UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
John S. Reed
120 Park Avenue
NY, New York 10017
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Altria Group, Inc. (MO)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Day/Year
4/30/2003
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
(X) Director ( ) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
(specify below)
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
(X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1. Title of Security|2. |2A. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect |
|Trans-|Exec- |Trans | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership |
|action|ution |action| | Beneficially |(D)or | |
| | | | | | A/| | Owned Following |Indir | |
|Date | Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | Reported Trans(s)|ect(I)| |
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Common Stock | | | | | | | |59038 1 |D | |
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Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1.Title of |2.Con- |3. |3A. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of|
Derivative |version |Trans- |Deemed|Trans-| rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect |
Security |or Exer |action | |action| rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial |
|cise | |Execu-| | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership |
|Price of| |ution | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | |
|Deriva- | | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| |
|tive | | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned Follow|ire| |
|Secu- |(Month/|(Month| | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |ing Reported|ct | |
|rity |Day/ |/Day/ |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Trans- |(I)| |
| |Year) |Year) | | | | | | | | |action(s) | | |
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Phantom Stock|1-for-1 |4/30/ 2| |A | |293 2 |A | |N/A |Common Stock|293 |$30.715|11555 4 |D | |
Units | |003 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
1. Includes 34,688 shares in a self-directed IRA/Keogh Account and 1,690
restricted deferred share equivalents.
2. These units were acquired on April 30, 2003 pursuant to the deferred fee
program of the Altria 1992 Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors.
3. The average of the high and low price of Altria Group, Inc. Common Stock on
April 30, 2003.
4. This is a decrease of 30 share equivalents since March 31, 2003, the date
deferred compensation was last reported to the SEC. The total includes share
equivalents acquired, reinvestment of dividends and fluctuations in the value
of share equivalents u
nder the deferred fee program of the Altria 1992 Compensation Plan for Non-
Employee Directors.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
John S. Reed
G. Penn Holsenbeck for John S. Reed