Howard M. Lorber - Feb 24, 2022 Form 4 Insider Report for VECTOR GROUP LTD (VGR)

Signature
/s/ J. Bryant Kirkland III, Attorney-In-Fact
Stock symbol
VGR
Transactions as of
Feb 24, 2022
Transactions value $
-$573,362
Form type
4
Date filed
2/28/2022, 07:00 PM
Previous filing
Jan 3, 2022
Next filing
Mar 3, 2022

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction VGR Common Stock Award $0 +62.5K +3.63% $0.00 1.78M Feb 24, 2022 Direct F1
transaction VGR Common Stock Tax liability -$573K -53.3K -2.98% $10.76 1.73M Feb 24, 2022 Direct F2
holding VGR Common Stock 2.63M Feb 24, 2022 By: Lorber Alpha II Limited Partnership F3
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 The Reporting Person received a performance-based restricted stock grant of 250,000 shares on February 24, 2021. The grant vests equally in four equal installments (62,500 shares) on February 24, 2022, February 24, 2023, February 24, 2024 and February 24, 2025, based upon the Issuer achieving certain performance targets and the Reporting Person being continuously employed by Vector Group Ltd. This amount represents the first vesting of the award.
F2 Represents withholdings of shares as payment for payroll tax liabilities incident to the vesting of (a) the 62,500 shares of performance-based restricted stock referenced in footnote 1 and (b) 62,500 shares of time-based restricted stock which were awarded to the Reporting Person on February 24 2021 and were previously reported at the time of grant. The shares withheld were valued at $10.7623 per share, which represented the average of the low ($10.5545) and high ($10.97) stock prices of the Issuer's Common Stock on February 24, 2022, the date of vesting of each respective award.
F3 Lorber Alpha II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, is the general partner of Lorber Alpha II Limited Partnership, a Nevada limited partnership. The Reporting Person serves as the Managing Member of the Lorber Alpha II LLC and has voting and dispositive power with respect to such shares.

Remarks:

Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney (previously filed as Exhibit 24 to Form 4 dated November 12, 2014.)