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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 16)*
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock
(Title of Class of Securities)
982526 10 5
(CUSIP Number)
Raymond H. Drymalski, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd
70 West Madison Street, #3300
Chicago, Illinois 60602, (312) 372-1121
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
to Receive Notices and Communications)
August 4, 1997
(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this
schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box ( ).
Check the following box if a fee is being paid with the statement ( ). (A fee is
not required only if the reporting person: (1) has a previous statement on file
reporting beneficial ownership of more than five percent of the class of
securities described in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent
thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such class.)
(See Rule 13d-7.)
Note: Six copies of this statement, including all exhibits, should be filed with
the Commission. See Rule 13d-1(a) for other parties to whom copies are to be
sent.
*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the
Notes).
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SCHEDULE 13D
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CUSIP NO. 982526 10 5 PAGE 2 OF 8 PAGES
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NAME OF REPORTING PERSON: Edna Jean Offield
1 S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
###-##-####
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CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
2 (a) [_]
(b) [_]
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SEC USE ONLY
3
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SOURCE OF FUNDS:
4
Not applicable
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CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e): [_]
5
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
6
United States
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SOLE VOTING POWER:
7
NUMBER OF
771,120
SHARES -----------------------------------------------------------
SHARED VOTING POWER:
BENEFICIALLY 8
OWNED BY 6,633,254
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EACH SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER:
9
REPORTING
771,120
PERSON -----------------------------------------------------------
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER:
WITH 10
6,633,254
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AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON:
11
7,404,374
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CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES:
12
[_]
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11):
13
8.0%
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON:
14
IN
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SCHEDULE 13D
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CUSIP NO. 982526 10 5 PAGE 3 OF 8 PAGES
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NAME OF REPORTING PERSON James S. Offield
1 S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
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CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
2 (a) [_]
(b) [_]
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SEC USE ONLY
3
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SOURCE OF FUNDS:
4
Not applicable
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CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [_]
5
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
6
United States
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SOLE VOTING POWER
7
NUMBER OF
21,662
SHARES -----------------------------------------------------------
SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY 8
OWNED BY 5,034,154
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EACH SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
9
REPORTING
21,662
PERSON -----------------------------------------------------------
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH 10
5,034,154
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AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
11
5,055,816
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CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES:
12
[_]
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
13
5.4%
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON:
14
IN
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SCHEDULE 13D
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CUSIP NO. 982526 10 5 PAGE 4 OF 8 PAGES
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NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
1 S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Paxson H. Offield
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CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
2 (a) [_]
(b) [_]
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SEC USE ONLY
3
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SOURCE OF FUNDS:
4
Not applicable
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CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [_]
5
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
6
United States
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SOLE VOTING POWER
7
NUMBER OF
97,000
SHARES -----------------------------------------------------------
SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY 8
OWNED BY 5,525,207
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EACH SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
9
REPORTING
97,000
PERSON -----------------------------------------------------------
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH 10
5,525,207
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AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
11
5,622,207
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CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES:
12
[_]
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
13
6.0%
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON:
14
IN
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This Amendment No. 16 relates to the joint statement on Schedule 13D, dated
October 18, 1991, as previously amended and as amended hereby (the "Statement"),
of Edna Jean Offield ("EJO"), James S. Offield ("JSO") and Paxson H. Offield
("PHO") relating to the common stock, no par value ("Common Stock"), of the Wm.
Wrigley Jr. Company (the "Company"). Unless otherwise defined herein, all
capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given them
in the Statement or any subsequent amendment thereto. Except as amended hereby,
the information set forth in the Statement remains true, complete and correct.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
Not Applicable
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.
The reporting persons effected the transfer of shares of Common Stock
specified in Item 5(c) for tax planning purposes and to decrease their equity
position in the Company. As previously reported under Item 5(b) of the Original
Statement, the nature of the reporting persons' respective beneficial ownership
of shares of Common Stock varies. However, regardless of the nature of the
reporting persons' beneficial ownership of shares, all shares of Common Stock
reported by this Statement as being beneficially owned by them are held for
investment purposes. In the normal course of managing their investment in the
Company's Common Stock (whether the Common Stock is owned directly or indirectly
as a result of any of the facts described under Item 5(b) of this Statement),
the reporting persons may acquire or dispose of shares of Common Stock. Except
as described in the preceding sentence, the reporting persons have no plans or
proposals which relate to or would result in any of the events described in
paragraphs (a) through (j) set forth under Item 4 of Schedule 13D.
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Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
(a) Shares of Class B common stock, no par value ("Class B Stock"), of the
Company which are convertible at any time into shares of Common Stock on a share
for share basis, are entitled to ten votes per share and are subject to
restrictions on transfer. Because of the conversion feature of the Class B
Stock, rule 13d-3(d) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
requires that the shares of Class B Stock beneficially owned by the reporting
persons be treated as shares of Common Stock for purposes of this Statement. The
following table sets forth, with respect to each of the reporting persons (i)
the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned, and (ii) the
approximate percentage of outstanding shares of Common Stock beneficially owned.
Of the shares set forth under the middle column below, 2,598,168, 1,962,970 and
2,088,018 are shares of Class B Stock beneficially owned by EJO, JSO, and PHO,
respectively. The percentage calculations set forth below are based on
92,070,385 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of January 31, 1998, plus the
respective number of shares of Class B Stock that are beneficially owned by each
of the reporting persons.
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Shares of
Reporting Common Stock Percentage
Person Beneficially Owned(F1) Owned
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<S> <C> <C>
EJO 7,404,374 8.0%
JSO 5,055,816 5.4%
PHO 5,622,207 6.0%
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(b) The following table sets forth, with respect to each of the reporting
persons, the number of shares of Common Stock as to which the reporting person
has (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote, (ii) shared power to vote or
direct the vote, (iii) sole power to dispose or direct the disposition, and (iv)
shared power to dispose or direct the disposition:
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<CAPTION>
Sole Shared Sole Shared
Reporting Voting Voting Dispositive Dispositive
Person Power(F1) Power(F2) Power(F1) Power(F2)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
EJO 771,120(F3) 6,633,254(F4) 771,120(F3) 6,633,254(F4)
JSO 21,662(F5) 5,034,154(F6) 21,662(F5) 5,034,154(F6)
PHO 97,000(F5) 5,525,207(F7) 97,000(F5) 5,525,207(F7)
</TABLE>
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(c) The reporting persons have effected the following transactions in the
Common Stock of the Company since Amendment No. 15 was filed:
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<CAPTION>
Amount
Sold or Type of
Date Transferred Transferor Price Transaction
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
6/26/96 53,400 PHO $0.00 Cashless Exchange
6/26/96 12,300 PHO $0.00 Cashless Exchange
8/13/96 20,000 EJO, PHO, JSO $53.00 Open market
8/22/96 20,000 JSO $54.75 Open market
9/17/96 4,500 EJO, JSO $56.50 Open market
9/17/96 44,500 EJO $56.50 Open market
9/17/96 110,000 EJO, PHO, JSO $56.50 Open market
5/13/97 33,000 EJO $58.3025 Open market
5/13/97 1,660 JSO $58.3025 Open market
5/27/97 8,340 JSO $58.3025 Open market
6/16/97 7,000 EJO, JSO $63.3643 Open market
6/16/97 90,000 EJO $63.3643 Open market
6/16/97 100,000 EJO, PHO, JSO $63.3643 Open market
6/16/97 100,000 EJO, PHO, JSO $63.3643 Open market
6/18/97 10,000 EJO, PHO, JSO $63.188 Open market
6/19/97 69,000 EJO, PHO, JSO $63.679 Open market
6/26/97 42,000 EJO $69.50 Open market
6/26/97 12,000 EJO, JSO $69.50 Open market
6/26/97 46,000 EJO, PHO, JSO $69.50 Open market
6/27/97 10,300 EJO, JSO $68.304 Open market
6/27/97 26,600 EJO, JSO $68.304 Open market
6/27/97 2,200 PHO $68.3043 Open market
7/1/97 3,700 EJO, JSO $68.09 Open market
7/1/97 9,400 EJO, JSO $68.09 Open market
7/1/97 800 PHO $68.0905 Open market
7/11/97 4,400 PHO $70.4746 Open market
7/11/97 29,000 EJO, PHO, JSO $70.4746 Open market
7/18/97 84,000 EJO, PHO, JSO $69.7179 Open market
8/4/97 14,000 EJO, PHO, JSO $71.0063 Open market
9/18/97 50,000 EJO $74.375 Open market
11/25/97 6,300 PHO $80.563 Open market
1/29/98 1,660 JSO $76.338 Open market
1/29/98 32,340 JSO $76.388 Open market
1/30/98 57,001 EJO, PHO, JSO $0.00 Cashless transfer
1/30/98 57,000 EJO, PHO, JSO $0.00 Cashless transfer
1/30/98 62,001 EJO, PHO, JSO $0.00 Cashless transfer
1/30/98 62,001 EJO, PHO, JSO $0.00 Cashless transfer
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(F1) Of the shares listed in this column, 20,002 and 10,299 are shares of Class
B Stock beneficially owned by JSO and PHO, respectively.
(F2) Of the shares listed in this column, 2,598,168, 1,962,970 and 2,088,018 are
shares of Class B Stock beneficially owned by EJO, JSO and PHO, respectively.
(F3) EJO beneficially owns these shares in her capacity as trustee under her
living trust.
(F4) EJO beneficially owns (i) 2,021,144 of these shares as a result of being a
trustee of several family trusts, (ii) 4,199,996 of these shares as a result of
the provisions of certain family trusts described under Item 6, and (iii)
412,114 of these shares as a result of serving as a director of the Foundation,
which is the legal owner of such 412,114 shares. EJO disclaims beneficial
ownership of all of the shares described in clauses (i) and (iii) of the
preceding sentence and 1,962,899 of the shares described in clause (ii) of that
sentence.
(F5) The indicated reporting person beneficially owns these shares in his
capacity as trustee under a living trust.
(F6) JSO beneficially owns (i) 422,044 of these shares as a result of being a
trustee of several family trusts, (ii) 4,199,996 of these shares as a result of
the provisions of certain family trusts described under Item 6, and (iii)
412,114 of these shares as a result of serving as a director of the Foundation,
which is the legal owner of such 412,114 shares. JSO disclaims beneficial
ownership of 358,380 of the shares described in clause (i) of the preceding
sentence, 3,203,147 of the shares described in clause (ii) of that sentence and
all of the shares described in clause (iii) of that sentence.
(F7) PHO beneficially owns (i) 4,199,996 of these shares as a result of the
provisions of certain family trusts described herein under Item 6, and (ii)
412,114 of these shares as a result of serving as a director of the Foundation,
which is the legal owner of such 412,114 shares. PHO disclaims beneficial
ownership of 3,233,947 of the shares described in clause (i) of the preceding
sentence and all of the shares described in clause (ii) of that sentence.
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Signatures
After reasonable inquiry, the undersigned certify that the information set
forth in this Statement, or amendment thereto, is true, complete and correct.
Dated: April 30, 1998 /s/ Edna Jean Offield
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Edna Jean Offield
/s/ James S. Offield
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James S. Offield
/s/ Paxson H. Offield
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Paxson H. Offield
