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Brown Forman Corp – ‘10-Q’ for 7/31/16 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 8/31/16, at 5:18pm ET   ·   For:  7/31/16   ·   Accession #:  14693-16-239   ·   File #:  1-00123

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

 8/31/16  Brown Forman Corp                 10-Q        7/31/16   70:5.4M

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    401K 
 2: EX-18       Letter re: Change in Accounting Principles          HTML     21K 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 5: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
12: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     41K 
13: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     68K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
14: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     41K 
                Income (Unaudited)                                               
15: R4          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML    122K 
16: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     28K 
                (Parenthetical) (Unaudited)                                      
17: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     81K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
18: R7          Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements         HTML     30K 
19: R8          Inventories                                         HTML     22K 
20: R9          Income Taxes                                        HTML     24K 
21: R10         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     37K 
22: R11         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     27K 
23: R12         Debt                                                HTML     37K 
24: R13         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits           HTML     39K 
25: R14         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     67K 
26: R15         Fair Value of Financial Instruments                 HTML     43K 
27: R16         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML    122K 
28: R17         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     33K 
29: R18         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML    100K 
30: R19         Other Comprehensive Income                          HTML     84K 
31: R20         Acquisition of Business                             HTML     41K 
32: R21         Derivative Financial Instruments (Policies)         HTML     24K 
33: R22         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     34K 
34: R23         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     36K 
35: R24         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits (Tables)  HTML     39K 
36: R25         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     59K 
37: R26         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)        HTML     46K 
38: R27         Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables)           HTML    104K 
39: R28         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     29K 
40: R29         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     94K 
41: R30         Other Comprehensive Income (Tables)                 HTML     81K 
42: R31         Acquisition of Business (Tables)                    HTML     32K 
43: R32         Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements         HTML     25K 
                (Details)                                                        
44: R33         Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements         HTML     21K 
                (Details 1)                                                      
45: R34         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     21K 
46: R35         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     25K 
47: R36         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     38K 
48: R37         Earnings Per Share (Details Textual)                HTML     22K 
49: R38         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     23K 
50: R39         Debt (Details)                                      HTML     48K 
51: R40         Debt (Details Textual)                              HTML     32K 
52: R41         Debt (Details Textual 2)                            HTML     29K 
53: R42         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits           HTML     41K 
                (Details)                                                        
54: R43         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     48K 
55: R44         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details)       HTML     57K 
56: R45         Derivative Financial Instruments (Details)          HTML     50K 
57: R46         Derivative Financial Instruments (Details 1)        HTML     46K 
58: R47         Derivative Financial Instruments (Details Textual)  HTML     48K 
59: R48         Derivative Financial Instruments Offsetting         HTML     50K 
                Derivative Assets and Liabilities (Details)                      
60: R49         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details)      HTML     35K 
61: R50         Stockholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML     69K 
62: R51         Stockholders' Equity Stock Split (Details)          HTML     39K 
63: R52         Stockholders' Equity Dividends (Details)            HTML     33K 
64: R53         Stockholders' Equity Accumulated Other              HTML     35K 
                Comprehensive Income (Details)                                   
65: R54         Other Comprehensive Income (Details)                HTML     64K 
66: R55         Acquisition of Business (Details)                   HTML     37K 
67: R56         Acquisition of Business Purchase Price Allocation   HTML     55K 
                (Details)                                                        
69: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    122K 
68: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     58K 
 6: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- bfb-20160731                        XML   1.48M 
 8: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- bfb-20160731_cal                XML    190K 
 9: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- bfb-20160731_def                 XML    536K 
10: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- bfb-20160731_lab                      XML   1.22M 
11: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- bfb-20160731_pre               XML    721K 
 7: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- bfb-20160731                          XSD    131K 
70: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000014693-16-000239-xbrl      Zip    156K

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