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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) DECEMBER 24, 1998
PHILIP MORRIS COMPANIES INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
VIRGINIA 1-8940 13-3260245
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(State or other (Commission (IRS Employer
jurisdiction File Number) Identification No.)
of incorporation)
120 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017-5592
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(Address of principal (Zip Code)
executive offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (917) 663-5000
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS
On November 25, 1998, Philip Morris Companies Inc. (the "Company")
filed a Current Report on Form 8-K, dated November 23, 1998 (the "November
8-K"), which discussed an agreement to settle the asserted and unasserted
health care cost recovery and certain other claims of 46 states, the District
of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands,
American Samoa and the Northern Marianas. The November 8-K contained an
inadvertent error in the paragraph captioned "Public Disclosure." This
Amendment is being filed solely to correct such error. The corrected
paragraph should read as follows:
"PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
Until June 30, 2010, the original participating manufacturers will
maintain their current Internet websites, which include documents produced in
the Minnesota health care cost recovery action. They will add to the
websites documents that were produced in the actions brought by the settling
states and that are not subject to specified protection against disclosure,
as well as other specified documents."
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
PHILIP MORRIS COMPANIES INC.
BY /s/ G. PENN HOLSENBECK
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Vice President, Associate General
Counsel and Secretary
Date: December 24, 1998
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