---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-22-008466"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TR"
cik: "0000098677"
company_name: "TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2022-05-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T20:03:03.416514+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tootsie Roll shareholders re-elect all director nominees; ratify auditor Grant Thornton

## Summary
- Five directors re-elected: Ellen R. Gordon, Virginia L. Gordon, Barre A. Seibert, Lana Jane Lewis-Brent, Paula M. Wardynski.
- Directors received between 302.0M and 302.8M votes for; broker non-votes ~3.4M on each.
- Grant Thornton LLP ratified as independent auditor for 2022 with 307.7M votes for, 4.3M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-22-008466
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TR
- cik: 0000098677
- company_name: TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2022-05-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98677/000155837022008466/0001558370-22-008466-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98677/000155837022008466/tr-20220512x8k.htm

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