Company: UONE
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001041657-25-000022
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Company: URBAN ONE, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: PRE 14A
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#### Nominated for Other Director in Proposal 2.

### THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD
The Board of Directors is currently comprised of six members, four of whom are neither officers nor employees of Urban One. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Board of Directors was comprised of six members, four of whom were neither officers nor employees of Urban One. The Board held two meetings during the calendar year ended December 31, 2024, and acted three times by unanimous written consent. All six members of the Board of Directors, including each of the current six directors who are currently standing for election, attended more than 75% of the aggregate number of meetings of the board and committees thereof on which he or she served. It is the policy of the Company that all members of the Board of Directors attend annual meetings of the stockholders. All of the directors attended the 2024 annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company.

#### Controlled Company Exemption
We are a “controlled company” within the meaning of Rule 5615(c)(1) of the NASDAQ Listing Rules, because more than 50% of our voting power is held by Catherine L. Hughes, our Chairperson of the Board and Secretary, and Alfred C. Liggins, III, our CEO and President. See “ Security Ownership of Beneficial Owners and Management” below. Therefore, we are not subject to NASDAQ Stock Market listing rules that would otherwise require us to have: (i) a majority of independent directors on the board; (ii) a compensation committee composed solely of independent directors; (iii) a nominating committee composed solely of independent directors; (iv) compensation of our executive officers determined by a majority of the independent directors or a compensation committee composed solely of independent directors; and (v) director nominees selected, or recommended for the board’s selection, either by a majority of the independent directors or a nominating committee composed solely of independent directors.

#### Board Leadership Structure
Ms. Hughes has been Chairperson of the Board of Directors since 1980. Since the appointment of Mr. Liggins as CEO in 1997, the roles of Chairperson of the Board and CEO have been separated. We believe it is