0000921895-19-001815.txt : 20190613 0000921895-19-001815.hdr.sgml : 20190613 20190613143743 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000921895-19-001815 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: DFAN14A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190613 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190613 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20190613 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TRANS WORLD ENTERTAINMENT CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000795212 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL- COMPUTER & PRERECORDED TAPE STORES [5735] IRS NUMBER: 141541629 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 0131 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: DFAN14A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-14818 FILM NUMBER: 19895903 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 38 CORPORATE CIRCLE CITY: ALBANY STATE: NY ZIP: 12203 BUSINESS PHONE: 5184521242 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 38 CORPORATE CIRCLE CITY: ALBANY STATE: NY ZIP: 12203 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TRANS WORLD MUSIC CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Higgins Mark CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001609233 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: DFAN14A MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 928 CITY: GUILDERLAND STATE: NY ZIP: 12084 DFAN14A 1 dfan14a12276002_06132019.htm

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

 

(Amendment No. )

 

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Definitive Proxy Statement

 

Definitive Additional Materials

 

Soliciting Material Under Rule 14a-12

  

TRANS WORLD ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION

(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

MARK R. HIGGINS

MARK J. FREIMAN

JEFF HASTINGS

PHILIP KNOWLES

(Name of Persons(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if Other Than the Registrant)

 

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Mark R. Higgins, together with the other participants named herein (collectively, “Mr. Higgins”), has made a definitive filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of a proxy statement and accompanying BLUE proxy card to be used to solicit votes for the election of Mr. Higgins’ slate of highly qualified director nominees to the Board of Directors of Trans World Entertainment Corporation, a New York corporation (the “Company”), at the Company’s upcoming 2019 annual meeting of shareholders, or any other meeting of shareholders held in lieu thereof, and any adjournments, postponements, reschedulings or continuations thereof (the “Annual Meeting”).

On June 12, 2019, in connection with the Company’s nomination of Jeff Hastings, Mr. Higgins determined to withdraw his slate of nominees for election to the Board of Directors of the Company at the Annual Meeting.