As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2009

Registration No. 333-103735

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Under

The Securities Act of 1933

 

 

FORTUNE BRANDS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware		13-3295276
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

520 Lake Cook Road, Deerfield, Illinois 60015

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

 

Future Brands LLC Retirement Savings Plan

(Full Title of the Plan)

 

 

 

MARK A. ROCHE, ESQ.,		Copy to:
Senior Vice President, General Counsel		STEVEN J. GAVIN, ESQ.
and Secretary		WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
FORTUNE BRANDS, INC		35 West Wacker Drive
520 Lake Cook Road		Chicago, Illinois 60601
Deerfield, Illinois 60015
(Name and address of agent for service)

Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: (847) 484-4400

 

 

 

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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

Fortune Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) registered, pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration Number 333-103735) (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 11, 2003, up to 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock in connection with the offering of a Company stock fund investment option under the Future Brands LLC Retirement Savings Plan (the “Plan”). As of December 31, 2008, the Plan was merged with and into the Fortune Brands Retirement Savings Plan (“RSP”) and all assets of the Plan were transferred to the RSP as of such date. Pursuant to the undertakings set forth in its Registration Statement, the Company hereby amends the Registration Statement to remove from registration any and all remaining shares of common stock and the indeterminate amount of plan interests registered under the Registration Statement which have not been issued under the Plan as of the date specified below.

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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 Deerfield, State of Illinois, on this 28th day of April, 2009.

 

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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, 2009.

 

Signature				Title
/s/ Bruce A. Carbonari				Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
(Bruce A. Carbonari)				(principal executive officer)
/s/ Craig P. Omtvedt				Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Craig P. Omtvedt)				(principal financial officer)
/s/ Edward A. Wiertel				Vice President and Corporate Controller
(Edward A. Wiertel)				(principal accounting officer)
/s/ Richard A. Goldstein				Director
(Richard A. Goldstein)
/s/ Ann F. Hackett				Director
(Ann F. Hackett)
/s/ Pierre E. Leroy				Director
(Pierre E. Leroy)
/s/ A.D. David Mackay				Director
(A.D. David Mackay)
/s/ Anne M. Tatlock				Director
(Anne M. Tatlock)
/s/ David M. Thomas				Director
(David M. Thomas)
/s/ Ronald V. Waters, III				Director
(Ronald V. Waters, III)
/s/ Norman H. Wesley				Director
(Norman H. Wesley)
/s/ Peter M. Wilson				Director
(Peter M. Wilson)

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned (or other persons who administer the Plan) have duly caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the Village of Deerfield, Illinois on April 28, 2009.