UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b). 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person John S. Reed 120 Park Avenue NY, New York 10017 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Altria Group, Inc. (MO) 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Day/Year 3/31/2003 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) (X) Director ( ) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1. Title of Security|2. |2A. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect | |Trans-|Exec- |Trans | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership | |action|ution |action| | Beneficially |(D)or | | | | | | | | A/| | Owned Following |Indir | | |Date | Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | Reported Trans(s)|ect(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Common Stock | | | | | | | |57348 1 |D | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of |2.Con- |3. |3A. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of| Derivative |version |Trans- |Deemed|Trans-| rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect | Security |or Exer |action | |action| rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise | |Execu-| | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership | |Price of| |ution | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | | |Deriva- | | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned Follow|ire| | |Secu- |(Month/|(Month| | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |ing Reported|ct | | |rity |Day/ |/Day/ |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Trans- |(I)| | | |Year) |Year) | | | | | | | | |action(s) | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Phantom Stock|1-for-1 |3/31/ 2| |A | |413 2 |A | |N/A |Common Stock|413 |$29.03 |11585 4 |D | | Units | |003 | | | | | | | | | |3 | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Explanation of Responses: 1. Includes 34,688 shares in a self-directed IRA/Keogh Account. 2. These units were acquired on March 31, 2003 pursuant to the deferred fee program of the Altria 1992 Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors. 3. The average of the high and low price of Altria Group, Inc. Common Stock on March 31, 2003. 4. This is an increase of 923 share equivalents since February 28, 2003. The total includes share equivalents acquired and fluctuations in the calculation of values of share equivalents under the deferred fee program of the Altria 1992 Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON John S. Reed G. Penn Holsenbeck for John S. Reed