Fortune Brands Declares Regular Dividend

DEERFIELD, Ill.--(Business Wire)--Fortune Brands, Inc. (NYSE: FO), a leading consumer brands
company, today declared a regular dividend of 42 cents per share on
the Common Stock, payable in cash on March 3, 2008, to stockholders of
record at the close of business February 6, 2008.

The company also declared a regular dividend of 66.75 cents per
share on the $2.67 Convertible Preferred Stock, payable in cash on
March 10, 2008, to stockholders of record at the close of business
February 6, 2008.

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 distilled spirits, home
and hardware, and golf products. Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc. is
the company's premium spirits business. Major spirits brands include
Jim Beam and Maker's Mark bourbon, Sauza tequila, Canadian Club
whisky, Courvoisier cognac, Teacher's and Laphroaig Scotch, and
DeKuyper cordials. Home and hardware brands include Moen faucets,
Aristokraft, Omega, Diamond and Kitchen Craft cabinetry, Therma-Tru
door systems, Simonton windows, Master Lock padlocks and Waterloo tool
storage sold by units of Fortune Brands Home & Hardware LLC. 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, the MSCI World Index and the Ocean Tomo 300(TM) Patent
Index.

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Fortune Brands, Inc.
Media Relations:
Clarkson Hine
(847) 484-4415
or
Investor Relations:
Tony Diaz
(847) 484-4410

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