---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-25-000495"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TR"
cik: "0000098677"
company_name: "TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2025-01-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T07:50:18.693630+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tootsie Roll appoints Michael Chodos to board; Barre Seibert resigns after 20 years

## Summary
- Michael Adam Chodos, 66, joined board on Jan 27 and appointed to Audit and Compensation Committees.
- Chodos is principal at Law Offices of Michael Chodos; previously GC at Notarize, Inc. and Medsphere Systems.
- Barre A. Seibert resigned from board on Jan 26 after 20 years of service.
- No other changes to board composition or officer roles were reported.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-25-000495
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TR
- cik: 0000098677
- company_name: TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2025-01-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98677/000155837025000495/0001558370-25-000495-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98677/000155837025000495/tr-20250126x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-25-000495.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael Adam Chodos was appointed as Director at TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: joined
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 27, Michael Adam Chodos, age 66, joined the Board of Directors of the Company and was appointed to the Audit and Compensation Committees.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98677/000155837025000495/0001558370-25-000495-index.htm
- Executive change
  Barre A. Seibert resigned as Director at TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 26, Barre A. Seibert resigned from the Board of Directors of the Company following 20 years of dedicated service.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98677/000155837025000495/0001558370-25-000495-index.htm

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