CHICAGO, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
(NYSE: WWY) will provide a live webcast of its Special Meeting of Stockholders
to consider the proposed merger agreement with Mars, Incorporated on Thursday,
September 25, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. Central Daylight Time (10:00 a.m. Eastern
Daylight Time).
The 'listen only' webcast is being provided by Thomson Financial and can
be accessed at http://www.wrigley.com in the Investor section.
The webcast is also being distributed over Thomson Financial's Investor
Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors.
Individual investors can listen to the call through Thomson Financial's
individual investor center at http://www.earnings.com or by visiting any of
the investor sites in Thomson Financial's Individual Investor Network.
Institutional investors can access the call via Thomson Financial's
password-protected event management site, StreetEvents
(http://www.streetevents.com).
Interested investors not able to listen to the webcast live will be able
to access an archived version via the Wrigley website at their convenience.
About Wrigley
The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company is a recognized leader in confections with a
wide range of product offerings including gum, mints, hard and chewy candies,
lollipops, and chocolate. The Company has global sales of $5.4 billion and
distributes its world-famous brands in more than 180 countries. Three of these
brands -- Wrigley's Spearmint(R), Juicy Fruit(R), and Altoids(R) -- have
heritages stretching back more than a century. Other well-loved brands include
Doublemint(R), Life Savers(R), Big Red(R), Boomer(R), Pim Pom(R),
Winterfresh(R), Extra(R), Freedent(R), Hubba Bubba(R), Orbit(R), Excel(R),
Creme Savers(R), Eclipse(R), Airwaves(R), Solano(R), Sugus(R), P.K.(R), Cool
Air(R) and 5(TM).
SOURCE Wm. Wrigley Jr.
