SDI Standard Diversified Inc

STRATEGIC DIAGNOSTICS INC. 2000 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

STRATEGIC DIAGNOSTICS INC. STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

2017 OMNIBUS EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN

(Full titles of the plans)

James Dobbins, Senior Vice President

Turning Point Brands, Inc.

5201 Interchange Way

Louisville, Kentucky 40229

(502) 778-4421

 (Name, address, and telephone number,

including area code, of agent for service)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

This Post-Effective Amendment (the “Post-Effective Amendment”) filed by Standard Diversified Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), deregisters all common shares of beneficial interest of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Shares”), that remain unsold under the following Registration Statements on Form S-8 (each a “Registration Statement,” and collectively, the “Registration Statements”) filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”):

•	Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-20421), which was filed with the Commission on January 24, 1997, pertaining to the registration of 1,700,000 Common Shares issuable under the Amended and Restated Ensys Environmental Products, Inc. 1995 Stock Incentive Plan.

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Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-21211), which was filed with the Commission on February 5, 1997, pertaining to the registration of 100,000 Common Shares issuable under the Strategic Diagnostics Inc. Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreements with each of John H. Timoney, William F. Earthman, III, Curtis Lee Smith, Jr., Robert E. Finnigan, and Andrew C. Middleton.

•	Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-68107), which was filed with the Commission on November 30, 1998, pertaining to the registration of 661,157 Common Shares issuable under the 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

•	Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-68484), which was filed with the Commission on August 28, 2001, pertaining to the registration of 1,500,000 Common Shares issuable under the Strategic Diagnostics Inc. 2000 Stock Incentive Plan.

•	Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-226166), which was filed with the Commission on July 13, 2018, pertaining to the registration of 1,000,000 Common Shares issuable under the 2017 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan.

Effective on July 16, 2020, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of April 7, 2020 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Turning Point Brands, Inc. (“TPB”) and Standard Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of TPB (“Merger Sub”), the Company merged with and into Merger Sub (the “Merger”), with Merger Sub surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of TPB.

In connection with the completion of the Merger and related transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the offerings pursuant to the above-referenced Registration Statements have been terminated.  In accordance with undertakings made by the Company in the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities that remain unsold at the termination of the offerings, the Company hereby removes from registration any and all securities registered but unsold under each of the Registration Statements.  Each of the Registration Statements is hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of such securities.