SEC Form 4

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Schneider, Alan J.

(Last) (First) (Middle)

410 N. Michigan Avenue

(Street)

Chicago, IL 60611-4213

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker
or Trading Symbol

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company WWY

3. I.R.S. Identification
    Number of Reporting
    Person, if an entity
    (voluntary)

4. Statement for
(Month/Year)

September20 2002

5. If Amendment,
Date of Original
(Month/Year)

6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer

(Check all applicable)

Director 10% Owner

X Officer Other

Officer/Other

Description Vice President and Treasurer

7. Individual or Joint/Group
Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X Individual Filing

Joint/Group Filing

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code and Voluntary Code (Instr. 8) Code \| V	4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed (D) Of (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) Amount \| A/D \| Price	5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned at End ofMonth (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Owner- ship Form: Direct(D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	09/20/2002	M \|	9,000.00 \| A \| $43.78		D
Common Stock	09/20/2002	M \|	8,000.00 \| A \| $37.46		D
Common Stock	09/20/2002	S \|	400.00 \| D \| $49.22		D
Common Stock	09/20/2002	S \|	8,600.00 \| D \| $49.10		D
Common Stock	09/20/2002	S \|	8,000.00 \| D \| $49.10	0.00	D

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).

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Schneider, Alan J. - September 2002

Form 4 (continued)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conver- sion or Exercise Price of Deri- vative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/ Day/ Year)	4. Transaction Code and Voluntary (V) Code (Instr.8) Code \| V	5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed (D) Of (Instr. 3,4 and 5)	6. Date Exercisable(DE) and Expiration Date(ED) (Month/Day/Year) (DE) \| (ED)	7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr.5)	9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Month (Instr.4)	10. Owner- ship Form of Deriv- ative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.4)
Stock Option (Right to Buy)-O-99	$43.78	09/20/2002	M \|	(D) 9,000.00	25%/4yr (1) \| 05/25/2009	Common Stock - 9,000.00		3,000.00	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)O-00	$37.47	09/20/2002	M \|	(D) 8,000.00	25%/4yr (2) \| 05/23/2010	Common Stock - 8,000.00		8,000.00	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)O-02	$57.32				25%/4yr (3) \| 05/21/2012	Common Stock - 13,000.00		13,000.00	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)-O-01	$48.10				25%/4yr (4) \| 05/23/2011	Common Stock - 14,000.00		14,000.00	D
Common Stock Units	$0.00					Common Stock - 13,307.23 (5)		13,307.23	D

Explanation of Responses :

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

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By: Under POA forAlan J. Schneider, September 23, 2002
________________________________ __________________
** Signature of Reporting Person Date

Power of Attorney

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Schneider, Alan J. - September232002

Form 4 (continued)

FOOTNOTE Descriptions for Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company WWY

Form 4 - September 2002

Alan J. Schneider
410 N. Michigan Avenue

Chicago, IL 60611-4213

Explanation of responses:

(1) The Option vests in four equal annual installments beginning on May 23, 2000.
(2) The Option vests in four equal annual installments beginning on May 23, 2001.
(3) The Option vests in four equal annual installments beginning on May 21, 2003.
(4) The Option vests in four equal annual installments beginning on May 23, 2002.
(5) Acquired under the Stock Award Program, the Long Term Stock Grant Program and the reinvestment of dividend equivalents thereon all programs under the Management Incentive Plan which is a 16b-3 exempt Plan.

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