---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-042189"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "XXII"
cik: "0001347858"
company_name: "22nd Century Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-04-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T05:44:26.849311+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# 22nd Century Group signs exclusive 3-year license and distribution deal with Cookies

## Summary
- Exclusive license to manufacture and distribute Cookies branded hemp-derived products in US for 3 years, with option to extend.
- 22nd Century to issue 5 million shares of unregistered common stock to Cookies, subject to one-year lock-up.
- Monthly license fee equal to a percentage of net profits generated under the agreement.
- GVB Biopharma, a 22nd Century subsidiary, has manufactured Cookies products for the past three years.
- Distribution targets up to 18 markets and approximately 60,000 retail stores in 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-042189
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: XXII
- cik: 0001347858
- company_name: 22nd Century Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-04-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1347858/000110465923042189/0001104659-23-042189-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1347858/000110465923042189/tm2311841d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-042189
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-042189.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-042189.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  22nd Century Group, Inc. entered into License and Distribution Agreement with Cookies Creative Consulting & Promotions, Inc. (effective 2023-04-04).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: license
  - Counterparty: Cookies Creative Consulting & Promotions, Inc.
  - Effective: 2023-04-04
  source text: On April 4, 2023, a subsidiary of 22nd Century Group, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a License and Distribution Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Cookies Creative Consulting & Promotions, Inc. (“Cookies”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1347858/000110465923042189/0001104659-23-042189-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.