UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 29, 2018
VECTOR GROUP LTD. |
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
DELAWARE |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
1-5759 | 65-0949535 | |
(Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |
4400 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Florida | 33137 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |
(305) 579-8000 |
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code) |
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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
Vector Group Ltd. has prepared materials for presentations to investors. The materials are furnished (not filed) as Exhibits 99.1, 99.2 and 99.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K pursuant to Regulation FD.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Exhibits 99.1, 99.2 and 99.3 contain the Non-GAAP Financial Measures discussed below.
Please refer to Current Reports on Form 8-K dated March 1, 2018, November 24, 2017, November 15, 2016 and October 2, 2015 for reconciliations of GAAP Financial Measures to Non-GAAP Financial Measures. Non-GAAP Financial Measures include adjustments for purchase accounting associated with the Company's acquisition of its additional 20.59% interest in Douglas Elliman Realty, LLC, as well as the related purchase accounting adjustments. Non-GAAP Financial Measures also include adjustments for litigation settlement and judgment expenses in the Tobacco segment, settlements of long-standing disputes related to the Master Settlement Agreement in the Tobacco segment, restructuring and pension settlement expenses in the Tobacco segment, non-cash stock compensation expenses (for purposes of Adjusted EBITDA only) and non-cash interest items associated with the Company's convertible debt.
Adjusted Revenues and Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted Operating Income, Tobacco Adjusted Operating Income, New Valley LLC Adjusted EBITDA and Douglas Elliman Realty, LLC Adjusted EBITDA (hereafter, along with the Non-GAAP Revenue Measures referred to as "the Non-GAAP Financial Measures") are financial measures not prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). The Company believes that the Non-GAAP Financial Measures are important measures that supplement discussions and analysis of its results of operations and enhances an understanding of its operating performance. The Company believes the Non-GAAP Financial Measures provide investors and analysts with a useful measure of operating results unaffected by differences in capital structures and ages of related assets among otherwise comparable companies. In the case of Adjusted Revenues, management believes revenue growth in its real estate segment is an important measure of growth because increased revenues generally result in increased gross margin as a result of absorption of fixed operating costs, which management believes will lead to increased future profitability as well as increased capacity to expand into new and existing markets. A key strategy of the Company is its ability to move into new markets and therefore gross revenues provide information with respect to the Company's ability to achieve its strategic objectives. Management also believes increased revenues generally indicate increased market share in existing markets as well as expansion into new markets. Consequently, management believes Adjusted Revenue is meaningful indicators of operating performance.
Management uses the Non-GAAP Financial Measures as measures to review and assess operating performance of the Company's business, and management and investors should review both the overall performance (GAAP net income) and the operating performance (the Non-GAAP Financial Measures) of the Company's business. While management considers the Non-GAAP Financial Measures to be important, they should be considered in addition to, but not as substitutes for or superior to, other measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP, such as operating income, net income and cash flows from operations. In addition, the Non-GAAP Financial Measures are susceptible to varying calculations and the Company's measurement of the Non-GAAP Financial Measures may not be comparable to those of other companies.
Adjusted Revenues is defined as revenues plus the additional revenues as a result of the consolidation of Douglas Elliman plus one-time purchase accounting adjustments to fair value for deferred revenues recorded in connection with the increase of the Company’s ownership of Douglas Elliman. EBITDA is defined as net income before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA is EBITDA, as defined above, and as adjusted for changes in fair value of derivatives embedded with convertible debt, equity gains (losses) on long-term investments, gains (losses) on sale of investment securities available for sale, equity income from non-consolidated real estate businesses, loss on extinguishment of debt, acceleration of interest expense related to debt conversion, stock-based compensation expense (for purposes of Adjusted EBITDA only), litigation settlement and judgment expense, settlements of long-standing disputes related to the Master Settlement Agreement (“MSA”), restructuring and pension settlement expense, and other charges.
New Valley LLC ("New Valley"), the real estate subsidiary of the Company, owns real estate and 70.59% of Douglas Elliman, the largest residential brokerage firm in the New York metropolitan area, as well as a minority stake in numerous real estate investments. New Valley LLC Adjusted EBITDA is defined as the portion of Adjusted EBITDA that relates to New Valley. New Valley's Adjusted EBITDA does not include an allocation of expenses from the Corporate and Other segment of Vector Group Ltd.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements, which involve risk and uncertainties. The words "could", “believe,” “expect,” “estimate,” “may,” “will,” “could,” “plan,” or “continue” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. The Company’s actual results could differ significantly from the results discussed in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences in results and outcomes include, without limitation, those discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017. Readers are urged not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company undertakes no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any obligation to) revise or update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, subsequent events, or otherwise (except as may be required by law), in order to reflect any event or circumstance which may arise after the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibit
(d) Exhibit.
Exhibit No. | Exhibit | |
Investor presentation of Vector Group Ltd. dated March 2018 (furnished pursuant to Regulation FD). | ||
Fact Sheet of Vector Group Ltd. dated March 2018 (furnished pursuant to Regulation FD). | ||
Fact Sheet of New Valley LLC dated March 2018 (furnished pursuant to Regulation FD). | ||
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
VECTOR GROUP LTD. | ||
By: | /s/ J. Bryant Kirkland III | |
J. Bryant Kirkland III | ||
Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer | ||
Date: March 29, 2018
March 2018
INVESTOR PRESENTATION
DISCLAIMER
This document and any related oral presentation does not constitute an offer or invitation to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any equity
securities or debt securities instruments of Vector Group Ltd. (“Vector,” “Vector Group Ltd.” or “the Company”) and nothing contained herein or its
presentation shall form the basis of any contract or commitment whatsoever.
The distribution of this document and any related oral presentation in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law and persons into whose possession this
document or any related oral presentation comes should inform themselves about, and observe, any such restriction. Any failure to comply with these
restrictions may constitute a violation of the laws of any such other jurisdiction.
The information contained herein does not constitute investment, legal, accounting, regulatory, taxation or other advice and the information does not take
into account your investment objectives or legal, accounting, regulatory, taxation or financial situation or particular needs. You are solely responsible for
forming your own opinions and conclusions on such matters and the market and for making your own independent assessment of the information.
You are solely responsible for seeking independent professional advice in relation to the information and any action taken on the basis of the
information.
The following presentation may contain "forward-looking statements,” including any statements that may be contained in the presentation that
reflect Vector’s expectations or beliefs with respect to future events and financial performance, such as the expectation that the tobacco
transition payment program could yield substantial incremental free cash flow. These forward- looking statements are subject to certain risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement made by or on behalf of the
Company, including the risk that changes in Vector’s capital expenditures impact its expected free cash flow and the other risk factors described in Vector’s
annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, as filed with the SEC. Please also refer to Vector's Current Reports on Forms 8-K, filed
on October 2, 2015, November 15, 2016, November 24, 2017 and March 1, 2018 (Commission File Number 1-5759) as filed with the SEC for information,
including cautionary and explanatory language, relating to Non-GAAP Financial Measures in this Presentation labeled "Adjusted".
Results actually achieved may differ materially from expected results included in these forward-looking statements as a result of these or other factors. Due
to such uncertainties and risks, potential investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of
the date on which such statements are made. The Company disclaims any obligation to, and does not undertake to, update or revise and forward-
looking statements in this presentation.
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INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS & PORTFOLIO
Diversified Holding Company with two unrelated, but complementary, businesses with iconic brand names: tobacco (Liggett
Group) and real estate (Douglas Elliman)
History of strong earnings, and Adjusted EBITDA has increased from $178.3 million in 2011 (1) to $257.4 million for the year
ended December 31, 2017 (2)
Tobacco Adjusted EBITDA of $253.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 (3)
Douglas Elliman, which is a 70.59%-owned subsidiary, produced Revenues of $722.3 million and Adjusted EBITDA of
$26.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 (4)
Diversified New Valley portfolio of consolidated and non-consolidated real estate investments
Maintains substantial liquidity with cash, marketable securities and long-term investments of $603 million as of December
31, 2017 (5) and has no significant debt maturities until February 2019
Uninterrupted quarterly cash dividends since 1995 and an annual 5% stock dividend since 1999
Seasoned management team with average tenure of 24 years with Vector Group
Management team and directors beneficially own approximately 13% of Vector Group
Perpetual cost advantage over the largest U.S. tobacco companies – annual cost advantage ranged between $163 million
and $169 million from 2012 to 2017(6)
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Overview
(1) Vector’s Net income for the year ended December 31, 2011 was $74.5M. Adjusted EBITDA is a Non-GAAP Financial Measure. Please refer to Exhibit 99.2 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated November 15, 2016 (Table 2) for a reconciliation
of Net income to Adjusted EBITDA as well as the Disclaimer to this document on Page 2.
(2) Vector’s Net income for the year ended December 31, 2017 was $84.6 million. Adjusted EBITDA is a Non-GAAP Financial Measure. Please refer to Exhibit 99.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on March 1,2018, for a reconciliation of Net
income to Adjusted EBITDA as well as the Disclaimer to this document on Page 2.
(3) All “Liggett” and “Tobacco” financial information in this presentation includes the operations of Liggett Group LLC, Vector Tobacco Inc., and Liggett Vector Brands LLC unless otherwise noted. Tobacco Adjusted EBITDA is a Non-GAAP Financial Measure and is
defined in Table 3 of Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated March 1, 2018.
(4) Douglas Elliman’s Net income was $21.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. Adjusted EBITDA is a Non-GAAP Financial Measure. Please refer to Exhibit 99.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated March 1, 2018, for a
reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net income (Table 7) as well as the Disclaimer to this document.
(5) At December 31, 2017 this amount includes cash at Douglas Elliman, a 70.59%-owned subsidiary, of $89 million and cash at Liggett, a wholly-owned subsidiary of $17 million. Excludes real estate investments.
(6) Cost advantage applies only to cigarettes sold below applicable market share exemption.
TOBACCO OPERATIONS
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LIGGETT GROUP OVERVIEW
Fourth-largest U.S. tobacco company; founded in 1873
— Core Discount Brands – Pyramid, Grand Prix, Liggett Select, Eve and Eagle 20’s
— Partner Brands – USA, Bronson and Tourney
Consistent and strong cash flow
—Tobacco Adjusted EBITDA of $253.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 (1)
—Low capital requirements with capital expenditures of $3.7 million related to tobacco operations for the year ended
December 31, 2017
Current cost advantage of approximately $0.70 per pack compared to the largest U.S. tobacco companies
expected to maintain volume and drive profit in core brands
— Pursuant to the MSA, Liggett has no payment obligations unless its market share exceeds a market share exemption of approximately
1.65% of total cigarettes sold in the United States, and Vector Tobacco has no payment obligations unless its market share exceeds a
market share exemption of approximately 0.28% of total cigarettes sold in the United States
— MSA exemption annual cost advantage ranged between $163 million and $169 million for Liggett and Vector Tobacco from 2012 to
2017.
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(1) Tobacco Adjusted EBITDA is a Non-GAAP Financial Measure and is defined in the Company’s Current Report on Forms 8-K, dated March 1, 2018. Please also refer to the Disclaimer to this document on Page 2.
2005
Relaunched
deep discount
brand Grand
Prix
LIGGETT GROUP HISTORY
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Source: MSA CRA wholesale shipment database.
Note: The Liggett and Vector Tobacco businesses have been combined into a single segment for all periods since 2007.
(1) Tobacco Adjusted EBITDA is a Non-GAAP Financial Measure and is defined in Table 2 of Exhibit 99.1 of the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K, dated March 1, 2018 as well as Table 2 to Exhibit 99.2 of the Company’s Current Report son Form 8-K,
dated October 2, 2015 and November 15, 2016.
1998 1999 2009 2013 Today
Signed the MSA as a Subsequent
Participating Manufacturer, which
established perpetual cost
advantage over three largest U.S.
tobacco companies
Introduced deep discount brand Liggett Select taking advantage
of the Company’s cost advantage resulting from the MSA
Repositioned Pyramid as a deep-discount brand in response
to a large Federal Excise Tax increase
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$79 $77
$121 $111
$127 $130
$144 $146
$158 $170 $165 $158
$174 $186
$199 $211
$245
$269
$254
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1.5%
2.2%
2.4% 2.5% 2.3% 2.2%
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3.5%
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focus by balancing market share
and profit growth, which
maximizes long-term Tobacco
Adjusted EBITDA.
Repositioned
Eagle 20’s as a
national deep
discount brand
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ADJUSTED U.S. TOBACCO INDUSTRY MARKET SHARE
46.7%
48.8% 47.4% 46.8%
21.2% 19.6% 19.9% 19.3%
2.9% 3.7% 2.7% 2.0%
2.4% 2.4%
3.4% 3.7%
7.7% 8.8%
12.4% 13.6%
9.3% 8.8%
6.7% 6.4%
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
2003 2006 2014 2017 2003 2006 2014 2017 2003 2006 2014 2017 2003 2006 2014 2017
28.9% 28.4%
32.4% 32.9%
Philip Morris USA Reynolds American
2.89%
3.65%
2.71% 2.07%
2.44% 2.36%
3.36%
3.69%
9.26%
8.81%
6.74%
6.37%
0.00%
5.00%
10.00%
15.00%
2003 2006 2014 2017 2003 2006 2014 2017
12.15%
12.47%
9.45%
8.44%
ITG Brands Liggett Group
12.2% 12.5%
9.5%
8.4%
Newport – acquired by RAI in 2015
Brands acquired by ITG in 2015
Legacy brands
Source: The Maxwell Report’s sales estimates for the cigarette Industry for the years ended 2003 (February 2004), 2006 (February 2007), 2014 (March 2015) and 2017 (March 2018).
(1) All 2017 percentages are from internal company estimates. Actual Market Share in 2003, 2006 and 2014 reported in the Maxwell Report for Reynolds American was 29.6%, 27.6% and 23.1%, respectively, and, for ITG Brands, was 2.9%, 3.7%. and 2.7%, respectively.
Adjusted market share has been computed by Vector Group Ltd. by applying historical market share of each brand to the present owner of brand. Thus, the graph assumes each company owned its current brands on January 1, 2003. The legacy brands market share of
Reynolds American in 2003 includes the market share of Brown & Williamson, which was acquired by Reynolds American in 2004. In 2015, Reynolds American acquired Lorillard Tobacco Company, which manufactured the Newport brand, and sold a portfolio of brands,
including the Winston, Salem, Kool and Maverick brands to ITG Brands.
(2) Does not include smaller manufacturers, whose cumulative market shares were 9.8%, 7.9%, 8.8% and 8.2% in 2003, 2006, 2014 and 2017, respectively.
TOBACCO LITIGATION AND REGULATORY UPDATES
In 2013, Liggett reached a settlement with approximately 4,900 Engle progeny plaintiffs, which represented a substantial
portion of Liggett’s pending litigation
— Liggett agreed to pay $60 million in a lump sum in 2014 and the balance in installments of $3.4 million in each of the
following 14 years (2015 – 2028)
In 2016 and 2017, Liggett settled an additional 163 Engle progeny cases for $26.7 million.
— Approximately 80 Engle progeny plaintiffs remain at December 31, 2017.
Liggett is also a defendant in 26 non-Engle smoking-related individual cases and three (3) smoking-related actions where
either a class had been certified or plaintiffs were seeking class certification
In January 2016, the Mississippi Attorney General filed a motion to enforce Mississippi’s 1996 settlement agreement with
Liggett and alleged that Liggett owes Mississippi at least $27 million in damages plus punitive damages and legal fees.
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Litigation
Regulatory
Since 1998, the MSA has restricted the advertising and marketing of tobacco products
In 2009, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act granted the FDA power to regulate the manufacture, sale,
marketing and packaging of tobacco products
— FDA is prohibited from issuing regulations that ban cigarettes.
— In 2018, FDA issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to consider reducing nicotine in tobacco
Federal Excise Tax is $1.01/pack (since April 1, 2009) and additional state and municipal excise taxes exist
REAL ESTATE OPERATIONS
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REAL ESTATE OVERVIEW
New Valley, which owns 70.59% of Douglas Elliman Realty, LLC, is a diversified real estate company that is
seeking to acquire or invest in additional real estate properties or projects
New Valley has invested approximately $195 million1, as of December 31, 2017, in a broad portfolio of real
estate projects
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New Valley Adjusted EBITDA(2)
$40.2M
$26.9M $27.9M
2014 2015 2016 2017
New Valley Revenues – December 31, 2017
$10M
$32M
$685M
$727M
Real Estate Brokerage Commissions
Property Management
Other
(1) Net of cash returned.
(2) New Valley’s net income was $21.4M, $11.7M, $13.5M and $37.6M for the periods presented. Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. For a reconciliation of Net income to Adjusted EBITDA, please see Vector Group Ltd.’s
Current Reports on Forms 8-K, filed on March 8, 2016, March 1, 2017 and March 1, 2018, Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 (Commission File Number 1-5759) as well as the Disclaimer to this document on Page 2. New
Valley’s Adjusted EBITDA do not include an allocation of Vector Group Ltd.’s Corporate and Other Expenses (for purposes of computing Adjusted EBITDA) of $11.4M, $13.2M, $15.3M and $15.7M for the periods presented, respectively.
$20.3M
Douglas Elliman Adjusted EBITDA(1)
DOUGLAS ELLIMAN REALTY, LLC
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Largest residential real estate brokerage firm in the highly
competitive New York metropolitan area and third-largest
residential brokerage firm in the U.S.
Approximately 7,000 affiliated agents and 100 offices in
the U.S.
Alliance with Knight Frank provides a network with 520
offices across 60 countries with 21,550 affiliated agents
Also offers title and settlement services, relocation
services, and residential property management services
through various subsidiaries
(1) Douglas Elliman’s net income was $38.4M, $22.2M, $21.1M and $21.4M for the periods presented. Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. For a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net income, please see Vector Group
Ltd.’s Current Reports on Forms 8-K, filed on March 8, 2016, March 1, 2017 and March 1, 2018, Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 (Commission File Number 1-5759) as well as the Disclaimer to this document on
Page 2.
Douglas Elliman Closed Sales – December 31, 2017
$50.7M
$35.7M
2014 2015 2016 2017
$26.1M
Douglas Elliman
Closed Sales
$12.4B
$14.9B
$18.2B
$22.4B
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
$24.5B $26.1B
Douglas Elliman
Revenues – LTM December 31, 2017
$5M
$32M
$685M
$722M
Real Estate Brokerage Commissions
Property Management
Other
Long Island,
Westchester,
Connecticut
$7.6B
New York City
$12.7B
South
Florida
$3.6B
Aspen
Los
Angeles
$36.7M
NEW VALLEY’S REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS AT DECEMBER 31, 2017
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87 Park
(Miami Beach)
Monad Terrace
(Miami Beach)
Sagaponack
(East Hampton)
Maryland Portfolio
(Baltimore County)
The Plaza at Harmon
Meadow (New Jersey)
West Hollywood Edition
(West Hollywood)
New York City
Investments
(see Page 13)
Escena
(Palm Springs)
Commercial Retail/
Office Assets
Apartments/
Condominiums/Hotels
Land Development/Real
Estate Held for Sale, net
Coral Beach
and Tennis Club
Bermuda
International Investments
Mosaic II
(ST Portfolio)
(Houston)
(1) For the percentage of each real estate project owned, please refer to the “Summary of Real Estate Investments” section of Item 7 -Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of Vector Group Ltd.’s Form 10-K
for the annual period ended December 31, 2017 (Commission File Number 1-5759).
Takanasee
(New Jersey)
(1)
500
Broadway
(Santa
Monica)
Fontainebleau
(Las Vegas)
Wynn Las Vegas
Retail (Nevada)
NEW VALLEY’S REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS IN NEW YORK CITY
1. The Marquand Upper East Side
2. 10 Madison Square West Flatiron District/NoMad
3. 11 Beach Street TriBeCa
4. 20 Times Square Times Square
5. 111 Murray Street TriBeCa
6. 160 Leroy Street Greenwich Village
7. 215 Chrystie Street Lower East Side
8. The Dutch Long Island City
9. 1 QPS Tower Long Island City
10. Park Lane Hotel Central Park South
11. 125 Greenwich Street Financial District
12. The Eleventh West Chelsea
13. New Brookland Flatbush
14. The Dime (Havemeyer Street) Brooklyn
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10
4
2
12
9
8
6
5 3
11
7
(1) For the percentage of each real estate project owned, please refer to the “Summary of Real Estate Investments” section of Item 7 -Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations -of Vector Group Ltd.’s Form 10-K for
the annual period ended December 31, 2017 (Commission File Number 1-5759).
(1)
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NEW VALLEY’S REAL ESTATE SUMMARY AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2017
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Net cash
invested
Cumulative earnings /
(loss)(2)
Carrying
value(2)(3)
Projected construction
end date
Range of ownership
Number of
investments
Land owned
New York City SMSA $ 13,467 $ - $ 13,467 N/A 100.0% 1
All other U.S. areas 2,912 7,573 10,485 N/A 100.0% 1
$ 16,379 $ 7,573 $ 23,952 2
Condominium and Mixed Use Development (Minority interest owned)
New York City SMSA(3) $ 21,889 $ 74,496 $ 96,385 2018 - 2020 3.1% - 49.5% 13
All other U.S. areas 27,432 3,040 30,472 2018 - 2020 15.0% - 48.5% 4
$ 49,321 $ 77,536 $ 126,857 17
Apartments (Minority interest owned)
New York City SMSA $ 14,711 $ (3,801) $ 10,910 N/A 45.4% 1
All other U.S. areas (473) 730 257 N/A 7.6% - 16.3% 2
$ 14,238 $ (3,071) $ 11,167 3
Hotels (Minority interest owned)
New York City SMSA $ 31,365 $ (11,253) $ 20,112 N/A 5.2% 1
All other U.S. areas 7,675 (75) 7,600 N/A 15.0% 1
International 6,048 (3,248) 2,800 N/A 49.0% 1
$ 45,088 $ (14,576) $ 30,512 3
Commercial (Minority interest owned)
New York City SMSA $ 4,826 $ (2,389) $ 2,437 N/A 49.0% 1
All other U.S. areas 15,238 404 15,642 N/A 1.9% 1
$ 20,064 $ (1,985) $ 18,079 2
Total $ 145,090 $ 65,477 $ 210,567 27
SUMMARY
New York City SMSA(3) $ 86,258 $ 57,053 $ 143,311 17
All other U.S. areas 52,784 11,672 64,456 9
International 6,048 (3,248) 2,800 1
$ 145,090 $ 65,477 $ 210,567 27
(1) For the percentage of each real estate project owned, please refer to the “Summary of Real Estate Investments” section of Item 7 -Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of Vector Group Ltd.’s Form 10-K for
the period ended December 31, 2017 (Commission File Number 1-5759).
(2) Includes interest expense capitalized to real estate ventures of $27,427.
(3) Carrying value includes non-controlling interest of $3,773.
(Dollars in thousands)
(1)
FINANCIAL DATA
$40 $27 $28 $20
$211 $245
$269
$254
2014 2015 2016 2017
ADJUSTED HISTORICAL FINANCIAL DATA
$563
$643 $727
$1,021 $1,017
$1,081
2014 2015 2016 2017
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$9
$1,593
$1,807
$1,660
Tobacco Real Estate E-Cigarettes Corporate & Other
Adjusted Revenues(1) Adjusted EBITDA(1)
$227
$246
$257
$280
(1) Vector’s revenues for the periods presented were $1,591, $1,657, $1,691 and $1,807, respectively. Vector’s Net income for the periods presented was $36.9, $59.2, $71.1 and $84.6, respectively Adjusted Revenues and Adjusted
EBITDA are Non-GAAP Financial Measures. Please refer to the Company’s Current Report on Forms 8-K, filed on March 8, 2016, March 1, 2017 and March 1, 2018 (Exhibit 99.1) for a reconciliation of Non-GAAP financial measures to
GAAP as well as the Disclaimer to this document on Page 2.
($11) ($13) ($16)
$(1)
$(16)
(Dollars in millions)
($13)
Tobacco Real Estate E-Cigarettes Corporate & Other
$1,691
$1,011
$680
($13) $(1)
Vector
Group Ltd.
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NYSE ARCA
Tobacco
100.0 140.2 154.2 123.0 173.7 207.4 243.9 289.5 319.0 317.0 384.1 484.4 529.7 527.5
Dow Jones
Real Estate
Total Return
100.0 135.5 110.9 66.5 86.9 110.4 117.1 139.2 141.6 180.2 184.1 198.0 217.5 197.2
HISTORICAL STOCK PERFORMANCE
17 Note: The graph above compares the total annual return of Vector’s Common Stock, the S&P 500 Index, the S&P MidCap 400 Index, the NYSE ARCA Tobacco Index and the Dow Jones Real Estate Total Return for the period from December31,2005 through
February 28, 2018. The graph assumes that all dividends and distributions were reinvested. Source: Bloomberg LP
Value of $100 Invested – December 31, 2005
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Vector Group Ltd. owns Liggett Group, Vector Tobacco and New Valley.
New Valley owns a 70% interest in Douglas Elliman.
FYE 12/31/17 Revenues
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
Howard M. Lorber
President and Chief Executive Officer
Richard J. Lampen
Executive Vice President
J. Bryant Kirkland III
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer
Marc N. Bell
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Ronald J. Bernstein
President and Chief Executive Officer of Liggett
Group LLC and Liggett Vector Brands LLC
10-Year Stockholder Return
REAL ESTATE
• New Valley, which owns 70.59% of Douglas Elliman Realty, LLC, is a diversified real estate
company that is seeking to acquire additional operating companies and real estate properties.
• New Valley has invested approximately $195 million, as of December 31, 2017, in a broad portfolio
of real estate investments.
• Douglas Elliman is the largest residential real estate brokerage firm in the New York metropolitan
area and the third-largest in the U.S.
• Douglas Elliman’s closings totaled $26.1 billion for the year ended December 31, 2017, and it has
approximately 7,000 affiliated agents and 100 offices throughout the New York metropolitan area,
South Florida, Aspen, Greenwich, and Los Angeles.
Real Estate
Tobacco
This summary contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We have identified these forward-looking statements using words such as “could” and similar expressions. These statements reflect our
current beliefs. Accordingly, such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, such statements.
TOBACCO
• Fourth-largest cigarette manufacturer in the U.S. with a strong family of brands — Pyramid,
Grand Prix, Liggett Select, Eve and Eagle 20’s — representing 14% share of the discount market.
• Focused on brand strength and long-term profit growth, while continuing to evaluate
opportunities to pursue incremental volume and margin growth.
• Annual cost advantage due to favorable treatment under the Master Settlement Agreement that
ranged between $163 million and $169 million from 2012 to 2017.
• The only cigarette company to have reached a comprehensive settlement resolving substantially all
of the individual Engle progeny product liability cases pending in Florida. The Engle progeny cases
have represented a substantial portion of Liggett’s pending litigation.
COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS
• Headquartered in Miami with an executive
office in Manhattan and tobacco operations
in North Carolina
• Employs approximately 1,500 people
• Executive management and directors
beneficially own 13% of the Company
• Reported cash of $3013 million and
investments with fair value of $302 million
at December 31, 2017.
• Recognized as one of America’s Most
Trustworthy Companies by Forbes in 2013
Real Estate
Tobacco
Corporate and Other
$1.081B
$727M
TOTAL
$1.807B
2 10-Year Return from February 29, 2008 to February 28, 2018 and assumes reinvestment of dividends received
3 At December 31, 2017 this amount includes cash at Douglas Elliman, a 70.59%-owned subsidiary, of $89 million and cash at Liggett, a wholly-owned subsidiary of $17 million. Excludes real estate investments
Net income attributable to Vector Group Ltd. for the periods presented was $85M, $71M, $46M and $42.7M, respectively. Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. For a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net income, please see Vector Group Ltd.’s Current Reports on Forms 8-K, filed on November 15,
2016, November 24, 2017, and March 1, 2018 (Commission File Number 1-5759). Please also see Vector Group Ltd.’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017
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Adjusted EBITDA1
Contact: Emily Claffey / Ben Spicehandler / Columbia Clancy of Sard Verbinnen & Co (212) 687-8080
VGR Total Return 322.8% (15.5% Compounded)2
S&P 500 Total Return 152.3% (9.7% Compounded)2
March 2018
E-Cigarettes
($1M) ($1M)
2017
$254M
($16M)
$257M
2014
$211M
$40M
($11M)
$227M
2015
$245M
$27M
($13M)
$246M
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New Valley LLC, the real estate subsidiary of Vector Group Ltd. (NYSE: VGR), owns real estate and 70% of Douglas
Elliman, the largest residential brokerage firm in the New York metropolitan area, as well as a minority stake1 in
numerous real estate investments.
New Valley has invested approximately $195 million, as of December 31, 2017, in a broad portfolio of
real estate projects.
NEW VALLEY REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS1
March 2018
DOUGLAS ELLIMAN
• Largest residential real estate brokerage firm in New York metropolitan area and third-largest in
the United States.
• Closings of $26.1 billion for the year ended December 31, 2017; Douglas Elliman has
approximately 7,000 affiliated agents and 100 offices throughout the New York metropolitan
area, South Florida, Aspen, Greenwich, and Los Angeles.
• Maintains an alliance with Knight Frank— the largest independent residential brokerage in the
United Kingdom— to jointly market high-end properties, providing a network with 520 offices
across 60 countries with 21,550 affiliated agents.
• Revenues and Adjusted EBITDA of Douglas Elliman of $722 million and $26.1 million,2 respectively,
for the year ended December 31, 2017.
COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS
• Executive offices in Manhattan and Miami
• Employs approximately 900 people
Douglas Elliman’s net income was $21.4M for the year ended December 31, 2017. New Valley’s net income for the periods presented was approximately $37.6M, $13.5M, $23.9M, and $12.9M for the periods presented, respectively. Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. New Valley’s Adjusted EBITDA does not
include an allocation of Vector Group Ltd.’s Corporate and Other Expenses (for purposes of computing Adjusted EBITDA) of $15.7M, $15.3M, $14.9M and $4.6M, for the periods presented, respectively. For a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net income, please see Vector Group Ltd.’s Current Reports on Forms 8-K, filed on
November 15, 2016, November 24, 2017, and March 1, 2018. Please also see Vector Group Ltd.’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 (Commission File Number 1-5759)
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2017
$20.3M
New Valley Adjusted EBITDA
Maryland Portfolio
(Baltimore County)
New Valley’s Real Estate Investment Portfolio1
New Valley’s New York Real Estate Investments1
1. The Marquand Upper East Side
2. 10 Madison Square West Flatiron District/NoMad
3. 11 Beach Street TriBeCa
4. 20 Times Square Times Square
5. 111 Murray Street TriBeCa
6. 160 Leroy Street Greenwich Village
7. 215 Chrystie Street Lower East Side
8. The Dutch Long Island City
9. 1 QPS Tower Long Island City
10. Park Lane Hotel Central Park South
11. 125 Greenwich Street Financial District
12. The Eleventh West Chelsea
13. New Brookland Flatbush
14. The Dime (Havemeyer Street) Brooklyn
Coral Beach
and Tennis Club
Bermuda
International Investments1
Land Development/Real
Estate Held for Sale, net
Apartments/ Condo-
miniums/Hotels
Commercial Retail/
Office Assets
Monad Terrace
(Miami Beach)
newvalley.comContact: Emily Claffey / Ben Spicehandler / Columbia Clancy of Sard Verbinnen & Co (212) 687-8080
Escena
(Palm Springs)
Douglas Elliman Closings
2017
$26.1B
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
Howard M. Lorber
President and Chief Executive Officer
Richard J. Lampen
Executive Vice President
J. Bryant Kirkland III
Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Marc N. Bell
Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
Bennett P. Borko
Executive Vice President of New Valley Realty division
NY City
Investments
New Valley Revenues – FYE 12/31/17
Other
Real Estate Brokerage Commissions
Property Management
West Hollywood Edition
(West Hollywood)
The Plaza at Harmon
Meadow (New Jersey)
Sagaponack
(East Hampton)
87 Park
(Miami Beach)
Mosaic II
(ST Portfolio)
(Houston)
Takanasee
(New Jersey)
$727M
$685M
$32M
$10M
Wynn Las Vegas
Retail (Nevada)
Fontainebleau
(Las Vegas)
500 Broadway
(Santa Monica)
2012
$12.4B
2013
$14.9B
$18.2B
2014 2015
$22.4B
2016
$24.6B
2014
$40.2M
2015
$26.9M
2016
$27.9M
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