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): November 4, 2013
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 8.01. Other Events.
On November 4, 2013, Farmer Bros. Co., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), issued a press release announcing that it anticipates issuing an earnings press release for its first fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2013 and filing its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the first fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2013 with the Securities and Exchange Commission after the market close on Thursday, November 7, 2013. A copy of the Company's announcement is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. | Description | |
99.1 | Announcement of Farmer Bros. Co. dated November 4, 2013. | |
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: November 4, 2013
FARMER BROS. CO. | |||
By: | /s/ Mark J. Nelson | ||
Mark J. Nelson | |||
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer | |||
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. | Description | |
99.1 | Announcement of Farmer Bros. Co. dated November 4, 2013. | |
Exhibit 99.1
Farmer Bros. Co. Announces First Quarter of Fiscal 2014 Earnings Release Date
TORRANCE, Calif.--(GLOBE NEWSWIRE)—November 4, 2013--Farmer Bros. Co. (NASDAQ: FARM) (the “Company”), a manufacturer, wholesaler and distributor of coffee, tea and culinary products, today announced that it anticipates issuing an earnings press release for its first fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2013 and filing its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the first fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2013 with the Securities and Exchange Commission after the market close on Thursday, November 7, 2013. The Company’s earnings press release and Form 10-Q will be available on the Company’s website at www.farmerbros.com under “Investors.”
About Farmer Bros. Co.
Founded in 1912, Farmer Bros. Co. is a manufacturer, wholesaler and distributor of coffee, tea and culinary products. The Company is a direct distributor of coffee to restaurants, hotels, casinos, offices, quick service restaurants (“QSR's”), convenience stores, healthcare facilities and other foodservice providers, as well as private brand retailers in the QSR, grocery, drugstore, restaurant, convenience store, and independent coffee house channels. The Company's product lines include roasted coffee, liquid coffee, coffee-related products such as coffee filters, sugar and creamers, assorted iced and hot teas, cappuccino, cocoa, spices, gelatins and puddings, soup bases, dressings, gravy and sauce mixes, pancake and biscuit mixes, and jellies and preserves. The Company's primary brands include Farmer Brothers®, Artisan Collection by Farmer Brothers™, Superior®, Metropolitan™ by Farmer Brothers, Cain's® and McGarvey®. For more information, visit: www.farmerbros.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements contained in this press release are not based on historical facts and are forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities laws and regulations. These statements are based on management's current expectations, assumptions, estimates and observations of future events and include any statements that do not directly relate to any historical or current fact. These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words like “anticipates,” “estimates,” “projects, ” “expects, ” “plans, ” “believes, ” “intends, ” “will, ” “assumes” and other words of similar meaning. Owing to the uncertainties inherent in forward-looking statements, actual results could differ materially from those set forth in forward-looking statements. The Company intends these forward-looking statements to speak only at the time of this press release and does not undertake to update or revise these statements as more information becomes available except as required under federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the SEC. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the relative effectiveness of compensation-based employee incentives in causing improvements in Company performance, the capacity to meet the demands of the Company’s large national account customers, the extent of execution of plans for the growth of Company business and achievement of financial metrics related to those plans, the effect of the capital markets as well as other external factors on stockholder value, fluctuations in availability and cost of green coffee, competition, organizational changes, the impact of a weaker economy, business conditions in the coffee industry and food industry in general, the Company's continued success in attracting new customers, variances from budgeted sales mix and growth rates, weather and special or unusual events, changes in the quality or dividend stream of the third parties securities and other investment vehicles in which the Company has invested its short-term assets, as well as other factors described from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Source: Farmer Bros. Co.
Mark Nelson (310) 787-5241