Company: XXII
Filing Date: 2025-05-22
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001641172-25-012101
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Company: 22nd Century Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-22
Form: PRE 14A
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 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 the stockholders voted to approve the plan as amended on June 28, 2024.

(c) Effect on Prior Plan. Upon the Effective Date, the 22nd Century Group, Inc. 2014 Omnibus Incentive, as amended and restated (the “Prior Plan”) terminated, and no new awards could be granted thereunder after the Effective Date, although awards previously granted under the Prior Plan and still outstanding, continue to be subject to all terms and conditions of the Prior Plan.

(d) Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in various sections of the Plan have the meanings given in Section 18.

2. Administration.

(a) Administration. In addition to the authority specifically granted to the Administrator in this Plan, the Administrator has full