EXHIBIT 21
THE GILLETTE COMPANY - Subsidiaries
Name Organized Under Laws Of
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Gillette Argentina S.A. Argentina
Gillette Australia Pty. Ltd. Australia
Gillette Berlin Holding GmbH and Gillette Verwaltungs GmbH Germany
Partners in:
Gillette Deutschland GmbH & Co. Germany
Gillette Holding GmbH Germany
Its subsidiary:
Gillette Beteiligungs GmbH Germany
Its subsidiaries:
Consul GmbH Germany
Partners in:
Braun de Mexico y Cia. de C.V. Mexico
Braun Beteiligungsverwaltungs GmbH Germany
Braun Espanola, S.A. Spain
Gillette Canada Holdings, Inc., and Services CV Management Ltd. Delaware and Bermuda
Partners in:
Series International C.V. Netherlands
Its subsidiary:
Gillette Group (Europe) Holdings B.V. Netherlands
Its subsidiaries:
Gillette Group Switzerland AG Switzerland
Gillette Group International Sarl Switzerland
Its subsidiary:
Gillette Trading Sarl Switzerland
Silk-Epil S.A.S. France
Gillette Canada Overseas Holding Company Nova Scotia
Its subsidiary:
Oral-B Laboratories International LLC Delaware
Its subsidiary:
Oral-B Laboratories Islands Ltd. Cayman Islands
Braun Oral-B Ireland Limited Ireland
Its subsidiary:
Gilfin B.V. Netherlands
Its subsidiary:
Parkfin Ltd. United Kingdom
Gillette Latin America Holding B.V. Netherlands
Its subsidiary:
Gillette do Brasil Ltda. Brazil
Gillette Canada Holdings, Inc. Delaware
Its subsidiary:
Gillette Canada Company Nova Scotia
Its subsidiary:
Gillette Nova Scotia Company Nova Scotia
Partners in:
Oral-B Laboratories Delaware
Productos Gillette Chile Limitada Chile
Gillette de Colombia S.A. Colombia
Gillette Eastern Europe, Inc. and Gillette Czech, Inc. Delaware
Partners in:
Gillette Czech s.r.o. Czech Republic
Gillette Group Danmark A/S Denmark
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Name Organized Under Laws Of
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Gillette Hong Kong Limited Hong Kong
Gillette Foreign Sales Corporation Limited Jamaica
Gillette International B.V. Netherlands
Its subsidiaries:
Grupo Gillette Espana S.L. Spain
Gillette (China) Limited China
Its subsidiary:
Braun (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. China
Gillette Korea Limited Korea
Groupe Gillette France S.A. France
Compania Giva, S.A. Delaware
Gillette Safety Razor Company Massachusetts
Its subsidiary:
Gillette Group Italy S.p.A. Italy
Gillette Japan Inc. Delaware
Gillette Management Inc. Delaware
Gillette de Mexico, Inc. Delaware
Its subsidiary:
Gillette Fountain LLC Delaware
Its subsidiary:
Grupo Gillette, S.A. de C.V. Mexico
Gillette del Peru, Inc. and Lima Manufacturing Company Delaware
Partners in:
Gillette del Peru, S.C. Peru
Gillette (Philippines), Inc. Philippines
Gillette Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. Turkey
Gillette Group South Africa (Pty.) Limited South Africa
Gillette South Asia Inc. and Saratoga Investment, Inc. Delaware
Their subsidiary:
Gillette Group India Private Limited India
Gillette Industries Limited United Kingdom
Its subsidiaries:
Gillette Group UK Limited United Kingdom
Gillette U.K. Limited United Kingdom
Duracell Batteries Limited United Kingdom
NV Duracell Batteries S.A. Belgium
Gillette Petersburg Investment Inc. Delaware
Its subsidiaries:
Gillette Group LLC Russia
Petersburg Products International zao Russia
Gillette Poland S.A. Poland
Gillette Home Diagnostics, Inc. Delaware
Its subsidiary:
Thermoscan Inc. Delaware
Gillette Oral Care, Inc. Delaware
All of the voting securities of each subsidiary listed above are owned by
its parent companies, partners or members. The percentage ownership in Gillette
India Limited, Shenmei Daily Use Products Limited Company, Gillette (Shanghai)
Limited, Gillette Pakistan Limited, Duracell (China) Limited and Gillette
(Shanghai) Sales Company Limited is 75%, 75%, 72%, 76.8%, 90% and 90%,
respectively.
There are a number of additional subsidiaries in the United States and
foreign countries which, considered in the aggregate, do not constitute a
significant subsidiary.
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