Company: ACCS
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000843006-25-000014
Chunk: 9

Company: ACCESS Newswire Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 9
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| Age 53 Director Since 2006   ● President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson of the Board |     | Professional Background and Qualifications Mr. Balbirnie is a member of the Board and our President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Balbirnie established ACCESS Newswire (f/k/a Issuer Direct) in 2006 with a vision of creating a technology driven back-office compliance platform that would reduce costs as well as increase the efficiencies of the most complex tasks. Mr. Balbirnie is responsible for the strategic leadership of the company and oversees day-to-day operations. Under Mr. Balbirnie’s direction, the Company has grown and in 2024 worked with over 6,000 customers. Mr. Balbirnie is an entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience in emerging industries. Prior to ACCESS  Newswire, Mr. Balbirnie was the founder and managing partner of Catapult Company, a compliance and consulting practice focused on the Sarbanes Oxley Act. During 2002 and 2003, Mr. Balbirnie also served as the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Mobile Reach International, Inc., a publicly traded company, and as the President and Chief Technology Officer of IVUE Corporation, a private company. Prior to and with Catapult, Mr. Balbirnie also advised several companies on their public market strategies, merger & acquisitions as well as their financial reporting requirements. Mr. Balbirnie brings to the Board over 19 years of business, finance, marketing and leadership experience in the communications and compliance industries, which makes him a well-qualified candidate to be a director of the Company. |

| PROXY STATEMENT | 9 |

BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

The table below provides committee membership of each Board member as of April 30, 2025.

| Board Member          |     | Audit  Committee |     | Compensation  Committee |
| Independent Directors |     |                  |     |                         |
| Graeme P. Rein        |     | C                |     |                         |
| Wesley T. Pollard     |     | X                |     | X                       |
| Joseph A. Staples     |     |                  |     | C                       |
| Internal Director     |     |                  |     |                         |
| Brian R Balbirnie     |     |                  |     |                         |

<div align='center'>C= Committee Chairperson X = Committee Member</div>

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