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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.4

CUSIP NO.: 375766 AL6                            PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:  $300,000,000

REGISTERED NO. 001

                              THE GILLETTE COMPANY

                           2.875% Senior Note due 2008

[X]      Check this box if the Note is a Global Note.
         Applicable if the Note is a Global Note:

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION, TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS
MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER
USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS
THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

         This Note is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture
hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of Cede & Co., or such
other nominee of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation, or any
successor depositary ("Depositary"), as requested by an authorized
representative of the Depositary. This Note may not be exchanged in whole or in
part for a security registered, and no transfer of this security in whole or in
part may be registered, in the name of any person other than the Depositary or a
nominee thereof, except in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture.
Every security authenticated and delivered upon registration of, transfer of, or
in exchange for, or in lieu of, this Note will be a Global Security subject to
the foregoing, except in such limited circumstances.

ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:        INTEREST RATE: 2.875% per    SINKING FUND: N/A
March 11, 2003              annum.
                                                         YIELD TO MATURITY: N/A
                            INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:
STATED MATURITY: March 15,  March 15 and September       DEPOSITARY: The
2008                        15 of each year, commencing  Depository Trust
                            September 15, 2003.          Company

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         THE GILLETTE COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the "Company," which term
includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to),
for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns,
the Principal Amount set forth on the face of this Note on the Stated Maturity
set forth on the face of this Note, upon the presentation and surrender hereof
at the principal corporate trust office of Bank One, N.A., or its successor in
trust (the "Trustee") or such other office as the Trustee has designated in
writing, and to pay interest on the unpaid principal balance hereof at a rate
per annum equal to the Interest Rate set forth on the face of this Note from,
and including, the Original Issue Date set forth on the face of this Note until
the principal hereof is paid or duly made available for payment.

         Interest will be payable in arrears on the Interest Payment Dates to
the Person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the
related "Regular Record Date", which is the first day (whether or not a Business
Day) of the calendar month in which the related Interest Payment Date occurs.

         Interest on this Note will be computed on the basis of a year of 360
days consisting of twelve 30-day months. Except for the effect of any adjustment
in the Interest Payment Date as provided in the following paragraph, the amount
of interest payable for any period shorter or longer than a full six-month
period for which interest is computed will be computed on the basis of 30-day
months, except that, during any partial month, interest will be computed on the
basis of the actual number of days elapsed in such month.

         If any Interest Payment Date or the Stated Maturity would otherwise be
a day that is not a Business Day, the payment required to be made on or at such
Interest Payment Date or the Stated Maturity will be made on the next succeeding
Business Day, and no interest will accrue on such payment for the period from
and after such Interest Payment Date or the Stated Maturity to the date of such
payment on the next succeeding Business Day, in each case with the same force
and effect as if made on such date.

         Payment of the principal of and any such interest on this Note shall be
made in immediately available funds at the office or agency of the Company
maintained for that purpose in the City of New York in the State of New York, or
during any time the Company shall fail to maintain such office or agency, the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (in either case, which shall constitute
the Place of Payment under the Indenture), in such coin or currency of the
United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment
of public and private debts.

         Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

         Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Note
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, THE GILLETTE COMPANY has caused this instrument to
be duly executed.

Dated: March 11, 2003

TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE                      THE GILLETTE COMPANY
OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the           /s/ Gail F. Sullivan
series designated therein referred         By: _________________________________
to in the within-mentioned                 Name:  Gail F. Sullivan
Indenture.                                 Title: Vice President and Treasurer

BANK ONE, N.A.,
As Trustee

                                           Attested to:
    /s/ Michael Pinzon                         /s/ William J. Mostyn, III
By: _________________________________      By: _________________________________
         Authorized Officer                Name:  William J. Mostyn, III
                                           Title: Corporate Secretary

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                                (REVERSE OF NOTE)

                              THE GILLETTE COMPANY

                           2.875% Senior Note due 2008

         This Note is one of a duly authorized series of debt securities (herein
called, the "Securities") of the Company, issued and to be issued under an
Indenture dated as of April 11, 2002, as amended and supplemented by the Fourth
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 8, 2002 and the Fifth Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of March 11, 2003 (as such has been or shall be amended or
supplemented, the "Indenture"), between the Company and Bank One, N.A., as
trustee (the "Trustee", which term includes any successor Trustee under the
Indenture), to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a statement of the
respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of
the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon
which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is
one of the Securities of the series designated as "2.875% Senior Notes due 2008"
(herein called the "Notes").

                         NO REDEMPTION; NO SINKING FUND

         The Notes will not be subject to redemption prior to the Stated
Maturity. The Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund or
analogous provision.

                              TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE

         As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations herein
and therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registerable in the Security
Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office
or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and interest on
this Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument
of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and
thereupon one or more new Notes of like tenor, of authorized denominations and
for the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.

         The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons and only
in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000. As provided in
the Indenture and subject to certain limitations herein and therein set forth,
this Note is exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes and of
like tenor and of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the
Holder surrendering the same.

         No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

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         Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the
Company or the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

                                OTHER PROVISIONS

         If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of this Note may be declared, or shall become, due and
payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

         Subject to the conditions of Article 13 of the Indenture, the Notes
shall be defeasible pursuant to Section 1302 of the Indenture.

         The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be
affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at
the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of
the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company
with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences. To the extent permitted by law, any such
consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding
upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued
upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu
hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Note. For certain purposes, and with certain exceptions, set forth in the
Indenture, the Company and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the Notes
without the consent of any Holders of the Notes.

         No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or
of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at
the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

         All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

         This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of The State of New York.

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                                  ABBREVIATIONS

         The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:

  TEN COM              -- as tenants in common
  TEN ENT              -- as tenants by the entireties
  JT TEN               -- as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as
                             tenants in common
  CUST                 -- as Custodian
  U/G/M/A              -- Uniform Gift to Minors Act

         Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

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                                 ASSIGNMENT FORM

         FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto

Please Insert Social Security or
Other Identifying Number of Assignee

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PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE

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the within Security of THE GILLETTE COMPANY and does hereby irrevocably

constitute and appoint __________________________________________________

attorney to transfer said Security on the books of the Company, with full power

of substitution in the premises.

Dated: ______________________        ____________________________________

                                     ____________________________________

NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as
written upon the face of the within instrument in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

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