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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
April 30, 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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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
     On April 30, 2007, Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the results of operations of the Company and financial condition for the first quarter ended March 31, 2007. 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.
     The attached press release contains a financial measure that is not calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”). A reconciliation has been provided in the press release of GAAP earnings to non-GAAP earnings.
     The Company believes this non-GAAP financial measure provides its stockholders with additional information about its underlying results and trends as well as insight into managements’ view of operating results.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
     (d) Exhibits
       
 
99.1
  Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Press Release dated April 30, 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:   Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel   
Date: April 30, 2007

 


 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS
(99) ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS
       
 
99.1
  Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Press Release dated April 30, 2007.