Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;


          Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
          Officers

On July 9, 2021, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Turning Point Brands, Inc. (the "Company"), determined, upon the recommendation of its Nominating and ESG Committee to increase the size of the Board from eight to nine directors, and has appointed Yavor Efremov to fill the vacant board position, effective July 9, 2021. Mr. Efremov will also serve as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board.

Mr. Efremov will be compensated in accordance with the Company's compensation program for non-employee directors. Mr. Efremov does not have any transactions reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Yavor Efremov, age 48, currently serves on the board of MDH Acquisition Corp. From April 2019 to November 2019, Mr. Efremov was the CEO of Motorsport Network, a global company with 630 employees, and was responsible for restructuring the company, hiring a management team, developing a vision for the company and executing on that vision. Prior to Motorsport Network, he spent 5 years at Liberty Media as SVP, Corporate Development. Prior to that, Mr. Efremov spent 8 years in the Technology, Media and Telecom group of Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York and, prior to that, he was an M&A lawyer with Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton for 5 years, also in New York. Mr. Efremov holds a J.D. from the Yale Law School, a Ph.D. in Economics from Yale, B.S. (Mathematics) and B.A. (Economics) from Furman University.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.





(d) Exhibits

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