Company: UONE
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001041657-25-000022
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Company: URBAN ONE, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: PRE 14A
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 use of environmentally friendly supplies, office recycling programs, and sustainable business practices at our consumer facing events. In addition, the Company actively strives to reduce energy consumption and waste.

#### Diversity and Inclusion
As a business founded by an African-American woman, diversity and inclusion is engrained in our corporate history. Our Board of Directors is diverse; Catherine L. Hughes, our Founder and Chairperson, is an African-American woman, and 4 of our 5 directors are minorities. Our President and Chief Executive Officer, Alfred C. Liggins, III is an African-American male, as is our Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Kristopher Simpson. Further, Karen Wishart, our Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, is an African-American woman, as is Michelle Rice, President of TV ONE. Additionally, as of December 31, 2024, 75% of our employees were racially diverse, and 46% of our employees were women. We are proud that our organization is governed and propelled by such a diverse group of individuals, which we believe contributes to our Company’s success now, and in the long-term.

Our senior leadership team has introduced various initiatives to ensure that our Company remains inclusive and supportive for all, including:

• Conducting regular workplace training, which includes focuses on unconscious bias, discrimination and harassment; and

• Leveraging a diverse slate of candidates for all job vacancies, including senior leadership.

#### Corporate Citizenship
The following Report on Corporate Citizenship at Urban One shall not be deemed incorporated by reference by any general statement incorporating by reference this Proxy Statement into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under the Exchange Act, except to the extent that we specifically incorporate this information by reference and shall not otherwise be deemed filed under such Acts.

While the Company’s national presence through its on-air radio, television and digital talent is undeniable, our focus on corporate citizenship and local community impact is one of our most notable accomplishments. Following the model established by Cathy Hughes, the Company maintains a philanthropic footprint for each community served within its various markets. We maintain a strong focus on the local communities that we serve. Our on-air talent and staff are vested in providing information resources and solutions to the community. We actively engage with a myriad of community partners’ help to provide career fairs, food drives, back to school programs, voter registration drives, health fairs, and other worthwhile initiatives as part of the Company’s community service efforts. From employment assistance and financial literacy to educational services and voter registration,