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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 4, 2008
(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   (Commission   (IRS Employer
Jurisdiction of Incorporation)   File Number)   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 4, 2008, 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, 2008 and a dividend increase. 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 February 4, 2008.

 

 

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: February 4, 2008    

 

 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS
(99) ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS    
        99.1 Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Press Release dated February 4, 2008.