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* Standard General L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 767 FIFTH AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10153 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 05/10/2016	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Turning Point Brands, Inc. [ TPB ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock, $.01 par value ("Common Stock")	1,035,248	I	See Footnotes(1)(2)(3)
Non-Voting Common Stock, $.01 par value ("Non-Voting Stock")	938,857	I	See Footnotes(1)(2)(3)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Warrants (right to buy)	01/13/2014	01/13/2021	Common Stock	442,558	$0.01	I	See Footnotes(1)(2)(3)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Standard General L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 767 FIFTH AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10153 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Standard General Master Fund L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) WALKERS SPV LIMITED, WALKER HOUSE MARY STREET (Street) GEORGE TOWN, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-1002 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* P STANDARD GENERAL LTD (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O STANDARD GENERAL L.P. 767 FIFTH AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10153 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Kim Soohyung (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O STANDARD GENERAL L.P. 767 FIFTH AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10153 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) See Footnote 3

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Standard General Focus Fund L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O STANDARD GENERAL L.P. 767 FIFTH AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10153 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. The securities reported herein are held for the accounts of Standard General Master Fund L.P. (the "Master Fund"), P Standard General Ltd. ("P Standard General"), and Standard General Focus Fund L.P. ("Focus Fund" and, together with the Master Fund and P Standard General, the "Funds"), private investment vehicles for which Standard General L.P. ("Standard General") serves as investment manager. Mr. Kim is a director of the general partner of the general partner of Standard General and Chief Investment Officer of Standard General, and in such capacities may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own the securities reported herein. Each of the Reporting Persons disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares reported herein except to the extent of its pecuniary interest in such shares, and the inclusion of such securities in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.

2. Of the securities reported herein, (i) 450,485 shares of Common Stock and 289,607 Warrants are held for the account of the Master Fund, (ii) 556,764 shares of Common Stock and 142,164 Warrants are held for the account of P Standard General, and (iii) 27,999 shares of Common Stock and 10,787 Warrants are held for the account of P Standard General. All of the Non-Voting Stock is held for the account of the Master Fund.

3. This Form 3 does not include any securities of the Issuer held by another private investment vehicle for which Standard General provides investment advice but with respect to which none of the Reporting Persons has a pecuniary interest. This Form 3 also does not include any securities of the Issuer in which David Glazek, a director of the Issuer and a partner of Standard General, may have a pecuniary interest. Mr. Glazek does not exercise investment or voting discretion over securities of the Issuer held by the Funds. Mr. Glazek separately files reports under Section 16.

	/s/ Standard General L.P. by Standard General Holdings L.P., its general partner, by Standard General S Corp., its general partner, by Soohyung Kim, its director	05/10/2016
	/s/ Standard General Master Fund L.P. by Standard General L.P., its investment manager, by Standard General Holdings L.P., its general partner, by Standard General S Corp., its general partner, by Soohyung Kim, its director	05/10/2016
	/s/ P Standard General Ltd. by Standard General L.P., its investment manager, by Standard General Holdings L.P., its general partner, by Standard General S Corp., its general partner, by Soohyung Kim, its director	05/10/2016
	/s/ Standard General Focus Fund L.P. by Standard General L.P., its investment manager, by Standard General Holdings L.P., its general partner, by Standard General S Corp., its general partner, by Soohyung Kim, its director	05/10/2016
	/s/ Soohyung Kim	05/10/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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