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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 public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025; 3. To approve an amendment to our 2023 Non-Employee Director Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares available for issuance thereunder, as described in Proposal Three; and 4. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting. Only stockholders of record at the close of business on April 15, 2025 are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting. For at least ten days prior to the Annual Meeting, a complete list of stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting will be available for examination by any stockholder, for any purpose relating to the Annual Meeting, during ordinary business hours at our U.S. principal executive offices at 22722 29th Drive SE, Suite 100, Bothell, WA 98021.

| By Order of the Board of Directors, |
| Richard Stewart                     |
| Chief Executive Officer             |

Bothell, Washington April 28, 2025

| Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting virtually, we encourage you to vote and submit your proxy by telephone, via the Internet or by mail.  For additional instructions on attending virtually, voting by telephone or via the Internet, please refer to the proxy card.  To vote and submit your proxy by mail, please complete, sign and date the enclosed proxy card and return it in the enclosed envelope.  If you attend the Annual Meeting virtually, you may revoke your proxy and vote at the meeting.  If you hold your shares through an account with a brokerage firm, bank or other nominee, please follow the instructions you receive from them to vote your shares. |

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON JUNE 4, 2025 The Company’s Proxy Statement and Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 are available at ir.achievelifesciences.com.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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| BOARD OF DIRECTORS                                                                                |    8 |
| PROPOSAL ONE: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS                                                               |   18 |
| REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE                                                                     |   20 |
| PROPOSAL TWO:  RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM       |   21 |
| PRO