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Brown Forman Corp – ‘10-Q’ for 10/31/19 – ‘JSON’

On:  Thursday, 12/5/19, at 2:10pm ET   ·   For:  10/31/19   ·   Accession #:  14693-19-188   ·   File #:  1-00123

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

12/05/19  Brown Forman Corp                 10-Q       10/31/19   75:8.1M

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    993K 
 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     26K 
61: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     83K 
37: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     76K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
15: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     47K 
                Income (Unaudited)                                               
49: R4          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML    124K 
62: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     36K 
                (Parenthetical) (Unaudited)                                      
38: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     96K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
16: R7          Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements         HTML     29K 
52: R8          Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     52K 
59: R9          Inventories                                         HTML     24K 
34: R10         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     31K 
13: R11         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     27K 
54: R12         Debt                                                HTML     41K 
65: R13         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML    194K 
33: R14         Net Sales                                           HTML     75K 
11: R15         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits           HTML     61K 
53: R16         Income Taxes                                        HTML     25K 
64: R17         Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging        HTML    130K 
                Activities                                                       
35: R18         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     52K 
10: R19         Leases                                              HTML     58K 
47: R20         Other Comprehensive Income                          HTML    146K 
74: R21         Acquisition of Business                             HTML     26K 
32: R22         Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements         HTML     26K 
                (Policies)                                                       
26: R23         Inventories (Policies)                              HTML     25K 
46: R24         Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging        HTML     26K 
                Activities (Policies)                                            
73: R25         Leases (Policies)                                   HTML     24K 
31: R26         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     50K 
25: R27         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     31K 
45: R28         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     48K 
75: R29         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML    197K 
60: R30         Net Sales (Tables)                                  HTML     74K 
48: R31         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits (Tables)  HTML     63K 
14: R32         Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging        HTML    121K 
                Activities (Tables)                                              
36: R33         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     46K 
63: R34         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     62K 
50: R35         Other Comprehensive Income (Tables)                 HTML    146K 
17: R36         Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements         HTML     33K 
                (Details)                                                        
39: R37         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     44K 
58: R38         Earnings Per Share (Details Textual)                HTML     24K 
51: R39         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     23K 
71: R40         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details)      HTML     37K 
42: R41         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     31K 
21: R42         Debt (Details)                                      HTML     64K 
27: R43         Debt Short-term Borrowings (Details)                HTML     27K 
72: R44         Stockholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML     82K 
43: R45         Stockholders' Equity Accumulated Other              HTML     50K 
                Comprehensive Income (Details)                                   
22: R46         Stockholders' Equity Dividends (Details)            HTML     39K 
28: R47         Net Sales by Geography (Details)                    HTML     39K 
70: R48         Net Sales by Product Category (Details)             HTML     41K 
44: R49         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits           HTML     51K 
                (Details)                                                        
57: R50         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     25K 
67: R51         Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging        HTML     54K 
                Activities (Details)                                             
41: R52         Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging        HTML     45K 
                Activities (Details 1)                                           
20: R53         Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging        HTML     40K 
                Activities (Details Textual)                                     
56: R54         Offsetting Derivative Assets and Liabilities        HTML     52K 
                (Details)                                                        
66: R55         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     54K 
40: R56         Leases ROU Assets and Liabilities (Details)         HTML     37K 
18: R57         Lease Cost and Other Information (Details)          HTML     29K 
55: R58         Future Operating Lease Payments (Details)           HTML     45K 
68: R59         Future Operating Lease Payments Under ASC 840       HTML     41K 
                (Details)                                                        
30: R60         Other Comprehensive Income (Details)                HTML     77K 
23: R61         Acquisition of Business (Details)                   HTML     37K 
29: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    134K 
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19: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000014693-19-000188-xbrl      Zip    230K 


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