Fortune Brands to Webcast October 27th Conference Call on Third Quarter Results.

DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Fortune Brands, Inc. (NYSE:FO), a leading consumer brands company, will offer a live Internet webcast of its third quarter results conference call. The webcast will be available under "Webcasts and Presentations" in the Investor Relations section of the company's web site, www.fortunebrands.com,

The conference call will feature comments on Fortune Brands' third quarter results by chairman & chief executive officer Norm Wesley and chief financial officer Craig Omtvedt. The company plans to report results for the third quarter on the morning of October 27th, prior to the conference call.

An Internet replay of the conference call will be available at www.fortunebrands.com beginning the afternoon of October 27th.

Individuals without Internet access may listen to the call by dialing 1-877-226-0730 prior to 10:00 a.m. ET on October 27th.

Fortune Brands, Inc. is a leading consumer brands company with annual sales exceeding $8 billion. Its operating companies have premier brands and leading market positions in home and hardware products, spirits and wine, and golf equipment. Home and hardware brands include Moen faucets, Aristokraft, Omega, Diamond and Schrock cabinets, Therma-Tru door systems, Simonton windows, Master Lock padlocks and Waterloo tool storage sold by units of Fortune Brands Home & Hardware LLC. Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc. is the company's spirits and wine business. Major spirits and wine brands include Jim Beam and Maker's Mark bourbons, Sauza tequila, Canadian Club whisky, Courvoisier cognac, DeKuyper cordials, Starbucks[TM] liqueurs, Laphroaig single malt Scotch and Clos du Bois and Geyser Peak wines. Acushnet Company's golf brands include Titleist, Cobra and FootJoy. Fortune Brands, headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol FO and is included in the S&P 500 Index and the MSCI World Index.

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