X0202 4 2008-01-28 0 0000789073 FORTUNE BRANDS INC FO 0001224021 CARBONARI BRUCE A 520 LAKE COOK ROAD DEERFIELD IL 60015 0 1 0 0 President and CEO Common Stock, Par Value $3.125 2008-01-28 4 I 0 14188 66.99 A 14188 I By Fortune Brands, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan Trust Common Stock, Par Value $3.125 30465 D Reflects the transfer of assets within the Fortune Brands Retirement Savings Plan into the issuer's stock fund. The number of shares reported as held by the Fortune Brands, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan Trust represents the undersigned's proportional beneficial interest in the common stock held in the Trust as of January 28, 2008. On January 28, 2008, Mr. Carbonari elected to transfer assets to the Fortune Brands stock fund, an investment option available to participants in the Fortune Brands, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan. As a result, Mr. Carbonari increased his indirect ownership to 14,188 shares of the issuer's common stock through his participation in the Fortune Brands Retirement Savings Plan Trust. He continues to directly own 30,465 shares of Fortune Brands common stock and holds options to purchase 644,590 shares of the issuer's common stock. Mark A. Roche, Attorney-in-fact for Bruce A. Carbonari 2008-01-29