Altria Group, Inc. Holds 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

"We entered 2006 confident in our ability to generate the superiorreturns 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 thelitigation climate continues to evolve favorably and that greaterclarity is slowly, but surely, emerging."

Regarding a potential restructuring, Mr. Camilleri said, "During2005, we advanced our preparations for a potential restructuring ofthe company into two, or possibly three, stand-alone entities. As Ihave said before, the timing and chronology of events are uncertain,and continuing improvements in the entire litigation environment are aprerequisite to any restructuring. Any potential restructuring willproceed on our own timeline, and we will not act prematurely."

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

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

Altria Group, Inc. Profile

Altria Group, Inc. owns approximately 87.6% of the outstandingcommon shares of Kraft Foods Inc. and 100% of the outstanding commonshares of Philip Morris International Inc., Philip Morris USA Inc. andPhilip 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-knownnames as Kraft, Jacobs, L&M, Marlboro, Maxwell House, Nabisco, Oreo,Oscar Mayer, Parliament, Philadelphia, Post and Virginia Slims. AltriaGroup, Inc. recorded 2005 net revenues of $97.9 billion.

Trademarks and service marks mentioned in this release are theregistered property of, or licensed by, the subsidiaries of AltriaGroup, Inc.

Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements

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

Altria Group, Inc.'s consumer products subsidiaries are subject tochanging prices for raw materials; intense price competition; changesin consumer preferences and demand for their products; fluctuations inlevels of customer inventories; the effects of foreign economies andlocal economic and market conditions; unfavorable currency movementsand changes to income tax laws. Their results are dependent upon theircontinued ability to promote brand equity successfully; to anticipateand respond to new consumer trends; to develop new products andmarkets and to broaden brand portfolios in order to competeeffectively with lower-priced products; to improve productivity; andto respond effectively to changing prices for their raw materials.

Altria Group, Inc.'s tobacco subsidiaries (Philip Morris USA andPhilip Morris International) continue to be subject to litigation,including risks associated with adverse jury and judicialdeterminations, courts reaching conclusions at variance with thecompany's understanding of applicable law, bonding requirements andthe absence of adequate appellate remedies to get timely relief fromany of the foregoing; price gaps and changes in price gaps betweenpremium and lowest-price brands; legislation, including actual andpotential excise tax increases; discriminatory excise tax structures;increasing marketing and regulatory restrictions; the effects of priceincreases related to excise tax increases and concluded tobaccolitigation settlements on consumption rates and consumer preferenceswithin price segments; health concerns relating to the use of tobaccoproducts and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke; governmentalregulation; privately imposed smoking restrictions; and governmentaland grand jury investigations.

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

NOTE TO EDITORS: Preliminary voting results follow. Final votingresults will be included in the Company's first-quarter 2006 10-Qfiling. The text of Mr. Camilleri's Business Review presentation fromtoday'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.