Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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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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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
WESLEY NORMAN H
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
FORTUNE BRANDS INC [FO] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chairman & CEO
(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               126,253 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) $ 23.35 (1)             09/26/2001 09/26/2010 Common 205,984 (1)   205,984 D  
Options (Right to Buy) $ 30.54 (1)             09/24/2002 09/24/2011 Common 196,149 (1)   196,149 D  
Options (Right to Buy) $ 46.78 (1)             09/23/2003 09/23/2012 Common 198,000 (1)   198,000 D  
Options (Right to Buy) $ 54.75 (1)             09/29/2004 09/29/2013 Common 198,814 (1)   198,814 D  
Options (Right to Buy) $ 68.89 (1)             09/28/2005 09/28/2014 Common 199,423 (1)   199,423 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
WESLEY NORMAN H
300 TOWER PARKWAY
LINCOLNSHIRE, IL 60069		   X     Chairman & CEO  

Signatures

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

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** 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 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 options grants immediately before the spin-off would be the same immediately after the spin-off.  Mr. Wesley directly owns 126,253 shares of the issuer's common stock and options to purchase 998,370 shares of the issuer's common stock.

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