A GOOD OUTLOOK FOR BROWN-FORMAN’S THIRD QUARTER

Brown-Forman reported a 10% rise in adjusted net sales for the quarter and a 13% increase in gross profits. Global volume and profit growth continues to climb for Jack Daniel’s, while Fetzer Wines experienced profit growth in the United States along with Finlandia Vodka. In the first 9 months of fiscal 2006, Jack Daniels grew in the high single digits worldwide, and although numbers were slightly lower than the previous year, the brand grew by 500,000 cases. Jack Daniel’s did