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MANAGEMENT BIOGRAPHIES
Howard M. Lorber became our Chief Executive Officer
in December 2005 after serving as our President, Chief Operating Officer
and a director since November 1994. Mr. Lorber is also the President and
Chief Executive Officer of our parent, Vector Group Ltd. and served as Vector’s
President and Chief Operating Officer from January 2001 to December 2005
and has served as a director of Vector since January 2001. Mr. Lorber was
Chairman of the Board of Hallman & Lorber Assoc., Inc., consultants
and actuaries of qualified pension and profit sharing plans, and various
of its affiliates from 1975 to December 2004 and has been a consultant to
these entities since January 2005; Chairman of the Board of Directors
since 1987 and Chief Executive Officer from November 1993 to December 2006
of Nathan’s Famous, Inc., a chain of fast food restaurants; a director of
United Capital Corp., a real estate investment and diversified
manufacturing company, since May 1991; Vice Chairman of the Board of
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services since May 2001; and a director of
Borders Group, Inc. since May 2010. Mr. Lorber has previously served as a
director of SP Acquisition Holdings Inc.
He is also a trustee of Long Island University.
Richard J. Lampen has served as our Executive Vice
President since September 1995. Mr. Lampen has also served as Executive
Vice President of our parent, Vector Group Ltd., since July 1996. Since
September 2006, he has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services. Since October 2008, he has served
as interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Castle Brands Inc.
Since November 1998, he has served as President and Chief Executive
Officer of CDSI Holdings Inc., an affiliate of New Valley seeking
acquisition or investment opportunities. Mr. Lampen has served as interim
President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of
Directors of Castle Brands Inc. (AMEX:ROX), a publicly traded developer
and importer of premium brand spirits in which Vector holds an 11% equity
interest as of November 9, 2008. From May 1992 to September 1995, Mr.
Lampen was a partner at Steel Hector & Davis, a law firm located in
Miami, Florida. From January 1991 to April 1992, Mr. Lampen was a
Managing Director at Salomon Brothers Inc, an investment bank, and was an
employee at Salomon Brothers Inc from 1986 to April 1992. Mr. Lampen is a
director of CDSI Holdings and Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services.
Bryant Kirkland served as New Valley Corporation’s
Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer from January 1998
until its merger with Vector in December 2005. He has served since
November 1994 in various financial capacities with Vector Group and New
Valley. Mr. Kirkland has served as Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer of CDSI Holdings Inc. since January 1998 and as a director of
CDSI Holdings Inc. since November 1998. From June 2001 until October
2002, Mr. Kirkland served as Chief Financial Officer of Ladenburg
Thalmann Financial Services. Mr. Kirkland received a Bachelor of Science
degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in May 1987
and an MBA from Barry University in December 2006. Mr. Kirkland is an
avid runner who has completed the Miami, San Diego, Chicago, Arizona, New
York and Boston Marathons.
Marc N. Bell has been a Vice President of New Valley
since February 1998 and has served as Associate General Counsel and
Secretary of New Valley since November 1994. Since May 1994, Mr. Bell has
served as General Counsel and Secretary of Vector Group and since January
1998 as Vice President of Vector Group. Mr. Bell received a Juris Doctorate
degree from Villanova Law School and an MBA from The Wharton School,
University of Pennsylvania.
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