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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * HEIDRICH NADINE A   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol FORTUNE BRANDS INC [FO] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) VP and Corporate Controller (Last) (First) (Middle) 300 TOWER PARKWAY 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/16/2005 (Street) LINCOLNSHIRE, IL 60069 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock, Par Value $3.125               3,224 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Options (Right to Buy)

$ 30.54 (1)

09/24/2002

09/24/2011

Common

14,588 (1)

14,588

D

Options (Right to Buy)

$ 46.78 (1)

09/23/2003

09/23/2012

Common

15,743 (1)

15,743

D

Options (Right to Buy)

$ 54.75 (1)

09/29/2004

09/29/2013

Common

15,743 (1)

15,743

D

Options (Right to Buy)

$ 68.89 (1)

09/28/2005

09/28/2014

Common

15,743 (1)

15,743

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
HEIDRICH NADINE A 300 TOWER PARKWAY LINCOLNSHIRE, IL 60069			VP and Corporate Controller

Signatures

Mark A. Roche, Attorney-in-Fact for Nadine A. Heidrich		09/19/2005
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

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**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	In connection with the spin-off of ACCO World Corporation (now known as ACCO Brands Corporation) on August 16, 2005, anti-dilution adjustments were made to the outstanding options to preserve their pre-transaction values. Accordingly, the exercise price and the number of options granted under the issuer's 1990, 1999 and 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plans were adjusted.
Remarks: On August 16, 2005, the issuer spun-off ACCO World Corporation (now known as ACCO Brands Corporation), its office products business, to stockholders of record on August 9, 2005.  As a result of the spin-off, the exercise price and the number of outstanding options granted under the issuer's 1990, 1999 and 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plans were adjusted to ensure that the aggregate option spread on all option grants immediately before the spin-off would be the same immediately after the spin-off.  Ms. Heidrich directly owns 3,224 shares of the issuer's common stock and options to purchase 61,817 shares of the issuer's common stock.

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