On April 14, 2020, Howard A. Willard III informed the Board of Directors (the Board") of Altria Group, Inc. (the Company") of his decision to retire as a director of the Company and as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer after 28 years of distinguished service to the Company and its subsidiaries, effective on April 14, 2020. Accordingly, Mr. Willard also will not stand for reelection to the Board at the Company's 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The Company also announced that on April 16, 2020, the Board elected William F. Gifford, Jr. to become the Company's Chief Executive Officer effective April 16, 2020.

On April 16, 2020, the Board elected Salvatore Mancuso to become the Company's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Thomas F. Farrell II, formerly independent Presiding Director of the Board, to be independent Chairman of the Board, each effective April 16, 2020. Mr. Gifford previously served as the Company's Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer and has been continuously employed by the Company or its subsidiaries in various positions since 1994. Mr. Mancuso, age 54, previously served as the Company's Senior Vice President, Finance and Procurement and has been continuously employed by the Company or its subsidiaries in various positions since 1990.