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        <issuerName>JACUZZI BRANDS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>JJZ</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001224010</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>DEVINE DONALD</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>PHILLIPS POINT - WEST TOWER</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>777 FLAGLER DRIVE, STE 1108</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>WEST PALM BEACH</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>FL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>33401</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
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         <isDirector>0</isDirector>
         <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
         <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
         <isOther>0</isOther>
         <officerTitle>PRESIDENT &amp; COO</officerTitle>
      </reportingOwnerRelationship>
   </reportingOwner>
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      <securityTitle>
         <value>Common Stock</value>
      </securityTitle>
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         <value>2003-08-14</value>
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      <transactionAmounts>
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           <value>5000</value>
         </transactionShares>
         <transactionPricePerShare>
           <value>5.05</value>
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         <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
           <value>A</value>
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         <value>Common Stock</value>
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           <value>2000</value>
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         <transactionPricePerShare>
           <value>4.69</value>
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         <directOrIndirectOwnership>
            <value>D</value>
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         <value>Common Stock</value>
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         <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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         <natureOfOwnership>
            <value>HELD IN EMPLOYEE RSIP ACCOUNT</value>
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      <securityTitle>
         <value>Stock Option</value>
      </securityTitle>
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         <value>2.82</value>
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      <exerciseDate>
         <value>2006-12-04</value>
      </exerciseDate>
      <expirationDate>
         <value>2012-12-04</value>
      </expirationDate>
      <underlyingSecurity>
         <underlyingSecurityTitle>
           <value>Stock Option</value>
         </underlyingSecurityTitle>
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         <value>Stock Option</value>
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         <value>2006-06-10</value>
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         <underlyingSecurityTitle>
           <value>Stock Option</value>
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           <value>D</value>
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      <securityTitle>
         <value>Stock Option</value>
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      <conversionOrExercisePrice>
         <value>4.52</value>
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      <exerciseDate>
         <value>2007-04-21</value>
      </exerciseDate>
      <expirationDate>
         <value>2013-04-21</value>
      </expirationDate>
      <underlyingSecurity>
         <underlyingSecurityTitle>
           <value>Stock Option</value>
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           <value>100000</value>
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         <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
           <value>100000</value>
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         <directOrIndirectOwnership>
           <value>D</value>
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   <footnotes>
      <footnote id="F1"> The USI Retirement Savings &amp; Investment Plan provides for unit value accounting, not share accounting, with respect to each participant's balance in the Company Stock Fund, similar to a mutual fund. Unitization accounting of the Company Stock Fund provides that Mr. Devine's proportionate value of his interest in the Company Stock Fund is consistently determined, and the share equivalencies are noted above, not an actual number of shares.</footnote>
   </footnotes>
   <ownerSignature>
      <signatureName>DONALD C. DEVINE By: /s/ Alan Schutzman, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
      <signatureDate>2003-08-14</signatureDate>
   </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>

