Company: XXII
Filing Date: 2025-06-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001641172-25-014543
Chunk: 85

Company: 22nd Century Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-06-10
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 85
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The Board knows of no matter to be brought before the Annual Meeting other than the matters identified in this proxy statement. However, if any other matter properly comes before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment of the meeting, it is the intention of the persons named in the proxy solicited by the Board to vote the shares represented by them in accordance with their best judgment.

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The reports of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee included elsewhere in this proxy statement do not constitute soliciting materials and should not be deemed filed or incorporated by reference into any other filing made by us under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except to the extent that we specifically incorporate these reports by reference in another filing.

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<div align='center'>APPENDIX A

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION</div>

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<div align='center'>APPENDIX B

22nd CENTURY GROUP, INC.

2021 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

As Amended and Restated</div>

1. Purpose, Effective Date, Amendment and Restatement, Effect on Prior Plan and Definitions.

(a) Purpose. This 22nd Century Group, Inc. 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, has two complementary purposes: (i) to attract, retain, focus and motivate executives and other selected employees, directors, consultants and advisors and (ii) to increase stockholder value. The Plan will accomplish these objectives by offering participants the opportunity to acquire shares of the Company’s common stock, receive monetary payments based on the value of such common stock or receive other incentive compensation on the terms that this Plan provides.

(b) Effective Date; Amendment and Restatement. This Plan became effective as of May 20, 2021, the date on which the Plan was approved by the Company’s stockholders (the “Effective Date”). The Board amended and restated this Plan on March 7, 2023, and the stockholders voted to approve the plan as amended on June 16, 2023. The Board further amended and restated this Plan on April 19, 2024, and