Company: XXII
Filing Date: 2025-06-10
Form Type: PRER14A
Source: 0001641172-25-014371
Chunk: 8

Company: 22nd Century Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-06-10
Form: PRER14A
Chunk 8
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3, you may vote “One Year,” “Two Years,” “Three Years” or “Abstain.” An abstention is not considered a vote cast, and, therefore, are not counted and will not impact the outcome of the vote on the frequency of an advisory vote on executive compensation.

For the other proposals, you may vote “FOR,” “AGAINST” or “ABSTAIN.” An abstention is not considered a vote cast, and, therefore, are not counted and will not impact the outcome of the vote on any proposal other than the approval of the amendment to our Articles of Incorporation to increase the authorized number of shares of common stock (Proposal 4).

If you hold your shares in “street name,” the Company has supplied copies of its proxy materials for its 2025 Annual Meeting of stockholders to the broker, bank or other nominee holding your shares of record and they have the responsibility to send these proxy materials to you. Your broker, bank or other nominee that has not received voting instructions from you may not vote on any proposal other than Proposal 4 (the authorized share increase), Proposal 6 (the Reverse Split), the appointment of Freed as our independent registered certified public accounting firm for fiscal year 2025 and the adjournment proposal. 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 Proposals 4, 6, 10 and 11 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 Annual 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