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Altria    

(Phiip Morris)


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From US government's 'Factual Memo' used in Medicaid litigation.

Altria Group Inc
    Formerly known as Philip Morris Companies Inc. Altria is a Virginia corporation with its principal place of business in New York, New York. Altria Group is the parent company of Philip Morris USA (formerly Philip Morris Inc.). Since 1985, Philip Morris Companies and its subsidiaries have established offices and plants in at least twenty-nine locations in at least seventeen states, and twenty-five locations intemationally. Philip Morris Companies Inc. changed its name in Januarv 2003 to Altria Group, Inc.

Altria Corporate Services Inc.
    Formerly Philip Morris Management Corporation (PMMC). Provides services, including legal counsel, to all of the Altria Group entities.