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Item 5. Market for the Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

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Item 5. Market for the Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Our Class A and Class B common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols “BFA” and “BFB,” respectively. As of May 31, 2021, there were 2,490 holders of record of Class A common stock and 4,940 holders of record of Class B common stock. Because of overlapping ownership between classes, as of May 31, 2021, we had only 5,130 distinct common stockholders of record.

Stock Performance Graph

The graph below compares the cumulative total shareholder return of our Class B common stock for the last five fiscal years with the Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 Index, the Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Goods Index, and the Dow Jones U.S. Food & Beverage Index. The information presented assumes an initial investment of $100 on April 30, 2016, and that all dividends were reinvested. The graph shows the value that each of these investments would have had on April 30 in the years since 2016.

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201620172018201920202021
Brown-Forman Corporation$100$100$152$147$173$214
S&P 500 Total Return Index$100$118$134$152$153$223
Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Goods Index$100$109$107$120$119$185
Dow Jones U.S Food & Beverage Index$100$107$104$119$118$148

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