| Business Summary | | Brown-Forman
Corporation
divides
its
business
into
two
segments:
Wine
and
Spirits
and
Consumer
Durables.
Wine
and
Spirits
operations
include
manufacturing,
bottling,
importing,
exporting,
and
marketing
a
wide
variety
of
alcoholic
beverage
brands.
This
Segment
also
manufactures
and
markets
new
and
used
oak
barrels.
The
Consumer
Durables
Segment
includes
the
manufacturing
and/or
marketing
of
the
following:
Fine
China
Dinnerware,
Casual
Dinnerware
and
Glassware,
Crystal
Stemware,
Crystal
Barware,
China
and
Crystal
Giftware,
Collectibles
and
Jewelry,
Sterling
Silver,
Pewter
and
Silver-Plated
Giftware,
Sterling
Silver
and
Stainless
Steel
Flatware,
Contemporary
Tabletop,
Houseware
and
Giftware,
Luggage,
Business
Cases
and
Folios
and
Personal
Leather
Accessories. | More
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| Financial Summary | | BF.B
is
composed
of
a
Wines
and
Spirits
Segment
that
manufactures,
bottles,
imports,
exports
and
markets
a
variety
of
alcoholic
beverages.
BF.B
also
consists
of
a
Consumer
Durables
Segments
that
sells
fine
china
dinnerware,
sterling
silver,
linens,
luggage
and
leather
accessories.
For
the
three
months
ended
7/31/01,
sales
rose
1%
to
$469.7
million.
Net
income
fell
8%
to
$39.2
million.
Results
reflect
stong
gains
for
Lenox
collectibles,
offset
by
a
lower
gross
margin. Recent Earnings Announcement For
the
3
months
ended
07/31/2001,
revenues
were
470;
after
tax
earnings
were
39. (Preliminary; reported in millions of dollars.) | More
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| Officers | | | FY2000 Pay | |
| Owsley Brown, II, 57 Chairman
and CEO | $2.0M | William Street, 61 Vice
Chairman, Pres | 1.7M | Phoebe Wood CFO, Exec. VP | -- | Stanley Krangel, 49 Pres
of Lenox- Incorporated | 842K | Michael Crutcher, 56 Sr.
VP, Gen. Counsel and Sec. | -- | Dollar amounts are as of 30-Apr-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.. |
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