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Exhibit 99.1
NEWS RELEASE
BROWN-FORMAN PROMOTES BRIAN FITZGERALD
Louisville, KY, November 19, 2012 – Brown-Forman Corporation announced today the appointment of Brian Fitzgerald as the company’s chief accounting officer, with responsibility for overseeing the company’s day-to-day accounting and corporate reporting functions. The appointment is effective January 1, 2013. Fitzgerald succeeds Jane Morreau, who has been promoted to chief production officer.
Fitzgerald brings more than a decade of experience in finance and accounting to this new role. He joined Brown-Forman in 2003 as an analyst in corporate development, was named director, business strategy & analysis for B-F Tequilas in 2007, and has served as finance director, Greater Europe and Africa since 2009, based in Hamburg, Germany.
Fitzgerald will relocate to Louisville to serve as chief accounting officer.