SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Brown Owsley III (Last) (First) (Middle) 850 DIXIE HIGHWAY (Street) LOUISVILLE KY 40210 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 04/29/2012	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol BROWN FORMAN CORP [ BFA, BFB ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. 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 Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Class A Common	34,775	D
Class A Common	12	I	Eleanor Lee Trusts
Class A Common	211,224.75	I	Hebe Limited Partnership
Class A Common	8,709	I	Woodford Partners California, LLC
Class A Common	32,838	I	Longview Charitable LP
Class A Common	5,725	I	Driftwood Holdings Three, LLC
Class A Common	1,830	I	Trust fbo child
Class A Common	1,667	I	Trust fbo Victoire Brown
Class A Common	6,647	I	Trust fbo child
Class A Common	6,775	I	Trust fbo child
Class A Common	13,626	I	Trust fbo Owsley Brown III
Class A Common	2,220,077	I	Olympus Three LLC
Class B Common	45,680	D
Class B Common	375	I	c/f child
Class B Common	375	I	c/f child
Class B Common	1,320	I	Owsley Brown II IRA
Class B Common	26,298	I	CLB Grandchildren Eq. Tr
Class B Common	8,597	I	Eleanor Lee Trusts
Class B Common	1,071,847.5	I	Hebe Limited Partnership
Class B Common	12,800	I	Longview Charitable LP
Class B Common	1,498	I	Driftwood Holdings Three, LLC
Class B Common	78	I	Trust fbo child
Class B Common	237	I	Trust fbo Victoire Brown
Class B Common	1,283	I	Trust fbo child
Class B Common	1,315	I	Trust fbo child
Class B Common	3,406	I	Trust fbo Owsley Brown III
Class B Common	4,368,864	I	Olympus Three, LLC

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:

The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of indirectly held shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

	Diane M. Barhorst, Atty in Fact for Owsley Brown III	05/09/2012
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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