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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000014693-26-000035"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BF-A"
cik: "0000014693"
company_name: "BROWN FORMAN CORP"
filed_at: "2026-07-23T20:18:43+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-23T20:20:19.048267+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brown-Forman declares $0.2310 quarterly dividend; CEO succession underway

## Summary
- Board approved quarterly cash dividend of $0.2310 per share, payable Oct 1, 2026 to holders of record Sep 3, 2026.
- CEO Lawson Whiting to retire upon appointment of successor; internal and external candidates being considered.
- Stockholders elected all 11 director nominees, approved executive compensation, and ratified Ernst & Young as auditor for fiscal 2027.
- Company has paid regular dividends for 82 consecutive years and increased for 42 consecutive years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000014693-26-000035
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BF-A
- cik: 0000014693
- company_name: BROWN FORMAN CORP
- filed_at: 2026-07-23T20:18:43+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14693/000001469326000035/0000014693-26-000035-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14693/000001469326000035/bfb-20260723.htm

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