Philip Morris International Inc (PM)

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CORRECTED - FACTBOX-Facts about tobacco major Philip Morris Intl

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Reuters U.S. Company News
2:52 p.m. 03/27/2008


(Corrects headquarters location)


March 27 (Reuters) - Altria Group Inc (MO), the holding
company of leading cigarette makers Philip Morris International
(PMI), will spin off 100 percent of the shares of PMI to
Altria's shareholders on Friday.


Following are facts about Philip Morris International:


* Headquarters - New York


* 2007 Snapshot:


-- Volume - 850 billion cigarettes


-- Operating income - $8.9 billion;


-- Global market share - 15.6 percent


* PMI's brands, led by Marlboro, L&M, Philip Morris,
Chesterfield, Bond Street, Lark and Parliament, are sold in
over 160 countries around the world.


* Founded in 1854 when Mr. Philip Morris opened his first
tobacco shop on London's Bond Street, the company has 50 plants
around the world and employs more than 70,000 people.


* New York-based Altria, the holding company of PMI, also
owns cigarette makers Philip Morris USA and John Middleton
Inc.
(Sources:Reuters and www.philipmorrisinternational.com)