---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-028267"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "XXII"
cik: "0001347858"
company_name: "22nd Century Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-11T19:03:21+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T19:04:11.269158+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# 22nd Century Group shareholders elect Lucille Salhany, approve comp, ratify auditor

## Summary
- Elected Lucille Salhany as Class III director with 1,163,869 for, 34,794 withheld; no broker non-votes.
- Advisory approval of 2025 exec compensation: 1,160,325 for, 37,053 against, 1,285 abstain.
- Ratified WithumSmith+Brown as auditor for 2026: 1,191,342 for, 7,051 against, 270 abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-028267
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: XXII
- cik: 0001347858
- company_name: 22nd Century Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-11T19:03:21+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1347858/000149315226028267/0001493152-26-028267-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1347858/000149315226028267/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  22nd Century Group, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Lucille Salhany as a Class III director at the 2026-06-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-11
  source text: Proposal One : To elect Lucille Salhany as a Class III director to serve until the 2029 annual meeting of the stockholders and until her respective successor has been elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1347858/000149315226028267/0001493152-26-028267-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  22nd Century Group, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory resolution approving executive compensation for fiscal year 2025 at the 2026-06-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-11
  source text: Proposal Two : To approve an advisory resolution approving executive compensation for fiscal year 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1347858/000149315226028267/0001493152-26-028267-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  22nd Century Group, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of WithumSmith+Brown, PC as independent registered public accountants for 2026 at the 2026-06-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-11
  source text: Proposal Three : To ratify the appointment of WithumSmith+Brown, PC as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1347858/000149315226028267/0001493152-26-028267-index.htm

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