SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Brown J McCauley (Last) (First) (Middle) 850 DIXIE HIGHWAY (Street) LOUISVILLE KY 40210 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol BROWN FORMAN CORP [ BFA, BFB ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 10/01/2008
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class A Common	10/01/2008		P		1,200	A	$71.18	44,200(1)	I	By Brown FLIP
Class A Common	10/01/2008		P		1,100	A	$72.44	45,300	I	By Brown FLIP
Class A Common	10/01/2008		P		1,000	A	$71.19	46,300	I	By Brown FLIP
Class A Common	10/01/2008		P		200	A	$71.5	46,500	I	By Brown FLIP
Class A Common	10/01/2008		P		200	A	$72.46	46,700	I	By Brown FLIP
Class A Common	10/01/2008		P		200	A	$72.47	46,900	I	By Brown FLIP
Class A Common	10/01/2008		P		100	A	$72.45	47,000	I	By Brown FLIP
Class A Common	12/15/2008		G(2)	V	28,000	D	$0	185,618(3)	D
Class A Common	12/15/2008		G(2)	V	28,000	A	$0	28,000	I	By MAE LLC
Class A Common	12/15/2008		G	V	0(4)	D	$0	501,926(5)	I	By Brown Ventures, LLC
Class A Common								100,000	I	By GRAT
Class A Common								1,579(6)	I	By children
Class A Common								30,172	I	By Spouse
Class B Common								120,010(7)	D
Class B Common								3,500(8)	I	BF 401(k) Plan
Class B Common								125,481(9)	I	By Brown Ventures, LLC
Class B Common								11,750(9)	I	By Brown FLIP
Class B Common								393(9)	I	By Children
Class B Common								7,543(9)	I	By Spouse

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$36.35							05/01/2007	04/30/2014	Class B Common	1,355(10)		1,355	D
Stock Appreciation Right	$46.19							05/01/2008	04/30/2015	Class B Common	1,172(11)		1,172	D
Stock Appreciation Right	$56.5							05/01/2009	04/30/2016	Class B Common	2,527(12)		2,527	D
Stock Appreciation Right	$54.58							05/01/2010	04/30/2017	Class B Common	2,894(13)		2,894	D
Stock Appreciation Right	$57.4							05/01/2011	04/30/2018	Class B Common	2,657(14)		2,657	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The reporting person has elected to begin reporting all shares held by Brown FLIP but disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

2. On December 15, 2008, the reporting person transferred these shares to MAE LLC, a limited liability company of which the reporting person and his wife were then the sole members. On December 30, 2008, the reporting person and his wife gave certain non-voting units of MAE LLC to trusts controlled by and for the benefit of the reporting person and his wife. The reporting person reports all of the shares held by MAE LLC, but disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

3. Excludes 100,000 shares previously reported as directly-held which were contributed to a grantor retained annuity trust on December 30, 2008.

4. Represents separate gifts of Brown Ventures, LLC limited liability company units to four individuals and to MAE LLC.

5. The reporting person has elected to begin reporting all shares held by Brown Ventures, LLC, but disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

6. The reporting person no longer has a reportable beneficial interest in 1,832.503 shares owned by his child and included in the reporting person's prior ownership reports.

7. In October 2008, Brown-Forman Corporation completed a stock distribution of one share of Class B common stock for every four shares of either Class A or Class B common stock held. This total has been adjusted to reflect 86,725 Class B shares received through the distribution.

8. Shares held in 401(k) as of February 17, 2009.

9. These shares were received in the October 2008 stock distribution.

10. These options were previously reported as covering 1084 shares at an exercise price $45.44 per share, but were adjusted to reflect the October 2008 stock distribution.

11. These stock appreciation rights were previously reported as covering 937 shares at an exercise price of $57.74 per share, but were adjusted to reflect the October 2008 stock distribution.

12. These stock appreciation rights were previously reported as covering 2,021 shares at an exercise price of $70.63 per share, but were adjusted to reflect the October 2008 stock distribution.

13. These stock appreciation rights were previously reported as covering 2,315 shares at an exercise price of $68.22 per share, but were adjusted to reflect the October 2008 stock distribution.

14. These stock appreciation rights were previously reported as covering 2,125 shares at an exercise price of $71.75 per share, but were adjusted to reflect the October 2008 stock distribution.

Remarks:

	Holli Lewis, Atty. in Fact for J. McCauley Brown	02/18/2009
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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