Company: XXII
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001493152-25-029651
Chunk: 6

Company: 22nd Century Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 6
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 may not vote on any proposal other than Proposal 1 (the Reverse Split). These “broker non-votes” will be included in the calculation of the number of votes considered to be present at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum but will not be considered in determining the number of votes necessary for approval of any of the proposals. Your broker, bank or other nominee is permitted to vote your shares on the approval of Proposal 1 (the Reverse Split) without receiving voting instructions from you.

Q: What should I do if I receive more than one set of voting materials?

You may receive more than one set of voting materials, including multiple copies of this proxy statement and multiple proxy cards or voting instruction cards. For example, if you hold your shares in more than one brokerage account, you may receive a separate voting instruction card for each brokerage account in which you hold shares. If you are a stockholder of record and your shares are registered in more than one name, you will receive more than one proxy card. Please vote your shares applicable to each proxy card and voting instruction card that you receive.

The SEC’s rules permit us to deliver a single set of Special Meeting materials to one address shared by two or more of our stockholders. This delivery method is referred to as “householding” and can result in significant cost savings. To take advantage of this opportunity, 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 Special 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 (716) 270-1523 or through www.xxiicentury.com/contact.

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

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

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<div align='center'>PROPOSAL ONE:

Approval of the AMENDMENT TO EFFECT THE REVERSE STOCK SPLIT</div>

Overview

We are seeking stockholder approval to grant our board of directors discretionary authority