Company: CHUC
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form Type: DEFR14A
Source: 0001437749-25-022145
Chunk: 11

Company: Charlie's Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form: DEFR14A
Chunk 11
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quois Master Fund. As such, each of Mr. Abbe and Ms. Page may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the securities beneficially owned by Iroquois Master Fund. Mr. Abbe is also the manager of each of ICIG and Kensington. As such, Mr. Abbe may also be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the securities held by ICIG and Kensington. |

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PROPOSAL NO. 1

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS</div>

General

Each director serves for a one-year term, until his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until earlier resignation or removal. Our Bylaws provide that the authorized number of directors shall be fixed by the Board from time to time. The number of directors as of the date of this proxy statement is five. Information about each of our directors and director nominees is set forth below. Each director nominee is currently serving as a director.

The individuals named as proxy voters in the accompanying proxy, or their substitutes, will vote for the Board’s nominees with respect to all proxies we receive unless instructions to the contrary are provided. If any nominee becomes unavailable for any reason, the votes will be cast for a substitute nominee designated by our Board. Our directors have no reason to believe that any of the nominees named below will be unable to serve if elected.

The following sets forth certain information, as of June 18, 2025, about each of the Board’s nominees for election at the Annual Meeting and each of our directors whose term will continue after our Annual Meeting. There are no family relationships among our directors or executive officers.

Nominees for Election at the Annual Meeting

Ryan Stump, Director and Chief Operating Officer (Age 37). Mr. Stump was appointed as a director and the Company’s Chief Operating Officer on April 26, 2019 in connection with the Share Exchange. Mr. Stump has served as the Chief Operating Officer of Charlie’s since 2014, during which time he has been responsible for all global operations of Charlie’s. Prior to joining Charlie’s, Mr. Stump worked as an Associate Territory Manager and then as a Territory Manager for ConMed Corporation, a medical device sales company, from 2010 to 2013. Mr. Stump also co-founded and continues to be engaged with multiple companies, including The Ohio House since 2011, The Chadwick House and the Buckeye Recovery Network since 2017. He is currently a member of the board of directors of