SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Elias Charles E Jr (Last) (First) (Middle) FORTUNE BRANDS HOME & SECURITY, INC. 520 LAKE COOK ROAD (Street) DEERFIELD IL 60015 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 01/07/2013	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. [ FBHS ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Sr VP-Strategy & Corp. Develop	5. If Amendment, Date of 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

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01	0	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

	Angela M. Pla, Attorney-in-Fact for Charles E. Elias	01/11/2013
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

I, Charles E. Elias, Jr., hereby constitute and appoint each of ANGELA M. PLA
and LAUREN S. TASHMA 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 Home & Security, 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 7, 2013 and shall lapse and cease to have any effect on
December 31, 2013.

I, Charles E. Elias, Jr., have executed this Limited Power of Attorney
on this 8th day of January, 2013.


/s/ Charles E. Elias, Jr.
Charles E. Elias, Jr.