SCHEDULE 14A
(Rule 14a-101)

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT

SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

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THE TOPPS COMPANY, INC.

(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

CRESCENDO PARTNERS II L.P., SERIES Y

CRESCENDO INVESTMENTS II, LLC

CRESCENDO ADVISORS LLC

ERIC ROSENFELD

ARNAUD AJDLER

THE COMMITTEE TO ENHANCE TOPPS

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Crescendo Partners II, L.P., Series Y (“Crescendo Partners II”), together with the other participants named herein, has filed a definitive proxy statement and accompanying proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in connection with the solicitation of proxies against a proposed merger between The Topps Company, Inc. (the “Company”) and a buyout group that includes Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC and an investment firm controlled by Michael Eisner, which will be voted on at a meeting of the Company’s stockholders (the “Stockholders Meeting”).

Item 1: Slide presentation to stockholders.

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CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PARTICIPANTS

The Committee to Enhance Topps (the “Committee”), together with the other participants named below, has made a definitive filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) of a proxy statement and an accompanying proxy card to be used to solicit votes in connection with the solicitation of proxies against a proposed merger between The Topps Company, Inc. (the “Company”) and a buyout group that includes Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, and an investment firm controlled by Michael Eisner, which will be voted on at a meeting of the Company’s stockholders (the “Merger Proxy Solicitation”).

Crescendo Advisors (“Crescendo Advisors”), together with the other participants named below, intends to make a preliminary filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) of a proxy statement and an accompanying proxy card to be used to solicit votes for the election of its nominees at the 2007 annual meeting of stockholders of Topps (the “Annual Meeting Proxy Solicitation”).

THE COMMITTEE AND CRESCENDO ADVISORS ADVISE ALL STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER PROXY MATERIALS IN CONNECTION WITH EACH OF THE MERGER PROXY SOLICITATION AND THE ANNUAL MEETING PROXY SOLICITATION AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. SUCH PROXY MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE ON THE SEC’S WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV. IN ADDITION, THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROXY SOLICITATIONS WILL PROVIDE COPIES OF THE PROXY STATEMENT WITHOUT CHARGE UPON REQUEST. REQUESTS FOR COPIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE PARTICIPANTS’ PROXY SOLICITOR, DF KING & CO., INC. AT ITS TOLL-FREE NUMBER: (800) 628-8532.

The participants in the Merger Proxy Solicitation are Crescendo Advisors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Crescendo Advisors”), Crescendo Partners II, L.P., Series Y, a Delaware limited partnership (“Crescendo Partners”), Crescendo Investments II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Crescendo Investments”), Eric Rosenfeld, Arnaud Ajdler and The Committee to Enhance Topps (the “Merger Proxy Solicitation Participants”).

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