SEC FORM
3
SEC Form 3
| FORM 3 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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*
| C/O VECTOR GROUP LTD. |
| 4400 BISCAYNE BLVD.; 10TH FLOOR |
(Street)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year)
06/21/2021
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3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
VECTOR GROUP LTD
[ VGR ]
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
| X |
Director |
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10% Owner |
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Officer (give title below) |
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Other (specify below) |
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year)
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
| X |
Form filed by One Reporting Person |
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Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr.
4)
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2.
Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr.
4)
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3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
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4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr.
4)
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2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year) |
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr.
4)
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4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security
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5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
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6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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| Date Exercisable |
Expiration Date |
Title |
Amount or Number of Shares |
| Explanation of Responses: |
| Remarks: |
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| No securities are beneficially owned. |
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/s/ J. Bryant Krkland III, Attorney in Fact |
06/28/2021 |
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** Signature of Reporting Person |
Date |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. |
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person,
see
Instruction
5
(b)(v). |
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations
See
18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). |
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient,
see
Instruction 6 for procedure. |
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 13 AND SECTION 16 REPORTING
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby makes,
constitutes and appoints Marc N. Bell, J. Bryant Kirkland III and Richard J.
Lampen, and each of them, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact
(the "Attorney-in-Fact"), with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
each with the power to act alone for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to:
1. Prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's
behalf, and submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") a
Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents
necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the
undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required
or considered advisable under Section 13 or Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934(the "Exchange Act") or any rule or
regulation of the SEC;
2. Prepare, execute and submit to the SEC, any national securities
exchange or securities quotation system and Vector Group Ltd. (the
"Company") any and all reports (including any amendment thereto) of the
undersigned required or considered advisable under Section 13 or
Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder, with respect to the equity securities of the Company,
including Forms 3, 4 and 5 and Schedule 13D or 13G; and
3. Obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's
behalf, information regarding transactions in the Company's equity
securities from any third party, including the Company and any brokers,
dealers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the
undersigned hereby authorizes any such third party to release any such
information to the Attorney-in-Fact.
The undersigned acknowledges that:
a) This Limited Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require,
the Attorney-in- Fact to act at his or her discretion on
information provided to such Attorney-in-Fact without independent
verification of such information;
b) Any documents prepared or executed by the Attorney-in-Fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of
Attorney will be in such form and will contain such information as
the Attorney-in-Fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or
desirable;
c) Neither the Company nor the Attorney-in-Fact assumes any liability
for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the
requirements of Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any
liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such
requirements, or any liability of the undersigned for disgorgement
of profits under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and
d) This Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned
from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's
obligations under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act,
including, without limitation, the reporting requirements under
Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
The undersigned hereby grants to the Attorney-in-Fact full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite, necessary or
convenient to be done in connection with the foregoing, as fully, to all intents
and purposes, as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that the Attorney-in-Fact, or his or her substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by authority of this Limited
Power of Attorney.
This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 4 or 5 or Schedule 13D
or 13G with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in equity
securities of the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the Attorney-in-Fact. This Limited Power of Attorney
revokes all previous powers of attorney with respect to the subject matter of
this Limited Power of Attorney.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Limited Power of
Attorney as of June 21, 2021.
/s/ Wilson L. White
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Wilson L. White
