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, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: February 28, 2011 Estimated average burden hours per response 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BROWN OWSLEY II (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) 01/06/2009
	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	01/06/2009		G	V	6,966	D	$0	125,125	D
Class A Common								200,032	I	Breeze Hill LP
Class A Common								336,517	I	GRAT 1994
Class A Common								22,958	I	GRAT 2001
Class A Common								99,964	I	Longview LP
Class A Common								529,610	I	Poplar Terrace LP
Class A Common								1,612	I	Guilford-Brown LP
Class A Common								3,789	I	Nectar LP
Class A Common								438,009	I	Ganymede LP
Class A Common								2,113,839	I	Olympus Three, LLC
Class A Common	01/06/2009		G	V	258	A	$0	173,350	I	Spouse
Class B Common								34,564	D
Class B Common								50,008	I	Breeze Hill LP
Class B Common								84,129	I	GRAT 1994
Class B Common								5,739	I	GRAT 2001
Class B Common								68,002	I	Equal Shares 2006, LP
Class B Common								26,618	I	Longview, LP
Class B Common								132,402	I	Poplar Terrace LP
Class B Common								403	I	Guilford-Brown LP
Class B Common								947	I	Nectar
Class B Common								433,236.25	I	Hebe, LP
Class B Common								3,171	I	Hebe Non-Exempt Trust fbo Owsley Brown II
Class B Common								1,092	I	Hebe Exempt Trust fbo Owsley Brown II
Class B Common								1,276,190	I	GANYMO Trust/Partnership
Class B Common								4,070,185	I	Olympus Three, LLC
Class B Common								43,273	I	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)	$19.68							05/01/2003	04/30/2010	Class B Common	101,327		101,327	D
Non_Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$26.67							05/01/2004	04/30/2011	Class B Common	80,112		80,112	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$25.06							05/01/2005	04/30/2012	Class B Common	101,568		101,568	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$30.62							05/01/2006	04/30/2013	Class B Common	101,488		101,488	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$36.35							05/01/2007	04/30/2014	Class B Common	81,208		81,208	D
Stock Appreciation Right	$54.4							11/15/2007	04/30/2017	Class B Common	3,284		3,284	D

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:

Filing of this form should not be construed as an admission that the filing person is, for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the "beneficial owner" of any equity securities held in a limited partnership or in trust and reported on this form.

	Diane M. Barhorst, Atty In Fact for: Owsley Brown II	02/04/2009
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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