SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* VECTOR GROUP LTD (Last) (First) (Middle) 100 SE SECOND STREET 32ND FLOOR (Street) MIAMI FL 33131 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 10/20/2008	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Castle Brands Inc [ ROX ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock	( 1 )	( 1 )	Common Stock	11,428,576 ( 2 )	0.35	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. As described in Item 1.01 of that certain Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Issuer with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 14, 2008 (the "8-K"), each share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock will automatically be converted into shares of Common Stock, at the then effective conversion rate, upon the filing of an amendment to the Issuer's charter, which, once effective, makes available a sufficient number of authorized but unissued and unreserved shares of the Common Stock to permit all then outstanding shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to be converted. The conversion rate is 35.7143 shares of Common Stock for each share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, and is subject to customary adjustment for dilutive issuances.

2. Represents 320,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock issued by the Issuer to the Reporting Person at the closing of the transactions contemplated by that certain Series A Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement described in Item 1.01 of the 8-K, which closing occurred on October 20, 2008 (the "Closing"). The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities prior to their issuance at the Closing.

	VECTOR GROUP LTD. By: /s/ J. Bryant Kirkland III, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	10/20/2008
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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