8-K
filed May 11, 2026, 11:00 AM ET
ticker TR
CIK 0000098677
other material
confidence high
sentiment neutral
materiality 0.10
Tootsie Roll annual meeting results: all director nominees elected, auditor ratified, executive compensation approved
TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES INC
- All six director nominees elected; highest vote count: Michael A. Chodos with 341,171,309 for, 4,221,085 withheld.
- Ratification of Grant Thornton as auditor for 2026: 343,765,144 for (98.7%), 4,601,904 against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 334,324,217 for (96.8%), 10,913,870 against.
- Broker non-votes of 3,041,154 on director elections and compensation proposals.
Key facts
Extracted from this filing and checked against the source text.
Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.9
TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Approval of Executive Compensation of the Named Executive Officers of the Company at the 2026-05-06 meeting.
- Proposal
- say on pay
- Outcome
- passed
- Meeting
- 2026-05-06
Exact text from the filing
A shareholder advisory on named executive officer compensation for fiscal 2025 was approved by vote of 334,324,217 for the motion and 10,913,870 against the motion. Abstain votes were 154,307 and broker non-votes were 3,041,154.
View on SEC.gov
Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.9
TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-05-06 meeting.
- Proposal
- director election
- Outcome
- passed
- Meeting
- 2026-05-06
Exact text from the filing
The six nominees for the Board of Directors were elected to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are elected and duly qualified. The tabulation of votes was: Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Ellen R. Gordon Virginia L. Gordon 340,344,987 340,634,747 5,047,407 4,757,647 3,041,154 3,041,154 Lana Jane Lewis-Brent 337,645,235 7,747,159 3,041,154 Karen G. Mills 340,952,078 4,440,316 3,041,154 Michael A. Chodos 341,171,309 4,221,085 3,041,154 Paula M. Wardynski 340,760,932 4,631,462 3,041,154
View on SEC.gov
Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.9
TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of the Company for 2026 at the 2026-05-06 meeting.
- Proposal
- auditor ratification
- Outcome
- passed
- Meeting
- 2026-05-06
Exact text from the filing
The appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 was ratified by a vote of 343,765,144 for the motion and 4,601,904 against the motion. Abstain votes were 66,500 and broker non-votes were 0.
View on SEC.gov
This headline and bullets were generated automatically by deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2 from the public filing. Read the source on SEC.gov before relying on any specific claim. Not investment advice.
See methodology for how this pipeline works.