22nd Century Group Inc (XXII)

[Zedster]

The board of directors nominated five director nominees to stand for election at the 2014 meeting and each of the nominees was elected by a plurality of the votes present and entitled to vote at the meeting. Since Proposal One was approved, the director nominees were elected to serve in each of the following classes of directors: (i) Henry Sicignano, III and Richard M. Sanders were elected as Class I directors with an initial term expiring at the 2015 annual meeting of stockholders; (ii) Joseph Pandolfino and Joseph Alexander Dunn were elected as Class II directors with an initial term expiring at the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders; and (iii) James W. Cornell was elected as a Class III director with an initial term expiring at the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders and, in each instance, until their successors have been elected and qualified.