10-Q filing. The text of Mr. Camilleri's Business Review presentation from today's meeting is available at www.altria.com.

Preliminary Voting Results
        2006 Altria Group, Inc. Annual Meeting of Stockholders

    --  At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, held at the Kraft Foods
        Inc. Robert M. Schaeberle Technology Center in East Hanover,
        N.J., on April 27, 2006, 84.3% of the outstanding shares were
        represented in person or by proxy.

    --  Each of the 11 nominees for director named in the company's
        proxy statement was elected to a one-year term.

    --  The selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors was
        ratified.

    --  Of the seven stockholder proposals presented at the meeting,
        all were defeated:

    Proposal One: "Independent Board Chairman"

    Defeated - 11.9% of the shares voting on the proposal voted in
    favor; 88.1% voted against.

    Proposal Two: "Global Human Rights Standards"
    Defeated - 5.8% of the shares voting on the proposal voted in
    favor; 94.2% voted against.

    Proposal Three: "Address Health Hazards For African Americans
    Associated With Smoking Menthol Cigarettes"

    Defeated - 4.7% of the shares voting on the proposal voted in
    favor; 95.3% voted against.

    Proposal Four: "Extend New York Fire-Safe Products Globally"

    Defeated - 5.1% of the shares voting on the proposal voted in
    favor; 94.9% voted against.

    Proposal Five: "Animal Welfare Policy"

    Defeated - 3.5% of the shares voting on the proposal voted in
    favor; 96.5% voted against.

    Proposal Six: "Support For Laws At All Levels Combating Use Of
    Tobacco"

    Defeated - 4.2% of the shares voting on the proposal voted in
    favor; 95.8% voted against.

    Proposal Seven: "Facilitating Medical Efforts To Dissuade
    Secondhand Smoke"

    Defeated - 5.0% of the shares voting on the proposal voted in
    favor; 95.0% voted against.