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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 14A

(Rule 14a-101)

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT

 

SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

 

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

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Definitive Proxy Statement

 

Definitive Additional Materials

 

Soliciting Material Under § 240.14a-12

  

ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHOCOLATE FACTORY, INC.

(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

 

AB VALUE PARTNERS, LP

AB VALUE MANAGEMENT LLC

ANDREW T. BERGER

BRADLEY L. RADOFF

MARY BRADLEY

(Name of Persons(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)

 

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AB Value Partners, LP, Bradley L. Radoff and the other participants named herein (collectively, the “AB Value-Radoff Group”), has filed a definitive proxy statement and accompanying BLUE proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to be used to solicit votes for the election of its highly-qualified director nominee at the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders of Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).

On July 22, 2022, the AB Value-Radoff Group issued an Investor Presentation titled “The Case for Adding a Proven Consumer Brand Leader to Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.’s Board,” a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.