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Filing Date: 2022-08-17

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<DESCRIPTION>EXTENSION AND AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 10.1 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>EXTENSION AND AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO THE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">5-YEAR</FONT> REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>THIS EXTENSION AND AMENDMENT NO. 3</B>,<B> </B>dated<B> </B>as of August&nbsp;17, 2022 (this &#147;<U>Extension and Amendment</U>&#148;) by
and among ALTRIA GROUP, INC., a Virginia corporation (&#147;<U>Altria</U>&#148;), the Lenders party hereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (&#147;<U>JPMCB</U>&#148;) and CITIBANK, N.A., as administrative agents (the &#147;<U>Administrative
Agents</U>&#148;), is an amendment to that certain U.S.$3,000,000,000 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">5-Year</FONT> Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of August&nbsp;1, 2018 (as amended by Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">5-Year</FONT> Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of January&nbsp;25, 2019, and Extension and Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">5-Year</FONT> Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of
August&nbsp;18, 2021, and as further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the &#147;<U>Revolving Credit Agreement</U>&#148;), by and among Altria, the Lenders party thereto and the
Administrative Agents. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>W</U> <U>I</U> <U>T</U> <U>N</U> <U>E</U> <U>S</U> <U>S</U> <U>E</U> <U>T</U> <U>H</U> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>WHEREAS</B>, in accordance with Section&nbsp;2.20 of the Revolving Credit Agreement, Altria, the Administrative Agents and each Person set
forth on Annex I hereto under the heading &#147;Name of Initial Lender&#148; (each, an &#147;<U>Extending Lender</U>&#148;) desires to extend the term of the Revolving Credit Agreement; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>WHEREAS</B>, in accordance with Section&nbsp;9.01 of the Revolving Credit Agreement, Altria, the Administrative Agents and the Extending
Lenders, which include all Lenders, desire to amend the Revolving Credit Agreement pursuant to the terms hereof and subject to the conditions set forth herein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>NOW, THEREFORE</B>, the parties hereto agree as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION 1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Defined Terms</U>. For the purposes of this Extension and Amendment, all capitalized terms used but not
otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Revolving Credit Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION
2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Extension</U>. Each of the undersigned Extending Lenders hereby agrees to extend, effective August&nbsp;17, 2022, its Commitment and the Maturity Date under the Revolving Credit Agreement for an additional one year
period to August&nbsp;1, 2025 pursuant to Section&nbsp;2.20 of the Revolving Credit Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION
3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement</U>. The Revolving Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the language indicated in underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example:&nbsp;<FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" COLOR="#0000ff"><U STYLE="border-bottom:1pt double; padding-bottom:1pt">underlined text</U></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman">) in Exhibit A hereto and by deleting the language
indicated by strikethrough text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example:&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" COLOR="#ff0000"><STRIKE>stricken text</STRIKE></FONT><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman">) in Exhibit A hereto. </FONT></P>
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Revolving Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to be in the form of <U>Annex I</U> attached hereto. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION
5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Representations and Warranties of Altria</U>. Altria represents and warrants to the Lenders as of the date hereof and as of the Extension and Amendment Effective Date that: </P>
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