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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: i(502)i585-1100
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
iClass A Common Stock (voting), $0.15 par value
iBFA
iNew
York Stock Exchange
iClass B Common Stock (nonvoting), $0.15 par value
iBFB
iNew
York Stock Exchange
i1.200% Notes due 2026
iBF26
iNew
York Stock Exchange
i2.600% Notes due 2028
iBF28
iNew
York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Appointment of Mark A. Clouse and Elizabeth A. Smith as Directors
On November
17, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Brown-Forman Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Mark A. Clouse and Elizabeth A. Smith as directors of the Company, effective November 17, 2022, and January 24, 2023, respectively.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Clouse and any other persons pursuant to which he was selected as a director. Additionally, there are no transactions involving the Company and Mr. Clouse that the Company would be required to report pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. The Board
has appointed Mr. Clouse to the Compensation Committee of the Board, effective November 17, 2022.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Smith and any other persons pursuant to which she was selected as a director. Additionally, there are no transactions involving the Company and Ms. Smith that the Company would be required to report pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. The Board has appointed Ms. Smith to the Audit Committee of the Board, effective January 24, 2023.
Mr. Clouse and Ms. Smith will each be entitled to a prorated portion
of the annual compensation paid to the Company’s non-employee directors, commencing November 17, 2022, and January 24, 2023, respectively. A summary of the compensation the Company provides its non-employee directors is described under the heading “Director Compensation” on pages 26 through 28 of the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 24, 2022.
The information furnished pursuant to this Item 7.01 (and the related information in Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”), and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
