Company: XXII
Filing Date: 2025-06-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001641172-25-014543
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Company: 22nd Century Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-06-10
Form: DEF 14A
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, we have delivered only one notice, proxy statement and annual report to multiple stockholders who share an address, unless we received contrary instructions from the impacted stockholders prior to the mailing date.

We agree to deliver promptly, upon written or oral request, a separate copy of the notice or Annual Meeting materials, as requested, to any stockholder at the shared address to which a single copy of those documents was delivered. If you are currently a stockholder sharing an address with another stockholder and wish to receive only one copy of future proxy statements and annual reports for your household, please contact the Company at (336) 940-3769 or through www.xxiicentury.com/contact.

Q: Where can I find the voting results of the Annual Meeting?

The Company will announce the preliminary voting results at the Annual Meeting and release the final results in a Form 8-K within four business days following the Annual Meeting

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<div align='center'>PROPOSAL NO. 1

ELECTION OF TWO DIRECTORS</div>

The Company’s Board of Directors is classified into three classes of directors, with one class of directors being elected at each Annual Meeting of stockholders of the Company to serve for a term of three years or until the earlier of: (i) expiration of the term of their class of directors; or (ii) until their successors are elected and take office as provided below. To maintain the staggered terms of election of directors, stockholders of the Company are voting upon the election of Lawrence Firestone, an existing director, and David Keys, a new director nominee, as Class II directors to serve for a three-year period until the Annual Meeting of Stockholders in the year 2028.

Andy Arno will continue to serve as a Class I director and Lucille Salhany will continue to serve as a Class III director. Anthony Johnson will be resigning from the Board effective on the date of the Annual Meeting.

The nominees for director have each indicated to the Company that they will be available to serve as a director. If a nominee named herein for election as a director should for any reason become unavailable to serve prior to the 2025 Annual Meeting of stockholders, then the Board may, prior to the Annual Meeting, (i) reduce the size of the Board to eliminate the position for which that person was nominated, (ii) nominate a new candidate in place of such person or (iii) leave the position vacant to be filled at a later time.

The individuals named as proxy voters in