0000014693-18-000004.txt : 20180104 0000014693-18-000004.hdr.sgml : 20180104 20180104171944 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000014693-18-000004 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20180102 FILED AS OF DATE: 20180104 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180104 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Cook John D. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001445047 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-00123 FILM NUMBER: 18511073 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 850 DIXIE HIGHWAY CITY: LOUISVILLE STATE: KY ZIP: 40210 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 4 1 wf-form4_151510437015049.xml FORM 4 X0306 4 2018-01-02 0 0000014693 BROWN FORMAN CORP BFA, BFB 0001445047 Cook John D. 850 DIXIE HIGHWAY LOUISVILLE KY 40210 1 0 0 0 Class B Common 2018-01-02 4 M 0 24902 13.525 A 24902 D Class B Common 2018-01-02 4 M 0 9032 18.08 A 33934 D Class B Common 2018-01-02 4 F 0 7284 68.67 D 26650 D Class B Common 2018-01-02 4 S 0 6653 67.7134 D 19997 D Stock Appreciation Right 13.525 2018-01-02 4 M 0 24902 0 D 2009-07-23 2019-04-30 Class B Common 24902.0 0 D Stock Appreciation Right 18.08 2018-01-02 4 M 0 9032 0 D 2008-09-25 2018-04-30 Class B Common 9032.0 0 D The closing price of BF-B on December 29, 2017 was used to calculate the withholding obligation. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $67.68 to $67.73, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Brown-Forman Corporation, any security holder of Brown-Forman Corporation, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote. Michael E. Carr, Jr., Attorney in Fact for John D. Cook 2018-01-04 EX-24 2 ex-24.htm 2017 JOHN D. COOK POA

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned does hereby constitute and appoint each of Michael E. Carr, Jr., Stephanie Ann Tso, Jill A. Jackson, Laura H. Pulliam, Mary C. Garris and Tennia Y. Hill, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1.    prepare, execute and file, for and on behalf of the undersigned, Form ID, Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Act") and the rules thereunder, and Schedules 13D and 13G (including amendments thereto) in accordance with Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Act and the rules thereunder;

2.    do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to prepare and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 (including amendments thereto) or Schedule 13D or 13G (including amendments thereto) and timely file that Form or Schedule with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority, and provide a copy as required by law or advisable to such persons as the attorney-in-fact deems appropriate; and

3.    take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion of the attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required of the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by the 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 the attorney-in-fact may approve in the attorney-in-fact'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 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 the attorney-in-fact, or the attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, 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, and their substitutes, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is Brown-Forman Corporation (the "Corporation") assuming, (i) any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 or Sections 13(d) or 13(g) of the Act or (ii) any liability of the undersigned for failure to comply with such requirements.  This Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from the undersigned's obligations to comply with the requirements of the Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 or Sections 13(d) or 13(g) thereunder.  The undersigned agrees that each such attorney-in-fact may rely entirely on information furnished orally or in writing by or at the direction of the undersigned to the attorney-in-fact.

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 and Schedules 13D and 13G with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Corporation, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys in fact.  This Power of Attorney does not revoke any other power of attorney that the undersigned has previously granted.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 24th day of April, 2017.

Signature:
/s/ John D. Cook