Form 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): August 9, 2011

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 August 9, 2011, Thomas A. Maloof 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 2011 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: August 15, 2011

 

FARMER BROS. CO.
By:  

/s/ Jeffrey A. Wahba

  Jeffrey A. Wahba
 

Interim Co-Chief Executive Officer,

Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer