22nd Century Group to Hold Virtual Annual Meeting of Stockholders
April 08 2020 - 4:15PM
22nd Century Group, Inc. (NYSE American: XXII) (“22nd Century” or
“the Company”), a leading plant biotechnology company focused on
reduced nicotine tobacco and hemp/cannabis plant genetics research
and development, announced today that the Company will hold its
2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders using a virtual meeting
format. The decision to move to a virtual meeting was done in
order to protect the health and safety of meeting participants
during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The meeting will take place on Friday, May 1, 2020 at 10:30 AM
Eastern time. The live webcast will be available under the Events
tab on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at
www.xxiicentury.com and will be archived for at least 90 days.
Stockholders of record at the close of business on March 5, 2020
will be able to participate in, vote, and submit questions during
the virtual meeting. To vote in the virtual meeting, a stockholder
must enter the control number found on the stockholder’s proxy
card, voting instruction form or notice the stockholder previously
received.
About 22nd Century Group, Inc. 22nd Century Group, Inc.
(NYSE AMERICAN: XXII) is a leading plant biotechnology company
focused on technologies that alter the level of nicotine in tobacco
plants and the level of cannabinoids in hemp/cannabis plants
through genetic engineering, gene-editing and modern plant
breeding. The Company’s primary mission in tobacco is to reduce the
harm caused by smoking by bringing its proprietary reduced nicotine
content cigarettes with 95% less nicotine than conventional
cigarettes to adult smokers in the U.S. and international markets.
The Company’s primary mission in hemp/cannabis is to develop
proprietary hemp/cannabis plants with unique cannabinoid profiles
and desirable agronomic traits and to commercialize those plants
through a synergistic portfolio of strategic partnerships in the
hemp/cannabis industry.
Learn more at xxiicentury.com, on
Twitter @_xxiicentury and on LinkedIn.
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Mei Kuo
22nd Century Group, Inc.
(716) 300-1221
mkuo@xxiicentury.com
John Mills
ICR
(646) 277-1254
john.mills@icrinc.com
Deirdre Thomson
ICR
(646) 277-1283
deirdre.thomson@icrinc.com
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