UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
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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 |
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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 August 3, 2022, the Company issued a false and misleading press release claiming that the AB Value-Radoff Group made an “illusory proposal with a brand-new last-minute candidate (their seventh so far) who was not included in any of AB Value’s prior nomination or proxy materials.”
In reality, the AB Value-Radoff Group suggested another highly-qualified female candidate as a potential mutually agreed upon nominee in response to the Company’s request for a good faith proposal to reach a settlement after it disparaged our current nominee. The correspondence communicating such good faith proposal to the Company is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.
Exhibit 1
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