Company: ACCS
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000843006-25-000014
Chunk: 19

Company: ACCESS Newswire Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 19
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err and Mr. Lloyd paid on February 7, 2025.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| (3) | Represents a restricted stock unit granted March 5, 2024 of 5,000 shares of our common stock, one-third of which vested on January 1, 2025 and an additional one-third will vest on each of January 1, 2026 and 2027, respectively.                                                                                                 |
| (4) | Represents a restricted stock unit granted February 1, 2023 of 5,000 shares of our common stock, one-third of which vested on January 1, 2024 and the remainder were forfeited upon Mr. Pitoniak’s resignation.                                                                                                                     |
| (5) | Mr. Pitoniak resigned as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer effective March 8, 2024. Steven Knerr, who was our Vice President of Finance and Controller, was appointed to serve as the interim Chief Financial Officer to replace Mr. Pitoniak and was subsequently appointed our Chief Financial Officer on September 16, 2024. |
| (6) | Represents a restricted stock unit granted March 5, 2024 of 5,000 shares of our common stock, one-third of which vested on January 1, 2025 and an additional one-third will vest on each of January 1, 2026 and 2027, respectively. .                                                                                               |
| (7) | Represents a restricted stock unit granted January 3, 2023 of 20,000 shares of our common stock, all of which vest on January 3, 2026.                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| (8) | Represents a stock option granted January 3, 2023 for the purchase of 30,000 shares of our common stock, with 7,500 shares vesting on January 3, 2024, January 3, 2025, January 3, 2026 and January 3, 2027 at an exercise price of $26.98 and termination date of January 3, 2033.                                                 |

| PROXY STATEMENT | 17 |

We currently have an executive employment agreement with Messrs. Balbirnie, Knerr and Lloyd, which are summarized below.

BRIAN R. BALBIRNIE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

On April 30, 2014, the Company entered into an Executive Employment Agreement (the “Balbirnie Agreement”) with Brian R.