Tootsie Roll Industries Inc DEFA14A, filed May 7, 2020
Tootsie Roll Industries Inc (TR)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.
7401 South Cicero Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60629
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON MAY 4, 2020
Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. ANNOUNCES ADJOURNMENT OF 2020 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO August 31, 2020
Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. has adjourned its 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) originally scheduled to be held on May 4, 2020, to August 31, 2020 at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time. As previously announced, due to the public health and safety concerns related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Annual Meeting will be held in Room 1200, Mutual Building, 909 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia.
Whether or not stockholders plan to attend the Annual Meeting, Tootsie Roll encourages all stockholders to vote and submit their proxies in advance of the Annual Meeting by one of the methods described in the previously distributed proxy materials. The record date to determine shareholders who are entitled to attend or vote at the meeting has not changed. Please note that the proxy card included with the previously distributed proxy materials will not be updated to reflect the adjournment and may continue to be used to vote shares in connection with the Annual Meeting. If you have already voted, you do not need to vote again.
NOTICE OF INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIAL:
The Notice of Meeting, proxy statement and proxy card
are available at http://www.astproxyportal.com/ast/14960/