Edgar Filing: Brown Owsley III

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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Brown Owsley III

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BROWN FORMAN CORP [BFA, BFB]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

850 DIXIE HIGHWAY

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
07/11/2012

(Street)

LOUISVILLE, KY 40210

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)
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Class A Common	12/26/2012		G	V	14,416	D	$ 0	0 ⁽¹⁾	D
Class A Common								36,746 ⁽²⁾	I	GRAT
Class A Common								18 ⁽³⁾	I	Eleanor Lee Trusts
Class A Common								316,837 ⁽⁴⁾	I	Hebe Three Limited Partnership
Class A Common								13,063 ⁽⁵⁾	I	Woodford Partners California, LLC
Class A Common								49,257 ⁽⁶⁾	I	Longview Charitable LP
Class A Common								2,745 ⁽⁷⁾	I	Trust fbo child
Class A Common								2,500 ⁽⁸⁾	I	Trust fbo Victoire Brown
Class A Common								9,970 ⁽⁹⁾	I	Trust fbo child
Class A Common								10,162 ⁽¹⁰⁾	I	Trust fbo child
Class A Common								20,439 ⁽¹¹⁾	I	Trust fbo Owsley Brown III
Class A Common								3,330,115 ⁽¹²⁾	I	Olympus Three, LLC
Class B Common	07/11/2012		W	V	12	A	$ 0	68,532 ⁽¹³⁾	D
Class B Common	12/26/2012		G	V	68,532	D	$ 0	0	D
Class B Common								562 ⁽¹⁴⁾	I	c/f child
Class B Common								562 ⁽¹⁵⁾	I	c/f child
Class B Common								1,980 ⁽¹⁶⁾	I	Owsley Brown II IRA
Class B Common								39,447 ⁽¹⁷⁾	I	CLB Grandchildren Eq. Tr
Class B Common								12,895 ⁽¹⁸⁾	I	Eleanor Lee Trusts
Class B Common								546 ⁽¹⁹⁾	I	Hebe Exempt Trust
Class B Common								215,284 ⁽²⁰⁾	I	Hebe Three Limited Partnership
Class B Common	08/20/2012		W	V	192,223 ⁽²¹⁾	D	$ 0	0	I	Hebe Non-Exempt Trust
Class B Common	08/20/2012		W	V	64,075	A	$ 0	64,075	I	Hebe Tr fbo Owsley Brown III
Class B Common	12/19/2012		G	V	43,470	D	$ 0	20,605	I	Hebe Trust fbo Owsley Brown III
Class B Common	12/26/2012		G	V	20,604	D	$ 0	0	I	Hebe Trust fbo Owsley Brown III
Class B Common								19,200 ⁽²²⁾	I	Longview Charitable LP
Class B Common								117 ⁽²³⁾	I	Trust fbo child
Class B Common								355 ⁽²⁴⁾	I	Trust fbo Victoire Brown
Class B Common								1,924 ⁽²⁵⁾	I	Trust fbo child

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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

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Brown Owsley III 850 DIXIE HIGHWAY LOUISVILLE, KY 40210		X

Signatures

Diane M. Barhorst, Atty. in Fact for Owsley Brown III		01/14/2013
^**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)	On August 10, 2012, the Class A and Class B common stock of Brown-Forman Corporation split 3-2, resulting in the reporting person's acquisition of 4,805 additional shares of Class A common stock.
(2)	Includes additional 12,582 shares of Class A common stock issued in the August 2012 stock split.
(3)	Includes additional 6 shares of Class A common stock issued in the August 2012 stock split.
(4)	Includes additional 105,612 shares of Class A common stock issued in the August 2012 stock split.
(5)	Includes additional 4,354 shares of Class A common stock issued in the August 2012 stock split.
(6)	Includes additional 16,419 shares of Class A common stock issued in the August 2012 stock split.
(7)	Includes additional 915 shares of Class A common stock issued in the August 2012 stock split.
(8)	Includes additional 833 shares of Class A common stock issued in the August 2012 stock split.
(9)	Includes additional 3,323 shares of Class A common stock issued in the August 2012 stock split.
(10)	Includes additional 3,387 shares of Class A common stock issued in the August 2012 stock split.
(11)	Includes additional 6,813 shares of Class A common stock issued in the August 2012 stock split.
(12)	Includes additional 1,110,038 shares of Class A common stock issued in the August 2012 stock split.
(13)	Includes additional 22,840 shares of Class Bcommon stock issued in the August 2012 stock split.
(14)	Includes additional 187 shares of Class Bcommon stock issued in the August 2012 stock split.
(15)	Includes additional 187 shares of Class Bcommon stock issued in the August 2012 stock split.
(16)	Includes additional 660 shares of Class Bcommon stock issued in the August 2012 stock split.
(17)	Includes additional 13,149 shares of Class Bcommon stock issued in the August 2012 stock split.
(18)	Includes additional 4,298 shares of Class Bcommon stock issued in the August 2012 stock split.
(19)	Includes additional 182 shares of Class Bcommon stock issued in the August 2012 stock split.
(20)	Includes additional 71,761 shares of Class Bcommon stock issued in the August 2012 stock split.
(21)	Includes additional 64,074 shares of Class Bcommon stock issued in the August 2012 stock split.
(22)	Includes additional 6,400 shares of Class Bcommon stock issued in the August 2012 stock split.
(23)	Includes additional 39 shares of Class Bcommon stock issued in the August 2012 stock split.
(24)	Includes additional 118 shares of Class Bcommon stock issued in the August 2012 stock split.
(25)	Includes additional 641 shares of Class Bcommon stock issued in the August 2012 stock split.

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