The US Bankruptcy Court granted an order for the substantive consolidation of Electronic Cigarettes International Group, Ltd. and its certain non-debtor affiliates on June 12, 2017. The non-debtor affiliates include Victory Electronic Cigarettes, Inc., VCIG, LLC and FIN Branding Group, LLC. The non-debtor affiliates would be substantively consolidated with the bankruptcy case of Electronic Cigarettes International Group, Ltd. and the collective assets and liabilities shall be treated as a single bankruptcy estate.