0001209191-13-049595.txt : 20131028 0001209191-13-049595.hdr.sgml : 20131028 20131028200144 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-13-049595 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20131028 FILED AS OF DATE: 20131028 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20131028 ISSUER: 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 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4400 BISCAYNE BOULEVARD STREET 2: 10TH FLOOR CITY: MIAMI STATE: FL ZIP: 33137 BUSINESS PHONE: 3055798000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4400 BISCAYNE BOULEVARD STREET 2: 10TH FLOOR CITY: MIAMI STATE: FL ZIP: 33137 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 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BERNSTEIN RONALD J CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001281070 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-05759 FILM NUMBER: 131174396 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O VECTOR GROUP, LTD. STREET 2: 100 S.E. SECOND STREET, 32ND FL. CITY: MIAMI STATE: FL ZIP: 33131 4 1 c618650_4x0.xml MAIN DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION X0306 4 2013-10-28 0000059440 VECTOR GROUP LTD VGR 0001281070 BERNSTEIN RONALD J C/O LIGGETT VECTOR BRANDS LLC 3800 PARAMOUNT PARKWAY MORRISVILLE NC 27560 1 1 0 0 President Subsidiary Common Stock 2013-10-28 4 A 0 27500 0 A 101369 D On October 28, 2013, Vector Group Ltd. ("VGR") awarded the reporting person 27,500 shares of VGR's common stock pursuant to VGR's Amended and Restated 1999 Long-Term Incentive Plan. The shares will vest on the earlier of March 15, 2019, contingent upon performance-based targets being achieved by VGR's tobacco segment, or October 31, 2020, if the performance-based targets are not achieved. In the event the reporting person's employment with VGR is terminated for any reason other than his death, his disability or a change of control of VGR, the shares not previously vested will be forfeited by the reporting person. /s/ Ronald J. Bernstein 2013-10-28