Company: XXII
Filing Date: 2025-05-22
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001641172-25-012101
Chunk: 3

Company: 22nd Century Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-22
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 3
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 dated May 1, 2025 and the shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants pursuant to Rule 5635(d) of the Nasdaq Stock 
 Market.                                                                                                                              |     | FOR            |     |        46 |
| Proposal                                                                                                                             
 9:                                                                                                                                   
 Approval                                                                                                                             
 of the JGB Amendment, pursuant to Rules 5635(b) and 5635(d) of the Nasdaq Stock Market.                                              |     | FOR            |     |        48 |
| Proposal                                                                                                                             
 10:                                                                                                                                  
 Ratification of Appointment of Freed Maxick CPAs, P.C. as the Company’s Independent Registered Public                                
 Accounting Firm for 2025.                                                                                                            |     | FOR            |     |        50 |
| Proposal                                                                                                                             
 11:                                                                                                                                  
 Adjournment                                                                                                                          
 of the meeting, if necessary or advisable, to solicit additional proxies in favor of Proposals 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and/or 9.               |     | FOR            |     |        51 |

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Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Annual Meeting Procedures

Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Annual Meeting Procedures

Q: Why did I receive these materials?

The Board of Directors of 22nd Century Group, Inc. is soliciting proxies for the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (Annual Meeting) to be held on July 15, 2025 to allow our stockholders to participate from any location that is convenient to them. You are receiving a proxy statement because you owned shares of our common stock on May 20, 2025, and that entitles you to vote at the meeting. By use of a proxy, you can vote whether or not you attend the meeting. The proxy materials include this proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, an annual report to stockholders, including our Annual Report on Form 10- K for the year ended December 31, 2024, and a proxy card or voting instruction form for the Annual Meeting.

Q: What information is contained in this proxy statement?

The information in this proxy statement relates to the proposals to be voted on at the Annual Meeting, the voting process, our Board, the compensation of directors and executive officers, and other information that the Securities and Exchange Commission requires us to provide annually to our stockholders.

Q: Who is entitled to vote at the meeting?

Holders of common stock as of the close of business on the record date, May 20,