22nd Century Group, Inc. (XXII)

0.7489 +0.0288 (+4.00%) At close: 04:00PM EDT

22nd Century Group, Inc.

500 Seneca Street
Suite 507
Buffalo, NY 14204
United States
716 270 1523
https://www.xxiicentury.com

Sector(s): Consumer Defensive
Industry: Tobacco
Full-time employees: 198

Key executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year born
Mr. James A. Mish	Corp. Pres, CEO, Member of Scientific Advisory Board & Director	985.11k	N/A	1964
Mr. R. Hugh Kinsman	Chief Financial Officer	389.2k	N/A	N/A
Mr. John J. Miller	COO, Exec. Officer & Pres of Tobacco	596.38k	N/A	1965
Mr. John E. Franzino	Chief Admin. Officer	563.07k	N/A	1957
Dr. Calvin Treat	Chief Scientific Officer	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ms. Mei Kuo	Director of Communications & Investor Relations	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Peter F. Ferola	Chief Legal Officer & Sec.	N/A	N/A	1969
Mr. Steven P. Przybyla	Head of Hemp/Cannabis Bus. Devel.	N/A	N/A	N/A
Matthew Kreps	Investor Relations	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. James C. Morrison	Technical Advisor & Regulatory Affairs Consultant	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amounts are as of 31 December 2022, and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in USD.

Description

22nd Century Group, Inc., an agricultural biotechnology company, focuses on tobacco harm reduction, reduced nicotine tobacco, and enhancing health and wellness through plant science for the life science and consumer products industries. It develops very low nicotine content tobacco and cigarette products under the VLN King and VLN Menthol King names; and SPECTRUM research cigarettes for use in independent clinical studies. The company has collaboration with Keygene N.V. to develop hemp/cannabis plants for exceptional cannabinoid profiles and other superior agronomic traits for medical, therapeutic, and agricultural uses, as well as other applications. 22nd Century Group, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, New York.

Corporate governance

22nd Century Group, Inc.’s ISS governance QualityScore as of 1 March 2023 is 8. The pillar scores are Audit: 7; Board: 4; Shareholder rights: 6; Compensation: 10.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while 10 indicates higher governance risk.