BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION - FORM SC 13G/A
 

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13G

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 2)*

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)

July 28, 2005

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:

        o Rule 13d-1 (b)

        þ Rule 13d-1 (c)

        o Rule 13d-1 (d)

*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 the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in 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 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).

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13G
CUSIP No. 115637-10-0 Page 2 of 5
  1. Name of Reporting Person:
Robinson S. Brown, Jr.		 I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only):
  2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group:
    (a) o  
    (b) o  
  3. SEC Use Only:
  4. Citizenship or Place of Organization:
United States of America
Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each Reporting
Person With
5. Sole Voting Power:
4,000
6. Shared Voting Power:
0
7. Sole Dispositive Power:
4,000
8.Shared Dispositive Power:
0
  9.Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:
4,000
  10.Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares:
o
  11.Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9):
Less than 1%
  12.Type of Reporting Person:
IN

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Item 1.
Brown-Forman Corporation
850 Dixie Highway
Louisville, Kentucky 40210
Item 2.
         
a)
  Name:   Robinson S. Brown, Jr.
 
        
b)
  Principal Business address:   5230 Avish Lane
Louisville, Kentucky 40027
  c)   United States of America
 
  d)   Brown-Forman Corporation Class A Common Stock
 
  e)   0115637-10-0
Item 3.   If this statement is filed pursuant to §§ 240.13d-1(b) or 240.13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a:
     (a) o Broker or dealer registered under section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78o).
     (b) o Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c).
     (c) o Insurance company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c).
     (d) o Investment company registered under section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-8).
     (e) o An investment adviser in accordance with § 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E).
     (f) o An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F).
     (g) o A parent holding company or control person in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G).
     (h) o A savings associations as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813).
     (i) o A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3).
     (j) o Group, in accordance with § 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J).

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Item 4. Ownership.
     The amount of shares beneficially owned by the undersigned as of July 28, 2005, is as follows:
             
        Aggregate  
        Number  
(a)
   Beneficially Owned     4,000  
(b)
   Percent of Class   Less than 1%
(c)
   Sole Voting Power     4,000  
 
   Shared Voting Power     0  
 
   Sole Disposition Power     4,000  
 
   Shared Disposition Power     0  
Item 5.   Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.
     If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following þ.
     This Schedule is being filed incident to the death of Mr. Brown on July 28, 2005. At the time of his death, his interest in the shares with respect to which he formerly held shared voting and disposition power terminated; those rights have not transferred to his estate and will not transfer to his beneficiaries. Thus, the beneficial ownership held in his estate is now less than 5%.
Item 6.   Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.
     N/A
Item 7.   Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company or Control Person.
     N/A
Item 8.   Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.
     N/A
Item 9.   Notice of Dissolution of Group.
     N/A

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Item 10.   Certification.
     By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.
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: August 10, 2005

/s/ J. McCauley Brown                                                            

J. McCauley Brown, Co-Executor

/s/ Robinson S. Brown, III                                                      

Robinson S. Brown, III, Co-Executor

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