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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;24, 2010
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State of Incorporation)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>61-0143150</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>850 Dixie Highway<BR>
Louisville, Kentucky 40210</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION<BR>
NONQUALIFIED SAVINGS PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Matthew E. Hamel<BR>
Executive Vice President,<BR>
General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
Brown-Forman Corporation<BR>
850 Dixie Highway<BR>
Louisville, Kentucky 40210<BR>
(502)&nbsp;585-1100</B><BR>
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Registrant&#146;s agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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<TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></TD>
<TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD align="center"><br>Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
<TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>



<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">maximum offering</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Deferred Compensation
Obligations (2)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">200,000,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">100</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">%</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">200,000,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">14,260.00</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for purposes of determining the registration fee pursuant to the
provisions of Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.</TD>
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    <TD>Deferred compensation obligations are unsecured obligations of Brown-Forman Corporation to
pay deferred compensation in accordance with the Brown-Forman Corporation Nonqualified
Savings Plan.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. <U>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</U>.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. <U>Description of Securities.</U></A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;5. <U>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</U></A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;6. <U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</U></A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;7. <U>Exemption from Registration Claimed. </U></A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;8. <U>Exhibits.</U></A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. <U>Undertakings.</U></A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Brown-Forman Corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) has sent or given or will send or give documents
containing the information specified by Part&nbsp;I of this Form S-8 Registration Statement (the
&#147;Registration Statement&#148;) to participants in the plan to which this Registration Statement
relates, as specified in Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;SEC&#148;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). The Registrant is not
filing such documents with the SEC, but these documents constitute (along with the documents
incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II hereof) a
prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. </B><U><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B></U><B>.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by the Registrant with the SEC, pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are hereby incorporated by reference and
shall be deemed to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such document;
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April&nbsp;30, 2010 (filing
date June&nbsp;25, 2010);</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July&nbsp;31, 2010 (filing
date September&nbsp;2, 2010); and</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July&nbsp;23, 2010 (except the information
at those items which the Form 8-K states shall not be deemed &#147;filed&#148; for purposes of
Section&nbsp;18 of the Exchange Act) and on September&nbsp;23, 2010.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or
which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any
statements contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
shall be deemed to be modified or replaced for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement
contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein) modifies or replaces such statement. Any
statement so modified or replaced shall not be deemed, except as so modified or replaced, to
constitute a part hereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upon recommendation from its Compensation Committee, on July&nbsp;22, 2010, the Registrant&#146;s Board
of Directors adopted, a Nonqualified Savings Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) that allows selected key management
or highly compensated employees to defer receipt and taxation of elected portions of base salary
and incentive pay. The Plan is effective for calendar year 2011 and thereafter.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the Plan, eligible employees of the Registrant and its affiliates may elect, prior to
the start of a calendar year, to defer receipt of up to 50% of base salary and holiday bonuses,
and, by elections made no later than 6&nbsp;months before the end of their respective performance
periods, up to 75% of short and long term incentive awards otherwise available in cash. In
addition, the Plan provides that the Registrant will add contributions to make up for any lost
match under the Registrant&#146;s 401(k) plan that results from the fact that deferrals into the Plan
reduce taxable compensation that otherwise would be 401(k)-eligible pay upon which matching in the
401(k) plan is calculated. The Registrant&#146;s 401(k) plan provides for matching of $1 for every $1
deferred into it, up to 5% of total taxable compensation, with an annually-indexed limit on the
total compensation that can be considered ($245,000 in 2010). For example, if a participant whose
base salary, holiday pay and short term cash incentive would have been over the annual 401(k) plan
statutory limit of total compensation that can be considered, is reduced as a result of Plan
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">deferrals to below level, then the Registrant will add 5% of that difference to the Plan to
make up for the lost matching opportunity.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Plan also allows for additional discretionary contributions by the Registrant, but the
Registrant does not currently intend to use this feature of the Plan. If the Registrant does make a
discretionary contribution in the future, the amount, and to whom it is credited, will be
determined by the Registrant&#146;s Compensation Committee (with respect to named executive officers) or
Employee Benefits Committee (with respect to other participating employees).
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All deferrals to the Plan, and the Registrant&#146;s contributions to it, are 100% vested when
made, as are any deemed earnings related to those contributions. Earnings or losses on the
contributions credited for each participant will be credited daily, based on the actual net
investment return of investment funds that have yet to be selected. Once investment options are
selected, participants will direct how their accounts are deemed invested as among those options.
The benefits owed under the Plan will be general unsecured obligations of the Registrant. While the
Registrant intends to set the deferred amounts aside in a trust for accounting and benefit tracking
convenience, and so that investment risk with respect to the amounts to be paid in the future is
reduced, that trust will be a &#147;grantor&#148; trust and no participant will have a direct ownership or
beneficial interest in it, and its assets will continue to be subject to claims of the Registrant&#146;s
general creditors.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to current tax laws, the Registrant will not be entitled to an income tax deduction
on the benefits owed under the Plan until the benefits become taxable to the participants, which
will generally be when the benefits are actually paid. Benefits accumulated under the Plan will be
payable at either a participant-selected date that is at least 2&nbsp;years after a contribution is
made, or after termination of employment. Amounts payable after termination are payable in a lump
sum 6&nbsp;months after that termination, except in the case of participants who leave the Registrant&#146;s
employment after age 55 with at least 5&nbsp;years of service. In the latter event, the a form of
payment (lump sum or installments of up to 10&nbsp;years) and the time payments start (up to 10&nbsp;years
after retirement) will be elected by the participant with respect to each year&#146;s Plan
contributions.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The employees eligible for the Plan will be those selected by the Registrant, and will
generally be those who are eligible to participate in the Registrant&#146;s long term incentive
compensation program.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The right to receive payment of the deferred compensation obligations under the Plan may not
be assigned, sold, transferred, pledged or encumbered, except to such extent as may be required by
law. Any attempt by any person to transfer or assign benefits under the Plan other than a claim
for benefits by a participant or his or her beneficiary(ies), will be null and void. There is no
trading market for the obligations. The obligations are not convertible into any other security of
the Registrant.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant may amend the Plan at any time. In addition, the Registrant may terminate or
suspend the Plan to the extent permitted without adverse tax consequences under Treas. Reg. Section
1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix) and such other applicable guidance under Section&nbsp;409A of the Code; provided that
no termination or amendment of the Plan shall deprive a participant of the right to receipt of
amounts credited to the participant&#146;s account, in accordance with the terms of the Plan.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. </B><U><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B></U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. </B><U><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B></U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sections&nbsp;145(a) and (b)&nbsp;of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) provide
generally that a corporation has the power to indemnify its officers, directors, employees and
agents against expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts
actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with the defense of any action by reason of
being or having been directors, officers, employees or agents of the corporation (or serving or
having served in such positions in another entity at the request of the corporation) if such
person shall have acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interests of the corporation (and, with respect to any criminal action,
had no reasonable cause to believe the person&#146;s conduct was unlawful), except that if such action
shall be by or in the right of the corporation, no such
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">indemnification shall be provided as to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person
shall have been judged to have been liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that
the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or another court in which the suit was brought,
shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of
the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court deems proper.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(c) of the DGCL provides that to the extent that a present or former director or
officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action,
suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 145(a) and (b)&nbsp;of the DGCL, as described in the
preceding paragraph, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be
indemnified against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such
person in connection therewith.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the DGCL, the Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation
provides that a director shall not be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except that a director may be liable
(i)&nbsp;for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders, (ii)
for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the
director derived an improper personal benefit.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, the By-laws of the Registrant permit the Registrant&#146;s board of directors to
adopt a resolution providing for the indemnification of the Registrant&#146;s officers and directors to
the extent authorized by law.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A directors&#146; and officers&#146; insurance policy insures the Registrant&#146;s directors and officers
against liabilities incurred in their capacity as such for which they are not otherwise
indemnified, subject to certain exclusions and policy limits.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. </B><U><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed. </B></U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;None.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. </B><U><B>Exhibits.</B></U>
</DIV>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Brown-Forman Corporation Nonqualified Savings Plan</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Frost Brown Todd LLC, counsel to the Registrant</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Frost Brown Todd LLC, counsel to the Registrant (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to the Registration Statement)</TD>
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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of
this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume
of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20
percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of
Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration Statement; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information
in this Registration Statement;
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the undersigned registrant pursuant to Section
13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of the employee benefit
plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">SIGNATURES
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8,
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Louisville, State of Kentucky, on this 24th day of
September, 2010.
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Paul C. Varga
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Paul C. Varga&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Executive Officer and<br>
Chairman of the Company&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes
and appoints Paul C. Varga and Donald C. Berg, and each of them, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her
and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with
the SEC, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated below.
</DIV>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Paul C. Varga<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Paul C. Varga
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director, Chairman of the Company,<BR>
and Chief Executive Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;24, 2010</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Donald C. Berg<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Donald C. Berg
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Executive Vice President and Chief<BR>
Financial Officer (Principal Financial<BR>
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;24, 2010</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Jane C. Morreau<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jane C. Morreau
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Director of<BR>
Finance, Accounting and Technology<BR>
(Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;24, 2010</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Geo. Garvin Brown IV
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director, Presiding Chairman of the Board
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Patrick Bousquet-Chavanne<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Patrick Bousquet-Chavanne
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;24, 2010</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Martin S. Brown, Jr.<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Martin S. Brown, Jr.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;24, 2010</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Bruce L. Byrnes
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="1" align="center" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"><DIV style="width: 50%; border-top: 1px solid #000000; FONT-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ John D. Cook<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John D. Cook
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;24, 2010</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Sandra A. Frazier<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Sandra A. Frazier
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;24, 2010</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Richard P. Mayer<BR>
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Richard P. Mayer
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William E. Mitchell
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William M. Street
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James S. Welch, Jr.
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Table of Contents
As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 24, 2010
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State of Incorporation)
61-0143150
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
850 Dixie Highway
Louisville, Kentucky 40210
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION
NONQUALIFIED SAVINGS PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Matthew E. Hamel
Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
Brown-Forman Corporation
850 Dixie Highway
Louisville, Kentucky 40210
(502) 585-1100
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Registrant's agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
maximum offering
Proposed
Amount of
Title of securities
Amount to be
price per
maximum aggregate
registration
to be registered
registered
share
offering price(1)
fee
Deferred Compensation
Obligations (2)
$
200,000,000
100
%
$
200,000,000
$
14,260.00
(1)
Estimated solely for purposes of determining the registration fee pursuant to the
provisions of Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(2)
Deferred compensation obligations are unsecured obligations of Brown-Forman Corporation to
pay deferred compensation in accordance with the Brown-Forman Corporation Nonqualified
Savings Plan.
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PART I
PART II
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Item 9.
Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-4.1
EX-5.1
EX-23.1
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Brown-Forman Corporation (the "Registrant") has sent or given or will send or give documents
containing the information specified by Part I of this Form S-8 Registration Statement (the
"Registration Statement") to participants in the plan to which this Registration Statement
relates, as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The Registrant is not
filing such documents with the SEC, but these documents constitute (along with the documents
incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) a
prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the SEC, pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are hereby incorporated by reference and
shall be deemed to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such document;
(1)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2010 (filing
date June 25, 2010);
(2)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2010 (filing
date September 2, 2010); and
(3)
The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 23, 2010 (except the information
at those items which the Form 8-K states shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of
Section 18 of the Exchange Act) and on September 23, 2010.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or
which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any
statements contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
shall be deemed to be modified or replaced for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement
contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein) modifies or replaces such statement. Any
statement so modified or replaced shall not be deemed, except as so modified or replaced, to
constitute a part hereof.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Upon recommendation from its Compensation Committee, on July 22, 2010, the Registrant's Board
of Directors adopted, a Nonqualified Savings Plan (the "Plan") that allows selected key management
or highly compensated employees to defer receipt and taxation of elected portions of base salary
and incentive pay. The Plan is effective for calendar year 2011 and thereafter.
Under the Plan, eligible employees of the Registrant and its affiliates may elect, prior to
the start of a calendar year, to defer receipt of up to 50% of base salary and holiday bonuses,
and, by elections made no later than 6 months before the end of their respective performance
periods, up to 75% of short and long term incentive awards otherwise available in cash. In
addition, the Plan provides that the Registrant will add contributions to make up for any lost
match under the Registrant's 401(k) plan that results from the fact that deferrals into the Plan
reduce taxable compensation that otherwise would be 401(k)-eligible pay upon which matching in the
401(k) plan is calculated. The Registrant's 401(k) plan provides for matching of $1 for every $1
deferred into it, up to 5% of total taxable compensation, with an annually-indexed limit on the
total compensation that can be considered ($245,000 in 2010). For example, if a participant whose
base salary, holiday pay and short term cash incentive would have been over the annual 401(k) plan
statutory limit of total compensation that can be considered, is reduced as a result of Plan
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deferrals to below level, then the Registrant will add 5% of that difference to the Plan to
make up for the lost matching opportunity.
The Plan also allows for additional discretionary contributions by the Registrant, but the
Registrant does not currently intend to use this feature of the Plan. If the Registrant does make a
discretionary contribution in the future, the amount, and to whom it is credited, will be
determined by the Registrant's Compensation Committee (with respect to named executive officers) or
Employee Benefits Committee (with respect to other participating employees).
All deferrals to the Plan, and the Registrant's contributions to it, are 100% vested when
made, as are any deemed earnings related to those contributions. Earnings or losses on the
contributions credited for each participant will be credited daily, based on the actual net
investment return of investment funds that have yet to be selected. Once investment options are
selected, participants will direct how their accounts are deemed invested as among those options.
The benefits owed under the Plan will be general unsecured obligations of the Registrant. While the
Registrant intends to set the deferred amounts aside in a trust for accounting and benefit tracking
convenience, and so that investment risk with respect to the amounts to be paid in the future is
reduced, that trust will be a "grantor" trust and no participant will have a direct ownership or
beneficial interest in it, and its assets will continue to be subject to claims of the Registrant's
general creditors.
Pursuant to current tax laws, the Registrant will not be entitled to an income tax deduction
on the benefits owed under the Plan until the benefits become taxable to the participants, which
will generally be when the benefits are actually paid. Benefits accumulated under the Plan will be
payable at either a participant-selected date that is at least 2 years after a contribution is
made, or after termination of employment. Amounts payable after termination are payable in a lump
sum 6 months after that termination, except in the case of participants who leave the Registrant's
employment after age 55 with at least 5 years of service. In the latter event, the a form of
payment (lump sum or installments of up to 10 years) and the time payments start (up to 10 years
after retirement) will be elected by the participant with respect to each year's Plan
contributions.
The employees eligible for the Plan will be those selected by the Registrant, and will
generally be those who are eligible to participate in the Registrant's long term incentive
compensation program.
The right to receive payment of the deferred compensation obligations under the Plan may not
be assigned, sold, transferred, pledged or encumbered, except to such extent as may be required by
law. Any attempt by any person to transfer or assign benefits under the Plan other than a claim
for benefits by a participant or his or her beneficiary(ies), will be null and void. There is no
trading market for the obligations. The obligations are not convertible into any other security of
the Registrant.
The Registrant may amend the Plan at any time. In addition, the Registrant may terminate or
suspend the Plan to the extent permitted without adverse tax consequences under Treas. Reg. Section
1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix) and such other applicable guidance under Section 409A of the Code; provided that
no termination or amendment of the Plan shall deprive a participant of the right to receipt of
amounts credited to the participant's account, in accordance with the terms of the Plan.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not Applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Sections 145(a) and (b) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") provide
generally that a corporation has the power to indemnify its officers, directors, employees and
agents against expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts
actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with the defense of any action by reason of
being or having been directors, officers, employees or agents of the corporation (or serving or
having served in such positions in another entity at the request of the corporation) if such
person shall have acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interests of the corporation (and, with respect to any criminal action,
had no reasonable cause to believe the person's conduct was unlawful), except that if such action
shall be by or in the right of the corporation, no such
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indemnification shall be provided as to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person
shall have been judged to have been liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that
the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or another court in which the suit was brought,
shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of
the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court deems proper.
Section 145(c) of the DGCL provides that to the extent that a present or former director or
officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action,
suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 145(a) and (b) of the DGCL, as described in the
preceding paragraph, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be
indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such
person in connection therewith.
As permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation
provides that a director shall not be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except that a director may be liable
(i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders, (ii)
for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL or (iv) for any transaction from which the
director derived an improper personal benefit.
In addition, the By-laws of the Registrant permit the Registrant's board of directors to
adopt a resolution providing for the indemnification of the Registrant's officers and directors to
the extent authorized by law.
A directors' and officers' insurance policy insures the Registrant's directors and officers
against liabilities incurred in their capacity as such for which they are not otherwise
indemnified, subject to certain exclusions and policy limits.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
None.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
4.1
Brown-Forman Corporation Nonqualified Savings Plan
5.1
Opinion of Frost Brown Todd LLC, counsel to the Registrant
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of Frost Brown Todd LLC, counsel to the Registrant (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to the Registration Statement)
Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of
this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume
of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20
percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; and
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(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information
in this Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the undersigned registrant pursuant to Section
13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of the employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8,
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Louisville, State of Kentucky, on this 24th day of
September, 2010.
BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Paul C. Varga
Paul C. Varga
Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Company
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes
and appoints Paul C. Varga and Donald C. Berg, and each of them, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her
and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with
the SEC, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated below.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Paul C. Varga
Paul C. Varga
Director, Chairman of the Company,
and Chief Executive Officer
September 24, 2010
/s/ Donald C. Berg
Donald C. Berg
Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal Financial
Officer)
September 24, 2010
/s/ Jane C. Morreau
Jane C. Morreau
Senior Vice President and Director of
Finance, Accounting and Technology
(Principal Accounting Officer)
September 24, 2010
Geo. Garvin Brown IV
Director, Presiding Chairman of the Board
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Patrick Bousquet-Chavanne
Patrick Bousquet-Chavanne
Director
September 24, 2010
/s/ Martin S. Brown, Jr.
Martin S. Brown, Jr.
Director
September 24, 2010
Bruce L. Byrnes
Director
/s/ John D. Cook
John D. Cook
Director
September 24, 2010
/s/ Sandra A. Frazier
Sandra A. Frazier
Director
September 24, 2010
/s/ Richard P. Mayer
Richard P. Mayer
Director
September 24, 2010
/s/ William E. Mitchell
William E. Mitchell
Director
September 24, 2010
/s/ William M. Street
William M. Street
Director
September 24, 2010
/s/ Dace Brown Stubbs
Dace Brown Stubbs
Director
September 24, 2010
/s/ James S. Welch, Jr.
James S. Welch, Jr.
Director
September 24, 2010
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
Brown-Forman Corporation Nonqualified Savings Plan
5.1
Opinion of Frost Brown Todd LLC, counsel to the Registrant
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of Frost Brown Todd LLC, counsel to the Registrant (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to the Registration Statement)