Earnings from Equity Investment in SABMiller

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

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Earnings from Equity Investment in SABMiller

Earnings from Equity Investment in SABMiller:

Pre-tax earnings from Altria Group, Inc.’s equity investment in SABMiller consisted of the following:

	For the Nine Months Ended September 30,				For the Three Months Ended September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
	(in millions)
Equity earnings	$	662	$	942	$	243	$	216
Gains resulting from issuances of common stock by SABMiller	76		31		12		14
	$	738	$	973	$	255	$	230

Altria Group, Inc.’s equity earnings for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 included its share of pre-tax non-cash gains of $342 million resulting from SABMiller’s strategic alliance transactions with Anadolu Efes and Castel.