0000034563-12-000021.txt : 20120725 0000034563-12-000021.hdr.sgml : 20120725 20120725165318 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000034563-12-000021 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120720 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20120725 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120725 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FARMER BROTHERS CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000034563 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PREPARATIONS & KINDRED PRODUCTS [2090] IRS NUMBER: 950725980 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34249 FILM NUMBER: 12979328 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 20333 S NORMANDIE AVE CITY: TORRANCE STATE: CA ZIP: 90502 BUSINESS PHONE: 3107875200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 20333 SOUTH NORMANDIE AVENUE CITY: TORRANCE STATE: CA ZIP: 90502 8-K 1 a8k-merrellresignationfrom.htm 8K-MERRELL RESIGNATION 8K-Merrell Resignation from Board

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
 
 
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 20, 2012
 
Farmer Bros. Co.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
Delaware
 
001-34249
 
95-0725980
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
 
 
 
20333 South Normandie Avenue, Torrance, California
 
90502
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
 
 
 
 
(310) 787-5200
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
 
 
 
 
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b)    On July 20, 2012, John H. Merrell advised the Board of Directors of Farmer Bros. Co. (the “Company”) that he does not intend to stand for re-election at the Company’s 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.








SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
Dated:  July 25, 2012
 
 
FARMER BROS. CO.
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ JEFFREY A. WAHBA
 
 
 
Jeffrey A. Wahba
 
 
 
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer