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	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BERNSTEIN RONALD J (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O LIGGETT VECTOR BRANDS LLC 3800 PARAMOUNT PARKWAY (Street) MORRISVILLE NC 27560 (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) President Subsidiary
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/15/2019
	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	03/15/2019		A		35,095	A	$0.00(1)	94,273	D
Common Stock	03/15/2019		F(2)		15,577	D	$11.18(2)	78,696	D

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 restricted stock grant on October 28, 2013 (the "Award") pursuant to VGR's Amended and Restated 1999 Long-Term Incentive Plan. The Award vested on March 15, 2019, based upon the Issuer's tobacco segment achieving certain performance targets and the Reporting Person being continuously employed by a subsidiary of the Issuer.

2. Represents the average of the high ($11.07) and low ($11.28) stock prices of the Issuer's Common Stock on March 15, 2019, the date of vesting.

Remarks:

Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney (previously filed as Exhibit 24 to Form 4 dated March 6, 2015.)

	/s/ J. Bryant Kirkland III, Attorney-In-Fact	03/15/2019
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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