When did The Gillette Company buy and sell its brands?

The Gillette Company has completed 0 recorded acquisitions and 1 divestiture or spin-off, spanning 2005 to 2005.

Date	Type	Assets	Counterparty	Value
Oct 2005	Acquisition (sold)	Gillette, Oral-B, Braun and Venus	Procter & Gamble	$57bn

2005

Acquisition closed Closed 1 October 2005

Procter & Gamble acquires Gillette, Oral-B, Braun and Venus

Procter & Gamble acquired The Gillette Company in an all-stock deal, adding razors, Oral-B and Braun and making it the largest consumer goods company in the world at the time. Regulators required divestitures in electric toothbrushes and deodorants.

Value: $57bn
Buyer: Procter & Gamble
Seller: The Gillette Company
Regulatory: None recorded

Brands The Gillette Company once owned

Ownership recorded here as having ended, whether or not a deal record with a filing behind it exists for the transfer.

Brand	Owned from	Until	Owner today
Oral-B	—	Oct 2005	Procter & Gamble
Braun	—	Oct 2005	Procter & Gamble
Gillette	Jan 1901	Oct 2005	Procter & Gamble
Venus	Jan 2001	Oct 2005	Procter & Gamble