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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
March 12, 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
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 5.05     Amendments to the Registrant’s Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics
     At its meeting on March 12, 2008, the Board of Directors of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company (the “Company”) approved the amended and restated Code of Business Conduct (the “Code”). The Code is the Company’s code of ethics which applies to all employees of the Company, including the Company’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. The purposes of the amendments were to update and clarify the Code. The revised Code is attached as Exhibit 14.1 hereto.
Item 9.01     Financial Statements and Exhibits.
     (d)  Exhibits
            14.1     Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Code of Business Conduct

 


 

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: March 13, 2008