SC 13D
 
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No.                )*
STRATEGIC HOTELS & RESORTS, INC.
(Name of Issuer)
COMMON STOCK, $0.01 PAR VALUE
(Title of Class of Securities)
86272T106
(CUSIP Number)
J. Bryant Kirkland III
Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Vector Group Ltd.
100 S.E. Second Street, 32nd Floor
Miami, FL 33131
(305) 579-8000
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
July 8, 2009
(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)
     If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d.1(g), check the following box o.
     Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the Schedule, including all exhibits. See § 240.13d-7(b) for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
     *The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
     The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
 
 

 

 

 

           
1   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person
VECTOR GROUP LTD.
     
     
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
  (a)   o 
  (b)   o 
     
3   SEC USE ONLY
   
   
     
4   SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  WC
     
5   CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)
   
  o
     
6   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
  Delaware
       
  7   SOLE VOTING POWER
     
NUMBER OF   5,333,526
       
SHARES 8   SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY    
OWNED BY   - 0 -
       
EACH 9   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING    
PERSON   5,333,526
       
WITH 10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
     
    - 0 -
     
11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
  5,333,526
     
12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  o
     
13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
   
  7.1%
     
14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  CO

 

ITEM 1.   Security and Issuer.
          This Schedule relates to the Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), of Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”). The address of the principal executive offices of the Company is 200 West Madison Street, Suite 1700, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 658-5000.
ITEM 2.   Identity and Background.
          (a) This Schedule is being filed by Vector Group Ltd. (“Vector” or the “Reporting Person”), a Delaware corporation, which beneficially owns 5,333,526 shares of Common Stock of the Company (the “Securities”), or approximately 7.1% of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock of the Company, within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”).
          (b),(c) Vector is a public company, with its common stock traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:VGR), which is a holding company for a number of businesses. It is engaged principally in:
  •   the manufacture and sale of cigarettes in the United States through its subsidiary Liggett Group LLC,
 
  •   the development of reduced risk cigarette products through its subsidiary Vector Tobacco Inc., and
 
  •   the real estate business through its subsidiary, New Valley LLC, which is seeking to acquire additional operating companies and real estate properties. New Valley LLC owns 50% of Douglas Elliman Realty, LLC, which operates the largest residential brokerage company in the New York metropolitan area.
          A list of directors and executive officers of Vector is attached hereto as Exhibit A. The principal business address and the principal office address of Vector and, except as otherwise indicated, its directors and executive officers, is 100 S.E. Second Street, Miami, Florida 33131.
          (d),(e) Neither the Reporting Person nor, to the knowledge of the Reporting Person, any of the persons listed in Exhibit A, during the last five years, (1) has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors), or (2) was a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
          (f) To the knowledge of the Reporting Person, each of the persons named in Exhibit A is a citizen of the United States.
ITEM 3.   Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
          The aggregate purchase price for the Securities acquired by Vector was approximately $7,137,265, excluding commissions.

 

 

ITEM 4.   Purpose of Transactions.
          The Reporting Person has acquired the Securities because, in its opinion, such Securities represented an attractive investment. The Securities were also acquired with a view towards the Reporting Person influencing material business decisions relating to the future of the Company. The Reporting Person will monitor developments at the Company on a continuing basis, and may communicate with members of management of the Company, with other shareholders or potential shareholders of the Company, and/or with current lenders or potential lenders, concerning matters relating to the Company.
          The Reporting Person may at any time and from time to time, in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise, acquire additional securities of the Company, dispose of all or a portion of the securities of the Company that the Reporting Person now owns or may hereafter acquire, and/or enter into derivative transactions with institutional counterparties with respect to the Company’s securities.
          Except as set forth in this Item 4, the Reporting Person does not have any present plans or proposals which relate to or would result in any of the matters set forth in paragraphs (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D.
          The Reporting Person reserves the right to determine in the future whether to change the purpose or purposes described above and whether to adopt plans or proposals of the type specified above.
ITEM 5.   Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
          (a) As of the date hereof, the Reporting Person beneficially owns 5,333,526 shares of Common Stock of the Company, which constituted approximately 7.1% of the 75,174,335 shares of Common Stock of the Company outstanding as of May 6, 2009 (as reported in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009). To the knowledge of the Reporting Person, none of the directors and executive officers of the Reporting Person may be deemed to be acting as a group with the Reporting Person.
          (b) With respect to the 5,333,526 shares of Common Stock acquired by Vector, Vector exercises both sole voting power and sole dispositive power. To the knowledge of the Reporting Person, none of the directors and executive officers of the Reporting Person may be deemed to exercise voting power and dispositive power with respect to such shares.
          (c) Between June 2, 2009 and July 8, 2009, Vector purchased in open market transactions on the New York Stock Exchange 5,333,526 shares of Common Stock as described in Exhibit B, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. Neither the Reporting Person has nor, to the knowledge of the Reporting Person, has any of its directors and executive officers, effected any other transactions in the Common Stock of the Company in the past 60 days.
          (d) No person other than Vector has the right to receive or power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the Securities.
          (e) Not applicable.
ITEM 6.   Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.
          Not applicable.

 

 

ITEM 7.   Material to be Filed as Exhibits.
          The following documents are attached as exhibits to this Schedule. Such documents are summarized in this Schedule, but the summaries are not complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the entire documents attached hereto.
     
Exhibit A:
  Executive Officers and Directors of the Reporting Person.
 
    
Exhibit B:
  Transactions in the Common Stock in the past 60 days.

 

 

SIGNATURE
     After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Dated:           July 20, 2009
         
  VECTOR GROUP LTD.
 		  
  By:   /s/ J. Bryant Kirkland III    
  Name:   J. Bryant Kirkland III   
  Title:   Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer   

 

 

         
EXHIBIT A
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF THE REPORTING PERSON
     The names, present principal occupations or employment and business addresses of the executive officers and directors of the Reporting Person are set forth below. If no address is given, the executive officer’s or director’s business address is that of the Reporting Person. Unless otherwise indicated, each occupation set forth opposite an individual’s name refers to the Reporting Person.
     
Name   Present Principal Occupation or Employment; Business Address
Howard M. Lorber
  Director; President and Chief Executive Officer
 
    
Richard J. Lampen
  Executive Vice President
 
    
J. Bryant Kirkland III
  Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
 
    
Marc N. Bell
  Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
 
    
Ronald J. Bernstein
   Director; President and Chief Executive Officer of Liggett Vector Brands Inc. and Liggett Group LLC
 
    
Bennett S. LeBow
  Director; Chairman of the Board and Private Investor
 
    
Henry C. Beinstein
  Director; Partner, Gagnon Securities LLC, 1370 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019
 
    
Robert J. Eide
  Director; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Aegis Capital Corp., 810 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10019
 
    
Jeffrey S. Podell
  Director; Chairman of the Board and President, Newsote, Inc., 173 Doral Court, Roslyn, NY 11576
 
    
Jean E. Sharpe
  Director; Private Investor, 350 Cherry Street, Bedford Hills, NY 10507

 

 

EXHIBIT B
TRANSACTIONS IN THE COMMON STOCK IN THE PAST 60 DAYS:
                     
        No. of Shares   Price Per
Name   Date   Purchased   Share (1)
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/2/2009     400       1.1750  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/2/2009     18,389       1.1800  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/2/2009     700       1.1825  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/2/2009     1,800       1.1830  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/2/2009     19,400       1.1850  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/2/2009     10,411       1.1900  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/2/2009     700       1.1950  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/2/2009     31,837       1.2000  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/2/2009     300       1.2330  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/2/2009     300       1.2400  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/2/2009     100       1.2450  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/2/2009     52,439       1.2500  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/2/2009     28,700       1.2900  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/2/2009     2,900       1.2925  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/2/2009     700       1.2930  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/2/2009     2,200       1.2950  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/2/2009     1,300       1.2999  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/2/2009     34,200       1.3000  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/2/2009     52,000       1.3100  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/2/2009     800       1.3130  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/2/2009     2,600       1.3150  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/2/2009     100       1.3199  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/2/2009     59,270       1.3200  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/2/2009     3,454       1.3300  
 
                    
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/3/2009     200       1.2300  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/3/2009     1,485       1.2350  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/3/2009     76,900       1.2400  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/3/2009     1,000       1.2410  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/3/2009     12,600       1.2450  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/3/2009     200       1.2499  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/3/2009     28,795       1.2500  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/3/2009     100       1.2599  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/3/2009     45,146       1.2600  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/3/2009     800       1.2699  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/3/2009     18,720       1.2700  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/3/2009     1,300       1.2799  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/3/2009     16,800       1.2800  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/3/2009     1,300       1.2900  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/3/2009     10,254       1.3000  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/3/2009     4,900       1.3100  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/3/2009     4,600       1.3400  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/3/2009     22,545       1.3500  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/3/2009     1,000       1.3510  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/3/2009     1,000       1.3525  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/3/2009     400       1.3550  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/3/2009     100       1.3599  

 

 

                     
        No. of Shares   Price Per
Name   Date   Purchased   Share (1)
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/3/2009     30,255       1.3600  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/3/2009     100       1.3625  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/3/2009     2,700       1.3650  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/3/2009     1,700       1.3699  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/3/2009     11,800       1.3700  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/3/2009     700       1.3750  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/3/2009     2,600       1.3800  
 
                    
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     600       1.3000  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     100       1.3099  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     3,000       1.3100  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     2,500       1.3200  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     2,324       1.3300  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     700       1.3399  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     6,000       1.3400  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     1,300       1.3499  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     38,174       1.3500  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     16,302       1.3600  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     100       1.3699  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     26,500       1.3700  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     200       1.3798  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     200       1.3799  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     32,400       1.3800  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     1,000       1.3825  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     8,000       1.3850  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     11,000       1.3900  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     8,400       1.4000  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     13,750       1.4100  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     200       1.4125  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     4,300       1.4150  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     100       1.4199  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     52,050       1.4200  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     1,000       1.4210  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     1,000       1.4225  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     1,000       1.4230  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     7,000       1.4250  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     1,500       1.4300  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     100       1.4350  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     5,300       1.4400  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     16,700       1.4500  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     400       1.4599  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     4,200       1.4600  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     32,600       1.4700  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     500       1.4900  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     38,958       1.5000  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     15,442       1.5100  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     28,800       1.5200  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     200       1.5600  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/4/2009     1,100       1.5700  
 
                    
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/5/2009     5,000       1.5200  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/5/2009     8,400       1.5225  

 

 

                     
        No. of Shares   Price Per
Name   Date   Purchased   Share (1)
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/5/2009     4,600       1.5230  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/5/2009     2,000       1.5250  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/5/2009     6,930       1.5300  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/5/2009     1,000       1.5310  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/5/2009     200       1.5325  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/5/2009     200       1.5330  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/5/2009     7,430       1.5350  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/5/2009     10,000       1.5400  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/5/2009     1,400       1.5425  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/5/2009     5,770       1.5450  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/5/2009     200       1.5498  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/5/2009     2,300       1.5499  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/5/2009     94,450       1.5500  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/5/2009     300       1.5510  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/5/2009     2,200       1.5550  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/5/2009     6,300       1.5599  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/5/2009     124,220       1.5600  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/5/2009     1,200       1.5650  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/5/2009     750       1.5699  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/5/2009     30,704       1.5700  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/5/2009     3,800       1.5710  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/5/2009     9,900       1.5725  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/5/2009     29,100       1.5730  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/5/2009     27,811       1.5750  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/5/2009     33,385       1.5800  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/5/2009     20,800       1.5900  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/5/2009     500       1.5910  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/5/2009     850       1.5925  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/5/2009     500       1.5930  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/5/2009     7,700       1.5950  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/5/2009     100       1.6000  
 
                    
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/8/2009     400       1.4200  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/8/2009     1,115       1.4300  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/8/2009     100       1.4398  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/8/2009     27       1.4400  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/8/2009     2,200       1.4500  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/8/2009     14,600       1.4700  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/8/2009     24,200       1.4800  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/8/2009     12,100       1.4900  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/8/2009     12,500       1.4950  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/8/2009     3,500       1.4999  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/8/2009     27,256       1.5000  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/8/2009     2,286       1.5099  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/8/2009     16,014       1.5100  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/8/2009     900       1.5199  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/8/2009     12,973       1.5200  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/8/2009     2,300       1.5299  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/8/2009     23,344       1.5300  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/8/2009     600       1.5399  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/8/2009     8,185       1.5400  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/8/2009     200       1.5499  

 

 

                     
        No. of Shares   Price Per
Name   Date   Purchased   Share (1)
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/8/2009     13,300       1.5500  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/8/2009     5,800       1.5600  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/8/2009     9,900       1.5700  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/8/2009     4,000       1.5800  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/8/2009     2,200       1.5900  
 
                    
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/9/2009     200       1.5400  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/9/2009     1,000       1.5450  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/9/2009     700       1.5499  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/9/2009     29,257       1.5500  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/9/2009     9,984       1.5600  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/9/2009     1,000       1.5699  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/9/2009     28,059       1.5700  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/9/2009     500       1.5799  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/9/2009     20,100       1.5800  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/9/2009     26,400       1.5900  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/9/2009     31,307       1.6000  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/9/2009     800       1.6099  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/9/2009     17,937       1.6100  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/9/2009     7,100       1.6200  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/9/2009     2,300       1.6300  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/9/2009     9,800       1.6400  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/9/2009     11,556       1.6500  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/9/2009     10,400       1.6600  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/9/2009     300       1.6699  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/9/2009     11,933       1.6700  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/9/2009     600       1.6799  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/9/2009     43,027       1.6800  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/9/2009     100       1.6899  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/9/2009     67,616       1.6900  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/9/2009     200       1.6999  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/9/2009     12,900       1.7000  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/9/2009     4,524       1.7100  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/9/2009     400       1.7200  
 
                    
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/10/2009     2,000       1.5600  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/10/2009     1,400       1.5750  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/10/2009     16,720       1.5800  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/10/2009     400       1.5810  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/10/2009     7,900       1.5850  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/10/2009     18,478       1.5900  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/10/2009     100       1.5910  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/10/2009     200       1.5925  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/10/2009     4,902       1.5950  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/10/2009     29,600       1.6000  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/10/2009     4,873       1.6050  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/10/2009     16,501       1.6100  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/10/2009     100       1.6110  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/10/2009     3,539       1.6125  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/10/2009     5,887       1.6150  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/10/2009     3,300       1.6199  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/10/2009     108,135       1.6200  

 

 

                     
        No. of Shares   Price Per
Name   Date   Purchased   Share (1)
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/10/2009     100       1.6299  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/10/2009     31,400       1.6300  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/10/2009     400       1.6398  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/10/2009     8,665       1.6400  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/10/2009     100       1.6450  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/10/2009     30,100       1.6500  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/10/2009     7,000       1.6600  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/10/2009     800       1.6700  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/10/2009     1,300       1.6800  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/10/2009     5,300       1.7000  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/10/2009     2,769       1.7100  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/10/2009     931       1.7200  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/10/2009     3,900       1.7300  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/10/2009     1,200       1.7350  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/10/2009     200       1.7398  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/10/2009     6,800       1.7400  
 
                    
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/11/2009     200       1.5650  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/11/2009     6,000       1.5700  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/11/2009     1,700       1.5750  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/11/2009     18,940       1.5800  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/11/2009     200       1.5810  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/11/2009     13,400       1.5850  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/11/2009     29,605       1.5900  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/11/2009     100       1.5925  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/11/2009     200       1.5930  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/11/2009     555       1.5950  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/11/2009     2,445       1.5999  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/11/2009     43,555       1.6000  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/11/2009     2,200       1.6010  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/11/2009     3,000       1.6025  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/11/2009     3,000       1.6030  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/11/2009     10,900       1.6050  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/11/2009     16,131       1.6100  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/11/2009     1,000       1.6110  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/11/2009     400       1.6120  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/11/2009     1,099       1.6125  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/11/2009     1,300       1.6130  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/11/2009     10,070       1.6150  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/11/2009     6,742       1.6200  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/11/2009     300       1.6210  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/11/2009     1,900       1.6225  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/11/2009     3,700       1.6250  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/11/2009     8,358       1.6300  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/11/2009     1,600       1.6310  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/11/2009     600       1.6325  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/11/2009     2,300       1.6330  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/11/2009     55,400       1.6350  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/11/2009     3,100       1.6400  
 
                    
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/12/2009     1,526       1.5100  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/12/2009     2,000       1.5150  

 

 

                     
        No. of Shares   Price Per
Name   Date   Purchased   Share (1)
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/12/2009     1,500       1.5200  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/12/2009     200       1.5225  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/12/2009     4,209       1.5300  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/12/2009     1,100       1.5325  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/12/2009     3,274       1.5350  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/12/2009     1,600       1.5400  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/12/2009     100       1.5450  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/12/2009     1,054,807       1.5500  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/12/2009     21,210       1.5550  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/12/2009     4,709       1.5600  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/12/2009     100       1.5650  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/12/2009     200       1.5699  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/12/2009     1,691       1.5700  
Vector Group Ltd.
  6/12/2009     300       1.5800  
 
                    
Vector Group Ltd.
  7/8/2009     1,650,000       0.9600  
 
(1)   Excludes brokerage commissions.