ITEM 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On December 4, 2012, Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release (the "release") announcing its regular quarterly cash dividend of $.08 per share payable to shareholders of record as of December 17, 2012 and will be paid on December 28, 2012. The Company's Board has also declared an additional special cash dividend of $.50 per share which will also be payable to shareholders of record as of December 17, 2012 and will be paid on December 28, 2012. A copy of the release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

The information in the release and in this Item 7.01 is "furnished" and not "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. Such information may only be incorporated by reference in another filing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or the Securities Act of 1933 only if and to the extent such subsequent filing specifically references such information.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) The following exhibit is furnished with this report:

Exhibit 99.1 Press Release of Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc., dated December 4, 2012.