UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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): May 31, 2000 (May 25, 2000)
Brown-Forman Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 1-123 61-0243150
(State or other (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction of File Number) Identification No.)
incorporation)
850 Dixie Highway, Louisville, Kentucky 40210
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (502) 585-1100
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Item 5.
On May 25, 2000, the Board of Directors approved an amendment to Section 2.5 of
the Registrant's by-laws, which amendment decreases the minimum number of
directors sitting on the Executive Committee from three to two (including the
Chief Executive Officer). The text of Section 2.5 of the by-laws now reads as
follows:
SECTION 2.5 Executive Committee.
The Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions, passed by a
majority of the whole Board, designate an Executive Committee to consist
of the Chief Executive Officer and one or more of the directors as the
Board may from time to time determine. In addition, the Board of Directors
may appoint persons who are not directors of the Corporation as associate
non-voting members of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee
shall have and may exercise, when the Board is not in session, all the
powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and
affairs of the corporation, and shall have power to authorize the seal of
the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but the
Executive Committee shall not have power to fill vacancies in the Board,
or to change the membership of or fill the vacancies on the said Committee,
or to make or amend the By-laws of the corporation. The Board shall have
power at any time to change the membership of the Executive Committee, to
fill vacancies in it, or to dissolve it. The Executive Committee may make
such rules for the conduct of its business and may appoint such committees
and assistants as it shall from time to time deem necessary. A majority
of the members of the Executive Committee shall constitute a quorum.
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: May 31, 2000 By: /s/ Michael B. Crutcher
Michael B. Crutcher
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel, and Secretary
