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By-Laws of Altria Group, Inc.

Article VI – Certificates Representing Shares

Certificates representing shares of the Corporation shall be signed by the chairman of the Board of Directors, the deputy chairman of the Board of Directors (if any), or the vice chairman of the Board of Directors (if any), or the president of the Corporation (if any) and the secretary or an assistant secretary.  Any and all signatures on such certificates, including signatures of officers, transfer agents and registrars, may be facsimile.


Article VII – Dividends

The Board of Directors may declare dividends from funds of the Corporation legally available therefor.


Article VIII – Seal

 The Board of Directors shall provide a suitable seal or seals, which shall be in the form of a circle, and shall bear around the circumference the words "Altria Group, Inc." and in the center the word and figures "Virginia, 1985."


Article IX – Fiscal Year

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year.


Article X – Amendment

The power to alter, amend or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation or to adopt new By-Laws shall be vested in the Board of Directors, but By-Laws made by the Board of Directors may be repealed or changed by the stockholders, or new By-Laws may be adopted by the stockholders, and the stockholders may prescribe that any By-Laws made by them shall not be altered, amended or repealed by the directors.


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