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STATES\n\nSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION\n\nWashington, D.C. 20549\n\nForm 10-K\n\n(Mark One) \n\n☑ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF\nTHE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934\n\nFor the fiscal year ended April 30, 2026\n\nOR\n\n☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF\nTHE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934\n\nFor the transition period from                    to                     \n\nCommission File Number 001-00123\n\nBROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION\n\n(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) \n\nDelaware61-0143150\n\n(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)(IRS Employer Identification No.)\n\n850 Dixie Highway\n\nLouisville,Kentucky40210\n\n(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)\n\nRegistrant’s telephone number, including area code (502) 585-1100\n\nSecurities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:\n\nTitle of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered\n\nClass A Common Stock 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whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).      Yes  ☑     No  ☐\n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.\n\nLarge accelerated filer☑Accelerated filer☐\n\nNon-accelerated filer☐Smaller reporting company☐\n\nEmerging growth company☐\n\nIf 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. ☐\n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☑\n\nIf securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐\n\nIndicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐\n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).    Yes  ☐     No  ☑\n\nThe aggregate market value, as of the last business day of the most recently completed second fiscal quarter, of the voting and nonvoting equity held by nonaffiliates of the registrant was approximately $9,000,000,000.\n\nThe number of shares outstanding for each of the registrant’s classes of Common Stock on June 9, 2026, was:\n\nClass A Common Stock (voting), $0.15 par value168,480,849 \n\nClass B Common Stock (nonvoting), $0.15 par value290,383,416 \n\nDOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE\n\nPortions of Registrant’s Proxy Statement for use in connection with the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on or about July 23, 2026, are incorporated by reference into Part III of this report.\n\nTable of Contents\n\nPage\n\nPART I"}