-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, BcldG4AgKGIuSWG0ew2ru//FOqZtN2oWMBc76/md/hhVqLCzIdCuMNspW8KtQvHg FL/4tmqjH0ICJbGSCt2Cbg== 0000950123-10-057654.txt : 20100611 0000950123-10-057654.hdr.sgml : 20100611 20100611171533 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-10-057654 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100611 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20100611 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100611 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: VECTOR GROUP LTD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000059440 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CIGARETTES [2111] IRS NUMBER: 650949535 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-05759 FILM NUMBER: 10893205 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 S E SECOND ST CITY: MIAMI STATE: FL ZIP: 33131 BUSINESS PHONE: 3055798000 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BROOKE GROUP LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LIGGETT GROUP INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19900815 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LIGGETT & MYERS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19760602 8-K 1 g23753e8vk.htm FORM 8-K e8vk
 
 
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): June 11, 2010
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.)
     
100 S.E. Second Street, Miami, Florida   33131
     
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
(305) 579-8000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Not Applicable)
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
     Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
     o   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
     o   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
     o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
     On June 11, 2010, Vector Group Ltd. held its 2010 annual meeting of stockholders, where stockholders considered and voted upon the following proposals:
  1.   The election of seven directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified, and;
 
  2.   The ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered certified public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2010.
     The following table sets forth the number of votes in favor, the number of votes withheld and broker non-votes with respect to the election of directors:
                         
Nominee   For     Withheld     Broker Non-Votes  
 
Bennett S. LeBow
     37,311,680       13,828,775       15,100,231  
Howard M. Lorber
     37,084,222       14,056,233       15,100,231  
Ronald J. Bernstein
     37,168,823       13,971,632       15,100,231  
Henry C. Beinstein
     37,209,841       13,930,614       15,100,231  
Robert J. Eide
     37,376,536       13,763,919       15,100,231  
Jeffrey S. Podell
     37,150,893       13,989,562       15,100,231  
Jean E. Sharpe
     37,223,527       13,916,928       15,100,231  
     Based on these voting results, each of the directors nominated was elected.
     The following table sets forth the number of votes in favor, the number of votes against and abstentions with respect to the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered certified public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2010:
         
For   Against   Abstain
 
52,397,777
  315,683   13,527,226

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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   
    Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer   
 
Date: June 11, 2010

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