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Vector Group to Celebrate 30th Anniversary of NYSE Listing

October 6, 2017 at 9:00 AM EDT

Chairman Bennett LeBow and President & CEO Howard Lorber to Ring The Closing Bell®

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Vector Group Ltd. (NYSE:VGR) today announced that executives, members of the Board of Directors and guests from Vector Group Ltd. will visit the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") on Monday, October 9, 2017 to celebrate the Company's 30th anniversary of listing. The Company's common stock began trading on the NYSE on October 8, 1987.

In honor of this occasion, Vector's Chairman Bennett LeBow and President & CEO Howard Lorber will ring The Closing Bell® at the NYSE.

Vector Group is a holding company that indirectly owns Liggett Group LLC and Vector Tobacco Inc. and directly owns New Valley LLC, which owns a controlling interest in Douglas Elliman Realty, LLC. Additional information concerning the company is available on the Company's website, www.VectorGroupLtd.com.

Sard Verbinnen & Co
Jared Levy/Emily Claffey/Columbia Clancy, 212-687-8080

Source: Vector Group Ltd.

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