Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 11, 2011

 

 

Fortune Brands, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-9076   13-3295276

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

520 Lake Cook Road

Deerfield, IL 60015

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(847) 484-4400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 8.01. Other Events.

On August 11, 2011, Fortune Brands, Inc. (the “Company”), issued a press release reporting preliminary results for its previously announced tender offers of certain Company notes for up to an aggregate purchase price of $1 billion. The Company also announced that it has increased the maximum aggregate purchase price of Company notes that may be purchased in the tender offers from $1 billion to $1.05 billion and, due to the success of its tender offers to date, that it is terminating the tender offers for certain Company notes. The press release is attached herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

99.1    Press release of Fortune Brands, Inc. dated August 11, 2011.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

   

FORTUNE BRANDS, INC.

(Registrant)

Date: August 11, 2011     By:  

/s/ Mark A. Roche

      Name:   Mark A. Roche
      Title:  

Senior Vice President,

General Counsel and Secretary


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

99.1    Press release of Fortune Brands, Inc. dated August 11, 2011.