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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000014693-24-000104"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BF-A"
cik: "0000014693"
company_name: "BROWN FORMAN CORP"
filed_at: "2024-07-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T16:15:25.280174+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brown-Forman elects director Musselman, declares $0.2178 dividend

## Summary
- W. Austin Musselman Jr. elected to Board, replacing Stuart R. Brown who did not stand for re-election.
- Board approved regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.2178 per share, payable Oct 1 to holders of record Sept 3.
- Stockholders ratified Ernst & Young as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2025.
- Musselman is a fifth-generation descendant of founder George Garvin Brown.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000014693-24-000104
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BF-A
- cik: 0000014693
- company_name: BROWN FORMAN CORP
- filed_at: 2024-07-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14693/000001469324000104/0000014693-24-000104-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14693/000001469324000104/bfb-20240725.htm

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