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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” under the applicable Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, rules and the criteria established byNasdaq. Our Board of Directors also determined that Mr. King will once again become “independent” under the applicable SEC rules and criteria established by Nasdaq following the cessation of his service as Interim Executive Chairman effective upon the Annual Meeting. In addition, our Board of Directors previously determined that Dr. Vaughn Himes, who served as a director until January 2025, was “independent” under the applicable SEC rules and the criteria established byNasdaq while serving on our Board of Directors.

There are no family relationships among any of our directors, executive officers or director nominees.

Stockholders who are interested in communicating directly with members of the Board of Directors, or the Board of Directors as a group, may do so by writing directly to the member(s) c/o Corporate Secretary, Achieve Life Sciences, Inc., 22722 29thDrive SE, Suite 100, Bothell, Washington 98021. The Secretary will promptly forward to the Board of Directors or the individually named directors all written communications received at the above address that the Secretary considers appropriate.

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to all of the members of our Board of Directors, officers, and employees, and we expect our agents, representatives, consultants and contractors to conform to the standards of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics. Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is posted on the “Investor Relations” section of our website, which is located at https://ir.achievelifesciences.com under “Governance Documents” in the “Governance” section of our website. We intend to satisfy the disclosure requirement under Item 5.05 of Form 8-K regarding amendment to, or waiver from, a provision of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics by posting such information on our website at the address and location specified above.

Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics requires our executive officers and directors to report any conflicts of interest with our interests to our Audit Committee and generally prohibits our executive officers and directors from conflicts of interest with our interests. Waivers of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics with respect to an executive officer or director may only be granted by the Board of Directors or, if permitted by Nasdaq and any other applicable stock exchange’s rules, our Nominating and Governance Committee. We do not have a specific policy concerning approval of transactions with stockholders who own more than