Company: TR
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001558370-25-003853
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Company: TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: DEF 14A
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 voted at the meeting, regardless of the size of your holdings. Accordingly, please promptly mark, sign and date the enclosed proxy and return it in the enclosed envelope, whether or not you intend to be present at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

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| Sincerely,​​                                     | ​ |
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| Ellen R. Gordon                                  | ​ |
| Chairman of the Board andChief Executive Officer | ​ |

Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. 7401 South Cicero Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60629 NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON MAY 5, 2025 To the Shareholders: Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES, INC.will be held in Suite 200, One James Center, 901 East Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia, on Monday, May 5, 2025, at 12:00 noon, Eastern Daylight Saving Time, for the following purposes:

| 1. | To elect the full board of five directors; |

| 3. | To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof. |

Only shareholders of record at the close of business on March 5, 2025 are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof. The relative voting rights of the Company’s Common Stock and Class B Common Stock in respect of the Annual Meeting and the matters to be acted upon at such meeting are described in the accompanying Proxy Statement. Your attention is directed to the accompanying Proxy, Proxy Statement and 2024 Annual Report of Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. By Order of the Board of Directors Barry P. Bowen, Assistant Secretary Chicago, Illinois March 27, 2025 NOTE: Please mark, date and sign the enclosed Proxy and return it promptly in the enclosed envelope whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting in person. You may revoke your Proxy at any time before it is voted.

<div align='center'>**Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.

7401 South Cicero Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60629

PROXY STATEMENT

Annual Meeting of Shareholders—May 5, 2025

SOLICITATION OF PROXIES**</div>

This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation by the Board of Directors of