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Brown Forman Corp – ‘10-K/A’ for 4/30/20 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Monday, 6/22/20, at 5:21pm ET · For: 4/30/20 · Accession #: 14693-20-70 · File #: 1-00123

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

 6/22/20  Brown Forman Corp                 10-K/A      4/30/20  131:15M

Amendment to Annual Report — Form 10-K — Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K/A      Amendment to Annual Report                          HTML   1.82M 
 2: EX-4.1      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     48K 
 3: EX-4.2      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    118K 
 4: EX-4.3      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    118K 
 5: EX-21       Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     58K 
 6: EX-23       Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     35K 
 7: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     43K 
 8: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     43K 
 9: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     39K 
40: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML    110K 
85: R2          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     89K 
127: R3          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     59K  
59: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    131K 
44: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     46K 
89: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    128K 
131: R7          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     85K  
62: R8          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     43K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
39: R9          Accounting Policies                                 HTML     58K 
68: R10         Balance Sheet Information                           HTML     73K 
19: R11         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     55K 
92: R12         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     50K 
105: R13         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     45K  
67: R14         Debt and Credit Facilities                          HTML     57K 
18: R15         Common Stock                                        HTML     60K 
91: R16         Net Sales                                           HTML     75K 
104: R17         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits           HTML    345K  
66: R18         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML    122K 
20: R19         Income Taxes                                        HTML    185K 
87: R20         Acquisition of Business                             HTML     38K 
129: R21         Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging        HTML    129K  
                Activities                                                       
58: R22         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     64K 
43: R23         Leases                                              HTML     65K 
86: R24         Other Comprehensive Income                          HTML    129K 
128: R25         Supplemental Information                            HTML     56K  
57: R26         Subsequent Event                                    HTML     37K 
42: R27         Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts     HTML     76K 
90: R28         Accounting Policies (Policies)                      HTML    105K 
125: R29         Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging        HTML     39K  
                Activities (Policies)                                            
106: R30         Leases Leases (Policies)                            HTML     37K  
94: R31         Balance Sheet Information (Tables)                  HTML     73K 
16: R32         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     54K 
64: R33         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     49K 
107: R34         Debt and Credit Facilities (Tables)                 HTML     61K  
95: R35         Common Stock (Tables)                               HTML     59K 
17: R36         Net Sales (Tables)                                  HTML     74K 
65: R37         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits (Tables)  HTML    364K 
108: R38         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    127K  
93: R39         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    183K 
118: R40         Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging        HTML    122K  
                Activities (Tables)                                              
78: R41         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     58K 
35: R42         Leases Leases (Tables)                              HTML     78K 
53: R43         Other Comprehensive Income (Tables)                 HTML    129K 
119: R44         Supplemental Information (Tables)                   HTML     54K  
79: R45         Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (Details)           HTML     37K 
36: R46         Accounting Policies (Textual) (Details)             HTML     56K 
54: R47         Accounting Policies Revenue recognition policy      HTML     37K 
                (Details)                                                        
120: R48         Accounting Policies Advertising expense policy      HTML     36K  
                (Details)                                                        
77: R49         Accounting Policies Adoption of updated accounting  HTML     46K 
                standards (Details)                                              
98: R50         Balance Sheet Information (Details)                 HTML     98K 
111: R51         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     60K  
76: R52         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details)      HTML     57K 
28: R53         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets Impairment     HTML     42K 
                (Details)                                                        
97: R54         Commitments and Contingencies Commitments           HTML     49K 
                (Details)                                                        
110: R55         Commitments and Contingencies Contingencies         HTML     37K  
                (Details)                                                        
75: R56         Commitments and Contingencies Guaranty (Details)    HTML     44K 
27: R57         Debt and Credit Facilities (Schedule of Long-Term   HTML     77K 
                Debt) (Details)                                                  
99: R58         Debt and Credit Facilities (Textual) (Details)      HTML     51K 
109: R59         Debt and Credit Facilities Short-term borrowings    HTML     41K  
                (Details)                                                        
52: R60         Debt and Credit Facilities Credit Facilities        HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
32: R61         Common Stock Rollforward of Outstanding Shares      HTML     51K 
                (Details)                                                        
83: R62         Net Sales by Geography (Details)                    HTML     51K 
124: R63         Net Sales by Product Category (Details)             HTML     53K  
49: R64         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits (Change   HTML     58K 
                in Benefit Obligation) (Details)                                 
29: R65         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits           HTML     52K 
                (Expected Benefit Payments) (Details)                            
80: R66         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Target    HTML     43K 
                asset allocation (Details)                                       
121: R67         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits (Fair     HTML     84K  
                Value of Pension Plan Assets and Asset                           
                Allocations) (Details)                                           
48: R68         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits (Change   HTML     43K 
                in Fair Value of Level 3 Assets) (Details)                       
34: R69         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits (Change   HTML     57K 
                in Fair Value of Pension Plan Assets) (Details)                  
23: R70         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits (Funded   HTML     49K 
                Status of Plans) (Details)                                       
69: R71         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits (Funded   HTML     66K 
                Status Recorded on Accompanying Balance Sheets)                  
                (Details)                                                        
113: R72         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Pension   HTML     63K  
                plans whose assets (Obligations) Exceed                          
                Obligations (Assets) (Details)                                   
100: R73         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits           HTML     58K  
                (Schedule of Components of Pension Expense)                      
                (Details)                                                        
26: R74         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits           HTML     52K 
                (Schedule of Components of Other Postretirement                  
                Benefit Expense) (Details)                                       
72: R75         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits (Changes  HTML     60K 
                in Funded Status of Benefit Plans Recognized in                  
                Other Comprehensive (Income) Loss) (Details)                     
117: R76         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits           HTML     63K  
                (Assumptions and SensItivity) (Details)                          
103: R77         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Sponsor   HTML     41K  
                Location (Details)                                               
21: R78         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits           HTML     46K 
                (Textual) (Details)                                              
73: R79         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits (Savings  HTML     36K 
                Plans) (Details)                                                 
24: R80         Stock-Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     39K 
70: R81         Stock-Based Compensation SSARs (Details)            HTML     71K 
114: R82         Stock-Based Compensation SSARs Fair Value           HTML     50K  
                Assumptions (Details)                                            
101: R83         Stock-Based Compensation RSUs (Details)             HTML     61K  
25: R84         Stock-Based Compensation Weighted-Average           HTML     49K 
                Grant-Date Fair Values by Year (Details)                         
71: R85         Stock-Based Compensation DSUs (Details)             HTML     44K 
115: R86         Stock-Based Compensation Additional Information     HTML     56K  
                (Details)                                                        
102: R87         Income Taxes (Schedule of Income from U.S. and      HTML     42K  
                Foreign Operations) (Details)                                    
22: R88         Income Taxes (Components of Income Tax Expense)     HTML     64K 
                (Details)                                                        
74: R89         Income Taxes (Tax Act) (Details)                    HTML     53K 
51: R90         Income Taxes (Earnings of Foreign Subsidiaries)     HTML     42K 
                (Details)                                                        
31: R91         Income Taxes (Effective Tax Rate Reconciliation)    HTML     69K 
                (Details)                                                        
82: R92         Income Taxes (Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities)  HTML     73K 
                (Details)                                                        
123: R93         Income Taxes (Loss Carryforwards) (Details)         HTML     85K  
50: R94         Income Taxes (Unrecognized Tax Benefits) (Details)  HTML     54K 
30: R95         Acquisition of Business (Details)                   HTML     50K 
81: R96         Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging        HTML     65K 
                Activities (Gain (Loss) on Derivatives Recognized                
                in Consolidated Statement of Operations) (Details)               
122: R97         Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging        HTML     58K  
                Activities (Fair Value of Derivatives in a Gain                  
                (Loss) Position) (Details)                                       
47: R98         Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging        HTML     51K 
                Activities (Textual) (Details)                                   
33: R99         Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging        HTML     64K 
                Activities Offsetting Derivative Assets and                      
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
45: R100        Fair Value Measurements Fair Value Measurements     HTML     67K 
                (Details)                                                        
60: R101        Leases ROU Assets and Liabilities (Details)         HTML     51K 
130: R102        Leases Lease Cost and Other Information (Details)   HTML     42K  
88: R103        Leases Future Operating Lease Payments (Details)    HTML     59K 
41: R104        Leases Future Operating Lease Payments Under ASC    HTML     54K 
                840 (Details)                                                    
55: R105        Leases Rent Expense for Operating Leases Under ASC  HTML     36K 
                840 (Details)                                                    
126: R106        Other Comprehensive Income Schedule of Other        HTML     84K  
                Comprehensive Income (Details)                                   
84: R107        Supplemental Information (Net Sales by Geography)   HTML     50K 
                (Details)                                                        
38: R108        Supplemental Information Major Customers (Details)  HTML     42K 
61: R109        Supplemental Information (PP&E) (Details)           HTML     40K 
63: R110        Subsequent Event Subsequent Event (Details)         HTML     37K 
15: R111        Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts     HTML     51K 
                (Details)                                                        
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 1/17/23  Brown-Forman Corp.                S-8 POS     1/17/23    4:103K
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Brown Forman Corp – ‘10-K/A’ for 4/30/20 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

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