EXHIBIT A
AGREEMENT REGARDING JOINT FILING
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The undersigned hereby agree and consent to the joint filing on their
behalf of this Schedule 13G in connection with their beneficial ownership of the
Class A Senior Preferred Shares of New Valley Corporation
Dated: March 20, 1998
CANPARTNERS INCORPORATED, CANYON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.
a California corporation a California limited partnership
By: Canpartners Incorporated,
By:/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx a California corporation,
---------------------------------- its general partner
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
XXXXXXXX X. XXXXX Title: Vice-President
/s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx XXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
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Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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X. XXXXXXXXX X. XXXXXXX Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
/s/ X. Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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X. Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
