On April 7, 2022, Altria Group, Inc announced that it has received a shareholder proposal from The Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, asking the Company to commission a third-party civil rights equity audit to review its corporate policies, practices, products and services, above legal and regulatory matters and to assess the impact of the Company's policies, practices, products and services on black, indigenous and people of color and Latinx/a/o/e communities, including youth. In addition, the Company urged the shareholders to vote against all the shareholders proposals at the annual meeting of shareholders to be held on May 19, 2022.