FOR:  Jarden Corporation

                                  CONTACT:  Martin E. Franklin
                                            Chairman and
                                            Chief Executive Officer
                                            Jarden Corporation
                                            914-967-9400

                                            Investor Relations:
                                            Cara O'Brien/Melissa Myron
                                            Press: Evan Goetz/Jennifer McCullam
                                            Financial Dynamics
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                 JARDEN CORPORATION COMPLETES LEHIGH ACQUISITION

RYE, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 2, 2003 - JARDEN CORPORATION (NYSE: JAH) today
announced it has completed the acquisition of Lehigh Consumer Products
Corporation ("Lehigh"), previously announced on August 18, 2003, for
approximately $155 million in cash. The transaction was financed through
borrowings under the Company's amended and restated credit facility.

Lehigh is the largest supplier of rope, cord and twine for the U.S. consumer
marketplace and is a leader in innovative storage and organization products for
the home and garage as well as products in the security door and fencing market.

The addition of Lehigh expands the Company's presence in the home improvement
and do-it-yourself markets and provides significant potential cross-selling
opportunities with Jarden's established retail customer base. Lehigh continues
the Company's strategy to grow and diversify its portfolio of niche consumer
products used in and around the home.

Martin E. Franklin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said, "The acquisition
of Lehigh marks a significant step in our strategy to selectively but
aggressively expand our product and customer base. We intend to provide the
resources to maximize the growth potential of Lehigh, while maintaining its
historically strong profitability. We remain confident that the transaction will
be accretive to earnings during fiscal 2003 and beyond."

Jarden Corporation is a leading provider of niche consumer products used in and
around the home under well-known brand names including Ball(R), Bernardin(R),
Crawford(R), Diamond(R), FoodSaver(R), Forster(R), Kerr(R), Lehigh(R) and
Leslie-Locke(R). In North America, Jarden is the market leader in several
consumer categories, including home canning, home vacuum packaging, kitchen
matches, branded retail plastic cutlery, toothpicks, and rope, cord and twine.
Jarden also manufactures zinc strip and a wide array of plastic products for
third party consumer product and medical companies, as well as its own
businesses.

Note: This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning
of the federal securities laws and is intended to qualify for the Safe Harbor
from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995, including statements regarding the outlook for Jarden's markets and the
demand for its products. These projections and statements are based on
management's estimates and assumptions with respect to future events and
financial performance and are believed to be reasonable, though are inherently
uncertain and difficult to predict. Actual results could differ materially from
those projected as a result of certain factors. A discussion of factors that
could cause results to vary is included in the Company's periodic and other
reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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