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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.6

                                                                  EXECUTION COPY

                              The Gillette Company,
                                     Issuer

                                       To

                                 Bank One, N.A.,
                                     Trustee

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                          THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

                           Dated as of October 1, 2002

                           Supplementing the Indenture

                           Dated as of April 11, 2002

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                                  $500,000,000

                           3.50% Senior Notes due 2007

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION...........  2
   Section 1.01. Definitions...............................................  2
   Section 1.02. Section References........................................  2
ARTICLE II DESIGNATION AND TERMS OF THE NOTES..............................  3
   Section 2.01. Establishment of Series...................................  3
   Section 2.02. Variations in Terms of Notes..............................  3
   Section 2.03. Amount and Denominations; The Depositary; Form; Legend....  3
   Section 2.04. Interest Rates and Interest Payment Dates.................  4
   Section 2.05. Form and Other Terms of the Notes.........................  5
   Section 2.06. Redemption, No Sinking Fund...............................  5
   Section 2.07. Defeasance................................................  5
   Section 2.08. Payment...................................................  5
   Section 2.09. Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets..................  5
ARTICLE III MISCELLANEOUS..................................................  6
   Section 3.01. Effect on Original Indenture..............................  6
   Section 3.02. Counterparts..............................................  6
   Section 3.03. Recitals..................................................  6
   Section 3.04. Governing Law.............................................  6

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         This Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2002, between
The Gillette Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws
of the State of Delaware (herein called the "Company"), having its principal
office at Prudential Tower Building, Boston, Massachusetts 02199, and Bank One,
N.A., a national banking association duly organized and existing under the laws
of the United States of America, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee"),
having its Corporate Trust Office at 153 West 51st Street, New York, New York,
10019.

                                   WITNESSETH:

         WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee entered into an Indenture, dated
as of April 11, 2002 (the "Original Indenture"), pursuant to which one or more
series of debt securities of the Company (the "Securities") may be issued from
time to time; and

         WHEREAS, Section 301 of the Original Indenture permits the terms of any
series of Securities to be established in an indenture supplemental to the
Original Indenture; and

         WHEREAS, Section 901(7), Section 901(2) and Section 901(5) of the
Original Indenture provide that a supplemental indenture may be entered into by
the Company and the Trustee without the consent of any Holders of the Securities
to establish the form and terms of the Securities of any series, to add to the
covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of
Securities and to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of the
Original Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities; and

         WHEREAS, the Company has requested the Trustee to join with it in the
execution and delivery of this Third Supplemental Indenture in order to
supplement and amend the Original Indenture by, among other things, establishing
the form and terms of one series of Securities to be known as the Company's
"3.50% Senior Notes due 2007" and amending and adding certain provisions thereof
for the benefit of the Holders thereof; and

         WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee desire to enter into this Third
Supplemental Indenture for the purposes set forth in Sections 301 and 901 of the
Original Indenture as referred to above; and

         WHEREAS, the Company has furnished the Trustee with a Board Resolution
authorizing the execution of this Third Supplemental Indenture; and

         WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Third Supplemental Indenture
a valid agreement of the Company and the Trustee and a valid supplement to the
Original Indenture have been done,

         NOW, THEREFORE, THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

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         For and in consideration of the purchase of the Notes (as defined
below) to be issued hereunder by Holders thereof, the Company and the Trustee
mutually covenant and agree, for the equal and proportionate benefit of the
respective Holders from time to time of the Notes, as follows:

                                   ARTICLE I

             DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

Section 1.01. DEFINITIONS

         All capitalized terms that are used herein and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Original Indenture. The
Original Indenture together with this Third Supplemental Indenture are
hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the "Indenture."

         "Depositary" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.03 hereof.

         "Interest Rate" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(a)
hereof.

         "Interest Payment Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.04(a) hereof.

         "Note" and "Notes" shall have the meanings set forth in Section 2.01.

         "Original Issue Date" shall mean the date upon which the Notes (as
hereinafter defined) are initially issued by the Company, such date to be set
forth on the face of each of the Notes.

         "Record Date" shall mean the first day (whether or not a Business Day)
of the calendar month in which the related Interest Payment Date occurs. The
Record Date shall constitute the Regular Record Date for purposes of the
Original Indenture.

         "Redemption Price" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.06
hereof.

         "Redemption Date" shall mean the date fixed for redemption in
accordance with Section 2.06 hereof.

         "Stated Maturity" shall mean October 15, 2007.

Section 1.02. SECTION REFERENCES

         Each reference to a particular section set forth in this Third
Supplemental Indenture shall, unless the context otherwise requires, refer to
this Third Supplemental Indenture.

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                                   ARTICLE II

                       DESIGNATION AND TERMS OF THE NOTES

Section 2.01. ESTABLISHMENT OF SERIES

         There is hereby created a series of Securities to be known and
designated as the "3.50% Senior Notes due 2007"(collectively, the "Notes" and
individually, a "Note"), which shall rank equally with each other and all other
unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company. For the purposes of
the Original Indenture, the Notes shall constitute a single series of
Securities.

Section 2.02. VARIATIONS IN TERMS OF NOTES

         Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Original Indenture
and in this Third Supplemental Indenture, the terms of any particular Note may
vary from the terms of any other Note as contemplated by Section 301 of the
Original Indenture, and the terms for a particular Note will be set forth in
such Note as delivered to the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent for
authentication pursuant to Section 303 of the Original Indenture.

Section 2.03. AMOUNT AND DENOMINATIONS; THE DEPOSITARY; FORM; LEGEND

         The initial principal amount of Notes that may be issued under this
Third Supplemental Indenture is limited to $500,000,000. Without the consent of
the Holders of the Notes, the Company may from time to time issue additional
Securities in unlimited principal amounts having the same ranking and the same
interest rate, maturity and other terms as the Notes, which additional
Securities shall constitute Notes hereunder and which, together with the Notes,
shall constitute a single series of Securities for purposes of the Original
Indenture. The authorized denominations of Notes shall be $1,000 or integral
multiples of $1,000. The Notes shall be denominated and payable in U.S. dollars.

         The Notes shall be issuable only in fully registered form, without
coupons, and will initially be registered in the name of The Depository Trust
Company or its successor ("Depositary"), or its nominee who is hereby designated
as "Depositary" under the Original Indenture. The Notes will be initially issued
as Global Securities.

         For so long as the Notes are Global Securities, the Notes shall bear a
legend on the face thereof in substantially the following form:

         "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

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         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."

Section 2.04. INTEREST RATES AND INTEREST PAYMENT DATES

         (a) The Notes shall bear interest at the annual rate of 3.50% (the
"Interest Rate") from, and including, the Original Issue Date until the
principal thereof is paid or duly made available for payment. Interest on the
Notes will be payable semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of
each year (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing on April 15, 2003. Such
interest will be payable to the Holder thereof as of the related Record Date.

         (b) The amount of interest payable for any period 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.

         (c) If any Interest Payment Date, the Stated Maturity or the Redemption
Date would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, the payment required
to be made on or at such Interest Payment Date, the Stated Maturity or the
Redemption Date 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, the Stated Maturity or the Redemption Date 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.

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Section 2.05. FORM AND OTHER TERMS OF THE NOTES

         Attached hereto as EXHIBIT A is the form of Note, which form is hereby
established as the form in which Notes may be issued.

Section 2.06. REDEMPTION, NO SINKING FUND

         The Notes will be subject to redemption, in whole but not in part, at
the option of the Company on any Interest Payment Date on or after October 15,
2004. For purposes of the Notes, the "Redemption Price" shall equal 100% of the
unpaid principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed. Subject to the second
preceding sentence, the Notes will not otherwise be subject to redemption or
repayment, in whole or in part, whether at the option of the Company or Holders
of the Notes, prior to the Stated Maturity. The Notes are not entitled to the
benefit of any sinking fund or analogous provision.

Section 2.07. DEFEASANCE

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

Section 2.08. PAYMENT

         The Company shall pay the principal of the Notes on the Stated Maturity
or, if applicable, the Redemption Date. Payment of the principal of and any
interest on the Notes 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 Original 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.

Section 2.09. CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALE OF ASSETS

         Subparagraph (1) of Section 801 of the Original Indenture shall be
deemed to be amended to read in its entirety with respect to and for the benefit
of the Notes, as follows:

                  "(1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into
         another Person or convey or transfer its properties and assets
         substantially as an entirety to any Person, the Person formed by such
         consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which
         acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and
         assets of the Company substantially as an entirety shall be a Person,
         shall be organized and validly existing under the laws of the United
         States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and
         shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed
         and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the
         Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any
         premium and interest on all the Securities and

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         the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on
         the part of the Company to be performed or observed;".

                                  ARTICLE III

                                 MISCELLANEOUS

Section 3.01. EFFECT ON ORIGINAL INDENTURE

         This Third Supplemental Indenture is a supplement to the Original
Indenture. As supplemented by this Third Supplemental Indenture, the Original
Indenture is in all respects ratified, approved and confirmed, and the Original
Indenture and this Third Supplemental Indenture shall together constitute one
and the same instrument.

Section 3.02. COUNTERPARTS

         This Third Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but
all such counterparts shall together constitute by one and the same instrument.

Section 3.03. RECITALS

         The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the
Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The
Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Third
Supplemental Indenture.

Section 3.04. GOVERNING LAW

         This Third Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the law of the State of New York.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Third
Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date and year first written
above.

                                          THE GILLETTE COMPANY

                                          By: /s/ Gail F. Sullivan
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                                          Name: Gail F. Sullivan
                                          Title: Vice President and Treasurer

                                          BANK ONE, N.A., as Trustee

                                          By: /s/ Michael Pinzon
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                                          Name: Michael Pinzon
                                          Title: Authorized Officer

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts       )
                                    ) ss:
County of Suffolk.                  )

         On the 30th day of September, 2002, before me personally came
Gail Sullivan, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say
that he/she is VP & Treas. of The Gillette Company, one of the corporations
described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he/she knows the
seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such
corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of
said corporation; and that he/she signed his name thereto by like authority.

                                             /s/ Elizabeth A. Wilson
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                                             Elizabeth A. Wilson, Notary Public
                                             My Commission Expires: 1/24/08

State of New York.         )
                           ) ss:
County of New York         )

         On the 27th day of September, 2002, before me personally came
Michael Pinzon, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say
that he/she is an Officer of Bank One, N.A., one of the corporations described
in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he/she knows the seal of
said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate
seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said
corporation; and that he/she signed his name thereto by like authority.

                                           /s/ Mark E. Davis
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                                           Notary Public State of New York
                                           Reg. No. 01DA6004466
                                           Qualified in New York County
                                           My Commission Expires March 23, 2006
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                                      EXHIBIT A to Third Supplemental Indenture

CUSIP NO.: 375766 AK8                 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:  $____________

REGISTERED NO. ___

                              THE GILLETTE COMPANY

                           3.50% Senior Note due 2007

|_|  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.

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<S>                                   <C>                                      <C>
ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:                  INTEREST RATE: 3.50% per annum.         SINKING FUND: N/A
October 1, 2002
                                      INTEREST PAYMENT DATES: April 15 and    YIELD TO MATURITY: N/A
                                      October 15 of each year, commencing
STATED MATURITY: October 15, 2007     April 15, 2003.                         DEPOSITARY: The Depository Trust
                                                                              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 or on any earlier date fixed for redemption
by the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Note (the "Redemption
Date"), 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, the Stated Maturity or the Redemption
Date would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, the payment required
to be made on or at such Interest Payment Date, the Stated Maturity or the
Redemption Date 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, the Stated Maturity or the Redemption Date 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: October 1, 2002

TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE                        THE GILLETTE COMPANY
OF AUTHENTICATION

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

BANK ONE, N.A.,
As Trustee

                                             Attested to:

By:                                          By:
   -------------------------------              --------------------------------
        Authorized Officer                   Name: William J. Mostyn
                                             Title: Corporate Secretary

                                             [Seal]

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                                (REVERSE OF NOTE)

                              THE GILLETTE COMPANY

                           3.50% Senior Note due 2007

         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 supplemented by the Third Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2002 (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 "3.50% Senior Notes due 2007"
(herein called the "NOTES").

                     REDEMPTION; REPAYMENT; NO SINKING FUND

         The Notes will be subject to redemption, in whole but not in part, at
the option of the Company on any Interest Payment Date on or after October 15,
2004 on written notice given to the Holders thereof (in accordance with the
provisions of the Indenture) not more than 60 nor less than 30 calendar days
prior to the Redemption Date. For purposes of the Notes, the "Redemption Price"
shall equal 100% of the unpaid principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed.
Subject to the second preceding sentence, the Notes will not otherwise be
subject to redemption or repayment, in whole or in part, whether at the option
of the Company or Holders of the Notes, 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

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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.

         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:
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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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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.7

CUSIP NO.: 375766 AK8                           PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:  $500,000,000

REGISTERED NO. 001

                              THE GILLETTE COMPANY

                           3.50% Senior Note due 2007

[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.

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<S>                                   <C>                                     <C>
ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:                  INTEREST RATE: 3.50% per annum.         SINKING FUND: N/A
October 1, 2002
                                      INTEREST PAYMENT DATES: April 15 and    YIELD TO MATURITY: N/A
                                      October 15 of each year, commencing
STATED MATURITY: October 15, 2007     April 15, 2003.                         DEPOSITARY: The Depository Trust
                                                                              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 or on any earlier date fixed for redemption
by the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Note (the "REDEMPTION
DATE"), 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, the Stated Maturity or the Redemption
Date would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, the payment required
to be made on or at such Interest Payment Date, the Stated Maturity or the
Redemption Date 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, the Stated Maturity or the Redemption Date 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:  October 1, 2002

TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE                       THE GILLETTE COMPANY
OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the
series designated therein referred          By: /s/ Gail F. Sullivan
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.          --------------------------------
                                               Name:  Gail F. Sullivan
BANK ONE, N.A.,                                Title: Vice President and
As Trustee                                            Treasurer

                                            Attested to:

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

                                             [Seal]

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                                (REVERSE OF NOTE)

                              THE GILLETTE COMPANY

                           3.50% Senior Note due 2007

         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 supplemented by the Third Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2002 (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 "3.50% Senior Notes due 2007"
(herein called the "NOTES").

                     REDEMPTION; REPAYMENT; NO SINKING FUND

         The Notes will be subject to redemption, in whole but not in part, at
the option of the Company on any Interest Payment Date on or after October 15,
2004 on written notice given to the Holders thereof (in accordance with the
provisions of the Indenture) not more than 60 nor less than 30 calendar days
prior to the Redemption Date. For purposes of the Notes, the "Redemption Price"
shall equal 100% of the unpaid principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed.
Subject to the second preceding sentence, the Notes will not otherwise be
subject to redemption or repayment, in whole or in part, whether at the option
of the Company or Holders of the Notes, 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

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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.

         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

____________________________________

____________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

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

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

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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