Fortune Brands Spirits & Wine Acquisition Conference Call and Live Internet Webcast Today at 8:30 AM ET.LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill. -- Fortune Brands, Inc. (NYSE NYSESee: New York Stock Exchange :FO) will hold a conference call today at 8:30 AM ET to discuss today's announcement that it will purchase several of the premium spirits and wine brands included in Pernod Ricard's proposed acquisition of Allied Domecq. A live Internet webcast of the conference call will be available in the Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. section of the www.fortunebrands.com website. It is recommended that listeners log on 10 minutes prior to the start of the call. An Internet replay of the conference call will be available at www.fortunebrands.com within two hours of the completion of the call. Individuals without Internet access may listen to the call by dialing 877-226-0730 (or 706-643-3726 from outside the United States) prior to 8:30 AM ET. About Fortune Brands Fortune Brands, Inc. is a $7 billion leading consumer brands company. Its operating companies have premier brands and leading market positions in home and hardware products, spirits and wine, golf equipment and office products. Home and hardware brands include Moen faucets, Aristokraft, Schrock, Diamond and Omega cabinets, Therma-Tru door systems, Master Lock padlocks and Waterloo tool storage sold by units of Fortune Brands Home & Hardware, Inc. Major spirits and wine brands sold by units of Jim Beam Brands Worldwide, Inc. include Jim Beam and Knob Creek bourbons, DeKuyper cordials, Starbucks(TM) Coffee Liqueur, The Dalmore single malt The Dalmore is a single malt scotch whisky distilled in Alness, Scotland, about 20 miles north of Inverness. Its location and flavor qualify it as a "highland malt." The distillery was founded in 1839 by Alexander Matheson. Scotch, Vox vodka and Geyser geyser (gī`zər) [Icel.], hot spring from which water and steam are ejected periodically to heights ranging from a few to several hundred feet. Peak and Wild Horse wines. Acushnet Company's golf brands include Titleist, Cobra and FootJoy. Office brands include Swingline, Wilson Jones, Kensington and Day-Timer sold by units of ACCO ACCO American College of Chiropractic Orthopedists ACCO Association of County Commissioners of Oklahoma ACCo American Cyanamid Company ACCO Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Organization ACCO American Clip Company ACCO Assistant Central Control Officer World Corporation. Fortune Brands, headquartered in Lincolnshire, Illinois, is traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the ticker symbol FO and is included in the S&P 500 Index and the MSCI World Index See Morgan Stanley Capital International World Index. . Fortune Brands' market capitalization is approximately $12 billion. To receive company news releases by e-mail, please visit www.fortunebrands.com. |
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