-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, GoSnEhl5FTeBfQXgi7cuyDjm/PS0VolvUqduK92+yTM8o6u9eVpLAXK6cEuFte39 eagyw89+S1p8OQKcdHOzxQ== 0000014693-05-000014.txt : 20050204 0000014693-05-000014.hdr.sgml : 20050204 20050204132234 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000014693-05-000014 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20050202 FILED AS OF DATE: 20050204 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20050204 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BROWN FORMAN CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000014693 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BEVERAGES [2080] IRS NUMBER: 610143150 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0430 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 850 DIXIE HWY CITY: LOUISVILLE STATE: KY ZIP: 40210 BUSINESS PHONE: 5025851100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 1080 CITY: LOUISVILLE STATE: KY ZIP: 40201 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BROWN FORMAN INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19870816 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BROWN FORMAN DISTILLERS CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19840807 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BROWN FORMAN DISTILLERY CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19670730 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BROWN W L LYONS JR CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001157326 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-26821 FILM NUMBER: 05576202 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: CL/O WESTVACO CORP STREET 2: ONE HIGH RIDGE PK CITY: STAMFORD STATE: CT ZIP: 06905 BUSINESS PHONE: 203 461 7400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C;/O WESTVACO CORP STREET 2: ONE HIGH RIDGE PARK CITY: STAMFORD STATE: CT ZIP: 06905 4 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0202 4 2005-02-02 0000014693 BROWN FORMAN CORP BFA, BFB 0001157326 BROWN W L LYONS JR 850 DIXIE HIGHWAY LOUISVILLE KY 40210 0 0 1 0 Class B Common 19615 D Class B Common 3300 I Partnership/Hebe Class B Common 924017 I Trust/Partnership Class B Common 2005-02-02 4 S 0 500 48.13 D 2206244.6 I Trust/Remainder Class B Common 2005-02-02 4 S 0 200 48.14 D 2206044.6 I Trust/Remainder Class B Common 2005-02-02 4 S 0 200 48.17 D 2205844.6 I Trust/Remainder Class B Common 2005-02-02 4 S 0 100 48.18 D 2205744.6 I Trust/Remainder Class B Common 2005-02-02 4 S 0 1000 48.20 D 2204744.6 I Trust/Remainder Class B Common 2005-02-02 4 S 0 500 48.25 D 2204244.6 I Trust/Remainder Class B Common 2005-02-02 4 S 0 300 48.27 D 2203944.6 I Trust/Remainder Class B Common 2005-02-02 4 S 0 100 48.28 D 2203844.6 I Trust/Remainder Class B Common 2005-02-02 4 S 0 100 48.30 D 2203744.6 I Trust/Remainder Class B Common 2005-02-02 4 S 0 2200 48.33 D 2201544.6 I Trust/Remainder Class B Common 2005-02-02 4 S 0 900 48.34 D 2200644.6 I Trust/Remainder Class B Common 2005-02-02 4 S 0 900 48.35 D 2199744.6 I Trust/Remainder Class B Common 2005-02-02 4 S 0 600 48.36 D 2199144.6 I Trust/Remainder Class B Common 2005-02-02 4 S 0 400 48.37 D 2198744.6 I Trust/Remainder Class B Common 2005-02-02 4 S 0 3600 48.38 D 2195144.6 I Trust/Remainder Class B Common 2005-02-02 4 S 0 1800 48.39 D 2193344.6 I Trust/Remainder Class B Common 2005-02-02 4 S 0 1800 48.40 D 2191544.6 I Trust/Remainder Class B Common 2005-02-02 4 S 0 4700 48.41 D 2186844.6 I Trust/Remainder Class B Common 2005-02-02 4 S 0 1600 48.42 D 2185244.6 I Trust/Remainder Class B Common 2005-02-02 4 S 0 1400 48.43 D 2183844.6 I Trust Remainder Class B Common 2005-02-02 4 S 0 3600 48.44 D 2180244.6 I Trust/Remainder Class B Common 2005-02-02 4 S 0 2000 48.45 D 2178244.6 I Trust/Remainder Class B Common 2005-02-02 4 S 0 1800 48.46 D 2176444.6 I Trust/Remainder Class B Common 2005-02-02 4 S 0 2400 48.47 D 2174044.6 I Trust/Remainder Class B Common 2005-02-02 4 S 0 400 48.48 D 2173644.6 I Trust/Remainder Class B Common 2005-02-02 4 S 0 200 48.49 D 2173444.6 I Trust/Remainder Class B Common 26898 I by Spouse Filing this form should not be construed as an admission that the filing person is, for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the "beneficial owner" of any equity securities held in a limited partnership or in trust and reported on this form. These shares were sold by the W.L. Lyons Brown, Jr. Trust. The sales were effected pursuant to instructions given to the trustee pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Nelea A. Absher Attn. in Fact for: W.L. Lyons Brown, Jr. 2005-02-03 EX-24 2 wllb.htm

Know all by these present that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Michael B. Crutcher, John R. Edds, and Nelea A. Absher, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:



1. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Brown-Forman Corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in  accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;



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, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Security and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and 3. 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, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve       in such attorney-in-facts's discretion.



The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-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 herin 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, or such attorney-in fact's substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power 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 of 1934.  This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3,4, and 5 with r
espect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the forgoing attorneys-in-fact.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 30 day of August, 2002.





Signature:  /s/ W.L. Lyons Brown, Jr.

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