22nd Century Group, Inc. (XXII)

0.9712 +0.0013 (+0.13%) 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: 76

Key Executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year Born
Mr. James A. Mish	CEO, Member of Scientific Advisory Board & Director	1.09M	N/A	1964
Mr. Michael J. Zercher	Pres & COO	1.04M	N/A	1971
Mr. John E. Franzino	Chief Admin. Officer	535.84k	N/A	1957
Mr. R. Hugh Kinsman	Chief Financial Officer	N/A	N/A	N/A
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. Steven P. Przybyla	VP, Gen. Counsel & Corp. Sec.	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Henry Sicignano III, M.B.A., MBA	Consultant	N/A	N/A	1968
Mr. James C. Morrison	Technical Advisor & Regulatory Affairs Consultant	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amounts are as of December 31, 2021 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay is 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 July 31, 2022 is 7. The pillar scores are Audit: 5; Board: 7; Shareholder Rights: 6; Compensation: 9.

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 a 10 indicates higher governance risk.