---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-115818"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "XXII"
cik: "0001347858"
company_name: "22nd Century Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-11-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T08:55:07.292008+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# 22nd Century Group licenses non-GMO reduced-nicotine tobacco tech from NC State through 2042

## Summary
- Exclusive license from North Carolina State University for patent rights and plant materials to develop non-GMO reduced nicotine tobacco.
- License extends until 2042 on a country-by-country basis; includes milestone payments, licensing fees, and sublicensing fees.
- 22nd Century to issue $100,000 in common stock as partial consideration, calculated using 20-day average closing price.
- Press release highlights this license enhances VLN product line and supports international markets opposed to GMO.
- Company already holds first FDA MRTP authorization for a combustible reduced-nicotine cigarette.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-115818
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: XXII
- cik: 0001347858
- company_name: 22nd Century Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-11-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1347858/000110465923115818/0001104659-23-115818-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1347858/000110465923115818/tm2330187d1_8k.htm

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- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-115818.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-115818.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  22nd Century Group, Inc. entered into NCSU License Agreement with North Carolina State University valued at equal in value to $100,000 (effective 2023-11-02).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: license
  - Counterparty: North Carolina State University
  - Value: equal in value to $100,000
  - Effective: 2023-11-02
  source text: On November 2, 2023, 22nd Century Group, Inc. (the “Company”) executed a licensing agreement (“NCSU License Agreement”) with North Carolina State University (“NCSU”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1347858/000110465923115818/0001104659-23-115818-index.htm

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