Comparison of Five-Year Cumulative Total Return

The graph below compares the cumulative total return on common stock for the last five years with the cumulative total return for the same period of the S&P 500 Index and the Altria peer group index. The graph assumes the investment of $100 in common stock and each of the indices as of the market close on December 31, 2001 and reinvestment of all dividends on a quarterly basis.

⁽¹⁾ The Altria Peer Group consists of the following companies that are competitors of the Company's operating subsidiaries or that have been selected on the basis of size, global focus or industry leadership: Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., British American Tobacco p.l.c., Campbell Soup Company, The Coca-Cola Company, ConAgra Foods, Inc., General Mills, Inc., H. J. Heinz Company, Hershey Foods Corporation, Kellogg Company, Nestlé S.A., PepsiCo, Inc., The Procter & Gamble Company, Reynolds American Inc., Sara Lee Corporation, Unilever N.V., and UST Inc. The five-year cumulative total return graph excludes The Gillette Company as a result of its acquisition by The Procter & Gamble Company in 2005.