ALTRIA GROUP, INC. (NYSE:MO) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain OfficersItem 5.02.
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On January 31, 2018, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Altria Group, Inc. (“Altria”) elected Mark E. Newman to the Board effective February 1, 2018. Mr. Newman is not being named to any committee of the Board at this time.
The Board made an affirmative determination that Mr. Newman qualifies as an independent director under the New York Stock Exchange listing standards and Altria’s standards for director independence.
Mr. Newman will be compensated for his service onthe Board to the existing compensation program for non-employee directors, which is described in Altria’s proxy statement for its 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 6, 2017).
A copy of the press release issued by Altria announcing the appointment of Mr. Newman is attached as Exhibit99.1 and is incorporated by reference in this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Filed as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K are the consolidated balance sheets of Altria and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, comprehensive earnings, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2017 (the “Financial Statements”); report of management on internal control over financial reporting; the independent registered public accounting firm’s report on the Financial Statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting; and the statements regarding computation of ratios of earnings to fixed charges. The Financial Statements, report of management on internal control over financial reporting and the independent registered public accounting firm’s report on the Financial Statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting will also be filed as part of Altria’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017.
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Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
ALTRIA GROUP, INC. ExhibitEX-12 2 exhibit12computationofrati.htm STATEMENTS REGARDING COMPUTATION OF RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES Exhibit Exhibit 12 Altria Group,…To view the full exhibit click here
About ALTRIA GROUP, INC. (NYSE:MO)
Altria Group, Inc. is a holding company. The Company’s subsidiaries include Philip Morris USA Inc. (PM USA), which is engaged in the manufacture and sale of cigarettes in the United States; John Middleton Co. (Middleton), which is engaged in the manufacture and sale of machine-made large cigars and pipe tobacco, and UST LLC (UST), which through its subsidiaries, including U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC (USSTC) and Ste. Michelle Wine Estates Ltd. (Ste. Michelle), is engaged in the manufacture and sale of smokeless tobacco products and wine. Its segments include smokeable products, smokeless products and wine. The smokeable products segment uses over four manufacturing and processing facilities. The smokeless products segment uses over four smokeless tobacco manufacturing and processing facilities located in Franklin Park, Illinois; Hopkinsville, Kentucky; Nashville, Tennessee, and Richmond, Virginia. Its wine segment uses approximately 11 wine-making facilities.