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Annual Meeting Results
The Fortune Brands Annual Meeting of Stockholders was held on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at the Westin North Shore in Wheeling, Illinois. Fortune Brands stockholders holding more than 86.30% of the Company's stock were represented in person or by proxy.
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Item 1 The company's nominees, Bruce A. Carbonari, Ann F. Hackett, David M. Thomas, and Ronald V. Waters, III, were elected to serve terms expiring in 2012. |
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Item 2 the election of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm was approved. |
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Item 3 the approval of an amendment to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation to provide for the annual election of directors was approved. |
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Item 4 a stockholder proposal entitled "Adopt Simple Majority Vote" was approved. |
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