0001104659-07-014894.txt : 20070228 0001104659-07-014894.hdr.sgml : 20070228 20070228160127 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-07-014894 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070227 ITEM INFORMATION: Results of Operations and Financial Condition ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20070228 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070228 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: 000-01375 FILM NUMBER: 07657761 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 a07-6815_18k.htm 8-K

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): February 27, 2007

Farmer Bros. Co.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware	0-1375	95-0725980
(State or Other Jurisdiction	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)	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:

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On February 27, 2007 Farmer Bros. Co. issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors declared a dividend at a regular board meeting on February 22, 2007. A copy of the earnings release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

99.1 Press release of Farmer Bros Co. dated February 27, 2007.

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: February 27, 2007

	FARMER BROS. CO.

	By:	/S/ JOHN E. SIMMONS

	Name: John E. Simmons
	Title: Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer

EX-99.1 2 a07-6815_1ex99d1.htm EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

NEWS RELEASE

FARM - NASDAQ NATIONAL MARKET SYSTEM

Farmer Bros. Board Declares Dividend

TORRANCE, CALIF. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Feb. 27, 2007 — Farmer Bros. Co. (Nasdaq: FARM) announced that its Board of Directors declared a regular dividend of $0.11 per share, payable on May 14, 2007 to shareholders of record on April 27, 2007.

Farmer Bros. Co. is an institutional coffee roaster that sells a variety of coffee and allied products to the food service industry. The Company’s signature trucks and vans bearing the “Consistently Good” logo are seen throughout Farmer Brothers’ 28-state service area. Farmer Brothers has paid a dividend in every year since 1953, increased its dividend in every year since 1997, and its stock price has risen on a split-adjusted basis from $1.80 a share in 1980. For more information, go to: www.farmerbroscousa.com.

Contacts:

Jim Lucas / Whitney Hays

Abernathy MacGregor Group 213-630-6550