EXHIBIT 99.d


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Contacts:       INVESTMENT COMMUNITY                 MEDIA
                Marc R. Shiffman                     George Sard/Maureen Bailey
                Sunbeam Corporation                  Sard Verbinnen & Co.
                (561) 243-2142                       (212) 687-8080

            SUNBEAM OUTLINES NEW STRATEGY, ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE,
                             SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM

   REVERSES PREVIOUS MANAGEMENT'S ANNOUNCED DECISION TO CLOSE FOUR FACTORIES;
        EASTPAK AND POWERMATE COMPRESSOR BUSINESSES WILL NOT BE DIVESTED

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           DELRAY BEACH, FL, AUGUST 24, 1998 -- Sunbeam Corporation (NYSE:SOC)
today announced a new organizational structure and senior management team, and
outlined its strategy for revitalizing Sunbeam.

      "Although we still have much to do in the short term to stabilize
Sunbeam's businesses, our strategic focus is on growth," said Jerry W. Levin,
President and Chief Executive Officer of Sunbeam. "With some of the most
powerful brand names in consumer durables, we will focus on our consumers. We
are now conducting consumer research which should have a significant impact on
our rate of new product introductions in the second half of 1999."

      "In contrast to the prior management's approach, we are decentralizing
operations while maintaining centralized support. Our goal is to increase
accountability at the business unit level, and to give our employees the tools
they need to build their businesses. We are shifting Sunbeam's focus to
increasing quality in products and customer service," Levin added.

      Sunbeam also announced that it will no longer pay a quarterly dividend of
$0.01 per share.

                           NEW ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE
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      Sunbeam will be organized into three Operating Groups: Outdoor Leisure,
Household Products, and International, as well as a Corporate Group. Household
Products will report directly to Levin. The Outdoor Leisure and International
Groups will each be headed by a group president. All three operating groups will
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benefits, licensing, outlet stores, and several other support functions will be
housed in the Corporate Group so they can meet business needs across the entire
Sunbeam organization.

      The operating groups will be organized into 17 strategic business units.
Each business unit will have a general manager and controller as well as human
resources, operations, R&D, MIS and sales functions. Where it makes sense, these
operating functions will be consolidated at the group level and will serve more
than one business unit. Each business unit will develop a three-year strategic
plan and annual operating plans. The performance of each business unit will be
measured on its operating income, cash flow and sales growth.

      The business units will be headquartered as follows:

                BUSINESS UNIT                        LOCATION
                First Alert                          Aurora, IL
                Heath o Meter                        Bridgeview, IL
                Coleman                              Wichita, KS
                Powermate                            Kearny, NE
                Eastpak                              Lowell, MA
                Europe                               Brussels, Belgium
                Japan                                Tokyo, Japan
                Latin America                        Miami Lakes, FL
                Asia/Pacific                         Sydney, Australia

      All other business units will be headquartered at Sunbeam's corporate
offices in Delray Beach, FL.

                           NEW SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM
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      Sunbeam also announced a new senior management team, which brings together
several key Sunbeam veterans and recent recruits with a number of proven
executives who have previously worked with Levin, many at Coleman before it was
acquired by Sunbeam. "With this leadership team," Levin said, "I am confident
that we will succeed in turning Sunbeam into a world-class consumer products
company, and making it a great place to work." The management group has
extensive experience in consumer-focused businesses, which will be central to
Sunbeam's strategy, particularly as it increases its emphasis on brand building
and marketing.

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         CORPORATE                          Jerry W. Levin, President & Chief Executive Officer
         Chief Administrative Officer       Paul E. Shapiro, Executive Vice President
         Chief Financial Officer            Bobby Jenkins, Executive Vice President
         Human Resources                    Ronald H. Dunbar, Senior Vice President
         R&D/Product Development            Robert H. Beck, Senior Vice President
         Operations                         Ronald J. Nold, Senior Vice President
                                            Robin Esterson, Vice President
         Finance                            Karen K. Clark, Vice President
         Corporate Development/             Marc R. Shiffman, Vice President
               Investor Relations
         Legal                              Janet G. Kelley, Vice President & General Counsel
                                            Kenneth Bell, Vice President, Prod. Liability/Risk Mgmt.
         Licensing                          Linda Morgenstern, Vice President
         MIS                                Albert R. Lapierre, Vice President
         Retail                             Graham Crowther, Vice President
         Sales                              Arthur B. Drogue, Vice President
         Special Markets (Surplus)          Terry J. Marshall, Vice President
         Treasurer                          Ronald R. Richter, Vice President

         HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS
         Chief Financial Officer            Al LeFevre, Vice President
         Appliances                         Marc Haberman, Vice President & Acting General Manager
         Blankets/ Clippers                 Andrew C. Hill, Vice President & General Manager
         First Alert                        Michael J. Paxton, President
         Health o Meter                     Beth Bronner, President
         Professional Products              Joseph A. Tadeo, Vice President and General Manager

         OUTDOOR LEISURE                    Frank J. Feraco, President
         Chief Financial Officer            Gwen Wisler, Senior Vice President
         Coleman                            Bill Phillips, Senior Vice President & General Manager
         Outdoor Cooking                    Frank J. Feraco, Acting General Manager
         Powermate                          Frank J. Feraco, Acting General Manager
         Eastpak                            Mark Goldman, Chairman
                                            Rafael Labrador, President & CEO

         INTERNATIONAL                      Jack D. Hall, President
         Chief Financial Officer            David J. Seibel, Vice President
         Latin America                      Franz Schmid, President
         Japan                              Hiroshi Suzuki, President
         Europe/Africa/Middle East          Bjorn Blomberg, President
         Asia/Pacific                       Peter King, President

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                               SUNBEAM'S FACTORIES
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      As part of its ongoing review, Sunbeam's management has reevaluated a
decision by former management to close eight plants, and concluded that four of
the plants will remain open. They are the Coleman plants in Maize, Kansas, and
Pocola, Oklahoma; the First Alert plant in Aurora, Illinois; and the Sunbeam
plant in Acuna, Mexico. In addition, as previously announced, the Mr. Coffee
plant in Glenwillow, Ohio, will remain open at least until February 1, 1999, to
give employees, government agencies and other interested parties time to see if
they can develop a plan to demonstrate that the plant can be cost-competitive.
The Sunbeam plant in Mexico City, scheduled to close in September, will remain
open until December to build sufficient inventories to assure a reliable supply
of products to our customers. The two other plants, the Coleman components plant
in Costa Rica and the Coleman sleeping bags plant in Cedar City, Utah, have
already been closed.

      "The plants are being kept open," Levin said, "to ensure a high level of
quality and customer service, as well as a consistency of supply." Noting that
the Company would continue to seek manufacturing synergies and cost savings,
Levin added, "While we are setting very high performance standards for all of
our facilities, we won't destabilize our brands, product quality and customer
relationships by cutting too fast and too far. A thorough analysis of a number
of the facilities targeted to close by previous management has not produced
business or economic justification for proceeding."

      Sunbeam also said it will not sell two of the business units slated for
sale by former management: Eastpak and the Powermate compressor business. "Both
are excellent businesses and we have the right team to grow them," Levin said.
The Coleman Spa business will be divested, as previously announced.

                             INCENTIVE COMPENSATION
                             ----------------------

      Compensation will be structured to incentivize employees to increase
shareholder value. While annual salaries and bonuses will be cash-based, Sunbeam
will provide long-term compensation in the form of stock options. A stock option
replacement program will be implemented for Sunbeam personnel employed prior to
June 30, 1998. Under this plan, up to 6.45 million stock options outstanding at
exercise prices over $10 per share can be relinquished by the employee for a
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amount of stock options with a $7.00 exercise price, potentially reducing option
float by approximately 3.45 million shares.

      Members of executive management have signed two- or three-year employment
agreements with Sunbeam and have been granted stock options at $7.00 per share,
with the exception of Mr. Levin, whose options have exercise prices of $7.00,
$10.50 and $14.00.

                  BIOGRAPHIES OF SUNBEAM SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM
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/bullet/ ROBERT H. BECK, JR., SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, RESEARCH &
         DEVELOPMENT/PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT. Beck, 56, joined Sunbeam in June from
         Solvay Automotive, where he was Vice President, Engineering.
         Previously, he was Vice President, Engineering & Technology of Sterling
         Plumbing, and before that, General Manager of its Professional Products
         Division. At Owens-Corning Fiberglass, he was Research Director before
         being named Vice President & General Manager of the FRPC Division.
         Beck, who holds an M.S. degree and a Ph.D. in Materials Science from
         Michigan State University, began his career in research at Ford Motor
         Company.

/bullet/ KENNETH BELL, VICE PRESIDENT, PRODUCT LIABILITY AND RISK MANAGEMENT.
         Bell, age 42, has been Vice President, Litigation Counsel for Sunbeam,
         with responsibility for product regulatory issues, accident
         investigations and product recalls. Previously he served as Vice
         President, Litigation Counsel for the Coleman Company. A graduate of
         Wichita State University with a B.S. degree, he earned a J.D. degree at
         Washburn University.

/bullet/ BJORN BLOMBERG, PRESIDENT, EUROPE. Blomberg, 50, who was Vice President
         & General Manager of Coleman International, will continue to head
         Sunbeam-Europe. Before joining Coleman in 1996, Blomberg was President
         of PRIMUS AB, a leading Swedish manufacturer of gas appliances.
         Previously, he was President of BTG Inc. and Elkem Chemicals, Inc., and
         Operations Manager at the Japanese division of The Sandvik Group. He
         holds a Masters of Science degree in Industrial and Management
         Engineering from the Technical University of Linkoping, Sweden.

/bullet/ BETH BRONNER, PRESIDENT, HEALTH O METER. Bronner, 47, joins Sunbeam
         from Citibank, where she has been Senior Vice President & Director of
         Marketing for its North American Consumer Bank for two years.
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         AT&T Communications Service Group, and, before that, Vice President of
         its Consumer Markets unit. A former President of Revlon Professional
         (Salon Products), North America, her consumer brand experience also
         includes senior management and marketing positions with Slim Fast
         Foods, Haagen-Daz and Nabisco Brands. A graduate of Vassar College,
         Bronner also holds an MBA in marketing and finance from the University
         of Chicago.

/bullet/ KAREN CLARK, VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE. Clark, 38, joined Coleman in 1997
         as Vice President-Finance. She had been Corporate Controller for
         Precision Castparts Corp, a complex metal manufacturer in Portland,
         Oregon. She also served as Corporate Planning Manager for Tektronix
         and, for nine years, was a public accountant with Arthur Anderson,
         Ernst & Young, and Dobbins, DeGuire & Tucker. A Certified Public
         Accountant, she earned her B.S. degree at Montana State University.

/bullet/ GRAHAM CROWTHER, VICE PRESIDENT, RETAIL. Crowther, 46, joined The
         Coleman Company in 1997 as Director of Stores for the Camp Coleman
         Division. Previously, he was Regional Director of Stores for Leather
         Loft Stores, where he directed seven district managers and 84 stores.
         He has also had experience as a buyer. Crowther holds a B.S. in
         Business Administration from New Hampshire College.

/bullet/ ARTHUR B. (ART) DROGUE, VICE PRESIDENT, SALES. Drogue, 54, joined
         Sunbeam in June from Nabisco, where he worked for 10 years in a variety
         of senior sales positions, most recently as Vice President,
         International Sales. Previously, he headed Nabisco's U.S. field sales
         for business across all classes of trade, including grocery, club, mass
         merchandisers, drug, telemarketing, military, private label and new
         business development. A graduate of Stetson University, he holds a B.A.
         degree in Economics.

/bullet/ RONALD H. DUNBAR, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, HUMAN RESOURCES. Dunbar, 61,
         has been at Revlon, Inc. since 1991 as Senior Vice President, Human
         Resources and a Corporate Officer. Prior to joining Revlon, Dunbar
         spent two years as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Arnold
         Menn, executive outplacement consultants. For 11 years, he was
         Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for Ryder
         System, Inc. He holds a B.S. in Economics from Michigan State
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/bullet/ ROBIN ESTERSON, VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS PLANNING. Esterson, 34, has
         been Vice President, Corporate Development-Domestic for Coleman. He
         previously worked in a variety of general management and operating
         positions at Revlon, Inc. He earned a B.S. degree in Mechanical
         Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University, and an MBA from The
         Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

/bullet/ FRANK J. FERACO, PRESIDENT, OUTDOOR LEISURE GROUP. Feraco, 51, joined
         Sunbeam in May 1998 from Kohler Co., where he was President and Sector
         Executive for its $1.7 billion International/Sterling Plumbing Group.
         Prior to joining Kohler in 1996, he held a variety of key operating
         positions with Danaher Corporation and with the Skil Corporation
         subsidiary of Emerson Electric. He holds a B.A. degree from the
         University of Rhode Island.

/bullet/ MARK GOLDMAN, CHAIRMAN, EASTPAK. Goldman, 43, founded Eastpak in 1976
         following his graduation from the University of Rochester that same
         year. He is credited with many of the design and marketing innovations
         that have led to today's unprecedented popularity of backpacks as both
         sports equipment and fashion accessories. Goldman sold Eastpak to The
         Coleman Company in 1994, while remaining as President and CEO of the
         business.

/bullet/ MARC HABERMAN, VICE PRESIDENT AND ACTING GENERAL MANAGER, APPLIANCES.
         Haberman, 35, joins Sunbeam from McKinsey & Company, Inc., where he has
         been a management consultant for six years, principally dealing with
         marketing strategy, brand management and retail issues. Previously, he
         was a brand manager for Procter & Gamble Company, where he had P&L
         responsibility for Bounce fabric softener. He holds a B.S. degree in
         Economics, Management and Marketing from the University of
         Pennsylvania's Wharton School and an MBA from Columbia University.

/bullet/ JACK D. HALL, PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL. Hall, 53, has been Executive
         Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Marketing Development for Revlon
         Inc, where he has held a variety of senior sales and marketing
         positions since 1986. Prior to joining Revlon, he spent six years with
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         four years with Johnson & Johnson Baby Products and with Procter &
         Gamble Co. .He holds a B.S. degree in Marketing and Psychology from
         Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

/bullet/ ANDREW C. HILL, VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER, BLANKETS AND
         CLIPPERS. Hill, 37, joined The Coleman Company is 1994 as Group Product
         Manager for Specialty Products and in 1997, was promoted to Vice
         President, Specialty Products. Previously, he was Director of Marketing
         for Sunbeam-Oster, where he worked for eight years in a variety of
         industrial design and marketing functions. Prior to joining Sunbeam, he
         was an industrial designer for W.R. Grace, Inc., and before that, U.S.
         Corrugated Fibre Box, Inc. He holds a B.S. degree in Industrial Design
         from Auburn University.

/bullet/ JANET G. KELLEY, GENERAL COUNSEL. Kelley, 45, was named General Counsel
         of Sunbeam in April. In her four years with the Company, she has had
         responsibility for Federal securities law compliance, acquisitions
         counsel, international legal matters, and other key legal,
         environmental and risk management departments. Prior to joining Sunbeam
         in 1994, she was a partner in a law firm in Louisville. A graduate of
         Morehead State University with a B.A. in Political Science and
         Philosophy, Kelley earned a J.D. at the University of Kentucky.

/bullet/ BOBBY JENKINS, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
         Jenkins, 36, is the former Chief Financial Officer of the Coleman
         Company Outdoor Recreation Group. He joined Coleman from Marvel
         Entertainment Group, where he served as Executive Vice President and
         Chief Financial Officer for four years. He previously worked at Turner
         Broadcasting System, Inc. and Price Waterhouse. He holds a B.S. degree
         in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina.

/bullet/ PETER KING, PRESIDENT, ASIA/PACIFIC. King, 36, joined Coleman,
         Australia as General Manager in 1997. Previously, he was Director of
         Sales and Marketing for PUMA Australia, where he served for 13 years in
         a variety of sales and marketing functions. Prior to joining Puma, he
         was associated with CHP, Limited, a mining and resource company. King
         holds a B.A. degree in Business Administration from the University of
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/bullet/ RAFAEL LABRADOR, PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, EASTPAK.
         Labrador, 53, joined Eastpak in 1997 from Liz Claiborne, Inc., where he
         was President of International Operations. Previously, he was founding
         CEO and a partner in a chain of specialty retailers in France, Spain,
         Italy, Belgium and Portugal. Labrador, who has more than 20 years of
         experience in operations and marketing, earned a B.S. degree in
         Industrial Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and an
         MBA from the Harvard Business School.

/bullet/ ALBERT R. LAPIERRE, VICE PRESIDENT, MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS.
         Lapierre, 46, joined Sunbeam in May from Coopers & Lybrand LLP
         Consulting, where he was a consultant to Sunbeam on its conversion to
         unified information systems. A graduate of Utah State University, he
         holds an MBA in Management from Fairleigh Dickenson University.

/bullet/ AL LEFEVRE, VICE PRESIDENT AND CFO-HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS GROUP. Lefevre,
         38, was named Vice President, Finance, for Sunbeam's Household Products
         in April. Lefevre, who joined Sunbeam in 1997 as a director of sales
         operations, has extensive experience in finance and accounting,
         including three years as finance director for the Gatorade subsidiary
         of Quaker Oats as well as an auditor for Arthur Anderson. He earned a
         B.S. degree in accounting at Valparaiso University.

/bullet/ TERRY J. MARSHALL, VICE PRESIDENT, SPECIAL MARKETS. Marshall, 55, joins
         Sunbeam from Revlon Inc. where, as Vice President, Special Markets,
         International, he developed functions to identify, control and
         liquidate excess inventories. He joined Revlon's Prestige Fragrance and
         Cosmetics Division in 1993 from Blue Bell International Inc., the
         specialty cleaning products company he founded in 1992. Previously, he
         spent 16 years with IKEA, as Vice President, Distribution Services for
         North America. He joined IKEA from Canada Safeway Limited, where he
         worked for 12 years. Marshall is a graduate of the University of
         British Columbia.

/bullet/ LINDA MORGENSTERN, VICE PRESIDENT, LICENSING. Morgenstern, 45, joined
         Sunbeam in June from Morningstar Media, Inc., the marketing and
         licensing consulting company she founded in 1994. Previously, she
         worked at Sony Corporation, where she headed Sony Wonder Division, a
         family entertainment products division. She holds a B.A. degree from
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/bullet/ RONALD J. (JOE) NOLD, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS. Nold, 57, has
         been with Coleman for 30 years, most recently as Executive Vice
         President, Operations. He has had extensive senior management
         experience in manufacturing and international business, including Vice
         President, Manufacturing of Coast Catamaran Corp., President and
         General Manager of Soniform, Inc., and General Manager of the
         Manufactured Housing Division of Coleman. Nold holds a B.S. in
         Industrial Arts from Fort Hays Kansas State College.

/bullet/ MICHAEL J. PAXTON, PRESIDENT, FIRST ALERT. Paxton, 52, has been
         Chairman, President and CEO of O-Cedar Brands, Inc., since 1996. An
         18-year veteran of Pillsbury/Grand Metropolitan PLC, he served as
         President of the Pillsbury Baked Goods Division for three years before
         being named President and CEO of the Haagen-Daz Company. He earned both
         his BBA and MBA at the University of Cincinnati.

/bullet/ BILL PHILLIPS, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER, COLEMAN.
         Phillips, 45, has been Vice President and General Manager of Coleman's
         Outdoor Recreation Division. In his 20 years with Coleman, he has
         headed a variety of senior sales and management functions, including
         field, regional and national sales.

/bullet/ RONALD R. RICHTER, VICE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER. Richter, 53, joined
         Sunbeam in March as Treasurer and, for three months, served as acting
         head of Investor Relations. Prior to joining Sunbeam, he was Group Vice
         President/Senior Banker of the automotive group of ABN AMRO N.A. Bank
         in Chicago. Previously, he was Managing Director of Bank of America, a
         title he also held at Continental Bank. Richter earned both his BS and
         MBA degrees at Northern Illinois University.

/bullet/ FRANZ SCHMID, PRESIDENT, LATIN AMERICA. Schmid, 45, who has been acting
         President of International for Sunbeam since April, will return to his
         previous position as head of Sunbeam's extensive Latin American
         operations. Schmid, a native Venezuelan, is a 15-year Sunbeam veteran.
         Before joining Sunbeam, he was Vice President of Sales & Marketing and
         Director of Operations for Carsa Group, a leading Peruvian equipment
         distributor. Schmid holds a B.A. in Economics from the Universidad
         Catolica Andres Bello in Caracas, Venezuela, and a B.A. in Business
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/bullet/ DAVID J. SEIBEL, VICE PRESIDENT AND CFO, INTERNATIONAL. Seibel, 35,
         joins Sunbeam from Revlon Inc., where he has been Director of
         International Treasury since 1996. He also served as Acting Treasurer
         of Coleman Inc. in 1997. Prior to joining Revlon, he was Director of
         Global Treasury for Estee Lauder Companies. Previously, he was a
         manager in the Treasury department of Allied Signal Inc., a position he
         also held at Random House, Inc. A graduate of Worcester Polytechnic
         Institute, with a B.S. degree in Finance, he earned an MBA in
         International Finance at Fordam University.

/bullet/ PAUL E. SHAPIRO, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE
         OFFICER. Shapiro, 57, was Executive Vice President, General Counsel of
         the Coleman Company from July 1997 until its sale in March 1998. Before
         joining Coleman, he was Executive Vice President, General Counsel and
         Chief Administrative Officer of Marvel Entertainment Group. He had
         previously spent over 25 years in private law practice and as a
         business executive, most recently as a shareholder in the firm of
         Greenberg Traurig. He holds LL.B. and J.D. degrees from the University
         of Pennsylvania.

/bullet/ MARC R. SHIFFMAN, VICE PRESIDENT, CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTOR
         RELATIONS. Shiffman, 31, headed Corporate Development-International &
         Investor Relations, as well as Corporate Communications & Government
         Affairs for The Coleman Company from February 1997 until its sale in
         March 1998. Prior to joining Coleman, he held a management position in
         Corporate Finance and Investor Relations for Revlon, Inc. He holds a
         B.S. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School,
         and an MBA from The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

/bullet/ HIROSHI SUZUKI, PRESIDENT, JAPAN. Suzuki, 51, has been president of
         Coleman Japan Co., Ltd., since 1990. Previously, he was Representative
         Director of Yves St. Laurent Japan K.K. He has also worked in a variety
         of senior management positions for Helene Curtis Japan, Warner Lambert
         K.K., and Johnson & Johnson Far East, Inc. A graduate of Keio
         University, Suzuki holds a B.A. in Law and a Masters degree in
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/bullet/ JOSEPH A. TADEO, VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER, PROFESSIONAL
         PRODUCTS. Tadeo, 51, has been Vice President, Sales and Marketing for
         Sunbeam's Commercial Products, a position he held previously for the
         Scott Paper Company. Tadeo also served as Chairman of Scott's Channel
         Access Development Task Force, responsible for recommending a new
         distribution strategy for the Company's world-wide businesses. Tadeo
         holds a B.S. and an MBA from Drexel University.

/bullet/ GWEN C. WISLER, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER,
         OUTDOOR LEISURE GROUP. Wisler, 38, has been Vice President and CFO of
         the International Division of The Coleman Company since 1997.
         Previously, she was Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of New
         World Communications Group Incorporated. A former Senior Audit Manager
         for Price Waterhouse LLP, where she worked for 12 years, Wisler also is
         a former CFO of Cobb Partners, investment managers. She earned a joint
         BSBA degree at Ohio State University.

      Sunbeam Corporation is a leading consumer products Company that designs,
manufactures and markets, nationally and internationally, a diverse portfolio of
consumer products under such world-class brands as Sunbeam/registered
trademark/, Oster/registered trademark/, Grillmaster/registered trademark/,
Coleman/registered trademark/, Mr. Coffee/registered trademark/), First
Alert/registered trademark/, Powermate/registered trademark/, Health o
meter/registered trademark/, Eastpak/registered trademark/ and
Campingaz/registered trademark/.



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