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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 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   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) (Last) (First) (Middle) 850 DIXIE HIGHWAY 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/08/2015 (Street) LOUISVILLE, KY 40210 4. If Amendment, Date 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 (City) (State) (Zip) 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 12/08/2015   G   125 A $ 0 1,233 D   Class A Common 12/08/2015   G   125 A $ 0 2,625 I Trust fbo Victoire Brown Class A Common 12/08/2015   G   125 A $ 0 10,648 I Trust fbo Child-1 Class A Common 12/08/2015   G   125 A $ 0 10,456 I Trust fbo Child-2 Class A Common 12/08/2015   G   125 A $ 0 3,231 I Trust fbo Child-3 Class B Common               562 I c/f Child-1 Class B Common               562 I c/f Child-2 Class A Common               2,290 I CLB 2012 Trust Class B Common               45,671 I CLB 2012 Trust Class A Common               196,272 I CLB Grandchildren Eq. Tr. Class B Common               122,685 I CLB Grandchildren Eq. Tr. Class A Common               18 I Eleanor Lee Trusts Class B Common               12,895 I Eleanor Lee Trusts Class A Common               51,873 I GRAT #1 Class A Common               33,646 I GRAT #2 Class B Common               51,440 I GST Exempt QTIP Trust Class B Common               201,736 I GST Non-Exempt QTIP Trust Class B Common               546 I Hebe Exempt Trust Class A Common               316,837 I Hebe Three Limited Partnership Class B Common               215,284 I Hebe Three Limited Partnership Class A Common               3,330,115 I Olympus Three LLC Class B Common               6,703,641 I Olympus Three LLC Class B Common               1,972 I Trust fbo Child-1 Class B Common               1,924 I Trust fbo Child-2 Class B Common               117 I Trust fbo Child-3 Class A Common               20,439 I Trust fbo Owsley Brown III Class B Common               5,109 I Trust fbo Owsley Brown III Class B Common               712 I Trust fbo Victoire Brown Class A Common               13,063 I Woodford Partners California, LLC

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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 Underlying Securities (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 of Derivative Security: 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

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Brown Owsley III 850 DIXIE HIGHWAY LOUISVILLE, KY 40210		X

Signatures

Kelly A. Bowen, Attorney in Fact for Owsley Brown III		03/31/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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