Fortune Brands Live Webcast Advisory; Company Presentation on September 22nd at the Bank of America Investment Conference to be Available Live on Internet

Business Wire, Sept 14, 2005

LINCOLNSHIRE, ILL. -- Fortune Brands, Inc. (NYSE:FO) today announced that the company's September 22nd presentation to the Bank of America Investment Conference will be available live over the Internet.

The presentation by Fortune Brands Senior Vice President and CFO Craig Omtvedt will begin at approximately 11:00 a.m. ET on Thursday, September 22, 2005. To access the webcast, go to "Webcasts" in the Investor Relations section of the Fortune Brands web site, www.fortunebrands.com. It is recommended that listeners log on 10 minutes prior to the start of the presentation.

An internet replay of the presentation will be available at www.fortunebrands.com after the live presentation on September 22, 2005.

Fortune Brands, Inc. is a leading consumer brands company with annual sales exceeding $7 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, Master Lock padlocks and Waterloo tool storage sold by units of Fortune Brands Home & Hardware LLC. Jim Beam Brands Worldwide, Inc. is the company's spirits and wine business. Major spirits and wine brands include Jim Beam and Knob Creek bourbons, Sauza tequila, Canadian Club whisky, Courvoisier cognac, DeKuyper cordials, Starbucks(TM) Coffee Liqueur, Laphroaig single malt Scotch, Vox vodka and Clos du Bois and Geyser Peak wines. Acushnet Company's golf brands include Titleist, Cobra and FootJoy. Fortune Brands, headquartered in Lincolnshire, 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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