On April 4, 2024, Altria Group Inc announced that it has received a shareholder proposal from As You Sow on behalf of Warren Wilson College, requesting the Company to issue a public report, at reasonable expense and excluding proprietary information, assessing the benefits to the Company of extended producer responsibility laws for spent tobacco filters for tobacco companies operating in the U.S. market. In addition, the Company recommended the shareholders to vote against the proposal at the annual meeting of shareholders scheduled to be held on May 16, 2024.