CHICAGO, March 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company will provide a live webcast of its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on Wednesday, March 14, 2007 at 10:00 AM Eastern Time (9:00 AM Central Time).
The "listen only" webcast is being provided by Thomson Financial and can be accessed at the Wrigley Company website in its Investor Information section at http://www.wrigley.com/ .
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Interested investors not able to participate in the webcast live will be able to access an archived version via the Wrigley website at their convenience.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 nearly $4.7 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), and Cool Air(R).
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information
To the extent that statements contained in this press release may be considered forward-looking statements, the following will be deemed to be the Wrigley Company's meaningful cautionary disclosure regarding such statements. A variety of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the anticipated results or expectations expressed. The important factors that could affect these outcomes are set forth in Exhibit 99 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.
