Brooke Group Ltd. Proposes To Change Name to Vector Group Ltd.Business Editors MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 18, 2000 Brooke Group Ltd. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BGL BGL The pre-July 1999 ISO 4217 currency code for Bulgarian Lev. ) announced today that it will ask its shareholders to approve a Company name change to Vector Group Ltd. at the Company's annual meeting on May 24, 2000. If the name-change proposal is approved, the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. symbol for the Company's common stock will change from "BGL" to "VGR VGR Vector Group Ltd. (stock symbol) VGR Voyager (Star Trek: Voyager) VGR Voice of God Recordings VGR Variable Geometry Rotor VGR Voice Gateway Router VGR Virtual Geographic Routing VGR Ventura Graphics ". The corporate name change will not otherwise affect the common stock. Brooke is a holding company which owns Liggett Group Inc. and controlling interests in Liggett-Ducat Ltd. and New Valley Corporation. |
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