secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BROWN FORMAN CORP (BF-A)
CIK:        0000014693
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-07-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000014693-23-000098
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Brown-Forman elects Eliza Brown to board; declares $0.2055 quarterly dividend
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- Eliza Brown (fifth-generation descendant) elected to board, replacing Augusta Brown Holland who did not stand for re-election.
- John D. Cook departed after 15 years; Michael Todman named Lead Independent Director, Tracy Skeans as Governance Committee Chair.
- Quarterly dividend of $0.2055 per share declared, payable Oct 2, 2023 to holders of record Sep 5, 2023.
- Shareholders approved executive compensation (advisory) and ratified Ernst & Young as auditor for fiscal 2024.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14693/000001469323000098/0000014693-23-000098-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14693/000001469323000098/bfb-20230727.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000014693-23-000098

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