Exhibit 99.1


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with the Annual Report of Energizer Holdings, Inc. (the "Company")
on  Form  10-K  for  the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002 as filed with the
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  on the date hereof  (the "Report"), I, J.
Patrick  Mulcahy, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify pursuant to 18
U.S.C.   1350,  as  adopted pursuant to   906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,
that,  to  my  best  knowledge:

     (1)     The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
15(d)  of  the  Securities  Exchange  Act  of  1934;  and

     (2)     The  information  contained  in  the Report fairly presents, in all
material  respects,  the  financial  condition  and  result of operations of the
Company.



/s/  J.  Patrick  Mulcahy
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J.  Patrick  Mulcahy
Chief  Executive  Officer