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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001558370-20-005641
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200507
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200507
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20200507

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000098677
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SUGAR & CONFECTIONERY PRODUCTS [2060]
		IRS NUMBER:				221318955
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			VA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-01361
		FILM NUMBER:		20855715

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7401 S CICERO AVE
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60629
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7738383400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7401 S CICERO AVE
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60629

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SWEETS CO OF AMERICA INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19660921
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						<font style="display:inline;font-size:10pt;">[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Preliminary Proxy Statement</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-size:10pt;">[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Confidential, For Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-size:10pt;">[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Definitive Proxy Statement</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-size:10pt;">[X]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Definitive Additional Materials</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-size:10pt;">[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Soliciting Material Pursuant to &#xA7; 240.14a-12</font></p>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-size:8pt;">[</font><font style="display:inline;font-size:10pt;">x]&nbsp;No fee required.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-size:10pt;">[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]&nbsp;Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11.</font>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-size:10pt;">Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies:</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-size:10pt;">Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined):</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-size:10pt;">Total fee paid:</font></p>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-size:10pt;">[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]&nbsp;Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-size:10pt;">[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]&nbsp;Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously.&nbsp;&nbsp;Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the form or schedule and the date of its filing.</font>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-size:10pt;">(1)</font></p>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Tootsie Roll Industries,&nbsp;Inc.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">7401 South Cicero Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60629</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">TO BE HELD ON MAY&nbsp;4, 2020</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. ANNOUNCES ADJOURNMENT OF 2020 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO August 31, 2020</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. has adjourned its 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the &#x201C;Annual Meeting&#x201D;) originally scheduled to be held on May 4, 2020, to August 31, 2020 at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time. As previously announced, due to the public health and safety concerns related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Annual Meeting will be held in Room 1200, Mutual Building, 909 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Whether or not stockholders plan to attend the Annual Meeting, Tootsie Roll encourages all stockholders to vote and submit their proxies in advance of the Annual Meeting by one of the methods described in the previously distributed proxy materials. The record date to determine shareholders who are entitled to attend or vote at the meeting has not changed. Please note that the proxy card included with the previously distributed proxy materials will not be updated to reflect the adjournment and may continue to be used to vote shares in connection with the Annual Meeting. If you have already voted, you do not need to vote again.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;color:#231F20;font-size:10pt;">NOTICE OF INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIAL</font><font style="display:inline;color:#231F20;font-size:10pt;">:</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;color:#231F20;font-size:10pt;">The Notice of Meeting, proxy statement and proxy card</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;color:#231F20;font-size:10pt;">are available at http://www.astproxyportal.com/ast/14960/</font>
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