Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (4)

FORM 4 [ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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 (MM/DD/YYYY) 12/22/2016
(Street) LOUISVILLE, KY 40210 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	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. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. 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	10/10/2016		G	V	283	A	$0	2749   (1)	D
Class A Common	10/10/2016		G	V	1801	D	$0	948	D
Class A Common	10/10/2016		G	V	283	A	$0	21579   (2)	I	Trust fbo Child-1
Class A Common	10/10/2016		G	V	283	A	$0	21195   (3)	I	Trust fbo Child-2
Class A Common	10/10/2016		G	V	283	A	$0	6745   (4)	I	Trust fbo Child-3
Class A Common	10/10/2016		G	V	283	A	$0	5533   (5)	I	Trust fbo Victoire Brown
Class A Common	12/22/2016		J (6)		643090	A	$46.51	644038	D
Class B Common								1124   (7)	I	c/f Child-1
Class B Common								1124   (7)	I	c/f Child-2
Class A Common								4580   (8)	I	CLB 2012 Trust
Class B Common								91342   (9)	I	CLB 2012 Trust
Class B Common								41610   (10)	I	CLB Grandchildren Eq. Tr.
Class A Common								62984   (11)	I	CLB Grandchildren Eq. Tr.
Class B Common								24254   (12)	I	CLB Trust fbo Child-3   (13)
Class A Common								42478   (14)	I	CLB Trust fbo Child-3   (13)
Class B Common								20640   (15)	I	CLB Trust fbo Child-2   (16)
Class A Common								28028   (17)	I	CLB Trust fbo Child-2   (16)
Class B Common								20544   (18)	I	CLB Trust fbo Child-1   (19)
Class A Common								27644   (20)	I	CLB Trust fbo Child-1   (19)
Class A Common								36   (21)	I	Eleanor Lee Trusts
Class B Common								25790   (22)	I	Eleanor Lee Trusts
Class A Common								103746   (23)	I	GRAT #1
Class A Common								67292   (24)	I	GRAT #2
Class B Common								1092   (25)	I	Hebe Exempt Trust
Class B Common								430568   (26)	I	Hebe Three Limited Partnership

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. 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		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 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

Explanation of Responses:
( 1)	In August 2016, the Class A and Class B common stock of Brown-Forman Corporation split 2-1, resulting in the reporting person's acquisition of 1,233 additional shares.
( 2)	Reflects the acquisition of 10,648 additional shares in the August 2016 stock split.
( 3)	Reflects the acquisition of 10,456 additional shares in the August 2016 stock split.
( 4)	Reflects the acquisition of 3,231 additional shares in the August 2016 stock split.
( 5)	Reflects the acquisition of 2,625 additional shares in the August 2016 stock split.
( 6)	On December 22, 2016, a limited partnership transferred 643,090 Class A shares to the reporting person as a partial redemption of the reporting person's interest in the partnership.
( 7)	Reflects the acquisition of 562 additional shares in the August 2016 stock split.
( 8)	Reflects the acquisition of 2,290 additional shares in the August 2016 stock split.
( 9)	Reflects the acquisition of 45,671 additional shares in the August 2016 stock split.
( 10)	Reflects the acquisition of 20,805 additional shares in the August 2016 stock split.
( 11)	Reflects the acquisition of 31,492 additional shares in the August 2016 stock split.
( 12)	Reflects the acquisition of 12,127 additional shares in the August 2016 stock split.
( 13)	Formerly known as CLB Trust fbo Catalina Brown.
( 14)	Reflects the acquisition of 21,239 additional shares in the August 2016 stock split.
( 15)	Reflects the acquisition of 10,320 additional shares in the August 2016 stock split.
( 16)	Formerly known as CLB Trust fbo Chiara Brown.
( 17)	Reflects the acquisition of 14,014 additional shares in the August 2016 stock split.
( 18)	Reflects the acquisition of 10,272 additional shares in the August 2016 stock split.
( 19)	Formerly known as CLB Trust fbo William Brown.
( 20)	Reflects the acquisition of 13,822 additional shares in the August 2016 stock split.
( 21)	Reflects the acquisition of 18 additional shares in the August 2016 stock split.
( 22)	Reflects the acquisition of 12,895 additional shares in the August 2016 stock split.
( 23)	Reflects the acquisition of 51,873 additional shares in the August 2016 stock split.
( 24)	Reflects the acquisition of 33,646 additional shares in the August 2016 stock split.
( 25)	Reflects the acquisition of 546 additional shares in the August 2016 stock split.
( 26)	Reflects the acquisition of 215,284 additional shares in the August 2016 stock split.

Remarks: 1st of 2 Forms

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

Signatures
Michael E. Carr, Attorney in Fact for Owsley Brown III		12/27/2016
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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