Company: ATLN
Filing Date: 2025-09-17
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0001605888-25-000041
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Company: ATLANTIC INTERNATIONAL CORP.
Filing Date: 2025-09-17
Form: DEFA14A
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 Pfeffer was at J.P. Morgan from 1984 to 2000, where he gained significant international experience serving as Chief Financial Officer and Director of JPM Brazil for five years in São Paulo and supported JPM’s international businesses during his 16 year tenure there. Mr. Pfeffer worked as a public accountant at Ernst & Whinney from 1981 to 1984. Mr. Pfeffer is a Certified Public Accountant, a Chartered Global Management Accountant and has his FINRA Series 99 Operations Professional license. He graduated Cum Laude from the University of Delaware with a B.S. in Accounting.

We believe Mr. Pfeffer’s experience in corporate governance and capital markets qualifies him to continue to serve on our board of directors.

### CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

#### Director Independence
Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “ATLN.” The following directors, David Pfeffer, Jeff Kurtz and David Solimine, are considered independent board members as the term is used in Item 7(d)(3)(iv)(B) of Schedule 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and in compliance with the standard of independence in Rule 4200(a)(15) of the NASDAQ Marketplace Rules.

#### Board Leadership Structure
Jeffrey Jagid, our Chief Executive Officer, is the sole officer who serves on our Board of Directors as well as Interim Chairman of the Board. The Company does not have a lead independent director. All other members of our Board of Directors are independent and all members of Board committees are independent. The Company believes its leadership is appropriate given the size of the Company, the majority of independent directors and the independent leadership of the committees of the Board.

We will take steps to ensure that adequate structures and processes are in place to permit our board of directors to function independently of management. The directors will be able to request at any time a meeting restricted to independent directors for the purposes of discussing matters independently of management and are encouraged to do so should they feel that such a meeting is required.

Our board of directors, as a whole, and also at the committee level, plays an active role overseeing the overall management of our risks. Our Audit Committee reviews risks related to financial and operational items with our management and our independent registered public accounting firm. Our board of directors is in regular contact with our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, who report directly to our board of directors and