---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-020929"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "XXII"
cik: "0001347858"
company_name: "22nd Century Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T00:15:46.272536+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# 22nd Century Group registers $6.4M common stock ATM offering with Needham & Co.

## Summary
- Filed prospectus supplement under S-3 to sell up to $6.4M in common stock via ATM program.
- No shares sold under the sales agreement in prior 12 months; full $6.4M still available.
- Outstanding shares as of May 1, 2026: 4,455,649.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-020929
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: XXII
- cik: 0001347858
- company_name: 22nd Century Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1347858/000149315226020929/0001493152-26-020929-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1347858/000149315226020929/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-020929.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  22nd Century Group, Inc. entered into Sales Agreement with Needham & Company, LLC (effective 2026-05-01).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: atm program
  - Counterparty: Needham & Company, LLC
  - Effective: 2026-05-01
  source text: On May 1, 2026, 22nd Century Group, Inc. (the “Company”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a prospectus supplement to its Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-294792) permitting the Company to sell $6,400,000 shares of the Company’s common stock pursuant to its sales agreement (as amended, the “Sales Agreement”) with Needham & Company, LLC.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1347858/000149315226020929/0001493152-26-020929-index.htm

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