I call to order Altria Group’s 2018Annual Meeting of Shareholders. I am Marty Barrington, Chairman, CEO and President of Altria Group. With me today are Murray Garnick, Altria’s General Counsel; and Brandt Surgner, our Corporate Secretary. Thank you all for being with us today including those of you joining by webcast. And we’re going to begin our meeting detail, but just a word about my voice, apologies in advance. The allergies have compromise it a bit. So, I know you’ll indulge me.

So, let’s first please review the safe harbor statement in today’s presentation and the forward-looking and cautionary statement section in today’s press release for the important information that’s there. They’re available on altria.com along with reconciliations and further explanations of the non-GAAP financial measures we’ll be discussing. Please also review the cards that were on your seats that have our agenda and the meeting rules along with some business highlights. We’ll begin by presenting our meeting documents, move to electing directors and then vote on the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers as Altria’s independent registered public accounting firm. We’ll present a business update followed by and an advisory vote on the compensation of Altria’s named executive officers or NEOs. We’ll then take your questions and vote on one shareholder proposal if properly presented. And finally, we’ll report on the preliminary voting results.

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