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Brown Forman Corp – ‘10-Q’ for 7/31/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 8/28/19, at 3:29pm ET   ·   For:  7/31/19   ·   Accession #:  14693-19-164   ·   File #:  1-00123

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 8/28/19  Brown Forman Corp                 10-Q        7/31/19   75:6.6M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    748K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 4: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
11: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     83K 
12: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     74K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
13: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     46K 
                Income (Unaudited)                                               
14: R4          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML    131K 
15: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     35K 
                (Parenthetical) (Unaudited)                                      
16: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     93K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
17: R7          Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements         HTML     28K 
18: R8          Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     38K 
19: R9          Inventories                                         HTML     23K 
20: R10         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     31K 
21: R11         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     26K 
22: R12         Debt                                                HTML     41K 
23: R13         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML    138K 
24: R14         Net Sales                                           HTML     53K 
25: R15         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits           HTML     40K 
26: R16         Income Taxes                                        HTML     25K 
27: R17         Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging        HTML    100K 
                Activities                                                       
28: R18         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     51K 
29: R19         Leases                                              HTML     54K 
30: R20         Other Comprehensive Income                          HTML     83K 
31: R21         Acquisition of Business                             HTML     25K 
32: R22         Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements         HTML     25K 
                (Policies)                                                       
33: R23         Inventories (Policies)                              HTML     25K 
34: R24         Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging        HTML     25K 
                Activities (Policies)                                            
35: R25         Leases (Policies)                                   HTML     23K 
36: R26         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     37K 
37: R27         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     30K 
38: R28         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     48K 
39: R29         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML    142K 
40: R30         Net Sales (Tables)                                  HTML     46K 
41: R31         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits (Tables)  HTML     42K 
42: R32         Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging        HTML     92K 
                Activities (Tables)                                              
43: R33         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     46K 
44: R34         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     58K 
45: R35         Other Comprehensive Income (Tables)                 HTML     83K 
46: R36         Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements         HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
47: R37         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     43K 
48: R38         Earnings Per Share (Details Textual)                HTML     23K 
49: R39         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     23K 
50: R40         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details)      HTML     36K 
51: R41         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     30K 
52: R42         Debt (Details)                                      HTML     64K 
53: R43         Debt Short-term Borrowings (Details)                HTML     27K 
54: R44         Stockholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML     75K 
55: R45         Stockholders' Equity Accumulated Other              HTML     46K 
                Comprehensive Income (Details)                                   
56: R46         Stockholders' Equity Dividends (Details)            HTML     34K 
57: R47         Net Sales by Geography (Details)                    HTML     36K 
58: R48         Net Sales by Product Category (Details)             HTML     38K 
59: R49         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits           HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
60: R50         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     25K 
61: R51         Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging        HTML     52K 
                Activities (Details)                                             
62: R52         Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging        HTML     57K 
                Activities (Details 1)                                           
63: R53         Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging        HTML     39K 
                Activities (Details Textual)                                     
64: R54         Offsetting Derivative Assets and Liabilities        HTML     53K 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R55         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     53K 
66: R56         Leases ROU Assets and Liabilities (Details)         HTML     37K 
67: R57         Lease Cost and Other Information (Details)          HTML     28K 
68: R58         Future Operating Lease Payments (Details)           HTML     44K 
69: R59         Future Operating Lease Payments Under ASC 840       HTML     41K 
                (Details)                                                        
70: R60         Other Comprehensive Income (Details)                HTML     70K 
71: R61         Acquisition of Business (Details)                   HTML     36K 
73: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    134K 
10: XML         XBRL Instance -- bfb-7312019x10qjuly_htm             XML   1.60M 
72: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     63K 
 6: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- bfb-20190731_cal                XML    221K 
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 8: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- bfb-20190731_lab                      XML   1.35M 
 9: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- bfb-20190731_pre               XML    791K 
 5: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- bfb-20190731                          XSD    142K 
74: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              312±   455K 
75: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000014693-19-000164-xbrl      Zip    211K

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