Company: ACHV
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-059297
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Company: ACHIEVE LIFE SCIENCES, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
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: • Stuart Duty: 78,750 options, of which 27,563 were vested as of December 31, 2024. • Vaughn Himes: 69,600 options, of which 37,550 were vested as of December 31, 2024. • Thomas B. King: 78,750 options, of which 27,563 were vested as of December 31, 2024. • Bridget Martell: 73,050 options, of which 41,550 were vested as of December 31, 2024. • Thomas Sellig: 78,750 options, of which 27,563 were vested as of December 31, 2024. (2) These options were granted on January 22, 2024 to each of Messrs. Duty, King, and Sellig and Drs. Martell and Himes with an aggregate of 157,500 options under our 2023 Non-Employee Director Equity Incentive Plan. These options will vest 100% on June 3, 2025. (3) Mr. King received compensation as a director until he became an employee in August 2024 upon his appointment as Interim Executive Chairman, at which point he stopped receiving compensation for his services as a director. The Board of Directors unanimously recommends that stockholders vote “FOR all” nominees FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

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In connection with the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, the Audit Committee has:

reviewed and discussed the audited consolidated financial statements with management;

discussed with PwC, our independent registered public accounting firm, the matters required to be discussed by Auditing Standard No. 16 adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) regarding “ Communication with Audit Committees ”; and

received the written disclosures and letter from PwC required by applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding the independent registered public accounting firm’s communications with the audit committee concerning independence, and has discussed with PwC its independence from us.

Based on the Audit Committee’s review of the audited consolidated financial statements and its discussions with management and PwC, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the audited consolidated financial statements for the 2024 fiscal year be included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC.

AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Stuart Duty, Chairperson

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