UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

August 2128, 2025

Brown-Forman Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware

001-00123

61-0143150

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

850 Dixie Highway,

Louisville,

Kentucky

40210

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (502) 585-1100

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock (voting), $0.15 par value	BFA	New York Stock Exchange
Class B Common Stock (nonvoting), $0.15 par value	BFB	New York Stock Exchange
1.200% Notes due 2026	BF26	New York Stock Exchange
2.600% Notes due 2028	BF28	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the Registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 52.02. Results ~~Departure~~ of ~~Directors~~Operations orand ~~Certain~~Financial ~~Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers~~Condition.

~~Retirement~~On ofAugust ~~Leanne~~28, D.2025, ~~Cunningham~~Brown-Forman asCorporation ~~Executive~~issued ~~Vice~~a ~~President~~press release reporting its operating results for the first fiscal quarter and ~~Chief~~three ~~Financial~~month ~~Officer~~period ended July 31, 2025. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

OnThe ~~August~~information ~~21,~~pursuant ~~2025,~~to ~~Leanne~~this DItem 2.02 ~~Cunningham~~- Results of Operations and Financial Condition, ~~Executive~~including ~~Vice~~the ~~President~~information in Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and ~~Chief~~shall ~~Financial~~not ~~Officer~~be deemed "filed" for any purpose, including for purposes of ~~Brown-Forman~~Section ~~Corporation~~18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the ~~“Company”~~"Exchange Act"), ~~informed~~or otherwise subject to the ~~Company~~liabilities of ~~her~~that ~~intention~~Section, tonor ~~retire~~shall ~~effective~~it ~~May~~be 1deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, ~~2026~~as amended, or under the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

In connection with the announced retirement of Ms. Cunningham, the Company issued a press release on August 25, 2025, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information furnished pursuant to this Item 7.01 (and the related information in Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.						Description
99.1						Brown-Forman Corporation Press Release dated August 2528, 2025.
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

			BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION
			(Registrant)
Date: August 25, 2025			/s/ Michael E. Carr, Jr.
Date: August 28, 2025			/s/ Michael E. Carr, Jr.
			Michael E. Carr, Jr.
			Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

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