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Altria Group is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and trades under the ticker symbol "MO".
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Altria Group offers a Direct Stock Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plan administered by our transfer agent, Computershare. You may access the Computershare website, or you may call toll-free 1-800-442-0077 in the United States and Canada. From outside the United States and Canada, shareholders may call 1-781-575-3572.
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Yes. We have posted a history of dividends and stock splits since 1989. Dividends are declared and approved only at the discretion of the Board of Directors.
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Record Date: When a dividend is declared, the Company’s Board of Directors sets the "record date" for that dividend. You must be a "shareholder of record" (on the Company’s books) as of the "record date" in order to receive the dividend.
Ex-Dividend Date: "Ex-dividend" is a financial expression meaning without dividend. In order to be a "shareholder of record" who is entitled to receive the dividend you must purchase shares before the ex-dividend date. The ex-dividend date is typically two business days before the record date. If you purchase stock on the ex-dividend date or after, you will not receive the next dividend payment. If you purchase before the ex-dividend date, you will receive the dividend.
Payable Date: The "payable date" is the date the dividend is paid to the Company’s "shareholders of record".
Ex-Dividend Date: "Ex-dividend" is a financial expression meaning without dividend. In order to be a "shareholder of record" who is entitled to receive the dividend you must purchase shares before the ex-dividend date. The ex-dividend date is typically two business days before the record date. If you purchase stock on the ex-dividend date or after, you will not receive the next dividend payment. If you purchase before the ex-dividend date, you will receive the dividend.
Payable Date: The "payable date" is the date the dividend is paid to the Company’s "shareholders of record".
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Dividends are declared and approved only at the discretion of the Board of Directors. The following schedule shows the potential key dates for the 2013 dividends.
| Declaration Date | Ex-Dividend Date | Record Date | Payment Date |
| 02/27/2013 | 03/13/2013 | 03/15/2013 | 04/10/2013 |
| 05/16/2013 | 06/12/2013 | 06/14/2013 | 07/10/2013 |
| 08/23/2013 | 09/12/2013 | 09/16/2013 | 10/10/2013 |
| 12/11/2013 | 12/23/2013 | 12/26/2013 | 01/10/2014 |
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Visit the Dividend Schedule & History section.





