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

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

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                Activities (Details)                                             
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