Company: ACCS
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000843006-25-000014
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Company: ACCESS Newswire Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
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 to which a single copy of these materials was delivered, or deliver a single copy of these materials and future stockholder communication documents to any stockholder or stockholders sharing an address to which multiple copies are now delivered, upon written request to us at our address noted above. Stockholders may also address future requests regarding delivery of proxy materials and/or annual reports by contacting us at the address noted above.

| PROXY STATEMENT | 6 |

| Proposal 1–Election of Directors |

ELECTION OF THE FOUR DIRECTORS TO SERVE UNTIL THE NEXT ANNUAL MEETING OR UNTIL THEIR SUCCESSORS ARE DULY ELECTED AND QUALIFIED

NOMINEES FOR DIRECTOR

At our Annual Meeting, stockholders will elect four directors, each to serve a term of one year or until his or her successor is elected and qualified. Our Board is currently comprised of each of these four directors. Our Board is not divided into classes of directors, meaning all of our directors are voted on every year at our Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

Unless otherwise instructed on the proxy card, each of the persons named as proxies on the proxy card intends to vote the shares represented thereby in favor of the four nominees listed under “Certain Information Concerning Director Nominees” below.

All nominees have consented to being named in this Proxy Statement and to serve if elected. If, however, any nominee should become unable or unwilling to serve, the persons named as proxies on the proxy card will vote the shares represented by the proxy for another person duly nominated by our Board.

CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING DIRECTOR NOMINEES

Certain information concerning the nominees for election as directors is set forth below. This information was furnished to us by the nominees. No family relationship exists between any of our directors or executive officers.

The names of the nominees and certain information about them as of April 30, 2025 are set forth below:

| Nominee            | Age | Position                                                                  | Director  Since |
| Graeme P. Rein     |  45 | Director, Chairperson of the Audit Committee                              |            2021 |
| Wesley T. Pollard  |  54 | Director, Member of the Compensation Committee and Audit Committee        |            2024 |
| Joseph A. Staples  |  65 | Director, Chairperson of the Compensation Committee                       |            2024 |
| Brian R. Balbirnie |  53 | Director, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson of the