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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
February 6, 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)
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Item 2.02      Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
     On February 6, 2007, Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the results of operations of the Company and financial condition for the fourth quarter and the full year ended December 31, 2006, a dividend increase and the closing of the acquisition of an 80 percent interest in A. Korkunov. The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated in this report by reference.
Item 5.03      Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
     On February 6, 2007, at a regularly scheduled meeting, the Board approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) revising Section 7.1 of the Bylaws to allow any of the executive chairman, the chief executive officer or the president of the Company to sign certificates of stock of the Company. The amendment to the Bylaws was effective immediately. The text of the amendment to the Bylaws is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.2.
     A copy of the Bylaws reflecting such changes can be found on the Company’s website at www.wrigley.com.
Item 9.01      Financial Statements and Exhibits.
     
(d)
  Exhibits
 
  99.1      Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Press Release dated February 6, 2007.
 
  99.2      Text of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company.

 

 

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: February 8, 2007
         
     
     
     
     

 

 

         
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
(99) ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS
     99.1 Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Press Release dated February 6, 2007.
     99.2 Text of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company.