Item 2. Properties

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Item 2. Properties

Company-owned production facilities include distilleries, a winery, a concentrate plant, bottling plants, warehousing operations, sawmills, and cooperages. We also have agreements with other parties for contract production in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, China, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, and the United States.

In addition to Company-owned corporate offices in Louisville, Kentucky, we lease office space for use in our sales, marketing, and administrative operations in the United States and in over 40 other cities around the globe. The lease terms expire at various dates and are generally renewable. Our most significant office locations outside Louisville are:


•	United States: Irvine, California; Irving, Texas; Atlanta, Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland; and Washington, D.C.


•	International: Guadalajara, Mexico; Hamburg, Germany; Sydney, Australia; London, United Kingdom; Warsaw, Poland; Paris, France; Mexico City, Mexico; Prague, Czech Republic; São Paulo, Brazil; Istanbul, Turkey; Amsterdam, Netherlands; Moscow, Russia; Shanghai, China; Hong Kong; and Gurgaon, India.

Significant Properties

Location	Principal Activities	Notes

United States:
Louisville, Kentucky	Corporate offices	Includes several renovated historic structures
	Distilling, bottling, warehousing
	Cooperage	Brown-Forman Cooperage
Lynchburg, Tennessee	Distilling, bottling, warehousing	Home of Jack Daniel’s
	Visitors’ center
Woodford County, Kentucky	Distilling, bottling, warehousing	Home of Woodford Reserve
	Visitors’ center
Windsor, California	Winery, bottling, warehousing	Home of Sonoma-Cutrer
	Visitors’ center
Decatur, Alabama	Cooperage	Jack Daniel Cooperage
Clifton, Tennessee	Stave and heading mill
Stevenson, Alabama	Stave and heading mill
Spencer, Indiana	Stave and heading mill	Acquired in first quarter fiscal 2016
Jackson, Ohio	Stave and heading mill	Land is leased from a third party

International:
Collingwood, Canada	Distilling, warehousing	Home of Canadian Mist
Cour-Cheverny, France	Distilling, bottling, warehousing	Home of Chambord
Amatitán, Mexico	Distilling, bottling, warehousing	Home of our tequilas and New Mix RTDs
	Visitors’ center
Slane, Ireland	Distilling, visitors’ center	Future home of Slane Irish Whiskey

We believe that our facilities are in good condition and are adequate for our business.

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