Exhibit 99.1
NEWS RELEASE |
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: | |||
PHIL LYNCH | BEN MARMOR | ||
VICE PRESIDENT | ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT | ||
DIRECTOR CORPORATE | DIRECTOR INVESTOR | ||
COMMUNICATIONS | RELATIONS | ||
AND PUBLIC RELATIONS | |||
502-774-7928 | 502-774-6691 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BROWN-FORMAN DECLARES QUARTERLY CASH DIVIDEND
LOUISVILLE, KY, May 28, 2009— Brown-Forman’s Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.2875 cents per share on Class A and Class B Common Stock.
Stockholders of record on June 8, 2009 will receive the cash dividend on July 1, 2009.
Brown-Forman has paid regular quarterly cash dividends for 63 consecutive years.
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