0001209191-16-154792.txt : 20161212 0001209191-16-154792.hdr.sgml : 20161212 20161212184430 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-16-154792 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20161208 FILED AS OF DATE: 20161212 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20161212 ISSUER: 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: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 13601 NORTH FREEWAY, SUITE 200 CITY: FORT WORTH STATE: TX ZIP: 76177 BUSINESS PHONE: 682 549 6600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 77057 CITY: FORT WORTH STATE: TX ZIP: 76177 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Grossman Jeanne Farmer CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001315366 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34249 FILM NUMBER: 162047316 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: FARMER BROS CO STREET 2: 20333 S NORMANDIE AVENUE CITY: TORRANCE STATE: CA ZIP: 90502 4 1 doc4.xml FORM 4 SUBMISSION X0306 4 2016-12-08 0 0000034563 FARMER BROTHERS CO FARM 0001315366 Grossman Jeanne Farmer FARMER BROS. CO. 13601 NORTH FREEWAY, SUITE 200 FORT WORTH TX 76177 1 0 1 1 Trustee, Beneficiary, Settlor Common Stock, $1.00 par value 2016-12-08 4 A 0 851 0.00 A 1206209 D Grant of restricted stock under the Farmer Bros. Co. Amended and Restated 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan ("Plan"), granted on December 8, 2016; the restricted stock cliff vests on the first anniversary of the date of grant subject to continued service to Farmer Bros. Co. through the vesting date and the acceleration provisions of the Plan and restricted stock agreement. Reflects the reporting person's beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock held in various family trusts of which Ms. Grossman is the sole trustee, co-trustee, beneficiary and/or settlor, as reported in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on October 27, 2016, after giving effect to the reported transaction. Ex. 24 Power of Attorney attached. /s/ Thomas J. Mattei, Jr., Attorney-In-Fact for Jeanne Farmer Grossman 2016-12-12 EX-24 2 attachment1.htm EX-24 DOCUMENT

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

      Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes
and
appoints each of Thomas J. Mattei, Jr. and Isaac N. Johnston, Jr., each acting
individually,
as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and
authority as
hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the
undersigned to:
      (1)	prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5
(including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of Farmer
Bros. Co.,
a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges and the Company, as
considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act
of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from
time
to time (the "Exchange Act");
      (2)	seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities
from
any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and
trustees,
and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such
information to each of the undersigned's attorneys-in-fact appointed by this
Limited
Power of Attorney and approves and ratifies any such release of information; and
      (3)	perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
attorney-in-
fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned in
connection
with the foregoing.
      The undersigned acknowledges that:
      (1)	this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each such
attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such
attorney-in-fact
without independent verification of such information;
      (2)	any documents prepared and/or executed by either such attorney-in-fact

on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney will be
in such
form and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact,
in his
or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;
      (3)	neither the Company nor either of such attorneys-in-fact assumes (i)
any
liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements
of the
Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply
with such
requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit

disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and
      (4)	this Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the
Exchange
Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of
the
Exchange Act.
      The undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the foregoing
attorneys-in-
fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing
whatsoever
requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing
matters as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
present,
hereby ratifying all that each such attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf of
the
undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited
Power of
Attorney.
      This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
revoked
by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each such attorney-in-fact.
      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 12th day of January 2016.

Print Name of Reporting Person or Entity

JEANNE FARMER GROSSMAN

/s/ Jeanne Farmer Grossman
Signature