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ALTRIA GROUP, INC. 8-K Report, Corporate Update (Sep 19, 2007)

Filed September 19, 2007For Securities:MO

Summary

This 8-K filing by Altria Group, Inc. (MO) on September 19, 2007, primarily serves to provide investors with supplemental financial information in an XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) format. The company is furnishing an Intelligent Financial Statement (IFS) PDF which includes data from their previously released Q2 2007 earnings announcement. This XBRL data allows for more granular and machine-readable financial information, including condensed statements of earnings and selected financial data by business segment for various periods in 2006 and 2007. It is crucial for investors to note that the XBRL-formatted information is provided as a test of the technology and is explicitly stated as unaudited and not the official public filing. Investors are strongly advised to continue relying on the official versions of furnished documents for making investment decisions. This filing does not introduce new financial results but rather a new way of presenting and accessing existing data, with a focus on technological advancement in financial reporting.

Key Highlights

  • 1Altria Group, Inc. is filing supplemental financial data in XBRL format for testing purposes.
  • 2The XBRL data includes condensed statements of earnings and segment data for Q2 2007 and prior periods.
  • 3An Intelligent Financial Statement (IFS) PDF is provided, embedding XBRL financial data.
  • 4This filing is for technological testing of XBRL and is considered unaudited.
  • 5Investors are cautioned to rely on official filings and not this supplemental XBRL data for investment decisions.
  • 6The filing includes various XBRL components like Instance Documents, Schema, Presentation, Calculation, and Label Linkbases.

Frequently Asked Questions

The primary purpose of this 8-K filing is to furnish supplemental financial information in XBRL format as a test of new reporting technology. It provides a machine-readable version of previously released Q2 2007 financial results and related data.

No, the XBRL data provided in this filing is explicitly stated as unaudited and not the official public financial statements. It is intended for testing purposes, and investors should rely on the official versions of furnished documents for investment decisions.

The XBRL data includes condensed statements of earnings, selected financial data by business segment, net earnings, and diluted earnings per share for the quarters and six months ended June 30, 2007, as well as restated segment presentations for prior periods in 2006 and 2007.

Investors should refer to Altria Group's previous Form 8-K filing, specifically the one dated July 18, 2007, which announced their financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2007. This current filing is supplemental and for testing XBRL technology.