SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
LAMPEN RICHARD
(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O VECTOR GROUP LTD.
4400 BISCAYNE BLVD; 10TH FLOOR
(Street)
MIAMI FL 33137
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
VECTOR GROUP LTD [ VGR ] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
EVP/COO
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/24/2024
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common stock 02/24/2024 A 22,500 A $0.00(1) 930,127 D
Common stock 02/24/2024 F 50,171 D $11.2025(2) 879,956 D
Common Stock 6,179 I By Spouse(3)
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. The Reporting Person received a performance-based restricted stock grant of 90,000 shares on February 15, 2023. The performance-based restricted stock grant vested, or will vest, in four installments on February 24 of each of the four calendar years subsequent to the grant date, based upon the Issuer achieving certain performance targets and the Reporting Person being continuously employed by Vector Group Ltd. The amount reported represents the first vesting of the award (22,500 shares).
2. Represents withholdings of shares as payment of the reporting person's tax liabilities incident to the vesting of (a) the 22,500 shares of performance-based restricted stock referenced in footnote 1 and (b) 105,000 shares of restricted stock, which were awarded to reporting person on February 24, 2021 (37,500 shares), March 1, 2022 (45,000 shares) and February 15, 2023 (22,500 shares) and were previously reported at the time of the grant. The shares withheld were valued at $11.2025 per share, which represented the average of the low ($11.105) and high ($11.30) stock prices of the Issuer's Common Stock on February 23, 2024, the last trading day before the date of vesting.
3. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of the securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.
Remarks:
Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney (previously filed as Exhibit 24 to Form 5 dated February 5, 2015.)
/s/ J. Bryant Kirkland III, Attorney In Fact 02/26/2024
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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