LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
      I, Ann F. Hackett, hereby constitute and appoint each of ANGELA M. PLA, 
LAUREN S. TASHMA, and MARK A. ROCHE, to serve as my Attorneys-In-Fact and 
Agents to exercise the powers and discretions set forth below:
      1.        To execute on my behalf any and all Securities and Exchange Commission 
("SEC") (i) Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules thereunder, relating to the disclosure 
of my beneficial ownership of securities in Fortune Brands, Inc. (the "Company") and (ii) 
Forms 144 in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), 
and the rules thereunder, relating to my transactions in the securities of the Company; and
      2.        Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which 
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, 5 or Form 144 
and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority and take 
any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the 
opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally 
required by, the undersigned.
      The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorneys-in-fact full power and authority 
to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to 
be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents 
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of 
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact shall 
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers 
herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in 
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the 
Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of 
the Securities Exchange Act or Rule 144 of the Securities Act.
      This Power of Attorney shall at all times be binding with respect to all actions taken 
by the attorney-in-fact in accordance with the terms of this Power of Attorney.  The powers 
granted by this Power of Attorney shall begin on December 4, 2007 and shall lapse and cease 
to have any effect on December 31, 2009.
      I, Ann F. Hackett, have executed this Limited Power of Attorney on this 4th day of 
December, 2007.
      
      
                                                      /s/ Ann F. Hackett                        
                                                      Ann F. Hackett