Dividend Declaration

     
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( BW)(ALTRIA-GROUP)(MOP) Dividend Declaration

    Business Editors
    UK REGULATORY NEWS

    NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 28, 2003--

Altria Group, Inc. Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend of $0.64
Per Share

The Board of Directors of Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE:MO) today declared
a regular quarterly dividend of $0.64 per common share, payable on
July 8, 2003, to stockholders of record as of June 13, 2003. The
ex-dividend date is June 11, 2003.

Altria Group, Inc. is the parent company of Kraft Foods Inc., with
approximately 84% ownership of outstanding Kraft common shares, Philip
Morris International Inc., Philip Morris USA Inc. and Philip Morris
Capital Corporation. In addition, Altria Group, Inc. has a 36%
economic interest in SABMiller plc, the world's second-largest brewer.
The brand portfolio of Altria Group, Inc.'s consumer packaged goods
companies includes such well-known names as Kraft, Jacobs, L&M,
Marlboro, Maxwell House, Nabisco, Oreo, Oscar Mayer, Parliament,
Philadelphia, Post and Virginia Slims. Altria Group, Inc. recorded
2002 net revenues of $80.4 billion.

For more information about Altria Group, Inc., please visit the
company's web site at www.altria.com.

   Short Name: Altria Group Inc
   Category Code: DIV
   Sequence Number: 00005210
   Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20030528T140301+0100

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    CONTACT: Altria Group, Inc., New York
             Timothy R. Kellogg, 917/663-2759
             

    KEYWORD: NEW YORK UNITED KINGDOM INTERNATIONAL EUROPE
    INDUSTRY KEYWORD: MANUFACTURING FOODS/BEVERAGES
    SOURCE: Altria Group Inc

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