Registration No. 333-95925
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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FORTUNE BRANDS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware 13-3295276
(State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.)
300 Tower Parkway, Lincolnshire, Illinois 60069
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
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Fortune Brands
Hourly Employee Retirement Savings Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
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MARK A. ROCHE, ESQ., Copy to:
Senior Vice President, General Counsel EDWARD P. SMITH, ESQ.
and Secretary CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP
FORTUNE BRANDS, INC. 30 Rockefeller Plaza
300 Tower Parkway New York, New York 10112
Lincolnshire, Illinois 60069
(Name and address of agent for service)
Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: (847) 484-4400
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Adding Exhibits and Furnishing Consent
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
The prospectus, containing information required by Part I of Form S-8
and related to this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Fortune Brands, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-95925), is omitted from
this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 in accordance with the Note to Part I of
Form S-8.
The Plan changed its name from the MasterBrand Industries, Inc. Hourly
Employee Savings Plan to the Fortune Brands Hourly Employee Retirement Savings
Plan on October 1, 1999.
Fortune Brands changed its name from American Brands, Inc. to Fortune
Brands, Inc. on May 30, 1997.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits
23a2 - Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent accountants.
*24a1 - Power of Attorney authorizing certain persons to sign this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on behalf of certain directors and officers of
Registrant.
*24b1- Power of Attorney authorizing certain persons to sign this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on behalf of administrators of the Plan.
99a1 - Fortune Brands Hourly Employee Retirement Savings Plan, as
amended and restated effective as of October 1, 1999.
99b1 - Fortune Brands, Inc. Savings Plan Master Trust, effective as of
October 1, 1999, between Registrant and Fidelity Management Trust Company.
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*Previously filed in the Registration Statement on Form S-8
(Registration No. 333-95925) filed February 1, 2000.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Village of
Lincolnshire, State of Illinois, on this 28th day of April, 2000.
FORTUNE BRANDS, INC.
By /s/ Michael R. Mathieson
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(Michael R. Mathieson, Vice President
and Chief Accounting Officer)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on this 28th day of
April, 2000.
Signature Title
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Norman H. Wesley* Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
- ----------------------------------------------------- Officer (principal executive officer) and
(Norman H. Wesley) Director
Craig P. Omtvedt* Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
- ----------------------------------------------------- Officer
(Craig P. Omtvedt) (principal financial officer)
/s/ Michael R. Mathieson Vice President and Chief
- ----------------------------------------------------- Accounting Officer
(Michael R. Mathieson) (principal accounting officer)
Eugene R. Anderson* Director
- -----------------------------------------------------
(Eugene R. Anderson)
Patricia O. Ewers* Director
- -----------------------------------------------------
(Patricia O. Ewers)
Thomas C. Hays* Director
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(Thomas C. Hays)
John W. Johnstone, Jr.* Director
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(John W. Johnstone, Jr.)
Signature Title
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Sidney J. Kirschner* Director
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(Sidney J. Kirschner)
Gordon R. Lohman* Director
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(Gordon R. Lohman)
Charles H. Pistor, Jr.* Director
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(Charles H. Pistor, Jr.)
Eugene A. Renna* Director
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(Eugene A. Renna)
Anne M. Tatlock* Director
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(Anne M. Tatlock)
Peter M. Wilson* Director
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(Peter M. Wilson)
*By: /s/ A. Robert Colby
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(A. Robert Colby, Attorney-in-Fact)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Plan
has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No.1 to the Registration Statement
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
Village of Lincolnshire, State of Illinois, on this 28th day of April, 2000.
FORTUNE BRANDS HOURLY EMPLOYEE
RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
By Norman H. Wesley*
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(Norman H. Wesley, Chairman,
MasterBrand Industries, Inc. Retirement
Plan Investment Committee)
*By /s/ A. Robert Colby
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(A. Robert Colby, Attorney-in-Fact)