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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;16, 2005
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>VECTOR GROUP LTD.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</B></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>100 S. E. Second Street</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>65-0949535</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Miami, Florida 33131</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(305)&nbsp;579-8000</B>
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telephone number, including area code,<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>New Valley Corporation<BR>
Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Program</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Richard J. Lampen<BR>
Executive Vice President<BR>
Vector Group Ltd.<BR>
100 S.E. Second Street<BR>
Miami, Florida 33131<BR>
(305)&nbsp;579-8000</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Registered</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(3)</B></SUP></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Common Stock, par value
$.10 per share; to be issued
under New Valley Corporation
Non-Employee Directors
Stock Option Program</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>75,600 </B></TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(2)</B></SUP></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>8.38 </B></TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(1)</B></SUP></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>633,528 </B></TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(1)</B></SUP></TD>
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    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>68</B></TD>
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$.10 per share; to be issued
under Option Agreement</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>35,279 </B></TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(2)</B></SUP></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>10.51 </B></TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(1)</B></SUP></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>370,782 </B></TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(1)</B></SUP></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>40</B></TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px"><B>TOTAL</B></DIV></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>110,879 Shares</B></TD>
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    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>1,004,310</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>108</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>The registration fee for the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock to be issued pursuant to
outstanding options under the stock option program and option agreement was calculated in
accordance with Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based upon the price
per share at which the options may be exercised.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
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    <TD>In connection with the merger of New Valley Corporation (&#147;New Valley&#148;) with a subsidiary of
the Registrant on December&nbsp;13, 2005, these stock options granted by New Valley were converted,
in accordance with the terms of such options, into options to purchase shares of the
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD>This Registration Statement also relates to such indeterminate number of additional shares of
Common Stock of the Registrant as may be issuable as a result of stock splits, stock
dividends, recapitalizations, mergers, reorganizations, combinations or exchange of shares or
other similar events.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Explanatory Note
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The purpose of this Registration Statement is to register 110,879 shares of common stock of
Vector Group Ltd. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) issuable pursuant to the New Valley Corporation Non-Employee
Directors Stock Option Program and the Option Agreement dated November&nbsp;18, 1996 between New Valley
Corporation and Howard M. Lorber. These plans are pre-existing plans of New Valley Corporation and
are being assumed by the Registrant in connection with the merger of New Valley Corporation with
and into New Valley MergerCo Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">PART I
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;1. <u>Plan Information</U>.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;).
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;2. <U>Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</U>.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not required to be filed with the SEC.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">PART II
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;3. <U>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</U>.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed or to be filed by the Registrant with the SEC (File No.&nbsp;1-5759)
are incorporated herein by reference:
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">1.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2004.</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March&nbsp;31, June&nbsp;30, and
September&nbsp;30, 2005.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">3.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed on January&nbsp;11, 2005, February&nbsp;2, 2005,
February&nbsp;17, 2005, February&nbsp;24, 2005, March&nbsp;3, 2005, March&nbsp;7, 2005, March&nbsp;17, 2005, March&nbsp;21, 2005,
April&nbsp;1, 2005, April&nbsp;14, 2005, May&nbsp;10, 2005, June&nbsp;20, 2005, July&nbsp;22, 2005, August&nbsp;9, 2005,
September&nbsp;28, 2005, November&nbsp;9, 2005, November&nbsp;14, 2005, November&nbsp;17, 2005, and December&nbsp;15, 2005.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">4.</TD>
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    <TD>All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document
referred to in (1)&nbsp;above.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">5.</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in its Prospectus dated June&nbsp;3, 2005
filed on Form&nbsp;424B3.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statements contained in this Registration Statement, or in a document incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed document which is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies
or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not
</DIV>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">3
</DIV>

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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;4. <U>Description of Securities</U>.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;5. <U>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</U>.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Richard J. Lampen, Executive Vice President and Special Counsel of the Registrant, owns
174,061 shares of Common Stock of the Registrant and holds options under the Registrant&#146;s Amended
and Restated 1999 Long-Term Incentive Plan to purchase an additional 134,008 shares of Common Stock
of the Registrant at $11.52 per share.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;6. <U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U>.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law and Article&nbsp;VI of the Registrant&#146;s By-Laws
provide for indemnification of the Registrant&#146;s directors and officers in a variety of
circumstances, which may include liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law allows a corporation to eliminate the
personal liability of a director of a corporation to the corporation or to any of its stockholders
for monetary damage for a breach of his fiduciary duty as a director, except in the case where the
director (i)&nbsp;breaches his duty of loyalty, (ii)&nbsp;fails to act in good faith, engages in intentional
misconduct or knowingly violates a law, (iii)&nbsp;authorized the payment of a dividend or approves a
stock repurchase in violation of the Delaware General Corporate Law or (iv)&nbsp;obtains an improper
personal benefit. Article&nbsp;Eighth of the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation includes a provision which eliminates directors&#146; personal liability to the full
extent permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be
amended.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;7. <U>Exemption from Registration Claimed</U>.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;8. <U>Exhibits</U>.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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    <TD width="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="76%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">(a)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>No.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">New Valley Corporation Non-Employee Directors Stock
Option Program (incorporated by reference to Appendix&nbsp;A
of New Valley&#146;s Proxy Statement dated April&nbsp;18, 2000).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Option Agreement, dated November&nbsp;18, 1996, between New
Valley and Howard M. Lorber (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;10(a)(iii) in New Valley&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-K for the
fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 1996).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Richard J. Lampen, Esq.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent
registered certified public accounting firm.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent
registered public accounting firm.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Weiser LLP, independent registered public
accounting firm.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Richard J. Lampen, Esq. (included in Exhibit
5).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (included in the signature page hereof).</DIV></TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">4
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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;9. <U>Undertakings</U>.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;);</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in
the information set forth in this Registration Statement; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in the Registration Statement;</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that paragraphs (i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment is contained in periodic reports filed with
or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Act that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to any
provision or arrangement whereby the Registrant may indemnify any such directors, officers or
controlling persons against such liabilities, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion
of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question
whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">5
</DIV>

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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">SIGNATURES
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Miami, Florida, on the 16th day of December, 2005.
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">VECTOR GROUP LTD.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Joselynn D. Van Siclen
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Joselynn D. Van Siclen&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Vice President, Treasurer and
Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes Richard J. Lampen, Marc N. Bell
and Joselynn D. Van Siclen, and each of them individually (the &#147;Agent&#148;), with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to file one or more amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to the Registration Statement which amendments may make such changes in the
Registration Statement as such Agent deems appropriate and each such person hereby appoints each
such Agent as attorney-in-fact to execute in the name and on behalf of each such person,
individually and in each capacity stated below, any such amendments to the Registration Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on December&nbsp;16, 2005.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Bennett S. LeBow
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Bennett S. LeBow</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board of
Directors and Chief
Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Joselynn D. Van Siclen
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Joselynn D. Van Siclen</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Vice President, Treasurer and
Chief Financial Officer (Principal
Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Henry C. Beinstein
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Henry C. Beinstein</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Ronald J. Bernstein
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ronald J. Bernstein</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Robert J. Eide
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert J. Eide</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Howard M. Lorber
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Howard M. Lorber</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Jeffrey S. Podell
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jeffrey S. Podell</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Jean E. Sharpe
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jean E. Sharpe</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
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Vector Group Ltd.
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 16, 2005
Registration No. 333-________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
VECTOR GROUP LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
100 S. E. Second Street
65-0949535
(State or other jurisdiction of
Miami, Florida 33131
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
(305) 579-8000
Identification Number)
(Address, including zip code, and
telephone number, including area code,
of Registrant's principal executive offices)
New Valley Corporation
Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Program
Option Agreement
(Full title of the plans)
Richard J. Lampen
Executive Vice President
Vector Group Ltd.
100 S.E. Second Street
Miami, Florida 33131
(305) 579-8000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Amount
Maximum
Maximum
Amount of
Title of Each Class of
to Be
Offering
Aggregate
Registration
Securities to Be Registered
Registered
(3)
Price Per Security
Offering Price
Fee
Common Stock, par value
$.10 per share; to be issued
under New Valley Corporation
Non-Employee Directors
Stock Option Program
75,600
(2)
$
8.38
(1)
$
633,528
(1)
$
68
Common Stock, par value
$.10 per share; to be issued
under Option Agreement
35,279
(2)
$
10.51
(1)
$
370,782
(1)
$
40
TOTAL
110,879 Shares
$
1,004,310
$
108
(1)
The registration fee for the Registrant's Common Stock to be issued pursuant to
outstanding options under the stock option program and option agreement was calculated in
accordance with Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based upon the price
per share at which the options may be exercised.
(2)
In connection with the merger of New Valley Corporation ("New Valley") with a subsidiary of
the Registrant on December 13, 2005, these stock options granted by New Valley were converted,
in accordance with the terms of such options, into options to purchase shares of the
Registrant's Common Stock.
(3)
This Registration Statement also relates to such indeterminate number of additional shares of
Common Stock of the Registrant as may be issuable as a result of stock splits, stock
dividends, recapitalizations, mergers, reorganizations, combinations or exchange of shares or
other similar events.
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Explanatory Note
The purpose of this Registration Statement is to register 110,879 shares of common stock of
Vector Group Ltd. (the "Registrant") issuable pursuant to the New Valley Corporation Non-Employee
Directors Stock Option Program and the Option Agreement dated November 18, 1996 between New Valley
Corporation and Howard M. Lorber. These plans are pre-existing plans of New Valley Corporation and
are being assumed by the Registrant in connection with the merger of New Valley Corporation with
and into New Valley MergerCo Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.
Plan Information
.
Not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").
Item 2.
Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
.
Not required to be filed with the SEC.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The following documents filed or to be filed by the Registrant with the SEC (File No. 1-5759)
are incorporated herein by reference:
1.
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004.
2.
The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, June 30, and
September 30, 2005.
3.
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed on January 11, 2005, February 2, 2005,
February 17, 2005, February 24, 2005, March 3, 2005, March 7, 2005, March 17, 2005, March 21, 2005,
April 1, 2005, April 14, 2005, May 10, 2005, June 20, 2005, July 22, 2005, August 9, 2005,
September 28, 2005, November 9, 2005, November 14, 2005, November 17, 2005, and December 15, 2005.
4.
All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document
referred to in (1) above.
5.
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in its Prospectus dated June 3, 2005
filed on Form 424B3.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents.
Any statements contained in this Registration Statement, or in a document incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed document which is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies
or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not
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be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
.
Not Applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
Richard J. Lampen, Executive Vice President and Special Counsel of the Registrant, owns
174,061 shares of Common Stock of the Registrant and holds options under the Registrant's Amended
and Restated 1999 Long-Term Incentive Plan to purchase an additional 134,008 shares of Common Stock
of the Registrant at $11.52 per share.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law and Article VI of the Registrant's By-Laws
provide for indemnification of the Registrant's directors and officers in a variety of
circumstances, which may include liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933.
Section 102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law allows a corporation to eliminate the
personal liability of a director of a corporation to the corporation or to any of its stockholders
for monetary damage for a breach of his fiduciary duty as a director, except in the case where the
director (i) breaches his duty of loyalty, (ii) fails to act in good faith, engages in intentional
misconduct or knowingly violates a law, (iii) authorized the payment of a dividend or approves a
stock repurchase in violation of the Delaware General Corporate Law or (iv) obtains an improper
personal benefit. Article Eighth of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation includes a provision which eliminates directors' personal liability to the full
extent permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be
amended.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
Not Applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
Exhibit
(a)
No.
Description
4.1
New Valley Corporation Non-Employee Directors Stock
Option Program (incorporated by reference to Appendix A
of New Valley's Proxy Statement dated April 18, 2000).
4.2
Option Agreement, dated November 18, 1996, between New
Valley and Howard M. Lorber (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(a)(iii) in New Valley's Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1996).
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Opinion of Richard J. Lampen, Esq.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent
registered certified public accounting firm.
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent
registered public accounting firm.
23.3
Consent of Weiser LLP, independent registered public
accounting firm.
23.4
Consent of Richard J. Lampen, Esq. (included in Exhibit
5).
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Power of Attorney (included in the signature page hereof).
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Item 9.
Undertakings
.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act");
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in
the information set forth in this Registration Statement; and
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment is contained in periodic reports filed with
or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Act that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to any
provision or arrangement whereby the Registrant may indemnify any such directors, officers or
controlling persons against such liabilities, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion
of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question
whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Miami, Florida, on the 16th day of December, 2005.
VECTOR GROUP LTD.
By:
/s/ Joselynn D. Van Siclen
Joselynn D. Van Siclen
Vice President, Treasurer and
Chief Financial Officer
Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes Richard J. Lampen, Marc N. Bell
and Joselynn D. Van Siclen, and each of them individually (the "Agent"), with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to file one or more amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to the Registration Statement which amendments may make such changes in the
Registration Statement as such Agent deems appropriate and each such person hereby appoints each
such Agent as attorney-in-fact to execute in the name and on behalf of each such person,
individually and in each capacity stated below, any such amendments to the Registration Statement.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on December 16, 2005.
/s/ Bennett S. LeBow
Bennett S. LeBow
Chairman of the Board of
Directors and Chief
Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Joselynn D. Van Siclen
Joselynn D. Van Siclen
Vice President, Treasurer and
Chief Financial Officer (Principal
Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
/s/ Henry C. Beinstein
Henry C. Beinstein
Director
/s/ Ronald J. Bernstein
Ronald J. Bernstein
Director
/s/ Robert J. Eide
Robert J. Eide
Director
/s/ Howard M. Lorber
Howard M. Lorber
Director
/s/ Jeffrey S. Podell
Jeffrey S. Podell
Director
/s/ Jean E. Sharpe
Jean E. Sharpe
Director
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