The Gillette Company

                  Merger Communication Update for Associates

                                  April 2005
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Purpose
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o Provide recap of merger related information currently available to all
  associates, including
  - Merger Timeline
  - The Transition Team
  - Communication
  - Transition Programs and Associate Support

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Purpose
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o Provide recap of merger related information currently available to all
  associates, including
  - Merger Timeline
  - The Transition Team
  - Communication
  - Transition Programs and Associate Support

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The Merger Timeline
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[x] Announcement of merger
[x] Filed joint proxy statement with the SEC
| | Hold Gillette & P&G Shareholder meetings
| | Obtain Gillette & P&G shareholder approvals
| | Obtain antitrust and regulatory agency clearance in various markets
    around the world
| | Close the transaction

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Purpose
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o Provide recap of merger related information currently available to all
  associates, including
  - Merger Timeline
  - The Transition Team
  - Communication
  - Transition Programs and Associate Support

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Establishing The Transition Team
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                             The Gillette Company
                         Transition Steering Committee

                                   Co-Chair:
                                   Jim Kilts
                                    Members:

Human Resources:           Ned Guillet
Commercial Operations:     Joe Dooley, Ed Shirley
GTM:                       Ed DeGraan, Mike Cowhig,
                           Joe Scalzo
IT@G:                      Kathy Lane
Finance:                   Chuck Cramb
Legal:                     Richard Willard
Strategy & Planning:       Peter Klein

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Establishing The Transition Team
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                              o Set overall integration and
                                transition direction

Gillette Transition           o Determine the combined
Steering Committee              organization structure

Jim Kilts                     o Field the best team
Gillette OpCom       ====>
Members                       o Ensure alignment and
                                focus with P&G on what
                                must get done

                              o Review and approve
                                implementation plans

                              o Monitor progress

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Fielding The Best Team
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We Are Developing A Process With P&G to ...

o Staff the organization with the best leaders from each company whenever
  possible ... starting at the top levels of the organization

o Involve senior management from both companies in top-to-top discussions/plans

o Ensure oversight of the process by senior HR leaders... Dick Antoine and
  Ned Guillet

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Fielding The Best Team
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We Are Developing A Process With P&G to ...

o Ensure discussions are fact-based and driven by:
  - Vision for future organizational structure and product lines
  - Need for talent upgrades
  - Gaps in succession planning
  - Existing vacancies
  - Anticipated vacancies

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Fielding The Best Team
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We Are Developing A Process With P&G to ...

o Maintain a focus on diversity ... gender, race, cultural, geographic, business
  acumen and experience, etc.

o Move as quickly as possible after the merger is approved

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Purpose
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o Provide recap of merger related information currently available to all
  associates, including
  - Merger Timeline
  - The Transition Team
  - Communication
  -Transition Programs and Associate Support

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Communication Will Be Key During This Transition Period
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o There will always be speculation ... that's because decisions have not been
  made

o When decisions are made, we will let you know

o What you hear or read from outside sources is not always true!

o We have a full communications calendar planned, with weekly updates
  that will answer Associates' ongoing questions and provide further
  information about P&G

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Communication Will Be Key During This Transition Period
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We Will Give You The Facts ...

o There will be job losses ... about 4 percent of the joint workforce
o We have created the transition steering team
o The merger process could take 6-9 months
o Gillette shareholders will vote on the merger at a special meeting ... 
  sometime after this year's Annual Meeting on May 12
o Regulatory approval will be the final step in the transaction

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Merger Communication
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o We have launched the new Gillette-P&G intranet site on Insight to act as the
  focal point for merger information via 
  - Company News, and
  -Gillette/P&G combination website

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Merger Communication

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Merger Communication

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Purpose
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o Provide recap of merger related information currently available to all
  associates, including
  - Merger Timeline
  - The Transition Team
  - Communication
  - Transition Programs and Associate Support

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Transition Programs and Associate Support
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o We have issued guidance to associates and retirees on:
  >> Severance
  >> Compensation
  >> Benefits
o We have issued bulletins on various HR issues to associates and retirees
o We have provided enhanced support to associates via existing programs

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Transition Programs and Associate Support
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o There are many questions to which we do not have answers ... yet
o When we have the answers ... we will give them to you
o In the meantime our best course of action is to remain focused on achieving
  business results and other key objectives

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This document includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the
safe harbor" provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of
words such as "anticipate," "believe," "expect," "estimate," "plan," "outlook,"
and "project" and other similar expressions that predict or indicate future
events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. Investors
are cautioned that such forward-looking statements with respect to revenues,
earnings, performance, strategies, prospects and other aspects of the
businesses of The Gillette Company ("Gillette"), The Procter & Gamble Company
("P&G") and the combined company after completion of the proposed transaction
are based on current expectations that are subject to risks and uncertainties.
A number of factors could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially
from those indicated by such forward-looking statements. These factors include,
but are not limited to, the following risks and uncertainties: those set forth
in Gillette's and P&G's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
("SEC"), the failure to obtain and retain expected synergies from the proposed
transaction, failure of Gillette and P&G stockholders to approve the
transaction, delays in obtaining, or adverse conditions contained in, any
required regulatory approvals, failure to consummate or delay in consummating
the transaction for other reasons, changes in laws or regulations and other
similar factors. Readers are referred to Gillette's and P&G's most recent
reports filed with the SEC. Gillette and P&G are under no obligation to (and
expressly disclaim any such obligation to) update or alter their
forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise.

                  Additional Information and Where to Find It

This filing may be deemed to be solicitation material in respect of the
proposed merger of Gillette and P&G. On March 14, 2005, P&G filed with the SEC
a registration statement on Form S-4, including the preliminary joint proxy
statement/prospectus constituting a part thereof. SHAREHOLDERS OF GILLETTE AND
SHAREHOLDERS OF P&G ARE URGED TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND ANY OTHER
RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED OR THAT WILL BE FILED WITH THE SEC, INCLUDING THE
DEFINITIVE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS THAT WILL BE PART OF THE DEFINITIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT, AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. The final joint proxy
statement/prospectus will be mailed to shareholders of Gillette and
shareholders of P&G. Investors and security holders may obtain a free copy of
the disclosure documents (when they are available) and other documents filed by
Gillette and P&G with the Commission at the Commission's website at
www.sec.gov, from The Gillette Company, Prudential Tower, Boston,
Massachusetts, 02199-8004, Attention: Office of the Secretary, or from The
Procter & Gamble Company, Investor Relations, P.O. Box 599, Cincinnati, OH
45201-0599.

                        Participants in the Solicitation

Gillette, P&G and their respective directors and executive officers and other
members of management and employees may be deemed to be participants in the
solicitation of proxies from their respective shareholders in respect of the
proposed transactions. Information regarding Gillette's directors and executive
officers is available in Gillette's proxy statement for its 2004 annual meeting
of shareholders, which was filed with the SEC on April 12, 2004, and
information regarding P&G's directors and executive officers is available in
P&G's proxy statement for its 2004 annual meeting of shareholders, which was
filed with the SEC on August 27, 2004. Additional information regarding the
interests of such potential participants will be included in the joint proxy
statement/prospectus and the other relevant documents filed with the SEC when
they become available.

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The Gillette Company

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