BROWN-FORMAN CORP-FORM SC 13D/A O BROWN FRAZIER
 

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 6)*

BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION

(Name of Issuer)

Class A Common Stock

(Title of Class of Securities)

115637-10-0

(CUSIP Number)

Thomas E. Rutledge
Ogden Newell & Welch PLLC
1700 PNC Plaza
500 West Jefferson Street
Louisville, Kentucky 40202
(502) 582-1601

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

January 1, 2005

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. o

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).


 

             
CUSIP No. 115637-10-0

  1. Name of Reporting Person:
Owsley Brown Frazier
I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only):

  2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions):
    (a) o  
    (b) o  

  3. SEC Use Only:

  4. Source of Funds (See Instructions):
N/A

  5. Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e): o

  6. Citizenship or Place of Organization:
United States of America

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each Reporting
Person With
7. Sole Voting Power:
1,160,450

8. Shared Voting Power:
23,441,958

9. Sole Dispositive Power:
1,160,450

10.Shared Dispositive Power:
23,441,958

  11.Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:
24,602,408

  12.Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions):
o
N/A

  13.Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11):
43.33%

  14.Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions):
IN

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Item 1. Security and Issuer.

Brown-Forman Corporation
Class A Common Stock
850 Dixie Highway
Louisville, Kentucky 40210

Item 2. Identity and Background.

         
a)
  Name:   Owsley Brown Frazier
 
       
b)
  Principal Business address:   Frazier Historical Arms Museum
829 W. Main Street
Louisville, Kentucky 40202
 
       
c)
  Former Vice Chairman of the issuer, Brown-Forman Corporation.
 
       
d)
  Criminal Convictions: No criminal convictions in the last five years (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).
 
       
e)
  Securities Proceedings: No judgments, decrees or final orders enjoining further violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to federal or state securities laws or finding any violations with respect to such laws.
 
       
f)
  Citizenship: United States of America

Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

     Not applicable.

Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.

     This filing is made on a voluntary basis to bring the undersigned’s disclosure of beneficial ownership current as of January 1, 2005.

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Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

     The amount of shares beneficially owned by the undersigned as of January 1, 2005, is as follows:

                     
      Aggregate
  Percent
      Number
  of Class
(a)
  Beneficially Owned     24,602,408       43.33 %
(b)
  Sole Voting Power     1,160,450          
  Shared Voting Power     23,441,958          
  Sole Disposition Power     1,160,450          
  Shared Disposition Power     23,441,958          

  (c)   The undersigned has had no transactions in Class A common stock (the only class of voting securities of Brown-Forman Corporation) within the sixty days prior to this filing.
 
  (d)   The undersigned, as a member of the Advisory Committee to certain trusts, with two other Advisory Committee members, shares voting and disposal powers over shares of Brown-Forman Corporation Class A common stock. Those other advisors are W.L. Lyons Brown, Jr., Hilliard-Lyons Center, 501 Fourth Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Brown-Forman Corporation, currently United States Ambassador to Austria, and Dace B. Stubbs, 135 Sago Palm Road, Vero Beach, Florida 32963, private investor and director of Brown-Forman Corporation. Other persons have the right to receive income from the trust holding Brown-Forman Corporation Class A common stock, as to which stock the undersigned has shared voting power. The following person is sole income beneficiary of one of these trusts which holds more than 5% of the outstanding shares of such Class A common stock: Sarah S. Brown.
 
  (e)   Not applicable.

Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

     None.

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Signature

     After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Date: February 10, 2005

/s/ Owsley Brown Frazier
Owsley Brown Frazier

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