EXHIBIT 4.2
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   UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
   OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (THE
   "DEPOSITARY") (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK), TO THE COMPANY 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 REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
   DEPOSITARY, AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH
   OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
   DEPOSITARY, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
   OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER
   HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

   UNLESS AND UNTIL THIS CERTIFICATE IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR
   CERTIFICATES IN DEFINITIVE REGISTERED FORM, THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT
   BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE (A) BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE
   THEREOF OR (B) BY A NOMINEE THEREOF TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER
   NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR (C) BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE
   TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.

                    SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
   NUMBER 1                                                  $150,000,000

   REGISTERED                                           CUSIP 651229 AD 8

                           NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC.
                         2.00% Notes Due May 1, 2005


             Newell Rubbermaid Inc., a corporation duly organized and
   existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to
   as the "Company"), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede
   & Co. or registered assigns, the principal sum of ONE HUNDRED AND
   FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS ($150,000,000) on May 1, 2005 and to pay
   interest, semi-annually in arrears on May 1 and November 1 of each
   year (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing November 1, 2003,
   on said principal sum at the rate of 2.00% per annum, from the most
   recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or, if no
   interest has been paid, from May 6, 2003, until payment of said
   principal sum has been made.  The interest so payable on any Interest
   Payment Date will, subject to certain exceptions provided in the
   Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, be paid to the Person in
   whose name this Security is registered at the close of business on the
   April 15 or October 15, as the case may be (each, a "Record Date"),
   next preceding such Interest Payment Date.  The amount of interest
   payable will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-
   day months. The principal of and interest on this Security are payable
   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 at the office or agency of the Company in the Place of Payment,
   and at such other locations as the Company may from time to time







   designate. Any interest not punctually paid or duly provided for shall
   be payable as provided in said Indenture.

             Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security
   set forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all
   purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

             Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
   executed by the Trustee by the manual signature of one of its
   authorized officers, this Security 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 COMPANY HAS CAUSED THIS INSTRUMENT
   TO BE DULY EXECUTED UNDER ITS CORPORATE SEAL.

   Dated:  May 6, 2003

                                      NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC.
                                      By:  ____________________________
                                      Name:  Douglas L. Martin
                                      Title: Vice President - Treasurer

   [Corporate Seal]

   Attest: ________________________
   Name:     Andrea L. Horne
   Title:    Corporate Secretary

   TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF
    AUTHENTICATION

   JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee,
   certifies that this is one of the Securities of
   the series referred to in the
   within-mentioned Indenture.



   By: ____________________________
        Authorized Officer

   Dated:  May 6, 2003























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                           NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC.
                         2.00% Notes Due May 1, 2005

             This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of
   Securities of the Company designated as its 2.00% Notes Due May 1,
   2005 (Securities of such series being hereinafter called the
   "Securities"), limited in initial aggregate principal amount to
   $150,000,000, issued under the senior indenture dated as of November
   1, 1995, (hereinafter called the "Indenture"), between the Company (as
   successor to Newell Co.) and JPMorgan Chase Bank (as successor to The
   Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association)), as trustee (the
   "Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee under the
   Indenture with respect to the Securities of this series), to which
   Indenture reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective
   rights thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and any Holder of the
   Securities, and the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to
   be, authenticated and delivered.

             Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, this Security
   will be issued in global form only registered in the name of the
   Depositary or its nominee.  This Security will not be issued in
   definitive form, except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, and
   ownership of this Security shall be maintained in book-entry form by
   the Depositary for the accounts of participating organizations of the
   Depositary.

             No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of
   this Security 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 Security at the times, place and
   rate, and in the coin and currency, herein prescribed.

             As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
   limitations therein set forth, this Security may be registered for
   transfer on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of
   this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of
   the Company in the Place of Payment, and at such other locations as
   the Company may from time to time designate, 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 the Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and
   thereupon one or more new Securities, of authorized denominations and
   for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the
   designated transferee or transferees.

             The Securities are issuable only as Registered Securities
   without coupons in the denominations of $1,000 and any integral
   multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture, and subject to certain
   limitations therein set forth, Securities are exchangeable for a like
   aggregate principal amount of Securities of different authorized
   denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.


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             No service charge will 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 for registration of transfer of
   this Security, the Company, the Trustee, the Security Registrar, the
   Paying Agent and any agent of any one thereof may treat the Person in
   whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all
   purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the
   Company, the Trustee, the Security Registrar, the Paying Agent nor any
   such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

             The Company may from time to time, without notice to or the
   consent of the registered Holders of the Securities, create and issue
   further Securities ranking equally and ratably with the Securities in
   all respects (or in all respects except for the payment of interest
   accruing prior to the issue date of such further Securities or except
   for the first payment of interest following the issue date of such
   further Securities), so that such further Securities shall be
   consolidated and form a single series with the Securities and shall
   have the same terms as to status or otherwise as the Securities.

             If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, with
   respect to the Securities shall occur, the principal of all the
   Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the
   effect provided in 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 with respect to the Securities and the
   rights of the Holders of the Securities under the Indenture at any
   time by the Company with the consent of the Holders of not less than a
   majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time
   Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the
   Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
   Securities at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all
   the Securities, to waive compliance by the Company with certain
   provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the
   Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the
   Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such
   Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any
   Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in
   exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not a notation of such
   consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

             No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of
   or the interest on this Security, or for any claim based hereon, or
   otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the
   Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any
   incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present
   or future, of the Company or any successor corporation, whether by

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   virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the
   enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such
   liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the
   consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.

             The Company at its option, subject to the terms and
   conditions contained in the Indenture, (a) will be discharged from any
   and all obligations in respect of the Securities (except for certain
   obligations to register the transfer and exchange of such Securities,
   to replace mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities, to
   compensate, reimburse and indemnify the Trustee, to maintain an office
   or agency with respect to the Securities and to hold moneys for
   payment in trust) or (b) may omit to comply with certain restrictive
   covenants contained in the Indenture, in each case upon irrevocable
   deposit with the Trustee in trust of money or U.S. government
   securities (as described in the Indenture) or a combination thereof,
   which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof
   in accordance with their terms will provide money in an amount
   sufficient to discharge the principal of and interest on such
   Securities on the Stated Maturity of such principal or interest.

             This Security shall be governed and construed in accordance
   with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to its
   conflicts of law principles.

             Except as otherwise defined herein, all terms used in this
   Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
   assigned to them in the Indenture.

             Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder
   of Securities or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common),
   TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with
   right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST
   (=custodian), and 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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             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 Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably
   constitutes and appoints ____________________________________________

   Attorney to transfer said Note 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 whatever.






















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