Company: ACCS
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000843006-25-000014
Chunk: 26

Company: ACCESS Newswire Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 26
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  5,000 | -2 |     |                                                          |  44,700 |

(1) All these shares vest on January 1, 2026.

(2) These shares vest one-third on each of January 1, 2025, 2026 and 2027, respectively.

(3) These share vest on January 1, 2025.

(4) All of these shares vest on January 3, 2026.

ACCESS Newswire Inc. 2023 Equity Incentive Plan

On June 7, 2023, the shareholders of the Company approved the 2023 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2023 Plan”). Under the terms of the 2023 Plan, the Company is authorized to issue incentive awards for common stock up to 300,000 shares to employees and other personnel. The awards may be in the form of incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units and performance awards. The 2023 Plan is effective through April 1, 2033. As of December 31, 2024, there are 365,078 shares which remain to be granted under the 2023 Plan, including 122,076 shares assumed under the Company’s previous 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.

| PROXY STATEMENT | 21 |

Equity Compensation Plan Information

The following table provides certain information as of December 31, 2024, with respect to our equity compensation plans under which our equity securities are authorized for issuance:

| Plan Category                                             |     | Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options (a) |        |     | Weighted- average exercise price of Outstanding options (b) |       |     | Securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)) (c) |         |
|:----------------------------------------------------------|:----|:---------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------:|:----|:------------------------------------------------------------|------:|:----|:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------:|
| Equity compensation plan approved by security holders     |     |                                                                            | 59,750 |     | $                                                           | 22.60 |     |                                                                                                                                       | 365,078 |
| Equity compensation plan not approved by security holders |     |                                                                            |      - |     | $                                                           |     - |     |                                                                                                                                       |       - |
| Total                                                     |     |                                                                            | 59,750 |     | $                                                           |