---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-008018"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TR"
cik: "0000098677"
company_name: "TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T23:54:23.792441+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tootsie Roll shareholders re-elect all 5 directors, approve auditor and say-on-pay

## Summary
- All five director nominees received over 311 million votes for; broker non-votes ~3.6 million.
- Grant Thornton LLP ratified as auditor for 2023 with ~316 million votes for vs. 4.4 million against.
- Advisory vote on 2022 executive compensation approved: 305.6 million for, 11.3 million against.
- Shareholders chose a three-year frequency for future say-on-pay votes, with ~304.7 million votes for three years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-008018
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TR
- cik: 0000098677
- company_name: TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- 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/98677/000155837023008018/0001558370-23-008018-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98677/000155837023008018/tr-20230504x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of the Company for 2023 at the 2023-05-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-01
  source text: The appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 was ratified by a vote of 316,147,660 for the motion and 4,418,201 against the motion.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98677/000155837023008018/0001558370-23-008018-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-01
  source text: The five 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.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98677/000155837023008018/0001558370-23-008018-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Approval of the Frequency of Shareholder Votes on Named Executive Officer Compensation at the 2023-05-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-01
  source text: A shareholder advisory on named executive officer compensation will be held every three years by a vote of 12,003,724 for one year, 165,239 for two years and 304,651,364 for three years.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98677/000155837023008018/0001558370-23-008018-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Approval of Executive Compensation of the Named Executive Officers of the Company at the 2023-05-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-01
  source text: A shareholder advisory on named executive officer compensation for fiscal 2022 was approved by vote of 305,626,468 for the motion and 11,309,543 against the motion.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98677/000155837023008018/0001558370-23-008018-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.