Altria Group, Inc. - 2006 dated Specimen Stock Certificate - Previously Known as the Philip Morris Companies, Inc.

Specimen Stock printed by American Bank Note Company. Altria Group, Inc., previously known as Philip Morris Companies, Inc., is a leading American corporation and ranks among the largest producers and marketers of tobacco, cigarettes, and medical products designed to address tobacco-related health issues on a global scale. The company is headquartered in Henrico County, Virginia, just outside of Richmond. As the parent company of Philip Morris USA, John Middleton, Inc., U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company, Inc., and Philip Morris Capital Corporation, Altria also possesses significant minority stakes in the Belgium-based brewing company AB InBev and the Canadian cannabis enterprise Cronos Group. The company is listed on the S&P 500 index and was a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average from 1985 until 2008, when it was removed following the spin-offs of Kraft Foods Inc. in 2007 and Philip Morris International in 2008.