LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

I, Patrick J. Koley, hereby constitute and appoint each of ANGELA M. PLA,
LAUREN S. TASHMA and MARK A. ROCHE to serve as my Attorneys-In-Fact and Agents
to exercise the powers and discretions set forth below:

1. To execute on my behalf any and all Securities and Exchange Commission
("SEC") (i) Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules thereunder, relating to the
disclosure of my beneficial ownership of securities in Fortune Brands, Inc. (the
"Company") and (ii) Forms 144 in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"), and the rules thereunder, relating to my transactions in the securities
of the Company; and

      2.        Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, 5 or Form 144
and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority and
take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the
opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
required by, the undersigned.
      The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorneys-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or
proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to
all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full
power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-
in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned?s responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act or Rule 144 of the Securities Act.
      This Power of Attorney shall at all times be binding with respect to all actions taken
by the attorney-in-fact in accordance with the terms of this Power of Attorney. The powers
granted by this Power of Attorney shall begin on January 1, 2010 and shall lapse and cease
to have any effect on December 31, 2011.
      I, Patrick J. Koley, have executed this Limited Power of Attorney on this _8th __
day of December, 2009.


                                                              /s/ Patrick J. Koley
                                                      Patrick J. Koley

State of Illinois
County of Lake

Subscribed and sworn to me
on this 8th day of December, 2009.

/s/ Kate M. Budin
Notary Public

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