Current Report Filing (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): October 23, 2019

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.)
1912 Farmer Brothers Drive, Northlake, Texas 76262
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
888-998-2468
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
	Title of Each Class		Trading Symbol(s)	Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
	Common Stock, $1.00 par value		FARM	NASDAQ Global Select Market
None
(Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).    Emerging growth company ¨

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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)    Christopher Mottern, the Company’s Interim Chief Executive Officer, will resign from the interim role effective October 31, 2019.

(e)    As disclosed on May 7, 2019, Mr. Mottern will become eligible for a bonus and restricted stock units grant upon termination of his service as Interim Chief Executive Officer.  On October 23, 2019, consistent with Mr. Mottern’s offer letter dated May 6, 2019, and in connection with the termination of his services, the Compensation Committee approved bonus compensation to Mr. Mottern in the amount of $100,000, to be paid in the Company’s common stock, and a grant of restricted stock units with a grant date fair value of $50,000, both to be issued on November 12, 2019. 

 

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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:     October 29, 2019

	FARMER BROS. CO.
	By:	/s/ David G. Robson.
	David G Robson
	Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer