Wrigley Completes Merger with Mars
07 10월 2008 - 3:10AM
PR Newswire (US)
CHICAGO, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
(NYSE:WWY) announced today that it completed its merger transaction
with Mars, Incorporated. As a result, Wrigley will become a
subsidiary of privately held Mars, Incorporated. Under the terms of
the agreement, Wrigley stockholders will be entitled to receive
$80.00 in cash, without interest and less any applicable
withholding tax, for each share of Common Stock and Class B Common
Stock. The agreement was announced on April 28, 2008 and
overwhelmingly approved at a special meeting of Wrigley
stockholders held on September 25, 2008. Wrigley common stock will
cease trading on The New York Stock Exchange and the Chicago Stock
Exchange at the close of the market today and will be delisted.
Holders of Wrigley stock certificates will receive an exchange
package -- with instructions concerning how to deliver their shares
for payment -- from the Company's exchange agent, Computershare.
Stockholders who hold their shares in "street name" will receive
information from their banks or brokers, who will handle the
exchange of their shares directly. Wrigley stockholders with
questions can call: Computershare 1-888-985-2064 (US/Canada/Puerto
Rico Toll Free) 1-312-499-7076 (Outside US/Canada/Puerto Rico)
Wrigley Company 1-800-874-0474 Stockholder Relations About Wrigley
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). About Mars
Mars, Incorporated is a family-owned company that produces some of
the world's leading confectionery, food and petcare products and
has growing beverage and health & nutrition businesses.
Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Mars, Incorporated operates in
more than 66 countries and employs more than 48,000 associates
worldwide. The company's global sales are $22 billion annually.
Founded in 1911, the company manufactures and markets a variety of
products under many of the world's most recognizable trademarks,
including DOVE(R), MILKY WAY(R), M&M'S(R), SNICKERS(R) ,
MARS(R), UNCLE BEN'S(R) rice, ROYAL CANIN(R) and PEDIGREE(R) and
WHISKAS(R) pet care products. DATASOURCE: Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
CONTACT: Christopher Perille, Senior Director - External Relations
of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, +1-312-645-4077 Web site:
http://www.wrigley.com/
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