UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

January 23, 2007
(Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported))

WM.WRIGLEY JR. COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE	1-800	36-1988190
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification Number)

410 North Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois	60611
(Address of principal executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

(312) 644-2121

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 8.01.     Other Events

     On January 23, 2007, Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company issued a press release announcing the signing of a purchase agreement to acquire an 80 percent initial interest in A. Korkunov, a privately held premium chocolate company in Russia. The full text of the press release is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01.     Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

99.1 Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Press Release dated January 23, 2007.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

WM. WRIGLEY JR. COMPANY
By:	/s/ Howard Malovany
Name:	Howard Malovany
Title:	Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel

Date: January 24, 2007

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

(99) ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS

99.1 Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Press Release dated January 23, 2007.