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                                                                   Exhibit 10.26

                                AMENDMENT TO THE

                     RAYOVAC 401(k) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN


WHEREAS, Rayovac Corporation (the "Employer") heretofore adopted the Rayovac
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (the "Plan"); and

WHEREAS, the Employer reserved the right to amend the Plan; and

WHEREAS, the Employer desires to amend the Plan;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended, effective as of July 31,2003, as
follows:

1.   Section 2.1 of the Plan shall be amended by adding the following paragraph
     to the conclusion of said Section:

     Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, any Employee of the Employer's
     Dixon Division who:

     (i)     is employed in a contingent job classification, and

     (ii)    is not in an excluded class of Employees described in the preceding
             paragraph

     shall become a Participant in the Plan effective as of the first day of the
     month coincident with or next following the Employee's completion of a
     twelve (12)-month period of employment with the Employer, measured from the
     Employee's Employment Date.

2.   Article Two of the Plan shall be amended by the addition of the following
     Section 2.1A:

     2.1A    SERVICE IN EXCLUDED JOB CLASSIFICATIONS OR WITH RELATED COMPANIES

     (a)     SERVICE WHILE A MEMBER OF AN INELIGIBLE CLASSIFICATION OF
             EMPLOYEES. An Employee who is a member of an ineligible
             classification of Employees shall not be eligible to participate in
             the Plan while a member of such ineligible classification. However,
             if any such Employee is transferred to an eligible classification,
             such Employee shall be credited with any prior periods of Service
             completed while a member of such an ineligible classification. For
             this purpose, an Employee shall be considered a member of an
             ineligible classification of Employees for any period during

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             which he is employed in a job classification which is excluded from
             participating in the Plan under Section 2.1.

     (b)     SERVICE WITH RELATED GROUP MEMBERS.  For each Plan Year in which
             the Employer is a member of a "related group", as hereinafter
             defined, all Service of an Employee or Leased Employee (hereinafter
             collectively referred to as "Employee" solely for purposes of this
             Section 2.1A(b)) with anyone or more members of such related group
             shall be treated as employment by the Employer. The transfer of
             employment by any such Employee to another member of the related
             group shall not be deemed to constitute a retirement or other
             termination of employment by the Employee, but the Employee shall
             be deemed to have continued in employment with the Employer. For
             purposes of this subsection (b), "related group" shall mean the
             Employer and all corporations, trades or businesses (whether or not
             incorporated) which constitute a controlled group of corporations
             with the Employer, a group of trades or businesses under common
             control with the Employer, or an affiliated service group which
             includes the Employer, within the meaning of Section 414(b),
             Section 414(c), or Section 414(m), respectively, of the Code or any
             other entity required to be aggregated under Code Section 414(o).

     (c)     CONSTRUCTION. This Section is included in the Plan to comply with
             the Code provisions regarding the crediting of Service, and not to
             extend any additional rights to Employees in ineligible
             classifications other than as required by the Code and regulations
             thereunder.

3.   Section 3.2(e) of the Plan shall be amended by adding the following
     paragraph to the conclusion of said Section:

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the Plan Year beginning January 1, 2003,
     at the discretion of the Employer's board of directors, all or a portion of
     the contribution under Section 3.2(c) for the Plan Year may provide an
     allocation to "qualifying Participants" (within the meaning of Section
     3.2(b)) equal to the difference between (i) the amount which would have
     been allocated under said Section 3.2(b) had the Participant's actual age
     been utilized during a Plan Year and (ii) the amount allocated under such
     Section.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Employer, by its duly authorized officer, has caused
this Amendment to be executed on the 23 day of July, 2003.

                                                   RAYOVAC CORPORATION

                                                   By:  /s/ Kent J. Hussey
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