EXHIBIT 24
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
REGISTRATION STATEMENTS ON FORM S-8
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each undersigned officer and/or director of The Procter & Gamble Company, an
Ohio corporation (the "Registrant"), does hereby and make, constitute and
appoint Steven W. Jemison as attorney of the undersigned, with the full power to
execute and file:
(i) one or more Registration Statements on Form S-8 (the "Form S-8
Registration Statements") with respect to the registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of Common Shares of the Registrant
issuable in connection with the employee benefit plans listed on Table
A included hereto (the "Plans"), as may be revised in accordance with
the Company resolution entitled "Authorize S-8 Registration Statements
for Employee Benefit Plans Upon Merger with The Gillette Company",
along with an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold
pursuant to The Gillette Company Supplemental Savings Plan, The
Gillette Company Employees' Savings Plan, or other of the Plans;
(ii) any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and
exhibits to the Form S-8 Registration Statements; and
(iii) any and all applications or other documents to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission or any state securities commission
or other regulatory authority with respect to the securities covered
by the Form S-8 Registration Statements, with full power and authority
to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever necessary,
appropriate or desirable to be done in the premises, or in the name,
place and stead of the said director and/or officer, hereby ratifying
and approving the acts of said attorney.
TABLE A
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NUMBER OF
NAME OF PLAN SHARES REGISTERED
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2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan of The Gillette Company 40,000,000
1971 Stock Option Plan of The Gillette Company 62,000,000
James M. Kilts Non-Statutory Stock Option Plan 2,000,000
The Gillette Company Employees' Savings Plan 5,000,000
The Gillette Company Global Employee Stock Ownership
Plan (GESOP) 1,500,000
The Gillette Company Supplemental Savings Plan an indeterminate
amount of plan
interests
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TOTAL 110,500,000
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have subscribed these presents as of
August 9, 2005.
SIGNATURE TITLE
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/S/ A.G. LAFLEY
- --------------------------------- Chairman of the Board, President,
A.G. Lafley and Chief Executive
(Principal Executive Officer)
/S/ CLAYTON C. DALEY, JR. Chief Financial Officer
- --------------------------------- (Principal Financial Officer)
Clayton C. Daley, Jr.
/S/ VALARIE L. SHEPPARD Comptroller
- --------------------------------- (Principal Accounting Officer)
Valarie L. Sheppard
/S/ NORMAN R. AUGUSTINE Director
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Norman R. Augustine
/S/ BRUCE L. BYRNES Director
- ---------------------------------
Bruce L. Byrnes
/S/ R. KERRY CLARK Director
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R. Kerry Clark
/S/ SCOTT D. COOK Director
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Scott D. Cook
/S/ JOSEPH T. GORMAN Director
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Joseph T. Gorman
/S/ CHARLES R. LEE Director
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Charles R. Lee
/S/ LYNN M. MARTIN Director
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Lynn M. Martin
/S/ W. JAMES MCNERNEY, JR. Director
- ---------------------------------
W. James McNerney, Jr.
/S/ JOHNATHAN A. RODGERS Director
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Johnathan A. Rodgers
/S/ JOHN F. SMITH, JR. Director
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John F. Smith, Jr.
/S/ RALPH SNYDERMAN Director
- ---------------------------------
Ralph Snyderman
/S/ ROBERT D. STOREY Director
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Robert D. Storey
/S/ MARGARET C. WHITMAN Director
- ---------------------------------
Margaret C. Whitman
/S/ ERNESTO ZEDILLO Director
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Ernesto Zedillo