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)
 
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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