Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Underwriting AgreementWrigley Wm Jr Co • July 14th, 2005 • Sugar & confectionery products • New York
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated are acting as the representatives (the “Representatives”), $500 million principal amount of its 4.30% Senior Notes due 2010 (the “2010 Notes”) and $500 million principal amount of its 4.65% Senior Notes due 2015 (the “2015 Notes” and, collectively with the 2010 Notes, the “Notes”). The Securities will be issued pursuant to an indenture, to be dated as of July 14, 2005 (the “Indenture”), among the Company and J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), the form of which has been filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-123077) by the Company. This agreement (the “Agreement”) is to confirm the agreement concerning the purchase of the Securit
