Board of Directors March 8, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE At the Annual Stockholders' meeting of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company held today in Chicago, the following directors were elected for the ensuing year: John F. Bard Melinda R. Rich Richard K. Smucker Thomas A. Knowlton Steven B. Sample William Wrigley, Jr. Penny Pritzker Alex Shumate ELECTED OFFICERS At the Board of Directors meeting held right after the annual meeting, the following officers were elected: William Wrigley, Jr. President and Chief Executive Officer Peter R. Hempstead Senior Vice President - International Gary E. McCullough Senior Vice President - Americas Ronald V. Waters Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Donald E. Balster Vice President - Worldwide Manufacturing Gary R. Bebee Vice President Vincent C. Bonica Vice President - Organizational Development Donagh Herlihy Vice President - Chief Information Officer Shaun Kim Vice President - Worldwide Engineering Jon Orving Vice President - International and Managing Director - North Region Dushan Petrovich Vice President - People, Learning & Development Stefan Pfander Vice President - International and Managing Director - Europe Wm. M. Piet Vice President - Corporate Affairs John A. Schafer Vice President - Purchasing Philip G. Schnell Vice President - Research & Development Ralph P. Scozzafava Vice President - U. S. Sales & Customer Marketing Darrell R. Splithoff Vice President - Supply Chain & Corporate Development Christafor E. Sundstrom Vice President - Product & Technical Development and Managing Director - Wrigley Healthcare Division Michael F. Wong Vice President - International and Managing Director - Asia A. Rory Finlay Senior Director - Consumer Marketing Reuben Gamoran Controller Philip C. Johnson Senior Director - Benefits & Compensation Howard Malovany Secretary and General Counsel Alan J. Schneider Treasurer Daniela Zaluda Senior Director - Product & Technical Development FROM: WM. WRIGLEY JR. COMPANY Christopher J. Perille Director - Corporate Communications Phone: (312) 644-2121 To the extent that statements contained in this press release may be considered forward-looking statements, the following will be deemed to be the 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, 2000. << Back