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<![CDATA[Agreement & General Release between Altria Group, Inc. and Michael E. Szymanczyk]]>

 Exhibit 10.3 
 January 26, 2012 
 Mr. Michael E. Szymanczyk 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer 
 Altria
Group, Inc. 
 6601 West Broad Street 

Richmond, VA 23230 
 Agreement
and General Release 
 Dear Mike: 

This letter sets forth the agreement (the “Agreement”) between you and Altria Group, Inc. (the “Company”) regarding your anticipated
retirement and separation from the Company. 
  

	 	1.	Last Day of Employment and Effective Date. Based on your announced retirement date of June 1, 2012, you acknowledge that your employment with the Company
will end on May 31, 2012 (“Departure Date”). The effective date of this Agreement shall be June 1, 2012, subject to Section 6 of this Agreement. 

 

	 	2.	Benefits and Retirement Plans. Following your Departure Date, you will be entitled to payments, contributions and benefits under the normal terms and conditions
of the Company’s benefit plans and compensation arrangements. This includes, without limitation, payment of your accrued, unused vacation time, retiree medical coverage, and payments under the Altria Retirement Plan, the Altria Deferred Profit
Sharing Plan, the Benefit Equalization Plan, and the Supplemental Management Employees’ Retirement Plan, in each case subject to the agreement between yourself and Philip Morris Incorporated dated May 15, 2002 concerning enhanced
retirement benefits (the “2002 Agreement”). You acknowledge and agree that you will not be eligible to make any further contribution to, nor will you receive any additional contributions, credits, or accruals under, the foregoing
retirement plans with respect to periods following your Departure Date. 

  
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	 	3.	Additional Separation Payments. In exchange for your promises in this Agreement and, in the case of the payment with respect to the Deferred Stock Award, your
promises in the consulting agreement between you and the Company of even date (the “Consulting Agreement”), the Company, having obtained the appropriate approvals from the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, is
offering you the following separation payments: 

  

	 	a.	2012 Annual Incentive Compensation. The Company will consider you eligible for a prorated incentive compensation award under the Management Incentive
Compensation Plan (“IC Plan”) for 2012, representing five (5) months of service in 2012, calculated based on an individual performance rating at target and a Company performance rating to be determined in accordance with the terms of
the IC Plan, and subject to satisfaction of the performance goals established pursuant to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. This amount will be payable in February 2013. There is no guarantee of any payment. 

 

	 	b.	2011-13 Long-Term Incentive Compensation. The Company will consider you eligible for a prorated long-term incentive award under the 2011-2013 Long-Term Incentive
Plan (“LTIP”), representing seventeen (17) months of service in the thirty-six (36) month LTIP period. The payment amount will be calculated based on an individual performance rating at target and a Company performance rating to
be determined in accordance with the terms of the LTIP, subject to satisfaction of the performance goals established pursuant to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, and will be payable in February 2014 after the planned completion of
the LTIP cycle in December 2013. There is no guarantee of any payment. 

  

	 	c.	2011 Deferred Stock Grant. The Company will provide you with a lump sum cash payment equal to the full value of your 2011 annual Deferred Stock Award of 210,000
shares of Company stock, less any applicable withholdings. This payment will be made within 30 days of your Departure Date and will be based on the average closing price on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index for a share of Altria Group,
Inc. common stock on each of the 20 trading days immediately preceding your Departure Date. The Deferred Stock Award is not subject to Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code in accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(b)(4). You understand
that immediately following your Departure Date, you will forfeit all rights to the 2011 Deferred Stock Award and that this discretionary payment is being made to you based on the forfeiture of such award. 

You understand and agree that you are not eligible for any future stock awards and, except as set forth in the Consulting Agreement, that
you have no rights in or to any shares of outstanding restricted or deferred stock. 

  
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	 	4.	Waiver and General Release. 

  

	 	a.	In exchange for the payments and consideration set forth in Section 3 above, you agree to waive all claims you may have as of the date of this Agreement against
the Company and the Released Parties (defined below). You also forever release and discharge the Company and such Released Parties from liability for any claims or damages you may have against them as of the date of this Agreement. The foregoing
waiver and release (“Waiver and Release”) includes all claims of any kind, whether they are known to you or unknown, except for (i) claims that cannot be waived or released under the law, (ii) any claim that relates to
your right to enforce this Agreement, or (iii) any claim that may arise after you sign this Agreement. Examples of claims waived and released by you include, but are not limited to, claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA),
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and all other federal, state and local laws related to employment. You further agree to execute a second waiver and release of claims covering the foregoing items as of your Departure Date.

  

	 	b.	The “Released Parties” covered by this Waiver and Release are the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates, and all of its past and present employees,
officers, directors, stockholders, owners, representatives, assigns, attorneys, agents, insurers, employee benefit programs (and the trustees, administrators, fiduciaries, and insurers of such programs), their respective successors and predecessors,
and any other persons acting by, through, under, or in concert with any of the persons or entities listed in this paragraph. 

  

	 	5.	Effect of Death. In the event that you die after your Departure Date, but prior to the date that payments have actually been made under the respective plans
referenced in Section 3 of this Agreement, your estate shall receive any payments contemplated under Section 3 of this Agreement within 90 days of your death, calculated in a manner determined by the Company under the circumstances, less
applicable withholdings. 

  

	 	6.	Effect of Agreement if Employment Ends Before Departure Date. Should your employment with the Company terminate for any reason prior to your Departure Date,
(i) this Agreement shall never become effective and (ii) the original terms and conditions of all applicable deferred and restricted stock agreements, compensation plans and employee benefits plans as then in effect shall apply.

  

	 	7.	Confidentiality and Non-Competition. You acknowledge your obligations under the Executive Confidentiality and Non-Competition Agreement between yourself and the
Company, dated February 17, 2011 and attached hereto as Schedule 1 (as modified by the Consulting Agreement, the “Confidentiality and Non-Competition Agreement”). 

  
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	 	8.	Non-Disparagement and Cooperation. 

  

	 	a.	You agree not to make any disparaging, derogatory, or defamatory statements to anyone, whether spoken or written, about the Company or its affiliates, their respective
products or services, or any of their respective current or former officers, directors, or employees. You also agree not to voluntarily aid or assist any legal action or proceeding filed by third parties against the Company or any of its affiliates
or their directors, officers or employees, unless your participation is protected under the law. Nothing in this Agreement prevents you or the Company from responding truthfully to a lawfully-issued subpoena, court order or other lawful request by
any regulatory agency or governmental authority. 

  

	 	b.	To the extent consistent with applicable law, you agree to cooperate reasonably and truthfully with the Company and its affiliates in the prosecution, defense, or
pursuit of any matter in which you were involved. 

  

	 	9.	Indemnification. The Company and you acknowledge and agree that (i) the Company’s Restated Articles of Incorporation (“Articles”) provide for
the exculpation, indemnification and the advancement and reimbursement of legal and other expenses for former officers and directors among other eligible persons; and (ii) in your capacity as a consultant under the Consulting Agreement, the
Company shall (a) provide for your exculpation and indemnification and the advancement and reimbursement of your legal and other expenses to the full extent that the Articles provide such protection to the Company’s officers, and
(b) maintain liability insurance coverage for you to the full extent that the Company provides such coverage to its officers. 

  

	 	10.	Representations and Acknowledgements. 

  

	 	a.	You agree that you have properly preserved and retained all records of the Company within your possession or control that are needed for business or legal purposes in
accordance with the Company’s policies and other applicable guidance addressing records management. 

  

	 	b.	You agree that you have had at least twenty-one (21) days from the date you received this Agreement to consider its terms. You may, if you want, sign and return
this Agreement sooner and waive your right to a twenty-one day consideration period. You are advised to discuss this Agreement with an attorney and other professional persons unrelated to the Company before you sign it. You agree that you are
entering into this Agreement freely, knowingly, and voluntarily, with a full understanding of its terms. You may revoke this Agreement within seven (7) days after you sign it by submitting a written revocation to the Company, in which case this
Agreement will be canceled and of no force or effect, and you will not be entitled to receive the payments set forth in Section 3 above. 

  
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	 	11.	Miscellaneous. 

  

	 	a.	Except as otherwise noted, this Agreement, the Consulting Agreement, the Confidentiality and Non-Competition Agreement and the 2002 Agreement constitute the entire
agreement between you and the Company as to the terms of your retirement from the Company. This Agreement may not be modified or canceled in any manner except by a writing signed by both you and an authorized Company official. You acknowledge that
the Company has made no representations or promises to you about the terms of your retirement from the Company other than those in this Agreement, the Consulting Agreement and the 2002 Agreement. If any provision in this Agreement is found to be
invalid or unenforceable, all other provisions will remain fully enforceable. 

  

	 	b.	This Agreement binds your heirs, administrators, representatives, executors, successors, and assigns, and anyone else claiming through you or on your behalf, and will
inure to the benefit of the Company, you, all Released Parties and their respective heirs, administrators, representatives, executors, successors, and assigns. 

 

	 	c.	This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia applicable to contracts made and to be
performed therein, without giving effect to conflict of laws principles. 

  

					
		 		 	Sincerely,
			
	 	 		 	/s/ Charles N. Whitaker
			
	 	 		 	Charles N. Whitaker
		 		 	 Senior Vice President, Human Resources & Compliance
 Altria Client Services Inc., on behalf of the Company.

  

									
	AGREED AND ACCEPTED:	 		 		 	
					
	By:	 	/s/ Michael E. Szymanczyk	 		 	1/26/12	 	
		 	Michael E. Szymanczyk	 		 		 	
		 	 		 	Date	 	

  
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 Schedule 1 
 EXECUTIVE CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-COMPETITION 
 AGREEMENT

 In consideration of my 2011 stock award and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is acknowledged, the
Company and I agree to this Executive Confidentiality and Non-Competition Agreement (“Agreement”). 
 1. The following definitions
apply to this Agreement: 
 a. “Company” means Altria Group, Inc. and its successors and assigns. 

b. “Company Affiliate” means, excluding the Company itself, Altria Group, its wholly-owned subsidiaries and affiliates, and
their successors and assigns. 
 c. “I,” “me,” or “my” refers to Michael E. Szymanczyk.

 d. “Confidential Information” means information that is confidential and proprietary to the Company and/or any
Company Affiliate, including but not limited to: trade secrets; lists of and other non-public information about current and prospective customers; business plans or strategies; sales and account records; prices or pricing strategy or information;
current and proposed advertising and promotional programs; research or development projects or plans; non-public financial information; information relating to personnel, including compensation and other employment practices; methods, systems,
techniques, procedures, designs, formulae, inventions, and know-how; and other business information of a similar nature not generally known to the public, which if misused or disclosed, could adversely affect the business of the Company and/or any
Company Affiliate. Confidential Information includes any such information that I may prepare or create during my employment, whether on behalf of the Company or on behalf of any Company Affiliate to whom I am providing services, as well as such
information that has been or may be created by others in those capacities. Confidential Information does not include information that is generally known to the public or that has been made known to the public through no fault of my own. 

e. “Competitor” means any individual, group, company, enterprise, or other entity that develops, manufactures, markets, and/or
sells tobacco, wine, or other products or technologies that compete (or upon introduction to the marketplace, will compete) with tobacco, wine, or other products or technologies that are manufactured, marketed, sold, and/or being developed by the
Company and/or any Company Affiliate (including but not limited to Philip Morris USA, U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company, John Middleton Company, and Ste. Michelle Wine Estates). The term “Competitor” also includes any other entity under
common ownership (in whole or in part) or legal affiliation with a competing entity, as identified in the preceding sentence, which provides support to such competing entity. 

  

			
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 f. “Competitive Activities” means any employment with, engagement as a consultant
or contractor for, rendering of any services to, or other material assistance in any capacity to any Competitor. 
 g.
“Adverse Party” means any individual, group, company, union, governmental body or other entity, excluding a Competitor, that has pecuniary and/or non-pecuniary interests known to be in opposition or otherwise adverse to those of the
Company and/or any Company Affiliate. 
 2. During the period of my employment, I will devote my full time and best efforts to the business of
the Company and/or any Company Affiliate, and I will not take any action that conflicts with the interests of the Company and/or any Company Affiliate. Moreover, I further agree that, during my period of employment, I will take no action that
conflicts with or infringes on the rights or interests of any third party for which I have performed services either as an employee, consultant, or contractor. Specifically, I agree that, during the period of my employment, I am not to use or
disclose any confidential or proprietary information of any third party or otherwise violate any written or verbal agreement I may have entered into with any third party while performing services as an employee, consultant, or contractor of that
third party. 
 3. Except as authorized by the Company and/or any Company Affiliate or as required by law, I will not at any time during my
employment or after the termination of my employment for whatever reason: (a) disclose any Confidential Information to any person, company, agency, institution, or other entity, or (b) use any Confidential Information for my own benefit or
the benefit of any person, company, agency, institution, or other entity except the Company and/or any Company Affiliate. I agree that all Confidential Information is, and at all times remains, the property of the Company and/or any Company
Affiliate. 
 4. I agree that, as used in this Agreement, “Work Product” means and includes all of the following: any invention,
discovery, process, method, technique, formula, concept, idea, work of authorship, and improvement thereof, whether or not it may be protected under patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret or other principles, that is related to the business,
anticipated business, research, development, design activities or products of the Company and/or any Company Affiliate. 
 a. I
agree that the Company and/or any Company Affiliate shall have sole and exclusive proprietary rights in and to all Work Product that is conceived, developed, or made by me alone or in conjunction with others: (i) during my employment, whether
or not during regular working hours, on Company premises, or with Company materials, and/or (ii) after the termination of my employment, if such Work Product is based on or related to, or arises or results from, any work performed by me for the
Company or on behalf of any Company Affiliate during my employment. I agree to disclose promptly and fully to the Company all such Work Product. I also agree to treat all such Work Product as Confidential Information except to the extent
specifically directed otherwise by the Company and/or any Company Affiliate. 

  

			
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 b. I agree to and hereby do assign to the Company and/or any Company Affiliate all right,
title, and interest, including all intellectual property rights, in and to all Work Product designated in the previous sub-paragraph as the property of the Company and/or any Company Affiliate, including, without limitation, the assignment of right
to claim priority. To the extent that any such Work Product, or portion of such Work Product, is protected under the U.S. Copyright laws, such Work Product shall be considered a “Work Made for Hire” as defined in the U.S. Copyright laws,
and shall automatically be owned by the Company and/or any Company Affiliate. During and after my employment, I agree to cooperate fully with the Company and/or any Company Affiliate in the protection (including any litigation or controversy) of any
intellectual property rights derived from or related to its Work Product. 
 5. At the end of my employment, regardless of how or why the
employment ends, I will surrender and return to the Company any and all property of the Company and/or any Company Affiliate, as well as all copies of written or electronic records of Confidential Information in my possession or control. 

6. I agree that, as a result of my exposure to Confidential Information, my responsibilities as an executive of the Company, and my association with the
Company and/or any Company Affiliate, their products and technologies, goodwill, and customers and business relationships, I will be in a position to cause irreparable harm to the Company and/or any Company Affiliate. Thus, during my employment and
for eighteen (18) months after the end of such employment, regardless of how or why my employment ends, I will not directly or indirectly: 
 a. Engage in any Competitive Activities if those Competitive Activities would be similar to the services I performed within the last three (3) years of my employment. 

b. Organize, establish, or operate as a Competitor. 
 c. Engage in any Competitive Activities if, in the performance of those Competitive Activities, I would reasonably be expected to use or would inevitably use any Confidential Information learned by me
during my employment. 
 d. Contact or solicit business from, in a manner competitive with or adverse to the interests of the
Company and/or any Company Affiliate, any customer or potential customer of the Company and/or any Company Affiliate with whom I had contact or for whom I provided services during the last twelve (12) months of my employment. 

e. Solicit or induce any employee of the Company and/or any Company Affiliate to leave the employment of the Company and/or the Company
Affiliate. 
 f. Hire or otherwise engage the services of any employee of the Company and/or any Company Affiliate. 

g. Assist any Competitor or Adverse Party in taking any of the actions described in subparagraphs (d) through (f) immediately
above. 

  

			
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 I agree that the Company and/or any Company Affiliate develops, manufactures, markets,
and/or sells cigarettes and cigarette-related products or technologies that are, or are intended to be, marketed and/or sold throughout the United States, and that my duties will pertain to such products or technologies and therefore affect the
business of the Company and/or any Company Affiliate throughout the United States. I also agree that the Company and/or any Company Affiliate develops, manufactures, markets, and/or sells smokeless tobacco, cigars, wine and other products and
associated technologies that are, or are intended to be, marketed and/or sold throughout the United States and foreign countries, and that my duties will pertain to such products or technologies and therefore affect the business of the Company
and/or any Company Affiliate throughout the United States and such foreign countries. I further agree that the activities prohibited by this paragraph 6 would be harmful to the Company and/or any Company Affiliate regardless of where those
activities occur and that my exposure to Confidential Information, in particular, would give me and any Competitor for whom I provide services an unfair economic advantage. Therefore, I agree that the scope of the restrictions of subparagraphs 6(a)
and (b) above pertain to: (1) the development, manufacturing, marketing, and/or sale by any Competitor of any cigarettes and cigarette-related products or technologies intended for marketing and/or sale in the United States; and
(2) the development, manufacturing, marketing, and/or sale by any Competitor of any smokeless tobacco, cigars, wine or other products and associated technologies intended for marketing and/or sale in the United States or intended for marketing
and/or sale in any foreign country that the Company and/or any Company Affiliate markets and/or sells similar products or technologies. I understand that the restrictions of subparagraphs 6(c) through (g) above are tied to information,
employees, and/or customers of the Company and/or any Company Affiliate and therefore are limited in that manner rather than geographically. 
 I understand and agree that if at any time I hold an active license to practice law in any jurisdiction, the restrictions of subparagraphs 6(a) through (g) above do not prohibit me from the practice
of law in that jurisdiction and the restrictions of subparagraphs 6(a) through (g) above shall be interpreted to prohibit my activities only to the extent consistent with the applicable rules of professional conduct for that jurisdiction.

 7. If I am offered and want to accept employment with a Competitor or Adverse Party during my employment or the eighteen (18) month
period following the end of my employment, then prior to my acceptance of such employment I will inform the Company in writing of the identity of the Competitor or Adverse Party, my proposed duties for that Competitor or Adverse Party, and the
proposed starting date of that employment. I also agree that I will inform the Competitor or Adverse Party of the terms of this Agreement. 
 8.
I agree that, after the end of my employment, I may engage in any business activity or gainful employment of any type and in any place except as described above. I agree that I will be reasonably able to earn a livelihood without violating the terms
of this Agreement. 
 9. I agree that the Company and/or any Company Affiliate are beneficiaries of this Agreement and have a legitimate
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would violate this Agreement. I further agree that the Company and/or any Company Affiliate (individually and taken as a whole) would be irreparably harmed if I violated the terms of this
Agreement or if any of its terms were not specifically enforced and that money damages would not provide adequate relief. I therefore agree that if I violate or threaten to violate any term of this Agreement, the Company and/or any Company Affiliate
shall be entitled to injunctive relief, specific performance, any other equitable remedies, and any and all remedies at law, plus its costs and attorneys’ fees incurred to enforce this Agreement or to obtain any other relief. 

10. I agree that if the Company and/or any Company Affiliate waive or allow any breach of this Agreement, that waiver or allowance will not be a waiver
of any future or other breach, whether of a similar or dissimilar nature. 
 11. I agree that each provision of this Agreement is a separate and
independent clause. If any clause is found to be unenforceable, that will not impair the enforceability of any other clauses. Further, if any provisions of this Agreement should ever be deemed to exceed the time, geographic area, or activity
limitations permitted by applicable law, I agree that such provisions should be and are reformed to the maximum time, geographic area, and activity limitations permitted by applicable law. I authorize a court having jurisdiction to reform the
provisions to the maximum time, geographic area, and activity limitations permitted by applicable law. 
 12. I agree that this Agreement may
not be changed, modified or otherwise terminated, in whole or in part, unless agreed to in writing by me, on my own behalf, and the Altria Client Services Senior Vice President of Human Resources & Compliance, on behalf of the Company.

 13. I agree that this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between me and the Company and supersedes any previous agreement I may have
executed with the Company or any Company Affiliate on the topics covered by this Agreement. I further agree that the Company has made no other representations to me on the topics covered by this Agreement. 

14. I agree that my employment with the Company is at-will and for no fixed duration. Either the Company or I may terminate the employment relationship
at any time, for any reason that either the Company or I may deem appropriate, regardless of whether or not I have violated any term of this Agreement. I further agree that the restrictions set forth in this Agreement will apply regardless of the
reason or circumstances of the termination of my employment. 
 15. I agree that, for purposes of this Agreement, my employment means and
includes any periods of employment with the Company or any Company Affiliate after I sign this Agreement. I agree that, if I transfer employment to a Company Affiliate, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall continue in full force and
effect, and all rights and obligations belonging to the Company under this Agreement will transfer or otherwise inure to the Company Affiliate to which I transfer. 
 16. I agree that this Agreement will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Any dispute arising between the parties related to or involving this
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Virginia, and I agree and stipulate that the Circuit Courts of the City of Richmond, Virginia and the surrounding counties, and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
Virginia, Richmond Division, shall have personal jurisdiction over me and that venue is proper in such courts for all actions or proceedings with respect to this Agreement. 

 

					
			
	Michael E. Szymanczyk	 		 	/s/ Michael E. Szymanczyk
	Executive’s Name	 		 	Executive’s Signature
			
	107159	 		 	2/17/11
	Personnel Number	 		 	Date

  

			
	Updated: January 2011	 	6Form of Restricted Stock Agreement

 Exhibit 10.4 
 THE ALTRIA GROUP, INC. 
 2010 PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN 

RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT 
 (January 25, 2012) 
 ALTRIA GROUP, INC. (the “Company”), a
Virginia corporation, hereby grants to the employee identified in the 2012 Restricted Stock Award section of the Award Statement (the “Employee”) under the Altria Group, Inc. 2010 Performance Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) a
Restricted Stock Award (the “Award”) dated January 25, 2012 (the “Award Date”), with respect to the number of shares of the Common Stock of the Company (the “Common Stock”) set forth in the 2012 Restricted Stock
Award section of the Award Statement (the “Shares”), all in accordance with and subject to the following terms and conditions of this Restricted Stock Agreement (the “Agreement”): 

1. Book Entry Registration. The Shares shall be evidenced by a book entry account maintained by the Company’s Transfer Agent
for the Common Stock. Upon the vesting of Shares, no certificates will be issued except upon a separate written request made to such Transfer Agent or other agent as determined by the Company. 

2. Condition to Award. As applicable and in the sole discretion of the Company or its delegate, this Award may be contingent on,
and in consideration of, the execution of a Confidentiality and Non-Competition Agreement by the Employee. In the event the Employee is required to execute a Confidentiality and Non-Competition Agreement, the Company or its delegate will so notify
the Employee prior to issuance of the Award. If the Employee does not execute the Confidentiality and Non-Competition Agreement within a reasonable time frame established by the Company or its delegate, but no later than 90 days after the Award
Date, this Agreement will be null and void with respect to the Employee and the Employee will forfeit any and all rights to the Award. 
 3. Restrictions. Subject to Section 2 above and Section 4 below, the restrictions on the Shares shall lapse and the Shares shall vest on the vesting date set forth in the 2012 Restricted
Stock Award section of the Award Statement (the “Vesting Date”), provided that the Employee remains an employee of the Company (or a subsidiary or affiliate) during the entire period (the “Restriction Period”) commencing on the
Award Date and ending on the Vesting Date. 
 4. Termination of Employment During Restriction Period. In the event of the
termination of the Employee’s employment with the Company (and with all subsidiaries and affiliates of the Company) prior to the Vesting Date due to death or Disability, or upon the Employee reaching eligibility for Normal Retirement, the
restrictions on the Shares shall lapse and the Shares shall become fully vested on the date of death, Disability, or eligibility for Normal Retirement. 
 If the Employee’s employment with the Company (and with all subsidiaries and affiliates of the Company) is terminated for any reason other than death, Disability, or reaching eligibility for Normal
Retirement prior to the end of the Restriction Period, the Employee shall forfeit all rights to the Shares immediately after termination of employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the
Company (the “Compensation Committee”) may, in its sole discretion, waive the restrictions on, and the vesting requirements for, the Shares. 
 5. Voting and Dividend Rights. During the Restriction Period, the Employee shall have the rights to vote the Shares and to receive any cash dividends payable with respect to the Shares, as paid,
less applicable withholding taxes. 

 6. Transfer Restrictions. This Award and the Shares (until they become unrestricted
pursuant to the terms hereof) are non-transferable and may not be assigned, hypothecated or otherwise pledged and shall not be subject to execution, attachment or similar process. Upon any attempt to effect any such disposition, or upon the levy of
any such process, the Award shall immediately become null and void, and the Shares shall be forfeited. 
 7. Withholding
Taxes. The Company is authorized to satisfy the actual minimum statutory withholding taxes arising from the granting or vesting of this Award, as the case may be, by deducting the number of Shares having an aggregate value equal to the amount of
withholding taxes due from the total number of Shares awarded or the number of Shares vesting or otherwise becoming subject to current taxation. The Company is also authorized to satisfy the actual withholding taxes arising from the granting or
vesting of this Award, or hypothetical withholding tax amounts if the Employee is covered under a Company tax equalization policy, as the case may be, by the remittance of the required amounts from any proceeds realized upon the open-market sale of
vested Shares by the Employee. Shares deducted from this Award in satisfaction of actual minimum statutory withholding tax requirements shall be valued at the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date as of which the amount giving rise to the
withholding requirement first became includible in the gross income of the Employee under applicable tax laws. If the Employee is covered by a Company tax equalization policy, the Employee also agrees to pay to the Company any additional
hypothetical tax obligation calculated and paid in accordance with such tax equalization policy. 
 8. Death of Employee.
If any of the Shares shall vest upon the death of the Employee, they shall be registered in the name of the estate of the Employee except that, to the extent permitted by the Compensation Committee, if the Company shall have theretofore received in
writing a beneficiary designation, the Shares shall be registered in the name of the designated beneficiary. 
 9. Board
Authorization in the Event of Restatement. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if the Board of Directors of the Company or an appropriate Committee of the Board determines that, as a result of a restatement of the
Company’s financial statements, the Employee has received greater compensation in connection with the Award than would been received absent the incorrect financial statements, the Board or Committee, in its discretion, may take such action with
respect to this Award as it deems necessary or appropriate to address the events that gave rise to the restatement and to prevent its recurrence. Such action may include, to the extent permitted by applicable law, causing the full or partial
cancellation of this Award and, with respect to Shares that have vested, requiring the Employee to repay to the Company the full or partial Fair Market Value of the Award determined at the time of vesting, and the Employee agrees by accepting this
Award that the Board or Committee may make such a cancellation, impose such a repayment obligation, or take other necessary or appropriate actions in such circumstances. 
 10. Other Terms and Provisions. The terms and provisions of the Plan (a copy of which will be furnished to the Employee upon written request to the Office of the Corporate Secretary, Altria Group,
Inc., 6601 West Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23230) are incorporated herein by reference. To the extent any provision of this Award is inconsistent or in conflict with any term or provision of the Plan, the Plan shall govern. Capitalized terms
not otherwise defined herein have the meaning set forth in the Plan. Subject to the provisions of section 6(a) of the Plan, in the event of any merger, share exchange, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization, reclassification, distribution,
stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, split-up, spin-off, issuance of rights or warrants or other similar transaction or event affecting the Common Stock after the date of this Award, the Board of Directors of the Company is authorized,
to the extent it deems appropriate, to make adjustments to the number and kind of shares of stock subject to this Award, including the substitution of equity interests in other entities involved in such transactions, to provide for cash payments in
lieu of Shares, and to determine whether continued 

  
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employment with any entity resulting from such a transaction will or will not be treated as continued employment with the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, in each case subject to any
Board or Compensation Committee action specifically addressing any such adjustments, cash payments, or continued employment treatment. 
 For purposes of this Agreement, (a) the term “Disability” means permanent and total disability as determined under procedures established by the Company for purposes of the Plan, and
(b) the term “Normal Retirement” means retirement from active employment under a pension plan of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company or under an employment contract with the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate
of the Company on or after the date specified as the normal retirement age in the pension plan or employment contract, if any, under which the Employee is at that time accruing pension benefits for his or her current service (or, in the absence of a
specified normal retirement age, the age at which pension benefits under such plan or contract become payable without reduction for early commencement and without any requirement of a particular period of prior service). In any case in which
(i) the meaning of “Normal Retirement” is uncertain under the definition contained in the prior sentence or (ii) a termination of employment at or after age 65 would not otherwise constitute “Normal Retirement,” an
Employee’s termination of employment shall be treated as a “Normal Retirement” under such circumstances as the Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion, deems equivalent to retirement. Generally, for purposes of this Agreement,
(x) a “subsidiary” includes only any company in which the Company, directly or indirectly, has a beneficial ownership interest of greater than 50 percent and (y) an “affiliate” includes only any company that
(A) has a beneficial ownership interest, directly or indirectly, in the Company of greater than 50 percent or (B) is under common control with the Company through a parent company that, directly or indirectly, has a beneficial ownership
interest of greater than 50 percent in both the Company and the affiliate. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Restricted Stock
Agreement has been duly executed as of January 25, 2012. 
  

			
	ALTRIA GROUP, INC.
		
	By:	 	W. Hildebrandt Surgner, Jr.
		 	Corporate Secretary

  
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