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<B><FONT SIZE=4><P ALIGN="CENTER">UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
</FONT>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=4><P ALIGN="CENTER">FORM S-8</B></FONT></TD>
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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=4><P ALIGN="CENTER">WM. WRIGLEY JR. COMPANY</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=3>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</FONT></TD>
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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">Delaware<BR>
</B><FONT SIZE=2>(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)</FONT></TD>
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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">36-1988190<BR>
</B><FONT SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)</FONT></TD>
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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">410 North Michigan Avenue<BR>
Chicago, Illinois</B></TD>
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60611</B></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">(Zip Code)</FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="CENTER">Amended Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company<BR>
1997 Management Incentive Plan</B></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">(Full Title of the Plan)</FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="CENTER">Howard Malovany, Esq.<BR>
Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel<BR>
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company<BR>
410 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611</B></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">(Name and Address of Agent For Service)</FONT></TD>
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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">(312)  644-2121</B></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">(Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code)</FONT></TD>
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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER"><BR>
Title of Each<BR>
Class of Securities<BR>
To Be<BR>
Registered</B></FONT></TD>
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<BR>
Amount<BR>
To Be<BR>
Registered</B></FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">Proposed<BR>
Maximum<BR>
Offering<BR>
Price Per<BR>
Share</B></FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">Proposed<BR>
Maximum<BR>
Aggregate<BR>
Offering<BR>
Price</B></FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER"><BR>
<BR>
Amount of<BR>
Registration<BR>
Fee</B></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">Common Stock,<BR>
no par value</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">10,000,000 (1)</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">$56.34 (2)</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">$563,400,000 (2)</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">$45,579.06</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">(1)</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Together with an indeterminate number of shares of the Registrant's Common Stock that may be necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the Registrant's Management Incentive Plan as a result of a stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding shares of the Registrant's Common Stock. In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), such indeterminable number of additional shares as may be issuable as a result of such adjustments are also registered hereby.</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">(2)</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee, pursuant to Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on October 27, 2003, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.</FONT></TD>
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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES</B></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant is filing this registration statement for the purpose of registering, in accordance with Instruction E to Form S-8, an additional ten million (10,000,000) shares of its Common Stock, no par value (the "Common Stock"), issuable under the Amended Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company 1997 Management Incentive Plan (the "Management Incentive Plan"). Pursuant to such Instruction E, the contents of the registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-48715) are hereby incorporated by reference into this registration statement.</FONT></TD>
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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Item 5.</B></FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.</B></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Howard Malovany will issue an opinion regarding the validity of the Common Stock offered hereby. Mr. Malovany is the Company's Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel. Mr. Malovany currently owns shares of the Common Stock and is eligible to participate in the Management Incentive Plan.</FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=3><P>Item 8.</B></FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Exhibits.</B></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Exhibit Index.</FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="CENTER">SIGNATURES</B></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>The Registrant.</I> Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on this 30<SUP>th</SUP> day of October, 2003.</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>WM. WRIGLEY JR. COMPANY</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>By:</FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>/s/ Howard Malovany&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>Howard Malovany</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Howard Malovany with power to act without the other, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all subsequent amendments and supplements to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, or cause to be filed the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.</FONT></TD>
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<B><U><FONT SIZE=3><P>Signature&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></U></FONT></TD>
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<B><U><FONT SIZE=3><P>Date&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></U></FONT></TD>
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</FONT><FONT SIZE=3><P>/s/ William Wrigley, Jr.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><BR>
 President and Chief Executive Officer and<BR>
Chairman of the Board of Directors</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>October 30, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>/s/ Ronald V. Waters&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><BR>
Ronald V. Waters<BR>
Senior Vice President and Chief<BR>
Financial Officer</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>October 30, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>/s/ Reuben Gamoran&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><BR>
Reuben Gamoran<BR>
Vice President and Controller</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>October 30, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>/s/ John F. Bard&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><BR>
John F. Bard<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>October 30, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>/s/ Howard B. Bernick&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><BR>
Howard B. Bernick <BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>October 30, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>/s/ Thomas A. Knowlton&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><BR>
Thomas A. Knowlton<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>October 30, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>/s/ Penny Pritzker&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><BR>
Penny Pritzker<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>October 30, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>/s/ Melinda R. Rich&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><BR>
Melinda R. Rich<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>October 30, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>/s/ Steven B. Sample&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><BR>
Steven B. Sample<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>October 30, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>/s/ Alex Shumate&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><BR>
Alex Shumate<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>October 30, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>/s/ Richard K. Smucker&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><BR>
Richard K. Smucker<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>October 30, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">EXHIBIT INDEX</B></TD>
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<B><U><FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="CENTER">Exhibit No.</B></U></FONT></TD>
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<B><U><FONT SIZE=3><P>Description of Exhibit</B></U></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>4</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Amended Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company 1997 Management Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(g) to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2002).</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>5</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>Opinion of Howard Malovany</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>23(a)</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>23(b)</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>Consent of Howard Malovany (included in Exhibit 5)</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>24</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</FONT></TD>
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UNITED STATES
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
WM. WRIGLEY JR. COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
36-1988190
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
410 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
60611
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Amended Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
1997 Management Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Howard Malovany, Esq.
Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
410 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(312)  644-2121
(Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each
Class of Securities
To Be
Registered
Amount
To Be
Registered
Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price Per
Share
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
Price
Amount of
Registration
Fee
Common Stock,
no par value
10,000,000 (1)
$56.34 (2)
$563,400,000 (2)
$45,579.06
(1)
Together with an indeterminate number of shares of the Registrant's Common Stock that may be necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the Registrant's Management Incentive Plan as a result of a stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding shares of the Registrant's Common Stock. In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), such indeterminable number of additional shares as may be issuable as a result of such adjustments are also registered hereby.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee, pursuant to Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on October 27, 2003, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
The Registrant is filing this registration statement for the purpose of registering, in accordance with Instruction E to Form S-8, an additional ten million (10,000,000) shares of its Common Stock, no par value (the "Common Stock"), issuable under the Amended Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company 1997 Management Incentive Plan (the "Management Incentive Plan"). Pursuant to such Instruction E, the contents of the registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-48715) are hereby incorporated by reference into this registration statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 5.
Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.
Howard Malovany will issue an opinion regarding the validity of the Common Stock offered hereby. Mr. Malovany is the Company's Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel. Mr. Malovany currently owns shares of the Common Stock and is eligible to participate in the Management Incentive Plan.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
See Exhibit Index.
SIGNATURES
The Registrant.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on this 30
th
day of October, 2003.
WM. WRIGLEY JR. COMPANY
By:
/s/ Howard Malovany
Howard Malovany
Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Howard Malovany with power to act without the other, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all subsequent amendments and supplements to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, or cause to be filed the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Date
/s/ William Wrigley, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board of Directors
October 30, 2003
/s/ Ronald V. Waters
Ronald V. Waters
Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
October 30, 2003
/s/ Reuben Gamoran
Reuben Gamoran
Vice President and Controller
October 30, 2003
/s/ John F. Bard
John F. Bard
Director
October 30, 2003
/s/ Howard B. Bernick
Howard B. Bernick
Director
October 30, 2003
/s/ Thomas A. Knowlton
Thomas A. Knowlton
Director
October 30, 2003
/s/ Penny Pritzker
Penny Pritzker
Director
October 30, 2003
/s/ Melinda R. Rich
Melinda R. Rich
Director
October 30, 2003
/s/ Steven B. Sample
Steven B. Sample
Director
October 30, 2003
/s/ Alex Shumate
Alex Shumate
Director
October 30, 2003
/s/ Richard K. Smucker
Richard K. Smucker
Director
October 30, 2003
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
4
Amended Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company 1997 Management Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(g) to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2002).
5
Opinion of Howard Malovany
23(a)
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23(b)
Consent of Howard Malovany (included in Exhibit 5)
24
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)