Filed Pursuant to Rule 425
                                     Filing Person: The Procter & Gamble Company
                                           Subject Company: The Gillette Company
                                                      Commission File No.: 1-922

The following is a transcript of a presentation made to associates of The
Gillette Company:

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CALL PARTICIPANTS
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o     Jim Kilts The Gillette Company, Chairman, President and CEO

o     A.G. Lafley The Procter & Gamble Company, Chairman, President and CEO

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PRESENTATION
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Jim Kilts: Well, good afternoon, everyone. Thanks for being with us today. You
know, I came up the other day to make a toast and I forgot my glass to make the
toast and I made sure I picked this up when I got up here. I just pressed the
button and it doesn't work.

Okay, again, welcome. It is really an historic time for us, for our industry and
our company. But in many ways, as I said, it's also a sad time. We've been an
independent company for over 100 years and we have a very proud heritage and
it's never easy to give up your independence. But I think most of all, it is a
very, very exciting time. And as you'll see, we are joining a tremendous partner
to create the best consumer products company in the world.

Before I get more into that, what I want to do is talk about the year. I want to
say, congratulations for a great, great year. As you know, we released our
earnings for the fourth quarter yesterday and they were outstanding. We had
record results for the sixth consecutive quarter and second consecutive year.

Net sales up 13 percent; profit from operations up 23 percent; net income up 23
percent; and earnings per share up 25 percent. That is one tremendous
accomplishment and tremendous performance and I'd like you all to give
yourselves a hand for that performance. It was really great!

I'm very proud of you and you can be very proud. You've pumped new life into our
company since those dark days of 2001. You've reinvigorated our brand and set
the stage for the future success of our business as part of The Procter & Gamble
Company. You did all of this professionally and with great respect for each
other and for our values.

The months ahead will bring change, which is never easy. You can view change as
a problem or you can view change as I do as an opportunity. For the vast
majority of Gillette associates, the merger will mean expanded opportunities in
a thriving company. Many of you will rise in the management ranks of The Procter
& Gamble Company.

Procter & Gamble and Gillette want to field the best possible team with member
of the team from both companies. A.G. and I have talked about this and it's one
of my most important responsibilities in my new role to work with A.G. and make
sure that we've got the right team fielded and A.G. will talk more about that a
little later.

Clearly there will be job losses. And this is always the most difficult thing
especially for me in any combination. But this is very difficult to deal with
and to go through, but I take my responsibility very seriously and I can assure
you, I understand my responsibility in making sure this is done in the right
way. We've estimated about 4 percent of the company's joint work force of
140,000 people.

Many of these will occur at the corporate office, but despite the reports you
may have seen in the newspapers, no decisions have been made yet. One of the
most difficult things we face is, you're going to ask the question - and you
should - when will we make some decisions? And probably not until after the
change of control is complete, which is going to be six to nine months from now
depending on when we can get all the regulatory approvals.

We've implemented - the Board has been very diligent on this - we've implemented
special severance protections, change of control measures and a fully vested
stock option plan. We will be forthright and fully supportive in handling the
transition in a first class way. You'll receive full communication, updates will
be given on a regular basis, a special employee Website will be created. I'll
stay on for at least a year and I want you and ask you to stay focused on
delivering the results.

That's what I'm going to do. We're going to stay focused on delivering the
results we've committed to and focusing on our consumes and our customers and
building and continuing to build on the momentum that we've created over the
past four years.

And now, what I'd like to do, is to tell you a little bit about a first class
leader - A.G. Lafley, the Chairman and President and CEO of Procter & Gamble.
A.G. joined Procter & Gamble in 1977. He graduated from Hamilton College in
Central New York and then he served for five years in the U.S. Navy. Before the
Navy, he had considered becoming an history professor. And in fact, he had been
accepted into a Ph.D. program at the University of Virginia.

But the Navy experience changed his life. The Navy sent him to Japan to run a
retail and service operation at a big base just outside of Tokyo. A.G. was
general manager of a $10 million business that had grocery, department and
specialty stores; barber shops and beauty salons; gas stations, restaurants and
liquor stores. Everything needed for a town of about 10,000 sailors, Marines and
their families.

There was real competition from nearby Army and Air Force exchanges and from
lowcost Japanese offerings in the local community. Profits were critical because
they paid for base recreation - the tennis and swim clubs; movie houses and
bowling alleys. It was A.G.'s first opportunity to run a business and he loved
it.

After the Navy he went to Harvard Business School, earned his MBA in 1977 and
then joined Procter & Gamble as a Brand Assistant for Joy Dishwashing Liquid. He
worked his way up in Procter & Gamble's laundry and cleaning businesses over the
next 17 years, managing the introduction of several major product innovations
including Liquid Tide and Tide with Bleach.

In 1992, he was named President of Laundry and Cleaning Products and in 1994,
President of Procter & Gamble Far East. The following year, A.G. was appointed
as Executive Vice President of the Company, based in Japan, with responsibility
for Asia.

Well, over the next three years he dealt with the impact of the devastating 1995
earthquake is Kobi, Japan; built China's sales from under $100 million to $1
billion behind market leading hair care and skin care products; and led Procter
& Gamble through the Asia currency and economic crisis of 1997 and 1998;
introduced Joy in Japan and the brand become the dishwashing market leader in
just five weeks.

He launched Pantene and Vidal Sassoon in Korea; Crest and Pampers in China. A.G.
stressed the need to focus on core businesses and to delight your consumers. In
fact, I would say that A.G. is the most consumer savvy CEO in the world. He is
the kind of Chief Executive who visits consumers in their homes and joins them
on their shopping trips.

As he said back then, too much time is being spent inside of Procter & Gamble
and not enough outside. In 1999, A.G. was name President of Global Beauty Care,
P&G's third largest business and was also named President of North America,
P&G's most important market. A.G. led North America to record sales and he
created a comprehensive global strategy to revitalize the beauty business
focusing on innovation in both product development and in marketing.

In 2000, a very difficult year for Procter & Gamble, A.G. was elected P&G's
President and Chief Executive Officer. He confronted a tough situation that will
sound very familiar to all of you. These were P&G's problems - they weren't
delivering on goals and forecasts. Major business units were underperforming,
competitors were taking market share. They were over invested in capacity, costs
were way too high and retail customers were very unhappy about poor service and
little value creation.

As I said, the problems sound familiar and so do AG's decisions on how to fix
them. He insisted that P&G face reality, reset goals, refocus strategy and cut
costs. Since those difficult days of 2000, A.G. has put Procter & Gamble back on
track.

He has invested in innovation, focused on top brands, countries and customers;
delivered superior consumer and customer value and improved cost and cash
management. Take a look at the numbers. Between 2001 and the end of fiscal 2004
P&G's sales climbed 30 percent. EPS rose 40 percent and cumulative free cash
flow reached more than $20 billion. Most importantly, P&G delivered a cumulative
shareholder return of 81 percent.

A.G. has set a clear vision for future growth including the acquisitions of
Clairol in 2001, Wella in 2003 and now Gillette. Most importantly, A.G. has
fundamentally changed the P&G culture by encouraging new ways of doing things
and fostering greater openness and support for differing styles and ideas.

Last Friday the "Financial Times" wrote, Mr. Lafley has reinvented Procter &
Gambles culture. He restored the Company's focus on responding to consumers'
needs rather than just coming up with ideas and trying to find ways to market
them. The consumer is boss is the mantra he repeats endlessly.

Most important, Mr. Lafley insisted that Procter & Gamble be opened to outside
ideas and technology. One result of this greater openness has been an
unprecedented string of successful product introductions. They include: Crest
Whitestrips, Swiffer Electrostatic Cleaning Products, and an extension of the
Mr. Clean household cleaning brand into a car washing system called Mr. Clean
Auto Dry.

At the same time, A.G. has never lost focus on maintaining P&G's core values,
which are also remarkably similar to ours. He's accomplished all of this while
keeping Procter & Gamble in the top 10 most admired companies. One that is also
among the most desirable for people to work.

I've followed AG's career over the past several years and worked closely with
him over the past few weeks. It has been remarkable to me how similar our views
are about business, our consumers, customers and associates. A.G. is a tested
leader with strong, clear beliefs. He's a brand building, a clear thinker and a
person who cares deeply about his employees.

And someone asked me the other day what his initials stand for, I said that A.G.
stands for "Awfully Good." And now I'm pleased to introduce my future boss, Mr.
A.G. Lafley.

A.G. Lafley: Thanks an awful lot. Thank you very much, Jim, that was very kind -
too kind. Before I get started, I want to introduce a few of my colleagues who
are with me here today. I can't see a thing, so I think it's Dick Antoine, who
leads our Human Resources Organization is with me; and Charlotte Otto, who leads
all of our external relations - Public Relations, Government Relations; and Clay
Daley, our Chief Financial Officer. Clay.

Jim gave you most of my background so I'm just going to fill in a little bit so
we can get to know each other a bit better this afternoon. I was actually born
up the road here in Keene, New Hampshire. I did sit in Fenway Park with my
father and watch Ted Williams, which makes me a lot older than most of you in
the audience today and he could hit without steroids.

My grandmother worked for decades at the McClean Hospital over in the Belmont.
And I was a GE kid, so we moved every three to five years and I grew up mostly
in Upstate New York, went to high school in Chicago and then, as Jim said, to a
tiny little liberal arts college in Upstate New York called Hamilton.

I did win a fellowship - four year fellowship to study history. In fact, it was,
believe it or not, medieval and renaissance history, which I'm sure you can see
how that relates we do. But the first lottery during the Vietnam War was
conducted in the fall of 1969 and I won big. I got a low number.

I enlisted in the Navy the next week and I spent two years in Washington in the
Naval Security Group. I spent 47 weeks becoming proficient, interpreter quality,
in Hebrew and then you heard where they sent me, right? I went to Japan. So,
that was our tax dollar at work in the early 70's.

I did get the bug for business in Japan. I was headed to an academic career. My
wife still reminds regularly, you said you were going to be a professor. And
then, you know, one thing led to another and after business school I went to
Cincinnati. I'm married. In fact, my 35th Anniversary with Margaret will be
celebrated this June.

And I have two sons, Patrick, who's married and his wife, Yita (ph), had our
first granddaughter, which was very exciting, this August. So, we're doting on
her right now. And then I have a young son, just to keep me humble, Alex, who's
17 and at Emory University in his first year.

And those two sons and I are living examples of what the Gillette and P&G
combination could be like. If you go into our bathrooms you'll see Head &
Shoulders and Pantene, Mach-3 and M3 Power Razors; Gillette Series Shaving Cream
- now I have to admit, I did convert from Edge a few weeks ago. Old Spice Body
Wash and Deodorant - sorry about that - Duracell Batteries in my spin brushes,
SKII Skin care, in lieu of aftershave. I'm trying Baldasoreeny (ph) Fragrance.
I'm not really a fragrance guy, but we make a lot of male fragrances, so I'm
trying one. And now all I need is a Braun Coffee maker to put my Folgers and
Millstone in in the morning and I'll be ready to go.

You know, Jim said, I think it all, when he tried to address why this
combination and why now? And I think the reason is that together we shared the
vision of Gillette and P&G could become. Not just this year or next year, but
over the next decade. Gillette's a company that's over 100 years old. We're a
company that's 168 years old. And believe it or not, we really don't think
quarter to quarter.

We try to think about, you know, where we're going to be in 2010; where we want
to be in 2025; where we want to be in 2050. And the simple idea here is that
Gillette and P&G together can be the best they can be and even better than they
can be separately. So, strategically, if we come together we think we'll be able
to grow faster together than either of us can grow alone.

We think we'll be able to serve consumers better than either of us could alone.
We think we'll be able to be more productive and offer consumers better value
than either of us could do alone. We believe we'll be able to collaborate, to
share our ideas, to be more inventive and more innovative better and faster than
either of us could do alone. And we know we'll be able to create scale and
there's real advantage to scale in the industries that we both compete in.

Now, I know that all of us are concerned about the impact of the changes that
are going to occur over the next six to nine months. There will be changes, but
much will remain the same. We will do what's right for our consumers and our
retail customers and our supplier partners. We will do what's right for our
shareholders. And we will do what's right for our associates and employees.

We will maintain a presence in Boston. It's been our practice to keep good
performing operating business units where they are. We will sustain commitment
to the community and to community service and make appropriate contributions to
support the community, because that's part of our values system.

Now, we can't begin joint business planning until we close, as Jim said. But we
can assure you that the integration will be managed with clear principles. We
will field the best teams. The Gillette and P&G combined team.

We will communicate openly and frequently in a timely manner. We will treat
every associate, every employee with respect. Be more than happy to take any
questions that you have as soon as this brief presentation is over with.

Today what I'd like to do is introduce you to P&G. Our companies - Gillette and
P&G - have an awful lot in common. We're both improving consumers' everyday
lives. We're both brand creators and brand builders. We know brands builds
relationships with consumers and their families that last for a lifetime. We're
both innovators in our respective industries. We're both strong and respected
partners with our retailers and our suppliers. In fact, we're both industry
leading supply chain leaders.

We're both companies with similar values handed down over generations. We're
both known for outstanding leaders and outstanding people. And we're both world
class companies on our own. But as I said before, together we believe we can
become the best consumer products company in the world.

As I said earlier, P&G is celebrating our 168th anniversary this year. Only four
of the largest 500 companies in America have been in business that long. Why?
Why does an institution last for 168 years? Endure for 168 years - in fact,
prosper for 168 years?

Well, I believe it's for a few simple reasons. First, we are purpose driven and
we are values led. Second, we have a history of coming to grips with realty and
embracing and leading change that's going on in the world around us. Fourth,
we've always believed in branding and innovation, which creates value for
consumers, for retailers and yes, for manufacturers. And finally, we really do
manage this business for the long-term - for the long-term health and growth of
the business.

Turning to P&G's purpose. Our focus is on improving the everyday lives of the
consumers we serve. At P&G, our brands care for babies and they care for pets.
We make everyday chores a little bit easier. We help billions of people look and
feel better everyday. We treat osteoporosis. In the end, P&G's success boils
down to what we call the two consumer moments of truth.

The first consumer moment of truth is when she or he is in a store somewhere in
the world and she has to make a purchase decision. And we either win or lose
that election - that purchase decision. We - our brands at Gillette and P&G -
stand for election every minute of every hour of every day in every country
around the world.

If we win the first moment of truth, we're only halfway there. We've got to win
the second moment of truth. And the second moment of truth is when he or she
uses the product at home. And what happens? It's either satisfying or hopefully,
a delightful usage experience. And if it is, then she or he goes back and buys -
repurchases the brand or product and we're on our way.

Because at Gillette and at P&G, we've got to win these two moments of truth
every single day of the year. And if we do, we're on our way to creating the
most precious stakeholder because our most precious stakeholder is a loyal user
of one of our brands.

P&G values. P&G values our integrity and trust, leadership and ownership and a
passion for serving and winning with consumers. Values shape culture and we
believe values guide choices and in the end, behavior and actions. When I looked
at it, I noticed that P&G's purpose and values were very similar to Gillette's
vision and values.

Leading change - Jim commented on change, and the choice that you have to follow
or lead and in his choice and in our choice we've obviously chosen to lead. P&G
has a long heritage of accepting and leading change. We're always willing to
change everything - almost everything - as long as we preserve our core purpose
and values and we do what's right for the long term health and sustainable
growth of the company.

P&G was the first to try brand management. One of the first to move to category
management. P&G was the first to try what we call customer business development
when the Wal-Mart team was formed back in the 1980's. One of the first to create
a supply chain approach - we call it a product supply approach - to sourcing
products for retailer and consumers.

The first in our industry to move to a global business shared services operation
which a few of the international banks and oil companies have moved to. The
first to have employee benefits like profit sharing and international stock
ownership. One of the first to experiment with radio advertising, TV advertising
in the early days, the Internet, in-store, et cetera. The point is a simple one.
We try to summon up the courage and the commitment to recognize changes that are
going in the world around us and to take advantage of them by leading them.

Branding. We believe that great brands are created by companies like Gillette
and P&G, that in the end they're a promise. And when the promises are kept,
great brands don't have life cycles. They last forever. That's been your
history, that's been our history.

Many of P&G's biggest brands have grown for decades. Tide, the 1946 washday
miracle, is now a $3 billion dollar fabric care brand. Crest, the 1953
toothpaste - the first toothpaste with fluoride - is now nearly a $2 billion
dollar oral care brand. Pampers, introduced in 1961 as the first disposable baby
diaper, is now a $5 billion dollar baby care brand.

Many big brands at P&G came from acquisitions, and many of those big brands were
very small brands at the time they were acquired. Brands like Olay and Pantene;
from Richardson Vicks; Iams from the Iams Company, Millstone, Charmin - Charmin
from the Charmin Paper Company.

Innovation. We believe that brands - that we breathe life into the brands by
leading innovation on the products for each of our brands. We've tried in the
last five years to define innovation much more broadly. Of course it includes
the products and the fundamental underlying product technology, but it also
includes design and engineering, the way we go to market, and how it's displayed
and looked and presented in stores. Innovation in business model is important.
An organization structure in the supply chain and in the way we create value.

We believe innovation can and should come from anyone in our organization, and
also from anyone we work with outside who wants to create value with us
together. We call this connect and develop, and we've been trying to make
connect and develop a core innovation strength of our company. We believe in
branding and we believe in innovation because together they have built billion
dollar leading brands.

Here's a look at P&G's billion dollar brands today.

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A.G. Lafley: So, I hope you can see that we have an awful lot in common. And I
hope that what you see from this brief perspective is that Gillette and P&G are
more alike than not. Similar vision and values. A heritage of real commitment
and service to consumers. A heritage of brands that resonate with consumers and
innovation that improves products that consumers use every day.

Brands in the end that consumers love. Both companies followed similar paths in
their history and development and achieved similar success. Now we have an
opportunity to travel the same path to even greater success. I'm confident that
we can and will achieve greater success together.

We have complimentary core strength. We have even more opportunities to share
ideas and to connect and develop with others who have equally good ideas. We
have complimentary consumer understanding. Just understanding of men and
understanding of women. We have a complimentary approach to the way we go to
market with our retail partners.

We have increased scale advantage in an industry that rewards leadership and
values scale. P&G also offers an organization structure that Gillette businesses
and brands can rather easily plug into and leverage. A good balance of global
scale, local responsiveness all supported by global shared services operation
and real functional excellence and innovation.

We run global business units. It's our global approach to building leadership
brands. Today P&G has three global business units, each roughly $17 billion in
sales. These global business units are responsible for the long term strategy of
the business in the industry in which it competes. For deep consumer
understanding, for creating and building brand equities, for leading product
innovation and design; for all of the product sourcing and manufacturing; for
new business development in that industry and for collaboration with market
development operations.

Market development operations are the second piece of the organization. These
are the business units that operate in the markets. Today P&G has seven market
development organizations within one global operations group. These MDO's are
responsible for strategies and plans to win locally in the marketplace and in
the store.

These are the people who serve consumers and shoppers in local markets, who have
one on one relationships with retailers and local stake holders. Who lead
innovation in consumer and shopper understanding in customer relationships and
in in-store marketing and sales. Both our market development organizations and
our global business units are supported by a global business shared services
operation. As I said, the only one of its kind in our industry today.

The goal of this group is to provide best in class services at industry
benchmark lowest cost. And industry leading technology and innovation to support
best business practices and processes. Services include accounting and employee
benefits and payroll; order management, product logistics, systems operation to
name just a few. And of course, we have corporate functions.

At P&G, lean and sharply focused with responsibility for cutting edge functional
knowledge and innovation for best practices and for providing services to the
business units. Our functions include consumer market knowledge, customer
business development, design, external relations, finance and accounting, human
resources, IT, legal, marketing, product supply and research and development.

We believe that there's a considerable amount of power in our industry in this
organization structure. The individual elements of the structure are not unique,
but what makes it unique is how we combine the individual elements and how they
work together. We get great alignment on goals and plans. We have clear
responsibilities and decision authority. There's early collaboration and
multi-functional, multi-business innovation.

We achieve global scale and at the same time, have terrific local
responsiveness. What we try to do is capture the benefits of being a $55 billion
global company while acting like and being as fast as a local company in every
market where we compete. There are tremendous personal opportunities for growth.
You will find, each of you I believe, a chance to continue to grow and develop
in your profession or area of interest.

A number of people who came to P&G through acquisitions have risen in our
organization and are responsible for important parts of our business today. Ravi
Chaturvedi, who runs our Northeast Asia operation, which is Japan where we're a
bit more than a $2 billion business. And Korea came to us via the Richardson
Vicks acquisition. Carston Fisher (ph), who - I'm sorry, Chanta Nukosla (ph),
who runs our India operation right now also came to us via the Richardson Vicks
acquisition. Bill Rayna (ph), who is in charge of Talent Supply - that's us/you.
Talent Supply is for recruiting in North America - also came from Richardson
Vicks.

Carston Fisher, who is the President of our Professional Care business, which is
more than a $2 billion operation that runs professional hair salons around the
world came from Wella. And Diane Herakowa (ph) is the Head of Research and
Development for our Pet Health and Nutrition Business. Again, about a $2 billion
business located in Dayton, Ohio.

These are just a few of the individuals who've joined us via acquisition. So, we
think you'll find opportunity to grow your businesses and brands even more
effectively in a combined network of global businesses. You'll find stimulation
working with other creative knowledge workers across industries, across
countries around the world.

You'll find inspiration, as we do, in touching lives and improving the life of
consumers we serve. And you know what? Together, I think we'll touch even more
lives and make even more lives a little bit better every day.

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Jim Kilts: Well, thanks. I think you can see we've got a great new partner and a
great new leaders. We're so glad to have you hear, AG. Terrific job.

A.G. Lafley: Thank you, Jim, it's good to be here.

Jim Kilts: Before we take some Q&A, what I wanted to do was make sure of one
thing. A.G. has no excuse for not having a Braun Coffee maker to make his
Folgers.

A.G. Lafley: All right, Jim. Thank you!

Jim Kilts: I will also tell you that Mr. Fisher out there, we're going to get
him a Mach-3 Power right away, too.

A.G. Lafley: It's the style in the hair salon business.

Jim Kilts: With that, we'd be happy to take any questions that you might have.
And like A.G. says, I can't see anything either. So, there's some people with
microphones out there and you can kind of wave at us and we'll spot you.

Unidentified Audience Member: Not so much a question, but I would assume that a
lot of our retail partners have heard about this merger. And I was just
wondering if you've heard any feedback about how they're feeling about this?

A.G. Lafley: I suppose only the ones that are happy and positive about it have
called. No, I've talked to several and I still have, obviously, Jim and the
Gillette Company and P&G and I notified our suppliers and our retailers.

And I think the response has been pretty positive, because if you really think
about it, you know, what do Gillette and P&G bring retail partners? I think we
bring deep knowledge they serve. You have to remember, their shopper is our
consumer. Secondly, we bring leading brands that put shoppers on a frequent, in
many cases everyday, basis.

Thirdly, we've been two of the most innovative companies in America in the past
several years. We mentioned a week ago Friday that together Gillette and P&G had
accounted for a full half of the sales that came from new products in the U.S.
over the last three years. So, we bring innovation and they like innovation
because, again, that brings shoppers into stores and it lifts their same store
sales.

Fourth, we're both leaders in the supply chain. And for a retailer it's
incredibly important that their supply is responsive and efficient from a cost
and cash standpoint. And lastly, we've had a history of being innovators in our
industry. You know, just about any time there's been a new innovation in the
industry Gillette and P&G have been there. And the most recent example I can
think of is with the RFID chip, which we started developing several years ago
with the MIT Labs here.

And of course, Jim has been leading the Grocer Manufacturer Association for the
last few years. And that is the manufacturer is the primary contact and link
with our retailers. So, I think, you know, in the end if it's good for consumers
and it's good for shoppers, it's good for retailers. And that's good for
Gillette and P&G.

Jim Kilts: Yes, I couldn't say that any better. And the only thing I'd add is
that our customers know that what we're about is building their business. That's
what both companies stand for and we build their business by satisfying our
consumers. And there's no two better companies in the world that can do that.
And now it's going to be one company in the world that can do that better than
any other company. So, I'm excited about it.

Unidentified Audience Member: Hello. You mentioned that the acquisition will go
through in about six to nine months. Is there a regulation or is anything
required that we don't actually announce changes or organizational structural
changes until after that? Or will we begin to hear, you know, intentions between
now and nine months?

A.G. Lafley: Well, Jim commented, we really have two hurdles to clear. The first
one is the shareholders of Gillette and the shareholders of P&G will vote on the
transaction. I think that will probably occur in May. And then the second piece
is we have regulatory requirements that are similar, but sometimes different in
every company in which we operate around the world. And we're sort of estimating
that that could take six to nine months.

And I guess the third and most important thing is we don't really have closure
until we have that regulatory agreement. And therefore, we are two separate
companies until that time and competing in a few businesses. The one thing I can
tell you is that we will begin meeting in the next week and work on things that
we can work on. And we will appoint an integration team.

Jim will lead the integration team. It will have representatives from Gillette
and representatives from P&G. And they'll begin planning, you know, how can we
come together to grow faster? How can we come together to operate more
efficiently. So, that work will begin. But I don't think we can make any
announcements until we are in fact a combined company.

Jim Kilts: So, we'll be doing a lot of thinking. And in areas where we don't
compete where under legal supervision we will be beginning our thinking, but
we'll probably not make any specific announcements until after the change in
control.

A.G. Lafley: One thing I will assure you, though, is - and we've done this a
number of times over the last decade - we will have the best result if the
people who know the business and know the operations the best work on the
planning teams and on the integration teams. And that's what we'll try to put
together. And in every instance they have done a good job of identifying where
the growth opportunities are and where the efficiency opportunities are.

Jim Kilts:  Any other questions?  There's one up front here.

Unidentified Audience Member: (Inaudible question - microphone inaccessible) and
I would just ask you to comment on, what are some of the hurdles that employees
coming into the new company face? And what would you decide as the success
criteria for them to assimilate into The Procter & Gamble Company?

A.G. Lafley: Okay, well, I would say that over the last 10 years we've had a
pretty good run of successful integrations. And I think part of it has been
we've made good strategic choices. In other words, we've acquired companies that
were clearly brand oriented. That had brands that were either the leaders in
their industry or segment or had the potential to be the leaders in their
segment with an investment of technology or know how or whatever on the P&G
side.

The second thing I would say is that organization structure that I described is
really setup so all of those global business units operate very independently.
So, if you're working in the fabric care business or the home care business or
the baby care business or the pet health and nutrition business or the
pharmaceutical business, you're running a pretty free standing operation. And
then you're drawing on the global business shared services operations, which is
your back office backbone. And you're drawing on corporate resources for best
practices and innovation.

And then depending on how you go to market, but in most cases we go to market
through the same channels and customers, then you're sharing an organization we
call a market development operation. So, I think that structure aids integration
and strikes the right balance of independence and what we call interdependence.
And they're both important.

And I guess the last thing is the culture. I think the culture's incredibly
important. I think based on what I know and what I learned over the last 10
weeks that the cultures at Gillette and P&G are pretty similar. You know, in the
end we're pretty consumer focused. In the end we're brand building companies. In
the end we believe in innovation and technology. And in the end we work very
similarly with our customers and our supplies. And in the end, we've been
leaders in the industries that we've chosen to compete in. So, it looks like a
lot of similarity.

We also see each other in a lot of industry groups and you have a chance to see
how people think, what their values are. How they think about a problem, as Jim
talked about earlier. You know, whether they're committed to a solution that's
right for the long term. And I would say that you gain confidence when your
people are finding themselves thinking about the industry and what's good for
the industry and the what's good for the long term in a similar way.

So, culture, organization structure, the core business model and the values are
pretty similar. Now, I'm not saying that they're aren't any differences. I
sincerely hope there will be some differences because I think the world's richer
from diversity and difference. And one of the things we've worked real hard on
in the last five to 10 years is becoming a truly global company.

And if you saw our 20 presidents that lead the independent businesses, over half
of them are from outside the United States today. And many of us came up working
five, eight, 10 years outside the U.S. and often in developing markets. And I
think that helps us because we're clearly - you are and we are - clearly in more
of a global marketplace. But I'd say the culture's a pretty good bet and that's
important. Very important. Yes, sir?

Unidentified Audience Member: (Inaudible question - microphone inaccessible)
enjoyed your presentation. A followup question to that one. You talk a lot about
the similarities between Procter & Gamble and the Gillette Company. And you just
mentioned the differences and there has to be a few differences.

So, the question is, how do you leverage those differences in both organizations
to help accelerate our growth?

A.G. Lafley: I probably, Joe (ph), don't know all the differences. There was one
that looks like a difference as I look at the organization structure. I'm sure
there will be more. I think it's a mind set and it's an attitude. And we've
tried very hard. I mean, the P&G I joined in the mid-70's was a very self
sufficient company that invented all of its new products from its own
technology.

I think we were - we didn't even participate in some of the industry governance
organizations. We were a little insular and a little internally focused. I think
the combination of three things. One is the world opened in 1988, `89 and `90
when China opened and Eastern Europe and Russia opened.

Frankly, we skinned our knees in the late 90's and really skinned it badly in
the spring of 2000. So, all of a sudden we had to examine whether what we were
doing was working. And finally, this mix of this next generation of leadership,
so many coming from joining the company in places like India or China or Russia
or Latin America has made a difference.

And I guess the last thing is, if you really believe innovation is the lifeblood
of your company - and I think innovation has clearly been the lifeblood of
several of the Gillette brands. And several of our brands came into being due to
innovation. You know, you get more innovation when you get more collaboration,
when you bat ideas around, when you open your minds to differences and your
really value differences.

And I think that motivation to get more innovation and do more with is and be
more successful turning it into something you can commercialize is helping us
open up. And we've been very pleased with the way we've opened up over the last
five years. So, if we're both willing to open up, we're both will to be
accepting, to learning from each other, then I think there isn't anything that
these two organizations can't do together.

Jim Kilts: I would agree. I've got a lot of experience in integrating companies.
And I'd say the most important thing is the attitude of the leadership. And the
attitude of the leadership has to be that we want to try to do it the best way.
Just as we talked about functional excellence we want to important our
capabilities. We want world class capabilities in anything we do.

And we need to bring people together and it's been our strong belief at Gillette
- and I know the same belief holds true at Procter & Gamble - that it's about
our management team, it's about the leaders that we pick and it's about the
leadership that they display. And that's what's going to make us the greatest
consumer product company in the world. And I know we've got a lot of them right
here.

Unidentified Audience Member: I have a question. You shared with us that there
are three global business units in Procter & Gamble and Gillette currently has
five global business units.

A.G. Lafley: Yes.

Unidentified Audience Member: You also mentioned that they're not - there's not
a lot of overlap. Have you any thoughts on how you might integration the GBU's?
Whether they would be an additional global business unit or how they might be
integrated?

A.G. Lafley: Yes, I guess two things. One is, we haven't even organized the
integration team yet, so we're kind of getting the cart ahead of the horse. And
the second thing is, I'm sure my people are smiling because we've had about
three different combinations at P&G just over the last five years.

So, I tend to be fairly pragmatic and put businesses together that benefit from
being together. I think - Clay, how many did we start with? Or Dick, did we
start with five? I'm trying to remember. Five GBU's, yes. But we've operated
with five, four and three. It's worked in all cases.

You sort of, I mean, as Jim said, you sort of look at the leadership team and
you look at where the relationships make sense for serving your consumer better,
working effectively with your retailer and your supply chain and sharing your
technologies. So, we're going to be totally open. Totally open. Everything's
possible right now.

Jim Kilts: Any other questions? If not, I'll let everybody get back to work.
Thank you very much!

A.G. Lafley: Okay, thank you.

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In connection with the proposed merger, The Procter & Gamble Company ("P&G") and
The Gillette Company ("Gillette") will file a joint proxy statement/prospectus
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE
ADVISED TO READ THE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE,
BECAUSE IT WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors and security holders
may obtain a free copy of the joint proxy statement/prospectus (when available)
and other documents filed by P&G and Gillette with the Commission at the
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copies of Gillette's filings may be obtained by directing a request to The
Gillette Company, Investor Relations, Prudential Tower, Boston, Massachusetts,
02199-8004.

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an offer to buy securities, nor shall there by any sale of securities in any
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P&G, Gillette and their respective directors, executive officers and other
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who may be considered participants in the solicitation of P&G's stockholders
under the rules of the Commission is set forth in the Proxy Statement filed by
P&G with the Commission on August 27, 2004, and information concerning persons
who may be considered participants in the solicitation of Gillette's
stockholders under the rules of the Commission is set forth in the Proxy
Statement filed by Gillette with the Commission on April 12, 2004.

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         All statements, other than statements of historical fact included in
this release, are forward-looking statements, as that term is defined in the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In addition to the risks and
uncertainties noted in this release, there are certain factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by some of the
statements made. These include: (1) the ability to achieve business plans,
including with respect to lower income consumers and growing existing sales and
volume profitably despite high levels of competitive activity, especially with
respect to the product categories and geographical markets (including developing
markets) in which the Company has chosen to focus; (2) successfully executing,
managing and integrating key acquisitions, including (i) the Domination and
Profit Transfer Agreement with Wella, and (ii) the Company's agreement to
acquire The Gillette Company, including obtaining the related required
shareholder and regulatory approvals; (3) the ability to manage and maintain key
customer relationships; (4) the ability to maintain key manufacturing and supply
sources (including sole supplier and plant manufacturing sources); (5) the
ability to successfully manage regulatory, tax and legal matters (including
product liability, patent, and other intellectual property matters), and to
resolve pending matters within current estimates; (6) the ability to
successfully implement, achieve and sustain cost improvement plans in
manufacturing and overhead areas, including the success of the Company's
outsourcing projects; (7) the ability to successfully manage currency (including
currency issues in volatile countries), debt (including debt related to the
Company's announced plan to repurchase shares of the Company's stock in
connection with the Company's pending acquisition of The Gillette Company),
interest rate and certain commodity cost exposures; (8) the ability to manage
the continued global political and/or economic uncertainty and disruptions,
especially in the Company's significant geographical markets, as well as any
political and/or economic uncertainty and disruptions due to terrorist
activities; (9) the ability to successfully manage increases in the prices of
raw materials used to make the Company's products; (10) the ability to stay
close to consumers in an era of increased media fragmentation; and (11) the
ability to stay on the leading edge of innovation. For additional information
concerning factors that could cause actual results to materially differ from
those projected herein, please refer to our most recent 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K
reports.