-----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, EGH650AGkGlSBca/kAKsvo/PRqLecoTTS2PytLfA1w7oIkGbWOvmY+w8lSZ+wWXS awa4qez4yosV839ZD5oneQ== 0000950123-10-109937.txt : 20101201 0000950123-10-109937.hdr.sgml : 20101201 20101201093815 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-10-109937 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20101130 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20101201 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20101201 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: 101223661 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 g25430e8vk.htm FORM 8-K e8vk
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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): November 30, 2010
 
VECTOR GROUP LTD.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 
         
Delaware   1-5759   65-0949535
         
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (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):
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
EX-99.1


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Item 8.01. Other Events.
     On November 30, 2010, Vector Group Ltd. issued a press release announcing that its previously announced offering of $75 million aggregate principal amount of 11% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 (the “Notes”) was upsized to $90 million aggregate principal amount of Notes and priced at 103% of the face value. The full text of the press release issued in connection with the announcement is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
     (d) Exhibits.
         
Exhibit No.   Description
       
 
  99.1    
Press Release issued November 30, 2010

 


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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  VECTOR GROUP LTD.
 
 
Date: December 1, 2010  By:   /s/ J. Bryant Kirkland III    
    J. Bryant Kirkland III   
    Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
 

 

EX-99.1 2 g25430exv99w1.htm EX-99.1 exv99w1
Exhibit 99.1
VECTOR GROUP LTD. ANNOUNCES PRICING OF
$90 MILLION AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF
11% SENIOR SECURED NOTES OFFERING
 
     MIAMI, FL, November 30, 2010 — Vector Group Ltd. (NYSE: VGR) (the “Company”) announced today that its previously announced offering of $75 million aggregate principal amount of 11% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 (the “Notes”) was upsized to $90 million aggregate principal amount of Notes and priced today at 103% of the face value. The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several basis by all of the wholly owned domestic subsidiaries of the Company that are engaged in the conduct of the Company’s cigarette businesses. The offering is expected to close on December 3, 2010 subject to customary conditions.
     The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the issuance for general corporate purposes.
     This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes. The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction. Unless so registered, the Notes may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable securities laws of any other jurisdiction.
     This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company has tried, whenever possible, to identify these forward-looking statements using words such as “anticipates”, “believes”, “estimates”, “expects”, “plans”, “intends” and similar expressions. These statements reflect the Company’s current beliefs and are based upon information currently available to it. Accordingly, such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, such statements.
     Vector Group is a holding company that indirectly owns Liggett Group LLC and Vector Tobacco Inc. and directly owns New Valley LLC.
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Contact:
Paul Caminiti/Carrie Bloom/Jonathan Doorley
Sard Verbinnen & Co
212/687-8080

 

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